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The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 2: Geology - Francis ROLT-WHEELER
The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 2: Geology - Francis ROLT-WHEELER
- Author: Francis ROLT-WHEELER
- Genre: Earth Sciences
Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The second volume is on Geology written by Harold E. Slade and W. E. Ferguson. This book covers the early efforts in and beginnings of geological concepts, development of the science...
Short Science Fiction Collection 030 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 030 - 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...
The Mysteries of Paris - Volume 4 - Eugène Sue
The Mysteries of Paris - Volume 4 - Eugène Sue
- Author: Eugène Sue
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
Rodolphe, who is really the Grand Duke of Gerolstein (a fictional kingdom of Germany) but is disguised as a Parisian worker. He can speak in argot, is extremely strong and a good fighter. However he shows great compassion for the lower classes, good...
The Magnificent Lovers - Molière
The Magnificent Lovers - Molière
- Author: Molière
- Genre: Plays / Satire
"The King [Louis XIV], who will have nothing but what is magnificent in all he undertakes, wished to give his court an entertainment which should comprise all that the stage can furnish. To facilitate the execution of so vast an idea, and to link...
Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin’s Boarding School - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin’s Boarding School - Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Genre: School
The story told in Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic novel, A Little Princess, was first written as a serialized novella, Sara Crewe, or What Happened at Miss Minchin’s, and published in St. Nicholas Magazine, in 1888. It tells the story of Sara...
Diary of a Pilgrimage - Jerome K. Jerome
Diary of a Pilgrimage - Jerome K. Jerome
- Author: Jerome K. Jerome
- Genre: Travel Fiction / Humorous Fiction
A possibly fictionalised account by the comic novelist Jerome K. Jerome of a trip to Germany that he undertook with a friend in order to see the famous Passion Play at Oberammergau. The journey takes in London, Dover, Ostend, Cologne, Munich,...
The Worst Journey in the World, Vol 1 - Apsley CHERRY-GARRARD
The Worst Journey in the World, Vol 1 - Apsley CHERRY-GARRARD
- Author: Apsley CHERRY-GARRARD
- Genre: Exploration
The Worst Journey in the World is a memoir of the 1910–1913 British Antarctic Expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott. It was written and published in 1922 by a survivor of the expedition, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, and has earned wide praise for its...
The Devolutionist and the Emancipatrix - Homer Eon FLINT
The Devolutionist and the Emancipatrix - Homer Eon FLINT
- Author: Homer Eon FLINT
- Genre: Science Fiction
In the Devolutionist, space travelers experiment with Venusian methods of telepathic space travel. They leave our solar system to discover and explore the earthlike planet Capellette of the star Capella. In the Emancipatrix, they go to the planet...
Under Boy Scout Colors - Joseph Bushnell AMES
Under Boy Scout Colors - Joseph Bushnell AMES
- Author: Joseph Bushnell AMES
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Dale Tompkins joins the Boy Scouts as a Tenderfoot in wolf patrol. Dale has many adventures with the scouts in the town of Hillsgrove. (summary by David Olson)Prooflisteners: Kangaroo692 and Fiddlesticks...
The Friendly Road, New Adventures in Contentment - Ray Stannard Baker
The Friendly Road, New Adventures in Contentment - Ray Stannard Baker
- Author: Ray Stannard Baker
- Genre: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
My grandmother Gertrude received a copy of The Friendly Road for Christmas in 1919. It must have been a special gift book--green leather binding, gold embossing, a sheet of tissue paper protecting the color plate facing the title page--this a...
Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 2 - Hamilton Wright Mabie
Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 2 - Hamilton Wright Mabie
- Author: Hamilton Wright Mabie
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
This is the second book in a twelve volume series, and highlights myths and legendary heroes from around the world, from Ancient Greece to Scandinavia and the Far East. They are aimed at the junior audience. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)...
Our Vanishing Wild Life - William T. Hornaday
Our Vanishing Wild Life - William T. Hornaday
- Author: William T. Hornaday
- Genre: Nature
We are weary of witnessing the greed, selfishness and cruelty of "civilized" man toward the wild creatures of the earth. We are sick of tales of slaughter and pictures of carnage. It is time for a sweeping Reformation; and that is precisely what we...
