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Lane that had no Turning, and Other Tales concerning the People of Pontiac

Short Stories

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Gilbert Parker - Lane that had no Turning, and Other Tales concerning the People of Pontiac

This is a collection of short stories by Gilbert Parker. Parker was a Canadian writer who wrote a number of bestsellers that had a lasting influence on Canadian literature, but whose importance for his time is now...

Michele Fry and 7 more 10 hours 25 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Walt Whitman - When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer

Whitman claimed that after years of competing for «the usual rewards», he determined to become a poet. He first experimented with a variety of popular literary genres which appealed to the cultural tastes of the...

Algy Pug and 18 more 19 minutes

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Poetry

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Benjamin King - Ben King's Verse

This is a volume of Benjamin King's collected verse, published shortly after his sudden death in 1894. The American humorist was very famous during his lifetime, and is still widely referenced and quoted until today....

Larry Wilson and 11 more 3 hours 35 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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John Neihardt - Splendid Wayfaring

Quote: «In the following pages I have told the story of that body of adventurers who, from 1822 to 1829, opened the way for the expansion of our nation beyond the Missouri. I have made Jedediah Smith the central...

Phil Schempf 6 hours 45 minutes

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Short Story Collection Vol. 066

Another great collection of short stories in English, selected and read by Librivox readers.

Peter Thomlinson and 7 more 10 hours 26 minutes Short Story Collections

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Jean McKishnie Blewett - Christmas Conversion

Jean McKishnie Blewett was a Canadian journalist, author and poet. Blewett was a regular contributor to The Globe, a Toronto newspaper and in 1898 became editor of its Homemakers Department. In 1919, assisted by...

Bruce Kachuk and 10 more 22 minutes

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Thomas Moore - Song of the Olden Time

From a relatively early age Moore showed an interest in music and other performing arts. He sometimes appeared in musical plays with his friends, such as The Poor Soldier by John O'Keeffe (music by William Shield),...

Bruce Kachuk and 7 more 12 minutes

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Culture & Heritage Fiction

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Why do we need a public library?

Internet Archive, which hosts our audio books, is in the midst of their annual fund-raising. They have also begun a drive to provide a mirror site in Canada to ensure IA's availability to all users. The IA is a vast...

Michele Fry and 14 more 16 hours 25 minutes

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Poetry

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Thomas Hood - Poetical Works of Thomas Hood

This is a collection of Thomas Hood's poems. Hood was an eminent British poet, regarded in particular for his humorous poetry, as well as his weird and fantastic poems. As William Michael Rossetti writes in his...

emceejohnnyg and 23 more 19 hours 28 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 179

This is a collection of 39 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for April 2018.

Winston Tharp and 17 more 1 hour 24 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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*Non-fiction

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 047

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy and thought — Plato, Aristotle, Leonhard Euler, Henri Amiel, and the French Rights of Man; adventure...

Availle and 6 more 4 hours 59 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Short Stories

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Alphonse Daudet - Monday Tales

This is a collection of short stories by Alphonse Daudet. The stories paint an incredibly vivid picture of life in continental Europe before the turn of the last century. The settings of the stories also take us all...

MaryAnn and 5 more 9 hours 12 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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