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The Avalanche - Gertrude Atherton
The Avalanche - Gertrude Atherton
- Author: Gertrude Atherton
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Price Ruyler has been sent to San Francisco from New York to salvage the family business after the 1906 earthquake. His success makes him one of the city's most eligible bachelors but he resists the machinations of the local girls (and their...
The Story of Garfield: Farm Boy, Soldier and President - William Gunion RUTHERFORD
The Story of Garfield: Farm Boy, Soldier and President - William Gunion RUTHERFORD
- Author: William Gunion RUTHERFORD
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
A short biography of President James A. Garfield - Summary by Eddie Frierson...
Rookwood - William Harrison Ainsworth
Rookwood - William Harrison Ainsworth
- Author: William Harrison Ainsworth
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
A rich and complex Gothic-Romance centring on the murky deeds of an ancient family. It is a wonderfully atmospheric piece that combines narrative, poetry, song, and descriptive writing to great effect. The character of Dick Turpin that we know today...
Irene Iddesleigh - Amanda McKittrick ROS
Irene Iddesleigh - Amanda McKittrick ROS
- Author: Amanda McKittrick ROS
- Genre: Romance / Published 1800 -1900
Amanda McKittrick Ros, a Northern Irish writer, did for the novel what William McGonagall did for poetry and Florence Foster Jenkins for the coloratura voice. She published a number of novels (all at her own expense) and in addition to being a...
An Autumn Walk with Deborah - Aline KILMER
An Autumn Walk with Deborah - Aline KILMER
- Author: Aline KILMER
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Librivox volunteers bring you eight readings of An Autumn Walk with Deborah by Aline Kilmer. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of October 12, 2014....
The Drama: A Quarterly Review - Various
The Drama: A Quarterly Review - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
This is a collection of theatrical essays from the American quarterly The Drama, including six non-fiction works -- 3 profiles: Schnitzler, Andreyev, and O'Neill, and 3 articles: Characterization vs Situation, The Actor in England, & The...
More About Unknown London - Walter George BELL
More About Unknown London - Walter George BELL
- Author: Walter George BELL
- Genre: History
If you enjoyed Unknown London by this author, then you should love this one! Bell's light and novel exploration of specific topics in London's history make this easy to listen to and factual. Seventeen new topics are examined in this book, including...
Warwick the Kingmaker - Charles William Chadwick Oman
Warwick the Kingmaker - Charles William Chadwick Oman
- Author: Charles William Chadwick Oman
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Middle Ages/Middle History
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428-1471), wealthy and powerful peer of England, was one of the leaders of the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487). He joined Richard, Duke of York in opposing the ineffectual and often incapacitated Lancastrian...
Oliver Twist (version 6) - Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist (version 6) - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Literary Fiction
"Please sir, I want some more," the famous line spoken by Oliver Twist at age nine, becomes the tipping point of a huge change in Oliver's life. He is soon captured into the service of Fagin and his gang of pick-pocketing boys. But, Mr. Brownlow...
Radioisotopes in Medicine - Earl W. PHELAN
Radioisotopes in Medicine - Earl W. PHELAN
- Author: Earl W. PHELAN
- Genre: Medical / Astronomy / Physics & Mechanics / Life Sciences
Radioisotopes in Medicine is an educational booklet published in 1966 as part of the Understanding the Atom series by the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Written in clear language for the general public, the booklet covers the diagnostic and...
Jailed For Freedom - Doris STEVENS
Jailed For Freedom - Doris STEVENS
- Author: Doris STEVENS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Political Science
A first-hand account of the 1913-1919 campaign of American suffragettes, detailing their treatment at the hands of the courts, and the true conditions of their incarceration. (Summary by Sarah Jennings)...
Zauberlinda, the Wise Witch - Eva Katherine GIBSON
Zauberlinda, the Wise Witch - Eva Katherine GIBSON
- Author: Eva Katherine GIBSON
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Fantastic Fiction
Annie Elfrida McLane lives in a little brown house of the South Dakota prairie, within sight of the Black Hills. Her father is a widower and prospects for gold there; Annie lives at home with her grandmother and the servants, Marthy Stubbs and Pete...
