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Books Fatal to Their Authors

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Peter Hempson Ditchfield


This is a collection of stories of authors who have lost their fortunes and sometimes their lives after writing a book. The liberty of a per…

Novelle

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Die Fürstin ist auf einem Spazierritt, als auf einem Jahrmarkt, auf dem auch wilde Tiere ausgestellt sind, ein Feuer ausbricht. Ein ent…

The Man Whom the Trees Loved

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Algernon Blackwood


The story of a man’s deep connection with nature and his wife’s fear of it. –Summary by Amy Larch Gramour

The Hunting of the Snark

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Lewis Carroll


This is a whimsical poem that takes the reader on a sailing hunt for the mythical Snark. The Bellman, the Butcher, the Baker, the Beaver and…

English Literature

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Geraldine Hodgson


This book is not meant to be a History of English Literature, but an introduction for those who do not know much about it, or who may be thi…

A First Spanish Reader

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A First Spanish Reader


Companionable Books

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Henry van Dyke


Many books are dry and dusty, there is no juice in them; and many are soon exhausted, you would no more go back to them than to a squeezed o…

Psmith, Journalist

Read by Psuke Bariah


P. G. Wodehouse


Psmith takes over editing a paper while the usual editor is away on vacation. He takes on a local slum lord, and divers alarums ensue. (desc…

Simon the Jester

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William John Locke


Simon de Gex, a wealthy and successful MP, is diagnosed with a terminal illness and decides to use his last few months using his wealth and …

The Beloved Vagabond

Read by Simon Evers


William John Locke


The vagabond, Paragot, a truly eccentric bohemian and a wandering scholar with a mysterious past, adopts a London street urchin (whom he cal…

Trader Tales 3: Full Share

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Nathan Lowell


The Lois McKendrick runs headlong into trouble when a routine in-system transit goes bad. Ishmael and the rest of the crew must scramble to …

Sappho: A New Rendering

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Sappho


Sappho lived in the Greek-speaking Aeolian islands off the coast of Turkey. She is one of the very few female poets from antiquity. Although…

The Goop Directory (version 2)

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Frank Gelett Burgess


A funny collection of poems about bad children.

Something About Eve: A Comedy of Fig-leaves

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James Branch Cabell


Would-be author of romance Gerald Musgrave, southern gentleman and member of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America…

The Oaks Grove

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Michael J. Parry


It was going to be a quiet weekend in the country. Elanore was going to spend it chatting with courtly gents about matters of higher importa…

The Manchester Man

Read by Phil Benson


Isabella Varley Banks


Jabez Clegg, the Manchester man, floats into this historical novel in 1799, carried downstream by the River Irk in flood. Jabez's rise to co…

Rustlers, Beware!

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Arthur Chapman


Cattle rustling had gotten out of control in northern Wyoming, so Asa Swingley is tasked with assembling a host of men to tend to the matter…

Modern Essays

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Christopher Morley


Thirty three essays by more or less well-known authors of Britain, the United States, and Canada, each fronted by an introductory paragraph.…

Flood Tide

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Sara Ware Bassett


Willie Spence may have been a bit eccentric by most standards, but he had a knack for creating gadgets in his small workshop at his home on …

The Comic English Grammar

Read by Ruth Golding


Percival Leigh


This is a basic grammar, treating of the parts of speech, syntax, versification, pronunciation and punctuation. The listener is warned that…

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