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You are Old, Father William - Lewis Carroll
You are Old, Father William - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 different recordings of You are Old, Father William by Lewis Carroll. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of July 20th, 2008....
Indian Heroes and Great Chieftans - Charles Alexander Eastman
Indian Heroes and Great Chieftans - Charles Alexander Eastman
- Author: Charles Alexander Eastman
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
EVERY age, every race, has its leaders and heroes. There were over sixty distinct tribes of Indians on this continent, each of which boasted its notable men. The names and deeds of some of these men will live in American history, yet in the true...
The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp - William Henry Davies
The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp - William Henry Davies
- Author: William Henry Davies
- Genre: Narratives / Travel & Geography
The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp is an autobiography published in 1908 by the Welsh poet and writer W. H. Davies (1871–1940). A large part of the book's subject matter describes the way of life of the tramp in the United Kingdom, Canada and the...
The Tale of Henrietta Hen - Arthur Scott Bailey
The Tale of Henrietta Hen - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Animals & Nature
The Tale of Henrietta Hen is a cute children's book filled with the adventures of a hen named Henrietta. (Summary by SarahParshall)...
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 1: Home and Friendship (Part 2) - Various
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 1: Home and Friendship (Part 2) - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
The first of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, includes a trove of poetry focusing on youth and young love; the home and domestic life; and the highs and lows...
A Roadside Harp - Louise Imogen Guiney
A Roadside Harp - Louise Imogen Guiney
- Author: Louise Imogen Guiney
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poems by Louise Imogen Guiney. - Summary by Carolin...
Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia and Letter to a Friend - Thomas BROWNE
Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia and Letter to a Friend - Thomas BROWNE
- Author: Thomas BROWNE
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Selections from the varied writings of a 17th century English doctor with a well-stocked mind, an interest in the new science of his age and a deep religious faith. His prose is famous for its Baroque complexity and its frequent eloquence. Sir...
The Submarine Boys and the Middies - Victor G. Durham
The Submarine Boys and the Middies - Victor G. Durham
- Author: Victor G. Durham
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The Pollard is about to be taken to Anapolis, where the United States Navy will train their midshipmen how to run the submarine. Jack, Hal and Eph are all to help with training and to see the sights in Anapolis. They might even persuade the Navy to...
Final Report of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (Watergate Report), Volume 3 - Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign A
Final Report of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (Watergate Report), Volume 3 - Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign A
- Author: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign A
- Genre: Political Science
This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities based on its investigation of the Watergate break-in and coverup, illegal and improper campaign practices and financing, and...
Presidential Farewell and Last Addresses - Various
Presidential Farewell and Last Addresses - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Literary Collections / Political Science
This collection will put in one place, all the Farewell (or last) Addresses made by each of the 43 ex-US presidents.The first, George Washington's "Farewell Address", issued as a public letter in 1796, was one of the most influential statements of...
Bobby in Search of a Birthday - Lebbeus MITCHELL
Bobby in Search of a Birthday - Lebbeus MITCHELL
- Author: Lebbeus MITCHELL
- Genre: Family
The sweet story of a five year old boy named Bobby, who is an orphan. When Bobby learns that other children have birthdays, he goes hunting to find his. Go with him and meet the Man with the Pocketful of Quarters and the Lady who Likes Little Boys...
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1829 - 1836) - Andrew JACKSON
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1829 - 1836) - Andrew JACKSON
- Author: Andrew JACKSON
- Genre: Literary Collections / Political Science
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition of the nation but also allows...
Saxon and Norman - Amice MACDONELL
Saxon and Norman - Amice MACDONELL
- Author: Amice MACDONELL
- Genre: Historical Fiction / General / Drama
Edward the Confessor is very weak and will die soon. But with no son to succeed him, who will gain the throne? The common folk and loyal Saxon barons in England want Harold, while the Norman barons and the people in Normandy, France want Duke...
The County Regiment - Dudley Landon VAILL
The County Regiment - Dudley Landon VAILL
- Author: Dudley Landon VAILL
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
A sketch of the second regiment of Connecticut volunteer heavy artillery, originally the Nineteenth Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War....
