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John Richard Hale - Famous Sea Fights

I propose to tell in non-technical and popular language the story of some of the most remarkable episodes in the history of sea power. I shall begin with the first sea-fight of which we have a detailed history—the...

Barry Eads and 16 more 11 hours 54 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Samuel Butler - Odyssey

The Odyssey is one of the two major ancient Greek epic poems (the other being the Iliad), attributed to the poet Homer. The poem is commonly dated to between 800 and 600 BC. The poem is, in part, a sequel to the...

Kirsten Ferreri and 13 more 11 hours 50 minutes

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Antiquity

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Publius Cornelius Tacitus - Tacitus' Histories

The Histories was written between 110 and 100 B.C. It covered the Year of Four Emperors following the downfall of Nero, the rise of Vespasian, and the rule of the Flavian Dynasty up to the death of Domitian....

Andrew Coleman and 7 more 11 hours 2 minutes

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Antiquity

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Herodotus - Herodotus' Histories Vol 1

The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC, the Histories tell the story of the war between the Persian Empire and the Greek...

Graham Redman and 9 more 10 hours 13 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Lucius Apuleius - Metamorphosis or The Golden Ass

The Metamorphosis, also known as The Golden Ass, is one of the very few novels of the Ancient World that survived to our days; one of the two novels of Roman Literature that we can still read; and the only one...

Leni and 10 more 9 hours 55 minutes

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Political Science

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Marcus Tullius Cicero - Philippics

A philippic is a fiery, damning speech delivered to condemn a particular political actor. The term originates with Demosthenes, who delivered an attack on Philip II of Macedon in the 4th century BCE. Cicero...

ontheroad 9 hours 46 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Winston S. Churchill - Selected House of Commons Speeches

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874 – 1965) was a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to...

musil and 13 more 9 hours 19 minutes UK Parliamentary Speeches

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James Joyce in Context, Vol. 1: Telemachus

Literary Collections

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James Joyce in Context, Vol. 1: Telemachus

This is a project invented and created by LibriVox volunteers. It collects various works which James Joyce quotes and refers to in his epic novel Ulysses , and provides them in audio form. Perfect for Joyce...

Peter O'Sullivan and 16 more 9 hours 15 minutes

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Political Science

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Aristotle - Politics

The Politics , by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, is one of the most influential texts in political philosophy. In it, Aristotle explores the role that the political community should play in developing the...

ontheroad and 8 more 9 hours 15 minutes

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War & Military

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Xenophon - Anabasis

Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave him land and property in Scillus, where he lived for many years before having...

Graham Redman and 5 more 9 hours 5 minutes

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Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 2

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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus - Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 2

Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The surviving lives contain twenty-three pairs of...

Leni and 5 more 8 hours 55 minutes Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans by Plutarch

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History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy, Vol. 1

Middle Ages/Middle History

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Niccolò Machiavelli - History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy, Vol. 1

History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy is an historical account by Niccolò Machiavelli. Toward the end of 1520, the Cardinal Giulio of Medici, later Pope Clement VII, offered Machiavelli the appointment to...

ontheroad and 8 more 8 hours 52 minutes History of Florence

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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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