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The Adventures of Paddy Beaver

Read by John Lieder


Thornton W. Burgess


The Adventures of Paddy Beaver is another in the long list of children’s books by the conservationist, Thornton W. Burgess. In this book, th…

The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson

Read by Michael Yard


Mark Twain


In one of his later novels, the master storyteller spins a tale of two children switched at infancy. A slave takes on the identity of master…

A Personal Anthology of Shakespeare

Read by Martin Clifton


William Shakespeare


This personal anthology is my choice of speeches from Shakespeare that I enjoy reading (that I would like to have had by heart years ago!) a…

Ministry of Disturbance

Read by Phil Chenevert


H. Beam Piper


Science Fiction at it humorous best written in the golden age of all the greats and published in Astounding Science Fiction December 1958. …

The Seen and the Unseen

Read by Sonia


Richard Marsh


Is it true that people can literally be scared to death ? Is it possible to photograph astral projections ? What happens if you play with a …

The Trawler

Read by Roger Melin


James Brendan Connolly


The Trawler is a short story revolving around the trying life of a group of bank fishermen based in Gloucester. Skipper Hugh Glynn worked hi…

Apocrypha

Read by Geoffrey Edwards


Plato


It is not generally agreed whether Plato was the author of any of these books. I. Hippias Major (or Greater Hippias)II. Second Alcibiades (…

South American Jungle Tales

Read by James K. White


Horacio Quiroga


The stories in South American Jungle Tales center on the relationships between people and the different creatures Quiroga came into contact …

Bible (KJV) 00: Preface

Read by Sam Stinson


King James Version


The preface to the KJV Bible is fitting to read, as it reminds contemporary readers of the transitory nature of all Bible translations. The …

My Brother's Story

Read by Allen Johnson Jr.


Allen Johnson Jr.


The Blackwater Novels are set in the 1930s along the Blackwater Swamp, near the fictional town of Turpentine, Georgia. Get in trouble with t…

The Natural History Volume 1

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Pliny the Elder


Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …

Pagan Papers

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Kenneth Grahame


We join our thoughtful author on a dreamy stroll at dusk through the English countryside, and listen to his nonchalant, slightly scattered m…

Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends

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John Keats


These are the letters of John Keats, as written to family, close friends and others during his brief, eventful years as an artist. (However,…

The Gods and Mr Perrin

Read by Simon Evers


Hugh Walpole


The book is probably better known under the title ‘Mr Perrin and Mr Traill’, later made into a well-known film in 1948. Perrin and Traill ar…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 052

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Various


Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Nature and Science--fall scenery,…

A-Birding on a Bronco

Read by J. M. Smallheer


Florence A. Merriam and Florence A. Merriam Bailey


Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey was an American ornithologist and nature writer. She started observing bird behavior at a time when most bir…

MIT 18.03 Differential Equations, Spring 2006


MIT OpenCourseWare


Differential Equations are the language in which the laws of nature are expressed. Understanding properties of solutions of differential equ…

The Boys' and Girls' Pliny Vol. 2

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Pliny the Elder and John S. White


The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire. The full work consists of …

Flower-Patch Among the Hills

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Flora Klickmann


After poor health forced Klickmann to move from London to the country, she began writing a series of sketches for The Girl's Own Paper and i…

Wayside and Woodland Trees: Pocket guide to the British Sylva

Read by KHand


Edward Step


"The purpose of this volume is not the addition of one more to the numerous treatises upon sylviculture or forestry, but to afford a st…

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