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The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 - Leander Stillwell
The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 - Leander Stillwell
- Author: Leander Stillwell
- Genre: War & Military / Memoirs / Modern (19th C)
Leander Stillwell was an 18-year-old Illinois farm boy, living with his family in a log cabin, when the U.S. Civil War broke out. Stillwell felt a duty "to help save the Nation;" but, as with many other young men, his Patriotism was tinged with...
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - The Gawain Poet
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - The Gawain Poet
- Author: The Gawain Poet
- Genre: General Fiction
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th-century Middle English alliterative romance outlining an adventure of Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table. In the tale, Sir Gawain accepts a challenge from a mysterious warrior who is...
The Submarine Boys on Duty - Victor G. Durham
The Submarine Boys on Duty - Victor G. Durham
- Author: Victor G. Durham
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Jack Benson and Hal Hastings arrive in Dunhaven, looking for adventure. But in a sleepy, little town, they might not find much. When they find out that there is a submarine in the shipyard, they decide that this is what they have been looking for. -...
Short Science Fiction Collection 059 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 059 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Science Fiction / Fantasy Fiction / Anthologies
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the authorβs creation where anything is possible. The only rules are those set forth by the author. The speculative nature of the genre inspires...
Golden mean to 5000 digits - Jerry Bonnell
Golden mean to 5000 digits - Jerry Bonnell
- Author: Jerry Bonnell
- Genre: Astronomy / Physics & Mechanics
The golden section is a line segment sectioned into two according to the golden ratio. The total length a+b is to the longer segment a as a is to the shorter segment b. In mathematics and the arts, two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio...
Bible (ASV) NT 17: Titus - American Standard Version
Bible (ASV) NT 17: Titus - American Standard Version
- Author: American Standard Version
- Genre: Bibles
The Epistle to Titus is a book of the canonic New Testament, one of the three so-called "pastoral epistles" (with 1 Timothy and 2 Timothy). It is a letter from Paul to the Apostle Titus. (Summary from Wikipedia)...
Fritz to the Front - Edward L. Wheeler
Fritz to the Front - Edward L. Wheeler
- Author: Edward L. Wheeler
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
Fritz to the Front is the story of an Irish tramp who wants to be a detective, and is an expert at ventriloquism. The story opens with a mysterious elopement, which Fritz is asked to be a witness to at the wedding. The next day, Fritz meets the...
Pillow and Stone - Abram S. Isaacs
Pillow and Stone - Abram S. Isaacs
- Author: Abram S. Isaacs
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Pillow and Stone by Abram S. Isaacs. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 24, 2011. Abram S. Isaacs (1851-1920) was an American rabbi, author, and professor. Isaacs received his education at the...
Pomander Walk - Louis Napoleon Parker
Pomander Walk - Louis Napoleon Parker
- Author: Louis Napoleon Parker
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Pomander Walk is a unique street in London, and in this humorous novel we meet the unusual residents. It was originally produced as a stage play and includes lively dialog. - Summary by Lynne Thompson...
Right Ho, Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse
Right Ho, Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Bertram Wooster's manservant, Jeeves, is renown for his ability to apply his keen intellect to solve all problems domestic, and Bertie's friends and relatives flock to him for his counsel. But Wooster, jealous of Jeeves's fame, decides to step in...
St Andrews Ghost Stories - William Thomas Linskill
St Andrews Ghost Stories - William Thomas Linskill
- Author: William Thomas Linskill
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Seventeen ghost stories (fourth edition published 1921) centered around the ruined medieval cathedral of Saint Andrew in the Scots city of that name. The author was famous in his time for his interest in ghostly apparitions. ( David Wales)...
Paved With Gold - Augustus Mayhew
Paved With Gold - Augustus Mayhew
- Author: Augustus Mayhew
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
The expressed goal of this book is to "write a truthful account of the miseries of criminal life" (from the preface). Thus, this book tells the story of Philip, a child who grew up in the workhouse until running away to navigate the streets of...
The Monastery - Sir Walter Scott
The Monastery - Sir Walter Scott
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Dame Elspeth is kept in a tower after the death of her husband. The widow of the Baron of Avenel and her daughter seek safety with Elspeth in her tower. Hearing the baroness's deathbed confession, Father Philip notices her Bible. As he carries it to...
