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Grace Harlowe's First Year at Overton College by Jessie Graham Flower (1883 - 1931)
Grace Harlowe's First Year at Overton College by Jessie Graham Flower (1883 - 1931)
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Set after the Grace Harlowe High School series, Grace and her friends Miriam and Anne start a new chapter of their lives as Freshmen at Overton College. After various trials and tribulations they earn the respect of the elder classes and become valued members of the school. (Introduction by BumbleVee) Archived from iTunes at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grace-harlowes-first-year-at-overton-college-by-jessie/id417814123. Items in this collection are restricted.
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Grace Harlowe's Problem by Jessie Graham Flower (1883 - 1931)
Grace Harlowe's Problem by Jessie Graham Flower (1883 - 1931)
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The four series follow Grace Harlowe and her friends through high school, college, abroad during World War I, and on adventures around America. The College Girls Series sees the friends part ways: Grace, Anne, and Miriam depart for Overton College, while Jessica and Nora attend a conservatory. The Eight Originals gather on holidays, but the seven College books focus on the three at Overton, along with new friends like J. Elfreda Briggs. They form Semper Fidelis, a society devoted to aiding less...
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Green Rust (Version 2), The by Edgar Wallace (1875 - 1932)
Green Rust (Version 2), The by Edgar Wallace (1875 - 1932)
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Edgar Wallace, perhaps best known for creating King Kong, wrote dozens of novels. The Green Rust, his twelfth crime novel, is one of three books he published in 1919. It begins at the English home of the severely ill American millionaire, John Millinborn. With him are his best friend, Kitson, and a local doctor, the Dutch (or is he?) van Heerden. He is murdered in the first chapter, having just left his fortune to his niece, Oliva, whom he has never met. Before he dies, he asks Kitson to find...
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Greenmantle by John Buchan (1875 - 1940)
Greenmantle by John Buchan (1875 - 1940)
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Greenmantle is the second of five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan, first published in 1916 by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being Mr Standfast (1919); Hannay's first and best-known adventure, The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915), is set in the period immediately before the war started. - Hannay is called in to investigate rumours of an uprising in the Muslim world, and undertakes a perilous journey through enemy territory...
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Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952)
Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952)
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Growth of the Soil (Markens Grøde) is the novel by Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun which won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. The essential elements of this novel are expressed in the words of the English translator W.W. Worster in his footnote in December 1920: 'It is the life story of a man in the wilds, the genesis and gradual development of a homestead, the unit of humanity, in the unfilled, uncleared tracts that still remain in the Norwegian Highlands. It is an epic of earth; the...
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Essays on Paul Bourget by Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Essays on Paul Bourget by Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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Collection of short essays concerning French novelist and critic Paul Bourget. Included: "What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us" and "A Little Note to M. Paul Bourget". (Summary by John Greenman) Archived from iTunes at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/essays-on-paul-bourget-by-mark-twain-1835-1910/id667704080. Items in this collection are restricted.
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Exploits of Juve, The by Marcel Allain (1885 - 1969) and Pierre Souvestre (1874 - 1914)
Exploits of Juve, The by Marcel Allain (1885 - 1969) and Pierre Souvestre (1874 - 1914)
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Fantômas was introduced a few years after Arsène Lupin, another well-known thief. But whereas Lupin draws the line at murder, Fantômas has no such qualms and is shown as a sociopath who enjoys killing in a sadistic fashion. He is totally ruthless, gives no mercy, and is loyal to none, not even his own children. He is a master of disguise, always appearing under an assumed identity, often that of a person whom he has murdered. Fantômas makes use of bizarre and improbable techniques in his...
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Expository Thoughts on the Gospels - St. Mark by J. C. Ryle (1816 - 1900)
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels - St. Mark by J. C. Ryle (1816 - 1900)
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“Expository Thoughts” divides the Gospels into sections of about twelve verses each, from which J. C. Ryle selects two or three prominent points to dwell on and bring to the reader’s attention. In Ryle’s day, there were many detailed commentaries and expositions on scripture. In writing these “Expository Thoughts”, Ryle aimed to offer a resource to the laity for use in family prayers, as an aid to those who visit the sick and desire a proper book to read on such occasions, and for...