Old Ireland - Walt Whitman
Old Ireland - Walt Whitman
- Author: Walt Whitman
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Old Ireland by Walt Whitman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for August 1st, 2010....
The Revelation of Baha-ullah in a Sequence of Four Lessons - Isabella Matilda Davis BRITTINGHAM
The Revelation of Baha-ullah in a Sequence of Four Lessons - Isabella Matilda Davis BRITTINGHAM
- Author: Isabella Matilda Davis BRITTINGHAM
- Genre: Other religions
Isabella Matilda Davis Brittingham was a significant early American Bahá'í and was posthumously designated by Shoghi Effendi as one of the 19 Disciples of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Heralds of the Covenant. She was born in 1852, the daughter of Benjamin...
I Have a Rendezvous with Death - Alan SEEGER
I Have a Rendezvous with Death - Alan SEEGER
- Author: Alan SEEGER
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
This book .... contains the record of a short life, into which was crowded far more of keen experience and high aspiration—of the thrill of sense and the rapture of soul—than it is given to most men, even of high vitality, to extract from a life of...
Lion Loose - James H. SCHMITZ
Lion Loose - James H. SCHMITZ
- Author: James H. SCHMITZ
- Genre: Science Fiction
The most dangerous of animals is not the biggest and fiercest—but the one that's hardest to stop. Add intelligence to that ... and you may come to a wrong conclusion as to what the worst menace is.... - Summary by Analog Science Fact & Fiction...
Short Poetry Collection 020 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 020 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
Librivox’s Short Poetry Collection 020: a collection of 20 public-domain poems....
The Silver Wedding - John Godfrey Saxe
The Silver Wedding - John Godfrey Saxe
- Author: John Godfrey Saxe
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of The Silver Wedding by John Godfrey Saxe. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 12th, 2010....
Kena Upanishad - Unknown
Kena Upanishad - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: Ancient
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad" means "to sit." Thus, Upanishad is to sit down near the teacher to discuss, learn, practice, and experience. There are some 200 or more Upanishads. Some are...
John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and Sea - William Henry Giles KINGSTON
John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and Sea - William Henry Giles KINGSTON
- Author: William Henry Giles KINGSTON
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
This is the story of John Deane of Nottingham, a person who, according to the author, really existed. John Deane is born in 1679 to wealthy parents, but starts out in relative poverty, working as a drover around London. He then goes to sea and rises...
The Sky Is Falling - Lester del Rey
The Sky Is Falling - Lester del Rey
- Author: Lester del Rey
- Genre: Science Fiction
After dying in a terrible accident at a building site, Dave Hanson finds himself being brought back to life in a world where magic is real, and where the sky is breaking apart and falling. And he is expected to put it back together again. Will he be...
Mine and Thine - Florence Earle COATES
Mine and Thine - Florence Earle COATES
- Author: Florence Earle COATES
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of poems by Florence Earle Coates. The poems in this volume describe the Zeitgeist perfectly - not only are they in style in many ways representative for American poetry around the turn of the last century, but moreover, many of the...
The Evil Shepherd - E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Evil Shepherd - E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
A businessman is found stabbed through the heart, the obvious suspect his partner: Oliver Hilditch. Hilditch seems destined for the gallows, but he is saved by brilliant defense attorney Francis Ledsam. It is a defense to be proud of, but Ledsam’s...
A Year's Spinning - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
A Year's Spinning - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Author: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most prominent English poets of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime. - Summary by Wikipedia...
The Mentor 1 - Various
The Mentor 1 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction
The Mentor Association was established to increase interest and knowledge among the public in the areas of art, literature, science, nature, history and travel. The association published a magazine twice monthly, each dealing with a different topic...
Hecyra: The Mother-In-Law - TERENCE
Hecyra: The Mother-In-Law - TERENCE
- Author: TERENCE
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Plays
Terence's six plays are comedies written while he was a slave to a Roman senator. NOTE: the main plot elements in Hecyra are quite unacceptable today: Pamphilus has just married a woman he does not recognize that he had earlier raped in a drunken...
