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Where My Books Go - William Butler Yeats
Where My Books Go - William Butler Yeats
- Author: William Butler Yeats
- Genre: Poetry
Librivox volunteers bring you thirteen different readings of the short poem Where My Books Go by William Butler Yeats, a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman)...
The Great Secret - E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Great Secret - E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
English gentleman Hardross Courage has a good life. He has all the money he needs, enjoys sports and hunting, manages the family estate, and in general leads a satisfying life. On a trip to London to participate in a cricket match, Hardross is...
Wayside and Woodland Trees: Pocket guide to the British Sylva - Edward STEP
Wayside and Woodland Trees: Pocket guide to the British Sylva - Edward STEP
- Author: Edward STEP
- Genre: Nature / Reference
"The purpose of this volume is not the addition of one more to the numerous treatises upon sylviculture or forestry, but to afford a straightforward means for the identification of our native trees and larger shrubs for the convenience of the rural...
Troilus and Cressida - William Shakespeare
Troilus and Cressida - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Drama
Troilus and Cressida is Shakespeare's "problem" play about the Trojan War. As the opening Chorus tells us, the play "begins in the middle" of the epic conflict, and counterpoints the drama of battle with the romance of the title characters. Just as...
Nightmare Planet - Murray Leinster
Nightmare Planet - Murray Leinster
- Author: Murray Leinster
- Genre: Science Fiction
In science-fiction, as in all categories of fiction, there are stories that are so outstanding from the standpoint of characterization, concept, and background development that they remain popular for decades. Two such stories were Murray Leinster's...
Strange Pages from Family Papers - Thomas Firminger THISELTON-DYER
Strange Pages from Family Papers - Thomas Firminger THISELTON-DYER
- Author: Thomas Firminger THISELTON-DYER
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / *Non-fiction / History
“Among other qualities which have been supposed to belong to a dead man’s hand, are its medicinal virtues, in connection with which may be mentioned the famous ‘dead hand,’ which was, in years past, kept at Bryn Hall, Lancashire… Thus the case is...
Making Fate - Pansy
Making Fate - Pansy
- Author: Pansy
- Genre: Christian Fiction
A group of young adults away on a nutting expedition is delayed in a hospitable home by a sudden rainstorm. After the storm, Marjorie insists that she must get home that night, albeit late, out of respect and care for her mother. Others want to...
The New Magdalen - Wilkie Collins
The New Magdalen - Wilkie Collins
- Author: Wilkie Collins
- Genre: General Fiction
Mercy Merrick is living a difficult life on the streets, but when she meets the young and charismatic clergyman Julian Gray, she desires to leave this life behind and start afresh. She packs her things and volunteers as a nurse in the...
His Brother's Keeper - Charles Monroe SHELDON
His Brother's Keeper - Charles Monroe SHELDON
- Author: Charles Monroe SHELDON
- Genre: Romance / Christian Fiction
Stuart Duncan arrives home from college to find the workers in his father's mine on the brink of a strike. Leading the strike is Stuart's boyhood friend, Eric Vassal. Will they be estranged by the opposing forces? Or can they learn to work together...
Ballads of Peace in War - Michael Earls
Ballads of Peace in War - Michael Earls
- Author: Michael Earls
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poetry by Michael Earls, a Jesuit priest, writer, poet, teacher, and administrator. This collection of poetry concerns war, in particular World War I. - Summary by Carolin...
The Atrocities of the Pirates - Aaron SMITH
The Atrocities of the Pirates - Aaron SMITH
- Author: Aaron SMITH
- Genre: Nautical & Marine Fiction / Biography & Autobiography
In 1822, Aaron Smith, a young English seaman, was taken captive by Cuban pirates when his ship was boarded en route from Jamaica to England. Forced to work as a navigator and as a member of pirate boarding parties, he witnessed unspeakable acts of...
The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (Abridged) - Charles H. Spurgeon
The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (Abridged) - Charles H. Spurgeon
- Author: Charles H. Spurgeon
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
Charles Spurgeon was a British Particular Baptist preacher who remains highly influential among Christians of different denominations, among whom he is still known as the "Prince of Preachers". In his lifetime, Spurgeon preached to around 10,000,000...
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 2 - François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 2 - François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
- Author: François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
- Genre: Middle Ages/Middle History
François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics prior to the Revolution of 1848, actively opposing as a liberal the reactionary King Charles X before his overthrow in...
