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There Are Realistic Alternatives

Read by Benjamin Gittins


Gene Sharp


Violence in society and politics, whether in the form of war, terrorism, dictatorship, oppression, usurpation, or genocide, is widely recogn…

The Natural History Volume 3

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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 …

The Year When Stardust Fell

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Raymond Fisher Jones


The story of The Year When Stardust Fell is not a story of the distant future or of the remote past. It is not a story of a never-never land…

De l'Allemagne

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Madame Germaine De Staël


Toute l'érudition littéraire si variée et étendue, et les convictions politiques de Madame Germaine de Staë…

James Joyce Dubliners The Dead



The fifteenth story in James Joyce’s Dubliners. One of James Joyce's most acclaimed works and the final story in his 1914 collection ‘Dublin…

The Topaz Story Book: Stories and Legends of Autumn, Hallowe'en, and Thanksgivi…

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Ada M. Skinner


From the Introduction: "Nature stories, legends, and poems appeal to the young reader’s interest in various ways. Some of them suggest …

The Natural History Volume 5

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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 …

The Problem of Truth

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Herbert Wildon Carr


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…

Vassar Studies

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Julia Augusta Schwartz


Published in 1899, Vassar Studies is a collection of twelve realistic glimpses into the character of attending students at Vassar College. I…

The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

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Sir John Mandeville


This is an Elizabethan translation of a 14th century travelogue, allegedly composed by one Sir John Mandeville. According to the book, John …

The Journal of Henry David Thoreau Volume 1: 1837 - 1846

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Henry David Thoreau


Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist,h…

November

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John Clare


LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of November by John Clare. This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 18, 2012John Clare wa…

When the Chocolate Runs Out


Ven Robina Courtin


When the Chocolate Runs Out with Ven. Robina Courtin Friday, August 18, 2017 7:00pm – 9:00pm We love chocolate. Perhaps so much so that on s…

The Chambered Nautilus

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.


LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Chambered Nautilus by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project f…

The Author Meets the Critics


Mutual


In December 1942, the Mutual Broadcasting Network began airing a program called The Author Meets the Critics .  This was a literary rou…

Hobbes

Read by Pamela Nagami


Leslie Stephen


Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) famously wrote that in the state of nature "the life of man" was "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, a…

Upside Down And Back To Front



Upside Down and Back to Front By Lance Woodman It's 1913, and a young travelling photographer sets out looking for business around the Worce…

In a Belgian Garden and Other Poems

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Frank Oliver Call


These magnificent poems written by a lover of the natural splendor of untrodden lands are both thrilling and exhilarating. Visions and obser…

2011-06-21 - Does a Dog Have Buddha-nature? No! - Dharma Talk by Judith Ragir (…


Judith Ragir


Dharma talk given during a sesshin at Hokyoji Zen Practice Community in southeast Minnesota, USA. For more information, visit www.judithragi…

Leviathan (Books III and IV)

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Thomas Hobbes


In Books 3 and 4 of Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes elaborates on the political philosophy set forth in the first two books, by considering the nat…

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