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A Boy Crusoe - Allan ERIC
A Boy Crusoe - Allan ERIC
- Author: Allan ERIC
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near...
The Seven Follies of Science - John PHIN
The Seven Follies of Science - John PHIN
- Author: John PHIN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Science
The seven follies of science; a popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them to which is added a small budget of interesting paradoxes, illusions, and marvels.(Summary by John Phin)...
New Adventures of Alice - John RAE
New Adventures of Alice - John RAE
- Author: John RAE
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Fantastic Fiction
After reading and re-reading the book many time as a boy and wishing that Lewis Carroll would have written another Alice In Wonderland Book, John Rae began imagining what that girl would have gotten up to if he had done so. Telling these stories to...
The Secret Passage - Fergus Hume
The Secret Passage - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Excellent murder mystery. On September 9, 1905, the NY Times Saturday Review of Books described this book as follows: "That painstakingly ingenious person, Fergus Hume, has devised another of his hide-and-seek, jack-o'-lantern murder mysteries. It...
The Soul Winner's Secret - Samuel Logan Brengle
The Soul Winner's Secret - Samuel Logan Brengle
- Author: Samuel Logan Brengle
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Samuel Logan Brengle was a commissioner in the Salvation Army. His books are known for the practicality, joyfulness and authenticity. His life was spent working with people on the streets, so his insights into the work of the Holy Spirit are...
Stories in Black and White - Various
Stories in Black and White - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
This is a collection of short mystery stories, written in very different styles by eight different authors. - Summary by Carolin...
Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends - Gertrude LANDA
Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends - Gertrude LANDA
- Author: Gertrude LANDA
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
"My desire is to give boys and girls something Jewish which they may be able to regard as companion delights to the treasury of general fairy-lore and childish romance." from the preface. These tales deal with the boyish exploits of the great...
A Confederate Girl's Diary - Sarah Morgan DAWSON
A Confederate Girl's Diary - Sarah Morgan DAWSON
- Author: Sarah Morgan DAWSON
- Genre: War & Military / Memoirs
Sarah Morgan Dawson was a young woman of 20 living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when she began this diary. The American Civil War was raging. Though at first the conflict seemed far away, it would eventually be brought home to her in very personal...
A Midsummer Night's Dream (version 3) - William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream (version 3) - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Comedy / Romance
The play features three interlocking plots, connected by a celebration of the wedding of Theseus of Athens and the Amazon queen, Hippolyta, which is set simultaneously in the woodland and in the realm of Fairyland, under the light of the moon....
Rose in Bloom - Louisa May Alcott
Rose in Bloom - Louisa May Alcott
- Author: Louisa May Alcott
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance / Family
Opening several years after the close of "Eight Cousins", we find Rose coming home fresh from a voyage overseas, to find much changed about her. Now of a marriageable aged and heiress to a fortune, Rose finds joy,sorrow, and finally love await her...
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (version 5 Dramatic Reading) - Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (version 5 Dramatic Reading) - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Dramatic Readings / Humorous Fiction
In order to escape his cruel father, and led by a thirst for adventure, Huck Finn sets off down the Mississippi River with Jim, an escaped slave. But trouble is never far behind them, and their adventures are only beginning when they meet up with...
The Adventures of Tommy Postoffice, the True Story of a Cat - Gabrielle E. JACKSON
The Adventures of Tommy Postoffice, the True Story of a Cat - Gabrielle E. JACKSON
- Author: Gabrielle E. JACKSON
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Peggy the cat lives in the post office at R., and she's just had a litter of kittens. However, instead of snuggling up with them in the box prepared for her by the post officers, she prefers a corner in the cellar by the post bags. But oh noes,...
Rastignac The Devil - Philip Jose FARMER
Rastignac The Devil - Philip Jose FARMER
- Author: Philip Jose FARMER
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction / Science Fiction
French colonists on a planet ruled by reptiles and amphibians are forced to wear living βskinsβ that subdue aggression and enforce vegetarianism. As children, Rastignac and his reptile friend Mapfarity force themselves to become carnivores and begin...
The Ramayan, Book 2 - Valmiki
The Ramayan, Book 2 - Valmiki
- Author: Valmiki
- Genre: Epics / Other religions
The Ramayan(a) is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon (smαΉti). The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India, the other being Mahabharata. It is the story of Rama,...
