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The Bells of San Juan - Jackson GREGORY
The Bells of San Juan - Jackson GREGORY
- Author: Jackson GREGORY
- Genre: General Fiction / Westerns
Rod Norton is a lawman in a land where bandits and criminals make their own rules. Risking his life for justice and a future with the woman he loves, mortal danger awaits. For Norton and those in peril, the Bells of San Juan will chime. (Summary by...
Nocturne: In Anjou - Bliss Carman
Nocturne: In Anjou - Bliss Carman
- Author: Bliss Carman
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Nocturne: In Anjou by Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey. This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 10, 2019. ------ Richard Hovey collaborated with Canadian poet Bliss Carman on three volumes of...
Eleven Theses on Feuerbach - Karl MARX
Eleven Theses on Feuerbach - Karl MARX
- Author: Karl MARX
- Genre: Philosophy / Political Science
The “Theses on Feuerbach” are eleven short philosophical notes written by Karl Marx in 1845. They outline a critique of the ideas of Marx’s fellow Young Hegelian philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach. The theses form a basis for the activism emphasised by...
Andromeda, and Other Poems - Charles Kingsley
Andromeda, and Other Poems - Charles Kingsley
- Author: Charles Kingsley
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of the most famous poems of Charles Kingsley. Kingsley was an extremely versatile man, Wikipedia lists him as "broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian and novelist. He is...
Uncle Wiggily in the Woods - Howard R. Garis
Uncle Wiggily in the Woods - Howard R. Garis
- Author: Howard R. Garis
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Howard Garis, one of the most prolific children's writers of the 20th century, is credited with writing over 1500 Uncle Wiggily stories. In this collection, the loveable old rabbit stays close to home and visits woodland friends. (Summary by Lynne...
The Tale of Master Meadow Mouse - Arthur Scott Bailey
The Tale of Master Meadow Mouse - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Animals & Nature
This volume in the series, Sleepy-Time Tales, follows the adventures of Master Meadow Mouse as he moves his home to various (safer) places, and tells how he cleverly avoids creatures such as Fatty Coon, Mr. Crow, and Mr. Great Blue Heron, just to...
The Ship of Earth - Sidney Lanier
The Ship of Earth - Sidney Lanier
- Author: Sidney Lanier
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
But how short was his day, and how slender his opportunity! From the time he was of age he waged a constant, courageous, hopeless fight against adverse circumstance for room to live and write. Much very dear, and sweet, and most sympathetic...
Tale of Buster Bumblebee - Arthur Scott Bailey
Tale of Buster Bumblebee - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Buster Bumblebee and his family move into a new home. Excitement and buzzing abound. Buster meet a strange fellow called a carpenter bee, way too many chirpy crickets, and even finds his own long lost sister. Later in his adventurous life, Buster...
Alice in Blunderland: an Iridescent Dream (version 2) - John Kendrick Bangs
Alice in Blunderland: an Iridescent Dream (version 2) - John Kendrick Bangs
- Author: John Kendrick Bangs
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Satire / Fantasy Fiction
John Kendrick Bangs was an American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangasian Fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife. (Wikipedia) Plot summary: J K Bangs has taken Alice from...
Four American Indians: King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola - Edson L. WHITNEY
Four American Indians: King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola - Edson L. WHITNEY
- Author: Edson L. WHITNEY
- Genre: General / Modern (19th C)
Four American Indians by Edson L. Whitney and Frances M. Perry, gives a short history of King Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoags; Pontiac, an Ottawan chief; Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief; and Osceola, a Seminole chief. Along with the history of each...
Elements of Theology - PROCLUS
Elements of Theology - PROCLUS
- Author: PROCLUS
- Genre: Religion / Ancient
The Elements of Theology (ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΩΣΙΣ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ) was written by the Greek Neoplatonist philosopher Proclus (ΠΡΟΚΛΟΣ) and translated by Thomas Taylor who named his youngest son Thomas Proclus Taylor. This book consists of 211 propositions, each...
The Peterkin Papers (version 2) - Lucretia P. Hale
The Peterkin Papers (version 2) - Lucretia P. Hale
- Author: Lucretia P. Hale
- Genre: Children's Fiction
The Peterkin Papers is a book-length collection of humorous stories by Lucretia Peabody Hale, and is her best-known work. The Peterkins are a lovable but comically inept family with ingenuity, logic, resourcefulness, and energy—but not common sense....
