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An Essay Upon Wind, with Curious Anecdotes of Eminent Peuters

Read by Ben Tucker


Charles James Fox


Purported to be written by noted British Parliamentarian Charles James Fox as a result of a wager, this important and engaging essay is a me…

My First Book

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Various


This is not a children's book, as may be supposed from the title, but a collection of essays first published in The Idler magazine, in which…

When the Birds Fly South

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Stanton A. Coblentz


Dan Prescott, an American adventurer, discovers the hidden valley of Sobul in a mountainous region of Afghanistan, inhabited by a strange ra…

The House on the Borderland

Read by Alan Winterrowd


William Hope Hodgson


In 1877, two gentlemen, Messrs Tonnison and Berreggnog, head into Ireland to spend a week fishing in the village of Kraighten. While there, …

Prejudices, First Series

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H. L. Mencken


Mencken sharpens his pen and in a collection of short essays delivers acerbic opinions on issues and persons of the time. Among his targets…

The Scarecrow and Other Stories

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G. Ranger Wormser


G. Ranger Wormser was a forgotten master of horror fiction, specializing in a kind of creeping dread and subtle psychological horror that wo…

Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 7: Winning His Way

Read by Keith Salis


Frank Tousey


The recent death of Frank Morris' father, Owner and Editor of the Green River Argus, has left his 18 year-old son, Frank to take up the chal…

Summer Surprise

Read by Philip 'Norvaljoe' Carroll


Philip 'Norvaljoe' Carroll


Chad is in love with Amy. He knows it now, but isn't sure how to deal with it. It's summer vacation before starting high school. Chad has r…

The Convict

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George Payne Rainsford James


As young Lord Hadley and his companion Edward Dudley travel along a dark, coastal road, they encounter a young girl pinioned by a fallen wal…

Recompence

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Robert Keable


The book is a sequel to ‘Simon called Peter’ by the same author. It picks up the separate stories of Peter and Julie, at first in South Afri…

A Student's History of American Literature

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William Simonds


Engaging history of American Lit from the 1600's up through the late 1890's. The author, who was a professor at Knox College, really put a …

The Pupil

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Henry James


Pemberton, a young American with an Oxford education and out of money, takes a job tutoring Morgan Moreen, the 12-year old son of an America…

At The Sign of The Jack O'Lantern

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Myrtle Reed


This begins with an odd inheritance at the end of a honeymoon, both parties being inexperienced. Then someone comes to visit, then another, …

The Getting of Wisdom (Version 2)

Read by Kirsty Leishman


Henry Handel Richardson


Henry Handel Richardson was the pseudonym of Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson, a writer who was born in 1870 to a reasonably well-off fami…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 102

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Various


"It is difficult for the human mind to take a comprehensive view of a subject." This is how librarian Arthur Bostwick begins his e…

Die Menschen der Ehe

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John Henry Mackay


Ein Brief seiner Stiefschwester zieht den jungen Mann Franz Grach zurück in seine Heimatstadt. Konfrontiert mit der provinziellen Spie&…

The Western United States

Read by Laura Caldwell


Harold W. Fairbanks


"In preparation of this book the author has had in mind the needs of the upper grammar grades. The subject matter has not been selected…

A Pickle For the Knowing Ones

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Timothy Dexter


Timothy Dexter, a business man in the late 1700's, writes about his thoughts and his life. He is an unconventional man who follows his own …

Richard Cory

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Edwin Arlington Robinson


This was the weekly poetry project for 3 June 2006. Many “character” poems cut straight to the inmost psychology of their subjects, but here…

8810

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Nicholas Taylor


Join Bill Morison on his journey through corporate America, as he learns about auditing insurance and just how irritating people can be. Thi…

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