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The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1

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Frederick Whymper


Everything about the sea: history of ships, famous mariners and life on shipboard, adventure, shipwrecks and daring rescues. - Summary by K…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 067

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Various


Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. Two U.S. Presidents are remembered in "A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madi…

Life of Jesse Harding Pomeroy

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E. Luscomb Haskell


"The Life of Jesse Harding Pomeroy: The Most Remarkable Case in the History of Crime or Criminal Law" by E. Luscomb Haskell was pu…

Carpenter's World Travels: Australia, New Zealand and Some Other Islands of the…

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Frank G. Carpenter


Travel stories of the land "Down Under" from 100 years ago. Native life and scenery and commerce of islands such as Tonga and Fiji…

Pitching in a Pinch

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Christy Mathewson


In this book Mathewson is telling the reader of the game as it is played in the Big Leagues.... It’s as good as his pitching and some exciti…

The Elements of Mammalogy

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William Ruschenberger


The Elements of Mammalogy is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This s…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 056

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Various


Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the impact of World War I on human …

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 059

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Various


Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Volume 59 contains an eclectic mix of readings, ra…

The Children's Six Minutes

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Bruce S. Wright


This is a nice collection of 52 kid-aimed sermons by missionary Wright while he served in the Philippines in the World War I era. Each offer…

Vice in its Proper Shape

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Anonymous


Or, The Wonderful and Melancholy Transformation of Several Naughty Masters and Misses Into Those Contemptible Animals Which They Most Resemb…

Early Rising

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John Godfrey Saxe


LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Early Rising by John Godfrey Saxe. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 31, 2…

Philip Dru: Administrator

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Edward M. House


Philip Dru: Administrator: a Story of Tomorrow, 1920-1935 is a futuristic political novel published anonymously in 1912 by Edward Mandell Ho…

Sixteenth-century Bristol

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John Latimer


Plague, piracy and payments to members of Parliament! The town of Bristol, England in the Sixteenth Century was a fascinating place, and Joh…

Arizona Sketches

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Joseph Munk


An introduction to Arizona from approximately a century ago. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

I Stepped from Plank to Plank

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Emily Dickinson


LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of I Stepped from Plank to Plank by Emily Dickinson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for Augu…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 074

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Various


Twenty-one short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "We must learn to dignify common labor." Booker T. Washington spoke plain…

The Autobiography of a Slander

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Edna Lyall


The Autobiography of a Slander exposes the consequences of reckless words or, even worse, intentionally disparaging words. In this moral tal…

The Confession of a Child of the Century

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Alfred De Musset


In this autobiographic novel, an aging man reflects on his past. We are witness to the relationships he has along the way, his mistakes, and…

Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy volume 1

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John Tulloch


This work addresses the birth and development of a rationalist stream in the Christianity of England in the seventeenth century. In this vol…

The Dawn and the Day

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Henry Thayer Niles


The Dawn and the Day, or, The Buddha and the Christ, Part 1 is a text similar to the epic poetry of Homer or, more accurately, classic Hindu…

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