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Abner Doubleday was a busy man. He rose to be a major general during the American Civil War, started the first cable car company in San Fran…

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A. A. Milne

A.A. Milne wrote many poems to entertain his young son, Christopher Robin Milne, who appears to have been about three when "When We Wer…

From the Earth to the Moon, Version 2

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Jules Verne takes aim at some amusing stereotypes of Americans in this story of a pre-rocketry attempt to shoot a cannonball to the Moon. Th…

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John L. Cotter

Chances are, you are reading this because you are aware that Jamestown, Virginia, celebrated its 400th birthday in 2007. It was the first &q…

The Burial of the Guns

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Thomas Nelson Page

This is a book of short stories centered around the Civil War and its aftermath. The author was a prominent Virginian in his day, and his wr…

Round the Moon (Version 2)

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Jules Verne

Jules Verne’s sequel to his “From the Earth to the Moon” begins with a short chapter to catch you up, if you missed the first book.Then we j…

More Goops and How Not to Be Them

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Frank Gelett Burgess

Deep in the heart of every parent is the wish, the desire, to have other adults tell us, in an unsolicited way, just how very polite one’s c…

The Federalist Papers (version 2)

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Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison

“The Federalist Papers” are a collection of 85 linked essays that explain the construction of the U.S. government and why it was built that …

The Hunting of the Snark (version 2)

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Lewis Carroll

The Hunting of the Snark is a long nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll describing the adventures of ten weirdly assorted characters as they pursu…

Blake of the "Rattlesnake"

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Frederick Thomas Jane

Fred Jane, who later went on to publish his famous "Jane's Fighting Ships", doubtless was noting the success of other books that f…

The Red Badge of Courage (Version 3)

Read by Mark F. Smith

Stephen Crane

A youth, caught up in patriotic fervor and dreams of glory, enlists in the Union Army. In his first battle, though, he runs away. Deeply ash…

The Wild Knight and Other Poems

Read by Robert G. Smith

G. K. Chesterton

A collection of poems that tend to revolve around the theme of the wonder of the world. It includes the short, poetic play, "The Wild K…

Americans All, Immigrants All

Read by Mark F. Smith

U. S. Department Of The Interior Office Of Education

The United States Department of the Interior, Office of Education partnered with the Columbia Broadcasting System to present a series of 26 …

Short Account of the History of Mathematics

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W. W. Rouse Ball

This is a history of mathematics from antiquity to the turn of the 20th century. (Summary by Paul King)

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The Fall of the Roman Empire (Bryan Ward-Perkins)

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Bryan Ward-Perkins and Oliver Lewis

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Emerian Rich and M. J. Hahn

HorrorAddicts.net presents, GothHaus, the comedy reality show with a deadly twist. GothHaus is about a group of Goths, picked to live in a h…

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