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Off Rough Point - Emma Lazarus
Off Rough Point - Emma Lazarus
- Author: Emma Lazarus
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Emma Lazarus was an American poet born in New York City. She is best known for "The New Colossus", a sonnet written in 1883; its lines appear on a bronze plaque in the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty placed in 1903. - Summary by Wikipedia...
The Mad Planet - Murray Leinster
The Mad Planet - Murray Leinster
- Author: Murray Leinster
- Genre: Science Fiction
It is 30,000 years following dramatically changed climate conditions on earth which had let massive amounts of carbon dioxide belch from the interior of the planet into the atmosphere. Over the millenia this would have quite devastating effects on...
Travels and adventures of an orchid hunter: An account of canoe and camp life in Colombia, while collecting orchids in the northern Andes - Albert MILLICAN
Travels and adventures of an orchid hunter: An account of canoe and camp life in Colombia, while collecting orchids in the northern Andes - Albert MILLICAN
- Author: Albert MILLICAN
- Genre: Memoirs
This is quite the adventure tale and travelog. We see cities, peoples, plants and wildlife of Columbia and the ports our intrepid 'hunter' visits on the way there and back. It is an interesting period; a canal is being cut through Columbia to the...
The Secret of Casa Grande - Helen RANDOLPH
The Secret of Casa Grande - Helen RANDOLPH
- Author: Helen RANDOLPH
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction / Action & Adventure
While visiting their friend, Florence, at her home in Mexico, Jo Ann and Peggy noticed a barred window which has no opening into any of the rooms of an ancient adobe house. Curious to find out what it is, the girls tried to investigate but no one...
A Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky - Ambrose Bierce
A Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky - Ambrose Bierce
- Author: Ambrose Bierce
- Genre: War & Military
Two short stories from the American Civil War by Ambrose Bierce. The first story is about a brave soldier who follows orders and risks his life without question. The second is about a soldier who falls asleep on guard duty. A mistake punishable by...
The Journal of John Woolman - John WOOLMAN
The Journal of John Woolman - John WOOLMAN
- Author: John WOOLMAN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Philosophy
John Woolman was born at Northampton, N. J., in 1720, and died at York, England, in 1772. He was the child of Quaker parents, and from his youth was a zealous member of the Society of Friends. His “Journal,” published in 1774, describes his way of...
Long Poems Collection 006 - Various
Long Poems Collection 006 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
LibriVox’s Long Poems Collection 006: a collection of 17 public-domain poems longer than 5 minutes in length....
The Spirit of Christmas (version 2) - Henry van Dyke
The Spirit of Christmas (version 2) - Henry van Dyke
- Author: Henry van Dyke
- Genre: Family Life / Single Author Collections
A collection of short Christmas works by the author of The Story of the Fourth Wise Man (Summary by D. Leeson)....
Poems - Samuel G GOODRICH
Poems - Samuel G GOODRICH
- Author: Samuel G GOODRICH
- Genre: Poetry
This is a very varied collection of poems by Samuel G. Goodrich, alias Peter Parley. Some of the poems in this volume are rather dark and somber, others of a more light-hearted tone. Some of the poems are addressed to children, some are better...
Commentary On The Book Of Genesis - Matthew HENRY
Commentary On The Book Of Genesis - Matthew HENRY
- Author: Matthew HENRY
- Genre: Reference
This is another commentary by Matthew Henry, well known for his commentaries on the Bible, this one is on Genesis, the first book of the Bible. - Summary by fiddlesticks...
Short Science Fiction Collection 002 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 002 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Science Fiction / Anthologies
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is the second volume of...
Sentimental Tommy - J. M. Barrie
Sentimental Tommy - J. M. Barrie
- Author: J. M. Barrie
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Family Life / Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
"J. M. Barrie is most noted for being the author of Peter Pan, the beloved book about a child who does not want to grow up. The two Tommy novels, as they are collectively referred to, are also about a child who does not want to grow up. Yet, unlike...
The Open Window - Edward Rowland SILL
The Open Window - Edward Rowland SILL
- Author: Edward Rowland SILL
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of The Open Window by Edward Rowland Sill. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 27th, 2011. Edward Rowland Sill, American poet and educator, was born in Windsor, Connecticut. He was a...
Sketches Of The Fair Sex - Anonymous
Sketches Of The Fair Sex - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / *Non-fiction / Psychology
Sketches of the fair sex, in all parts of the world. To which are added rules for determining the precise figure, the degree of beauty, the habits, and the age of women, notwithstanding the aids and disguise of dress. It is our design to present a...
