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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…

The KEA: a New Zealand problem

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George Reginald Marriner


The kea (Nestor notabilis) is the world's only alpine parrot, and is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Although this large parrot …

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…

Notes on Life and Letters

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Joseph Conrad


Conrad described the twenty-six essays collected here as a "one-man show" comprising "Conrad literary, Conrad political, Conr…

First Chapter Collection 007

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Various


The first chapter of a book is often the hook to draw a reader in. It could make you eager for more or realize it isn't for you. Here we off…

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…

El Criterio

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Jaime Balmes


"La razon es fria, pero ve claro; darle calor, y no ofuscar su claridad: las pasiones son ciegas, pero dan fuerza; darles direccion, y …

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…

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…

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

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…

De Gedenkschriften van Jozef Grimaldi de Clown

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Charles Dickens


De door Charles Dickens bewerkte autobiografie van Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837). De eerste clown die zijn gezicht wit schminkte.

LibriVox 13th Anniversary Collection

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Various


This year is the 13th anniversary of our beloved LibriVox. The readings in this collection celebrate that "bunch of volunteers" wh…

Black No More

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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)

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…

The Yoruba-speaking peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa, Selections from

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Alfred Burdon Ellis


British Army officer and ethnographer AB Ellis was known for his writings on West Africa. His final publication takes an anthropological mag…

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…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 101

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Various


"Of all effects of weather, snow makes the greatest change in animal economy in the countryside, and weeks often pass before the old or…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 103

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Various


"When money gives out, sense ensues." This pithy saying is from Yugoslav Proverbs, one of the twenty reader-chosen selections in v…

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…

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