The Big Bow Mystery - Israel Zangwill
The Big Bow Mystery - Israel Zangwill
- Author: Israel Zangwill
- Genre: Detective Fiction / Satire
It's a cold and foggy night in London. A man is horribly murdered in his bedroom, the door locked and bolted on the inside. Scotland Yard is stumped. Yet the seemingly unsolvable case has, as Inspector Grodman says, "one sublimely simple solution"...
Emily Brontë - Agnes Mary Frances ROBINSON
Emily Brontë - Agnes Mary Frances ROBINSON
- Author: Agnes Mary Frances ROBINSON
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Criticism
Emily Brontë (1818-1848) is best known for her only novel, "Wuthering Heights." She was born in Yorkshire, northern England, where her father was an Anglican curate. When Brontë was three years old her mother died of cancer. At the age of six she...
A-Birding on a Bronco - Florence A. MERRIAM
A-Birding on a Bronco - Florence A. MERRIAM
- Author: Florence A. MERRIAM
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature
Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey was an American ornithologist and nature writer. She started observing bird behavior at a time when most bird study was based on collections and skins. By 1885, she began to write articles focusing on protecting...
For the Term of His Natural Life - Marcus CLARKE
For the Term of His Natural Life - Marcus CLARKE
- Author: Marcus CLARKE
- Genre: Historical Fiction
For the Term of his Natural Life, written by Marcus Clarke, was published in the Australian Journal between 1870 and 1872 (as His Natural Life), appearing as a novel in 1874. It is the best known novelisation of life as a convict in early Australian...
The Three Lieutenants - William Henry Giles KINGSTON
The Three Lieutenants - William Henry Giles KINGSTON
- Author: William Henry Giles KINGSTON
- Genre: Nautical & Marine Fiction
A few years have passed since the adventures of Terence, Jack, and Alick as midshipmen in the British Navy. They have each gone on their paths and climbed the ranks, and now is the time that they seek to get back into touch - particularly now that...
Three Essays by James Freeman Clarke - James Freeman CLARKE
Three Essays by James Freeman Clarke - James Freeman CLARKE
- Author: James Freeman CLARKE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Other religions
Three diverse essays on souls in animals, a comparison of Buddhism and Christianity, and individualism in religion. Born in Hanover, New Hampshire, James Freeman Clarke attended the Boston Latin School, graduated from Harvard College in 1829, and...
Short Poetry Collection 174 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 174 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 45 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2017....
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 004 - Various
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 004 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
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....
Brewing - Alfred Chaston CHAPMAN
Brewing - Alfred Chaston CHAPMAN
- Author: Alfred Chaston CHAPMAN
- Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
Great as is the debt of gratitude which the brewing industry owes to the labours of scientific men, it has been more than repaid by the immense services which that industry has indirectly rendered to the advancement of modern science. It may be said...
Birds and Nature, Vol. VIII, No 3, October 1900 - Various
Birds and Nature, Vol. VIII, No 3, October 1900 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Nature
"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was published...
De Profundis (version 2) - Oscar Wilde
De Profundis (version 2) - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Philosophy
This is a letter written from prison in 1897 by Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas, in which he recounts how he came to be in prison and charts his spiritual development. (summary by AdamH)NOTE: ."Transcribed from the 1913 Methuen & Co. edition...
A Book of Scoundrels - Charles WHIBLEY
A Book of Scoundrels - Charles WHIBLEY
- Author: Charles WHIBLEY
- Genre: History
An ironic history of British criminals, mostly pre-Victorian pickpockets, highwaymen and thieves. Here we meet Moll Cutpurse the Queen of thieves, Jonathan Wild the Thief-taker General, Captain Hind the gallant highwayman and many others. The book...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 5, Chapter 25) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 5, Chapter 25) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
This is volume 5, chapter 25 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) and published after his death.To quote from the preface - 'I HAVE thought it right to publish that portion of the continuation of the "History of England"...
Song (Seward version) - Anna SEWARD
Song (Seward version) - Anna SEWARD
- Author: Anna SEWARD
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 26 recordings of Song by Anna Seward. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 1, 2012. Anna Seward was an English Romantic poet, often called the Swan of Lichfield. Her verses include elegies and sonnets, and she...
