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Lands of the Andes and the Desert
Read by BettyB
Frank G. Carpenter
Another volume in Carpenter's lengthy series of his travels around the world in the early 20th century.This volume covers specific countries…
Little Homer's Slate
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Eugene Field
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Little Homer's Slate by Eugene Field. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 6th, 2…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Not one of us actually thinks for himself, or in any orderly and scientific manne…
Song of the Kicking Horse
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Bliss Carman
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Song of the Kicking Horse by Bliss Carman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Septem…
De Strijd des Levens
Read by Marcel Coenders
Charles Dickens
Het kerstverhaal van 1846 vertaling van The battle of life. De rampzalige historie over het verlaten van het vaderlijk huis en vinden van ge…
De Gevaren van Sommige Engelse Gevangenen
Read by Marcel Coenders
Charles Dickens
Vertaling van 'The Perils Of Certain English Prisoners' (1857) het boek is in samenwerking met Wilkie Collins geschreven. Het verhaal speelt…
Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art
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William Henry Holmes
A study of ceramics in the Americas: its form, function and ornamentation as well as its history. Produced by the Smithsonian's Department o…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
"There has always been a tendency on the part of men of brains to look with contempt on women's work in the arts." Screenwriter an…
North America
Read by Celine Major
Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. In 1861 he travelled through…
The Third Voyage of James Cook
Read by David Cole
James Cook
Only months after his return from his mammoth Second Voyage, the Admiralty ordered Cook back to the Pacific, ostensibly to return Omai, a yo…
Under the Guns
Read by Celine Major
Annie Wittenmyer and Annie Wittenmyer
Preface:The stories and reminiscences in this book are true to life, every one of them. They are told just as they occurred, without any att…
Geen Uitweg
Read by Marcel Coenders
Charles Dickens
Vertaling van het kerstverhaal van 1867. Een verwisseling van twee vondelingen in hun vroege jeugd veroorzaakt op volwassen leeftijd de nodi…
First Chapter Collection
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Various
The first chapter of a book is often the hook to draw a reader in. It could make you eager for more or realize it isn't for you. In this, th…
Joseph and his Brethren
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W. K. Tweedie
"The story of Joseph is at once so simple that childhood is arrested and rivetted by it, and so profound that sages may deepen their wi…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
Calling men the "Bawling Brotherhood," Sarah Grand penned a lively essay on The New Aspect of the Woman Question in 1894. Stenogra…
The Yoruba-speaking peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa
Read by Faith Abiola-Ellison
Alfred Burdon Ellis
British Army officer and ethnographer AB Ellis was known for his writings on West Africa. His final publication takes an anthropological mag…
First Chapter Collection
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Various
LibriVox First Chapter Collection 005 - a collection of the first chapters of 15 different books, fiction and nonfiction, mostly English but…
Among the Head-hunters of Formosa
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Janet B. Montgomery Mcgovern
"Among the Head-hunters of Formosa contains the substance of observations made during a two-years' stay in Formosa — from September 191…
Discoveries
Read by Jim Locke
John Middleton Murry
Introductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the titl…
Our Southern Highlanders
Read by Lyndon Ashworth
Horace Kephart
"Our Southern Highlanders" by Horace Kephart delves into the lives and landscapes of the Appalachian region, focusing particularly…