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In Wine and Roses

Read by Sarah B


Victor Daley


"Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his…

The Will

In The Mind And Its Education

Read by Lucretia B.


George Herbert Betts


"We are to study the mind and its education; but how? It is easy to understand how we may investigate the great world of material thing…

Lesson V. Class of Fishes

In The Elements of Herpetology and Ichthyology

Read by Lucretia B.


William Ruschenberger


This succinct little textbook from 1844 presents an introduction to herpetology and ichthyology. The information, albeit not current, is sti…

Part 1. Chapter 5: The Disagreeable Man

In Ships That Pass in the Night

Read by Amy B


Beatrice Harraden


This short novel by Beatrice Harraden, who was known for her work as a suffragist, was a bestseller in its time. In it, teacher and activis…

00 - Instructions

In Mince Pie

Read by Lucretia B.


Christopher Morley


Mince Pie is a compilation of humorous sketches, poetry, and essays written by Christopher Morley. Morley sets the tone in the preface: &quo…

An April Girl

In A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia

Read by Allison B


Amanda Minnie Douglas


The early youth of an old town has a certain simplicity like the youth of human life. Its struggles, its romance, its unfolding come down th…

09 Chapter VII

In Herndon's Lincoln

Read by Lucretia B.


William H. Herndon and Jesse William Weik and William H. Herndon


A biography of Abraham Lincoln by his long-time law partner, William Herndon and Herndon's collaborator, Jesse Weik. The book is notable for…

19 - THAT TO STUDY PHILOSOPY IS TO LEARN TO DIE

In Essays book 1

Read by Lorraine B


Michel de Montaigne and Michel Eyquem De Montaigne


Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary …

JAMES EDWIN CAMPBELL

In The Book of American Negro Poetry

Read by Kahlil B


James Weldon Johnson and Joseph S. Cotter, Jr.


The Book of American Negro Poetry is one of the earliest and most essential anthologies of African-American verse ever brought to print. Edi…

The Boulevard of Rogues

In Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories; Second Series

Read by Lucretia B.


Meredith Nicholson


This book is composed of 24 short stories, published in 1918 by the Atlantic Monthly Press, and is the second collection of "modern sho…

Solids, Liquids, and Gases, Part I

In Science in Short Chapters

Read by Cadia B


W. Mattieu Williams


This is a collection of articles written by W. Mattieu Williams on different subjects, that in his opinion "are likely to be interestin…

Chapter 4 - A Discovery

In U.S. Money vs. Corporation Currency, "Aldrich plan."

Read by Lucretia B.


Alfred Owen Crozier


In 1908, the National Monetary Commission was established by Congress to study financial boom-and-bust cycles. Senator Nelson Aldrich (Repub…

Kako je Potjeh tražio istinu

In Priče iz Davnine

Read by Josip B.


Ivana Brlić Mažuranić


Priče iz davnine, glasovita zbirka od osam pripovijetki-bajki Ivane Brlić-Mažuranić, u kojima je autorica ostvarila svoj književni vrhunac.[…

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