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The Life of Saint Monica

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Frances Alice Forbes


This book is above all things the story of a mother. But it is also the story of a noble woman—a woman who was truly great, for the reason t…

Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian

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Alma Lutz


Alma Lutz's outstanding biography of Susan B. Anthony is revered for its descriptive power, attention to detail and historical significance …

This Country of Ours, Part 5

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…

Somehow Good

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William Frend De Morgan


A mysterious man arrives in London and, in a freak accident, gets electrocuted on an underground train and loses his memory. A young lady ca…

Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls

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Helen Ekin Starrett


Helen Ekin Starrett, journalist, mother of two daughters, grandmother of seven granddaughters and teacher to many young girls at the Starret…

Penelope's English Experiences

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Kate Douglas Wiggin


Penelope's English Experiences is a fictional travelogue, which documents the experiences of three American ladies on a visit to England. In…

Vanished Arizona: Recollections of the Army Life of a New England Woman

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Martha Summerhayes


"This is the lively autobiography of Martha Summerhayes, the wife of an officer in the American Army. Here, she tells many stories abou…

Pollyanna Grows Up (Version 2 Dramatic Reading)

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Eleanor H. Porter


Pollyanna visits Boston for the summer and stays with the grumpy, miserable, yet very wealthy Ruth Carew. Lonely in a big city away from her…

A Poor Wise Man

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Mary Roberts Rinehart


Mary Roberts Rinehart offers a superb blend of romance and suspense amidst political tensions in this story set in early 20th Century Americ…

This Country of Ours, Part 2

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…

The Life of George Washington in Words of One Syllable

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Josephine Pollard


The Life story of a public man cannot help being to some extent the same thing as a history of the times in which he lived, and to the case …

Domestic Manners of the Americans

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Frances Milton Trollope


Next to de Alexis de Tocquville's almost contemporary Democracy in America, Frances Trollope's work may be the most famous (or at least noto…

Village Life in America

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Caroline Cowles Richards Clarke


A diary of a young school girl in Canandaigua, New York during the Civil War. (Summary by MaryElizabeth)

Gretchen

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Mary Jane Holmes


Rich and sophisticated Arthur Tracy returns to Tracy Park after several years abroad confused and mentally unstable. Initially claiming that…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 071

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Various


Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Suffrage for women will not usher in a millennium of peace and leisure" was …

The Dormition of Mary


Father Patrick Jackson


Sermon given on August 14, 2016 at St. Stephen Antiochian Orthodox Church, Campbell, CA

History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution Vol. 1

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Mercy Otis Warren


A contemporary three-volume history of the American Revolution written with an Enlightenment tone that covers the background of the era span…

Horace Walpole's Letters: a selection

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Horace Walpole


Horace Walpole, 4th earl of Orford, was a cultivated participant in, and observer of, the social and political life of Georgian England. His…

History Plays for the Grammar Grades

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Mary Ella Lyng


A charming collection of 14 short American history plays for the very young - ranging from Christopher Columbus to George Washington to Susa…

Ann Veronica

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H. G. Wells


Ann Veronica was a controversial book detailing the development of a naive school girl into a "New Woman". When it was published, …

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