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The Golden Bough. Part VI. The Scapegoat

Read by Leon Harvey


James Frazer


The ninth book in The Golden Bough Series. With The Scapegoat the general discussion of the theory and practice of the Dying God is brought …

The Northward Course of Empire

Read by Leon Harvey


Vilhjalmur Stefansson


The Northward Course of Empire was written to promote the idea of a new wave of civil expansion into the Arctic Circle, a region generally c…

The Boise Survey

Read by Leon Harvey


Jesse Brundage Sears


A complete survey of the Independent Boise School District, Boise, Idaho was conducted over two weeks, with the purpose to study and observe…

08 - How Marcus Whitman Saved Oregon

In Historic Adventures: Tales from American History

Read by Tammy Stalcup


Rupert S. Holland


This is a collection of early American stories, interesting read. (Summary by sidhu177)

09 - The Little Glutton

In Slovenly Betsy

Read by Tammy Stalcup


Heinrich Hoffmann


Hienrich Hoffmann was a German psychiatrist and doctor. He had written poetry and sketches for his son, and was persuaded to have a collecti…

Hyperbola or Parabola (p. 188)

In Round the Moon

Read by Tammy Sanders


Jules Verne


Around the Moon, Jules Verne's sequel to From the Earth to the Moon, is a science fiction novel continuing the trip to the moon which left t…

Peppino

In The Count of Monte Cristo

Read by Tammy Sanders


Alexandre Dumas


The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered, …

22 - Almost Homesick

In The Tale of Henrietta Hen

Read by Tammy Stalcup


Arthur Scott Bailey


The Tale of Henrietta Hen is a cute children's book filled with the adventures of a hen named Henrietta. (Summary by SarahParshall)

07 - Part 2, Chapter 1 - Of Deportment in the Street

In The Gentleman and Lady's Book of Politeness and Propriety of Deportment

Read by Tammy Stalcup


Elisabeth Celnart and Élisabeth Celnart


A mid-nineteenth century book of etiquette. (Summary by Libby Gohn)

UNC' BILLY AND OLD MRS. POSSUM -- The Virginia Opossum, which is the only Ameri…

In The Burgess Animal Book for Children

Read by Tammy Sanders


Thornton W. Burgess


Peter Rabbit goes to school, with Mother Nature as his teacher. In this zoology book for children, Thornton W. Burgess describes the mammals…

Chapter XI Part 1

In Old Friends And New Fancies

Read by Tammy Porter


Sybil G. Brinton


Generally acknowledged to be the first sequel to the work of Jane Austen, Old Friends and New Fancies incorporates characters from each of A…

The Three Little Ragamuffins

In Anyhow Stories: Moral and otherwise

Read by Tammy Sanders


Lucy Lane Clifford and Lucy Clifford


A collection of stories and poems for children by British novelist, journalist, and playwright Lucy Lane Clifford, better known during her l…

Ruth Powlett Confesses

In The Curse of Carne's Hold

Read by Tammy Stalcup


G. A. Henty


When Ronald Mervyn from Devonshire is falsely accused of murder he emigrates to South Africa. He takes part in the Kaffir war and during thi…

Margaret's Letter

In Henry Dunbar

Read by Tammy Stalcup


Mary Elizabeth Braddon


In this novel by Victorian sensationalist Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Henry Dunbar returns to England after a 30-year exile to India for committ…

04 - A Glimpse of Jupiter

In Life in a Thousand Worlds

Read by Tammy Sanders


William Shuler Harris


A jolly romp, which could be perhaps be described as Gulliver’s Travels Through Our Solar System and Beyond, as written by a great admirer o…

13 - Off for the Treasure

In Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat

Read by Tammy T.


Victor Appleton


Otherwise known as 'Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure', is Volume 4 in the original Tom Swift novel series. Tom persuades his father to us…

THE TRANCE (2000 words)

In The Sleeper Awakes

Read by Tammy Sanders


H. G. Wells


The Sleeper Awakes is a dystopian novel about a man who sleeps for two hundred years, waking up in a completely transformed London, where, b…

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