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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 096

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Various


"Can we solve the problems confronting us? Well, the answer is an unequivocal and emphatic yes." This quote, from U.S. President R…

The Child's Book of American Biography

Read by Laura Victoria


Mary Stoyell Stimpson


In every country there have been certain men and women whose busy lives have made the world better or wiser. The names of such are heard so …

A Peep Behind the Scenes

Read by Abigail Rasmussen


Mrs. O. F. Walton


Rosalie is the daughter of a traveling theater master and is envied by many young girls as she appears to live a life full of glamour, glitz…

Ella Clinton

Read by Michelle Hannah


Martha Finley


The Story of Ella Clinton who regardless of her desire to be good is ruled by her passions. Then one day she submits her desires to the only…

The Legacy of Margaret Thatcher

Read by Gillian Peele and Tom Lubbock


Gillian Peele and Tom Lubbock


University of Oxford Podcasts

A Diary from Dixie

Read by Laurie Anne Walden


Mary Chesnut


Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, a well-educated South Carolina woman who was married to a Confederate general, kept extensive journals during th…

In the Bishop's Carriage

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


Miriam Michelson


Nancy 'Nance' Olden, a young and very pretty woman, is an accomplished liar and thief. Raised in a horrific orphanage, called the Cruelty by…

The Story of Abraham Lincoln

Read by John Lieder


Mary Agnes Hamilton


In this biography for young adults, Mary A. Hamilton gives a British person’s perspective on the 16th President of the United States. A glow…

Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer

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Dexter C. Bloomer


As Mrs. Bloomer was one of the pioneers in what is sometimes called the “Woman’s Movement,” it seems right that a record of her work should …

Fidelity

Read by Arielle Lipshaw


Susan Glaspell


The small Midwestern town of Freeport was scandalized years ago when Ruth Holland, then a young girl, ran away to the West with a married ma…

The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss

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George Prentiss


This memoir was undertaken at the request of many of Mrs. Prentiss' old and most trusted friends, who felt that the story of her life should…

Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

Read by Mary Reagan


Nellie Bly


This is a true account by American woman journalist who, in 1889, set out to see whether she could beat the fictional journey in Jules Verne…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 088

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Various


"With opinions, possession is more than nine points of the law. It is next to impossible to dislodge them." Woodrow Wilson's Study…

Ponnamal, Her Story

Read by MaryAnn


Amy Wilson Carmichael


"A girl stood alone in the dark, listening. No one moved about her; the old mother-in-law who slept near by breathed steadily, she wou…

Lady Baltimore

Read by Lois Hill


Owen Wister


Augustus visits King's Port, South Carolina, at the request of his Aunt Carola, and at her expense. She wants him to research genealogies an…

What Diantha Did

Read by Betsie Bush


Charlotte Perkins Gilman


Charlotte Perkins Gilman opens a window of history through which we can see a small part of the determined efforts made by women to elevate …

Michael O'Halloran

Read by Mary Anderson


Gene Stratton-Porter


The story of a plucky, optimistic newsboy, Michael O’Halloran, who has been orphaned from a young age and asks nothing of the world but to “…

Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams, Vol. 1

Read by Sue Anderson


Abigail Adams


Abigail Adams lived the American Revolution as the wife of one of its central figures--John Adams. Her family correspondence, published alon…

Old Time Radio starring Ronald Reagan


Various


Old Time Radio starring Ronald Reagan

La science et l'amour

Read by Pauline Latournerie


Léontine Zanta


Léontine Zanta, en 1914, a été la première femme docteur ès lettres-philosophie, étant licenci&eac…

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