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Robert Farrell
In News From The 30's Through The 70's
Explore the fascinating world of news from the 1930s through the 1970s. This collection offers a unique glimpse into the events and stories …
Preface, Contents and Letter from Thomas Hood
Read by Phil Benson
Various
In Athenaeum Souvenir
The Manchester Athenaeum was founded in 1837 as a society for the "advancement and diffusion of knowledge". This short collection …
Preface
Read by Lynne T
Richard Wilson
In The Russian Storybook
Reverend Richard Wilson went to the heart of Russia to find stories from the eastern outposts of Christianity, untouched by the renaissance …
The Custom of the Country
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Edith Wharton
In First Chapter Collection 001
"Are you wishing sometimes that you had a good book which you don't know, that you might just read and enjoy? The goal of this collecti…
Heritage
Read by Denise Ray
Claude Mckay
In Harlem Shadows
An award winning Jamaican poet who writes passionately about his birth home and his adopted home, USA. Claude McKay vividly describes family…
Collectors
Read by Newgatenovelist
Marion Strobel
In Selected Poems
Marion Strobel was a poet, an author of fiction and an associate editor of Poetry. These poems were published from 1919 to 1926 in Poetry, O…
Preface
Read by Alan Mapstone
Ivor Gurney
In Severn and Somme
The English poet Ivor Gurney wrote these poems while serving in the First World War. In them he contrasts the wartime desolation of the area…
Primaveral
Read by Newgatenovelist
Rubén Darío
In Selected Poems
Rubén Darío was a Nicaraguan poet and the founder of the modernismo literary movement. These English-language translations are…
The Land of Long Ago
Read by Ian King
Marietta Holley
In Poems
Poems by Marietta Holley, also known as Josiah Allen's Wife, presents a rich tapestry of verse that reflects the author's keen observations …
The History Lesson by Anonymous
Read by Tomas Peter
Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 1: Home and Friendship (Part 1)
The first of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, inclu…
No Master
Read by Newgatenovelist
William Morris
In Chants for Socialists
As well as being influential in the Arts and Crafts Movement and writing numerous poems and novels, William Morris was deeply involved in po…
A Touch of Civilization, by Miriam Michelson
Read by Greg Giordano
Various
In The Black Cat Vol. 03 No. 03 December 1897
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
Foreword
Read by Newgatenovelist
Muna Lee
In Sea-change
Muna Lee was a poet, novelist, translator and activist. This collection, first published in 1923, explores themes of love and place. - Summa…
Superficial Culture
Read by Ray Kasper (1938-2017)
Howard Pyle
In Pepper and Salt
Pepper and Salt invites listeners into a whimsical world where the ordinary is seasoned with a touch of magic and humor. Howard Pyle weaves …
France
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Various
In Poems of the Great War
At a time when the need for courage and tenacity of the British people was at its peak, these poems published at the outset of the First Wor…
The Dear Old Land
Read by Algy Pug
Alexander Wilmot
In The Poetry of South Africa
Alexander Wilmot was a Cape Town politician and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is the author of the History of the Zulu War 1…
Which? By Joseph Hall
Read by CPaine
Various
In Short Stories From Life
Life Magazine held a short story contest. Stories must be no more than 1500 words. Authors were paid for the number of words under that maxi…