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Infernal School System
Read by Jim Locke
William Shuler Harris
In Mr. World and Miss Church-Member: A Twentieth Century Allegory
An allegory that describes the sad journey of Miss Church-Member who thinks she is traveling on a more convenient way to heaven, but she doe…
Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education
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John Dewey
An important, controversial, and often cited work on public education. Dewey discusses the role of public education in a democracy and the d…
Of Books and Reading
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Stephen Norris Fellows and Isaac Watts
In Improvement of the Mind
"No man is obliged to learn and know everything; this can neither be sought nor required, for it is utterly impossible; yet all persons…
The Passing
Read by James Koss
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In Songs of Action
This is a collection of poems by Arthur Conan Doyle centering around the theme of war, action and adventure. - Summary by Carolin
Human Nature And Conduct - Part 1, The Place of Habit in Conduct
Read by William Allan Jones
John Dewey
John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist saw Social Psychology as much a physical science …
Read, And You Will Know
Read by Jacqueline Burrell Walton
James Baldwin
In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 083
“Oh, mother, I would like to know everything.” “You can never know everything, my child, but you can learn many things from books.” Accordin…
The Professor's Assistant
Read by Gerald Moe
Vance Barnum
In Joe Strong, the Boy Wizard; or, The Mysteries of Magic Exposed
Joe Strong was a favorite hero and could ride any horse, juggle most anything, and climb buildings, all with a steel reserve. He was the chi…
Chapter 5: What Grade is Betsy?
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher
In Understood Betsy (version 3 Dramatic Reading)
Sickly and sheltered, nine-year-old Elizabeth Ann is horrified to hear she must be sent away to live with the "Putney cousins." Ac…
Section 13: A Comparison of the Contributor and the Teacher.
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Lane Friesen
In All Sorts of People - Ordered Complexity
'All Sorts of People - Ordered Complexity' is a collection of seven linked books: Book One presents personality differences - we may describ…
Chapter 5
Read by Martin Reyto
F. Scott Fitzgerald
In The Great Gatsby (version 4)
The Great Gatsby follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The …
The Tree Toad
Read by Cornel Nemes
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 3
This is Volume 3: Nature Poems of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. It's arranged in four sectio…
Introduction & The Student
Read by Phil Benson
John Ackworth
In Beckside Lights
John Ackworth was the pen name of the Rev. Frederick R. Smith, a Methodist minister who was born in Snaith, Yorkshire, but spent much of his…
Chapter 10
Read by Mira Williams
Fritz Leiber
In The Green Millennium
From the classic science-fiction and fantasy author Fritz Leiber comes this intriguing tale of a green cat. From the author's introduction:…
Chapter IV El Mouski
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Harold L. Goodwin
In The Egyptian Cat Mystery: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story
Rick & Scotty are invited to solve a mystery in Egypt. Traveling with Dr Winston our hero's investigate a mystery that has a global rea…
A Leaf From the Past Part 2
Read by Lyndon Ashworth
Horace Kephart
In Our Southern Highlanders (Version 2)
"Our Southern Highlanders" by Horace Kephart delves into the lives and landscapes of the Appalachian region, focusing particularly…
Lot No. 249, Part 3
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
This is a collection of short stories focusing on the problems that present themselves to physicians and surgeons in the course of their wor…
How Librarians Choose Books
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Arthur Elmore Bostwick
In Library Essays; Papers Related to the Work of Public Libraries
This 1920 collection of essays gathers together 25 years of papers, articles, and presentations given by Arthur E. Bostwick. The ideas in ma…
Chapter V - My Story
Read by Peter John Keeble
Wilkie Collins
In The Two Destinies
Mary Dermody is destined to be together with George Germaine one day, or so at least her grandmother prophesies. Destiny at first doesn't se…
A bachelor's letters
Read by KevinS
Walter Germain Robinson
In The Complete Bachelor
This volume was written by the author to help people with proper etiquette for certain social dilemma issues.i.e. male manners while being s…
Part XII and Epilogue
Read by Phil Chenevert
John Wood Campbell Jr. and John Wood Campbell, Jr.
In The Ultimate Weapon (Version 2)
A rip-roaring space adventure from the 1930's by the legendary John Cambpell. A race in another solar system many light years away from Ear…