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Lone Star Planet

John Joseph McGuire

Lone Star Planet is a space science fiction story written by John Joseph McGuire and H. Beam Piper.Excerpts:There was a low coffee-table at the rear of the office, and four easy chairs around it. On t..

A Mating in the Wilds

Ottwell Binns

An adventure tale set in the North Woods. Stane, a former convict in England, has established a lonely life as a trapper in the north woods. While visiting a trading post, he encounters Ainley whom he..

Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 1

Henry Gray

Henry Gray's classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded through many successive editions. This recording is of the pub..

From Sand Hill to Pine

Bret Harte

From Sand Hill to Pine is a collection of seven short stories written by Bret Harte, an American short-story writer and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and othe..

Introduction of the Locomotive Safety Truck

John H. White

Pioneer railroading was dangerous. With increased speed and density of traffic came an increase in catastrophic wrecks that forced operators to take heed for the safety of their passengers and freight..

Madame De Mauves

Henry James

Madame de Mauves is a novella by Henry James, originally published in The Galaxy magazine in 1874. The story centers on the troubled marriage of a scrupulous American wife and a far from scrupulous Fr..

The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist and travel writer, most noted for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and A Child's Garden of Verses. ..

L'Ingénu

Voltaire

L'Ingénu is a satirical novella by the French writer Voltaire, published in 1767. It tells the story of a Huron Indian transported to the sophistication of eighteenth century Paris, and satirizes reli..