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The Spinster Book
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Myrtle Reed
A cross between guidebook and social commentary, The Spinster Book gives clever and humorous insights on topics such as courting, handling m…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 066
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Various
Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Why Women Should Vote" (Jane Addams, 1910) is one of several selections devo…
What Katy Did at School
Read by Karen Savage
Susan Coolidge
The continuing story of Katy Carr, recounting the time she spent at boarding school with her sister Clover. (Summary by Karen Savage)
Peggy's Trial
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Mary Knight Potter
Ten-year old Peggy Clayton and her two younger brothers, Teddy and Harry, live with their father, Dr. Clayton, and Nurse, a woman who has ta…
Virginia
Read by Jim Locke
Ellen Glasgow
Virginia does everything right: she attends a finishing school, marries the first man who proposes, and devotes her life to her husband and …
Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer
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Dexter C. Bloomer
As Mrs. Bloomer was one of the pioneers in what is sometimes called the “Woman’s Movement,” it seems right that a record of her work should …
The Literary Sense
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E. Nesbit
A collection of short stories written by the author of other literary greats such as The Railway Children, Five Children and It and The Phoe…
Emily
Read by Teel McClanahan III
Teel McClanahan III
Before she met Nicholas, all Emily cared about was shopping, and she believed her teachers when they told her the vampires had made the worl…
The Mayor's Wife
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Anna Katharine Green
Miss Saunders is out for an adventure. One, which is full of secrets, hints, and half-lies. One, which will require all of her wits. She is …
A Battle of the Books
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Gail Hamilton
"When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for an author to dissolve the bands which have connected him with his publis…
Mother
Read by Megan Kunkel
Kathleen Norris
With seven children and a home to take care of, Margaret wondered how her Mother could be so happy living a life that seemed all drudgery. A…
Tik-Tok of Oz
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L. Frank Baum
Betsy Bobbin encounters many strange and exciting adventures and people in the land of Oz; a side-plot is Queen Ann of Oogaboo's mission to …
This Path We Share: Reflecting on 60 Years of Marriage
Read by Lois T. Hjelmstad
Lois T. Hjelmstad
Why did a shy farm boy from North Dakota and an obstreperous 17 year old from South Dakota meet in Colorado?
How did they forge a relations…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 039
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Various
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include literary figures--Alice Mangold Di…
The Witness
Read by Scarlett Martin
Grace Livingston Hill
Paul Cortland seems to have it all as a popular, successful athlete and college student. Tragedy leads him to find peace through the faith …
Consequences
Read by Caroline Driggs
E. M. Delafield
Set in late Victorian England, “Consequences” follows the life of Alexandra Clare, a girl born into an upper class Catholic London family. R…
Sophia
Read by Teel McClanahan III
Teel McClanahan III
At age 7, Sophia was struck down with a life-threatening disease. Faced with a choice between an unending life in the body of a child and he…
The Beautiful Mrs. Davenant
Read by Anne Fletcher
Violet Tweedale
Romantic entanglements and scandals of friends and families come to light when two women arrive to start new lives in the countryside. - Su…
Space Casey
Read by Christiana Ellis
Christiana Ellis
Some heroines will steal your heart. This one will steal your wallet. In the future, mankind has expanded to fill the solar system, but when…
This Path We Share: Reflecting on 60 Years of Marriage
Read by Lois T. Hjelmstad
Lois T. Hjelmstad
Why did a shy farm boy from North Dakota and an obstreperous 17 year old from South Dakota meet in Colorado?
How did they forge a relations…