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Little Women (version 2) - Louisa May Alcott
Little Women (version 2) - Louisa May Alcott
- Author: Louisa May Alcott
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
This story follows the lives of four sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Set in the tumultuous days of the American Civil war, readers grow to love the four sisters as they grow and mature into young women. This book has characters any girl can relate to...
A Day With Great Poets - May Gillington Byron
A Day With Great Poets - May Gillington Byron
- Author: May Gillington Byron
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Who was John Milton? The author of Paradise Lost you say? Well, certainly, but he was also a man, going about his daily life like any of us in 17th century England, (except that he was a genius of course). Take time to read about a day in his life...
The Cremation of Sam McGee - Robert W. Service
The Cremation of Sam McGee - Robert W. Service
- Author: Robert W. Service
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 different recordings of The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service....
The Practice and Science of Drawing - Harold Speed
The Practice and Science of Drawing - Harold Speed
- Author: Harold Speed
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture
This book is an attempt to teach beginning students how to draw. Starting out with intuition and vision, Harold Speed explains line and mass drawing, and how rhythm is conveyed in art by means of balance and proportion. Everything is pulled together...
Final Report of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (Watergate Report), Volume 1 - Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign A
Final Report of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (Watergate Report), Volume 1 - Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign A
- Author: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign A
- Genre: Political Science
This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities based on its investigation of the Watergate break-in and coverup, illegal and improper campaign practices and financing, and...
Key Out of Time - Andre Norton
Key Out of Time - Andre Norton
- Author: Andre Norton
- Genre: Science Fiction
This is Book 4 in the Time Traders Series, In this book Ross Murdock and Arthur Ashe continue their adventures in Time and Space on the World of Hawaika. Hawaiian and Polynesian settlers help Ross and Ashe discover the way the world has changed from...
Tom of the Raiders - Austin Bishop
Tom of the Raiders - Austin Bishop
- Author: Austin Bishop
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Young Adult historical fiction of a young man joining the Union Army and taking part in the Great Locomotive Chase. (Summary by Brett Downey)...
Between the Lines - Boyd Cable
Between the Lines - Boyd Cable
- Author: Boyd Cable
- Genre: War & Military / Modern (20th C)
This book, all of which has been written at the Front within sound of the German guns and for the most part within shell and rifle range, is an attempt to tell something of the manner of struggle that has gone on for months between the lines along...
Birches - Robert Frost
Birches - Robert Frost
- Author: Robert Frost
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Birches by Robert Frost. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 21st, 2010....
On the Nature of Things (Watson translation) - Titus Lucretius Carus
On the Nature of Things (Watson translation) - Titus Lucretius Carus
- Author: Titus Lucretius Carus
- Genre: Poetry / Ancient / Life Sciences
Written in the first century b.C., On the Nature of Things (in Latin, De Rerum Natura) is a poem in six books that aims at explaining the Epicurean philosophy to the Roman audience. Among digressions about the importance of philosophy in men's life...
Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers - Elbert Hubbard
Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers - Elbert Hubbard
- Author: Elbert Hubbard
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings may have influenced them. These short essays are part biography and part pontification of Hubbard's opinion of...
Bible (KJV) NT 03: Luke - King James Version
Bible (KJV) NT 03: Luke - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: King James Version
The Gospel of Luke is the most literary of the four gospels which recount the life and work of Jesus Christ. Although anonymous, the book is generally attributed to Luke, a physician and a missionary companion of the Apostle Paul. His account...
Aunt Jane's Hero - Elizabeth Prentiss
Aunt Jane's Hero - Elizabeth Prentiss
- Author: Elizabeth Prentiss
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
Aunt Jane is a good and loving woman, important to everyone except herself, always willing to give good advice. Her "hero", Horace, is far different: in the beginning of the story, he is a good but a little unthoughtful youth. But at the end, his...
Short Story Collection Vol. 038 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 038 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 038: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members....
