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Travels in Brazil, Volume 1

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Henry Koster



A well-written and informative first-hand account of a young man's travels within Brazil during the period shortly before Brazil's independe…

England In The Middle Ages

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Elizabeth O'Neill



A short study examining the historical framework of England from the period of the Norman Conquest to the end of the fifteenth century.The p…

Three Stories & Ten Poems

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Ernest Hemingway



The author arranged for this collection of three short stories and ten poems to be printed in a small run of 300 copies in Dijon (France.) T…

Al Que Quiere! (and 18 more poems)

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William Carlos Williams



A book of William Carlos Williams's early poetry. Included in this recording are 18 poems published by Williams in Volume 13 of 'Poetry' lit…

In Italy with the 332nd Infantry

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Joseph L. Lettau



A brief, personal recounting of the 332nd Infantry in World War I, including training in America, a brief billet in France, activities in It…

Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down…

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Alexander Roberts



This LibriVox collection is first in a series of writings from the ante-Nicene Fathers' works. This first collection includes all the so-cal…

The Chicago Race Riots, July 1919

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Carl Sandburg



Carl Sandburg's succinct reporting on and reflections upon the race riots that broke out In Chicago in July 1919. - Summary by KevinS

Little Miss Joy-Sing

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John Luther Long



A pleasant kind of fantasy set in Japan concerning a woman and a prince. - Summary by KevinS

Child Whispers

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Enid Blyton



Enid Blyton's first published book; a short collection of poetry (28 poems and a short introduction.) - Summary by Peter Why

My Little Book of Prayer

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Muriel Strode



A number of what we might call epigrams concerning one's will, determination, spirituality, and other foci of interest. - Summary by KevinS

Our Little Brazilian Cousin

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Mary F. Nixon-Roulet



A part of a series introducing young people to the lives of others from various countries. This book recounts the adventures and experiences…

The Sleuth of St. James Square

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Melville Davisson Post



Slightly connected detective stories which are developed in a rather unusual way. The solutions are logical and less miraculous than those o…

The Brown Brethren

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Patrick Macgill



The Brown Brethren tells the story of friends and comrades who fought together during World War I on the Western Front. The principal charac…

The New Army in Training

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Rudyard Kipling



Kipling's brief assessment of the British New Army being assembled to fight in the Great War. Concerns itself with training and logistics bu…

The Colored People of Chicago

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Louise DeKoven Bowen and Louise Dekoven Bowen



This book presents a summary of the findings conducted by the the Juvenile Protective Association in Chicago before the changes brought on b…

Frank Merriwell at Yale; Or, Freshman Against Freshman

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Burt L. Standish



Gilbert Patten, writing under the pen name of Burt L. Standish, wrote innumerable novels that were very popular in their time. His Frank Mer…

Postage stamps of war (1854-1914)

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Douglas B. Armstrong



A very brief introduction to postal stamps used and issued during times of war. The principal focus might be said to be placed upon the Grea…

Bible (YLT) NT 02: Mark

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Young's Literal Translation and Young'S Literal Translation



An English translation that holds as closely as was possible to the original languages and idioms. - Summary by KevinS

Bible (YLT) NT 19: Epistle to the Hebrews

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Young'S Literal Translation



An English translation that holds as closely as was possible to the original languages and idioms. (Summary by KevinS)

Bible (YLT) NT 09: Epistle to the Galatians

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Young's Literal Translation and Young'S Literal Translation



An English translation that holds as closely as was possible to the original languages and idioms. - Summary by KevinS

Bible (YLT) NT 26: Epistle of Jude

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Young's Literal Translation, Young'S Literal Translation and Young'S Literal Translationtranslated Byrobert Young



An English translation that holds as closely as was possible to the original languages and idioms. - Summary by KevinS

Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, Volume 5 (American Saints)

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John Gilmary Shea



Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints : with reflections for every day in the year : compiled from "Butler's Lives" and other appro…

Bible (YLT) NT 10: Epistle to the Ephesians

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Young'S Literal Translation and Young'S Literal Translationtranslated Byrobert Young



An English translation made as closely as possible to the language and idioms of the original languages. - Summary by KevinS

In Our Time

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Ernest Hemingway



This is the first edition of Hemingway's in our time, published in a very small run in France in 1924. And American edition was released the…

Bible (YLT) NT 17: Epistle to Titus

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Young'S Literal Translation



A literal translation of the Epistle to Titus from the New Testament translated as closely as possible to the language and idioms of the ori…

Little Blue Book 646: The Spirit of Brazilian Literature

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Isaac Goldberg



One of the many Little Blue Books published to make learning available to all. These were short, informative, and inexpensive books that dis…

Preliminary Report on Neo-Fascist and Hate Groups

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House Un-American Activities Committee



A preliminary report to the U. S. Congress on a portion of the subversive activities conducted by two specific Neo-Fascist organizations tha…

