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Lost Man's Lane - Anna Katharine Green
Lost Man's Lane - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: Detective Fiction
After several people apparently vanish into thin air while walking along the same country road, New York detective Mr Gryce calls on the skills of Miss Amelia Butterworth to help him solve this most puzzling crime.The author of Lost Man’s Lane, Anna...
The Brushwood Boy - Rudyard Kipling
The Brushwood Boy - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / Historical Fiction
The experiences in public school, Sandhurst and military life in India of Major George Cotter together with his adventures in the dream world he discovers and frequents. (Summary by Liam Neely)...
Vitai Lampada - Sir Henry NEWBOLT
Vitai Lampada - Sir Henry NEWBOLT
- Author: Sir Henry NEWBOLT
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of Vitai Lampada by Sir Henry Newbolt. 'Vitai lampada' is a quotation from De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of the Universe) by Lucretius and literally means 'The torch of life.' This was the Weekly Poetry...
More Goops and How Not to Be Them - Frank Gelett BURGESS
More Goops and How Not to Be Them - Frank Gelett BURGESS
- Author: Frank Gelett BURGESS
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Poetry
Deep in the heart of every parent is the wish, the desire, to have other adults tell us, in an unsolicited way, just how very polite one’s child is! This perhaps was even more the case in 1903, when Gelett Burgess produced his second book on the...
The World as Will and Idea Volume 1 - Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
The World as Will and Idea Volume 1 - Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
- Author: Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
Schopenhauer used the word "will" as a human's most familiar designation for the concept that can also be signified by other words such as "desire," "striving," "wanting," "effort," and "urging." Schopenhauer's philosophy holds that all nature,...
The Mabinogion, Volume 1 - Anonymous
The Mabinogion, Volume 1 - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Sagas
Sample a moment of magic realism from the Red Book of Hergest: On one side of the river he saw a flock of white sheep, and on the other a flock of black sheep. And whenever one of the white sheep bleated, one of the black sheep would cross over, and...
The Life of Honorable William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill The Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide - Col. William F. Cody
The Life of Honorable William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill The Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide - Col. William F. Cody
- Author: Col. William F. Cody
- Genre: Memoirs
The life and adventures of Honorable William F. Cody--Buffalo Bill--as told by himself, make up a narrative which reads more like romance than reality, and which in many respects will prove a valuable contribution to the records of our Western...
The Haunted Hangar - Van POWELL
The Haunted Hangar - Van POWELL
- Author: Van POWELL
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Second entry in series of teen aviation stories, filled with lots of scientific jargon, a jewel heist, and adventure. Van Powell is a pseudonym of early Hollywood screenwriter, Ardon Van Buren Powell (1886-1958). ( Matt Pierard)...
The Cave Twins - Lucy Fitch Perkins
The Cave Twins - Lucy Fitch Perkins
- Author: Lucy Fitch Perkins
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Lucy Perkins has given us many books featuring twins that give a child insight into different cultures and countries. In this one she explaining prehistoric man and his environment: "This is a story about things that happened ages and ages ago,...
The Journal of a Disappointed Man - W. N. P. BARBELLION
The Journal of a Disappointed Man - W. N. P. BARBELLION
- Author: W. N. P. BARBELLION
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Animals / Health & Fitness
The journal of British naturalist Bruce Frederick Cummings, spanning from his early childhood through to his early death from complications stemming from multiple sclerosis. The diary combines beautiful, lyrical passages concerning the natural world...
The Posthumous Essays of John Churton Collins - John Churton COLLINS
The Posthumous Essays of John Churton Collins - John Churton COLLINS
- Author: John Churton COLLINS
- Genre: Philosophy / Religion
John Churton Collins was a literary critic who lived from 1848-1908. In 1904 John Collins became professor of English literature at Birmingham University (United Kingdom). He writes about the lives of English and German authors beginning with...
Lilian - Arnold Bennett
Lilian - Arnold Bennett
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
Lilian works in a typewriting office owned by Felix Grig, a middle-aged man of means. The office is run by his spinster sister, Miss Grig, who suspects that Felix is more interested in Lilian than perhaps he should be and gives Lilian the sack.Her...
Mrs. Warren's Profession - George Bernard Shaw
Mrs. Warren's Profession - George Bernard Shaw
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- Genre: Satire
.Mrs. Warren's Profession is a play written by George Bernard Shaw in 1893, and first performed in London in 1902 but was banned after two performances because of the profession talked about. The play is about a former prostitute, now a madam...
Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex - Owen CHASE
Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex - Owen CHASE
- Author: Owen CHASE
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
Owen Chase (October 7, 1797 – March 7, 1869) was First Mate of the whale ship Essex, that was struck and sunk by a sperm whale on October 28, 1820. Chase wrote about the incident in Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of...
Lines, On Hearing That Lady Byron Was Ill - George Gordon, Lord Byron
Lines, On Hearing That Lady Byron Was Ill - George Gordon, Lord Byron
- Author: George Gordon Lord Byron
- Genre: Single author
Here is a bitterly sarcastic poem wherein a jilted Lord Byron spits out his distain for his estranged wife, Lady Byron, laying a curse upon her, accusing her of being a "moral Clytemnestra" (wife of Agamemnon, who conspired with her lover Aegisthus...
The World as Will and Idea, Vol. 3 of 3 - Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
The World as Will and Idea, Vol. 3 of 3 - Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
- Author: Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
- Genre: Modern
In this work, Schopenhauer explains his fundamental idea that at the root of the reality we see around us is a Will that eternally, insatiably seeks to be satisfied. Each human Subject observes the Objects around her from the perspective of that...
Love and Mr Lewisham - H. G. Wells
Love and Mr Lewisham - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Satire
The teaching profession, science and politics in late 19th century England. H.G.Wells’ humorous early novel, drawing on his own life, shows how these – as well as involvement in spiritualism – have to compete with love. - Summary by Anthony Ogus...
Space Prison - Tom GODWIN
Space Prison - Tom GODWIN
- Author: Tom GODWIN
- Genre: Science Fiction
AFTER TWO CENTURIES....The sound came swiftly nearer, rising in pitch and swelling in volume. Then it broke through the clouds, tall and black and beautifully deadly — the Gern battle cruiser, come to seek them out and destroy them. Humbolt dropped...
The Courage of Marge O'Doone - James Oliver Curwood
The Courage of Marge O'Doone - James Oliver Curwood
- Author: James Oliver Curwood
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
David Raine is travelling, trying to escape his own memories. On the train he meets Father Rolland, who invites him North, to a world of "mystery and savage glory", to help him find himself again. On the same train, he meets a mysterious woman...
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 023 - Various
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 023 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder....
The Fairy of the Snows - Francis J. FINN
The Fairy of the Snows - Francis J. FINN
- Author: Francis J. FINN
- Genre: Family / Religion
Have you seen a human fairy? Meet Alice Morrow, the dainty fairy of the snows, who will dance her way right into your heart! Get ready to laugh and cry as you follow the antics and trials of the Morrow family, living in early 20th Century...
Winter Evening - Archibald Lampman
Winter Evening - Archibald Lampman
- Author: Archibald Lampman
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Archibald Lampman was a Canadian poet. "He has been described as 'the Canadian Keats;' and he is perhaps the most outstanding exponent of the Canadian school of nature poets." The Canadian Encyclopedia says that he is "generally considered the...
The Colored People of Chicago - Louise DeKoven BOWEN
The Colored People of Chicago - Louise DeKoven BOWEN
- Author: Louise DeKoven BOWEN
- Genre: Political Science / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
This book presents a summary of the findings conducted by the the Juvenile Protective Association in Chicago before the changes brought on by the war-time economy. The study's researchers were A. P. Drucker, Sophia Boaz, A. L. Harris, and Miriam...
One and Two - Will Carleton
One and Two - Will Carleton
- Author: Will Carleton
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
This was the Fortnightly Poetry for November 10, 2013.Read in English by Alan Weyman; CaprishaPage; Drew Johnson; David Lawrence; Ernst Pattynama; Garrett Fitzgerald; Jason Mills; Jannie Meisberger; Julia Niedermaier; John Sercel; Jacob Paul Starr;...
Birds and Nature, Vol. IX, No 2, February 1901 - Various
Birds and Nature, Vol. IX, No 2, February 1901 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Nature
"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, stories and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was...
The Sea Lady (Version 2) - H. G. Wells
The Sea Lady (Version 2) - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Fantasy Fiction
A mermaid contrives to have herself "rescued from drowning" and adopted by a respectable family on the English coast. Her motive, which she conceals for quite a while, is to win the heart of a handsome but irresponsible young man whom she glimpsed...
