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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Phoebe Cary - Ballad of the Canal

LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Ballad of the Canal by Phoebe Cary. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 4, 2011. Phoebe Cary was an American poet, and the younger sister of poet...

Carol Box and 10 more 17 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Short Ghost and Horror Collection 015

A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder.

Sarah and 11 more 10 hours Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections

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Poetry

468

Walt Whitman - Prairie Sunset

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of A Prairie Sunset by Walt Whitman. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 28, 2011. Walt Whitman has been claimed as America's first «poet of democracy», a...

Bob Gonzalez and 15 more 14 minutes

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Science Fiction

473

William Henry Hudson - Crystal Age

A Crystal Age is a utopian novel written by W. H. Hudson, first published in 1887. The book has been called a «significant S-F milestone» and has been noted for its anticipation of the «modern ecological mysticism»...

Sandra Luna and 7 more 6 hours 6 minutes

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Art, Design & Architecture

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John Ruskin - Stones of Venice, Volume 1

The Stones of Venice is a three-volume treatise on Venetian art and architecture by English art historian John Ruskin, first published from 1851 to 1853. Intending to prove how the architecture in Venice exemplified...

Stephanie Lee and 11 more 14 hours 13 minutes The Stones of Venice

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Self-Help

436

Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus - Morals (Moralia), Book 1

The Moralia (or The morals or Matters relating to customs and mores) is a work by the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea. It is a collection of 78 essays and transcribed speeches that give an insight into...

Martin Geeson and 11 more 22 hours 14 minutes

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Travel Fiction

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Coffee Break Collection 007 - Travel

This is the seventh collection of our «coffee break» series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in length. These are great for work/study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you'd like...

TriciaG and 13 more 2 hours 31 minutes Coffee Break Collections

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Essays & Short Works

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Insomnia Collection Vol. 002

Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. However, it is hoped that at least one from the range of topics here presented...

MaryAnn and 14 more 16 hours 2 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Children's Short Works, Vol. 013

Librivox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 013: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

Juliann and 7 more 2 hours 15 minutes Children's Short Works Collections

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Romance

441

Myrtle Reed - Spinner in the Sun

Myrtle Reed may always be depended upon to write a story in which poetry, charm, tenderness and humor are combined into a clever and entertaining book. Her characters are delightful and she always displays a quaint...

sylly and 3 more 8 hours 2 minutes

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New England Girlhood: Outlined From Memory

*Non-fiction

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Lucy Larcom - New England Girlhood: Outlined From Memory

Lucy Larcom was an American poet, teacher, and mil-worker. According to Wikipedia: «Larcom served as a model for the change in women's roles in society.» This is her colorful autobiography. Here, she tells about her...

Linda Velwest and 5 more 6 hours 20 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Edward Jesse - Anecdotes of Dogs

«Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.» The character, sensibilities, and intellectual faculties of animals have always been a favourite study, and they are, perhaps,...

Stephanie Lee and 16 more 13 hours 30 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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