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In Helen of the Old House

Read by Bob R


Harold Bell Wright


Helen is not the main character; it is the mill, in this small town in the first half of the 20th century. This is a story of labor strife, …

Chapter 21

In Poor White: a Novel

Read by Bob R


Sherwood Anderson


This is a story of the effect of industrialization on a small town and its people, around the beginning of the 20th Century. The lead charac…

John Rennie

In Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain Living in the Year…

Read by Bob Lyon


William Walker, Jr.


The early nineteenth century was a period of great discovery and advancements in science. Here we have a snapshot of some of those whose nam…

Judgment and Policy — Popular Discontent — the People and Their Rulers — Govern…

In Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke

Read by Bob Goodwin


Edmund Burke


There can be no hesitation in according to him a station among the most extraordinary men that ever appeared; and we think there is now but …

Hints to pilgrims

In Hints to Pilgrims

Read by Bob Dunlop


Charles S. Brooks


In this collection of 17 short essays, Charles S. Brooks (1878-1934), with the usual panache and wit, which he also displays in his comedies…

Marley's Ghost

In A Christmas Carol (version 04)

Read by Bob Neufeld


Charles Dickens


A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens first published by Chapman & Hall on 17 December 1843. The story tells …

Chapter 1

In The U.P. Trail

Read by Bob R


Zane Grey


Grey's story of the struggles to build the Union Pacific Railroad in the late 1860's. Typical western characters, but placed in a factual se…

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