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The Diamond Cross Mystery - Chester K. STEELE
The Diamond Cross Mystery - Chester K. STEELE
- Author: Chester K. STEELE
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Detective Fiction
Colonel Ashley is confronted with a difficult case: The proprietor of a jewelry shop is found murdered, and a valuable diamond cross is stolen. Whodunnit, and how can the Colonel's expertise in fishing help to solve the case? (Summary by Carolin)...
Mother West Wind 'Where' Stories - Thornton W. Burgess
Mother West Wind 'Where' Stories - Thornton W. Burgess
- Author: Thornton W. Burgess
- Genre: Animals & Nature
The continuing adventures of Peter Cottontail and his friends. - Summary by Jude Somers...
The Toys - Coventry PATMORE
The Toys - Coventry PATMORE
- Author: Coventry PATMORE
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Toys by Coventry Patmore. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 25th, 2010....
In the High Valley - Susan Coolidge
In the High Valley - Susan Coolidge
- Author: Susan Coolidge
- Genre: General Fiction
In the High Valley" is the fifth and last book of the popular "What Katy did" series by Susan Coolidge.The story starts out with Lionel Young and his sister, Imogen who set out for the picturesque but remote High Valley (America), leaving their...
The Man Who Ended War - Hollis GODFREY
The Man Who Ended War - Hollis GODFREY
- Author: Hollis GODFREY
- Genre: Romance / Science Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
Jim Orrington, news reporter, is at the office when the Secretary of War brings in a letter--mostly likely a prank--that demands all the nations of the world to disarm in one year or have all their battleships destroyed. This letter, signed "The man...
Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson - Mary White ROWLANDSON
Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson - Mary White ROWLANDSON
- Author: Mary White ROWLANDSON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
This is the story of Mary Rowlandson’s capture by American Indians in 1675. It is a blunt, frightening, and detailed work with several moments of off-color humor. Mary, the wife of a minister, was captured by Natives during King Philip's War while...
Perpetual Peace: A Philosophic Essay (Hastie Translation) - Immanuel Kant
Perpetual Peace: A Philosophic Essay (Hastie Translation) - Immanuel Kant
- Author: Immanuel Kant
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
This essay, written in 1795, puts forth a plan for a lasting peace between nations and peoples. Kant puts forth necessary means to any peace, and argues that nations can be brought into federation with one another without loss of sovereignty. In one...
Little Folded Hands - Anonymous
Little Folded Hands - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Religion
Christian prayers for children to be said at mealtime, bedtime, special occasions and more. Summary by JP4KJV...
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder - James DE MILLE
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder - James DE MILLE
- Author: James DE MILLE
- Genre: Fantasy Fiction
"A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder" is the most popular of James De Mille's works. It was serialized posthumously in Harper's Weekly, and published in book form by Harper and Brothers of New York City in 1888. This satiric romance is...
Before the Mirror - Elizabeth STODDARD
Before the Mirror - Elizabeth STODDARD
- Author: Elizabeth STODDARD
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Elizabeth Drew Stoddard, née Barstow was a United States poet and novelist.She is most widely known today as the author of The Morgesons (1862), her first of three novels. Her other two novels are Two Men (1865) and Temple House (1867). Stoddard was...
The Death Ship - William Clark Russell
The Death Ship - William Clark Russell
- Author: William Clark Russell
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
William Clark Russell is well-known for his maritime stories, for which he could draw upon his own experiences as a sailor in the British Navy. This is one of the finest examples of his maritime ghost stories. Everyone knows the story of the ghostly...
The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier, Part 1 - Charles E. Flandrau
The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier, Part 1 - Charles E. Flandrau
- Author: Charles E. Flandrau
- Genre: War & Military / Business & Economics / Education
"It has been a little over fifty years since the organization of the Territory of Minnesota, which at its birth was a very small and unimportant creation, but which in its half century of growth has expanded into one of the most brilliant and...
Wappin' Wharf: A Frightful Comedy of Pirates - Charles S. BROOKS
Wappin' Wharf: A Frightful Comedy of Pirates - Charles S. BROOKS
- Author: Charles S. BROOKS
- Genre: Nautical & Marine Fiction / Plays
We had hoped that our drama's scene might lie on a pirate ship at sea. We had wished for a swaying mast, full-set with canvas—a typhoon to smother our stage in wind. We had hoped to walk a victim off the plank, with the sea roaring in the wings. But...
Silver Filigree - Elinor Wylie
Silver Filigree - Elinor Wylie
- Author: Elinor Wylie
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Silver Filigree by Elinor Wylie. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 27, 2011....
