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Pariah Planet (version 2) - Murray Leinster
Pariah Planet (version 2) - Murray Leinster
- Author: Murray Leinster
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Science Fiction
When the blue plague appeared on the planet of Dara, fear struck nearby worlds. The fear led to a hate that threatened the lives of millions and endangered the Galactic peace. (Summary by Gutenberg text)...
Rescue Dog of the High Pass - Jim Kjelgaard
Rescue Dog of the High Pass - Jim Kjelgaard
- Author: Jim Kjelgaard
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / Animals & Nature
Jim Kjelgaard has long wanted to tell the story of the gallant dogs who have gone out with the monks of St. Bernard Hospice to rescue travelers lost in the deep snows of the Swiss mountain passes. Unable to find the facts, he decided to reconstruct...
The Roman Empire of the Second Century: Or, The Age of the Antonines - William Wolfe CAPES
The Roman Empire of the Second Century: Or, The Age of the Antonines - William Wolfe CAPES
- Author: William Wolfe CAPES
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
This short overview of the Roman Empire from AD 96-180 opens as the murderers of Domitian raise to power the wise old senator, Nerva. Ignoring assassination rumors, his successor, the brave soldier Trajan, "went about the streets almost unguarded"...
Jane Austen's Juvenilia - Jane Austen
Jane Austen's Juvenilia - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / General Fiction / Short Stories
Before becoming the author of such classics as Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma, Jane Austen experimented with various writing styles as a teenager in the early 1790s. This is a collection of her juvenilia, including the...
Twelve Years in the Saddle - W. John L. SULLIVAN
Twelve Years in the Saddle - W. John L. SULLIVAN
- Author: W. John L. SULLIVAN
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Sergeant Sullivan tells the story of his life as a Texas Ranger for 12 incredible years in the late 1800s. (Summary by Will Nuessle)...
Rilla of Ingleside (version 2) - Lucy Maud Montgomery
Rilla of Ingleside (version 2) - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Genre: General Fiction / Plays / War & Military Fiction
Rilla of Ingleside (1921) is the final book in the Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery, but was the sixth of the eight "Anne" novels she wrote. This book draws the focus back onto a single character, Anne and Gilbert's youngest...
Orpheus and Other Poems - Edward Burrough BROWNLOW
Orpheus and Other Poems - Edward Burrough BROWNLOW
- Author: Edward Burrough BROWNLOW
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of poetry by the rather obscure Canadian poet Edward Burrough Brownlow, published posthumously after his death in 1896. The poems in this volume have varied subjects, reflecting the interests of the poet. - Summary by Carolin...
The Time Machine (Version 2) - H. G. Wells
The Time Machine (Version 2) - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Science Fiction
Surely the Time Traveler threw great dinner parties! His guests were treated to a once-in-forever trial of a miniature time machine - an exquisite miniature that acted so flawlessly as to appear to be stage magic. That his guests did not believe the...
Report On an Adjudged Case - William Cowper
Report On an Adjudged Case - William Cowper
- Author: William Cowper
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
William Cowper was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. (summary from Wikipedia)...
Lights - Sara Teasdale
Lights - Sara Teasdale
- Author: Sara Teasdale
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Sara Teasdale was an American lyric poet. Teasdale's first poem was published in Reedy's Mirror, a local newspaper in St. Louis, in 1907. Her first collection of poems, Sonnets to Duse and Other Poems, was published that same year.Teasdale's second...
The Light That Failed - Rudyard Kipling
The Light That Failed - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: General Fiction
This novel, first published in 1890, follows the life of Dick Heldar, a painter. Most of the novel is set in London, but many important events throughout the story occur in Sudan or India. It was made into a 1916 film with Jose Collins and a 1939...
Dulcamara - Howard SAXBY
Dulcamara - Howard SAXBY
- Author: Howard SAXBY
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poetry and prose by Howard Saxby. These pieces are the sort of stories and poems that can be enjoyed by children because the humour in them is universal, but they are more geared towards adults. The themes and intent of the...
The Sandman's Hour - Abbie Phillips Walker
The Sandman's Hour - Abbie Phillips Walker
- Author: Abbie Phillips Walker
- Genre: Short works
Reading bedtime stories to children can be a wonderful way to relax and at the same time act out the exciting things happening in the story for them. If you've done it, you know the feeling and if you haven't I can only hope that you were the rapt...
The Chronicles of Clovis - Saki
The Chronicles of Clovis - Saki
- Author: Saki
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
This is the third collection of short stories by Saki, following on from “Reginald” and “Reginald in Russia”. Although some of the stories have characters that do not appear elsewhere in the collection, many of them are loosely centred round the...
