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Some German Women and Their Salons
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Mary Hargrave
German women living at the turn of the 18th to the 19th century have paved the way to modernity for the female gender in Germany. Mary Hargr…
Song of the Shingle-Splitters
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Henry Kendall
LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 recordings of Song of the Shingle-Splitters by Henry C. Kendall. This was the weekly poetry project for June…
Ceres’ Runaway & Other Essays
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Alice Meynell
Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' S…
Spring (Barber)
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Margaret Fairless Barber
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Spring by "Michael Fairless" (pseudonym of Margaret Fairless Barber). This was the F…
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 10
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Giorgio Vasari
Volume 10 of the lives of some eminent painters, sculptors and architects in history. - Summary by Michele Eaton
Behind the Screen
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Samuel Goldwyn
Learn about the early days of Hollywood from the eyes of Samuel Goldwyn, co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production company. - Summary by…
Resist Not Evil
Read by Martha H. Weller
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow, perhaps best known as the defense attorney for John Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, had a long career defending …
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 094
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Various
"Fine experience lies at one's own doorstep" writes Raymond S. Spears, suggesting that boating on the Mississippi River offers &qu…
Anecdotes of Great Musicians
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Willey Francis Gates
Three hundred anecdotes and biographical sketches of famous composers and performers.I have attempted to cull from the mass of material that…
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 06
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Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne
Memoirs written by Napoleon's private secretary, "a work based on years of intimate friendship and professional association." - S…
Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed, Volume 1
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William Cabell Bruce
His life was like a full five-act play—prophetic prologue and stately epilogue, and swelling scene imposed upon swelling scene, until the ta…
Battle of New Orleans: Its Real Meaning
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Reau Folk
Rather than being a synopsis of the Battle of New Orleans as a military victory, the book also touches upon the greater significance of the …
The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol. II
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This volume, the second volume of a two-volume set, contains over 125 letters written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from 1781-1791. It has been…
Black No More
Read by Jim Locke
George Schuyler
Being an account of the strange and wonderful workings of science in the land of the free, A.D. 1933-1940. (Summary by author)
Animals' Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress
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Henry Salt
In the book, Salt argues against the idea of speciesism, though the term was not coined for another 76 years.The book also argues against vi…
A Visit to Paris in 1814
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John Scott
John Scott was a Scottish journalist, editor and publisher. Scott edited several liberal newspapers: The Statesman, which Leigh Hunt founde…
Logick
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Isaac Watts
The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth with a Variety of Rules to guard against error in the Affairs of Religion and Human Life,…
Napoleon and Marie-Louise: The Fall of the Empire
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Walter Geer
FOREWORD: In a former volume, the legend of Joséphine was considered, and an attempt was made to substitute for it the truth of Histo…
Christmas Short Works Collection 2024
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Various
As we approach Christmas 2024, we invite you to join us in some heart-warming tales and uplifting carols and poems. We wish you compliments …
The Sailor's Word-book, H - M
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William Henry Smyth
A digest of sea terms and phrases, including flora, fauna, fish, fowl and fable of the sea, weaponry aboard ship, parts of a ship, qualities…