The Autobiography of Jesse H. Pomeroy - Jesse POMEROY
The Autobiography of Jesse H. Pomeroy - Jesse POMEROY
- Author: Jesse POMEROY
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Jesse Harding Pomeroy was only 12 years old when he was arrested for the assault of 7 boys near his home in the South Boston area of Massachusetts. He was sent to reform school for a year and released. Shortly after his release, the body of a young...
Psmith in the City - P. G. Wodehouse
Psmith in the City - P. G. Wodehouse
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Mike’s dream of studying and playing cricket at Cambridge are thwarted as his father runs into financial difficulties. Instead, Mike takes on the job of clerk at the “New Asiatic Bank.” Luckily, school friend Psmith, with his boundless optimism and...
The Black Poodle and Other Tales - F. Anstey
The Black Poodle and Other Tales - F. Anstey
- Author: F. Anstey
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
This is a collection of ten humorous short stories (Summary by Carolin)...
Asteroid of Fear - Raymond Z. Gallun
Asteroid of Fear - Raymond Z. Gallun
- Author: Raymond Z. Gallun
- Genre: Science Fiction
John Endlich needed to clean up his act. Gambling, drinking, a hot temper and wanderlust were the last things Rose and the kids needed. So he went to the Homesteaders Office and signed up to terraform Vesta, a chunk of a once thriving alien planet...
Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches - Maurice Baring
Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches - Maurice Baring
- Author: Maurice Baring
- Genre: Single Author Collections
In this urbane collection of short stories by Maurice Baring, characters ranging from legendary figures to schoolboys find themselves in step or out of sorts, where they are meant to be or warned not to go, out of luck or, more often than not, in...
Notes of a War Correspondent - Richard Harding Davis
Notes of a War Correspondent - Richard Harding Davis
- Author: Richard Harding Davis
- Genre: War & Military / History / Memoirs
Experiences and observations of the journalist in the Cuban-Spanish War, the Greek-Turkish War, the Spanish-American War, the South African War, and the Japanese-Russian War, accompanied by "A War Correspondent’s Kit." (Summary by Neeru Iyer)This...
The Heir of Redclyffe - Charlotte Mary Yonge
The Heir of Redclyffe - Charlotte Mary Yonge
- Author: Charlotte Mary Yonge
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
The Heir of Redclyffe (1853) was the first of Charlotte M. Yonge's bestselling romantic novels. Its religious tone derives from the High Church background of her family and from her friendship with a leading figure in the Oxford Movement, John...
The Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - December - John Kendrick Bangs
The Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - December - John Kendrick Bangs
- Author: John Kendrick Bangs
- Genre: Poetry
There should be a bit of poetry in every day, and John Kendrick Bangs wrote a fitting poem for each day in the year. In 1920, a book was published with one of Bangs' poems for each day. This project covers the month of December. - Summary by Carolin...
The Red Fairy Book - Andrew Lang
The Red Fairy Book - Andrew Lang
- Author: Andrew Lang
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The Red Fairy Book is the second in a series of twelve books known as Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Books. The series was immensely popular and proved of great influence in children's literature, increasing the popularity of...
The Exploits of Juve (version 2) - Marcel ALLAIN
The Exploits of Juve (version 2) - Marcel ALLAIN
- Author: Marcel ALLAIN
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Detective Fiction
The second book in the Fantômas series by the prolific authors Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre (they published 32 Fantômas novels between 1911 and 1913.) Fantômas broke the mold of the Gentlemen burglars like Raffles and Arsene Lupin. He killed...
Bible (WNT) NT 06: Romans - Weymouth New Testament
Bible (WNT) NT 06: Romans - Weymouth New Testament
- Author: Weymouth New Testament
- Genre: Weymouth New Testament
The Epistle of Paul to the Romans, usually referred to simply as Romans, is the sixth book in the New Testament. Biblical scholars agree that it was written by the Apostle Paul to explain that Salvation is offered through the Gospel of Jesus Christ....
Grace Harlowe with the U.S. Troops in the Argonne - Jessie Graham Flower
Grace Harlowe with the U.S. Troops in the Argonne - Jessie Graham Flower
- Author: Jessie Graham Flower
- Genre: Children's Fiction / War & Military Fiction
Grace Harlowe continues her adventures in Europe, during World War I. She faces many perils and suffers heart ache, but still puts all of her effort into the war, driving her ambulance to help the injured American soldiers. ( ashleighjane)...
