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A Defence of Idealism
Read by Expatriate
May Sinclair
The philosophy of Idealism, revived in eighteenth-century Europe by George Berkeley, argued against philosophical materialism by maintaining…
Poison Romance And Poison Mysteries
Read by David Wales
Charles John Samuel Thompson
A writer and physician, Charles John Samuel Thompson wrote several works on poisons which are still consulted today. He is especially infor…
A Chesterton Calendar
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G. K. Chesterton
Go through the year, day by day, with the wit and wisdom of G.K. Chesterton! Compiled from the writings of 'G.K.C', both in verse and in pro…
Notes on the Book of Genesis
Read by Christopher Smith
Charles Henry Mackintosh
This chapter by chapter commentary on the first book of the Bible is full of spiritual insights. C H Mackintosh wrote in the late 19th centu…
The Behavior of the Honey Bee in Pollen Collecting
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D. B. Casteel
The value of the honey bee in cross pollinating the flowers of fruit trees makes it desirable that exact information be available concerning…
Lives of Girls Who Became Famous
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Sarah Knowles Bolton
This book is a collection of short biographies of notable women, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Florence Nightingale, a…
The Home and the World
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Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo religionist, visual artist, playwright, nov…
Historical Tales, Vol V: German
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Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews
Volume V of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This fifth volume covers th…
Behind the Scenes
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Elizabeth Keckley
This is the autobiography of Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave who bought her freedom with the money she earned as a seamstress. She eventua…
The Formation of Vegetable Moulds through the Action of Worms with Observations…
Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin LL.B F.R.S was the discoverer of evolution and argued the role of "natural selection" in directing the evolution of…
Wild Animals I Have Known
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Ernest Thompson Seton
A BOOK THAT CHANGED AMERICA... Ernest Thompson Seton was an influential naturalist, and a sometime professional hunter and trapper. Much of…
Great Englishwomen
Read by Laura Caldwell
M. B. Synge
Great Englishwomen is a collection of biographies of some of the greatest women in England's history. Women who were leaders of their countr…
Ambassador Morgenthau's Story
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Henry Morgenthau
Ambassador Morgenthau’s memoirs of his years in the service of the United States in Constantinople, (today Istanbul), are an important prima…
The Black Prophet: A Tale of Irish Famine
Read by James E. Carson
William Carleton
A story about the Irish, just before the onset of the famine of 1847, with all the color and dialogue of a man who lived it. (Summary by JCa…
All Sorts of People - Ordered Complexity
Read by Lane Friesen
Lane Friesen
'All Sorts of People - Ordered Complexity' is a collection of seven linked books: Book One presents personality differences - we may describ…
Angel Food For Jack and Jill: Little Talks to Little Folks
Read by Maria Therese
Rev. Gerald T. Brennan
This is book five of the “Angel Food” series by the author. It consists of a series of 28 short sermons for children, in the form of a charm…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 001
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Various
A collection of ten short essays or other short nonfiction works in the public domain read by LibriVox volunteers.
My Hunt After 'The Captain'
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Holmes describes his frantic search through Civil War torn landscapes for his wounded son, the future Supreme Court Justice. Originally publ…
The Mohawk Valley
Read by Roger Melin
W. Max Reid
An in-depth view and early history of the Mohawk Valley in upper New York state, covering the time period of 1609-1780. This historical piec…
Offences Against One's Self: Paederasty
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Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He was a political radical and a leading theor…