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Eugene Onéguine by Alexander Pushkin (1799 - 1837)
Eugene Onéguine by Alexander Pushkin (1799 - 1837)
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Eugene Oneguine is a classic of Russian literature, and its eponymous protagonist has served as the model for a number of Russian literary heroes (so-called superfluous men). It was published in serial form between 1825 and 1832. The first complete edition was published in 1833, and the currently accepted version is based on the 1837 publication. Almost the entire work is made up of 389 stanzas of iambic tetrameter with the unusual rhyme scheme "AbAbCCddEffEgg", where the uppercase...
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Euthyphro by Plato (Πλάτων) (c. 428 BCE - c. 347 BCE)
Euthyphro by Plato (Πλάτων) (c. 428 BCE - c. 347 BCE)
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Awaiting his trial on charges of impiety and heresy, Socrates encounters Euthyphro, a self-proclaimed authority on matters of piety and the will of the gods. Socrates, desiring instruction in these matters, converses with Euthyphro, but as usual, the man who professes to know nothing fares better than the man who claims to be an expert. One of Plato’s well-known Socratic Dialogues, Euthyphro probes the nature of piety, and notably poses the so-called Euthyphro Dilemma: Do the gods love a...
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Evanescence by Harriet Prescott Spofford (1835 - 1921)
Evanescence by Harriet Prescott Spofford (1835 - 1921)
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Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford was a notable American writer remembered for her novels, poems and detective stories. This was the weekly poem for July 24-30, 2011. Archived from iTunes at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/evanescence-by-harriet-prescott-spofford-1835-1921/id666136381. Items in this collection are restricted.
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Introduction to the Greek of the New Testament, An by George Lovell Cary (1830 - 1910)
Introduction to the Greek of the New Testament, An by George Lovell Cary (1830 - 1910)
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A collection of lessons (primarily in grammar) for New Testament Greek (also known as Koine) collected by a professor at Meadville Theological School of Pennsylvania. There are over 80 short lessons, each covering an aspect of verbs, nouns, etc. (Summary by IWYLLPA) Archived from iTunes at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introduction-to-the-greek-of-the-new-testament/id417829613. Items in this collection are restricted.
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Ion by Plato (Πλάτων) (c. 428 BCE - c. 347 BCE)
Ion by Plato (Πλάτων) (c. 428 BCE - c. 347 BCE)
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In Plato's ION, Socrates questions Ion, whether he should really claim laud and glory for his 'rhapsodic' recitals of Homer's poetry. —Description by Simon-Peter Zak Archived from iTunes at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ion-by-plato-%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD-c-428-bce-c-347-bce/id742293902. Items in this collection are restricted.
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Italian, The by Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823)
Italian, The by Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823)
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The love story between a nobleman and a beautiful lady whom he meets in church leads both of them to unexpected places, as many people would not put up with their love. This novel is considered to be one of the best Gothic novels ever written, by one of the first (and best) writers of the genre. How does an "indecent" love story become a Gothic tale? What is the outcome of this love story? If you want to know, read this book. (Summary by Stav Nisser) NOTE: There was no chapter 30 in...
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Inventions of the Idiot (dramatic reading), The by John Kendrick Bangs (1862 - 1922)
Inventions of the Idiot (dramatic reading), The by John Kendrick Bangs (1862 - 1922)
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"It was before the Idiot's marriage, and in the days when he was nothing more than a plain boarder in Mrs. Smithers-Pedagog's High-class Home for Single Gentlemen, that he put what the School-master termed his "alleged mind" on plans for the amelioration of the condition of the civilized." This humorous story by the editor of Puck magazine describes how the Idiot sets out to improve the lot of civilized man through his inventions - the lot of barbarian man already being well...