The Escape of a Princess Pat - George PEARSON
The Escape of a Princess Pat - George PEARSON
- Author: George PEARSON
- Genre: Memoirs
Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia'sCanadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland. (Summary from Book subtitle) This is to celebrate...
Mr. Spaceship - Philip K. DICK
Mr. Spaceship - Philip K. DICK
- Author: Philip K. DICK
- Genre: Science Fiction
The war with the Yucks from Proxima Centauri was claimed to be a stalemate but they were really winning. The mine belts they laid seemed to propagate themselves and were slowly strangling Terran planets. How did they do that? What was their secret?...
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (Dramatic Reading) - Baroness Orczy
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (Dramatic Reading) - Baroness Orczy
- Author: Baroness Orczy
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Dramatic Readings
The last of the famous "Scarlet Pimpernel" books, the "Triumph" tells the story of the final confrontation between the Scarlet Pimpernel and his nemesis, Chauvelin. Set at the end of the Reign of Terror, the fortunes of all rise and fall along with...
Master of the Vineyard - Myrtle Reed
Master of the Vineyard - Myrtle Reed
- Author: Myrtle Reed
- Genre: Romance
"Why don't you sell the vineyard?" she asked, though her heart sank at the mere suggestion."Sell it? Why didn't the Ancient Mariner sell his albatross and take a nice little trip around the world on the proceeds? Mother would die of a broken heart...
Short Poetry Collection 002 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 002 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
Librivox’s Short Poetry Collection 002: a collection of 22 public-domain poems....
History of Chemistry, Volume II. From 1850-1910 - Sir Thomas Edward THORPE
History of Chemistry, Volume II. From 1850-1910 - Sir Thomas Edward THORPE
- Author: Sir Thomas Edward THORPE
- Genre: Chemistry
A history of the advances in chemistry, in the fields of inorganic, organic and physical chemistry from the mid-nineteenth century through the early 1900s. Included are brief biographical sketches of some early pioneers in the field such as...
Red Money - Fergus Hume
Red Money - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / General Fiction
Greed and lost love collide to create dark secrets. Through twists and turns, corrupt aristocrats let family and honor overshadow love and true happiness. In the end, evil passes and good endures. (Summary by Sharon Kilmer)...
Waiting on God - Andrew Murray
Waiting on God - Andrew Murray
- Author: Andrew Murray
- Genre: Religion / Christianity - Commentary
Andrew Murray wrote in the introduction to this daily devotional book of one month’s readings, of the need that many Christians feel of being helped to a deeper and clearer insight into all that Christ could be to them. In this volume he shows both...
Old Chants - Walt Whitman
Old Chants - Walt Whitman
- Author: Walt Whitman
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Old Chants by Walt Whitman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 15, 2011. Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition...
The Silent Battle - George Gibbs
The Silent Battle - George Gibbs
- Author: George Gibbs
- Genre: Romance
This offering from George Gibbs, follows the developing romance between lawyer Tom Gallatin, trying to beat his alcoholism, and debutante Jane Loring. It begins with Tom getting lost while on a hunting trip in the Canadian wilderness, where he has...
The Place Beyond The Winds - Harriet Theresa COMSTOCK
The Place Beyond The Winds - Harriet Theresa COMSTOCK
- Author: Harriet Theresa COMSTOCK
- Genre: Romance
Priscilla Glenn lives in Kenmore, a place which the Canadian Indians call "the in-place, the place beyond the winds". There are so many traditions, so many things to be proud of, yet Priscilla is different. She dreams of living in the big city....
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 6 - François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 6 - François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
- Author: François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. He played a significant role in French politics before the Revolution of 1848, actively opposing as a liberal the reactionary King Charles X before his overthrow in the...
Doomsday Eve - Robert Moore WILLIAMS
Doomsday Eve - Robert Moore WILLIAMS
- Author: Robert Moore WILLIAMS
- Genre: Science Fiction
In the midst of the war—that terrible conflict that threatened humanity's total destruction—the "new people" suddenly appeared. Quietly performing incredible deeds, vanishing at will, they were an enigma to both sides. Kurt Zen was an American...
History of the Kings of Britain - Geoffrey of MONMOUTH
History of the Kings of Britain - Geoffrey of MONMOUTH
- Author: Geoffrey of MONMOUTH
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Antiquity
More medieval romance than history, Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae represents the oldest versions we have of many legends of Britain, populated by such characters as the Leir, Cymbeline, Uther and Arthur Pendragon and Cadwallader....