The Ascent of Mount Carmel - Saint JOHN OF THE CROSS
The Ascent of Mount Carmel - Saint JOHN OF THE CROSS
- Author: Saint JOHN OF THE CROSS
- Genre: Christianity - Other
The Ascent of Mount Carmel is one of the timeless classics of Christian contemplation, radical in its time and deeply influential in the world today. St John of the Cross and St Teresa of Avila worked together to reform the Carmelite Order in the...
The Brothers Karamazov (version 2) - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Brothers Karamazov (version 2) - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Genre: Family Life / Published 1800 -1900
Described as the Great Book of Wonders by Arthur Miller, this everyday tale of fraternal affection, sibling rivalry, obsession, lust, parricide, family intrigue, spiritual faith, death by economic deprivation and ultimate salvation in the soul,...
The Box-Car Children - Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Box-Car Children - Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Family
Four children: Henry, Jess Violet and Bennie. They are living alone in a stranded boxcar. They find items they need from the dump and a stray dog whom they name Watch. Henry earns money by working for a man named Dr. McAllister and his mother, Mrs....
Chronicles of Canada Volume 02 - Mariner of St. Malo: A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier - Stephen Leacock
Chronicles of Canada Volume 02 - Mariner of St. Malo: A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Middle Ages/Middle History
Jacques Cartier grew up as a sailor, married well and became an agent of exploration for King Francis I of France. In April, 1534, he sailed for the New World. Before sailing, his men took an oath that they would “behave themselves truly and...
The Morning Dawn - Rev. Leonard Wilson Arnold LUCKEY
The Morning Dawn - Rev. Leonard Wilson Arnold LUCKEY
- Author: Rev. Leonard Wilson Arnold LUCKEY
- Genre: Single author
"The Morning Dawn, Bar Harbor, Maine: a Very Comprehensive Poem Illustrating and Describing the Scenic Beauty of the United States; Lafayette National Park, the Queen of Resorts" , is the complete title of this charming little book about Mount...
Little Wizard Stories of Oz (version 2) - L. Frank Baum
Little Wizard Stories of Oz (version 2) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Six stores of OZ and it's wonderful inhabitants, told by the official Historian of Oz, L. Frank Baum. Lots of adventure here!! Dorothy and her little dog Toto get into lots of trouble; Ozma is tripped and falls into the water, the Tin Woodman falls...
First Successful Ascent of Mt. Rainier, 1870 - Hazard STEVENS
First Successful Ascent of Mt. Rainier, 1870 - Hazard STEVENS
- Author: Hazard STEVENS
- Genre: Memoirs
Hazard Stevens and P.B. Van Trump, aided by the Indian guide Sluiskin, made the first documented successful ascent of Mt. Rainier on August 17, 1870. Hazard's account of the climb was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1876 and later...
Mr. Prohack - Arnold Bennett
Mr. Prohack - Arnold Bennett
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Mr Prohack, an ordinary official in the Treasury and leading a hum-drum life, suddenly and unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money which, with a lucky investment, he turns into a fortune. This humorous book follows his progress and that of his...
Swann's Way - Marcel PROUST
Swann's Way - Marcel PROUST
- Author: Marcel PROUST
- Genre: General Fiction
Swann's Way is the first book in the seven-volume work In Search of Lost Time, or Remembrance of Things Past, by Marcel Proust. It is a novel written in the form of an autobiography. Proust's most prominent work, it is popularly known for its length...
Life of Isaac Mason as a Slave - Isaac MASON
Life of Isaac Mason as a Slave - Isaac MASON
- Author: Isaac MASON
- Genre: Memoirs
Isaac Mason was born into slavery. As a young man, he escaped to freedom and made a life for himself. An intelligent man, he gave lectures on his experiences and was later encouraged to publish them in book form. - Summary by Lynne Thompson...
The History of Robinson Crusoe - Anonymous
The History of Robinson Crusoe - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Action & Adventure
A 6-page digest of Defoe's famous work for young readers (Summary by Dennis Sayers)...
Iphigenia in Tauris - Euripides
Iphigenia in Tauris - Euripides
- Author: Euripides
- Genre: Drama
Orestes, coming into Tauri in Scythia, in company with Pylades, had been commanded to bear away the image of Diana, after which he was to meet with a respite from the avenging Erinnyes of his mother. His sister Iphigenia, who had been carried away...
Masters of Space - E. E. Smith
Masters of Space - E. E. Smith
- Author: E. E. Smith
- Genre: Science Fiction
The Masters had ruled all space with an unconquerable iron fist. But the Masters were gone. And this new, young race who came now to take their place—could they hope to defeat the ancient Enemy of All? - Summary from Gutenberg text...
