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The U-boat Hunters - James Brendan Connolly
The U-boat Hunters - James Brendan Connolly
- Author: James Brendan Connolly
- Genre: *Non-fiction / War & Military / Modern (20th C)
The author takes the listener on a tour of various ships used in WW1. He discusses the boats and the seamen who occupy them and their encounters with the German U-boats. It is a collection of short stories, each one complete, about them all. The...
The American Crisis aka "The Crisis" - Thomas PAINE
The American Crisis aka "The Crisis" - Thomas PAINE
- Author: Thomas PAINE
- Genre: *Non-fiction
A 13 pamphlet series by 18th century Enlightenment philosopher/author Thomas Paine, published between 1776 to 1783 during and immediately following the American Revolution, gathered into one volume in 1882 by Moncure D. Conway. Each essay, plus 2...
Sixteenth-century Bristol - John LATIMER
Sixteenth-century Bristol - John LATIMER
- Author: John LATIMER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
Plague, piracy and payments to members of Parliament! The town of Bristol, England in the Sixteenth Century was a fascinating place, and John Latimer's book is a comprehensive guide to this period, describing royal visits from both Henry VIII and...
The Book of the Bush - George DUNDERDALE
The Book of the Bush - George DUNDERDALE
- Author: George DUNDERDALE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
"While the world was young, nations could be founded peaceably. There was plenty of unoccupied country, and when two neighbouring patriarchs found their flocks were becoming too numerous for the pasture, one said to the other: "Let there be no...
The Secret Garden (version 3) - Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden (version 3) - Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction / *Non-fiction
When Mary Lennox, who has been brought up in India in a spoiled manner, is orphaned she has to move to Yorkshire, England, to live with her uncle in Misselthwaite Manor. Here she is treated much differently than she was in India - she is able to...
Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers - Elizabeth E. LEA
Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers - Elizabeth E. LEA
- Author: Elizabeth E. LEA
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
The compiler of [this book] having entered early in life upon a train of duties, was frequently embarrassed by her ignorance of domestic affairs. For, whilst receipt books for elegant preparations were often seen, those connected with the ordinary,...
Moths of the Limberlost - Gene STRATTON-PORTER
Moths of the Limberlost - Gene STRATTON-PORTER
- Author: Gene STRATTON-PORTER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Science
Gene Stratton-Porter (August 17, 1863 - December 6, 1924) was an American author, amateur naturalist, wildlife photographer, specializing in the birds and moths in one of the last of the vanishing wetlands of the lower Great Lakes Basin. The...
The Works of Tacitus, Vol. I - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
The Works of Tacitus, Vol. I - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
- Author: Publius Cornelius Tacitus
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
The historical works of Tacitus are a history of the period from A.D. 14 to 96 in thirty volumes. Although many of the works were lost (only books 1-5 of the Histories and 1-6 and 11-16 of the Annals survive), enough remains to provide a good sense...
Dinosaurs, With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections - William Diller MATTHEW
Dinosaurs, With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections - William Diller MATTHEW
- Author: William Diller MATTHEW
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Science / Life Sciences
America has had a fascination with dinosaurs, particularly since the wild enthusiasm of Jurassic Park and its sequels. The term "dinosaur" was coined in 1841 by the Victorian scientist Sir Richard Owen. By the end of the 19th century, geologists and...
Ambassador Morgenthau's Story - Henry MORGENTHAU
Ambassador Morgenthau's Story - Henry MORGENTHAU
- Author: Henry MORGENTHAU
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Political Science / Modern (20th C)
Ambassador Morgenthau’s memoirs of his years in the service of the United States in Constantinople, (today Istanbul), are an important primary historical resource for the study of the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the Armenian Genocide....
The Mountains of California - John Muir
The Mountains of California - John Muir
- Author: John Muir
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature
John Muir (1838–1914) was one of the first modern preservationists. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, and wildlife, especially in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, were read by millions and are still...
God, the Invisible King - H. G. Wells
God, the Invisible King - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
Wells wrote in his book God the Invisible King that his idea of God did not draw upon the traditional religions of the world: "This book sets out as forcibly and exactly as possible the religious belief of the writer. [Which] is a profound belief in...
Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead - John L. RANSOM
Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead - John L. RANSOM
- Author: John L. RANSOM
- Genre: *Non-fiction / War & Military / Biography & Autobiography
John L. Ransom was the quartermaster of Company A, 9th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil War and a Union prisoner in the infamous Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia. This is his diary which he published some few years...
The Story of the Other Wise Man - Henry van Dyke
The Story of the Other Wise Man - Henry van Dyke
- Author: Henry van Dyke
- Genre: *Non-fiction / House & Home / Religion
You know the story of the Three Wise Men of the East, and how they travelled from far away to offer their gifts at the manger-cradle in Bethlehem. But have you ever heard the story of the Other Wise Man, who also saw the star in its rising, and set...