Bob the Castaway - Frank V. WEBSTER
Bob the Castaway - Frank V. WEBSTER
- Author: Frank V. WEBSTER
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
Frank V Webster was a pseudonym controlled by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the first book packager of books aimed at children. This pseudonym was used on books for boys from the early 1900s through the 1930s. Bob the Castaway follows the antics of...
Kate Bonnet - Frank R. Stockton
Kate Bonnet - Frank R. Stockton
- Author: Frank R. Stockton
- Genre: Romance
"She carried a fishing rod and line, and her name was Kate Bonnet. She was a bright-faced, quick-moving young person, and apparently did not expect to catch many fish, for she had no basket in which to carry away her finny prizes." It was the first...
The Eclogues - Virgil
The Eclogues - Virgil
- Author: Virgil
- Genre: Poetry
This book of poems, written between 42 en 39 BC, was a bestseller in ancient Rome, and still holds a fascination today. Held to be divinely inspired not only by the Romans themselves, but by the Medieval Catholic church, The Eclogues is one of the...
The World Set Free (version 2) - H. G. Wells
The World Set Free (version 2) - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction / Science Fiction
Radioactive decay is a major theme in the novel The World Set Free, published in 1914. Wells explores what might happen if the rate of decay could be sped up. The book may have encouraged scientists to explore theories of nuclear chain reaction. It...
Guides to Belle Vue Zoological Gardens 1891-1917 - Various
Guides to Belle Vue Zoological Gardens 1891-1917 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Sports & Recreation
Guides to the Belle Vue Zoological Gardens from the Chetham's Library Virtual Belle Vue Collection. The Belle Vue gardens opened in 1836 as a place of genteel entertainment for the middle classes of industrial Manchester, but soon became one the...
The Adventures of Captain Hatteras, Part 2: The Field of Ice - Jules Verne
The Adventures of Captain Hatteras, Part 2: The Field of Ice - Jules Verne
- Author: Jules Verne
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
The novel, set in 1861, describes adventures of British expedition led by Captain John Hatteras to the North Pole. Hatteras is convinced that the sea around the pole is not frozen and his obsession is to reach the place no matter what. Mutiny by the...
The Four Faces - William Le Queux
The Four Faces - William Le Queux
- Author: William Le Queux
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / General Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Michael Berrington is a bachelor leading a quiet life in London. Overhearing a conversation at his club one day, he becomes interested in a discussion regarding a man named Gastrell. Gastrell is somewhat of a mystery to the club members in spite of...
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Vol. 1 - Giacomo CASANOVA
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Vol. 1 - Giacomo CASANOVA
- Author: Giacomo CASANOVA
- Genre: Erotica / Biography & Autobiography
This is the first of five volumes. - Giacomo Casanova (1725 in Venice β 1798 in Dux, Bohemia, now Duchcov, Czech Republic) was a famous Venetian adventurer, writer, and womanizer. He used charm, guile, threats, intimidation, and aggression, when...
The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2: Twenty Years After (version 2) - Alexandre Dumas
The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2: Twenty Years After (version 2) - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers / War & Military Fiction
Volume 2 of The d'Artagnan Romances begins twenty years after "The Three Musketeers." Since then, d'Artagnan's career has stagnated, heβs lost touch with his friends, and the high favor earned with Queen Anne has been forgotten. His misfortune...
The Backwoods of Canada - Catharine Parr TRAILL
The Backwoods of Canada - Catharine Parr TRAILL
- Author: Catharine Parr TRAILL
- Genre: Memoirs
The writer is as earnest in recommending ladies who belong to the higher class of settlers to cultivate all the mental resources of a superior education, as she is to induce them to discard all irrational and artificial wants and mere useless...
Magna Carta - Unknown
Magna Carta - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
The original document is in Latin so this can only be a fairly rough approximation of the actual content. The text used is the first version in the Gutenberg collection. - Magna Carta is the most significant early influence on the long historical...
Across The Years - Eleanor H. Porter
Across The Years - Eleanor H. Porter
- Author: Eleanor H. Porter
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories
These 18 wonderful short stories by Eleanor H. Porter, the author of Pollyanna, deal with those marvelous and maddeningly frustrating creatures: human beings. As always, Porter describes real people with sensitivity and an insight into all of their...
