Culture & Heritage
The Fortunes of Nigel
Read by Jim Locke
Sir Walter Scott
During the turbulent moment in English history involving King James 1 and 6, Nigel Olifaunt, a Scottish lord, seeks to protect his family ho…
Deux petits sabots
Read by Christiane Jehanne
Ouida
Une jolie histoire d’une auteure sensible au talent reconnu… Voici Bébée, jeune fille douce, sensible, naïve aussi. Elle …
Tales from Silver Lands
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Charles Finger
The 1925 Newbery Medal Winner for best children's literature published in the United States, this collection of Central and South American i…
The Nibelungenlied (English Verse)
Read by Kurt
Anonymoustranslated Bygeorge Henry Needler and Unknowntranslated Bygeorge Henry Needler
The only translation into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original of the epic German poem The Nibelungenlied. There was a 2013 Li…
Dark Princess
Read by Verla Viera
W. E. B. Du Bois
This story begins as Matthew Towns, a brilliant young Black medical student, is dismissed from medical school because the white board has de…
Garthowen: A Story of a Welsh Homestead
Read by Craig Franklin
Allen Raine
The story centers around the Owens' family and young ‘Morva of the Moor’, the prettiest girl in the world.The Owens of Garthowen, once a pre…
The Cliff-Dwellers
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Henry Blake Fuller
Between the former site of old Fort Dearborn and the present site of our newest Board of Trade there lies a restricted yet tumultuous territ…
The Golden Book of Springfield
Read by Chuck Williamson
Vachel Lindsay
The Golden Book of Springfield is American poet Vachel Lindsay's strange and mystical odyssey through the Springfield, Illinois of 2018, whe…
The Garies and their Friends
Read by Jim Locke
Frank Webb
The book which now appears before the public may be of interest in relation to a question which the late agitation of the subject of slavery…
Short Stories in Prose and Verse
Read by Chris Greaves
Henry Lawson
Short Stories in Prose and Verse” is Henry Lawson’s first published book (1894); his first published poem appeared in 1887. The volume is a …
Old Santeclaus
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Clement Clarke Moore
Clement Clarke Moore (July 15, 1779 – July 10, 1863) was an American Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature, as well as Divinity and Bib…
Innocencia: a story of the prairie regions of Brazil
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Alfredo D'Escragnolle Taunay
The story of Innocencia, an 18-year-old girl who lives in the prairies of Brazil, is a twist on the traditional love triangle. The plot has …
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 18
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Various
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…
Ramona, la Conquête américaine au Mexique
Read by Christiane Jehanne
Helen Hunt Jackson
Ramona (titre original : Ramona) est un roman historique de Helen Hunt Jackson paru en 1884 aux États-Unis. L'histoire est celle d'un…
Shan Folk Lore Stories from the Hill and Water Country
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William Charles Griggs
The following stories have been taken from the great[v] mass of unwritten lore that is to the black-eyed, brown-skinned boys and girls of th…
Yellow Butterflies
Read by Lee Smalley
Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
The title of this historical fiction could as well have been "A Soldier’s Mother" or “An Unknown Soldier”. There are indeed butter…
The Flame Tree and Other Folk-Lore Stories from Uganda
Read by laurakgibbs
Rosetta Baskerville
Rosetta Baskerville was the wife of George Baskerville, a missionary in Uganda. Some of the folktales in this book, published in 1925, are s…
Black Tales for White Children
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Nancy Stigand and Chauncey Hugh Stigand
Chauncey Hugh Stigand wrote this book of 29 East African folktales together with his wife, Nancy Stigand. Stigard was an officer in the Brit…
Deirdre
Read by Michele Fry
James Stephens
Beautiful, playful young Deirdre, caught in the crosshairs of Ireland's wily, chauvinistic King Conachur, who desires to marry her after his…