Notes on the Book of Genesis - Charles Henry MACKINTOSH
Notes on the Book of Genesis - Charles Henry MACKINTOSH
- Author: Charles Henry MACKINTOSH
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
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...
The Tiger - William Blake
The Tiger - William Blake
- Author: William Blake
- Genre: Poetry / *Non-fiction / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you twelve different recordings of The Tiger, by William Blake. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of December 3rd, 2006....
The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth - T. D. BONNER
The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth - T. D. BONNER
- Author: T. D. BONNER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
Buried amid the sublime passes of the Sierra Nevada are old men, who, when children, strayed away from our crowded settlements, and, gradually moving farther and farther from civilization, have in time become domiciliated among the wild beasts and...
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness - Florence HARTLEY
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness - Florence HARTLEY
- Author: Florence HARTLEY
- Genre: *Non-fiction
A guide for ladies, written in 1860, on what is accepted as correct behavior in polite society. The advice covers dress, travelling, staying in hotels, attending and giving parties and balls, making and receiving morning calls, letter writing, how...
Four Girls at Chautauqua - Pansy
Four Girls at Chautauqua - Pansy
- Author: Pansy
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Religion
Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name “Pansy.” First in the Chautauqua Girls series.Four friends - spoiled, quirky Ruth; fun-loving and mischievous Eurie; poor, independent and brainy Marion; and meek, approval-seeking Flossy - attend...
My Experiences as an Executioner - James BERRY
My Experiences as an Executioner - James BERRY
- Author: James BERRY
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Memoirs
From 1884 until 1891, James Berry was an executioner. In this time he carried out 131 hangings. In this memoir he writes about the methods he used, and the final moments of some of those he executed. - Summary by ashleighjane...
Inheritors - Susan Glaspell
Inheritors - Susan Glaspell
- Author: Susan Glaspell
- Genre: Plays / *Non-fiction / Political Science
Inheritors, (1921) by American dramatist Susan Glaspell concerns the legacy of an idealistic farmer who wills his highly coveted midwest farmland to the establishment of a college (Act I.) Forty years later, when his granddaughter stands up for the...
The Children's Six Minutes - Bruce S. WRIGHT
The Children's Six Minutes - Bruce S. WRIGHT
- Author: Bruce S. WRIGHT
- Genre: Children's Fiction / *Non-fiction / Religion
This is a nice collection of 52 kid-aimed sermons by missionary Wright while he served in the Philippines in the World War I era. Each offers a slice-of-life reference point, an appropriate Bible verse, and hymn. (Summary by BellonaTimes)...
Random Reminiscences of Men and Events - John D. ROCKEFELLER
Random Reminiscences of Men and Events - John D. ROCKEFELLER
- Author: John D. ROCKEFELLER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Self-Help
A good book by the oil revolutionist of the 20th century. As they say "Men should listen to experience" and this book is all about the experience of the second highest taxpayer of the US during the 20's. Though it is not in the book, this is a small...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 11) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 11) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
In chapter 11 William and Mary have been crowned and settle down to the task of ruling England. An endless succession of British noblemen jockey for position and all feel frustration at Williams’ preference for his own countrymen in positions of...
The Malay Archipelago, Vol. 2 - Alfred Russel WALLACE
The Malay Archipelago, Vol. 2 - Alfred Russel WALLACE
- Author: Alfred Russel WALLACE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Animals
A fascinating and classic Victorian ethnology of SE Asia, first published in 1869. The author was co-discoverer of evolution, together with Darwin. (Summary by Nicholas Longhurst)...
Jewish Children (Yudishe Kinder) - שלום עליכם SHOLEM ALEICHEM
Jewish Children (Yudishe Kinder) - שלום עליכם SHOLEM ALEICHEM
- Author: שלום עליכם SHOLEM ALEICHEM
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Short Stories / *Non-fiction
Although written from a child's perspective, this is not a kids book but a series of funny, poignant, and sometimes disturbing stories about life in a late 19th-century Russian-Jewish village -- the world of my grandparents. Sholem Rabinovich...
Celebration of Dialects and Accents, Vol 1. - Aesop
Celebration of Dialects and Accents, Vol 1. - Aesop
- Author: Aesop
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Education / Language learning
A celebration of all the wonderful dialects and accents found within the Librivox community!The goal being to record a 'phonetically relevant' text by as many volunteers as possible, and make this dialect/accent 'database' available to the world, by...
