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A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, A Colored Man

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Noah Davis

The object of the writer, in preparing this account of himself, is toRAISE SUFFICIENT MEANS TO FREE HIS LAST TWO CHILDREN FROM SLAVERY.Havin…

One Third Off

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Irvin S. Cobb

Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876–March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, and columnist who lived in New York and wrote over 60…

Young Adventure, A Book of Poems

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Stephen Vincent Benét

Stephen Vincent Benét (July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943) was an American author, poet, short story writer and novelist. He is best know…

Chapter 2: Adam, Part 5

In The Legends of the Jews, Volume 1

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Louis Ginzberg

Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; …

THE WATCHMAN OF THE OLD ORCHARD: The Kingbird and the Great Crested Flycatcher.

In The Burgess Bird Book for Children

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Thornton W. Burgess

The Burgess Bird Book for Children is a zoology book written in the form of a story featuring Peter Rabbit. Peter learns from his friend Je…

Mountains and Plateaus

In Canyons of the Colorado

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John Wesley Powell

John Wesley Powell was a pioneer American explorer, ethnologist, and geologist in the 19th Century. In 1869 he set out to explore the Colora…

Escape

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 001

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Christopher Benson and Arthur Christopher Benson

A collection of ten short essays or other short nonfiction works in the public domain read by LibriVox volunteers.

Chapter XXXIX: Gothic Kingdom of Italy Pt. 1

In The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. IV

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Edward Gibbon

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…

The City Revisited

In Short Poetry Collection 042

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Stephen Vincent Benét and Stephen Vincent Benét

LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 042: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.