John Burroughs

Squirrels and Other Fur-bearers

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John Burroughs



Squirrels and other Fur-Bearers, a collection of essays by American naturalist and essayist, John Burroughs, provides fascinating insight in…

Coffee Break Collection 003 - Nature

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This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) works in English suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. Th…

From the Tower Window of My Bookhouse

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Variousandolive Beaupre Miller



Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the fifth volume of the "My Bookhouse" series for lit…

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 07

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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…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 006

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A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were inde…

John James Audubon

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John Burroughs



Audubon's life naturally divides itself into three periods: his youth, which was on the whole a gay and happy one, and which lasted till the…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 005

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Various



A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collection we…

Bird Stories from Burroughs

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John Burroughs



What a better way to learn about birds than to read this delightful collection of interesting bird stories! John Burroughs was a nature essa…

Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers

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John Burroughs



Probably no other American writer has a greater sympathy with, and a keener enjoyment of, country life in all its phases—farming, camping, f…

Nature Near Home and Other Papers

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John Burroughs



Nature Near Home is one of many books on natural history by John Burroughs. It is full of simple observations about rural scenes and charmin…

Children's Short Works, Vol. 010

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Various



LibriVox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 010: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 030

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Various



Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include botany, dreams, farming, history, li…

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 5: Nature (Part 2)

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The fifth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, incl…

Short Poetry Collection 020

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Various



LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 020: a collection of 20 public domain poems.

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3: Sorrow and Consolation (Part 2)

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Various



This is the third of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two par…

Short Poetry Collection 013

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Various



LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 013: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 049

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Various



LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 049: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 085

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Various



"A regard for decency, even at the cost of success, is but the regard for one's own dignity" was novelist Joseph Conrad's take on …

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 086

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Various



"The democracy of the future will sicken of a chronic and mortal boredom," was Aldous Huxley's prophecy for the United States in 1…

Short Poetry Collection 054

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Various



LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 054: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Coffee Break Collection 035 - Birds

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This is the 35th Coffee Break Collection, in which LibriVox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…