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Coffee Houses of Old Philadelphia

In All About Coffee

Read by Rachel Costello


William Ukers


Considered the definitive work about coffee of its time, "All About Coffee" was written by William Ukers, founder of the Tea and C…

The Hermit

In Zadig or The Book of Fate (Version 2)

Read by Rachel Costello


Voltaire


"there is no Evil under the Sun, but some Good proceeds from it:" -- this quote from this novel sums it up. One of Voltaire's most…

Cluny by William Croswell Doane

In To Your Dog and To My Dog

Read by Rachel Costello


Various


A collection of verse dedicated to dogs. (Summary by mleigh)

The Pilgrim Fathers

In The Story Of The World: A Simple History For Boys And Girls

Read by Ruth P.


Elizabeth O'Neill


Dedicatory Letter. Dear Doris, I could not tell you all the things which have ever happened in the world, but I have tried to tell you short…

When Your Pants Begin To Go - Read by EMP

In When Your Pants Begin To Go

Read by Elizabeth P.


Henry Lawson


Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the bes…

Daffodils That Come Before the Swallow Dares

In The Flowers of Shakespeare

Read by Ruth P.


Esther Singleton


A lovely collection of information about those flowers that appear in William Shakespeare's work. The brief chapters are categorized by the …

Balls

In Etiquette Made Easy

Read by Ruth P.


Edward Summers Squier


"A complete dictionary [sic] containing the right information for any and all occasions." (From the book's dust jacket.) - Summar…

The Use of this Doctrine

In The Crook in the Lot; or, The Sovereignty and Wisdom of God, in the Afflictions…

Read by Ruth P.


Thomas Boston


A meditation on Ecclesiastes 7:3, "Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight which he hath made crooked?," The Cro…

Peppermint

In Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation, Harvesting, Curing and Uses (Version 2)

Read by Ruth P.


Maurice Grenville Kains


Culinary Herbs may be regarded as the secret to preparing good food from antiquity to the the height of culinary art. Maurice Grenville Kain…

Where's The Use - Read by EMP

In Where's The Use

Read by Elizabeth P.


Robert F. Murray


Robert Fuller Murray was a Victorian poet. Although born in the United States, Murray lived most of his life in the United Kingdom, most not…

08 - THE CONFESSION

In The Dead Alive

Read by P Moscato


Wilkie Collins


Ill feelings exist between the Meadowcroft sons and John Jago, the foreman of the Meadowcroft estate. Then, John Jago disappears, and a body…

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