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Chapter 11: The Semi-Socratics | Part 1: The Cynics

In A Critical History of Greek Philosophy

Read by George Nissan


Walter Terence Stace


This book contains the substance, and for the most part the words, of a course of public lectures delivered during the first three months of…

A Ship and a Man to The Man and the Bird

In Fantastic Fables

Read by George Banfield


Ambrose Bierce


A collection of 245 short funny fables - Summary by Inkell

Pt 1 Narrative of the First Attempt by M. Cavelier de la Salle to Explore the M…

In Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley

Read by Davida George


John Gilmary Shea


"It has long been a desideratum to have in English the early narratives, of the discovery and exploration of the Mississippi. Marquette…

The Vocabulary of the Hymnal

In Curiosities of the Hymnal

Read by George Banfield


Carl F. Price


Carl F. Price, a pioneering hymnologist, historian, and author, says, "Every real hymn has its story, if only we could discover it.&quo…

Introduction.

In Gulliver's Travels (Version 2)

Read by George Banfield


Jonathan Swift


Join Gulliver in this classic story as he voyages all over the place. - Summary by Victoria Bell

Handyman

In Short Science Fiction Collection 056

Read by George Thomas


Frank Banta


Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

To Lionel Phillips

In Poems

Read by George Banfield


John Buchan


John Buchan was a Scottish writer, poet and diplomat who became Governer General of Canada. Best known for his novels (The Thirty-Nine Steps…

The Picket Guard by Ethel Lynn Beers

In Poems of American Patriotism

Read by George Banfield


Brander Matthews


This book is a collection of patriotic poems by many authors. - Summary by Hannah Shaver

The End of the Fame and Fortune Contest

In Shadowland: October, 1919

Read by George Banfield


Various


Shadowland was an American monthly magazine about art, dance, and film published from 1919 to 1923 before being absorbed by Motion Picture C…

MEYERBEER – The Huguenots (Les Huguenots)

In Stories From The Operas

Read by Davida George


Gladys Davidson


"Owing to the appreciation which has been accorded to my three series of "Stories from the Operas," it has been decided to re…

The Camper - Read by GPA

In The Camper

Read by George Allen


E. Pauline Johnson


It is eminently fitting that this daughter of Nature should have been laid to rest in no urban cemetery. According to her own request she wa…

Wired Comb Foundation by D.S. Given

In The American Bee Journal, Vol. XVII, No. 1, January 5, 1881

Read by George Banfield


Various


The American Bee Journal is the “oldest bee paper in America established in 1861 devoted to scientific bee-culture and the production and sa…

Chapter 2, The End of Olive Island

In The Flying Inn (Version 2)

Read by George Banfield


G. K. Chesterton


Captain Patrick Dalroy and Humphrey Pump take to the road in a donkey cart with a cask of good rum, a giant round of cheese, and the signpos…

Edgar Allan Poe, Part 1, An Appreciation

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 085

Read by George Emerson


Unknown


"A regard for decency, even at the cost of success, is but the regard for one's own dignity" was novelist Joseph Conrad's take on …

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