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Retrospective
Read by PaulW
Louisa Jebb Wilkins
In By Desert Ways to Baghdad
Every age witnesses the birth of some great soul. Sometimes events bring these people to the attention of the world. More often than not, th…
Prologue: Modernity in Music
Read by IanGibblet
Vernon Blackburn
In The Fringe of an Art: Appreciations in Music
A collection of essays on things musical by Vernon Blackburn, including composers, music in different time periods, and modern music. (Summ…
Chapter VI, The New Century
Read by Chris Pyle
Various
In Poems of American History, Volume 5, The Period of Expansion
The final section of Poems of American History covers The Reconstruction after the Civil War, the First Centennial, the continued expansion …
Preface. Author's Preface
Read by mpinedag
George Frederick Abbott
In Greece and the Allies
The author delves into Greece's dealings leading up to, during, and after WWI. We witness, through unbiased eyes, Greece's government (the M…
Introduction and Preface
Read by Availle
Frederick Davis Greene
In The Armenian Crisis in Turkey
Frederick Greene shows in this book that the case of the subject races in the Ottoman Empire is desperate, that there is no hope of reform f…
Preface
Read by mleigh
Stephen D. Peet
In The Ashtabula Disaster
Rev. Stephen D Peet describes the fatal railroad disaster on December 29, 1876 in Ashtabula, Ohio due to a bridge failure. He was a resident…
Preface
Read by ToddHW
Robert Means Lawrence
In The Magic of the Horse-Shoe
The study of the origin and history of popular customs and beliefs affords an insight, otherwise unattainable, into the operations of the hu…
FOREWORD, A Message from the Past
Read by Laurie Banza
Roger Livington Scaife and Roger Livingston Scaife
In Cape Coddities
A message from the past from a former Cape Cod resident who delves in all things that make Cape Cod special. From explaining the adventures …
Story of the Century - Pt 10
Various
In Superman page08
Old Time Radio Programs, The Adventures of Superman
01 Voices Of The 20th Century Excerpts
In This Was Radio
A collection of audio files from the audio CD companion of This Was Radio, a Great American Audio book by Ronald Lachmann
Ch. 4 Beginning of His Public Career
Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Booker T. Washington
In Frederick Douglass
An account of the life of Frederick Douglass, who escaped slavery to become one of the most important and influential abolitionists, authors…
Chapter IV - Special Articles - Part Seven
Read by Michele Fry
Louis Melius
In The American Postal Service, Second Edition
The history of the postal service in the United States goes back to the colonial period, but was established more formally with the issuing …
Chapter IV. Richelieu by Stanley Leathes (part 2)
Read by PatrS
Various
In The Cambridge Modern History. Volume 04, The Thirty Years' War
The Cambridge Modern History is a universal history covering the period from 1450 to 1910. It was published in 14 volumes between 1902 and 1…
Note to 1st edition
Read by Greg Giordano
George Livermore
In An Historical Research Respecting the Opinions of the Founders of the Republic, on Negroes as Slaves, as Citizens, and as Soldiers
Collects the speeches, writings, public statements and legislative acts of the Founding Fathers and Framers of the United States against sla…
A Postscript
Read by KevinS
Alfred D. DeCelles and Alfred D. Decelles
In Chronicles of Canada Volume 25 - The 'Patriotes' of '37: A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion
The Rebellions of 1837–1838 were two armed uprisings that took place in Lower Canada (now Quebec and Labrador) and Upper Canada (now Ontario…
VI. Historical Events of the 20th Century (Concluded)
Read by Chuck Williamson
Gregory Casparian
In An Anglo-American Alliance: A Serio-Comic Romance and Forecast of the Future
Described by io9 as “the first lesbian science fiction novel,” An Anglo-American Alliance is a quasi-farcical tale of love, transformation, …
Conclusion
Read by Steve C
Herbert Wildon Carr
In The Problem of Truth
A problem of philosophy is completely different from a problem of science. In science we accept our subject-matter as it is presented in una…
Preface
Read by Seriph
Peter Coffey
In Ontology, or the Theory of Being
The book is an introduction to metaphysics and Thomistic Ontology. - Summary by shreyasethi
Preface
Read by TriciaG
Thomas Conant
In Upper Canada Sketches
This book relates "somewhat random sketches of life in the early settlements and country districts of Upper Canada" (now Ontario),…
Louis
Read by Lazz
Various
In Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume I, Alabama Narratives
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…