It Couldn't Be Done - Edgar A. GUEST
It Couldn't Be Done - Edgar A. GUEST
- Author: Edgar A. GUEST
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of It Couldn't Be Done by Edgar A. Guest. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 29th, 2010....
Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman - William GODWIN
Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman - William GODWIN
- Author: William GODWIN
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
William Godwin writes a tell-all about his ex-wife one year after her death. Mary Wollstonecraft (mother of Mary Shelley) was an early proponent of women's rights and lived a lifestyle that was frowned upon during her life. - Summary by Katie Cocco...
The Emerald City of Oz (Version 2) - L. Frank Baum
The Emerald City of Oz (Version 2) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: General
Oh My Goodness! What a lot of incredible adventures are packed into this epic. The evil gnome king plots to destroy Oz and enslave it's people; evil creatures from many places are enlisted in this dastardly plan that has every chance of success....
Agamemnon (Morshead Translation) - Aeschylus
Agamemnon (Morshead Translation) - Aeschylus
- Author: Aeschylus
- Genre: Tragedy
The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus concerning the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. The name derives from the character Orestes, who sets out to avenge his father's murder. The only extant example of an ancient...
Spring and Fall - Gerard Manley Hopkins
Spring and Fall - Gerard Manley Hopkins
- Author: Gerard Manley Hopkins
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you eleven different recordings of Spring and Fall, by Gerard Manley Hopkins. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of November 12th, 2006....
The Social Contract - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Social Contract - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Political Science
The Social Contract outlines Rousseau's views on political justice, explaining how a just and legitimate state is to be founded, organized and administered. Rousseau sets forth, in his characteristically brazen and iconoclastic manner, the case for...
Christmas Stories From 'Household Words' And 'All The Year Round' - Charles Dickens
Christmas Stories From 'Household Words' And 'All The Year Round' - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Single Author Collections
Twenty stories originally published in the Christmas editions of the magazines “Household Words” and “All The Year Round”. Some of the stories have little holiday sentiment and exhibit much of the indignation Dickens felt at the social and economic...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (version 5) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (version 5) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Detective Fiction / Short Stories
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Each of the stories are told in a first-person style from the point of view of Dr. Watson,...
The Golden Goose Book (version 2) - L. Leslie Brooke
The Golden Goose Book (version 2) - L. Leslie Brooke
- Author: L. Leslie Brooke
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Here are four delightful fairy tales that have fascinated children and adults for centuries. Several, such as The Three Bears and The Three Little Pigs are well known and can be listened to with delight as each remembered and beloved part is come...
A Treatise on Foreign Teas - Hugh SMITH
A Treatise on Foreign Teas - Hugh SMITH
- Author: Hugh SMITH
- Genre: Cooking
What would England be without tea? It is difficult to imagine, but there was a time in which tea was not quite as ubiquitous in Europe as it is today. This 1780 treatise contains some interesting observations on how tea was prepared at the time, and...
Time Telling Through the Ages - Harry Chase BREARLEY
Time Telling Through the Ages - Harry Chase BREARLEY
- Author: Harry Chase BREARLEY
- Genre: Technology & Engineering
A history of timekeeping from the stone age through to American mass production, covering timepieces from the sundial and water clock through the key inventions driving advances in the accuracy of clocks and watches in both Europe and America. The...
Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again - Mark Twain
Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Historical Fiction / Satire
This satire on the U.S.A.'s myth of being the "Home of the Oppressed, where all men are free and equal", is unrelenting in its pursuit of justice through exposure. It draws a scathingly shameful portrait of how Chinese immigrants were treated in...
Insomnia Collection Vol. 003 - Various
Insomnia Collection Vol. 003 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. However, it is hoped that at least one from the range of topics here presented will lull the busy mind to a...
Rain On The Down - Arthur SYMONS
Rain On The Down - Arthur SYMONS
- Author: Arthur SYMONS
- Genre: Romance / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Our Valentine Poem is by Arthur William Symons, a British poet, critic and magazine editor., taken from his collection Silhouettes (1896). - Summary by David Lawrence...
Rainy Week (Dramatic Reading) - Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Rainy Week (Dramatic Reading) - Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
- Author: Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
- Genre: Dramatic Readings
Join this couple in their annual house party where the “guests” becoming unknowing “actors” in their beach house play “Rainy Week” (Linette Geisel). “To be indeed absolutely explicit experience has proved, with an almost chemical accuracy, that,...
