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Murchison and Babbage

In Science in Short Chapters

Read by Chad Jackson


W. Mattieu Williams


This is a collection of articles written by W. Mattieu Williams on different subjects, that in his opinion "are likely to be interestin…

Preface

In The Forgotten Man and Other Essays

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William Graham Sumner


Sumner's popular essays were to give him a wider audience to distribute his anti-imperialism, his advocacy of free markets and the gold stan…

The Art of Living, Part 1

In Thrift

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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…

Battle of Bannockburn, AD 1314 by Andrew Lang

In The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07

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Charles F. Horne


A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…

A Medieval Ghost Hunter

In Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters

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Henry Addington Bruce


The author describes popular ghost occurrences from a skeptical point of view, providing explanations based on recent scientific research (e…

Inaugural Address by the 16th President of the United States

In LibriVox 16th Anniversary Collection

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Abraham Lincoln


"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to li…

He Worked to Secure a Foot-Hold William Dean Howells

In How They Succeeded

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Orison Swett Marden


Success! Alluring, fascinating, informative. Why are some people successful while others languish on the scrap heap of life? Hard work? Luc…

Sharp Eyes Gets Home

In Sharp Eyes, the Silver Fox

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Richard Barnum


Sharp Eyes, the Silver Fox is another tale of adventure that follows a young silver fox from his birth in the woods of England, through trai…

Pope and the Art of Satire

In Twelve Types

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G. K. Chesterton


Short biographical essays of twelve persons central to European culture. - Summary by KevinS

Preface to Complete Edition

In Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure, and Other Essays

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Edward Carpenter


This publication, by English utopian socialist Edward Carpenter, describes civilisation as a sort of disease with which humanity is afflicte…

Mr. Wagner Buys a Goat

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

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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

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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:…

Science and Modern Thought

In The Outline of Science, Vol 4

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J. Arthur Thomson


The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects rang…

Inaugural Address by the 15th U.S. President

In LibriVox 15th Anniversary Collection

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James Buchanan


This year is the 15th anniversary of our beloved LibriVox. The readings in this collection celebrate that "bunch of volunteers" wh…

Kidnapped

In An Earthman on Venus

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Ralph Milne Farley


When Myles Cabot accidentally transmitted himself to the planet Venus, he found himself naked and bewildered on a mystery world where every …

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

In American Leaders and Heroes

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Wilbur F. Gordy


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

Real Troubles in Birdland

In How To Have Bird Neighbors

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S. Louise Patteson


The author provides the listener with anecdotes from her life of her experiences with birds. She describes their habits and antics, their fo…