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1960-1969 Radio News
Explore the news from the 1960s with this collection of audio files. This compilation includes not only news broadcasts but also talk shows …
Famous Affinities of History
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Lyndon Orr
"Famous Affinities of History" is a book of passion-filled accounts of the most famous love affairs of history. The stories of Cle…
The Common Law
Read by Thomas H. Burton
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
A history and review of the common law in the United States. (summary by TB27)
Prophecy Awakens
Read by Brenda Wamsley
Brenda Wamsley
Jane, a preacher's daughter, is getting forced into marrying a man twice her age and whom she does not love. Her prayers for a way out of he…
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius
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Niccolò Machiavelli
In "Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius", posthumous work by the author of The Prince, Machiavelli discusses the useful…
Strange Pages from Family Papers
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Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
“Among other qualities which have been supposed to belong to a dead man’s hand, are its medicinal virtues, in connection with which may be m…
Six Years in the Prisons of England
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Frank Henderson
A Merchant talks about daily life inside prisons of England, describes routines and how prisoners are treated. He notes stories of how fello…
Historical Tales
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Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews
Volume IV of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This fourth volume covers …
1942 Radio News
Explore the news from 1942 in this audio collection. This compilation offers a glimpse into the events and stories that shaped the world dur…
Great Men and Famous Women
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Charles F. Horne
Great Men and Famous Women is an 8-volume work by various authors containing “A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than …
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independ…
Bacon
Read by Bill Boerst
Richard William Church
This investigation of Bacon the scholar and man of letters begins with a look at the early days and progresses to his relationships with Que…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collectio…
The Shirley Letters from California Mines
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Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe
Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe moved to California from Massachusetts during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800’s. During her travels, Louise w…
Historical Tales
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Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews
Volume VI of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This fifth volume covers t…
Mounted police life in Canada
Read by Esther
Richard Burton Deane
Learn more about the famous and respected Royal Canadian Mounted Police. This book is the personal recollections of one ‘Mountie'; his life,…
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times
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François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics prio…
A Popular History of Ireland
Read by Sibella Denton
Thomas D'Arcy McGee
Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…
1939 Radio News
Experience the news from 1939 in this audio collection. This compilation offers a glimpse into the events and stories that shaped the world …
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland
Read by S S Kim
Simon Dubnow
Simon Dubnow was born in 1860 to a poor Jewish family in Belarussian town of Mstsislaw and later became authority of Jewish history and an a…