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Four Hundred Years of Freethought, Part 1
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Samuel Porter Putnam
This is Samuel Putnam's tour of European literature which began to appear once the globe was circumnavigated and the printing press made boo…
Tremendous Trifles
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
“None of us think enough of these things on which the eye rests. But don't let us let the eye rest. Why should the eye be so lazy? Let us ex…
Biographies of Working Men
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Grant Allen
Grant Allen was an anthropologist, scientific writer, novelist and poet, though the biographer and writer Frank Harris has said of him that …
Mark Twain; his life and work. A biographical sketch
Read by John Greenman
William M. Clemens
As far as anyone has been able to establish, Will Clemens was NOT related to Sam Clemens (Mark Twain), though they did become acquaintances.…
Marco and the Red Granny
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Mur Lafferty
By bringing back the patronage system, a new alien species has transformed the moon into the new artistic center of the universe, and Sally …
Bill Nye's Funniest Thoughts
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Bill Nye
Bill Nye was a famous American humor columnist in the middle 1800's. He said "We can never be a nation of snobs so long as we are willi…
Wilderness; A Journal Of Quiet Adventure In Alaska
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Rockwell Kent
The illustrator and author Rockwell Kent (1882-1971)wrote and illustrated this description of a trip to Alaska with his eldest son. Though a…
Eminent Victorians
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Giles Lytton Strachey
On Modern Library's list of 100 Best Non-Fiction books, "Eminent Victorians" marked an epoch in the art of biography; it also help…
Querkopf Wilson
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Mark Twain
In der am Mississippi gelegenen Kleinstadt Dawson's Landing vertauscht eine schwarze Sklavin ihr Baby mit dem ihres Herren um ihm vor dem Ve…
The Silent Bullet
Read by Elliott Miller
Arthur B. Reeve
The many adventures of Professor Craig Kennedy were chronicled by Arthur B. Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936). Reeve was an American…
Astounding Stories 10, October 1930
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Ray Cummings
Issue no. 10 of the magazine brings you:- Stolen Brains by Captain S.P. MeekThe Invisible Death by Victor Rousseau Prisoners on the Electro…
The Finding of Haldgren
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
Charles Willard Diffin
Chet Ballard answers the pinpoint of light that from the craggy desolation of the moon stabs out man's old call for help. (Summary by Charle…
Implant
Read by Michael Wallace and Jefferey Anderson
Michael Wallace and Jefferey Anderson
Neurosurgeon Julia Nolan places cortical implants into the brains of field operatives to record data from their auditory and visual cortices…
Peter Terson The Rundle Gibbet
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Saturday-Night Theatre: The Rundle Gibbet Sat 4th Apr 1981, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM A comedy by Peter Terson with Haydn …
Industrial Revolution
Read by Paul Hampton
Poul William Anderson
Ever think how deadly a thing it is if a machine has amnesia--or how easily it can be arranged.... - Summary by Poul Anderson
Richard Cory
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Edwin Arlington Robinson
This was the weekly poetry project for 3 June 2006. Many “character” poems cut straight to the inmost psychology of their subjects, but here…
Story Hour Readers: Third Year
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Ida Coe and Ida Coeandalice Christie Dillon
Short and sweet stories for children from the 19th century. The stories were compiled by two New York City teachers and were thought appropr…
The Hunting of the Snark
Read by Robert Garrison
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…
Astounding Stories 03, March 1930
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Ray Cummings
This is the third issue of the classic science fiction Astounding Magazine. It contains the opening chapters of a 4 part serialized novel by…
Comic History of England
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Bill Nye
Edgar Wilson “Bill” Nye (1850 – 1896) was a distinguished American journalist, who later became widely known as a humorist. Jim “jimmowatt” …