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Preface
Read by Chris Greaves
Henry Lawson
In Short Stories in Prose and Verse
Short Stories in Prose and Verse” is Henry Lawson’s first published book (1894); his first published poem appeared in 1887. The volume is a …
Preface
Read by Steve C
Frank Mundell
In Stories of the Lifeboat
There's fury in the tempest,And there's madness in the waves;The lightning snake coils round the foam,The headlong thunder raves;Yet a boat …
PREFACE
Read by Shashank Jakhmola
Rabindranath Tagore
In Stories from Tagore
This is a wonderful collection of ten stories written by Rabindranath Tagore, often recalled as 'The Bard of Bengal'. Tagore is known for hi…
A LESSON FROM HISTORY - by Joseph Morris
Read by SK
Various
In It Can Be Done
This book contains many poems of inspiration, joy and hope. Just the thing to encourage our spirits and strengthen our backbone when troubl…
Music as a Means of Culture, by John S. Dwight
Read by ToddHW
Various
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 13
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Introduction and Preface
Read by James K. White
Alice Dunbar Nelson
In Violets And Other Tales
This is a collection of the author's short stories and poems where she writes about the collective experience of African American women, and…
Introductory Note
Read by David Wales
Max Brand
In Sheriff Larrabee's Prisoner
The stranger rode up in the pouring rain to the lonely ranch house. Before dawn he was riding quickly away. Who had killed old Mr. Benton?…
PREFACE
Read by Tony Foster
Charles Watts Whistler
In Havelok the Dane: A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln
Troy, Athens, Rome... each has its founding legend. So too does the Lincolnshire town of Grimsby, once the largest fishing port in the world…
Foreword
Read by David Wales
Louis Biancolli
In Tschaikovsky And His Orchestral Music
Included in this little book are analyses and backgrounds of most of Tschaikowsky’s standard concert music. A short sketch of Tschaikowsky’s…
Preface
Read by Patrick Randall
William Langland
In The Vision of Piers the Plowman (Warren translation)
William Langland’s Vision of Piers the Plowman is one of the Early English poems that may well appeal to many other readers than the profess…
Topaz
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Various
In Birds and Nature, Vol. X, No 5, December 1901
"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes…
Preface
Read by Verla Viera
Frank Tilton
In Sketch of the Great Fires in Wisconsin
The Peshtigo fire in Northeastern Wisconsin is the deadliest wildfire in recorded history, claiming somewhere between 1200 and 2500 lives. E…
Preface
Read by Celine Major
Francis Parkman, Jr.
In Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV
Part five of Francis Parkman's multi-volume series France and England in North America is but one of the masterful narratives that have earn…
Our Common Lot
Read by MaryAnn
Various
In The Reader's Digest, Volume 1, Issue 2
Twenty one articles each month from leading magazines - Each article of enduring value and interest, in condensed and compact form.A most co…