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The Persian Hidden Words

Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater


Bahá'U'Lláh


Kalimát-i-Maknúnih (کلمات مکنونه) or The Hidden Words is a book written in Baghdad around 1857 by Bahá'u'lláh, t…

Angel Food Time: Little Talks to Little Folks

Read by Maria Therese


Rev. Gerald T. Brennan


This is the sixth and final volume of the "Angel Food" Series by Father Brennan. This volume consists of 28 charming selections wi…

Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of The Universe: Introduction

Read by David Wales


Alexander Von Humboldt


Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a Prussian geographer, naturalist, explorer, and influential proponent of romantic phi…

The Life of Reason volume 2

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George Santayana


The Life of Reason, subtitled "the Phases of Human Progress", is a book published in five volumes from 1905 to 1906, by Spanish-bo…

My Experiences as an Executioner

Read by ashleighjane


James Berry


From 1884 until 1891, James Berry was an executioner. In this time he carried out 131 hangings. In this memoir he writes about the methods h…

Historical Tales, Vol IV: English

Read by Kalynda


Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews


Volume IV of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This fourth volume covers …

Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air

Read by LivelyHive


Joseph Priestley


Joseph Priestley, FRS was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and political th…

Practical Mysticism: A Little Book for Normal People

Read by Carla Arnell


Evelyn Underhill


Underhill’s definition of mysticism, her exploration of the stages of spiritual progress along the mystical path, and her argument about the…

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Volume 01

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United Nations


The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was ratified in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly. It defines the fundamental rights of …

The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52

Read by rachelellen


Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe


Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe moved to California from Massachusetts during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800’s. During her travels, Louise w…

A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 4

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François Pierre Guillaume Guizot


François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics prio…

George and Robert Stephenson

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)


Samuel Smiles


George Stephenson did not invent the steam engine, that was due to Newcomen and later to James Watt. He did not invent the steam locomotive,…

Von der Unerschütterlichkeit des Weisen (De Constantia Sapientis)

Read by redaer


Lucius Annaeus Seneca


Unverwundbar ist nicht Das, wogegen kein Schlag geschieht, sondern, Was nicht verletzt wird. Das ist das Kennzeichen, das ich dir für d…

Highways and Byways in Sussex

Read by Peter Yearsley


E. V. Lucas


A very personal and opinionated wander through the Sussex of around 1900, illustrated with anecdotes, literary and poetic quotations, graves…

Helsinkiin

Read by Tuija Aalto


Juhani Aho


The miniature novel Helsinkiin by Juhani Aho was published in 1889. A psychological novel about a young man’s stepping into adult life, it a…

A Collection Of Stories, Reviews And Essays

Read by David Wales


Willa Sibert Cather and Willa Cather


Stories and essays by Willa Cather - Summary by david wales

The Book of the National Parks

Read by J. M. Smallheer


Robert Sterling Yard


Robert Sterling Yard was an American writer, journalist, and wilderness activist. Born in Haverstraw, New York, Yard graduated from Princeto…

Afloat on the Ohio

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Reuben Gold Thwaites


Afloat on the Ohio, An Historical Pilgrimage, of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, From Redstone to Cairo.There were four of us pilgrims—my Wife,…

Bible (Reina Valera) NT 07: 1 Corintios

Read by Joyfull


Reina-Valera


La ciudad de Corinto estaba en el corazón de una ruta comercial principal en el mundo antiguo. Como muchas ciudades que trabajan en e…

The Masque of Anarchy

Read by Phil Benson


Percy Bysshe Shelley


The Masque of Anarchy was Shelley's response to the Peterloo massacre at St Peter's Fields, Manchester, where 18 died and hundreds were inju…

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