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The Early Diary of Frances Burney

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Frances Burney and Annie Raine Ellis



Vol. 1 of Diaries and letters of the young Fanny Burney. The diaries give a lively and accurate account of her experiences in the literary a…

This Path We Share

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Lois T. Hjelmstad



Why did a shy farm boy from North Dakota and an obstreperous 17 year old from South Dakota meet in Colorado? How did they forge a relations…

Herein is Love

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Reuel Howe and Reuel L. Howe



Prescient look at the church, its message and role in society, both perceived and true, focused through the lens of the biblical doctrine of…

Short Nonfiction Collection

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Various



Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Our constitution is color-blind... the law regards man as man and takes no accoun…

More Australian Legendary Tales

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K. Langloh Parker



The present series of legends have all been collected by myself from the Blacks, as were the previous ones. But in this instance, I had much…

The Lives of the Fathers of the Eastern Deserts

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Richard Challoner



Enlightening, profitable, edifying, inspiring – a few words to describe this collection of lives and sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothe…

Fatherland

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Sir Henry Parkes



LibriVox volunteers bring you 4 recordings of Fatherland by Sir Henry Parkes. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 23rd, 2011.Sir …

Short Nonfiction Collection

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Various



"It was about the month of May...that I received information ...that two photographs of fairies had been taken in the North of England …

Beethoven: The Man and the Artist

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Ludwig van Beethoven and Ludwig Van Beethoven



This book consists of brief biographical commentaries about Beethoven arranged by topic and followed by quotations by Beethoven about the to…

Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette

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Henriette Campan



Introduced into the royal household as court reader at the age of 15 and later rising to the office of first lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoin…

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…

January

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Helen Hunt Jackson



LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of January by Helen Hunt Jackson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 13, 2013.Helen M…

Short Nonfiction Collection

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Various



Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. President Theodore Roosevelt, in a 1903 speech, declared that "The future welfare …

The British Isles and the Baltic States

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Frank G. Carpenter



Another in a long series by the author focusing on the British Isles and a few chapters on Germany, Poland and other countries of the Baltic…

The Open Window

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Edward Rowland Sill



LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of The Open Window by Edward Rowland Sill. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February …

Short Nonfiction Collection

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Various



"A regard for decency, even at the cost of success, is but the regard for one's own dignity" was novelist Joseph Conrad's take on …

Short Nonfiction Collection

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Various



"With opinions, possession is more than nine points of the law. It is next to impossible to dislodge them." Woodrow Wilson's Study…

Sketches of Imposture, Deception, and Credulity

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Richard Alfred Davenport



This book contains many brief tales from history of commoners pretending to be kings and kings pretending to be commoners. Learn the fate of…

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern

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Various



The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

Tis the Last Rose of Summer

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Thomas Moore



LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of ’Tis the Last Rose of Summer by Sir Thomas Moore. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for…

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