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The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 12. December 1896 - National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 12. December 1896 - National Geographic Society
- Author: National Geographic Society
- Genre: Travel & Geography
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the December Number. It includes the following articles: The Geography of the Southern Peninsula of the United States, by Rev. John N. MacGonigle The Sage Plains of Oregon by Frederick V....
Eleven Possible Cases - Various
Eleven Possible Cases - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
This book brings together eleven stories, each a case of intrigue where more is going on than seems at first. - Summary by A. Gramour...
Lucinda - Friedrich von SCHLEGEL
Lucinda - Friedrich von SCHLEGEL
- Author: Friedrich von SCHLEGEL
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Erotica / Romance
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel was born in 1772 at Hannover, Holy Roman Empire, to Johann Adolf Schlegel and Johanna Christiane Erdmuthe Hübsch. He attended Jena University and made friends with many of the writers known by his brother August...
Buddhism and Buddhists in China - Lewis HODOUS
Buddhism and Buddhists in China - Lewis HODOUS
- Author: Lewis HODOUS
- Genre: Religion
Buddhism and Buddhists in China is an anthropological text describing Buddhism as practiced in China at the beginning of the 20th Century. Interestingly, it also compares and contrasts Buddhism with Christianity with respect to or in response to...
Pauline's Passion and Punishment - Louisa May Alcott
Pauline's Passion and Punishment - Louisa May Alcott
- Author: Louisa May Alcott
- Genre: Romance
Before she wrote Little Women and Little Men, Louisa, writing under the pseudonym A.M. Barnard, had this `blood and thunder' thriller (as she called them) published in 1863 by a weekly pulp magazine. This was during the period when Louisa worked...
Kilmeny of the Orchard (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - Lucy Maud Montgomery
Kilmeny of the Orchard (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Romance
A short and sweet romance by the author of "Anne of Green Gables", Kilmeny of the Orchard is a story about a schoolteacher (Eric) who goes to Prince Edward Island and meets a beautiful but mysterious girl. Who is she? Why doesn't she speak? Why...
Giphantia - Charles-François TIPHAIGNE DE LA ROCHE
Giphantia - Charles-François TIPHAIGNE DE LA ROCHE
- Author: Charles-François TIPHAIGNE DE LA ROCHE
- Genre: Science Fiction
After having gone over the whole world and visited all the inhabitants, I find it does not answer the pains I have taken. I have just been reviewing my memoirs concerning the several nations, their prejudices, their customs and manners, their...
Voces Populi - F. Anstey
Voces Populi - F. Anstey
- Author: F. Anstey
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
F. Anstey was the nom de plume of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, a Londoner who was trained for the bar but found success as a writer of humorous pieces for Punch and humorous novels. Voces Populi, a collection of his Punch pieces, is considered to be among...
Certain Personal Matters - H. G. Wells
Certain Personal Matters - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Although best known for his works of science fiction, social commentary and history, H.G. Wells here gives us humorous and light-hearted pieces on a wide variety of intriguing topics from chess to death. Each essay is a gem of wit and delight. -...
Coffee Break Collection 19 - Plants and Flowers - Various
Coffee Break Collection 19 - Plants and Flowers - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
The Librivox Coffee Break Collections are themed anthologies, selected and read by Librivox readers. Each short piece is fifteen minutes long, or less -- perfect for coffee breaks, commutes and work outs. Essays, prose, fiction, non-fiction, poetry...
The Midnight Passenger - Richard Henry SAVAGE
The Midnight Passenger - Richard Henry SAVAGE
- Author: Richard Henry SAVAGE
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Randall Clayton was surrounded by enemies. His father’s business partner had looked after him in the years since his father’s death. But Hugh Worthington’s motives were not altruistic – he had a secret to hide and a scheme to bring to fruition that...
Bert Wilson at the Wheel - J. W. DUFFIELD
Bert Wilson at the Wheel - J. W. DUFFIELD
- Author: J. W. DUFFIELD
- Genre: Action & Adventure
First volume of an adventure series for young adults - Summary by kathrinee...
Two Years in the Forbidden City - Der Ling YU
Two Years in the Forbidden City - Der Ling YU
- Author: Der Ling YU
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
THE author of the following narrative has peculiar qualifications for her task. She is a daughter of Lord Yu Keng, a member of the Manchu White Banner Corps, and one of the most advanced and progressive Chinese officials of his generation. she...
