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Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 7

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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus


Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral …

Unsung Heroes

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Elizabeth Ross Haynes


This book consists of 17 biographies of remarkable men and women who, in 1921, were "unsung." Some of them are now pretty well kno…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042

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Various


Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include biographies of astronomer Fiammett…

Women of Achievement

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Benjamin Griffith Brawley


This volume, published in 1919 by the American Women's Baptist Home Mission Society, opens with an introduction spelling out the important w…

Sweet Clover

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Edgar Lee Masters


LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Sweet Clover by Edgar Lee Masters.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 30, 2023.…

Good Stories for Great Birthdays

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Frances Jenkins Olcott


"Here are over 200 stories celebrating 23 great birthdays of patriot-founders and upbuilders of the Republics of both North and South A…

The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States

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Benjamin Griffith Brawley


Noted African-American author and educator, Benjamin Brawley, presents short biographies of other African-Americans in the fields of literat…

Voyage en Corse

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Gracieux Faure


La Corse, cette île de la mer Méditerrannée, nous fait immédiatement penser à la nature indomptée, …

Les quarante fauteuils de l'Académie Française 1634-1886

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Charles Barthelémy


Depuis ses débuts en cercle de neuf amis, ensuite organisée et élargie sous la tutelle du cardinal de Richelieu en 1634…

Ben King's Verse

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Benjamin King


This is a volume of Benjamin King's collected verse, published shortly after his sudden death in 1894. The American humorist was very famous…

Seven Men

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Max Beerbohm


In order to liven up the literary history of Great Britain in the 1890s (as if Oscar Wilde, Stevenson, Kipling, Hardy, etc., were not lively…

Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool Makers

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Samuel Smiles


Short Biographies of some of the most influential engineers who developed the modern manufacturing methods behind the Industrial Revolution.…

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars

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Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus


The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire. The work was written in 12…

The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 6

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Agnes Strickland


The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by he…

The Lives of the Queens of England, Volume 7

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Agnes Strickland


The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by he…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 047

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Various and Plato


Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy and thought -- Plato, A…

Little Masterpieces of Autobiography: Actors

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George Iles


The playwright gives a play its plot, characters, dialog and form, but its sense of living reality is conveyed by the art of the actor. This…

The Lives of the Queens of England, Volume 9

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Agnes Strickland


The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by he…

Among the Great Masters of the Drama

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Walter Rowlands


In "Among the great masters of the drama; scenes in the lives of famous actors; thirty-two reproductions of famous pictures with text&q…

Podcast 2 1 Introduction to the Gospels as Portraits of Jesus


Philip A. Harland


Here I discuss some introductory issues regarding the gospels, including their status as ancient biographies or portraits of Jesus and the l…

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