Search Results

How Gloves Came to Grenoble

In Gloves Past and Present

Read by Chad Gates


Willard M. Smith


From the preface: "For thirty years I have devoted myself to the practical problems of the glove industry, and my connection with one o…

The Palace of Wonders

In Dot and Tot of Merryland

Read by Chad


L. Frank Baum


Dot and Tot of Merryland is a 1901 novel by L. Frank Baum. After Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, he wrote this story about the advent…

Shakespeare and Voice

In Interviews on Great Writers

Read by Linda Gates


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Shakespeare and Voice

In Great Writers Inspire

Read by Linda Gates


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Snob Royal

In The Book of Snobs

Read by Gates Maru


W M Thackeray and William Makepeace Thackeray


The necessity of a work on Snobs, demonstrated from History, and proved by felicitous illustrations:—I am the individual destined to write t…

The Art of Living, Part 1

In Thrift

Read by Chad Jackson


Samuel Smiles


"This book is intended as a sequel to Self-Help and Character. It might, indeed, have appeared as an introduction to these volumes; for…

Nathaniel Greene, the Hero of the South, and Francis Marion, the ''Swamp Fox,''…

In American Leaders and Heroes

Read by Chad Jackson


Wilbur F. Gordy


Historian Wilbur F. Gordy presents short chapters on well-known American figures from the viewpoint of the early twentieth century, includin…

Thor's Adventures on his Journey to the Land of the Giants from the Snorra Edda

In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 13

Read by Chad Jackson


Various


The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

Return Voyage-Edale Once More

In The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774-1777

Read by Chad Jackson


Nicholas Cresswell


Against his family's wishes, the son of an English landowner emigrates to America in 1774 for reasons he won't reveal. His adventures take h…

Mr. Wagner Buys a Goat

In Billy Whiskers, The Autobiography of a Goat (Version 2)

Read by Chad Jackson


Frances Trego Montgomery


This is the original story in the beloved series of Billy Whisker books by Frances Trego Montgomery. Billy is a loveable goat whose adventur…

Chapter 8

In The Green Millennium

Read by Chad Jackson


Fritz Leiber


From the classic science-fiction and fantasy author Fritz Leiber comes this intriguing tale of a green cat. From the author's introduction:…

James Lawrence

In Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 2

Read by Chad Jackson


Charles F. Horne


A collection of writings about a variety of men and women from history who were some of the most prominent people around at the time. Marsha…

Chapter 12

In The Famous Missions of California

Read by Chad Jackson


William Henry Hudson


Naturalist William Henry Hudson was born in Argentina of immigrant parents from England, and later settled there. He published books on orn…

The Danger of the Ballot

In Is the Bible Worth Reading and Other Essays

Read by Chad Sawyer


Lemuel Kelley Washburn


These are more than 100 short essays on all things atheism and freethought penned by Lemuel K. Washburn, an American freethought writer and …