Sibella Denton

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General Fiction

518

Frank R. Stockton - Rudder Grange

This book presents a number of short, comedic sketches of a country life in middle America in the late 1800s. The hilarious twists and turns endear our adorable, naive married couple to the reader; and the orphan...

Sibella Denton 5 hours 54 minutes

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General Fiction

554

Frank R. Stockton - Pomona's Travels

Pomona and Jone of Rudder Grange fame travel to England and Scotland. Along the way, Pomona tangles with wild pigs, haymaking, hotels great and small, Pullman cars, comparison-makers, and a Duchess. She makes two...

Sibella Denton 4 hours 51 minutes

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*Non-fiction

528

Einhard - Life of Charlemagne (Einhard)

Einhard was employed by Charlemagne as a court historian. At the request of Charlemagne's son and successor Louis the Pious, he wrote a biography of Charlemagne, the Vita Karoli Magni or Life of Charlemagne (c....

Sibella Denton and 4 more 1 hour 14 minutes

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Principles of Economics, Book 1: Preliminary Survey

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Alfred Marshall - Principles of Economics, Book 1: Preliminary Survey

Principles of Economics was a leading economics textbook of Alfred Marshall (1842-1924), first published in 1890. Marshall began writing the book in 1881, and he spent much of the next decade at work on it. His...

Carl Manchester and 5 more 2 hours 7 minutes Principles of Economics

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

544

Charles Norris Williamson - It Happened in Egypt

Lord Ernest Borrow and Captain Anthony Fenton think they know a secret — a secret that could make them both rich. En route, they are sidetracked by Sir Marcus Antonius Lark, a woman who thinks she's Cleopatra...

Sibella Denton 13 hours 12 minutes

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Detective Fiction

628

Charles Norris Williamson - Second Latchkey

Jewelry thefts, society parties, clairvoyance, and romance marks this mystery, which is set in England and the US in the early 20th century. (Summary by Gesine)

Esther and 5 more 8 hours 32 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

524

A. Frank Pinkerton - Won by Crime

Originally included with the published edition of Dyke Darell, this is an unrelated novella. Portuguese Viceroy to Goa, Don Garcia brought his daughter and nephew to the wild island. Adventure and melodrama ensue!...

Sibella Denton 1 hour 21 minutes

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Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective - Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express

Detective Fiction

532

A. Frank Pinkerton - Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective - Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express

Dyke Darrel investigates an audacious train robbery that included the murder of a friend, and embarks on a man-hunt. High Victorian serial melodrama at its best! (Summary by Sibella Denton).

Sibella Denton 4 hours 5 minutes

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Travel & Geography

523

R. Talbot Kelly - Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt

A short travelogue of Egypt, this book was written as part of an early 20th century series of travelogues on exotic destinations. (Summary by Sibella Denton).

Sibella Denton 2 hours 19 minutes

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Yellow Sheet (LibriVox NaNoWriMo novel 2007)

Action & Adventure Fiction

500

LibriVox volunteers - Yellow Sheet (LibriVox NaNoWriMo novel 2007)

An atomic bomb explodes in the mountains of Montana. But was there really a bomb? And was it really in Montana, or in Tokyo? Are Liz and Elizabeth the same woman, is she married with children, is her husband a spy?...

Alan Davis Drake and 11 more 4 hours 26 minutes

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Religion

485

Jesse Lyman Hurlbut - Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Part 2

Some years ago, the editor of an English magazine sent a communication to «the hundred greatest men in Great Britain» asking them this question: «If for any reason you were to spend a year absolutely alone, in a...

Esther and 6 more 2 hours 22 minutes Hurlbut's Story of the Bible

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Poetry

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John Masefield - Sea Fever

LibriVox volunteers bring you 24 different recordings of Sea Fever by John Masefield. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of September 16th, 2007.

Alan Davis Drake and 23 more 33 minutes

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New

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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