The Big Blue Soldier - Grace Livingston Hill
The Big Blue Soldier - Grace Livingston Hill
- Author: Grace Livingston Hill
- Genre: Romance / Published 1900 onward / Christian Fiction
Back from the Great War, a penniless and disillusioned young soldier finds himself in the home of Miss Marilla Chadwick, a sweet old lady who is expecting her nephew for dinner. Mary Amber, Miss Marilla's neighbor, is also there. He hates girls. She...
East by West, Vol. 2 - Sir Henry W. Lucy
East by West, Vol. 2 - Sir Henry W. Lucy
- Author: Sir Henry W. Lucy
- Genre: Travel & Geography / Modern (19th C)
East by West: a Journey in the Recess is an account of British journalist Henry Lucy's travels across America and on to the Far East in 1883, within two or three decades of the American Civil War, the Indian Mutiny and the end of Japan's isolation...
Greenmantle (Version 2) - John Buchan
Greenmantle (Version 2) - John Buchan
- Author: John Buchan
- Genre: Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers / War & Military Fiction
Greenmantle is the second of five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan, first published in 1916 by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being Mr Standfast (1919); Hannayβs first and...
The Untilled Field - George Moore
The Untilled Field - George Moore
- Author: George Moore
- Genre: Single Author Collections
George Moore, an Irish writer involved with the Celtic Revival was influenced by the French Realists and particularly by the work of Γmile Zola. Often considered as the first modern Irish novelist he became involved with Lady Gregory and William...
The Man Who Would Be King - Rudyard Kipling
The Man Who Would Be King - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Short Stories
The Man Who Would Be King tells the story of two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan. It was inspired by the exploits of James Brooke, an Englishman who became the "white Raja" of Sarawak...
Over the Top - Arthur Guy Empey
Over the Top - Arthur Guy Empey
- Author: Arthur Guy Empey
- Genre: War & Military
Arthur Guy Empey was an American who responded to the sinking of the Lusitania by enlisting with the British Army to fight in France. His experiences in the trenches, including his ultimate wounding and convalescence, became this book. When...
The Seventh Man - Max Brand
The Seventh Man - Max Brand
- Author: Max Brand
- Genre: General Fiction / Westerns
The Seventh Man by Max Brand, tells part of the story of the larger-than-life western character, Dan Barry, known as βWhistling Dan,β and his alter-ego companions, Black Bart, the wolf-dog, and Satan, the indomitable black stallion. Itβs also the...
Aspects Of Love - An Anthology - Undefined
Aspects Of Love - An Anthology - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: Erotica / Poetry
Aspects Of Love is an anthology of poetic explorations on the theme of erotic love - though one of the "poets" represented here is better known, even than as a dramatist, as the philosopher, Plato. His Symposium heads off this set of erotic...
Rameau's Nephew - Denis Diderot
Rameau's Nephew - Denis Diderot
- Author: Denis Diderot
- Genre: Satire / Published 1800 -1900
Rameau's Nephew, or the Second Satire (French: Le Neveu de Rameau ou La Satire seconde) is an imaginary philosophical conversation written by Denis Diderot, probably between 1761 and 1772. It was first published in 1805 in German translation by...
Hoofbeats on the Turnpike - Mildred A. Wirt Benson
Hoofbeats on the Turnpike - Mildred A. Wirt Benson
- Author: Mildred A. Wirt Benson
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / Crime & Mystery Fiction
Penny Parker is a teen-aged sleuth and amateur reporter with an uncanny knack for uncovering and solving unusual, sometimes bizarre mysteries. The only daughter of widower Anthony Parker, publisher of the "Riverview Star," Penny has been raised to...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 031 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 031 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the Faust Legend, Stephen Crane, Sundials and the Statue of Liberty. (Summary by Sue Anderson)...
The Chessmen of Mars - Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Chessmen of Mars - Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Genre: Science Fiction
The Chessmen of Mars is a science fiction novel by the mental sword and physical pen wielding author Edgar Rice Burroughs. It the fifth installment of his Barsoom series. The Chessmen of Mars is a tale of wonder and excellence that follows John...
Sea and Sardinia - D. H. Lawrence
Sea and Sardinia - D. H. Lawrence
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- Genre: Travel & Geography
A travel book describing a journey taken by Lawrence and his wife Frieda (whom he refers to as the Queen Bee) by sea from Sicily to Sardinia and then in the interior of that island ( Anthony Ogus)...
