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04 - Chapter IV: Usheen in the Island of Youth

In Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic

Read by Arnie Horton


Thomas Higginson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson


The sea has always been, by the mystery of its horizon, the fury of its storms, and the variableness of the atmosphere above it, the foreord…

Chapter XXII

In The Pharaoh and the Priest

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Bolesław Prus


The Pharaoh and the Priest (Polish: Faraon) is the fourth and last major novel by the Polish writer Bolesław Prus. It was the sole historica…

19 - Part 3, Chapter 4 - Of the Duties of Hospitality

In The Gentleman and Lady's Book of Politeness and Propriety of Deportment

Read by Arnie Horton


Elisabeth Celnart and Élisabeth Celnart


A mid-nineteenth century book of etiquette. (Summary by Libby Gohn)

22 - The Individual and the World

In Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education

Read by Arnie Horton


John Dewey


An important, controversial, and often cited work on public education. Dewey discusses the role of public education in a democracy and the d…

08 - The Rags of Queen Cophetua

In The Maker of Rainbows

Read by Arnie Horton


Richard Le Gallienne


A collection of Fairy Tales from Richard Le Gallienne.

ADVENTURE EIGHT—A LITTLE OLD WOMAN

In Adventures of the Runaway Rocking Chair

Read by Meghan Horton


Howard R. Garis


More exciting adventures by that wonderful author of children books, Howard Garis. - Summary by Philip Chenevert

10 - Some True Stories of Horses and Donkeys, W. H. G. Kingston

In The Junior Classics Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories

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William Patten and Variousandwilliam Patten


The eighth book in the Junior Classics Series is an anthology of collected animal and nature tales designed to appeal to the young and young…

The Fool Who Sold Wisdom - read by MJH

In The Fool Who Sold Wisdom

Read by Meghan Horton


Jean de la Fontaine


LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Fool Who Sold Wisdom by Jean de La Fontaine.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Se…

Clovis the First

In Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 1

Read by Arnie Horton


Charles F. Horne


Great Men and Famous Women is an 8-volume work by various authors containing “A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than …

John Adams, Part 2

In Hidden Treasures

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Harry A. Lewis


"Some succeed while others fail. This is a recognized fact; yet history tells us that seven-tenths of our most successful men began lif…

Captain Mission

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 029

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Philip Gosse


Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include architecture, education, philosophy,…

Honeymoon

In The Doves' Nest and Other Stories

Read by Daryl Horton


Katherine Mansfield


The Doves' Nest and Other Stories is a collection of complete stories and fragments by the writer Katherine Mansfield. The book was publishe…

Of Envy and Hatred

In The Morals (Moralia), Book 2

Read by Arnie Horton


Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus


The Moralia (loosely translatable as "Matters relating to customs") of the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea is an e…

The Siege Of Saguntum

In The Young Carthaginian

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G. A. Henty


Typically, Henty's heroes are boys of pluck in troubled times, and this is no different. Detailed research is embellished with a vivid imagi…

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