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John Henry Haaren - Famous Men of Modern Times

Famous Men of Modern Times is a series of biographical sketches written for the purpose of making the study of history lively and interesting by giving insight into the men who lived during this time. Summary by...

Laura Caldwell and 6 more 5 hours 42 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Publius (Ovid) Ovidius Naso - Heroides

The Heroides, also known as the Heroines, the Letters of the Heroines or simply as Epistles are a very famous collection of poems by Ovid, not only for their interesting subject — letters by famous mythological...

Julie VW and 11 more 5 hours 14 minutes

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United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 1

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United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 1

This collection comprises recordings of 17 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1628 and 1956. Readings are of speeches origninally given by parliamentarians including Oliver Cromwell, Edmund...

David Federman and 8 more 5 hours 11 minutes UK Parliamentary Speeches

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General

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Jacob Abbott - Queen Elizabeth

There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history,...

Kara Shallenberg and 5 more 4 hours 54 minutes

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Poetry

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G. K. Chesterton - Chesterton Calendar

Go through the year, day by day, with the wit and wisdom of G.K. Chesterton! Compiled from the writings of 'G.K.C', both in verse and in prose, each day of the year is provided with a generally short quotation from...

debolee and 7 more 4 hours 41 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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John Henry Haaren - Famous Men of Rome

Biographical sketches of the men of Rome, written for children. (summary by Laura Caldwell)

Laura Caldwell and 8 more 4 hours 37 minutes

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United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 2

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United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 2

This is the second LibriVox collection of speeches given in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The collection comprises recordings of 14 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1766 and...

Carol Stripling and 11 more 4 hours 32 minutes UK Parliamentary Speeches

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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John Henry Haaren - Famous Men of Greece

Famous Men of Greece is a series of biographical sketches written for the purpose of making the study of history lively and interesting by giving insight into the men who lived during this time. (Summary by Laura...

Ed Meade and 9 more 4 hours 29 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Alphonse Daudet - Tartarin of Tarascon

The story tells the burlesque adventures of Tartarin, a local hero of Tarascon, a small town in southern France, whose invented adventures and reputation as a swashbuckler finally force him to travel to a very...

Nadine Eckert-Boulet and 13 more 3 hours 30 minutes

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Animals & Nature

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Rudyard Kipling - Just So Stories (version 3)

These whimsical short stories offer fanciful answers to a dozen of childhood's favorite «why» and «how» questions. With their generous sprinkling of nonsense words as well as a delightfully rhythmic storytelling...

rachelellen and 4 more 3 hours 14 minutes

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Fantastic Fiction

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John Kendrick Bangs - House-Boat on the Styx

The premise of the book is that everyone who has ever died (up until the time in which the book is set, which seems to be about the time of its publication) has gone to Styx. This does not appear to be the...

Zachary Brewster-Geisz and 5 more 2 hours 54 minutes

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General Fiction

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Stephen Crane - Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

Stephen Crane's first novel, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets has been called «the first dark flower of American Naturalism» for its distinctive elements of naturalistic fiction. The chief character, Maggie, descends...

Lucy Burgoyne and 11 more 2 hours 46 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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