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Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest

Read by Mark F. Smith


William Henry Hudson


"Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest" is a narration of his life story by Abel, a Venezuelan, to a comrade. Once a we…

Nightmare Abbey

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Thomas Love Peacock


Deep in the fens of the British coast sits the gloomy mansion that goes by the name Nightmare Abbey. It is inhabited by persons of very low …

Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 (version 2)

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Abner Doubleday


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…

When We Were Very Young

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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

Read by Mark F. Smith


Jules Verne


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…

New Discoveries at Jamestown

Read by Mark F. Smith


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

Read by Mark F. Smith


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 …

Pushing Leaves Towards the Sun

Read by Mark L Berry


Mark L Berry


When Oso gets yanked off his motorcycle and killed by a closed parking lot chain, Billy feels guilty for having taught him to hop curbs and …

Blake of the "Rattlesnake"

Read by Mark F. Smith


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)

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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…

Marvellous Hairy - a novel in five fractals

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Mark A. Rayner


So hair is sprouting in unspeakable places and you can no longer carry a tune, but if you’re a surrealistic artiste with an addiction to Fre…

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 …

Secret of the Ninth Planet

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)


Donald A. Wollheim


An alien race has put a station on Earth and other planets in order to steal the rays of the sun, possible causing the sun to nova within tw…

The Ultimate Weapon

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)


John Wood Campbell Jr. and John Wood Campbell, Jr.


The star Mira was unpredictably variable. Sometimes it was blazing, brilliant and hot. Other times it was oddly dim, cool, shedding little w…

The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)


Anna Katharine Green


It is the noon hour at a museum in New York City. The date: May 23, 1913. The weekday, attendance is light; the attendees are scattered betw…

The Untamed

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)


Max Brand


Whistlin' Dan Barry is one of the most interesting characters in Western fiction. With uncanny abilities he controls a wild stallion, approp…

To the Last Man

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)


Zane Grey


The story follows an ancient feud between two frontier families that is inflamed when one of the families takes up cattle rustling. The ranc…

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