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Indiana

Read by Mary Herndon Bell


George Sand


This is George Sand's first novel. Her real name was Amantine (or Amandine) Lucile Dupin, and she later became baroness Dudevant. As an aris…

Lifted Masks

Read by Arielle Lipshaw


Susan Glaspell


In this collection of short stories, Susan Glaspell examines the unique character of America and its people. (Summary by wildemoose)

G.K. Chesterton in The Bibliophile Magazine

Read by Larry Wilson


G. K. Chesterton


Two essays/articles by G.K. Chesterton, published in 'The Bibliophile' magazine in 1908. (Summary by Maria Therese)

Reminiscences of a Southern Hospital, by Its Matron

Read by Sue Anderson


Phoebe Yates Pember


Phoebe Yates Pember served as a matron in the Confederate Chimborazo military hospital in Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War, overseei…

The Annals of Ann

Read by CJ Plogue


Kate Trimble Sharber


As the only “surviving” child of her parents, Ann is considered by close friends and family to be an overly indulged child. Some say she is …

Notes on Nursing

Read by Cori Samuel


Florence Nightingale


Notes on Nursing was published in 1859 and is a fascinating view into the theories underpinning the early development of modern nursing and …

This Country of Ours, Part 6

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)


Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall


Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book of stories from the history of the United States begins with acco…

Abigail Adams and Her Times

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi


Laura E. Howe Richards


This is a young person's biography of Abigail Adams that will appeal to readers of all ages. In the author's own words, "I am not writi…

Mary Marston

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George MacDonald


Written at the height of George MacDonald's literary career, the story centers around the life of a simple merchant's daughter. Mary Marston…

The Lost Art of Reading

Read by Joseph Tabler


Gerald Stanley Lee


Gerald Stanley Lee speaks here-in of books and self in the time of factories, tall buildings and industry and big city making, the effects o…

TO OBTAIN MARY'S PATRONAGE


Christian Peschken


A prayer to obtain Mary's patronage by St. Alphonsus Liguori followed by St. Bernard's Memorare

Catholic and Anti-Catholic History

Read by Janet Baker


Various


G.K. Chesterton and James Walsh join Hilaire Belloc in an energetic rollout of the means by which history becomes propaganda, to the damage,…

Eleanor's Victory

Read by Eleanor Howard


Mary Elizabeth Braddon


Only 15-years-old, Eleanor Vane is very happy with her lot: educated in an expensive finishing school in Paris, the apple of her father's ey…

Reminiscences of My Life in Camp

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Susie King Taylor


Susie King Taylor was a Black nurse in the 33rd United States Colored Troops in the Union Army during the American Civil War, a teacher and …

The Life of the Spirit and the Life of Today

Read by Mary Reagan


Evelyn Underhill


Underhill emphasizes the practical, here-and-now nature of spiritual life. She argues that spirituality is a genuine and abiding human fact,…

Petticoat Government, Volume 3

Read by Mark Leder


Frances Milton Trollope


The adventures--in society, in love--of Judith Maitland conclude.

The Precipice

Read by Mary Schneider


Elia Wilkinson Peattie


Elia Peattie was an outspoken journalist and social activist who gave her attention to such areas as orphanages, charity hospitals, the Woun…

Women of America

Read by Linda Andrus


John Ruse Larus


The present volume completes the story of woman as told in the series of which it forms part. The history of nations is, in its ultimate ana…

More Tish

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Mary Roberts Rinehart


Mary Roberts Rinehart wrote 6 books about the elderly Letitia (Tish) Carberry and the escapades she gets her elderly lady cronies into. The…

Betty Baird's Golden Year

Read by Holly Jenson


Anna Hamlin Weikel


It seems that all the people close to Betty are going through major life changes. Lois is certainly spending a lot of time with Dunmore Lane…

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