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Theodore Roosevelt, December 6, 1904, part 1

In State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1901 - 1908)

Read by Jay Troop


Theodore Roosevelt


The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

The Waterbucks, The Blackbuck of India, The Gazelles

In The Living Animals of the World, Volume 1: Mammals

Read by Jay Mistry


Various


The Living Animals of the Natural World, subtitled "a popular Natural History", proposed to present the most updated version of th…

Chapter 17

In Show Boat

Read by Jay Randolph


Edna Ferber


Published in 1926, Show Boat tells of three generations of the Hawks-Ravenal family and the Cotton Blossom Floating Palace Theatre on the Mi…

The Machine That Thinks (1904)

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 084

Read by Jay Randolph


Russell Doubleday


Ghosts everywhere, and of any colour," was the promise of Spectropia, a book of "surprising spectral illusions" published in …

Licet Multa (On Catholics in Belgium) August 3, 1881

In Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII

Read by Brandy Jay


Pope Leo Xiii


Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903) wrote eighty-eight Encyclicals during his twenty-five year pontificate (1878-1903). Fifty-six of those are include…

The Wild Clematis

In Birds and Nature, Vol. X, No 2, September 1901

Read by Jay Lenhert


Various


"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes…

BOOK 3, CHAPTER X. SOCRATES, IN CONVERSATION WITH SEVERAL ARTIFICERS, A PAINTE…

In The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates

Read by Jay Mistry


Xenophon


Xenophon's best memorial of his old guide, philosopher, and friend is this work, in which Xenophon brought together in simple and direct for…

Franklin D. Roosevelt, January 3, 1934

In State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1934 - 1945)

Read by Jay Randolph


Franklin D. Roosevelt


The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

Refinements of the Hydrogen Spectrum

In The ABC of Atoms

Read by Rick Jay


Bertrand Russell


A short introductory book about atoms, subatomic particles and new (at that time) physics theories.

The Telephone: Building the Business

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 081

Read by Jay Randolph


Herbert Newton Casson


"There has always been a tendency on the part of men of brains to look with contempt on women's work in the arts." Screenwriter an…

CHAPTER LIV.

In The Children Of The Abbey

Read by Jay Randolph


Regina Maria Roche


Published in 1796, this novel tells the trials and tribulations of Amanda and Oscar FitzAlan, brother and sister who have to navigate the wo…

August

In A Medley of Weather Lore

Read by Brandy Jay


M. E. S. Wright


A Medley of Weatherlore is a compilation of poems, sayings, and bits of folklore for each month of the year. - Summary by A. Gramour

Part 1. Chapter 2

In Urania

Read by Jay Gatling


Camille Flammarion


Urania is a work of science fiction from the fine mind of French astronomer Camille Flammarion. Named for Urania, the muse of astronomy, thi…

The Telephone, Birth of the Telephone

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 080

Read by Jay Randolph


Herbert Newton Casson


Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Not one of us actually thinks for himself, or in any orderly and scientific manne…

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