Christmas at Church - Hattie Howard
Christmas at Church - Hattie Howard
- Author: Hattie Howard
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of Christmas at Church by Hattie Howard. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 2, 2018. ------ This Fortnightly Poem is taken from Poems by Hattie Howard, Pub 1902 (David Lawrence )...
Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 2 - Benvenuto CELLINI
Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 2 - Benvenuto CELLINI
- Author: Benvenuto CELLINI
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as his loves, hatreds, passions, and delights, written in an energetic, direct, and racy style. They show a great...
Deathworld (version 2) - Harry Harrison
Deathworld (version 2) - Harry Harrison
- Author: Harry Harrison
- Genre: Science Fiction
A world that actively seeks to kill the colonists. Not a pleasant place. The hordes of ferocious animals all come with deadly poison and a will to kill as many humans as possible. Even the plants have teeth and claws and toxins dripping from every...
The Ego and His Own - Max STIRNER
The Ego and His Own - Max STIRNER
- Author: Max STIRNER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
In this book, his most famous, Max Stirner presents a philosophical case for a radical egoism that shuns the socially-oriented outlooks of both "establishment" ideologies and of revolutionaries in favor of an extreme individualism. The book is most...
The Corsican Brothers - Alexandre Dumas
The Corsican Brothers - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Alexandre Dumas weaves the compelling story of Siamese twins who are separated physically but never in spirit. When one of the brothers is murdered, the other leaves Corsica for Paris to avenge the killing. Dumas brings this thrilling tale to life...
Dorothy Dale At Glenwood School - Margaret Penrose
Dorothy Dale At Glenwood School - Margaret Penrose
- Author: Margaret Penrose
- Genre: General Fiction
The second book in the Dorothy Dale series, in which Dorothy and her friends have an unfortunate encounter, which has long-lasting implications. Major Dale inherits some money, which enables him to send his daughter to Glenwood School, where she...
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. III - Edward Gibbon
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. III - Edward Gibbon
- Author: Edward Gibbon
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volume I was published in 1776, and went through six...
The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 1 - Agnes Strickland
The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 1 - Agnes Strickland
- Author: Agnes Strickland
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by her sister Elisabeth. These volumes give biographies of the queens of England from the Norman Conquest in 1066....
Betty Baird's Ventures - Anna Hamlin Weikel
Betty Baird's Ventures - Anna Hamlin Weikel
- Author: Anna Hamlin Weikel
- Genre: General Fiction / Published 1900 onward
Betty has graduated from the Pines and is now with her parents at their new home on Long Island. When Betty finds out that her father is having trouble paying the mortgage, she decides to spread her entrepreneurial wings and help with the family...
Bernard Treves's Boots; A Novel Of The Secret Service - Laurence CLARKE
Bernard Treves's Boots; A Novel Of The Secret Service - Laurence CLARKE
- Author: Laurence CLARKE
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
What has Manton gotten himself into? His impersonation has broader implications -- and more dangerous ones -- than he had imagined. (Summary by David Wales)...
Eight Cousins - Louisa May Alcott
Eight Cousins - Louisa May Alcott
- Author: Louisa May Alcott
- Genre: Family
This is the story of Rose, a rich but lonely and sickly girl who has been recently orphaned and sent to live with her maiden aunts. When Rose's guardian, Uncle Alec, returns from abroad he takes over her care. Through his unorthodox theories about...
School of The Woods - William J. Long
School of The Woods - William J. Long
- Author: William J. Long
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Some Life Studies of Animal Instincts and Animal TrainingThis is the third book in the Wood Folk series by William J. Long, where he masterfully recreates animal life studies he observed while in the woods. He writes of the secrets of animals and...
Two Poe Tales - Edgar Allan Poe
Two Poe Tales - Edgar Allan Poe
- Author: Edgar Allan Poe
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Edgar Allan Poe is best known for his famous short horror stories; however, horror is not the only genre in which he wrote. How To Write a Blackwood Article and its companion piece A Predicament are satirical works exploring the pieces of the...
The Depths of the Soul - Wilhelm STEKEL
The Depths of the Soul - Wilhelm STEKEL
- Author: Wilhelm STEKEL
- Genre: Psychology
Wilhelm Stekel was an Austrian physician and psychologist and one of Freudβs earliest followers. This title, originally published in 1921, was the authorβs favorite of his own work. Covering a variety of topics he takes a psychoanalytic look into...