Perkins of Portland - Ellis Parker BUTLER
Perkins of Portland - Ellis Parker BUTLER
- Author: Ellis Parker BUTLER
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Amusing tales showing the effectiveness of advertising some rather questionable products. Perkins and the narrator partner in promotions directed at a gullible and willing public. Unlike most tales of the kind, with moralistic endings where the...
Leda - Aldous Huxley
Leda - Aldous Huxley
- Author: Aldous Huxley
- Genre: Single author
Though he gained recognition for his later essays and novels, Aldous Huxley started his writing career as a poet. Published in 1920, Leda is his fourth compilation of poetry.It begins with the passionate and slightly erotic poem "Leda", which...
An Introduction to Metaphysics - Henri BERGSON
An Introduction to Metaphysics - Henri BERGSON
- Author: Henri BERGSON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
An Introduction to Metaphysics (Introduction a la Metaphysique) is a 1903 essay by Henri Bergson that explores the concept of reality. For Bergson, reality occurs not in a series of discrete states but as a process similar to that described by the...
Stand by for Mars - Carey Rockwell
Stand by for Mars - Carey Rockwell
- Author: Carey Rockwell
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Science Fiction
Tom Corbett - Space Cadet was one of the first multimedia sensations. In the 1950s the character had his own radio show, TV series, comic book, breakfast cereal, and a line of young-adult novels. A cross between "Tom Brown's School Days" and Horatio...
The Dark Other - Stanley G. WEINBAUM
The Dark Other - Stanley G. WEINBAUM
- Author: Stanley G. WEINBAUM
- Genre: General Fiction
The Dark Other is a horror novel by Stanley G. Weinbaum. The novel concerns Patricia Lane who is in love with Nicholas Devine, a quiet and gentle writer. Devine undergoes sudden changes becoming cold and calculating. Frightened by this, Lane...
The Pearl of Orr's Island - Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Pearl of Orr's Island - Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
Go on a journey to the coast of Maine and immerse yourself in the picturesque community on Orr’s Island. See the raindrops glistening on the pine needles and hear the waves crashing on the rocks. This is a tale of romance, tragedy, crusty sea...
Selected Short Stories - Stephen Crane
Selected Short Stories - Stephen Crane
- Author: Stephen Crane
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories
At the time of his death at the age of 28, Stephen Crane had become an important figure in American literature. He was nearly forgotten, however, until two decades later when critics revived interest in his life and work. Stylistically, Crane's...
In Indian Tents - Abby Langdon ALGER
In Indian Tents - Abby Langdon ALGER
- Author: Abby Langdon ALGER
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A collection of the legends and stories of North Eastern Indians "In the summer of 1882 and 1883, I was associated with Charles G. Leland in the collection of the material for his book The Algonquin Legends of New England, published in 1884. I found...
My First Book - Various
My First Book - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: General Fiction / Memoirs / Essays
This is not a children's book, as may be supposed from the title, but a collection of essays first published in The Idler magazine, in which over twenty well-known authors write with characteristic style and humour of their experiences in writing...
The Land of Little Rain - Mary Hunter AUSTIN
The Land of Little Rain - Mary Hunter AUSTIN
- Author: Mary Hunter AUSTIN
- Genre: Nature / Travel & Geography
The Land of Little Rain is a book of sketches which portray the high desert country of southern California, where the Sierras descend into the Mojave Desert. Mary Austin finds beauty in the harsh landscape: "This is the sense of the desert...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 20) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 20) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
This is volume 4 chapter 20 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resume of the history of England up until the Stuart kings and then starts to delve into a little more detail....
The Valley of the Giants - Peter B. KYNE
The Valley of the Giants - Peter B. KYNE
- Author: Peter B. KYNE
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Romance
The man was John Cardigan; in that lonely, hostile land he was the first pioneer. This is the tale of Cardigan and Cardigan's son, for in his chosen land the pioneer leader in the gigantic task of hewing a path for civilization was to know the bliss...
Children's Short Works, Vol. 024 - Various
Children's Short Works, Vol. 024 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short works
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 024: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe - Charlotte Mary Yonge
Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe - Charlotte Mary Yonge
- Author: Charlotte Mary Yonge
- Genre: Children's Fiction / *Non-fiction / Self-Help
Travel with Little Lucy around the globe and learn a little geography and small bits about other cultures.(Summary by Laura Caldwell)...
