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Putting the Most Into Life

Read by Andrew Kennedy


Booker T. Washington


The chapters in this little book were originally part of a series of Sunday Evening Talks given by the Principal to the students of the Tusk…

Robert Falconer

Read by Kenneth R. Morefield


George MacDonald


A Victorian novel devoted to beloved character first introduced to readers in MacDonald's David Elginbrod. (Summary by Kenneth R. Morefield)

Hard Times (version 2 dramatic reading)

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Charles Dickens


Charles Dickens' 1854 novel opens with the philosophy of education espoused by the eminently practical Mr. Gradgrind, who prizes "facts…

Capitol Coven

Read by Peter E. Abresch


Peter E. Abresch


Ninety percent of the federal laws, resolutions, and appropriations pass or fail in the U. S. Congress by a handful of votes. When Alexand…

The Agony Column

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Earl Derr Biggers


English romantic adventure starring a young American in London and inspired by the personal ads (agony columns) in the London papers. In thi…

History of a Literary Radical, and Other Essays

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Randolph Silliman Bourne


A posthumous collection of Bourne's writing from publications such as The Atlantic Monthly and early issues of The New Republic, with a long…

Opening a Chestnut Burr

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Edward P. Roe


Walter Gregory is a gentleman whose health is broken down by the stress of Wall Street and the consequences of his fast lifestyle. Disillusi…

Simplemente Darío

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Rubén Darío


Esta es una colleccion de poemas de Ruben Darío. (Summary by Arturo)

Recompence

Read by Simon Evers


Robert Keable


The book is a sequel to ‘Simon called Peter’ by the same author. It picks up the separate stories of Peter and Julie, at first in South Afri…

The Gentle Grafter

Read by Leslie Walden


O. Henry


If Jefferson "Parleyvoo" Pickens had appeared in print just a few years later, he might have been the "Gentle Grifter" i…

Out of Mulberry Street

Read by Lee Smalley


Jacob A. Riis


These riveting accounts by Jacob A. Riis are from the late 19th century, when lower Manhattan was teeming with struggling, near-starving imm…

The Pupil

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Henry James


Pemberton, a young American with an Oxford education and out of money, takes a job tutoring Morgan Moreen, the 12-year old son of an America…

A Man of Honor

Read by Roger Melin


George Eggleston


New Yorker Robert Pagebrook travels to Virginia to visit relatives. The Civil War has ended and family ties are in order to be re-establishe…

Reid's Critique of Hume

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Dan Robinson


University of Oxford Podcasts

Modern Essays

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Christopher Morley


Thirty three essays by more or less well-known authors of Britain, the United States, and Canada, each fronted by an introductory paragraph.…

The Negro

Read by Jim Locke


W. E. B. Du Bois


Nevertheless, I have not been able to withstand the temptation to essay such short general statement of the main known facts and their fair …

The Stark Munro Letters

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


"The letters of my friend Mr. Stark Munro appear to me to form so connected a whole, and to give so plain an account of some of the tro…

The Search

Read by LikeManyWaters


Grace Livingston Hill


“On the day the drafted men march away, Ruth MacDonald catches John Cameron's eye and waves to him. In the excitement of the moment they bot…

Max Quick 2: The Two Travelers

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Mark Jeffrey


Five quiet years have passed in Starland, California since the the time of the Pocket. But when a crazed old man shows up with a warning, Ma…

Randall Garrett: 3 Science Fiction stories

Read by Phil Chenevert


Randall Garrett


The irrepressible Science Fiction author Randall Garrett wrote a wide array of short stories for the SF magazines of his day poking fun at m…

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