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North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810 - 1865)
North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810 - 1865)
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Set in Victorian England, North and South is the story of Margaret Hale, a young woman whose life is turned upside down when her family relocates to northern England. As an outsider from the agricultural south, Margaret is initially shocked by the aggressive northerners of the dirty, smoky industrial town of Milton. But as she adapts to her new home, she defies social conventions with her ready sympathy and defense of the working poor. Her passionate advocacy leads her to repeatedly clash with...
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Notes on the Book of Genesis by Charles Henry Mackintosh (1820 - 1896)
Notes on the Book of Genesis by Charles Henry Mackintosh (1820 - 1896)
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This chapter by chapter commentary on the first book of the Bible is full of spiritual insights. C H Mackintosh wrote in the late 19th century on a wide range of Biblical topics. He was well known as a speaker in Brethren circles, and his written work continues to inspire Bible students all over the world. (Summary by Christopher Smith) Archived from iTunes at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/notes-on-the-book-of-genesis-by-charles-henry/id667757761. Items in this collection are restricted.
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Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd, The by Sir Walter Raleigh (1554 - 1618)
Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd, The by Sir Walter Raleigh (1554 - 1618)
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd by Sir Walter Raleigh. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for October 14, 2012.The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd, sometimes called 'Her Reply' was written in response to Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love". (Summary by David Lawrence) Archived from iTunes at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nymphs-reply-to-the-shepherd-the-by-sir-walter/id668356768. Items in this...
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Greylorn by Keith Laumer (1925 - 1993)
Greylorn by Keith Laumer (1925 - 1993)
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Commander Greylorn has a problem. No, actually he has two of them. It's not enough that the remaining residents of Earth have pinned their last hope of salvation on him and his mission. He has to find a colony that presumedly was established at an unknown star two centuries before and beg their help. But first, he has the small matter of a mutiny on board his starship, and people are trying to kill him!Written in an era when radios used vacuum tubes, the scientific component of the story is...
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Guide to the Study of the Christian Religion, A by Gerald Birney Smith (1868 - 1929)
Guide to the Study of the Christian Religion, A by Gerald Birney Smith (1868 - 1929)
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Articles by numerous authors, compiled into a single collection for use by first year divinity students. This book is intended to be a guide to the study of the Christian religion for Protestants. It was prepared to aid students to understand various aspects of education for the Christian ministry, including basic textual studies, theology, Christian history, denominations, Christian ethics and pastoral duties. (Summary by JoeD) Archived from iTunes at...
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Gunman's Reckoning by Max Brand (1892 - 1944)
Gunman's Reckoning by Max Brand (1892 - 1944)
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A typical early 20th century western. It's a tale of a tough guy who gets involved with an evil man with an angel daughter for whom the tough guy falls. His efforts to recover hers and her father's gold mine claims is the story. Not a lot of shoot em up but enough story to make one want to finish the book to see how things work out. (Introduction by Charles Montgomery) Archived from iTunes at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gunmans-reckoning-by-max-brand-1892-1944/id666812484. Items in...
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Othello by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Othello by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
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Othello is the story of a cross-cultural romance between the title character, a noble moor who is a general in the Venetian army, and Desdemona, a beautiful and virtuous Venetian lady. The newly-married couple fall prey to the machinations of Iago, Othello's jealous ensign, who plots to destroy their union. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) Cast: Duke of Venice: Filippo Gioachin Brabantio: om123 First Senator: David Lawrence Second Senator: Lucy Perry Gratiano: Denny Sayers Lodovico: Lars Rolander...
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Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)
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Dickens' last complete novel was published serially 1864-5. It begins with an intriguing fortune offered to John Harmon by his late father, a rich dust contractor, in his will. To receive the money, John must marry a certain Bella Wilfer who he does not know from Eve. He is returning from the exile enforced by his father and confides in a ship's mate who attempts to murder him. The mate gets killed instead, leaving one inconvenient corpse. Because John is considered dead (the body is found with...
