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The Black-Bellied Plover

In Birds and Nature, Vol. XII, No 4, November 1902

Read by Liz Van Kleeck


Various


"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes…

A Jug of Syrup

In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 032

Read by Liz Van Kleeck


Ambrose Bierce


A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …

To The Fringed Gentian - Read by LVK

In To The Fringed Gentian

Read by Liz Van Kleeck


William Cullen Bryant


William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. He is also remembered a…

Mary White

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 060

Read by Liz Van Kleeck


William Allen White


Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain independently chosen by the readers. Volume 60 features excerpts from two German philoso…

The White Flag - Read by LVK

In The White Flag

Read by Liz Van Kleeck


John Hay


John Milton Hay was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century. Beginning as a priv…

How to Do Chemical Tricks

Read by Kyle Van DeGlast


A. T. Anderson


While a bit outdated in many of the more complex descriptions of several of the phenomena described, this book is nonetheless still fun and …

The Wolf-Leader

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 2: The Massacres of the South

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


Dumas's 'Celebrated Crimes' was not written for children. The novelist has spared no language--has minced no words--to describe the violent …

Moral letters to Lucilius (Epistulae morales ad Lucilium)

Read by John Van Stan


Lucius Annaeus Seneca


Seneca the Younger’s letters to his friend, Lucilius Junior, appear to have been written with a broad audience in mind. These letters introd…

Marguerite de Valois

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


A historical fiction novel set in Paris (1572) during Charles IX's reign and the French Wars of Religion. Marguerite de Valois, daughter of …

Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (version 2) (includes annotatio…

Read by John Van Stan


Friedrich Nietzsche


The modern British philosopher, Anthony M. Ludovici, said that this text “is unquestionably Nietzsche’s opus magnum.” However, he warns the …

Chicot the Jester

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


This sequel to Dumas' “Marguerite de Valois” begins four years after the sudden death of King Charles IX and succession of his brother Henry…

Candide (version 3)

Read by John Van Stan


Voltaire


Ever since 1759, when Voltaire wrote "Candide" in ridicule of the notion that this is the best of all possible worlds, this world …

The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2: Twenty Years After (version 2)

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


Volume 2 of The d'Artagnan Romances begins twenty years after "The Three Musketeers." Since then, d'Artagnan's career has stagnate…

Myths and Legends of the Great Plains

Read by Kyle Van DeGlast


Katharine Berry Judson


Myths and Legends of the Great Plains is a compendium of myths and legends from the Great Plains region of the US. It includes many short st…

The House on the Borderland (Version 2)

Read by John Van Stan


William Hope Hodgson


This story helped propel 19th Century gothic fiction in the direction of “cosmic” horror. In fact, H.P. Lovecraft lists it as among his grea…

The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 1: The Three Musketeers (version 3)

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


The d'Artagnan Romances are six volumes that intertwine exciting events (real and fictionalized) from 17th-century Europe and the life of th…

Short Stories (Version 2)

Read by John Van Stan


Fyodor Dostoyevsky


This is a collection of short stories written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Dostoevsky), who is arguably better-known for his lengthy, contemplativ…

The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism (Version 2)

Read by John Van Stan


Friedrich Nietzsche


This is one of Nietzsche's early academic writings - a scholarly theory about Ancient Greek theatre, specifically tragedies. In a nutshell, …

The Forty-Five Guardsmen

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


The sequel to "Chicot the Jester" and final book of the "Valois Romances." This story begins six years after the famed &…

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