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 6 - Various
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 6 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies / Literary Collections
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offering "American households a mass of good reading", the editors drew from literature of all times and all kinds...
The Professor - Charlotte BrontΓ«
The Professor - Charlotte BrontΓ«
- Author: Charlotte BrontΓ«
- Genre: General Fiction
The book tells the story of a young man named William Crimsworth. It describes his maturation, his loves and his eventual career as a professor at an all-girl's school. (Summary from Wikipedia, adapted by Stav Nisser)...
Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman - E. W. Hornung
Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman - E. W. Hornung
- Author: E. W. Hornung
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction
Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman (also published as The Black Mask) is the second collection of stories in the Raffles series. After the dark turn of events at the end of The Gift of the Emperor, Bunny's done his time and, his...
Brewster's Millions (Version 2) - George Barr McCutcheon
Brewster's Millions (Version 2) - George Barr McCutcheon
- Author: George Barr McCutcheon
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Montgomery Brewster inherits a large sum of money. Then he learns he's to inherit 7 times as much! But there's a catch: he has to spend every penny of the first inheritance before his next birthday (in 357 days), and have no possessions or anything...
Beowulf (version 2) - Unknown
Beowulf (version 2) - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: Epics
Beowulf was composed by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet. Francis Barton Gummere translates this beautiful poem. Beowulf is an epic poem. The main character, Beowulf, proves himself a hero as he battles against supernatural demons and beasts. (Summary...
An Excursion to the Lakes in Westmoreland and Cumberland, August 1773 - William Hutchinson
An Excursion to the Lakes in Westmoreland and Cumberland, August 1773 - William Hutchinson
- Author: William Hutchinson
- Genre: Travel & Geography
In the summer of 1773, lawyer and antiquarian William Hutchinson set out from his home in County Durham on a tour of the English Lake District. Accompanied by his brother, George Allan, he travelled by horseback from Bowes to Penrith and Keswick,...
The Reason Why - Robert Kemp Philp
The Reason Why - Robert Kemp Philp
- Author: Robert Kemp Philp
- Genre: Family Life / *Non-fiction / Education
This collection of useful information on "Common Things" is put in the interesting form of "Why and Because," and comprehends a familiar explanation of many subjects which occupy a large space in the philosophy of Nature, relating to air, animals,...
As a Man Thinketh - James Allen
As a Man Thinketh - James Allen
- Author: James Allen
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
Allen's books illustrate the use of the power of thought to increase personal capabilities. Although he never achieved great fame or wealth, his works continue to influence people around the world, including the New Thought movement. Allen's most...
Introducing Irony - Maxwell Bodenheim
Introducing Irony - Maxwell Bodenheim
- Author: Maxwell Bodenheim
- Genre: Poetry
Subtitled 'A Book of Poetic Short Stories and Poems', this collection reads years ahead of its time. Set mainly in Jazz Age New York City, the poems and tales are a series of profiles of people in seedier parts of town, along with bizarre love songs...
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas - Herman Melville
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas - Herman Melville
- Author: Herman Melville
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Culture & Heritage Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas is Herman Melville's sequel to Typee, and, as such, was also autobiographical. After leaving Nuku Hiva, the main character ships aboard a whaling vessel which makes its way to Tahiti, after which...
Reminiscences of a Southern Hospital, by Its Matron - Phoebe Yates Pember
Reminiscences of a Southern Hospital, by Its Matron - Phoebe Yates Pember
- Author: Phoebe Yates Pember
- Genre: Memoirs
Phoebe Yates Pember served as a matron in the Confederate Chimborazo military hospital in Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War, overseeing a dietary kitchen serving meals to 300 or more wounded soldiers daily. Reminiscences of a Southern...
Lines on The Mermaid Tavern - John Keats
Lines on The Mermaid Tavern - John Keats
- Author: John Keats
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Lines on The Mermaid Tavern by John Keats. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for August 15th, 2010....
A Century of Negro Migration - Carter Woodson
A Century of Negro Migration - Carter Woodson
- Author: Carter Woodson
- Genre: Modern (19th C) / Modern (20th C)
Dr. Woodson describes the internal migration of African Americans within the United States, including the Northern Migration and the draw of California. Cultural and sociological observations are made as well as a study of principal economic factors...
The Spirit of Place and Other Essays - Alice Meynell
The Spirit of Place and Other Essays - Alice Meynell
- Author: Alice Meynell
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League. She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing and editing literary works...