Bible (YLT) NT 04: John

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Young'S Literal Translation



An English translation that holds as closely as was possible to the original languages and idioms. - Summary by KevinS

An Essay of the Shaking Palsy

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James Parkinson



This publication is said to be the first to present a systematic view of what was later named Parkinson's disease. Six case studies are desc…

On Being Negro in America

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J. Saunders Redding



A penetrating, insightful, and thoroughly honest view of one's life in the United States as an African-American. - Summary by KevinS

Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down…

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Alexander Roberts



This LibriVox collection is the second volume in a series of New Testament Apocrypha. - Summary by KevinS

Your Negro Neighbor

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Benjamin Griffith Brawley



An historical and sociological view of race relations in America as it pertains to the African-American. - Summary by KevinS

A Winter of Content

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Laura Lee Davidson



A charming memoir recounting 10 months spent among the country people of Ontario at the outbreak of the Great War. Resplendent in its descri…

Above the French Lines

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Stuart Walcott



A collection of letters written by Stuart Walcott while training to be an aviator in France to prepare for combat. Walcott died in his first…

The Old Peabody Pew: A Christmas Romance of a Country Church (Version 2)

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Kate Douglas Wiggin



A charming tale of a small New England congregation preparing for Christmas and the unexpected arrival of a woman's long held hope. - Summar…

Bible (YLT) NT 21-22: Epistles of Peter

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Young'S Literal Translation



Scripture translated according to the letter and idioms of the original languages. (Summary by KevinS)

The Social Settlement Movement in Chicago

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Josephine Hunt Raymond



This is Ms. Raymond's thesis submitted for the awarding of her master's degree from the University of Wisconsin (Madison.) Raymond clearly k…

Rupert Brooke

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Rupert Brooke



A number of poems by Rupert Brooke, collected and published in 1925. - Summary by KevinS

Editorials from The Dial magazine, Volume 66

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Martyn Johnson



Editorials published in Volume 66 of The Dial magazine, a fortnightly political and literary review. The source available to us features iss…

The Progressive Woman, Vol. VII, No. 75 (October 1913)

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Various



A Monthly Magazine of aspiration devoted to the economic and political interests of women, edited by Josephine Conger-Keneko. - Summary by K…

Bible (YLT) NT 13-14: 1 & 2 Epistles to the Thessalonians

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Young'S Literal Translationtranslated Byrobert Young



An English translation that holds as closely as was possible to the original languages and idioms. - Summary by KevinS

Bible (YLT) NT 15-16: 1 & 2 Epistles to Timothy

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Young'S Literal Translationtranslated Byrobert Young



An English translation that holds as closely as was possible to the original languages and idioms. - Summary by KevinS

Bible (YLT) NT 03: Luke

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Young'S Literal Translationtranslated Byrobert Young



"Translated according to the letter and idioms of the original languages" - Summary by the translator

Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, Volume 3 (July-September)

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John Gilmary Shea



Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints : with reflections for every day in the year : compiled from "Butler's Lives" and other appro…

A Lincoln Conscript

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Homer Greene



A heartwarming novel which visits the last two years of the American Civil War. The center of the story is the conflict of emotions and deed…

Gaudium Crucis: A Meditation for Good Friday

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Walter Lowrie



A reflection on the crucifixion of Christ and its theological (especially, soteriological) meanings. - Summary by KevinS

Tales of St. Austin's

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P. G. Wodehouse



Early short stories from Wodehouse focusing on life at St. Austin's, a fictional English public school. Also, Included are four humorous ess…

Bible (YLT) NT 12: Epistle to the Colossians

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Young's Literal Translation and Young'S Literal Translationtranslated Byrobert Young



Young's Literal Translation of the Bible. Translated according to 'the letter and the idioms of the original languages.' - Summary by KevinS

Isles of Eden

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Laura Lee Davidson



A charming and thoughtful view of life in Canada experienced while vacationing on a small island in summer. The author is a women who is ind…

The Sun Also Rises

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Ernest Hemingway



The Sun Also Rises (1926) was Hemingway's first novel to be published, though there is his novella The Torrents of Spring which was publishe…

Bible (YLT) NT 08: 2nd Epistle to the Corinthians

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Young's Literal Translation and Young'S Literal Translationtranslated Byrobert Young



The Old and New Covenants, translated according to the letter and idioms of the original languages. - From the title page

The Three Friends; A Story of Rugby in the Forties

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Arthur Gray Butler



This is a novel that describes the life of three friends while they are attending Rugby School. The work illustrates for the reader many of …

The Korean War: Brief Histories

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Various



A collection of brief histories addressing the major campaigns or phases of the Korean War. (Summary by KevinS)

In the North Woods of Maine

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Elmer Erwin Thomas



Two fifteen-year-old boys---the younger of whom may have been fourteen---decide to hunt and trap away from home in the north woods of Maine.…

