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Japan and Korea

Read by BettyB


Frank G. Carpenter


Another fascinating volume in the author’s quest to travel the world. This time we are taken to Japan and Korea for an in-depth look at thei…

Ceres’ Runaway & Other Essays

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Alice Meynell


Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' S…

The Dread Apache: That Early-Day Scourge of the Southwest

Read by Laurie Banza


Merrill Pingree Freeman


Excerpt which contains the opinions and biographical accounts from the author: "A short time ago, idling through a collection of early-…

Catalogs to Sleep By

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Various


Excerpts from vintage catalogs, read in a soft, soothing voice and meant to lull you to sleep. Drift off to dreamland with details of such t…

Lands of the Caribbean

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Frank G. Carpenter


The author ventures to the islands of the Caribbean for yet another volume in his travel series. This time we visit the countries of Panama,…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 093

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Various


"Flirting is more serious than talking nonsense and not so serious as making love" was journalist Eliza Lynn Linton's take on rela…

Commentary on Genesis, Vol. 2: Luther on Sin and the Flood

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Martin Luther


In his "Dear Genesis" Luther proved that the free Evangelical religion he taught was not new, but as old as the first book of the …

Spring (Barber)

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Margaret Fairless Barber


LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Spring by "Michael Fairless" (pseudonym of Margaret Fairless Barber). This was the F…

The KEA: a New Zealand problem

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan


George Reginald Marriner


The kea (Nestor notabilis) is the world's only alpine parrot, and is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Although this large parrot …

Discoveries: Essays in Literary Criticism

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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…

First Chapter Collection 007

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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. Here we off…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 094

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Various


"Fine experience lies at one's own doorstep" writes Raymond S. Spears, suggesting that boating on the Mississippi River offers &qu…

Notes on Life and Letters

Read by Peter Dann


Joseph Conrad


Conrad described the twenty-six essays collected here as a "one-man show" comprising "Conrad literary, Conrad political, Conr…

Death-bed Visions

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William Fletcher Barrett


In his book Death-bed Visions, William Barrett was "anxious to prove that even people who have been skeptical all their lives of any su…

Anecdotes of Great Musicians

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Willey Francis Gates


Three hundred anecdotes and biographical sketches of famous composers and performers.I have attempted to cull from the mass of material that…

De Gedenkschriften van Jozef Grimaldi de Clown

Read by Marcel Coenders


Charles Dickens


De door Charles Dickens bewerkte autobiografie van Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837). De eerste clown die zijn gezicht wit schminkte.

LibriVox 13th Anniversary Collection

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Various


This year is the 13th anniversary of our beloved LibriVox. The readings in this collection celebrate that "bunch of volunteers" wh…

The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol. II

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart


This volume, the second volume of a two-volume set, contains over 125 letters written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from 1781-1791. It has been…

Women of the War

Read by TR Love


Barbara McLaren and Barbara Mclaren


Unexaggerated accounts of the remarkable work of several British women during WWI. - Summary by TR Love

Black No More

Read by Jim Locke


George Schuyler


Being an account of the strange and wonderful workings of science in the land of the free, A.D. 1933-1940. (Summary by author)

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