Not Yet my Soul - Robert Louis Stevenson
Not Yet my Soul - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Not Yet my Soul by Robert Louis Stevenson. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 19, 2013. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet,...
Joseph Conrad - Hugh Walpole
Joseph Conrad - Hugh Walpole
- Author: Hugh Walpole
- Genre: *Non-fiction
This is a literary biography of Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1924) who is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English. He was granted British nationality in 1886, but always considered himself a Pole. Though he did not speak English fluently until...
Meridiana: The adventures of three Englishmen and three Russians in South Africa - Jules Verne
Meridiana: The adventures of three Englishmen and three Russians in South Africa - Jules Verne
- Author: Jules Verne
- Genre: Travel Fiction
Three Englishmen and Three Russians travel across the width of South Africa to measure a meridian. The outbreak of the Crimean War makes the Russians enemy agents in an English colony. Summary by Kim....
Bible (KJV) 08: Ruth (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - King James Version
Bible (KJV) 08: Ruth (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: King James Version
The Book of Ruth in the Bible takes a new interpretation as it comes to life in this dramatic reading. Ruth, a young Moabitess whose husband dies, must make the decision to stay in her homeland or go with her mother-in-law Naomi back to Naomi’s...
The Tale of Fatty Coon - Arthur Scott Bailey
The Tale of Fatty Coon - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Animals & Nature
This series of Tuck Me In Tales and Slumber Town Tales of animal stories for children from three to eight years, tells of the adventures of the creatures of Pleasant Valley in an amusing way, which delights small two-footed human beings. This books...
Summer Evening - John Clare
Summer Evening - John Clare
- Author: John Clare
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Summer Evening by John Clare. This was the weekly poetry project for July 26th, 2009....
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 2 - Edgar Allan Poe
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 2 - Edgar Allan Poe
- Author: Edgar Allan Poe
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Short Stories
Monday, January 19, 2009 marked Edgar Allan Poe's 200th birthday. Though these tales need no introduction, the rationale for starting with volume two is threefold: many of the best-loved (and best) tales are included, the vast majority run from 15...
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2 - Jefferson DAVIS
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2 - Jefferson DAVIS
- Author: Jefferson DAVIS
- Genre: War & Military / Modern (19th C)
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1881) is written by Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Davis wrote the book as a straightforward history of the Confederate States of...
Tasker Jevons: The Real Story - May Sinclair
Tasker Jevons: The Real Story - May Sinclair
- Author: May Sinclair
- Genre: Literary Fiction
In this May Sinclair wartime masterpiece, dashing newsman Walter Furnival is an absurdly good catch: handsome, successful, athletic, intelligent, an upstanding epitome of manhood and rectitude. Tasker Jevons is a puny, preposterous,...
The Lion and the Unicorn - Richard Harding Davis
The Lion and the Unicorn - Richard Harding Davis
- Author: Richard Harding Davis
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
What if figures of animals had lives of their own? If the figures of a lion and a unicorn at the shop across the street could talk, what would they say about the little things in life that they see every day on the streets of London? This short...
Santa Claus's Partner - Thomas Nelson Page
Santa Claus's Partner - Thomas Nelson Page
- Author: Thomas Nelson Page
- Genre: *Non-fiction / House & Home
Livingstone has reached a pinnacle in his life. He is finally worth 7 figures, yet his bottom line requires that he cut back on charities this year at Christmas time. Business is business, after all. But success makes him surly and his...
Young Folks' History of the American Revolution - Everett T. TOMLINSON
Young Folks' History of the American Revolution - Everett T. TOMLINSON
- Author: Everett T. TOMLINSON
- Genre: War & Military / Early Modern
This work has grown out of the desire frequently expressed to the writer when he has been lecturing on the American Revolution, that in some way the experiences of the people as well as the deeds of the armies in that trying period might be...
The Last Buccaneer - Thomas Babington Macaulay
The Last Buccaneer - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: Poetry / Narratives / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Last Buccaneer by Thomas Babbington Macaulay. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for October 4th, 2009....
Tom Playfair; or Making a Start - Francis J. FINN
Tom Playfair; or Making a Start - Francis J. FINN
- Author: Francis J. FINN
- Genre: Family / Religion / School
Tom Playfair; Or Making a Start is a book by a Roman Catholic priest, originally published in 1890, and written for youth ages 9-12. The story opens with 10-year-old Tom Playfair being quite a handful for his well-meaning but soft-hearted aunt....
