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Writing Wrongly
Read by Thomas Corfield
Thomas Corfield
When the worst writer in history self-publishes his books, the world of literature is decimated overnight. Illiteracy becomes something to a…
Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels
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Stephen Leacock
Eight silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)
The Khaki Kook Book
Read by Clarica
Mary Kennedy Core
We cannot ignore the fact that we must eat, and that much as we dislike to acknowledge it, we are compelled to think a great deal about fill…
Irish Wit and Humor
Read by James E. Carson
Various
Excerpted anecdotes from the biographies of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell, relating humorous snippets of politics in 18th and 19th ce…
In the Net of the Stars
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F. S. Flint
English author Frank Stuart Flint was a prominent poet in the Imagist movement, along with Ezra Pound and T E. Hulme. Flint abandoned school…
Impertinent Poems
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Edmund Vance Cooke
A Pre-Impertinence:Anticipating the intelligent critic of "Impertinent Poems," it may well be remarked that the chief impertinence…
Cakes & Ale, A Dissertation on Banquets Interspersed with Various Recipes, More…
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Edward Spencer
A long time ago, an estimable lady fell at the feet of an habitual publisher, and prayed unto him:—“Give, oh! give me the subject of a book …
Bay: A Book of Poems
Read by Bruce Kachuk
D. H. Lawrence
The superb skill and dexterity of D.H. Lawrence, a writer who profoundly influenced the literature of the twentieth century, is very evident…
The Wonderful Visit
Read by Mary Bard
H. G. Wells
An other-worldly creature visits a small English village, and H. G. Wells uses humour and satire to convey some of the imperfections of Vict…
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 02
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Thomas D'Arcy McGee
Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…
Humour of the North
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Variousandlawrence J. Burpee
Some day an enterprising editor may find time to glean from the whole field of Canadian literature a representative collection of wit and hu…
A Pickle For the Knowing Ones
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Timothy Dexter
Timothy Dexter, a business man in the late 1700's, writes about his thoughts and his life. He is an unconventional man who follows his own …
Verses Popular and Humorous
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Henry Lawson
This is a volume of humorous poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson. - Summary by Carolin
The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent and Other Essays
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John Erskine
In different ways the four essays set forth one theme—the moral use to which intelligence might be put, in rendering our admirations and our…
Tremendous Trifles
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
“None of us think enough of these things on which the eye rests. But don't let us let the eye rest. Why should the eye be so lazy? Let us ex…
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
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William Wordsworth
This was the weekly poetry project for 14 May 2006. Spring’s flowers come and go all too quickly, but Wordsworth’s classic poem reminds us …
09 Counterparts
Drama On One RTÉ Radio 1
James Joyce - Dubliners 09 Dubliners - Counterparts The ninth story in James Joyce's Dubliners. Farrington, a lumbering alcoholic scr…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 083
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Various
“Oh, mother, I would like to know everything.” “You can never know everything, my child, but you can learn many things from books.” Accordin…
Memoir, Correspondence and Miscellanies, Volume I
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Thomas Jefferson
This is the first volume of Thomas Jefferson's public and private writings edited and compiled by his oldest grandson Thomas Jefferson Rando…