reader:"Richard Stephenson"

There is a work which few men possess, and which we are assured that no man alive ever ventured to read through. It is in two mighty folios,…

The Lost Art of Reading

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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…

Forty-One Letters on Religious Subjects

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John Newton

Among the excellences which appear in all the published letters of Newton, we may mention:In the first place, the grand design — the high an…

Heretics

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G. K. Chesterton

"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton. First published in 1905. Chesterton had a sense of humor, had a sense …

Companionable Books

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Henry van Dyke

Many books are dry and dusty, there is no juice in them; and many are soon exhausted, you would no more go back to them than to a squeezed o…

The Outline of Science, Vol 2

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J. Arthur Thomson

The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects rang…

The Outline of Science, Vol 3

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J. Arthur Thomson

The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects rang…

Before Adam

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Jack London

Before Adam is a mixture of sound science and sci-fi speculation. It is based around Darwin's theory of evolution and the idea of racial mem…

Writing Wrongly

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Thomas Corfield

When the worst writer in history self-publishes his books, the world of literature is decimated overnight. Illiteracy becomes something to a…

English Literature

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Geraldine Hodgson

This book is not meant to be a History of English Literature, but an introduction for those who do not know much about it, or who may be thi…

The Stark Munro Letters

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

"The letters of my friend Mr. Stark Munro appear to me to form so connected a whole, and to give so plain an account of some of the tro…

Penrod and Sam

Read by Jonathan Burchard

Booth Tarkington

Follow more of the hilarious life of the boy Penrod Schofield, his friends Sam Williams, Herman, Verman, Georgie, Maurice, and the love of h…

Tremendous Trifles

Read by Ray Clare

G. K. Chesterton

“None of us think enough of these things on which the eye rests. But don't let us let the eye rest. Why should the eye be so lazy? Let us ex…

All Things Considered

Read by Ray Clare

G. K. Chesterton

Another delightful and sharply pointed excursion into the topics of the day, and of this day as well, with Gilbert Keith Chesterton. These r…

George and Robert Stephenson

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)

Samuel Smiles

George Stephenson did not invent the steam engine, that was due to Newcomen and later to James Watt. He did not invent the steam locomotive,…

We

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Yevgeny Zamyatin

We is considered to be one of the first dystopian novels and the inspiration for later novels in the genre such as George Orwell's 1984 and …

Senator North

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Gertrude Atherton

"When, Mr. President, a man, however eminent in other pursuits and whatever claims he may have to public confidence, becomes a member o…

Heretics

Read by Ray Clare

G. K. Chesterton

The Author Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere "rollicki…

G.K. Chesterton in The Bibliophile Magazine

Read by Larry Wilson

G. K. Chesterton

Two essays/articles by G.K. Chesterton, published in 'The Bibliophile' magazine in 1908. (Summary by Maria Therese)

Bacon

Read by Bill Boerst

Richard William Church

This investigation of Bacon the scholar and man of letters begins with a look at the early days and progresses to his relationships with Que…

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