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History of Farming in Ontario

Read by Esther


C. C. James


This is a paper on the history of farming in Ontario. It take the reader through the early settlement from 1783 to the modern period of 1888…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 03 - Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain

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Charles W. Colby


For Canada, Champlain is not alone a heroic explorer of the seventeenth century, but the founder of Quebec; and it is a rich part of our her…

LibriVox 6th Anniversary Collection

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


What do you do for a sixth anniversary? We challenged our readers to find any short works which had 'six' in the title - in any language. Th…

Plan and Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Samuel Johnson


The published dictionary was a huge book: with pages nearly 1½ feet tall and 20 inches wide, it contained 42,773 words; it also sold …

The World’s Story Volume VIII: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and …

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Eva March Tappan


This is the eighth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March T…

Garcia Moreno, President of Ecuador 1821-1875

Read by Maria Therese


Augustine Berthe and Augustine Berthetranslated Bymary Elizabeth Ashe À Court-Repington, Baroness He…


Gabriel Gregorio Fernando José María García y Moreno y Morán de Buitrón (1821–1875) was an Ecuadorian pol…

WWII News and Related Sound files from 1943


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Old Time Radio Programs. WWII News and Related Sound files from 1943

Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 1

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Benvenuto Cellini


Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as h…

Early explorations in New South Wales: A collection

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Various


In the early days of the penal colony at Sydney, rumour was rife among the convicts of another colony beyond the Blue Mountains and perhaps …

The Makers of Canada: Champlain

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Narcisse-Eutropee Dionne


A biography of Samuel de Champlain, French explorer, founder of Quebec, and father of New France. ( Summary by Cathy Barratt )

Thrilling Adventures By Land And Sea

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James O. Brayman


There is in the adventures of the daring and heroic, something that interests all. There is a charm about them which, while it partakes of t…

Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush

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Susanna Moodie


As a middle class Englishwoman Moodie did not particularly enjoy "the bush", as she called it. She and her husband moved to Bellev…

WWII News and Related Sound files from 1942


Various


Old Time Radio Programs. WWII News and Related Sound files from 1942

Chronicles of Canada Volume 04 - Jesuit Missions: A Chronicle of the Cross in t…

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Thomas Guthrie Marquis


These little books were designed to cover Canadian history in a scholarly and readable fashion. This volume, as suggested in the title, foll…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 31 - All Afloat: A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways

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William Wood


No exhaustive Canadian 'water history' can possibly be attempted here. That would require a series of its own. But at least a first attempt …

Notes of a War Correspondent

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Richard Harding Davis


Experiences and observations of the journalist in the Cuban-Spanish War, the Greek-Turkish War, the Spanish-American War, the South African …

Human Sacrifice

Read by Jeff Allen


John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton


This was one of Lord Acton's essays, that was in response to the publication of the letters between Sir Robert Peel and Lord Macaulay. Lord…

WWII News and Related Sound files from 1940


Various


Old Time Radio Programs. WWII News and Related Sound files from 1940

Izaak Walton's Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker and George Her…

Read by David Wales


Izaak Walton


The full title of Walton's book of short biographies is, Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich'd Hooker, George Herbert, &C.; Sir Henr…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 13 - The United Empire Loyalists: A Chronicle of th…

Read by Roger Melin


W. Stewart Wallace


Volume 13 of The Chronicles of Canada Series. This volume sheds light on the often misunderstood Americans who chose to remain loyal to the …

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