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Grandma's Prayer

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Eugene Field



LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Grandma's Prayer by Eugene Field . This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 4, 2011.E…

Report of the Airship ''Hindenburg'' Accident Investigation

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United States Department Of Commerce



“Oh my!”-Herbert O. Morrison, WLS News, ChicagoThursday, 6 May, 1937: It is early evening at a remote airport in central New Jersey. It’s st…

Christmas Short Works Collection

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Various



2019 collection of items with a Christmas theme containing traditional stories, Christmas traditions, Christmas cakes. We hope you will enj…

The Woodpeckers

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Fannie Hardy Eckstorm



The Woodpeckers is a wonderful introduction to the world of bird study for the young naturalist, covering such topics as how he finds food, …

Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals

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Arthur L. Hayward



This is the third volume in this collection of reports and newspaper stories regarding notorious criminals and their punishment, assembled b…

Declaration of Rights

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Stamp Act Congress



On June 8, 1765 James Otis, supported by the Massachusetts Assembly sent a letter to each colony calling for a general meeting of delegates.…

The Apostle of Alaska

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John W. Arctander



This is this story of William Duncan, an English missionary, who established a colony among the Tsimshian people of the Pacific Northwest. …

Into the Frozen South

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James William Slessor Marr and James W. S. Marr



James Marr was a Boy Scout selected to go along with Sir Ernest Shackleton aboard the Quest in 1921 for the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition to …

The History of England, from the Accession of James II

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Thomas Babington Macaulay



This chapter begins with the flight of James II and then moves on to the downfall of Judge Jeffreys and the arrival of Dutch troops in Londo…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II

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Thomas Babington Macaulay



This chapter traces the history of the Glorious Revolution in Scotland, including the reaction of the country's religious parties, the insta…

Being a Boy

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Charles Dudley Warner



Warner's thoughtful and often humorous memoir of his life as a young farm-boy in Charlemont, Massachusetts. (Introduction by Mark Penfold)

Oracles of Nostradamus

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Charles A. Ward



Charles A. Ward was considered one of the most knowledgeable in his studies of the prophecies of Nostradamus. Ward viewed the prophecies of …

The History of England, from the Accession of James II

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Thomas Babington Macaulay



This is chapter 9 of Thomas Babington Macaulay’s History of England from the accession of James II. This chapter covers part of the invasion…

History of New Brunswick

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Peter Fisher



Originally published in 1825 under the title: Sketches of New Brunswick : containing an account of the first settlement of the province, wit…

Short Nonfiction Collection

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Various



Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Natural cataclysm is the subject of several readin…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II

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Thomas Babington Macaulay



Much of this chapter is taken up with the affairs of Ireland during the reign of James II. The Protestants and Catholics are having their us…

Quatrain from the Rubaiyat

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Omar Khayyám



LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Quatrain from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Translated by Henry George K…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II

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Thomas Babington Macaulay



This is volume 4 chapter 22 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

Apis Mellifica

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C. W. Wolf



Wolf's essay considers the homeopathic medicine Apis Mellifica, or the poison of the honey bee, as a therapeutic agent based on his experien…

The Quaker Colonies

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Sydney Fisher



The Quaker Colonies describes the Quaker emigration to the colonies in the sixteen and seventeen hundreds and at the same time its involveme…

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