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In Andersens Märchen Ergänzungsband

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Hans Christian Andersen


Um das Jahr 1860 herum veranstaltete Andersen eine deutsche Ausgabe seiner Märchen und Geschichten, die 112 derselben umfaßte, di…

All Is Beautiful: The Navajo Creation Story

Read by Jabez L. Van Cleef


Jabez L. Van Cleef


Since the beginning of time, human beings have told the story of their own beginning, and of the origins of the four directions, the heavens…

God Wears Many Skins: Sami Myth and Culture in Poems

Read by Jabez L. Van Cleef


Jabez L. Van Cleef


The Sami, who call themselves "the real people," are nomadic indigenous people of Northern Scandinavia and adjacent areas of Russi…

The Birth of Propaganda

Read by Jabez L. Van Cleef


Jabez L. Van Cleef


"The Birth of Propaganda" is poetic adaptation of the essay "Propaganda in a Democratic Society," by Aldous Huxley, whic…

The Palimpsest of Human Rights

Read by Jabez L. Van Cleef


Jabez L. Van Cleef


The Palimpsest of Human Rights is an experimental spoken word production which combines verse interpretations of the prose writings of Marti…

Марко Богатый

In Народные русские сказки (Russian Fairy Tales), Выпуск 2

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Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev


Коллекция "Народные русские сказки" А.Н. Афанасьева впервые представила в печати народную сказочную традицию в своём многообразии …

Why the feudal Rights were more odious to the People in France than any where e…

In The Old Regime and the Revolution

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Alexis de Tocqueville and Alexis De Tocqueville


A calm, philosophical inquiry into the causes of the French Revolution, and the working of the Old Regime. In this work, M. de Tocqueville h…

The Christ of the 'Never'

In Verses Popular and Humorous

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Henry Lawson


This is a volume of humorous poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson. - Summary by Carolin

The Lord of Chateau Noir

In The Green Flag and Other Stories of War and Sport

Read by jabc1950


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Arthur Conan Doyle was deeply affected by the many wars fought during his lifetime. As many other writers, he used the material for short st…

Chapter XV, part 3

In The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson

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DeWitt C. Peters and Dewitt C. Peters


Kit Carson was a famous hunter, trapper, mountain man, guide - an American icon. Stories about him abounded in popular contemporary literatu…

Preface

In The Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre, Volume 1

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Margaret of Navarre and Marguerite Of Navarre


THE HEPTAMERON, first published posthumously in 1558, is divided into seven complete days containing 10 stories each, and an eighth day cont…

Chapter 14 Part 1

In The Life of Mozart Volume 1

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Otto Jahn


An in depth look into the life of one of the greatest ever composers and musicians. Mozart was truly a gifted individual and this is an inte…

Some contemporary portraits

In Recollections of the Civil War

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Charles Anderson Dana


Recollections of the Civil War records the events that took place during the American Civil war. It forms one of the most remarkable volumes…

Experiencing Language

In New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution

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Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Characteristics of Different Animals

In The Training of Wild Animals

Read by Nicola Jablow


Frank Charles Bostock


Today, performing animals are frowned on by many but in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, traveling menageries afforded entertainment …

Three Points and the Paper

In G.K. Chesterton's Newspaper Columns: The New Witness - 1922

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G. K. Chesterton


A collection of the newspaper columns/essays written by G.K. Chesterton for "The New Witness", under the heading "At the Sign…

Chapter 17

In Doctor Grimshawe’s Secret

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Nathaniel Hawthorne


Dr. Grimshawe is a spider-cultivating eccentric. The central secret of the book is an all-encompassing spiders web. The central character is…