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Running the Blockade

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


Thomas E. Taylor


The first-person experiences and adventures of blockade runner during the American civil war. - Summary by Delmar H. Dolbier

The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth

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George Alfred Townsend


A series of articles by the New York World newspaper's special correspondent covering the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, its background a…

The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt

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David Miller DeWitt


April, 1865 -- The war ended and throughout the Northern States joy and relief reigned. Then, less than a week later, a thunderbolt: the p…

From Sail to Steam: Recollections of Naval Life

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


Alfred Thayer Mahan


Alfred Thayer Mahan, American historian and author, whose The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783 became instrumental in the form…

The Sinking of the ''Merrimac''

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


Richmond Pearson Hobson


During the Spanish-American War, Naval Constructor Hobson U.S.N. devised a plan to scuttle a ship in the channel leading to Santiago harbor …

Taken Liberty - A Tale from the Arbiter Chronicles

Read by Steven H. Wilson


Steven H. Wilson


Aer'La only wants to be free... The Confederated Worlds are unparalleled as a society of free people, yet, somehow, slavery still manages t…

The Pit

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


Frank Norris


The Trilogy of The Epic of the Wheat includes the following novels: THE OCTOPUS,, a Story of California.THE PIT, a Story of Chicago.THE WOL…

The Oxford Solid State Basics

Read by Steven H. Simon


Steven H. Simon


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Complete Works of Artemus Ward Part 2, War

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


Jefferson B. Browne and Artemus Ward


Charles Farrar Browne, a native of Maine, became famous as a writer and lecturer under the name of Artemus Ward. Like his friend Mark Twain…

The Complete Works of Artemus Ward Part 4, To California and Return

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Artemus Ward


Charles Farrar Browne, a native of Maine, became famous as a writer and lecturer under the name of Artemus Ward. Like his friend Mark Twain,…

An Adventure

Read by Martha H. Weller


Charlotte Anne Moberly


The Moberly–Jourdain incident was an event that occurred on 10 August 1901 in the gardens of the Petit Trianon, involving two female academi…

The Closed Cabinet

Read by Martha H. Weller


Anonymous


Here's Proof of the Love of the Weird and Mysterious in the Eighteenth Century. Eighteen-year-old Evie makes her first grown-up visit to her…

Music

Read by Martha H. Weller


Ursula Creighton


"So many books are written for beginners on the appreciation of music that I can be thankful that advancing age makes it unnecessary fo…

The Making of Americans

Read by Martha H. Weller


Gertrude Stein


The Making of Americans is a novel written by Gertrude Stein over a long period of time (1906-1911) and finally published in 1925. It is sub…

Valda berättelser

Read by Anna Sofia Andersson


Selma Lagerlöf and Jules Mauritzon


A selection of short stories by Selma Lagerlöf. In Swedish, but with a short foreword in English. Edited by Jules Mauritzon. - Summary …

Mrs. Rachel Lynde is Surprised

In Anne of Green Gables (Version 7)

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Lucy Maud Montgomery


In the first book of this classic series, Anne Shirley is an 11 year-old orphan girl who has never had a true home. Through an adoption mist…

Calls

In Etiquette Made Easy

Read by Lydia H


Edward Summers Squier


"A complete dictionary [sic] containing the right information for any and all occasions." (From the book's dust jacket.) - Summar…

08 - Twins, Chapter 1

In Amusement Only

Read by Carmen H


Richard Marsh


This is a collection of 12 short stories of mystery and humor, which are, as the title says, for amusement only. (Summary by Carolin)

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