Birth Control and the State

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Carlos Blacker



This essay is one of a great number that endorse the principle of eugenics, a controversial study and practice that aims for society or gove…

Secrets of the Friendly Woods

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Rex Brasher



Rex Brasher is best known for his having painted in watercolor a complete set of all the extant American birds during his lifetime. This is …

The African Problem and the Peace Settlement

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Edmund Dene Morel



In this essay, the author directs our attention on the African continent and describes how the exploitation and colonization of Africa by Eu…

Why Armenia Should Be Free: Armenia's Role in the Present War

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Armen Garo



Here is a trenchant argument for the Allied Supreme Council, established at the close of World War One, to recognize and defend the independ…

The Black Star: A School Story for Boys

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Andrew H. Walpole



A school adventure set in Australia, with secret societies, bullies, mystery, a new student who calls everyone comrade, and sport, at least …

Project Horizon: Establishment of a Lunar Outpost

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United States Army



The US national policy on space includes the objective of developing and exploiting this Nation's space capability as necessary to achieve n…

Picture-Show

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Siegfried Sassoon



One of Sassoon's earlier collections of poems. This book is particularly interesting as Sassoon begins a transition toward poetry unrelated …

To and Again

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Walter R. Brooks



Older readers will enjoy this book for its portrait of a simpler time, one of magic and modest adventure. Children will enjoy being introduc…

Pomes Penyeach

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James Joyce



James Joyce published three volumes of poetry during his lifetime including Pomes Penyeach. This simple booklet was published in 1927 in Par…

Billie Bradley at Twin Lakes

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Janet D. Wheeler



Billie Bradley and her brother and their closest friends decide to summer in two rented cottages at Twin lakes, a small resort community. Th…

Alexander the Great

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Ada Russell



A relatively brief history of the life and conquests of Alexander the Great. - Summary by KevinS

Travels in Brazil, Volume 2

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Henry Koster



A well-written and informative first-hand account of a young man's travels within Brazil during the period shortly before Brazil's independe…

Sour Grapes

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William Carlos Williams



A collection of poems largely collected from previous magazine and journal publications. (Summary by KevinS)

Chicago Poems

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Carl Sandburg



"Chicago Poems" was Carl Sandburg's first collection published by a mainstream publishing house. This slender volume contains at l…

Augustan Books of Modern Poetry: Robert Graves

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Robert Graves



Poems from Robert Graves published by the Augustan Books of Poetry. - Summary by KevinS

War poems and other verses

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Robert Ernest Vernède



Vernède enlisted with the British Army as a second lieutenant at the start of World War I, even though he was over the maximum age of…

The Torrents of Spring

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Ernest Hemingway



The Torrents of Spring was Hemingway's second novel to be published. It would not be wrong to say that it is unique among the author's work …

Love's testament, a sonnet sequence

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G. Constant Lounsbery and G. Constant Lounsbery



Grace Constant Lounsbery was an American poet, playwright, and author. It is said that she was 'mannish' in her dress and behavior and these…

State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1970 - 1974)

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Richard Milhouse Nixon



The State of the Union address is a speech or report presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States…

Ruth Fielding At the War Front

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Alice B. Emerson



Ruth Fielding, a Red Cross worker in France during the First World War must travel behind enemy lines to find a lost American soldier. An ex…

State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1975 - 1977)

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Gerald Ford



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Over the Ocean to Paris, or, Ted Scott's Daring Long Distance Flight

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Franklin W. Dixon



Ted Scott is a young man who seems born to be an aviator. He comes from an humble background, fostered by an elderly couple who know little …

Sea Garden (Version 2)

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Hilda Doolittle



The first of H.D.'s book of poetry, Sea Garden contains some striking and lovely Imagist compositions. I have recorded the poems as a single…

The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Na…

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Josiah Henson



The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself is an autobiographical narrative given by J…

State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1978 - 1981)

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Jimmy Carter



The State of the Union address is a speech or report presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States…

Billie Bradley at Treasure Cove

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Janet D. Wheeler



Billie Bradley, her brother, and their friends find themselves in another adventure! This time they meet an old sailor who has a map of Trea…

West-Running Brook

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Robert Frost



A collection of 38 of Robert Frost's early poems apparently compiled in 1923 but not published until 1928. This was not Frost's most popular…

Socialist Readings for Children

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John Spargo



A collection of readings designed more for youngsters aged 12 or older than for children, in my view. The presentation is idealistic and off…

A Farewell to Arms

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Ernest Hemingway



Ernest Hemingway's novel A Farewell to Arms is often referred to as a war novel, which is true enough. There is certainly blood and gore, al…

When a Man's a Man

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Harold Bell Wright



When a Man's a Man is a novel written by Harold Bell Wright, an author who was quite popular in the first decades of the 20th Century. This …