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Owl and the Pussycat, The by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
Owl and the Pussycat, The by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
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LibriVox's weekly poetry project for the week of January 22, 2006: The Owl and the Pussycat is a famous nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first published in 1871. Its most notable feature is the introduction of the runcible spoon. (Summary from wikipedia.org) Archived from iTunes at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/owl-and-the-pussycat-the-by-edward-lear-1812-1888/id724226799. Items in this collection are restricted.
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Gorgias by Plato (Πλάτων) (c. 428 BCE - c. 347 BCE) and Benjamin Jowett (1817 - 1893)
Gorgias by Plato (Πλάτων) (c. 428 BCE - c. 347 BCE) and Benjamin Jowett (1817 - 1893)
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This dialogue brings Socrates face to face with the famous sophist Gorgias and his followers. It is a work likely completed around the time of "Republic" and illuminates many of the spiritual ideas of Plato. The spirituality, as Jowett points out in his wonderful introduction, has many ideas akin to Christianity, but is more generous as it reserves damnation only for the tyrants of the world. Some of the truths of Socrates, as presented by Plato, shine forth in this wonderful work on...
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Grim: The Story of a Pike by Svend Fleuron (1874 - 1966)
Grim: The Story of a Pike by Svend Fleuron (1874 - 1966)
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"To devour others and to avoid being devoured oneself,that is life’s end and aim." This is the fascinating and exciting story of a girl pike named Grimm from her early life as an innocent fish to the wily and wise Pike she ultimately becomes. But many are the perils and dangers she must avoid to get there. Translated by John Muir. (Summary by Phil Chenevert) Archived from iTunes at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grim-the-story-of-a-pike-by-svend-fleuron-1874-1966/id665710904....
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Not George Washington by P. G. Wodehouse (1881 - 1975)
Not George Washington by P. G. Wodehouse (1881 - 1975)
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It has been said that behind every successful man is a good woman. This is certainly true in the case of James Orlebar Cloyster. However, some funny things happened on his road to success. His story is humorously told from the point of view of several parties involved.According to Wikipedia, the book is a humorous, fictionalized account of Wodehouse's early years as a journalist, with Wodehouse being portrayed by the character of Cloyster. (Summary by Debra Lynn) Archived from iTunes at...
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Our Little Jewish Cousin by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade (1860 - 1936)
Our Little Jewish Cousin by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade (1860 - 1936)
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In whatever direction you may travel,—north, south, east, or west,—you will doubtless meet some of your little black-eyed Jewish cousins. They live among us here in America. They also dwell in the countries far away across the wide ocean. Why are they so scattered, you may ask. Is there no country which is really theirs, and which is ruled over by some one they have chosen? Is there not some place where they can gather together happily whenever they please? The answer is always no. They...
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Our Mutual Friend, Version 2 by Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)
Our Mutual Friend, Version 2 by Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)
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Our Mutual Friend (written in the years 1864–65) is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, combining psychological insight with social analysis. It centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, "money, money, money, and what money can make of life" but is also about human values. In the opening chapters a body is found in the Thames and identified as John Harmon, a young man recently returned to London to receive his...
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Evil Guest, The by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 - 1873)
Evil Guest, The by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 - 1873)
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Le Fanu’s inimitable style continues with The Evil Guest, a murder mystery fraught with dark imagery and mysterious characters. An unwanted guest visiting a dreary and isolated home is murdered; the thriller leads the reader down countless ‘dead’ ends before revealing the identity of the guilty party. (Introduction by Cathy Barratt) Archived from iTunes at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/evil-guest-the-by-joseph-sheridan-le-fanu-1814-1873/id666138807. Items in this collection are...
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Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven (version 3) by Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven (version 3) by Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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This was the last story published by Twain, a few months before he died. The story follows Captain Elias Stormfield on his extremely long cosmic journey to heaven. It deals with the obsession of souls with the "celebrities" of heaven, like Adam and Moses, who according to Twain become as distant to most people in heaven as living celebrities are on Earth. Twain uses this story to show his view that the common conception of heaven is ludicrous and points out the incongruities of such...