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection - Charles Darwin
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection - Charles Darwin
- Author: Charles Darwin
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Science
Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species (publ. 1859) is a pivotal work in scientific literature and arguably the pivotal work in evolutionary biology. The book’s full title is On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 13) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 13) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
This chapter traces the history of the Glorious Revolution in Scotland, including the reaction of the country's religious parties, the installment of William and Mary, and the campaigns of the Highland Army. (Summary by Leon Mire)...
The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories - Mark Twain
The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg" is a piece of short fiction by Mark Twain. It first appeared in Harper's Monthly in December 1899, and was subsequently published by Harper Collins in the collection The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other...
Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Single Author Collections
This is a collection of short stories focussing on the problems that present themselves to physicians and surgeons in the course of their work. The volume is named "Round the Red Lamp" as a reference to the red lamps that marked general...
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania - John Dickinson
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania - John Dickinson
- Author: John Dickinson
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania is a series of essays written by the Pennsylvania lawyer and legislator John Dickinson (1732–1808) and published under the name "A Farmer" from 1767 to 1768. The twelve letters were widely read and reprinted...
The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux
The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux
- Author: Gaston Leroux
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Plays / Romance
An old theatre under new management; a diva who thinks she can sing; a young ingenue who really can; a masked man who wreaks havoc if he doesn't get his own way. Secrets, intrigues, falling chandeliers! The Phantom of the Opera is here! (Summary by...
Snowball - Poul William Anderson
Snowball - Poul William Anderson
- Author: Poul William Anderson
- Genre: Science Fiction
Simon's new source of power promised a new era for Mankind. But what happens to world economy when anyone can manufacture it in the kitchen oven?... Here's one answer! Summary by Realisticspeakers...
The Red Planet - William John Locke
The Red Planet - William John Locke
- Author: William John Locke
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
Set during WWI in England, The Red Planet is a rich tale about the life in a little English town from the point of view of Major Duncan Meredyth, a disabled veteran of the Boer Wars. As he struggles to keep his life and the lives of those he cares...
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 3: Mary Stuart (version 2) - Alexandre Dumas
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 3: Mary Stuart (version 2) - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography
The contents of these volumes of 'Celebrated Crimes', as well as the motives which led to their inception, are unique. They are a series of stories based upon historical records, from the pen of Alexandre Dumas, pere, when he was not "the elder,"...
The Warlord of Mars - Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Warlord of Mars - Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Genre: Science Fiction
Warlord of Mars is a Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the third of his famous Barsoom series. John Carter continues his quest to be reunited with his wife, the princess Dejah Thoris, and discovers more fantastic creatures and ancient...
The India Wharf - Sara Teasdale
The India Wharf - Sara Teasdale
- Author: Sara Teasdale
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Sara Teasdale was an American lyric poet....
Sword Blades and Poppy Seed - Amy Lowell
Sword Blades and Poppy Seed - Amy Lowell
- Author: Amy Lowell
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of poems by Amy Lowell, published in 1914."Against the multitudinous array of daily verse our times produce this volume utters itself with a range and brilliancy wholly remarkable. I cannot see that Miss Lowell's use of unrhymed...
Studies in the Art of Rat-Catching - Henry C. Barkley
Studies in the Art of Rat-Catching - Henry C. Barkley
- Author: Henry C. Barkley
- Genre: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs / Crafts & Hobbies
This book is often described as an instruction manual on the subject of rat-catching. It does indeed contain a good deal about rats, ferrets and dogs, but it is much more than that. Barkley fills the book with humour, sharp observation, and his...
Melmoth The Wanderer - Charles Robert Maturin
Melmoth The Wanderer - Charles Robert Maturin
- Author: Charles Robert Maturin
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Crime & Mystery Fiction
One of the first horror novels, it tells the story of Melmoth, who sells his soul so he could have an extended life. Throughout the novel, he wanders around the world in search of someone who would replace him and lift his curse. It is known for its...
