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The Uncalled
Read by Jim Locke
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Orphaned Freddie Brent ends up adopted by an old local Christian lady who knows nothing about raising a child. And matters are worsened by h…
Fables
Read by Ben Tucker
Robert Louis Stevenson
Master storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson (Treasure Island, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped) brings us an entrancing and at times quite…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 083
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
“Oh, mother, I would like to know everything.” “You can never know everything, my child, but you can learn many things from books.” Accordin…
Jimbo
Read by Adrian Praetzellis
Algernon Blackwood
Fantasy novel about the mystical adventures of a lonely English boy, Jimbo. It’s really quite beautiful and can be enjoyed by both older kid…
The Wild Knight and Other Poems
Read by Robert G. Smith
G. K. Chesterton
A collection of poems that tend to revolve around the theme of the wonder of the world. It includes the short, poetic play, "The Wild K…
A Pair of Blue Eyes
Read by Tadhg
Thomas Hardy
The book describes the love triangle between a young woman, Elfride Swancourt, and her two suitors from very different backgrounds. Stephen …
Darnley
Read by Lynne T
George Payne Rainsford James
A stranger rides across the Kentish countryside when his attention is called to a cottage where violence is being done to an elderly couple.…
The Dunbar Speaker and Entertainer
Read by Jim Locke
Alice Dunbar Nelson
Ms. Pinckney says in her "Forward" to this book the following: "It is against this background of the world need that Mrs. Ali…
Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants and Other Stinging Insects
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Edward Saunders
An overview of bees and stinging insects - Summary by Larry Wilson
Out of Mulberry Street
Read by Lee Smalley
Jacob A. Riis
These riveting accounts by Jacob A. Riis are from the late 19th century, when lower Manhattan was teeming with struggling, near-starving imm…
Shape Shifters
Read by S. Lawrence Parrish
S. Lawrence Parrish
The sun sets. The moon rises. And the night howls...
The people in the foothills town of Black Diamond are thrilled to hear of government pl…
The Lost Parchment
Read by Sharon Kilmer
Fergus Hume
Murder and mayhem turn a quiet English village on its head. Complete with twists and turns that will keep you entertained til the very end. …
The Phoenix Conspiracy
Read by Richard L Sanders
Richard L Sanders
Calvin, an intelligence operative, is sent to eliminate a dangerous traitor. But as he chases his prey across the stars, he realizes they ar…
Eyes and No Eyes and Other Stories
Read by Christine Rottger
John Aikin, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Jane Marcet and Jane Taylor
Whatever will stimulate the observing tendencies of the young cannot but be of value to them. "Eyes and No Eyes" does this in a de…
The Hunting of the Snark
Read by Robert Garrison
Lewis Carroll
This is a whimsical poem that takes the reader on a sailing hunt for the mythical Snark. The Bellman, the Butcher, the Baker, the Beaver and…
The Stark Munro Letters
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"The letters of my friend Mr. Stark Munro appear to me to form so connected a whole, and to give so plain an account of some of the tro…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 047
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Various and Plato
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy and thought -- Plato, A…
Jess
Read by Jim Locke
H. Rider Haggard
The setting for this novel is the Boer War in South Africa in 1880. This novel is interesting and exciting on several levels: there are com…
Educide
Read by S. Lawrence Parrish
S. Lawrence Parrish
Meet Avery Carmichael, student-teacher. This year he's teamed up with Mr. Samuel Petersen, veteran teacher. Avery is about to get an educati…