The Times' Red Cross Story Book By Famous Novelists Serving In His Majesty's Forces - Various
The Times' Red Cross Story Book By Famous Novelists Serving In His Majesty's Forces - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
These eighteen stories were published in 1915, in the midst of World War I. "Published For The Times' Fund For The Sick And Wounded" - Summary by Book's title page and david wales...
History of the United States, Vol. VI - Charles Austin Beard
History of the United States, Vol. VI - Charles Austin Beard
- Author: Charles Austin Beard
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and political science. He graduated from DePauw University in 1898, where he...
The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw; Or, In the Wake of War - George Durston
The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw; Or, In the Wake of War - George Durston
- Author: George Durston
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Action & Adventure
The boy scouts are at it again! The war in Warsaw, Poland was devastating and led to many broken families. When the beloved children of the royal family under the charge of an American professor are kidnaped, the boy scouts, stop at nothing until...
Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley - Lord Dunsany
Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley - Lord Dunsany
- Author: Lord Dunsany
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction
A coming of age story blended with a swashbuckling road trip through an mythical "golden age" of Spain. The titular character is excluded from the inheritance of the family castle on the grounds that given his expertise with sword and mandolin he...
Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman - Annie Fellows Johnston
Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman - Annie Fellows Johnston
- Author: Annie Fellows Johnston
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
We all know that Santa Claus has a large family in which to help him in the delivery of presents, peace, and good cheer. So what would you do if you were Miss Santa Claus and met two children on Christmas Eve traveling to a strange town to be...
There Was a Cherry-Tree - James Whitcomb Riley
There Was a Cherry-Tree - James Whitcomb Riley
- Author: James Whitcomb Riley
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of There Was a Cherry-Tree by James Whitcomb Riley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 13, 2012. Riley began his career writing verses as a sign maker and submitting poetry to newspapers. Thanks in...
A Fair Barbarian - Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Fair Barbarian - Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Genre: Family
The setting is a small English village in the 19th century. When her niece shows up on her doorstep unexpectedly, a quiet spinster finds her life turned upside down. (Summary by Linda Andrus)...
Pep: Poise, Efficiency, Peace - William C. HUNTER
Pep: Poise, Efficiency, Peace - William C. HUNTER
- Author: William C. HUNTER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Self-Help
Colonel William Crosbie Hunter was a businessman and self-help writer who was moderately popular in the early 20th century. His books set forth his personal philosophy on health, happiness, human relations, and success in the business world. Pep,...
The Lepers of Molokai - Charles Warren STODDARD
The Lepers of Molokai - Charles Warren STODDARD
- Author: Charles Warren STODDARD
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
This is the story of the lepers of Molokai and of the Roman Catholic missionary, Father Damien, who ministered to those who languished in that desolate place, waiting for death to release them from a most intense form of physical and mental...
Rilla of Ingleside (version 3 Dramatic reading) - Lucy Maud Montgomery
Rilla of Ingleside (version 3 Dramatic reading) - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
Anne of Green Gables is all grown up and married, and this is the story of her daughter “Rilla”, named for the indomitable Marilla Cuthbert of Anne’s childhood. The young Rilla will need all her strength for the dark days ahead, as her coming of age...
Peggy Raymond's Vacation (or Friendly Terrace Transplanted) - Harriet Lummis SMITH
Peggy Raymond's Vacation (or Friendly Terrace Transplanted) - Harriet Lummis SMITH
- Author: Harriet Lummis SMITH
- Genre: General
Sequel to The Girls of Friendly Terrace (or Peggy Raymond's Success). As the summer opens the girls fan themselves on the porch, wishing for a get away. As it happens, opportunity knocks, leading them into a country vacation along with a few more...
Blottentots and How to Make Them - John Prosper CARMEL
Blottentots and How to Make Them - John Prosper CARMEL
- Author: John Prosper CARMEL
- Genre: Poetry / Crafts & Hobbies
This is very short, but it is a book with lots of pictures, and it will be even better if you can look at the pictures in the book at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44898 while you listen to the verses. There are many short verses: the first verses...