Bible (KJV) NT 23: 1 John - King James Version
Bible (KJV) NT 23: 1 John - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: King James Version
The First Epistle of John, often referred to as First John and written 1 John, is a book of the New Testament. This fourth catholic or "general" epistle is attributed to John the Evangelist, traditionally thought to be the author of the Gospel of...
Theologia Germanica - Anonymous
Theologia Germanica - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Christianity - Other
This short, anonymous work is thought to have been written in the 1300s by a member of the lay-religious group called ‘The Friends of God.’ Its central teaching is that humans can become one with God by living a holy, selfless life in which our will...
Porcelain and Pink - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Porcelain and Pink - F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Genre: Comedy
"Porcelain and Pink" is a comic one-act play from the 1922 short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age. The plot involves a young woman in a bathtub and a case of mistaken identity. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden) Characters: Julie – Holly Bliss...
Laughter Limited - Nina Wilcox PUTNAM
Laughter Limited - Nina Wilcox PUTNAM
- Author: Nina Wilcox PUTNAM
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
When some people write the story of their life it is a sign that they are dead. There are in the motion-picture world also a class of dead ones who allow somebody else to write their biography. Dead from the neck up, anyways. They may be alive as...
Organic Evolution - Richard Swann LULL
Organic Evolution - Richard Swann LULL
- Author: Richard Swann LULL
- Genre: Life Sciences
Organic Evolution is a college textbook that describes the mechanism of biological evolution by natural selection. It then explores the evidences for evolution in various animals, including insects, reptiles, birds and humans, mainly from the...
The Princess - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The Princess - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Author: Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Poetry / Romance
The Princess is a serio-comic blank verse narrative poem, written by Alfred Tennyson, published in 1847. The poem tells the story of an heroic princess who forswears the world of men and founds a women's university where men are forbidden to enter....
The Witch of Edmonton - Thomas DEKKER
The Witch of Edmonton - Thomas DEKKER
- Author: Thomas DEKKER
- Genre: Tragedy
Mother Elizabeth Sawyer is a poor, lonely, and unfairly ostracized old woman with nothing left to lose. Frank is a poor farmer who intends to marry his beloved Winnifred, who is pregnant with his child, but is pressured to marry Susan, the rich...
Beyond Lies the Wub & The Skull - Philip K. DICK
Beyond Lies the Wub & The Skull - Philip K. DICK
- Author: Philip K. DICK
- Genre: Science Fiction
Two stories in the inimitable Philip Dick style. What is a Wub? A 400 pound slovenly, fat, ungainly, drooling animal that looks like a cross between a walrus and an enormous hog? Well, yes that is pretty much what he looks like and for 50 cents, a...
The Stoneground Ghost Tales - Edmund Gill SWAIN
The Stoneground Ghost Tales - Edmund Gill SWAIN
- Author: Edmund Gill SWAIN
- Genre: Single Author Collections
The Stoneground Ghost Tales is a collection of nine short stories set in and around a church and parish on the edge of England's fen country. The protagonist, the Rector of Stoneground, the Reverend Roland Batchel, is a kindly, humane bachelor and...
The Magic City - E. Nesbit
The Magic City - E. Nesbit
- Author: E. Nesbit
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
Philip and Lucy discover that the city Philip has built using toys, books and household objects, has come alive. This is the account of their incredible adventures in those magical lands, where they meet characters from books and history, mythical...
Coffee Break Collection 17 - Health and Fitness - Various
Coffee Break Collection 17 - Health and Fitness - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Undefined
This is the seventeenth Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes or less in duration -- perfect to listen to during commutes, workouts or coffee breaks. The topic for this...
A Peep Behind the Scenes (version 2) - Mrs. O. F. Walton
A Peep Behind the Scenes (version 2) - Mrs. O. F. Walton
- Author: Mrs. O. F. Walton
- Genre: Religion
Rosalie lived every child's dream: she belonged to a circus! She got to have fun all day, every day; she did not even have to pay to be a part of it all! She got to meet interesting people, see all the amazing things there are to see. She got to do...
Gentle Julia - Booth Tarkington
Gentle Julia - Booth Tarkington
- Author: Booth Tarkington
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Romance
Penrod for girls in the form of Florence, the bratty younger cousin of luminous Julia Atwater, enlivens this romantic comedy set in Tarkington's Indiana of the early 20th Century. (Summary by BellonaTimes)...
