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Philosophy and Fun of Algebra

Read by Patricia Oakley

Mary Everest Boole

Mary Everest Boole (1832-1916) was born Mary Everest in England and spent her early years in France. She married mathematician George Boole.…

Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin’s Boarding School

Read by Patricia Oakley

Frances Hodgson Burnett

The story told in Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic novel, A Little Princess, was first written as a serialized novella, Sara Crewe, or What…

Version 09

In The Song My Paddle Sings

Read by Patricia Oakley

E. Pauline Johnson

LibriVox’s weekly poetry project for the week of February 5, 2006 offers fourteen versions of "The Song My Paddle Sings" from the …

Version 10

In Anthem for Doomed Youth

Read by Patricia Oakley

Wilfred Owen

LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 different recordings of Anthem for Doomed Youth, by Wilfred Owen, in honor of Veteran’s Day, Remembrance Da…

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In If

Read by Patricia Oakley

Rudyard Kipling

LibriVox’s weekly poetry project for the week of January 29, 2006: This popular piece was voted Britain’s favourite poem in a BBC opinion po…

Chapter 32

In Sense and Sensibility

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Jane Austen

The two eldest Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, one of whom (Elinor) embraces practicality and restraint while the other (Marianne) gi…

Let There Be Light

In Hymns of the Christian Church

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John Marriott

A collection of classic Christian hymns spanning the centuries. Some LibriVox volunteers read the hymns; others sung them. (Summary by Leon…

My Father, the Cat

In Short Science Fiction Collection 020

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Henry Slesar

Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…

The Adventure with Midge the Miller’s Son

In The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

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Howard Pyle

Robin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero; a courteous, pious and swashbuckling outlaw of the mediæval era who, in modern version…

Lecture 01 - Introduction to the Wonders of the Physical World

In The Fairyland of Science

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Arabella Buckley and Arabella B. Buckley

"I have promised to introduce you today to the fairy-land of science, -- a somewhat bold promise, seeing that most of you probably look…