History
Reflections on the rise, progress, and probable consequences
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John Erskine
Several late pamphlets composed with much art and ability have painted the claims and conduct of the North Americans; and thereby, have not …
The Story of the Bagpipe
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William Grattan Flood
Most people think of the bagpipe as an instrument solely connected to Scotland. W.H. Grattan Flood takes us much further back, to the ancien…
The Tale of the Spinning Wheel
Read by Amelia Chesley
Elizabeth Cynthia Barney Buel and Elizabeth C. Barney Buel
Adapted from a talk given for various New England historical societies and chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), this …
Ireland Under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum
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Richard Bagwell
This second volume of a history of Ireland focuses on the years 1642-1660. It, like the first, was a period of dramatic, and even of violent…
Biographies In Sound
Read by H. V. Kaltenborn
H. V. Kaltenborn narrates "A Salute to Network Radio on its 30th Anniversary," exploring the rich history of network radio. This p…
The World's Best Orations
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Various
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…
The Poisoned Loving-Cup
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Charles Grant Miller
"ANGLO-AMERICAN accord is splendid sentiment. America ever rises gladly to this toast. But we must drink from our own crystal chalice o…
Stories of South Pole Adventure
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Frank Mundell
The famous search for the North-West Passage led many daring pioneers to penetrate into the unknown and to brave the dread perils of the Arc…
Adventures In Research
The story of the first regularly scheduled radio broadcast in history, in 1920, when Pittsburgh's KDKA broadcast the presidential election c…
Epochs of American History
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Albert Bushnell Hart
The second volume follows the principles of growing social and political ideals in the transition from colony to independent nation.
The Song of the Indian Wars
Read by Phil Schempf
John Neihardt
The Song of the Indian Wars is part of Neihardt's Cycle of the West, a series of 5 epic poems relating the appropriation of the West in the …
Canadian School Days
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Max Braithwaite
Join us for a delightful journey back in time with Canadian School Days, a unique presentation that takes listeners to the one-room schoolho…
American inquisitors
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Walter Lippmann
A discussion on modern democratic government and the conflict between majority rule and intellectual freedom, written in the aftermaths of t…
Mother Earth
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Various
Mother Earth, an American anarchist journal, was self styled as "A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature". Mot…