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Miscellaneous Essays of Thomas de Quincey

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Essays & Short Works
Chapter: 17 | Listen: 10

The Hunter Thompson of the 19th Century, de Quincey is best known for his Confessions of an English Opium Eater (an activity shared with his hero, Samuel Coleridge, much to Wordsworth’s dismay). However, de Quincey’s literary genius is best captured in his essays, which, according to Wikipedia: His immediate influence extended to Edgar Allan Poe, Fitz Hugh Ludlow and Charles Baudelaire, but even major 20th century writers such as Jorge Luis Borges admired and claimed to be partly influenced by his work. (written by TTM) [chương_files]

Royal Book of Oz (version 2 Dramatic Reading)

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Action & Adventure, Dramatic Readings
Chapter: 25 | Listen: 1

When the professor decides to outline the ancestry of the eminent people of Oz, Scarecrow feels left out. He doesn’t have a family tree – unless you count the bean pole on which he had been placed when the farmer put him in the cornfield! So he decides to seek out his roots . . . which leads him, Dorothy, and the Cowardly Lion on adventures they never dreamed, meeting new friends (and foes) along the way. (Introduction by TriciaG) Cast list: Narrator: KHand Scarecrow: Chuck Williamson Dorothy: Victoria P Cowardly Lion: Woolly Bee Sir Hokus: Peter Parshall Drummer/Happy Toko, Big Fix : Todd Jenken Dromedary, Fix King : Janet Chief Poker, General, Fix 1, Comfortable Camel: P. J. Morgan Professor Wogglebug, Old Gentleman/The Grand Chew Chew: Beth Thomas Zif, Rattlesnake, Middling Son, Blink, Big Bush, Randum, Grandson/Grandsons, Wizard: Kristin Gjerløw Jack, A-B-Sea Serpent, Muddle, Others/Courtiers/People, Sticken, Prince 2, Wizard of Oz: ToddHW Tik-Tok, Middling Father, Poke Man, Silver Man, Giant, Bed: sunny1849 Farmer, Pokes, Sticken: Annika Vera Tin Woodman, Middling King, Prince 1: Sophia Noelle Scraps, Others/Courtiers/People: Frances Brown Glinda, Betsy Bobbin, Little Bush, Others/Courtiers/People: Charlotte Brown Ozma, Winkie Lady, Lantern 1, Memo, Grandsons, Princess Orange Blossom: thestorygirl Jellia Jamb, Pokes, Lantern 2, Grandsons, Others/Courtiers/People, Prince 3: TriciaG Middling Singer: David Lawrence Editors: Kristin Gjerløw, Kimberly Krause, Gillian Schnurr, Rob Board and Dave Harrell. [chương_files]

Camp-Fire Girls In The Allegheny Mountains or, A Christmas Success Against Odds

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Action & Adventure
Chapter: 22 | Listen:

The Camp Fire Girls books is a series of fiction novels written for children by various authors from 1912 into the 1930s. (Wikipedia) [chương_files]

Gettysburg Address (version 2)

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Essays & Short Works
Chapter: 1 | Listen:

The Gettysburg Address is the most famous speech of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and one of the most quoted speeches in United States history. It was delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on November 19, 1863, during the American Civil War, four and a half months after the Battle of Gettysburg. (Summary from Wikipedia) [chương_files]

Brighton Boys in the Radio Service

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Action & Adventure
Chapter: 20 | Listen: 6

The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service is a boys adventure story set in WWI – Three College Chums join the military and face the perils of spies, submarines and enemy soldiers in the trenches of embattled Europe. An engaging story set in a period where good guys wore white hats, bad guys wore black hats and every chapter ends with a cliffhanger so you have to come back for more! (Summary by Tom Clifton) [chương_files]

Motor Girls on a Tour

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Action & Adventure, Crime & Mystery Fiction
Chapter: 30 | Listen: 4

This is the second book in the series of the Motor Girls. Join Cora and her friends in this mystery and adventure of The Motor Girls. Also the search for a missing table and promise book belonging to a cripple girl called Wren. Why is Clip so mysterious? What is she up to? Is Sid Wilcox up to his old tricks with his chum Rob Roland? (Summary by Lucy Burgoyne) [chương_files]

Stories from the Faerie Queene

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Action & Adventure, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales
Chapter: 23 | Listen: 4

The object of this volume is to excite interest in one of the greatest poems of English literature, which for all its greatness is but little read and known–to excite this interest not only in young persons who are not yet able to read “The Faerie Queene,” with its archaisms of language, its distant ways and habits of life and thought, its exquisite melodies that only a cultivated ear can catch and appreciate, but also in adults, who, not from the lack of ability, but because they shrink from a little effort, suffer the loss of such high and refined literary pleasure as the perusal of Spenser’s masterpiece can certainly give. (From the Author’s introduction) [chương_files]

Selection of Australian Poetry and Prose

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Essays & Short Works, Poetry, Short Stories
Chapter: 7 | Listen: 3

A collection of Australian writing from the public domain. [chương_files]

From October to Brest-Litovsk

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Essays & Short Works
Chapter: 27 | Listen: 6

This account by Trotsky is of the events in Russia from the October Revolution of 1917 in Petrograd, to his signing of the Brest-Litovsk treaty with Germany on 3rd March 1918 which took Russia out of the First World War. The treaty exacted heavy losses for Russia in terms of annexations of land and financial indemnities to Germany. In this extended essay, Trotsky argues the reasons as to why he decided to sign what appears to be a disastrous agreement for Russia. (Summary by Rebecca) [chương_files]

Swiss Family Robinson (Version 2)

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Action & Adventure
Chapter: 30 | Listen: 5

First published in 1812, The Swiss Family Robinson may sometimes seem old-fashioned to modern readers, especially the family’s attitude toward wildlife (if it moves, shoot it). However, it’s a truly exciting adventure and a timeless story of warm and loving family life. As the narrator says: “It was written… for the instruction and amusement of my children… Children are, on the whole, very much alike everywhere, and you four lads fairly represent multitudes… It will make me happy to think that my simple narrative may lead some of these to observe how blessed are the results of patient continuance in well-doing, what benefits arise from the thoughtful application of knowledge and science, and how good and pleasant a thing it is when brethren dwell together in unity, under the eye of parental love.” Written by Swiss pastor Johann David Wyss and edited by his son Johann Rudolf Wyss (this edition lists J.R. as the author), the novel was intended to teach his four sons about family values, good husbandry, the uses of the natural world, and self-reliance. It’s fun to think of the long-ago author reading his own books of natural history and creating this novel to share his interests with his boys. (summary by Kara) [chương_files]