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11 Silkworms and their Work

In Makers of Many Things

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)


Eva March Tappan


How are friction matches made? How do rags and trees become paper? Who makes the dishes on our tables? Published in 1916, this children's bo…

11 - The Mad Gardener

In Aunt Jane's Nieces

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)


L. Frank Baum


Jane Merrick is a wealthy, elderly, difficult invalid woman who is preparing for her approaching death. In her youth, she inherited her mone…

Chapter 09 - The Prisoner

In The Red Thumb Mark

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)


R. Austin Freeman


Missing diamonds, untouched safe, two blood smeared thumb prints and a mysterious Mr X. If these are present, Dr Thorndyke must be there too…

02 - On Men

In Hints for Lovers

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)


Theodore Arnold Haultain and Arnold Haultain


"Hints for Lovers" is a thorough analysis of relationships between men and women, about everything that lovers should know, and de…

Poems in 'Alice in Wonderland', The Published in The Bookman, vol. 18, Sept. 19…

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 016

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)


Florence Milner


A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…

05 - The Master Cat or Puss in Boots

In The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)


Charles Perrault


This book is an early collection of ten well-known fairy tales. It is thought to have begun the genre of fairy tales.(Summary by A.L. Gramou…

Chapter 1 - The Glen pt 1

In Madam How and Lady Why

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)


Charles Kingsley


Did you ever wish you knew how to explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes to your children? Search no more, this book ha…

Bach's Service to Music

In How to Appreciate Music

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)


Gustav Kobbé


Originally published in 1906, this book is essentially a how to guide on music appreciation. Includes sections on the pianoforte, orchestral…

36 - George The Third

In English Costume

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)


Dion Clayton Calthrop


The world, if we choose to see it so, is a complicated picture of people dressing and undressing. The history of the world is composed of th…

The Dynamite Worker Pt 1 The Story of Some Millionaire Heroes and the World's G…

In Careers of Danger and Daring

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)


Cleveland Moffett


In this volume of adventure the author depicts the lives of certain humble modern heroes whose unconscious courage ordinarily goes unnoticed…

Essay on Anglo-Saxon Literature

In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 02

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)


Robert Sharp


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…

The Female Philosopher and The First Act of a Comedy

In Jane Austen's Juvenilia

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)


Jane Austen


Before becoming the author of such classics as Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma, Jane Austen experimented with various w…

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