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Eyes Have It & Tony and the Beetles, The by Philip K. Dick (1928 - 1982)
Eyes Have It & Tony and the Beetles, The by Philip K. Dick (1928 - 1982)
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Aliens have invaded the earth! Horrible one celled creatures disguised as normal human beings ! Well, at least that is what it seems to the author. Yes, The Eyes Have It is a whimsical story, making gentle fun of certain writing styles, but only a topflight science-fictionist like Philip Dick , we thought, could have written this story, in just this way. Tony and the Beetles takes place far in the future when Earth's enormous colonial empire is well established but the question is, how long can...
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Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)
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Northanger Abbey is a hilarious parody of 18th century gothic novels. The heroine, 17-year old Catherine, has been reading far too many “horrid” gothic novels and would love to encounter some gothic-style terror — but the superficial world of Bath proves hazardous enough. (Summary by Kara) Archived from iTunes at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/northanger-abbey-by-jane-austen-1775-1817/id668927875. Items in this collection are restricted.
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It Happened in Egypt by Charles Norris Williamson (1859 - 1920) and Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - 1933)
It Happened in Egypt by Charles Norris Williamson (1859 - 1920) and Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - 1933)
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Lord Ernest Borrow and Captain Anthony Fenton think they know a secret - a secret that could make them both rich. En route, they are sidetracked by Sir Marcus Antonius Lark, a woman who thinks she's Cleopatra reincarnate, a Gilded Rose of an American Heiress, and Mrs. Jones, a mysterious Irish woman with a past. Will they find the secret? Or will the trip up the Nile on the Enchantress Isis net them another discovery altogether? (summary by Sibella Denton) Archived from iTunes at...
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Gulliver's Travels in Lilliput and Brobdingnag, Told to the Children by Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745) and John Lang (1849 - 19
Gulliver's Travels in Lilliput and Brobdingnag, Told to the Children by Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745) and John Lang (1849 - 19
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This is a children's version of Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels, from the Told to the Children Series (published in 1910). The children's adventure story covers Gulliver's visits to the lands of Lilliput and Brobdingnag. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden) Archived from iTunes at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gullivers-travels-in-lilliput-and-brobdingnag-told-to/id666551008. Items in this collection are restricted.
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Iracema, the Honey-Lips: a Legend of Brazil by José de Alencar (1829 - 1877)
Iracema, the Honey-Lips: a Legend of Brazil by José de Alencar (1829 - 1877)
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Iracema (translated as Iracema, the Honey Lips: a legend of Brazil) is considered one of the most important books of Brazilian romanticism, but also of Brazilian literature as a whole. It's been called a poem in prose, a poetic novel, a fictional-historical novel, an indianist novel, an epic-lyric narrative, a mythic poem. The obvious difficulty in defining this work shows its many facets: legendary, narrative, poetic, lyric, mythic. The story revolves around the unexpected appearance of a...
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Islands of Magic, The by Elsie Spicer Eells (1880 - 1963)
Islands of Magic, The by Elsie Spicer Eells (1880 - 1963)
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LEGENDS, FOLK AND FAIRY TALES FROM THE AZORES. Some three-fourths of the distance between America and Europe there is a group of nine beautiful islands called the Azores which belong to Portugal. Their names are Flores, Corvo, Fayal, Pico, S. Jorge, Graciosa, Terceira, S. Miguel, and Santa Maria. Many people think them to be the mountain peaks of the submerged continent, Atlantis, which long ago was covered by the ocean.However, when I spent December 1920 and January 1921 in the Azores, I found...
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Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality by Stuart Mason (1872 - 1927)
Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality by Stuart Mason (1872 - 1927)
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“Who can help laughing when an ordinary journalist seriously proposes to limit the subject-matter at the disposal of the artist?”“We are dominated by journalism.... Journalism governs for ever and ever.”[/i]One of the nastiest of the British tabloids was founded a year too late to join in the moral panic generated to accompany Oscar Wilde’s court appearances in 1895. Yet there was no shortage of hypocritical journalists posing as moral arbiters to the nation, then as now.This...
