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The Freedmen's Book
Read by Rhonda Federman
Lydia Maria Child
Lydia Maria Child, an American abolitionist, compiled this collection of short stories and poems by former slaves and noted activists as an …
Mag and Margaret: A Story for Girls
Read by TriciaG
Pansy
Little Mag Jessup is an orphan girl who works hard as a servant in Mrs. Perkins' boarding house to earn her keep. She has no education, exce…
Putting the Most Into Life
Read by Andrew Kennedy
Booker T. Washington
The chapters in this little book were originally part of a series of Sunday Evening Talks given by the Principal to the students of the Tusk…
The World I Live In
Read by Laura Caldwell
Helen Keller
The World I Live In by Helen Keller is a collection of essays that poignantly tells of her impressions of the world, through her sense of to…
A Romp Through Philosophy for Complete Beginners
Read by Marianne Talbot
Marianne Talbot
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The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems
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Vachel Lindsay
This is a collection of poems on various topics by Vachel Lindsay.Please note that the Booker T. Washington trilogy had to be omitted from t…
Miss Mackenzie
Read by Kirsten Wever
Anthony Trollope
The thirty-five year-old (hence utterly over-the-hill) Miss Margaret Mackenzie, having devoted her life to others, suddenly finds herself wi…
Inspirational Reading: My Guide to Success
Amy Dong
Inspirational reading by Allia Vaez at Model's Baccalaureate service on Sunday, May 20th, 2012 at First Christian Church (Disciples of Chris…
A Group of Noble Dames
Read by Libby Gohn
Thomas Hardy
The pedigrees of our county families, arranged in diagrams on the pages of county histories, mostly appear at first sight to be as barren of…
Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 19: A Rise in Life
Read by Keith Salis
Frank Tousey
Bob Chambers is a plucky young man who works in the Bayport Woolen Mills. He has a good rapport with nearly everyone he meets, including Rub…
A Yellow Journalist
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Miriam Michelson
Rhoda Massey is a young, sharp reporter for a daily newspaper in San Francisco. After proving herself an astute and fearless investigator on…
A Woman of the World: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Did you ever contemplate a carreer as a journalist, or to get married? Do you have problems with your children, parents, or colleagues? Do y…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 052
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Various
Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Nature and Science--fall scenery,…
Somehow Good
Read by Helen Taylor
William Frend De Morgan
A mysterious man arrives in London and, in a freak accident, gets electrocuted on an underground train and loses his memory. A young lady ca…
The Bent Twig
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Semi-autobiographical series of incidents in the life of an intellectual American family in the late 19th - early 20th Century as seen by fa…
Orientations
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W. Somerset Maugham
This is a collection showing W. Somerset Maugham's early attempt in the short story genre, which he comes to master as one of 20th century's…
Lifted Masks
Read by Arielle Lipshaw
Susan Glaspell
In this collection of short stories, Susan Glaspell examines the unique character of America and its people. (Summary by wildemoose)
English Literature for Boys and Girls
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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
"Has there ever been a time when no stories were told? Has there ever been a people who did not care to listen? I think not."Thus …