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James Watt

Read by Bill Boerst


Andrew Carnegie


This biography of the inventor James Watt covers his early years, successes and failures, and legacy. (Summary by Bill Boerst)

The Story of Slavery

Read by Darryl McElwee


Booker T. Washington


Booker T. Washington, the author of the following sketch of slavery in America, was himself born a slave, and the story of his life begins w…

Un día húmedo

Read by Alba


Richard Middleton


Lincoln's Yarns and Stories

Read by David Wales


Alexander K. Mcclure


“A Complete Collection of the Funny and Witty Anecdotes that made Abraham Lincoln Famous as America’s Greatest Story Teller With Introductio…

A Shropshire Lad (version 2)

Read by Jon Sindell


A. E. Housman


This is a lovely collection of melodic poems, many melancholy in tone, many featuring Housman's constant theme of living this short life to …

The Town Traveller

Read by Arnold


George Gissing


The town traveller is himself a British salesman, living in a lower class part of London in the Victorian era. The story depicts his interac…

The Hero

Read by OCTL7


W. Somerset Maugham


James Parsons comes home to Little Primpton after serving in the Boer War. The whole town is proud of their new hero, who was awarded the Vi…

Prisoner of the Mill

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Harry Hazelton


Subtitled "Captain Hayward's Body Guard”. An adventure story for boys.

Shed A Little Light


Rev Austin Fleming


MMO for MLK Day

Whirligigs

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)


O. Henry


A collection of short stories. - Summary by Richard Kilmer

"Abe" Lincoln's Anecdotes and Stories

Read by mkirkpat


R. D. Wordsworth


According to the compiler, R.D. Wordsworth, this is a collection of the best stories told by Lincoln which made him famous as America's Best…

Short Story Collection Vol. 073

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Various


A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. This time, we delve into the works of Saki, Katheri…

Take, O Take Me As I Am


Rev Austin Fleming


reflection

The Red Thread


Dr. V.P. Wierwille


Sunday Night Teaching #904 Dr. Victor Paul Wierwille: "I see my life beyond today and tomorrow. I see my life from generation to genera…

Biographia Literaria

Read by Nicole Lee


Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Nominally an autobiography, Biographia Literaria ranges widely across the realms of philosophy, poetry and memoir, in Coleridge's trademark …

Lost Leaders

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Andrew Lang


Andrew Lang, best beloved for his series of fairy books, has collected here essays on wide ranging topics from golf and shaving to Thackeray…

Anecdotes of Big Cats and Other Beasts

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David Alec Wilson


Although David Alec Wilson is best known for his writings about Thomas Carlyle, he was a Scottish civil servant who spent much time in India…

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…

Robert Browning (Version 2)

Read by Owlivia


G. K. Chesterton


This mystery of the unconscious man, far deeper than any mystery of the conscious one, existing as it does in all men, existed peculiarly in…

Quilt, Book and Bard

Read by Bryna Chalmer


Bryna Chalmer


For years the picture of the man with the oxcart has hung on the wall of her Aunt and Uncle's house. It never occurred to Tory that one day …

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