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Humorous Fiction

465

Mark Twain - $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories

A book of short stories and humorous anecdotes by Mark Twain, published together in 1906. (Summary by Tricia G)

TriciaG and 6 more 9 hours 10 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

484

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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Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective

Humorous Fiction

433

Ellis Parker Butler - Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective

Philo Gubb, not being content with his job as wallpaper-hanger, has higher aspirations: to become a detective, just like Sherlock Holmes. To that end, he enrolls in a correspondence course, where he gets lessons...

Margaret Espaillat and 7 more 9 hours 3 minutes

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War & Military

511

Franklin D. Roosevelt - Fireside Chats

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt thirty radio addresses made throughout his terms as President of the United States between 1933 and 1944. The speeches are snapshots of American life during the turbulent decade...

Maria Kasper and 10 more 9 hours 2 minutes

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Nautical & Marine Fiction

455

George Manville Fenn - Cutlass and Cudgel

Based around the crew of cutter HMS White Hawk, this is a tale of smuggling in the early 19th century off the coast of Wessex. The midshipman of the cutter is taken hostage by the smugglers and is befriended by a...

Rebecca Dittman and 7 more 8 hours 59 minutes

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*Non-fiction

439

Sarah Knowles Bolton - Lives of Girls Who Became Famous

This book is a collection of short biographies of notable women, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Florence Nightingale, and many others. (Summary by Arielle Lipshaw)

Stephanie Lee and 12 more 8 hours 57 minutes

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Family Life

442

Pansy - One Commonplace Day

A temperance lecturer misses his train and ends up attending a town picnic. It was a common enough picnic on a commonplace day. But the discussions, actions, and attitudes from that picnic reverberate through the...

TriciaG 8 hours 56 minutes

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Christian Fiction

428

Pansy - Overruled

Sequel to " Making Fate ". We continue the story of Marjorie Edmonds and those who surround her: Mr. Maxwell, her mother's boarder; Ralph and Estelle Bramlett, with Ralph's impulsiveness and Estelle's...

TriciaG 8 hours 54 minutes

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Christian Fiction

450

Pansy - Mrs. Solomon Smith Looking On

Old Mrs. Solomon Smith considers herself «nothing but an ignorant old woman» who didn't have the advantages others did when growing up. However, those around her know that she's actually full of biblical wisdom and...

TriciaG 8 hours 53 minutes

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Short Stories

605

Short Story Collection Vol. 049

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 049: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members. 'How the Hodja Saved Allah' by Cyrus Adler and Allan Ramsay

Leonard Wilson and 12 more 8 hours 53 minutes Short Story Collections

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History

468

William Clark - Journal of Lewis and Clarke (1840)

«The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, for exploring the river Missouri, and the best communication from that to the Pacific Ocean, has had all the success which could be expected. They have traced the Missouri...

Availle and 16 more 8 hours 51 minutes

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History

454

John Reed - Insurgent Mexico

In the autumn of 1913 John Reed was sent to Mexico by the Metropolitan Magazine to report the Mexican Revolution. He shared the perils of Pancho Villa's army for four months, present with Villa's Constitutional Army...

TriciaG and 12 more 8 hours 48 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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