To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation - Martin Luther
To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation - Martin Luther
- Author: Martin Luther
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Early Modern
Early in the course of the Reformation (1520) Martin Luther penned a trilogy of foundational documents addressing the German Nobility, the Church and the Christian. "To the Christian Nobility" appeared first. In it, Luther identifies and attacks the...
From Queen's Gardens - Christina ROSSETTI
From Queen's Gardens - Christina ROSSETTI
- Author: Christina ROSSETTI
- Genre: Poetry
This is the fourth part of a collection of poetry written by English female poets. This part of From Queen's Gardens is a collection of 47 poems by Christina Rossetti. - Summary by Carolin...
The Snare - Rafael Sabatini
The Snare - Rafael Sabatini
- Author: Rafael Sabatini
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
A story of burning jealousy and romance set in the British peninsula campaign against Napoleon. A British officers family is ensnared by mistakes, secrets, and false accusations. ( Peter Strahm)...
Jyl of Breyntfords Testament - Robert COPLAND
Jyl of Breyntfords Testament - Robert COPLAND
- Author: Robert COPLAND
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Poetry
Introduction - This is a collection of ten comic pieces from the 16th century and earlier, as compiled and edited by Frederick Furnivall for private circulation in 1871. Only the first is by Copland. (Introduction by Grant Hurlock)...
His First and Last Appearance - Francis J. FINN
His First and Last Appearance - Francis J. FINN
- Author: Francis J. FINN
- Genre: Family / Religion
The scene of the story is laid partly in Milwaukee, partly in New York. It describes the trials of the orphaned Lachance children. The boy hero is of a loving and lovable disposition and wins the hearts of all. The author has combined pathetic...
Cloud Studies - Arthur William CLAYDEN
Cloud Studies - Arthur William CLAYDEN
- Author: Arthur William CLAYDEN
- Genre: Earth Sciences
Classification of clouds, and meteorological condition of how they are formed. Written by Arthur W. Clayden, M.A., who was the former principal of University College, Exeter, UK - (Summary by Jennifer Dallman)...
The Republic - Plato
The Republic - Plato
- Author: Plato
- Genre: Ancient
The Republic is a Socratic dialogue by Plato, written in approximately 380 BC. It is one of the most influential works of philosophy and political theory, and arguably Plato's best known work. In it, Socrates and various other Athenians and...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (version 3) - Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (version 3) - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Children's Fiction
"Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do ..." .. and from that moment onward we drift with Alice into another world. When she sees a White Rabbit as it runs through the tall grass...
IF - Rudyard Kipling
IF - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Poetry
This poem is considered one of the most inspirational guidelines on how to live and act with integrity and develop a winning strategy throughout life, and the poem has garnered much attention in popular culture. The 4 stanzas each deal with...
Mrs. Warren's Profession - George Bernard Shaw
Mrs. Warren's Profession - George Bernard Shaw
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- Genre: Plays
The story centers on the relationship between Mrs Kitty Warren, a rich woman, described by the author as "on the whole, a genial and fairly presentable old blackguard of a woman" and her daughter, Vivie. Mrs Warren is a middle-aged woman whose...
Untimely Papers - Randolph Silliman BOURNE
Untimely Papers - Randolph Silliman BOURNE
- Author: Randolph Silliman BOURNE
- Genre: War & Military / Essays & Short Works / Political Science
This is a posthumous collection of essays by Randolph Bourne. Many originally appeared in the journal "The Seven Arts," before the controversial end to its run. Also included is the unfinished manuscript of "The State," the book Bourne worked on...
Murder Takes the Veil - Margaret Ann HUBBARD
Murder Takes the Veil - Margaret Ann HUBBARD
- Author: Margaret Ann HUBBARD
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Set in the Louisiana bayou country, here is a drama rich with suspense...the story of lovely Trillium Pierce powerless at the mercy of a murderer who believes that he has no power over himself - that his determination to kill is written in the...
Elsie's Girlhood - Martha Finley
Elsie's Girlhood - Martha Finley
- Author: Martha Finley
- Genre: General
In the third book of Martha Finley's much-loved Elsie Dinsmore series, Elsie's life is traced from the tender age of 12 or 13 to the mature age of 21. Her life is not all sunshine and roses, but she is secure in the love of the Lord and her family....
The Genial Idiot - John Kendrick Bangs
The Genial Idiot - John Kendrick Bangs
- Author: John Kendrick Bangs
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
John Kendrick Bangs once again takes us on a journey with the loveable, but somewhat self-opinionated and irritating Mr Idiot. (Summary by Michele Eaton)...
