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In Lives of Two Cats

Read by Mindle Hastings

Pierre Loti

An English translation of Pierre Loti's charming 19th century memoir of his cats. - Summary by S Caulkins

Tall Bull Signals: “Enemies!”

In Buffalo Bill and the Overland Trail

Read by Mindle Hastings

Edwin L. Sabin

Buffalo Bill Cody is one of the most colorful figures of the early American West. In these adventures we find Billy Cody at age 13 earning …

Mlle. Fauteuil

In Neither Here nor There

Read by Mindle Hastings

Oliver Herford

Oliver Herford, and American humorist, writer, and illustrator here gives us short vignettes from topics as seemingly insignificant things a…

Tale III - How Arthur Won His Sword 'Excalibur', His Bride and His Round Table

In The Story of King Arthur, in Twelve Tales

Read by Mindle Hastings

Winona Caroline Martin

Of all the legends of bygone ages which we in the foremost ranks of time may call our own perhaps none have come to us so fraught with the s…

Waiting

In Jo's Boys

Read by Erin Hastings

Louisa May Alcott

Jo's Boys is the third book in the Little Women trilogy by Louisa May Alcott, published in 1886. In it, Jo's "children", now grown…

The Umbrella in England

In Umbrellas and Their History

Read by Erin Hastings

William Sangster

A whimsically serious look at the umbrella and society. (summary by Clarica)

Prologue: The Olympians

In The Golden Age

Read by Erin Hastings

Kenneth Grahame

The Golden Age is a collection of reminiscences of childhood, written by Kenneth Grahame and originally published in book form in 1895, in L…

Leaf Pattern for Half-Square Shawl

In Exercises in Knitting

Read by Erin Hastings

Cornelia Mee

Mrs. Mee, her husband, and her sister ran a yarn and needlework import/warehouse business in Bath, England. Her books primarily contain prac…

Chapter V

In Narrative of The Life of David Crockett of The State of Tennessee

Read by David J. Hastings

David Crockett

Autobiography, written by David (Davey) Crockett about 2 years before his death at the Alamo in March of 1836. - Summary by Bill2147

Eggs

In Marion Harland's Cookery for Beginners

Read by David J. Hastings

Marion Harland

With this book, Marion Harland presents the reader and listener with "A Series of Familiar Lessons for Young Housekeepers". Housek…