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The Knights of Malta 1565

In The Story of the Barbary Corsairs (Version 2)

Read by Brent "Buddha" George

Stanley Lane-Poole and J. D. Jerrold Kelley

The Barbary pirates, sometimes called Barbary corsairs or Ottoman corsairs, were Ottoman and Berber pirates and privateers who operated from…

Section 5

In The Machine that Saved the World (Version 2)

Read by Brent "Buddha" George

Murray Leinster

They were broadcasts from nowhere--sinister emanations flooding in fromspace--smashing any receiver that picked them up. What defense couldE…

White Elephants

In Our Little Siamese Cousin

Read by Lynne T

Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade

A book written for children to see what life is like for their 'cousins' in Siam. This is part of the "Our Little Cousin" series…

The Abjuration. May 24, 1431

In Jeanne D'Arc: Her Life And Death

Read by Lynne T

Margaret O. Oliphant

The story of Jeanne d'Arc, or Joan of Arc , has passed into folklore and has been retold by many. The young teenager was sent by an as-yet u…

Book V, Chapter XI

In Clara Vaughan, Vol. III

Read by Lynne T

Richard Doddridge Blackmore

CLARA VAUGHAN, the young heroine, narrator, and namesake for R. D. Blackmore’s early detective novel, is determined to solve the mystery of …

Ch.1 Old Town And The Minister

In Oldtown Folks

Read by Lynne T

Harriet Beecher Stowe

1870's rural Massachusetts communities became famous as “Oldtown” in Harriet Beecher Stowe's 7th novel and national bestseller. Based partia…

Superstition and Witchcraft in Cuba

In Cuban Folk Lore

Read by Lynne T

L. Roy Terwilliger

The author gives a first-hand look at unusual and arguably primitive customs on the island of Cuba. He uncovers a strange and unique blend o…

Chapter XVI

In Katharine Lauderdale Volume 2

Read by Lynne T

Francis Marion Crawford

Katherine Lauderdale would be a New York society belle, if it were not for her miserly father. Her older sister has escaped the unhappy pare…

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