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An Acrobat, a Violinist, and a Chambermaid Celebrate

In Introducing Irony (Version 2)

Read by Jordan Owen


Maxwell Bodenheim


Maxwell Bodenheim was once known as the King of Greenwich Village Bohemians after moving to New York after being one of the founders of the …

A Contribution to the History of Electric Lighting

In Science in Short Chapters

Read by Jordan Owen


W. Mattieu Williams


This is a collection of articles written by W. Mattieu Williams on different subjects, that in his opinion "are likely to be interestin…

Premonition - Read by JBW

In Premonition

Read by Jordan Owen


Bliss Carman


LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Premonition by Bliss Carman.This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 27, 2019. ------…

The Hope of the Gospel

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George MacDonald


Perhaps most well-known for his fairy tales and fantasy stories such as The Golden Key and Phantastes, or for his poetry, George MacDonald w…

A Short and Easy Method of Prayer

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Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon


Originally published in 1685, Madame Guyon’s A Short and Easy Method of Prayer is considered a classic of Christian mysticism, influencing g…

St. George and St. Michael, Volume 1

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George MacDonald


’St. George and St. Michael’ is a little-known historical romance telling the story of a young couple who find themselves on opposing sides …

Pearl (Jewett translation)

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The Gawain Poet and The Gawain Poettranslated Bysophie Jewett


Written in the 14th century by the Gawain poet, 'Pearl' is an elegiac poem reflecting on the death of a young daughter, pictured as a pearl …

Journey to the Underhill Gates

Read by P.J. Owen


P.J. Owen


Journey to the Underhill Gates is the first book in the Seeking Daylight episodic fantasy series, written for the young and the young at hea…

The Gentle Art of Faking

Read by Jordan Watts


Riccardo Nobili


IIn analysing the Faker one must dissociate him from the common forger; his semi-artistic vocation places him quite apart from the ordinary …

Revelations of a Spirit Medium

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A. Medium


Written anonymously by "a working 'medium' for the past twenty years", this little book was an inspiration for a young Harry Houdi…

Rhymes for the Nursery

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Ann Taylor


This early 19th-century children's poetry collection by Jane and Ann Taylor is little-known today, but contains the original version of Twin…

The Pianoforte Sonata

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John South Shedlock


John S. Shedlock covers the history of what might now be called the keyboard sonata, from Kuhnau's Sonata in B flat from 1695, believed at t…

An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae

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Edward Jenner


This collection of three publications details Edward Jenner's investigations into the connection between smallpox and coxpox, and the creati…

The Mesmeric Guide, for Family Use

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S. D. Saunders


Aimed at "those who judge of a Science by its practical utility and think that one minute spent in applying it to the benefit of mankin…

Clever Hans (The Horse of Mr. Von Osten)

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Oskar Pfungst


Oskar Pfungst book is a detailed piece of investigative journalism looking into Clever Hans, an Orlov Trotter horse that was claimed to have…

Tincture, An Apocalyptic Proposition

Read by Matthew D. Jordan


Matthew D. Jordan


Rhamuel and the last of his family, Abranyah, travel their barren world, shack to shack, selling tinctures to keep a full belly and evading …

Tincture, And The Devil Pulls Six-Guns

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Matthew D. Jordan


After the events in the Shimmer Town, Abranyah and her family are left with more responsibility than she believes they can handle - both in …

Book One, Part 1

In Paradise Lost

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John Milton


Paradise Lost is the first epic of English literature written in the classical style. John Milton saw himself as the intellectual heir of Ho…

CHAPTER XX. ATTACKED BY INDIANS.

In The Motor Boys Overland; or, A Long Trip for Fun and Fortune

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Clarence Young and Clarence Young


Here we have the second volume of “The Motor Boys Series,” a line of books relating to the doings of some bright and up-to-date youths, on w…