The Age of Reason (version 2) - Thomas PAINE
The Age of Reason (version 2) - Thomas PAINE
- Author: Thomas PAINE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Political Science
The Age of Reason; Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology is a pamphlet, written by a British and American revolutionary Thomas Paine. The Age of Reason challenges institutionalized religion and challenges the legitimacy of the Bible,...
The Hunting of the Snark (version 2) - Lewis Carroll
The Hunting of the Snark (version 2) - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Poetry
The Hunting of the Snark is a long nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll describing the adventures of ten weirdly assorted characters as they pursue an elusive creature known as a snark. (Summary by Shawn Craig Smith)...
No Name - Wilkie Collins
No Name - Wilkie Collins
- Author: Wilkie Collins
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
The story begins in 1846, at Combe-Raven in West Somersetshire, the country residence of the happy Vanstone family. When Andrew Vanstone is killed suddenly in an accident and his wife follows shortly thereafter, it is revealed that they were not...
Zadig or the Book of Fate - Voltaire
Zadig or the Book of Fate - Voltaire
- Author: Voltaire
- Genre: General Fiction / Satire
Zadig, ou La Destinée, ("Zadig, or The Book of Fate") (1747) is a famous novel written by the French Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. It tells the story of Zadig, a philosopher in ancient Babylonia. The author does not attempt any historical...
The Strange Story Book - Leonora Blanche LANG
The Strange Story Book - Leonora Blanche LANG
- Author: Leonora Blanche LANG
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A collection of stories compiled by the widow of the renowned children's short-story collector, Andrew Lang. She describes this as the final installment of his series of fairy stories and includes some of those stories he had not included in other...
An Ode - TÁHIRIH
An Ode - TÁHIRIH
- Author: TÁHIRIH
- Genre: Poetry / Elegies & Odes / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of An Ode by Táhirih (Fátimih Baraghání) (1814/1817 – 1852), Translated by Edward Granville Browne (1862 – 1926). This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 7th, 2010. Fátimih Baraghání...
A Son of the Middle Border - Hamlin Garland
A Son of the Middle Border - Hamlin Garland
- Author: Hamlin Garland
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Family & Relationships
In all the region of autobiography, so far as I know it, I do not know quite the like of Mr. Garland's story of his life, and I should rank it with the very greatest of that kind in literature. . . . It is the poet who sees the vast scale of human...
Spring (Barber) - Margaret Fairless BARBER
Spring (Barber) - Margaret Fairless BARBER
- Author: Margaret Fairless BARBER
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Spring by "Michael Fairless" (pseudonym of Margaret Fairless Barber). This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for March 7th, 2010....
Royal Children of English History - E. Nesbit
Royal Children of English History - E. Nesbit
- Author: E. Nesbit
- Genre: General / History
From the first chapter: "History is a story, a story of things that happened to real live people in our England years ago; and the things that are happening here and now, and that are put in the newspapers, will be history for little children one of...
Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman - Sarah Hopkins BRADFORD
Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman - Sarah Hopkins BRADFORD
- Author: Sarah Hopkins BRADFORD
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
A portrait of Harriet Tubman is scheduled to replace that of Andrew Jackson on the front of the U.S. $20 bill in 2020. Sarah H. Bradford, who knew Tubman personally, wrote these scenes from Tubman's extraordinary life in 1869. - Summary by Sue...
The Bostonians, Vol. 1 & 2 - Henry James
The Bostonians, Vol. 1 & 2 - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Psychology
This bittersweet tragicomedy centers on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, a political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chancellor, Ransom's cousin and a Boston feminist; and Verena Tarrant, a pretty, young protégée of Olive's in the...
Measure For Measure - William Shakespeare
Measure For Measure - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Comedy
Generally considered one of Shakespeare's problem plays, Measure for Measure examines the ideas of sin and justice. Duke Vincentio turns Vienna's rule over to the corrupt Angelo, who sentences Claudio to death for having impregnated a woman before...
The Metropolis - Upton Sinclair
The Metropolis - Upton Sinclair
- Author: Upton Sinclair
- Genre: Historical Fiction
In this 1907 novel about the extravagant life of New York City’s high society, the author of The Jungle, presents a portrait of the wealthy elite.Allan Montague, a lawyer of thirty, moves to New York City from Mississippi, along with his mother and...
