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Zorra Boys at Home and Abroad, or, How to Succeed

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William Alexander MacKay


By Zorra, in the following sketches, is meant a little district in Oxford county, Ontario, some ten miles square, composed of part of East a…

In the Wake of the Buccaneers

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Alpheus Hyatt Verrill


Ah, the Buccaneers... “We hear much of the bold, wild ways of these adventurers; Perchance it is the fact that we all appreciate bravery—and…

Brave Men and Women: Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs

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Osgood E. Fuller


Brave Men and Women is a collection of stories about historical figures who, through success and failure, made an impact on their world. As…

St. Clair's Defeat 1791

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Anonymous


St. Clair's defeat was a battle fought between the United States and the Western Confederacy of Native Americans on November 4, 1791, during…

David Crockett, Scout

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Charles Fletcher Allen


Davy Crockett is one of the legendary heroes of the North American frontier, celebrated in song and story. This is a very accessible account…

Music of The Baroque Period


Ranjith Daluwatta


500 - 1500 Music from the Middle Ages and The Renaissance 1500-1750  Music of Baroque Period 1750-1820 Music of Classicism 1820-1910 Mu…

Fatherland

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Sir Henry Parkes


LibriVox volunteers bring you 4 recordings of Fatherland by Sir Henry Parkes. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 23rd, 2011.Sir …

The Great Delft Thunderclap Of 1654


Radio Netherlands


The day the world came to an end:   The great Delft Thunderclap of 1654 This programme commemorated the 350th anniversary of one of the…

Piloting Directions for the Gulf of Finland

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John William Norie


Norie's series of piloting and sailing directions was something of a staple in the chart-room of 19th century British (and other) merchant v…

3 from LightByDesign

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LightByDesign Ministries


Three fascinating, action packed stories from the old holiness literature circa late 19th and early 20th centuries. Our first story is call…

True Stories of Wonderful Deeds (Version 2)

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Anonymous


This book contains 37 short stories for little folk featuring a variety of historical figures and their wonderful deeds. These stories span …

The Mormon Battalion, Its History and Achievements

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B. H. Roberts


A history of the Longest March of Military in History. The Mormon Battalion was the only religious unit in United States military history i…

The Gift of Black Folk: The Negroes in the Making of America

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W. E. B. Du Bois


This essay is an attempt to set forth more clearly than has hitherto been done the effect which the Negro has had upon American life. Its th…

Les quarante fauteuils de l'Académie Française 1634-1886

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Charles Barthelémy


Depuis ses débuts en cercle de neuf amis, ensuite organisée et élargie sous la tutelle du cardinal de Richelieu en 1634…

The Chronicles of America Volume 11 - Eve of the Revolution

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Carl L. Becker


Here is a look at the evolution of thought and events that led Benjamin Franklin to make this statement: "British subjects, by removing…

The Irish Nuns at Ypres: An Episode of the War

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Dame M. Columban


“…I have charged Dame M. Columban to give a detailed account of all that has befallen the Community, since the coming of the Germans to Ypre…

True Stories of Girl Heroines

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Evelyn Everett-Green


Twenty short stories retelling the heroic deeds of teenaged girls and young women from history. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle

Our Little Mexican Cousin

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Edward Crompton Butler


This book tells about life in Mexico in the early 20th century, through the eyes of a little girl, Juanita. As the story follows her, the re…

The Life of Washington, Volume 5

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John James Marshall


Volume five of John Marshall's biography follows Washington through his second term ending in the election of John Adams and Washington's re…

Conversion

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox


Among the twelve hundred poems which have emanated from my too prolific pen there are some forty or fifty which treat entirely of that emoti…

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