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Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer by Jessie Graham Flower (1883 - 1931)
Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer by Jessie Graham Flower (1883 - 1931)
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The College Girls Series sees the friends part ways: Grace, Anne, and Miriam depart for Overton College, while Jessica and Nora attend a conservatory. The Eight Originals gather on holidays, but the seven College books focus on the three at Overton, along with new friends like J. Elfreda Briggs. They form Semper Fidelis, a society devoted to aiding less fortunate students at Overton. Following graduation, Grace rebuffs offers of marriage for "what she had firmly believed to be her destined...
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Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (1785 - 1863)
Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (1785 - 1863)
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A classic collection of oral German folklore, brought together for posterity by the scholarly brothers Grimm in the 1800s, this epitome of fairy tales includes many of the world’s best known stories. In these dark foreboding woods, you will find: Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin, Lily and the Lion (better known as Beauty and the Beast), and Snow White and Rose Red, among other timeless works. These tales were later heavily revised and sanitised, but here are presented closer to...
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Essays book 1 by Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
Essays book 1 by Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary genre and is popularly thought of as the father of Modern Skepticism. He became famous for his effortless ability to merge serious intellectual speculation with casual anecdotes and autobiography—and his massive volume Essais (translated literally as "Attempts") contains, to this day, some of the most widely influential essays ever written....
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Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Joseph Priestley (1733 - 1804)
Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Joseph Priestley (1733 - 1804)
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Joseph Priestley, FRS was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and political theorist who published over 150 works. In “Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air,” he reviews experiments with gases. A common theme in this work is measuring the volumes of gases held in glass tubes, and their increase or decrease when exposed to other substances. He also tests the effects of gases on mice, plants and insects. Priestley...
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Invaders from the Infinite by John Wood Campbell. Jr. (1910 - 1971)
Invaders from the Infinite by John Wood Campbell. Jr. (1910 - 1971)
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The famous scientific trio of Arcot, Wade and Morey, challenged by the most ruthless aliens in all the universes, blasted off on an intergalactic search for defenses against the invaders of Earth and all her allies. World after world was visited, secret after secret unleashed, and turned to mighty weapons of intense force--and still the Thessian enemy seemed to grow in power and ferocity. Mighty battles between huge space armadas were but skirmishes in the galactic war, as the invincible aliens...
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Grimms' Fairy Tales (version 2) by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (1785 - 1863)
Grimms' Fairy Tales (version 2) by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (1785 - 1863)
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Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen) is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales (German: Grimms Märchen). (Summary by Wikipedia) Archived from iTunes at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grimms-fairy-tales-version-2-by-jacob-wilhelm-grimm/id667403571. Items in this collection are restricted.
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North of Boston by Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
North of Boston by Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
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One of the first collections of poetry by Robert Frost, published in 1914. (Summary written by Gesine)Contents (with beginning time): Part 1 Mending Wall (00:01:20) The Death of the Hired Man (00:03:45) The Mountain (00:12:20) A Hundred Collars (00:18:14) Part 2 Home Burial (00:00:18) The Black Cottage (00:06:16) Blueberries (00:12:56) A Servant to Servants (00:18:44) Part 3 After Apple-picking (00:00:16) The Code (00:02:16) The Generations of Men (00:08:01) The Housekeeper (00:18:55) Part 4...
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Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar, The by Maurice Leblanc (1864 - 1941)
Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar, The by Maurice Leblanc (1864 - 1941)
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A contemporary of Arthur Conan Doyle, Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941) was the creator of the character of gentleman thief Arsène Lupin who, in France, has enjoyed a popularity as long-lasting and considerable as Sherlock Holmes in the English-speaking world. This is the delightful first of twenty volumes in the Arsène Lupin series written by Leblanc himself. In an unprecedented act of literary pastiche and cross-over, Sherlock Holmes and Lupin actually meet, briefly in this first volume, and more...
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