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Book II, Chapter II

In Clara Vaughan, Vol I.

Read by Katie McClain


Richard Doddridge Blackmore


CLARA VAUGHAN, the young heroine, narrator, and namesake for R. D. Blackmore’s early detective novel, is determined to solve the mystery of …

07 - Ch 04: Springing the Trap, part 1

In The Sword of Antietam

Read by Katie McClain


Joseph A. Altsheler


"The Sword of Antietam" tells a complete story, but it is one in the chain of Civil War romances, begun in "The Guns of Bull …

The Free Press

Read by Sean McClain


Hilaire Belloc


I propose to discuss in what follows the evil of the great modern Capitalist Press, its function in vitiating and misinforming opinion and i…

The Valley of Fear

Read by Katie Riley


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Doyle's final novel featuring the beloved sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, brings the detective and his friend to a country manor where they are pre…

Essays on Political Economy

Read by Katie Riley


Frédéric Bastiat


Bastiat asserted that the only purpose of government is to defend the right of an individual to life, liberty, and property. From this defin…

Sophisms of the Protectionists

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Frédéric Bastiat


"To rob the public, it is necessary to deceive them," Bastiat said and believed. He reasoned, employing repetition to various appl…

Fourteen Months in American Bastiles

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Francis Key Howard


Francis Key Howard recounts in this book his life as a political prisoner of the United States. He points out that he was held captive at th…

In the Garden of Delight

Read by Katie Bond


Lily Hammond


This novel is narrated in the first person and revolves around a character named Lil (somewhat autobiographical of the author) and the dynam…