Prometheus Bound (Buckley Translation) - Aeschylus
Prometheus Bound (Buckley Translation) - Aeschylus
- Author: Aeschylus
- Genre: Plays
"Prometheus Bound" is the only complete tragedy of the Prometheia trilogy, traditionally assumed to be the work of Aeschylus. Jupiter has turned against Prometheus for protecting mankind and has ordered him to be chained to a rock. But Prometheus is...
A Will and No Will or a Bone for the Lawyers - Charles MACKLIN
A Will and No Will or a Bone for the Lawyers - Charles MACKLIN
- Author: Charles MACKLIN
- Genre: Plays / Satire
This "Afterpiece" - a short play to follow a main production - was first produced in 1746. It was based on Regnard's five-act comedy le Legetaire Universel (1707), which is itself a composite of Italian comedy with echoes of Molière, moving from...
Is He Popenjoy ? - Anthony Trollope
Is He Popenjoy ? - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Trollope returns in Is He Popenjoy to two of his favorite subjects: property and inheritance. As in "Doctor Thorne," the issues are complicated by the specter of possible illegitimacy. Lord George Germain, a thoroughly respectable, upstanding, if...
The Girl from Farris's - Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Girl from Farris's - Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Genre: Undefined
Ever want to pull yourself up by your bootstraps, only to have the whole world fight to keep you down? Ever been upstanding and righteous, only to have those around you take advantage of you? In the most unique of circumstances, watch a woman flee...
Short Science Fiction Collection 041 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 041 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Science Fiction / Anthologies
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent...
J.S. Bach, Volume 1 - Albert SCHWEITZER
J.S. Bach, Volume 1 - Albert SCHWEITZER
- Author: Albert SCHWEITZER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Music
An analysis of Johann Sebastian Bach's life and musical compositions, and of the artistic, philosophical, and religious world in which he acted. (Introduction by Kathleen Norland)...
Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories; Second Series - Various
Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories; Second Series - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
This book is composed of 24 short stories, published in 1918 by the Atlantic Monthly Press, and is the second collection of "modern short stories" edited by Charles Swain Thomas. They appeared in the Atlantic monthly magazine around the turn of the...
The Colour of Life - Alice Meynell
The Colour of Life - Alice Meynell
- Author: Alice Meynell
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
This is a collection of essays by English poet and author Alice Meynell. The essays in this volume share a dream-like quality, as they explore in few words an idea or a phenomenon observed by the author. - Summary by Carolin...
Half-Past Bedtime - H. H. Bashford
Half-Past Bedtime - H. H. Bashford
- Author: H. H. Bashford
- Genre: Children's Fiction
Ah, the wonderful adventures of Marian after she meets the strange Mr. Jugg. "And who are you, Mr Jugg?" she inquired. "I'm the King of the Bumpies," he replied. When Marian was puzzled there came a little straight line, exactly in the middle,...
The Watsons - Jane Austen
The Watsons - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: General Fiction
This fragment of a novel was written by Jane Austen in 1804 and remained untitled and unpublished until her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh printed it in his A Memoir of Jane Austen in 1871. The title is from him. Mr Watson is a widowed clergyman...
The Story of Scraggles - George Wharton JAMES
The Story of Scraggles - George Wharton JAMES
- Author: George Wharton JAMES
- Genre: Animals & Nature
"I was only a little baby song-sparrow, and from the moment I came out of my shell everybody knew there was something the matter with me." So starts the short story of Scraggles, a young sparrow who came to be rescued and nurtured by a human family,...
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 002 - Various
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 002 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Short Stories
A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the smell of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder....
The History of Mary Prince - Mary PRINCE
The History of Mary Prince - Mary PRINCE
- Author: Mary PRINCE
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
Mary Prince was born into slavery in the West Indies. As a free woman in England she wrote her memoirs, which sold well and supported and publicised the anti-slavery movement. NB This book contains racial vocabulary and refers to physical and sexual...
The Right of Way - Gilbert Parker
The Right of Way - Gilbert Parker
- Author: Gilbert Parker
- Genre: General Fiction
Charley Steele is a successful and brilliant Canadian lawyer. He has a nagging wife, Kathleen, and a lazy brother-in- law, Billy. In spite of his success, he is disillusioned with his life, drinks too much, and is deeply troubled by his agnosticism...
