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General Fiction

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Stephen Leacock - Literary Lapses

Short sketches relating the humourous side of life in 1910. «Professor Leacock has made more people laugh with the written word than any other living author. One may say he is one of the greatest jesters, the...

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Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw

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Ukawsaw Gronniosaw - Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw

Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, also known as James Albert, (born ca. 1705 — 1775) was a freed slave and autobiographer. His autobiography is considered the first published by an African in Britain. Gronniosaw's autobiography...

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Historical Fiction

500

Sir Walter Scott - Waverley, Volume 2

Waverley is set during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, which sought to restore the Stuart dynasty in the person of Charles Edward Stuart (or 'Bonnie Prince Charlie'). It relates the story of a young dreamer and...

doublemirrors and 6 more 9 hours 17 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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George Meredith - Shaving of Shagpat

The novel is a humorous oriental romance and allegory written in the style of the Arabian Nights. Like its model, it includes a number of stories within the story, along with poetic asides. (Summary by Wikipedia.)...

Matthew Reece and 5 more 9 hours 4 minutes

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Poetry

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Ewart Alan Mackintosh - In Memoriam

LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of In Memoriam by Ewart Alan Mackintosh. This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 7th, 2010. This week's poem has been chosen for this time of remembrance....

Andrea Boltz and 17 more 37 minutes

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French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Marie de France - French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France

The tales included in this little book of translations are derived mainly from the «Lays» of Marie de France. I do not profess them to be a complete collection of her stories in verse. The ascription varies. Poems...

Linda Hogan and 6 more 7 hours 29 minutes

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Christianity - Commentary

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Charles H. Spurgeon - Morning and Evening: Daily Readings

Organized by week, this devotional has a morning and evening meditation for every day of the year. Although these devotions are short in length, they are filled with spiritual goodness. In just a few sentences,...

Matthew Reece and 24 more 29 hours 57 minutes

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Life of Richard Nash, Esq., Late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath

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Peter Cunningham - Life of Richard Nash, Esq., Late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath

Beau Nash (1674–1762), born Richard Nash, was a celebrated dandy and leader of fashion in 18th-century Britain. He is best remembered as the Master of Ceremonies at the spa town of Bath. (Wikipedia) This, the...

Cori Samuel and 2 more 4 hours 43 minutes

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Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 04

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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H. P. Nichols - Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 04

This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No...

Paul C. Newman and 11 more 12 hours 46 minutes Thousand Nights and a Night

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History

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Flavius Josephus - Antiquities of the Jews, Volume 4

Antiquities of the Jews was a work published by the important Jewish historian Flavius Josephus about the year 93 or 94. Antiquities of the Jews is a history of the Jewish people, written in Greek for Josephus'...

Ann Boulais and 6 more 11 hours 23 minutes The Antiquities of the Jews

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Published 1900 onward

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Grace Livingston Hill - Finding of Jasper Holt

Jasper Holt was a neglected child. As a consequence, he grew up to be angry and independent — generally good, but not caring what others thought of him… until he met Jean Grayson, the first truly good person he ever...

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Psychology

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American Psychology, 1900-1922

This is the first of what is intended to be three projects featuring journal articles which chart the development of psychology as an academic discipline in the United States during the twentieth century. This first...

Robert Ross and 9 more 6 hours 51 minutes American Psychology

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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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