Women of History - Anonymous
Women of History - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
An intriguing look at well known women in history from BC 500 to the mid 1800's. Each chapter is a brief overview of one woman's life. An interesting read. (Summary by Michele Eaton)...
Bible (KJV) 13: 1 Chronicles - King James Version
Bible (KJV) 13: 1 Chronicles - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: King James Version
Written to aid those returning to Israel after the exile to understand how to worship God. 1 Chronicles covers the ascent and reign of King David. (Summary of Joy Chan)...
Eight Harvard Poets - John Dos PASSOS
Eight Harvard Poets - John Dos PASSOS
- Author: John Dos PASSOS
- Genre: Anthologies
"I will wade out till my thighs are steeped in burn- ing flowers I will take the sun in my mouth and leap into the ripe air Alive with closed eyes to dash against darkness in the sleeping curves of my body Shall enter fingers of smooth mastery with...
Poetry Miscellany 02 - Various
Poetry Miscellany 02 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Anthologies
As we get older, many of us return to youthful memories of poems once significant to us. Outside their association with our youth, we may wonder what significance they have to us now. There were other poems we've met along the way as well: some held...
The War of Antichrist with the Church and Christian Civilization - George F. DILLON
The War of Antichrist with the Church and Christian Civilization - George F. DILLON
- Author: George F. DILLON
- Genre: Political Science / Christianity - Other
The War of Anti-Christ with the Church and Christian Civilization is a book written in 1885 by an Irishman, George F. Dillon, DD. It was republished by Fr. Denis Fahey in 1950 as Grand Orient Freemasonry Unmasked as the Secret Power Behind...
Life (Bronte Version) - Charlotte Brontë
Life (Bronte Version) - Charlotte Brontë
- Author: Charlotte Brontë
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Life by Charlotte Brontë. This was the weekly poetry project for March 8th, 2009....
Ramona (version 2) - Helen Hunt Jackson
Ramona (version 2) - Helen Hunt Jackson
- Author: Helen Hunt Jackson
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Romance
Set in Old California in the wake of the Mexican-American War, Ramona is two stories at once. It is the story of the love between a part-Native American orphan girl, Ramona, and Alessandro, a young Indian sheepherder. It is also the story of racial...
Summa Theologica - 03 Pars Prima, Angels and the Six Days - Saint Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica - 03 Pars Prima, Angels and the Six Days - Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Author: Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Genre: Early Modern / Christianity - Other
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas although it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners as a compilation of all of the main theological...
Seven Keys to Baldpate - Earl Derr Biggers
Seven Keys to Baldpate - Earl Derr Biggers
- Author: Earl Derr Biggers
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Dime-store novelist William Magee has gone to Baldpate Inn to do a little soul-searching in an attempt to write a serious work. Thinking he will be alone and uninterrupted, Magee arrives at the inn in the dead of winter. But he discovers that there...
The Ocean of Theosophy - William Q. JUDGE
The Ocean of Theosophy - William Q. JUDGE
- Author: William Q. JUDGE
- Genre: Ancient
Judge wrote this book because he saw a need for a book about Theosophy that everyone could understand. Discussed are after-death states, reincarnation, karma, the pitfalls of pseudo-occultism, the 7 natures of man, cyclic evolution, sages and...
The Bible For Young People Vol. 1 - Anonymous
The Bible For Young People Vol. 1 - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Religion
"The Bible for Young People tells the sweet and simple stories of the Bible in the Bible language, omitting only genealogies and doctrines, and whatever is generally regarded as unprofitable to young readers. Moreover, it is so divided into...
The Return - H. Beam Piper
The Return - H. Beam Piper
- Author: H. Beam Piper
- Genre: Science Fiction
Two-hundred years after a global nuclear war, two explorers from a research outpost, that largely survived the cataclysm, discover a settlement of humans who have managed to maintain their civilisation despite ferocious cannibal neighbours, the...
Easter Interpreted - Robert Browning
Easter Interpreted - Robert Browning
- Author: Robert Browning
- Genre: Poetry
Robert Browning is still well-known today as a distinguished English poet. His poetry is still widely read, recited, and taught in schools. In this little volume, Rose Porter has compiled a collection of his poems concerning Easter. - Summary by...
