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Walden, or Life in the Woods, Henry David Thoreau

Walden, or Life in the Woods

by Henry David Thoreau

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Noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau spent two years, two months, and two days chr...

Unabridged: 11 hr 27 min
Narrator: Robert Bethune
Published: 11/07/2017
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Voices of Black America, Booker T. Washington, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Langston Hughes and others

Voices of Black America

by Booker T. Washingt...

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This unique collection, compiled especially for Naxos AudioBooks, features original recor...

Unabridged: 1 hr 46 min
Narrator: Herbert Beerbohm T...
Published: 02/01/2002
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More Classic American Short Stories, Ambrose Bierce; Kate Chopin; James Fenimore Cooper; Stephen Crane; O. Henry

More Classic American Short Stori...

by Ambrose Bierce; Kate Ch...

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Here are eight stories from master American writers of the nineteenth century. They vary ...

Unabridged: 2 hr 33 min
Narrator: Garrick Hagon, and...
Published: 04/02/2007
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Nature, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nature

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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This version of Nature is an 1843 revision to the popular essay written and published in ...

Unabridged: 51 min
Narrator: Phil Paonessa
Published: 08/21/2018
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Classic American Short Stories, O. Henry; Jack London; Ambrose Bierce; Mark Twain; Stephen Crane

Classic American Short Stories

by O. Henry; Jack London; ...

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Five great American short story writers, dating from the turn of the nineteenth/twentieth...

Unabridged: 2 hr 35 min
Narrator: William Roberts
Published: 12/01/2000
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Gettysburg Address, The, Abraham  Lincoln

Gettysburg Address, The

by Abraham Lincoln

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The Gettysburg Address, delivered by Lincoln on November 19, 1863 in the aftermath of a n...

Unabridged: 3 min
Narrator: Robertson Dean
Published: 01/02/2018
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Compensation, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Compensation

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Emerson's discourse on the laws of compensation, takes on the notion that one who has mon...

Unabridged: 1 hr 2 min
Narrator: Phil Paonessa
Published: 08/21/2018
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Poetic Expressions My Love to the World, Bernice Willis

Poetic Expressions My Love to the...

by Bernice Willis

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'Inspirational poetry' written by bernice willis

Unabridged: 43 min
Narrator: Barry Thomas
Published: 08/30/2020
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The New Negro An Interpretation, Alain Locke

The New Negro

by Alain Locke

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This anthology edited by the American writer, philosopher, and patron of the arts Alain L...

Unabridged: 13 hr 39 min
Narrator: York Whitaker
Published: 12/14/2021
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On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience...

by Henry David Thoreau

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First published in 1849, this essay argues that individuals have rights and duties in rel...

Unabridged: 1 hr
Narrator: Robert Bethune
Published: 11/07/2017
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Gifts, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Gifts

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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In Gifts Ralph Waldo Emerson muses on the function of and expectations surrounding the gi...

Unabridged: 11 min
Narrator: Phil Paonessa
Published: 08/21/2018
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Manners, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Manners

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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In Manners, Ralph Waldo Emerson expounds on the meaning of customs and politeness in civi...

Unabridged: 1 hr 2 min
Narrator: Phil Paonessa
Published: 08/21/2018
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Shakespeare; Or, the Poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Shakespeare; Or, the Poet

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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In The Poet, an essay by U.S. writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, the author expresses the need f...

Unabridged: 54 min
Narrator: Phil Paonessa
Published: 08/21/2018
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Circles, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Circles

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Circles is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, first published in 1841. The essay reflects o...

Unabridged: 38 min
Narrator: Phil Paonessa
Published: 08/21/2018
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Friendship, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Friendship

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Emerson's treatise on the nature of friendship. The only reward of virtue is virtue; the ...

Unabridged: 46 min
Narrator: Phil Paonessa
Published: 08/21/2018
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Heroism, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Heroism

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Building on and enriching ideas set forth in Self-Reliance, Emerson argues that true hero...

Unabridged: 34 min
Narrator: Phil Paonessa
Published: 08/21/2018
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Prudence, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Prudence

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The essay on Prudence was given as a lecture in a course on Human Culture, in the winter ...

Unabridged: 36 min
Narrator: Phil Paonessa
Published: 08/21/2018
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American Scholar, The, Ralph Waldo Emerson

American Scholar, The

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The American Scholar was a speech given by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1837, to the Phi Beta K...

Unabridged: 1 hr 2 min
Narrator: Phil Paonessa
Published: 08/21/2018
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Self-Reliance  The Unparalleled Vision of Personal Power from America's Greatest Transcendental Philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Self-Reliance

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The Extraordinary Manifesto of Independent Living -Newly Abridged and Introduced in this ...

Unabridged: 48 min
Narrator: Mitch Horowitz
Published: 11/28/2017
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Random Thoughts for a Friday Morning, Kathryn L. Hunter

Random Thoughts for a Friday Morn...

by Kathryn L. Hunter

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This engaging collection of essays was originally published in The Daily Post Athenian ne...

Unabridged: 2 hr 54 min
Narrator: Kathryn L. Hunter
Published: 04/22/2022
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The Top 5 reasons Why Black Men Choose white Women, Xavier James

The Top 5 reasons Why Black Men C...

by Xavier James

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Is it social programming, status or self hate that's driving black males into the arms of...

Unabridged: 16 min
Narrator: E.M. Lewis
Published: 05/18/2021
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The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Stories, Edgar Allan Poe

The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Sto...

by Edgar Allan Poe

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A collection featuring three classic horror stories, read by actor Earl Hammond: "The Tel...

Unabridged: 1 hr 1 min
Narrator: Earl Hammond
Published: 10/01/2013
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The Cultured Bumpkin Presents: Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe

The Cultured Bumpkin Presents: Ed...

by Edgar Allan Poe

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The American classic poem "The Raven" read by professional voice actor and host of The Cu...

Unabridged: 9 min
Narrator: Jake Phillips
Published: 05/03/2023
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Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry, the Untold Story of an American Legend, Scott Reynolds Nelson

Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry, th...

by Scott Reynolds Nelson

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The ballad "John Henry" is the most recorded folk song in American history and John Henry...

Unabridged: 6 hr 12 min
Narrator: Panama Jackson
Published: 06/14/2023