The Extermination of the American Bison - William T. Hornaday
The Extermination of the American Bison - William T. Hornaday
- Author: William T. Hornaday
- Genre: Science
The American bison (Bison bison), also commonly known as the American buffalo, is a North American species of bison that once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds, became nearly extinct by a combination of commercial hunting and...
The Tragedy of Macbeth - William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of Macbeth - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Tragedy
Murder and madness, witches and war: Librivox presents a recording of Macbeth, perhaps Shakespeare's best known tragedy. Macbeth, a general in King Duncan's army, is given a prophecy by a trio of witches: he himself will become king. Fired by...
In Harmony with Nature - Matthew Arnold
In Harmony with Nature - Matthew Arnold
- Author: Matthew Arnold
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of In Harmony with Nature. by Matthew Arnold. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 8, 2012. Matthew Arnold was a British poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the...
The Quintessence of Ibsenism - George Bernard Shaw
The Quintessence of Ibsenism - George Bernard Shaw
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- Genre: Literary Criticism / Philosophy
George Bernard Shaw, a playwright with a few bones to pick of his own, undertakes a surgical analysis of the social philosophies underlying the work of Henrik Ibsen. Focusing his analysis on Ibsen's challenge to the conventional "ideals" which both...
Life of Chopin - Franz Liszt
Life of Chopin - Franz Liszt
- Author: Franz Liszt
- Genre: Memoirs
Chopin was a romantic era Polish composer. This work is a memoir by Liszt who knew Chopin both as man and artist. This memoir gives a unique understanding to the psychological character of the compositions of Chopin. It also offers Liszt's insight...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 003 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 003 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works
A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics science and religion. Included in...
The Guns of Bull Run - Joseph A. Altsheler
The Guns of Bull Run - Joseph A. Altsheler
- Author: Joseph A. Altsheler
- Genre: Historical Fiction / War & Military Fiction
The first volume in the Civil War series, following the adventures of Harry Kenton, who leaves his home in Kentucky. He travels through dangerous territory to South Carolina on a secret mission on the eve of the Civil War. (From Chapter 4) "They...
Meg of Mystery Mountain - Grace May North
Meg of Mystery Mountain - Grace May North
- Author: Grace May North
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Jane Abbott, tall, graceful and languidly beautiful, passed through the bevy of girls on the wharf below Highacres Seminary with scarcely a nod for any of them. Closely following her came three other girls, each carrying a satchel and wearing a...
From Dictatorship to Democracy (version 2) - Gene Sharp
From Dictatorship to Democracy (version 2) - Gene Sharp
- Author: Gene Sharp
- Genre: Political Science
From Dictatorship to Democracy, A Conceptual Framework for Liberation is a book-length essay on the generic problem of how to destroy a dictatorship and to prevent the rise of a new one. The book was written in 1993 by Gene Sharp (b. 1928), a...
A Thief in the Night - Version 2 - E. W. Hornung
A Thief in the Night - Version 2 - E. W. Hornung
- Author: E. W. Hornung
- Genre: Short Stories / Single Author Collections
A Thief in the Night is a 1905 collection of short stories by Ernest William Hornung, featuring his popular character A. J. Raffles. It was the third book in the series, and the final collection of short stories. In it, Raffles, a gentleman thief,...
A Little Book of Christmas - John Kendrick Bangs
A Little Book of Christmas - John Kendrick Bangs
- Author: John Kendrick Bangs
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction / Short Stories
Summary: Four short Christmas stories, a bit sentimental, but still affecting and worthwhile. Plus Four Christmas verses. (Summary by David Wales)...
The Story of Abraham Lincoln - Mary Agnes Hamilton
The Story of Abraham Lincoln - Mary Agnes Hamilton
- Author: Mary Agnes Hamilton
- Genre: General / Biography & Autobiography
In this biography for young adults, Mary A. Hamilton gives a British person’s perspective on the 16th President of the United States. A glowing tribute to “Honest Abe”, the author traces Lincoln’s ancestral roots and recounts his birth in Kentucky,...