Selected Poems - Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Selected Poems - Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- Author: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- Genre: Poetry / Anthologies
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) and his sister Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) played important roles in the artistic milieu of Victorian England. Members of a highly cultured Italian immigrant family, they achieved widespread fame and...
The Confession of a Child of the Century - Alfred de MUSSET
The Confession of a Child of the Century - Alfred de MUSSET
- Author: Alfred de MUSSET
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
In this autobiographic novel, an aging man reflects on his past. We are witness to the relationships he has along the way, his mistakes, and finally-- in the most unexpected and honorable way-- the sudden development of his belief in God. (Summary...
The Story of the Champions of the Round Table - Howard Pyle
The Story of the Champions of the Round Table - Howard Pyle
- Author: Howard Pyle
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The second of four volumes of Pyles' retelling of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, which tells the stories of Percival, Tristram, and Launcelot of the Lake. - Summary by Maggie Travers...
Salvage in Space - Jack WILLIAMSON
Salvage in Space - Jack WILLIAMSON
- Author: Jack WILLIAMSON
- Genre: Science Fiction
This is an SF tale of excitement, danger, derring-do and strangely enough, love. A lonely and very poor asteroid miner, slowly collecting bits of metallic ore in the asteroid belt on his slowly accumulating 'planet' of debris, sees and captures a...
Short Poetry Collection 008 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 008 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
Librivox’s Short Poetry Collection 008: a collection of 20 public-domain poems....
The Captain's Story - William MARTIN
The Captain's Story - William MARTIN
- Author: William MARTIN
- Genre: Action & Adventure
This seafaring adventure story was adapted from the German. It is also known as The Disobedient Son and tells the story of a boy who runs away to sea. - Summary by Lynne Thompson...
Song (Coleridge version) - Hartley COLERIDGE
Song (Coleridge version) - Hartley COLERIDGE
- Author: Hartley COLERIDGE
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of Song by Hartley Coleridge. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of November 16th, 2008....
The Wisdom of Father Brown - G. K. Chesterton
The Wisdom of Father Brown - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Detective Fiction
This is the second of five books of short stories about G. K. Chesterton’s fictional detective, first published in 1914. Father Brown is a short, nondescript Catholic Priest with shapeless clothes and a large umbrella who has an uncanny insight into...
The Enemies of Books - William BLADES
The Enemies of Books - William BLADES
- Author: William BLADES
- Genre: Writing & Linguistics
The author, an avid book collector, calls for the better protection of books against the "enemies" which lead to their physical destruction. In a series of brief chapters, he details the losses caused by raging fire, floods of water, noxious gases,...
Baby - George MacDonald
Baby - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Baby by George MacDonald. This was the fortnightly poetry project for February 22nd, 2009....
Canadian Boat-Song - Unknown
Canadian Boat-Song - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Portion of an article in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, VOL. XXVI July-December, 1829 "The late Earl of Eglinton, a distinguished member of a family not destitute of Celtic blood, and which has even been illustrious honour and patriotic feelings...
A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818 - Elisabeth G. STRYKER
A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818 - Elisabeth G. STRYKER
- Author: Elisabeth G. STRYKER
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
This is a brief biography of Samuel J. Mills who was instrumental in establishing the first missionary society in the United States, and also the first Bible Society that began distribution of millions of Bibles around the world. His final mission...
Zanoni - Edward BULWER-LYTTON
Zanoni - Edward BULWER-LYTTON
- Author: Edward BULWER-LYTTON
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction
Zanoni, a timeless Rosicrucian brother, cannot fall in love without losing his power of immortality; but he does fall in love with Viola Pisani, a promising young opera singer from Naples, the daughter of Pisani, a misunderstood Italian violinist....
The Ghosts' Moonshine - Thomas Lovell BEDDOES
The Ghosts' Moonshine - Thomas Lovell BEDDOES
- Author: Thomas Lovell BEDDOES
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 different recordings of The Ghosts' Moonshine by Thomas Lovell Beddoes. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of October 21st, 2007....
