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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 065
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Various
Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. A review of William Carlos Williams' "Kora in Hell" by Robert McAlmon is one …
The Club of Queer Trades
Read by David Barnes
G. K. Chesterton
A collection of six wonderfully quirky detective stories, featuring the 'mystic' former judge Basil Grant. Each story reveals a practitioner…
Writing Wrongly
Read by Thomas Corfield
Thomas Corfield
When the worst writer in history self-publishes his books, the world of literature is decimated overnight. Illiteracy becomes something to a…
The Right of Way
Read by Tom Weiss
Gilbert Parker
Charley Steele is a successful and brilliant Canadian lawyer. He has a nagging wife, Kathleen, and a lazy brother-in-law, Billy. In spite of…
Fundamentals of Prosperity
Read by Phil Chenevert
Roger Babson
What these principles are and whence they come to us. "The fact is, we have become crazy over material things. We are looking only a…
Valhai
Read by Gillian Andrews
Gillian Andrews
The Sellites haven’t changed in thousands of years. They virtually rule their binary system, trading technology and minerals for anything t…
That Mainwaring Affair
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Anna Maynard Barbour
As wealthy financier, Hugh Mainwaring dictates his last will and testament to his private secretary, it would be impossible for him to imagi…
Trader Tales 3: Full Share
Read by Nathan Lowell
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 …
Adrift in New York
Read by Bridget Gaige
Horatio Alger, Jr.
John Linden is a very wealthy man. The people who should inherit his property are his nephew, Curtis Waring, his niece Florence Linden, and …
Captains of Industry
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James Parton
In this volume are presented examples of men who shed lustre upon ordinary pursuits, either by the superior manner in which they exercised t…
Capitol Coven
Read by Peter E. Abresch
Peter E. Abresch
Ninety percent of the federal laws, resolutions, and appropriations pass or fail in the U. S. Congress by a handful of votes. When Alexand…
Clog Shop Chronicles
Read by Phil Benson
John Ackworth
John Ackworth was the pen name of the Rev. Frederick R. Smith, a Methodist minister who was born in Snaith, Yorkshire, but spent much of his…
John Caldigate
Read by Simon Evers
Anthony Trollope
After a rather dissolute youth and having been disowned by his father, John Caldigate sets sail for Australia with his friend Dick Shand hop…
Brewster's Millions
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
George Barr Mccutcheon
The story revolves around Montgomery Brewster, a poor man who inherits a large sum of money. However, there is a catch — he has to spend eve…
The Randolphs
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Pansy
The Randolphs is the sequel to Household Puzzles, and opens shortly after the previous book ends. It follows the "leadings of the Rando…
Remarkable Rogues: The Careers of Some Notable Criminals of Europe and America
Read by David Wales
Charles Kingston
The title and subtitle pretty much say it all. Twenty biographical sketches of people you would not want your son or daughter to marry. (Sum…
A Book of Scoundrels
Read by Greg Lewin
Charles Whibley
An ironic history of British criminals, mostly pre-Victorian pickpockets, highwaymen and thieves. Here we meet Moll Cutpurse the Queen of th…
The Spinster Book
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Myrtle Reed
A cross between guidebook and social commentary, The Spinster Book gives clever and humorous insights on topics such as courting, handling m…
Snowball (Version 2)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Poul William Anderson
Simon's new source of power promised a new era for Mankind. But what happens to world economy when anyone can manufacture it in the kitchen …