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George Washington

by Calista McCabe Courtenay Read by Bill Boerst 4.6
In this biography for young people, Calista McCabe Courtenay takes the reader from George Washington the surveyor to his early military care…

A Guide to Stoicism

by St. George William Joseph Stock Read by Bill Boerst 4.6
This book is a primer on the philosophy of stoicism, resurrected from its origins in Greek and Roman philosophy. The original philosophy was…

The Phantom Town Mystery

by Grace May North Read by Bill Boerst 4.5
Two girls from the East, out on a horseback ride in the mountains of Arizona, find a house in the mountains. The house's history reveals tha…

Stories from the Faerie Queen

by Edmund Spenser Read by Bill Boerst 4.8
Stories from the Faerie Queen presents a selection of enchanting tales drawn from Edmund Spenser's renowned allegorical epic, The Faerie Que…

The New Atlantis

by Francis Bacon Read by Bill Boerst 4.4
In 1623, Francis Bacon expressed his aspirations and ideas in New Atlantis. Released in 1627, this was his creation of an ideal land where p…

Astounding Stories 13, January 1931

by Sewell Peaslee Wright Read by Bill Boerst 4.6
This issue contains "The Dark Side of Antri" by Sewell Peaslea Wright, "The Sunken Empire" by H. Thompson Rich, "Th…

Astounding Stories 14, February 1931

by Captain S. P. Meek Read by Bill Boerst 4.5
This issue includes "Werewolves of War" by D. W. Hall, "The Tentacles from Below" by Anthony Gilmore, "The Black La…

The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln

by Francis Fisher Browne Read by Bill Boerst 4.8
This detailed biography covers the places in Lincoln's life: Indiana, Illinois, Washington. It also traces his various roles as storekeeper,…

Astounding Stories 12, December 1930

by Captain S. P. Meek Read by Bill Boerst 4.4
This issue includes "Slaves of the Dust" by Sophie Wenzel Ellis, Part B of "The Pirate Planet" by Charles W. Diffin, &qu…

ABC of Vegetable Gardening

by Eben Eugene Rexford Read by Bill Boerst 4.3
ABC of Vegetable Gardening by Eben Eugene Rexford is a comprehensive guide designed to help both novice and experienced gardeners cultivate …

Boyhood

by Leo Tolstoy Read by Bill Boerst 4.4
Boyhood offers a poignant glimpse into the formative years of one of literature's greatest minds, Leo Tolstoy. This autobiographical novel c…

Youth

by Leo Tolstoy Read by Bill Boerst 4.4
Youth is the third installment in Leo Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy, following Childhood and Boyhood. In this reflective narrative, Tol…

The Delafield Affair

by Florence Finch Kelly Read by Bill Boerst 4.6
New Mexico's hot, dry winds are taking their toll: cattle suffer long treks to get food and water. But it is not just a hard time for them. …

James Watt

by Andrew Carnegie Read by Bill Boerst 4.3
In this insightful biography, Andrew Carnegie delves into the life of James Watt, the pioneering inventor whose innovations transformed the …

Auguste Comte and Positivism

by John Stuart Mill Read by Bill Boerst 4.8
Part 1 lays out the framework for Positivism as originated in France by Auguste Comte in his Cours de Philosophie Positive. Mill examines th…

Kepler

by Walter W. Bryant Read by Bill Boerst 4.6
Kepler offers a detailed exploration of the life and contributions of Johannes Kepler, a pivotal figure in the history of astronomy. This bi…

Life's Enthusiasms

by David Starr Jordan Read by Bill Boerst 4.2
The words in this essay on positive thought sing like those in Whitman's "Leaves of Grass." The author praises joyous living and r…

Stories from Virgil

by Alfred John Church Read by Bill Boerst 4.3
Alfred J. Church created 26 stories from the original Greek version of Virgil's Aeneid. He included well-known ones, such as "The Horse…

Considerations on Representative Government

by John Stuart Mill Read by Bill Boerst 5
Mill's volume was published in 1861 as an argument favoring this form of governance. Mill covers what forms of government work best, includi…

The Real Latin Quarter

by Frank Berkeley Smith Read by Bill Boerst 5
"Cocher, drive to the rue Falguière"--this in my best restaurant French.The man with the varnished hat shrugged his shoulde…

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