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The Crimea

In Petrograd, the City of Trouble, 1914-1918

Read by Russ Lemker


Meriel Buchanan


The author of this work was the daughter of the British ambassador to Russia. She was in St. Petersburg (renamed Petrograd in 1914) from bef…

Simple Simon

In Rewards and Fairies

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Rudyard Kipling


Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was an English author and poet, born in India, and best known today for his ch…

Preface

In Peter the Great

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Jacob Abbott


There are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russia…

The Green Overcoat

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Hilaire Belloc


This rollicking novel captures the minor moral dilemma of thin, shy, nervous, Professor Higginson, psychologist, as he comes under the eye o…

Parochial and Plain Sermons, Volume 1

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John Henry Newman


John Henry Newman's sermons enter the human heart easily and with transformative power. Lucid thinking, beautiful English prose, an integra…

The Dream of Gerontius

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John Henry Newman


As a rule, when Cardinal Newman's poetry is mentioned, people think of "The Pillar of the Cloud," better known as "Lead, Kind…

Sermons Preached on Various Occasions

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John Henry Newman


What language do the human heart and soul speak? Many would say they speak poetry and song. But what if reason and spirituality join heart…