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Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed, Volume 2
Read by Jim Locke
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…
Ivor Wilson Broken Fences
Broken Fences by Ivor Wilson For most people a routine job means something they've done before, know about, can handle. But the word means d…
A Summer Morning
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Robert F. Murray
He was young in years, and younger in heart, a lover of youth; and youth, if it could learn and could be warned, might win a lesson from his…
The Powder of Sympathy
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Christopher Morley
Another collection of mostly short “soliloquys” from Christopher Morley, an American literary luminary, who introduces them thus: “… these p…
Last Call for Sector G
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Leigh Douglass Brackett
Lloyd Durham has already lost his footing once in the labyrinth of politics and intrigue that is The Hub, capital planet-city of the galacti…
A Late Good Night
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Robert F. Murray
Much is written about success and failure in the career of literature, about the reasons which enable one man to reach the front, and anothe…
The Eagle's Shadow
Read by Jon M.Wilson
James Branch Cabell
A romantic comedy in which love is complicated by a large inheritance. - Summary by W. Blaine Dowler
The Explorer
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W. Somerset Maugham
An early novel by W. Somerset Maugham about conflicting feelings of self-integrity, filial love, romantic love. Lucy Allerton and Alec MacKe…
You Should Worry Says John Henry
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Hugh Mchugh
A "not-so-always politically correct" commentary is delivered by the humorous and likeable John Henry on a variety of experiences …
The Bothie of Toper-na-Fuosich
Read by Liam Brady
Arthur Hugh Clough
Arthur Clough provides us with a timeless coming of age story involving a young Englishman studying in Scotland who falls in love. - Summar…
The Trembling of a Leaf
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W. Somerset Maugham
A collection of short stories on the South Sea Islands, among which are the famous "Red," "Rain," and "The Fall of …
Get Next!
Read by Laurie Banza
Hugh Mchugh
John Henry has a comedic commentary and opinion on everything that goes on in his life. This time, he tackles the subjects of race tipsters,…
Captain Sword and Captain Pen: A Poem
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Leigh Hunt
This Poem is the result of a sense of duty, which has taken the Author from quieter studies during a great public crisis. He obeyed the impu…
The Book of This and That
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Robert Lynd
From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as s…
Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed, Volume 1
Read by Jim Locke
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…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 098
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Various
"The moment a man attempts to tell the truth as he not only thinks but feels it, what he says becomes charged with that man himself.&qu…
My First Book (Version 2)
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Various
Have you ever wondered how your favorite author started on his or her writing career? Did they launch themselves wholeheartedly into literat…
Sonnets
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Christina Rossetti
This is an excellent selection of introspective, inspirational and remarkably compelling sonnets from one of the greatest poets of the ninet…
''In Re a Gentleman, One''
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Andrew Barton Paterson
Paterson lived and worked in Sydney for most of his adult life, but his poems mostly presented a highly romantic view of the bush and the ic…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 102
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Various
"It is difficult for the human mind to take a comprehensive view of a subject." This is how librarian Arthur Bostwick begins his e…