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Pioneers of the Old South
Read by Jim Locke
Mary Johnston
In this remarkably detailed and sweeping fifth installment, Mary Johnston takes us from discoveries and settlements to the evolution into th…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. Is the sound of a dripping faucet music? According to Aldous Huxley, "The music of…
The Indians in Wisconsin's History
Read by Verla Viera
John M. Douglass
Pre-European arrival history of Wisconsin's Native American tribes, with discussions of their way of life, crafts, clothing, shelter, huntin…
Notes On Democracy
Read by Lisa Reichert
H. L. Mencken
American journalist H.L. Mencken’s Notes On Democracy was originally published in 1926, yet is still relevant almost 100 years later.Mencken…
Bushido: The Soul of Japan
Read by Gloria Loughry
Inazō Nitobe
Bushido: The Soul of Japan is a study of the way of the samurai. A best-seller in its day, it was read by many influential foreigners, among…
Extracts from 'The New and Complete Newgate Calendar'
Read by Roy Schreiber
William Jackson
Volume One of the New and Complete Newgate Calendar, covering the years 1700 through 1723, relates stories of British trials, the persons ac…
Royal Romances of Today
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Kellogg Durland
"In the year 1907, the Woman’s Home Companion commissioned me to go to Russia to write the story of the early days, courtship and marri…
The Freedom of Life
Read by Trek
Annie Payson Call
'The Freedom of Life' is a mind-illuminating book, in which author Annie Payson Call (1853-1940) wrote about many of the troubles that we us…
Nobody's Property
Read by Emily Kathleen Cooke
Emily Kathleen Cooke
November 4, 1971Jennifer Rose Cooke, a girl from California, just turned 18, goes missing in a frigid forest in West Germany. She has been h…
All That Can Be Shaken
Read by Essie Collins
Essie Collins
All That Can Be Shaken by Essie Collins (a pseudonym) is a moving true story of a family's struggle with a tragedy that shakes their lives a…
The Christmas Tree
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Anonymousandalice Maude Kellogg, Anonymous And Alice Maude Kellogg and William James McGlothlin
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of The Christmas Tree by Anonymous. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 19, 2010This…
Autobiography Memories and Experiences
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Moncure Daniel Conway
Moncure Daniel Conway was an American abolitionist, Unitarian, clergyman and author. This second volume of his autobiography covers the year…
Soup of Alphabets
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Various
A second helping of Alphabet Books! This collection has a wide-ranging variety of short books, and not only for younger readers, but also fo…
At Home From Church
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Sarah Orne Jewett
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of At Home From Church by Sarah Orne Jewett. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 19…
The Flowers of Shakespeare
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Esther Singleton
A lovely collection of information about those flowers that appear in William Shakespeare's work. The brief chapters are categorized by the …
The Alps, the Danube and the Near East
Read by BettyB
Frank G. Carpenter
Journeying through many countries including Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Switzerland and Greece, the author gives an in-depth account of many …
Sketches by Boz
Read by Hamlet
Charles Dickens
A collection of early writings of Charles Dickens under his early pseudonym, "Boz." They first appeared in various publications f…
The Great Events by Famous Historians
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Charles F. Horne
A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…
A Bachelor Girl in Burma
Read by Mary Ann Hadley
Geraldine Edith Mitton
Miss Mitton was an unusual English woman of her time. As a published author, this unmarried woman in her early 30s recorded her visit to Bu…
After Music
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Josephine Preston Peabody
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of After Music by Josephine Preston Peabody. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 10, 20…