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In The Island of Doctor Moreau (Version 4)

Read by Veronica Maresh Mead

H. G. Wells

The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells follows shipwreck victim, Edward Prendick, as he explores a strange island his rescuer, Montgomer…

A Little Journey

In Short Science Fiction Collection 081

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Ray Bradbury

Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

Pleasures

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 086

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Aldous Huxley

"The democracy of the future will sicken of a chronic and mortal boredom," was Aldous Huxley's prophecy for the United States in 1…

Possession -- Vampirism

In Modern Magic

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Maximilian Schele De Vere

M. (Maxamilian) Schele de Vere was born in Sweden in 1820 and studied language in Germany before eventually becoming a professor of modern l…

Browne's Folly

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 085

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

"A regard for decency, even at the cost of success, is but the regard for one's own dignity" was novelist Joseph Conrad's take on …

Mysterious Disappearances, Part 1: Inferences and Presumptions of Death

In Stratagems and Conspiracies to Defraud Life Insurance Companies: An Authentic R…

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John B. Lewis

A thorough treatise on different ways people have tried to defraud life insurance companies, with many entertaining examples. The present . …

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