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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

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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

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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…

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