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First published in 1726, Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" presents, as a mock travel tale, a series of thought experiments mi…

A Modest Proposal

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift almost defines satire in this biting and brutal pamphlet in which he suggests that poor (Catholic) Irish families should fatt…

Gulliver's Travels

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Jonathan Swift

Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is b…

Bettesworth's Exultation

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Jonathan Swift

LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of Bettesworth's Exultation Upon hearing that his name would be transmitted to posterity in Dr. S…

The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One

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Jonathan Swift

Sit back and listen to these light-hearted witty rhymes and see the world Jonathan Swift saw -- and maybe recognize your own. Think there is…

Tom Swift in Captivity

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Victor Appleton

Tom Swift is approached by Mr. Preston, the owner of a circus, and begins to tell the story of Jake Poddington, Mr. Preston's most skilled h…

On A Shadow In A Glass

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who …

The Chicago Connection

Read by John R. Swift

John R. Swift

A teenager in Prohibition Chicago, haunted by disasters, breaks all his childhood vows of clean living and becomes a minor hoodlum. When he …

Dr. Wesley Swift America's Dilemma Sunday Evening Jan. 14 1962

Sermon sourced from original ministry reel to reel tape.

The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume Two

Read by Arthur Krolman

Jonathan Swift

He lived simply, loved his walks and craved the company of fellow poetical wits as they craved his company in return. With his pal Dr. Sheri…

The Race Of The Swift

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Edwin Carlile Litsey

This 1905 collection is of the author’s short animal stories, some previously published in magazines. - Summary by David Wales

A Tale of a Tub

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Jonathan Swift

A Tale of a Tub was the first major work written by Jonathan Swift, composed between 1694 and 1697, that was eventually published in 1704. I…

Tom Swift and His War Tank

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Victor Appleton

Tom Swift, that prolific youthful inventor, is engaged in trying to help the Allies win WWI. After reading newspaper accounts of the British…

Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat

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Victor Appleton

Tom Swift's father, a world-famous scientist, has been robbed of one of his greatest inventions, and it's up to Tom to bring the criminals t…

Gulliver's Travels in Lilliput and Brobdingnag, Told to the Children

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Jonathan Swift

This is a children's version of Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels, from the Told to the Children Series (published in 1910). The chi…

John Knox

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A. Taylor Innes

A scholarly and thoughtful biography of the Scottish Reformer. (Jael Baldwin)

Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung

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Victor Appleton

The US Government is very smartly letting Tom Swift Jr. handle the recovery of its probe to Jupiter. But a mystery missile suddenly intercep…

Literary Taste: How to Form It

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Arnold Bennett

Arnold Bennett describes a method for enjoying literature, and suggests the contents of a comprehensive library. Chapters 1-10 and 14 descri…

Living With Capone

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John R. Swift

A fortunate son and failed lawyer turned failed banker turned struggling stockbroker inexplicably marries well, crosses paths with Al Capone…

Joshua: Overview of Joshua

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