Three Years In Europe - William Wells BROWN
Three Years In Europe - William Wells BROWN
- Author: William Wells BROWN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
William Wells Brown was born a slave, near Lexington, Kentucky. His mother, Elizabeth, was a slave--his father a white man who never acknowledged his paternity. Brown escaped slavery at about the age of 20. For many years he worked as a steamboatman...
The Psychology of Peoples: Its Influence on Their Evolution - Gustave LE BON
The Psychology of Peoples: Its Influence on Their Evolution - Gustave LE BON
- Author: Gustave LE BON
- Genre: *Non-fiction
"It is barely a century and a half ago that certain philosophers, who, it should be remarked, were very ignorant of the primitive history of man, of the variations of his mental constitution and of the laws of heredity, propounded the idea of the...
Of the Shortness of Life - Lucius Annaeus SENECA
Of the Shortness of Life - Lucius Annaeus SENECA
- Author: Lucius Annaeus SENECA
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / *Non-fiction / Philosophy
Seneca the Younger wrote the moral essay "De Brevitate Vitae" — "On the Shortness of Life" — to his friend Paulinus. The philosopher brings up many Stoic principles on the nature of time, namely that men waste much of it in meaningless pursuits....
Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty - Imbert de SAINT-AMAND
Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty - Imbert de SAINT-AMAND
- Author: Imbert de SAINT-AMAND
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Political Science
Paris in 1792 is no longer what it was in 1789. In 1789, the old French society was still brilliant. The past endured beside the present. Neither names nor escutcheons, neither liveries nor places at court, had been suppressed. The aristocracy and...
Has a Frog a Soul? - Thomas Henry Huxley
Has a Frog a Soul? - Thomas Henry Huxley
- Author: Thomas Henry Huxley
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Philosophy
Thomas Huxley, known as “Darwin’s Bulldog” for his championing and development of Darwinism, was perhaps the most important Victorian biologist after Darwin himself. This speech to the Metaphysical Society in 1870 is one of Huxley’s best known texts...
A Thousand Miles up the Nile - Amelia Ann Blanford EDWARDS
A Thousand Miles up the Nile - Amelia Ann Blanford EDWARDS
- Author: Amelia Ann Blanford EDWARDS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Travel & Geography
Amelia B. Edwards wrote this historical, egyptological, and cultural study in in 1877, and it became an immediate best-seller, reprinted in 1888 at home in England and abroad. She travelled throughout Egypt at a time when most women didn't leave...
The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln - Francis Fisher BROWNE
The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln - Francis Fisher BROWNE
- Author: Francis Fisher BROWNE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
This detailed biography covers the places in Lincoln's life: Indiana, Illinois, Washington. It also traces his various roles as storekeeper, serviceman, state legislator, lawyer, politician, Republican Party leader, and of course President. Along...
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volumes 1 & 2 - Mark Twain
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volumes 1 & 2 - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Historical Fiction / War & Military Fiction / *Non-fiction
Mark Twain's work on Joan of Arc is titled in full "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte." De Conte is identified as Joan's page and secretary. For those who've always wanted to "get behind" the Joan of Arc story and to...
A Story of Love - Francis CASSILLY
A Story of Love - Francis CASSILLY
- Author: Francis CASSILLY
- Genre: *Non-fiction
This is not a love story, but the story of love, a love which every man and woman was created to experience, a love so intense and fulfilling that it scarcely seems possible to grasp, yet one that is offered to every human person who opens his heart...
The Colored Cadet at West Point - Henry Ossian FLIPPER
The Colored Cadet at West Point - Henry Ossian FLIPPER
- Author: Henry Ossian FLIPPER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Henry Ossian Flipper--born into slavery in Thomasville, Georgia on March 21, 1856--did not learn to read and write until just before the end of the Civil War. Once the war had ended, Flipper attended several schools showing a great aptitude for...
The Prospective Mother - J. Morris SLEMONS
The Prospective Mother - J. Morris SLEMONS
- Author: J. Morris SLEMONS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Science / Self-Help
A Handbook for Women During Pregnancy. This book, written for women who have no special knowledge of medicine, aims to answer the questions which occur to them in the course of pregnancy. Directions for safeguarding their health have been given in...
Pitching in a Pinch - Christy MATHEWSON
Pitching in a Pinch - Christy MATHEWSON
- Author: Christy MATHEWSON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Memoirs
In this book Mathewson is telling the reader of the game as it is played in the Big Leagues.... It’s as good as his pitching and some exciting things have happened in the Big Leagues, stories that never found their way into the newspapers. Matty has...
The American Egypt - Channing ARNOLD
The American Egypt - Channing ARNOLD
- Author: Channing ARNOLD
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Arnold and Frost were English archaeologists who traveled to the Yucatan Peninsula and wrote "the first book ever written by Englishmen on Yucatan—that Egypt of the New World, where, it is now generally admitted, Central American Civilisation...