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The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson
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Anthony Trollope
Billed as a satire concerning the dishonest advertising and business practices of the day, it tells the tale of an upstart clothing business…
Morning Bells; Or, Waking Thoughts for Little Ones
Read by Jael Baldwin
Frances Ridley Havergal
Thirty-one brief morning devotionals, simple enough for the child audience for which they were written, but also inspiring for adults needin…
Turns About Town
Read by Tom Penn
Robert Cortes Holliday
Robert Cortes Holliday was an early 20th century essayist, editor, and librarian. Writer Christopher Morley said that he "has the genu…
A Chautauqua Idyl
Read by Scarlett Martin
Grace Livingston Hill
The trees, flowers, and animals of a peaceful pasture meet together to discuss and learn of theology. Summary by Scarlett Martin.
Glimpses of Bengal
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Rabindranath Tagore
The book is a selection of letters written by Tagore, in various places in Bengal, India.
The Grand Cañon of the Colorado
Read by Rebecca Eden Walker
John Muir
Nothing is ordinary in the world of John Muir, naturalist and author known as the Father of the US National Parks. In this short work, writ…
Imaginary Conversations (Dramatic Reading)
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Walter Savage Landor
This is a group of Imaginary Conversations by Walter Savage Landor. It is a series of dialogues of historical and mythical characters. Marce…
Quilt, Book and Bard
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Bryna Chalmer
For years the picture of the man with the oxcart has hung on the wall of her Aunt and Uncle's house. It never occurred to Tory that one day …
Der Freimaurer
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August Von Kotzebue and August von Kotzebue
Ein Stück über die Neugierde um die geheimen Riten der Freimaurer und den Versuch diese, durch unterschiedliche Möglichkeiten…
The Future of the American Negro
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Booker T. Washington
The history of African American enslavement, freedom from slavery, and the need for education as a prerequisite for success. - Summary by ki…
Bob Bowen Comes To Town
Read by Howard Skyman
Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones and H. Bedford-Jones
Bob Bowen is a free spirited young man who likes to take chances. However after a chance meeting on a train with a high stakes mining stock …
The Booklover and His Books
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Henry Lyman Koopman
This book about books was written by Harry Lyman Koopman, who served as the head librarian for Brown University from 1893 to 1930. Published…
Twentieth Century Negro Literature or A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topi…
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Daniel Wallace Culp
The object of this book is... (1) To enlighten the uninformed white people on the intellectual ability of the Negro. (2) To give to those, w…
Cobb's Anatomy (version 2)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Irvin S. Cobb
Irving S. Cobb discusses the human body and its various strange parts in his own inimitable hilarious style. He discusses the tummy and th…
The Lost Art of Reading
Read by Joseph Tabler
Gerald Stanley Lee
Gerald Stanley Lee speaks here-in of books and self in the time of factories, tall buildings and industry and big city making, the effects o…
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1
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Isaac D'Israeli
This is a collection of short essays on literature. Various subjects are discussed, such as libraries, critics, the classics, and all sorts …
Der Mann im Nebel
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Gustav Falke
Es wird die Geschichte von Randers erzählt, der versucht seine Rolle im Leben zu finden und der auf der Suche nach einem Platz ist, wo …
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 097
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Various
"One does not care to walk over a rug or carpet that displays a scene in perspective, neither does one wish to gaze into a landscape wr…