Les Misérables Vol. 5 - Victor HUGO
Les Misérables Vol. 5 - Victor HUGO
- Author: Victor HUGO
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Romance
This is book 5 of 5. -- An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people up. Hooray. (Summary by...
Anne of Green Gables (version 2) - Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables (version 2) - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Genre: Children's Fiction
Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic children's novel, Anne of Green Gables tells the story of a red headed orphan girl with a personality you can't help but love. Despite her "tragical" past, Anne's optimism and imagination have helped her to always see...
United Nations Agreements - United Nations
United Nations Agreements - United Nations
- Author: United Nations
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Political Science
The Charter of the United Nations signed at San Francisco on 26 June 1945 is the constituent treaty of the United Nations. It is as well one of the constitutional texts of the International Court of Justice which was brought into being by the...
The Village Blacksmith - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Village Blacksmith - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you eleven different recordings of The Village Blacksmith, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of October 1st, 2006....
The Pink Fairy Book - Andrew Lang
The Pink Fairy Book - Andrew Lang
- Author: Andrew Lang
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
All people in the world tell nursery tales to their children, and the stories are apt to be like each other everywhere. A child who has read the Blue and Red and Yellow Fairy Books will find some old friends with new faces in the Pink Fairy Book....
Subspace Survivors - Lee Hawkins GARBY
Subspace Survivors - Lee Hawkins GARBY
- Author: Lee Hawkins GARBY
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction
A team of space travelers are caught in a subspace accident which, up to now, no one has ever survived. But some of the survivors of the Procyon are not ordinary travelers. Their psi abilities allow them to see things before they happen. But will it...
Travels in Lancashire - Undefined
Travels in Lancashire - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: Travel Fiction / Poetry / Travel & Geography
A collection of fiction, non-fiction and poetry on travels in Lancashire, England, with occasional sorties into adjacent counties. - Summary by Phil Benson...
Short Poetry Collection 006 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 006 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
Librivox’s Short Poetry Collection 006: a collection of 20 public-domain poems....
The Golden Lion of Granpere - Anthony Trollope
The Golden Lion of Granpere - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: Romance
Time to do a short Continental trip with Trollope and see if we agree with Walpole. "...not only Trollope's very best shorter book, but one of the most charming idylls in English literature. - . . It has all the colour and richness and cohesion of...
Astounding Stories 20, August 1931 - Undefined
Astounding Stories 20, August 1931 - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: Science Fiction
This issue containsTHE DANGER FROM THE DEEP by Ralph Milne FarleyMarooned on the Sea-Floor, His Hoisting Cable Cut, Young Abbot Is Left at the Mercy of the Man-Sharks [BROOD OF THE DARK MOON PART 1 .We are not inlcuding this as this is the last full...
How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day - Arnold Bennett
How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day - Arnold Bennett
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- Genre: Self-Help
"Which of us lives on twenty-four hours a day? And when I say 'lives,' I do not mean exists, nor 'muddles through.'" -- Arnold Bennett knew a "rat race" when he saw one. Every day, his fellow white-collar Londoners followed the same old routine. And...
Poems: Series Two - Emily Dickinson
Poems: Series Two - Emily Dickinson
- Author: Emily Dickinson
- Genre: Poetry / Single author
"The eagerness with which the first volume of Emily Dickinson's poems has been read shows very clearly that all our alleged modern artificiality does not prevent a prompt appreciation of the qualities of directness and simplicity in approaching the...
The Black Bag - Louis Joseph Vance
The Black Bag - Louis Joseph Vance
- Author: Louis Joseph Vance
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Mr. Philip Kirkwood, a not so successful painter, receives a visitor from his home town in America, who wants him to do him an unspecified favor, but Kirkwood doesn''t trust him and sends him away. That night, he sees the stranger dine with his...
Miss Priscilla Hunter, and My Daughter Susan - Pansy
Miss Priscilla Hunter, and My Daughter Susan - Pansy
- Author: Pansy
- Genre: Christian Fiction
Two shorter stories in one book. In "Miss Priscilla Hunter," the church has been carrying debt for years. It's an embarrassment, and it is hindering them from doing necessary work. They've tried to chip away at it in the past with festivals and...