The Tale of Jolly Robin - Arthur Scott Bailey
The Tale of Jolly Robin - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Arthur Scott Bailey, a native of the state of Vermont, wrote over forty children's books using a variety of animals, birds and even insects to entertain. The Tale of Jolly Robin is one of 16 stories of his Tuck-Me-In Tales series. - Summary by Larry...
His Masterpiece - Émile Zola
His Masterpiece - Émile Zola
- Author: Émile Zola
- Genre: Historical Fiction
“His Masterpiece" (“L’Oeuvre”) is a fictionalized account of the Parisian art world in the mid 19th century, and the emerging Realism, Naturalism and Impressionism movements. Emile Zola and Paul Cezanne had been friends from childhood, and the main...
The Milky Way - F. Tennyson Jesse
The Milky Way - F. Tennyson Jesse
- Author: F. Tennyson Jesse
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
The Milky Way - F. Tennyson Jesse's first novel - began life as a 1913 magazine serial called The Adventures of Viv. In it, poor-but-plucky Cornish painter/model Vivian Lovel recounts events of her twenty-first year: en route from Penzance to London...
The Tower of London - Walter George BELL
The Tower of London - Walter George BELL
- Author: Walter George BELL
- Genre: *Non-fiction
A short book, whose chapters were originally published in The Daily Mail, which explores the history and facts of each of the structures that make up the Tower. - Summary by Janet 99...
Hush'd Be the Camps Today - Walt Whitman
Hush'd Be the Camps Today - Walt Whitman
- Author: Walt Whitman
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox readers bring you 16 readings of Hush'd Be the Camps Today by Walt Whitman, in honor of the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's death on April 15, 1865. This was the weekly poem for April 12, 2015, to April 18, 2015. - Summary by Adele...
The Princess Pourquoi - Margaret P. SHERWOOD
The Princess Pourquoi - Margaret P. SHERWOOD
- Author: Margaret P. SHERWOOD
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Satire
Once upon a time, a princess was born, and a fairy cursed her with a mind: "She is a woman-child, and yet she shall think. She shall be alien to her own sex, and undesired by the other. She shall ask and it will not be given her. She shall achieve...
The Fortunate Foundlings - Eliza Haywood
The Fortunate Foundlings - Eliza Haywood
- Author: Eliza Haywood
- Genre: General Fiction / Published before 1800
A story of love and adventure, following the fortunes of a young man and woman each trying to make their way in the wide world. Horatio and Louisa are twins, abandoned in infancy and adopted by a wealthy bachelor. For various reasons both leave his...
Riallaro: The Archipelago of Exiles - Godfrey SWEVEN
Riallaro: The Archipelago of Exiles - Godfrey SWEVEN
- Author: Godfrey SWEVEN
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Satire / Fantasy Fiction
John Macmillan Brown was born in New Zealand and a University professor, wrote under the pseudonym Godfrey Sweven. An excerpt from the Introduction: "Absorbed in contemplation of its sublimity, I sat for a moment on a rock that rose out of the bush....
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 02 - William Shakespeare
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 02 - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Poetry
LibriVox readers present the second collection of monologues from Shakespeare’s plays. Containing 15 parts. William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 – April 23, 1616) remains widely to be considered the single greatest playwright of all time. He wrote in...
Jane Austen and her Country-House Comedy - William Henry HELM
Jane Austen and her Country-House Comedy - William Henry HELM
- Author: William Henry HELM
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Written for the centenary of Jane Austen's death, W. H. Helm reflects poetically on the timelessness of her work: the must of age has not settled on her books. The lavender may lie between their pages, but it is still sweet. Helm briefly surveys...
The Mystery of the Chinese Ring - Andy ADAMS
The Mystery of the Chinese Ring - Andy ADAMS
- Author: Andy ADAMS
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
The Mystery of the Chinese Ring is an exotic adventure story and is set in locations such as Burma and China, with the historical and political ramifications which applied to the mid Twentieth Century and still ring true in the early 21st Century....
The Men Who Found America - Frederick Winthrop HUTCHINSON
The Men Who Found America - Frederick Winthrop HUTCHINSON
- Author: Frederick Winthrop HUTCHINSON
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction
This Book is about the Men Who Found America and how it started - Summary by Elijah...
History of the United States, Vol. I - Charles Austin Beard
History of the United States, Vol. I - Charles Austin Beard
- Author: Charles Austin Beard
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
Charles Austin 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,...