Hans of Iceland - Victor HUGO
Hans of Iceland - Victor HUGO
- Author: Victor HUGO
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction
Hans of Iceland was written in 1821 and is the very first novel written by young Victor, years before he became the great Hugo. It has all the ingredients of a gothic novel: dreadful murders by the hand of a human monster, a young hero in love with...
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1790 - 1816) - Undefined
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1790 - 1816) - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- 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...
Little Stories of Married Life - Mary Stewart CUTTING
Little Stories of Married Life - Mary Stewart CUTTING
- Author: Mary Stewart CUTTING
- Genre: Romance
Marriage is a big adventure. It makes for great stories, too: both in case of a happy marriage and in case of an unhappy one. Eleven of these stories are collected in this collection, concerning all the different obstacles that a couple may face...
The Full Blessing of Pentecost - Andrew Murray
The Full Blessing of Pentecost - Andrew Murray
- Author: Andrew Murray
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Andrew Murray opens his Introduction to the book with these words: "The message which this little book brings is simple but most solemn. It is to the effect that the one thing needful for the Church, and the thing which, above all others, men ought...
History of Biology
History of Biology
- Author: -
- Genre: ---
A history of biology from ancient times to Darwin and Pasteur by Louis Compton Miall, Professor of Biology, Fellow of the Royal Society, Fullerian Professor of Physiology and Comparative Anatomy at the University of Leeds. This book covers all the...
Short Story Collection Vol. 082 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 082 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. The ever-popular detective stories of Arthur Conan Doyle, tales of dark times of war and conflict and more upbeat selections from Jane Austen and L.M. Montgomery...
The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1662 - Samuel PEPYS
The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1662 - Samuel PEPYS
- Author: Samuel PEPYS
- Genre: Memoirs
Samuel Pepys was the first Secretary to the Admiralty during the reign of Charles II, instrumental in developing the Royal Navy and witness to some of the most significant events of the Restoration period, including the Great Fire of London. His...
Stories of the First American Animals - George LANGFORD
Stories of the First American Animals - George LANGFORD
- Author: George LANGFORD
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Combining beast fable with natural history, this is a highly engaging and informative account of some of the prehistoric mammals that once roamed across North America. Each short story tells us something about a different era of natural history,...
The Life and Adventures of Nat Love - Nat LOVE
The Life and Adventures of Nat Love - Nat LOVE
- Author: Nat LOVE
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Nat Love was born a slave, emancipated into abject poverty, grew up riding the range as a cowboy and spent his maturity riding the rails as a Pullman Porter. For me, the most amazing thing about him is that despite the circumstances of his life,...
Fenton's Quest - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Fenton's Quest - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Romance
This story revolves around Gilbert Fenton, a very talented middle class businessman from London, who falls in love with a beautiful country woman far below his station. He decides to marry her anyway. But is she all that she seems? (Summary by Stav...
Between the Larch-woods and the Weir - Flora Klickmann
Between the Larch-woods and the Weir - Flora Klickmann
- Author: Flora Klickmann
- Genre: General
Flora Klickmann, a writer for the Girls' Own Paper and The Flower-Patch Among the Hills, brings us another charming volume, combining nature description, anecdote, autobiography, religion, and her own brand of humor in these observations based on...
Bible (YLT) 03: Leviticus - Young's Literal Translation
Bible (YLT) 03: Leviticus - Young's Literal Translation
- Author: Young's Literal Translation
- Genre: Young's Literal Translation
Young’s Literal Translation is a translation of the Bible into English, published in 1862. The translation was made by Robert Young, compiler of Young’s Analytical Concordance to the Bible and Concise Critical Comments on the New Testament. Young...
Declaration of Independence of the United States of America - Thomas JEFFERSON
Declaration of Independence of the United States of America - Thomas JEFFERSON
- Author: Thomas JEFFERSON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
Declaration of Independence is the document in which the Thirteen Colonies declared themselves independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain and explained their justifications for doing so. It was ratified by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776....
St. Francis of Assisi - G. K. Chesterton
St. Francis of Assisi - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
For Chesterton, Francis of Assisi is a great paradoxical figure, a man who loved women but vowed himself to chastity; an artist who loved the pleasures of the natural world as few have loved them, but vowed himself to the most austere poverty,...
Card Trick - John BERRYMAN
Card Trick - John BERRYMAN
- Author: John BERRYMAN
- Genre: Science Fiction
The Psi Lodge had their ways and means of applying pressure, when pressure was needed. But the peculiar talent this fellow showed was one that even they'd never heard of...! - Summary by John Berryman...
The Old Maid (Teasdale) - Sara Teasdale
The Old Maid (Teasdale) - Sara Teasdale
- Author: Sara Teasdale
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of The Old Maid by Sara Teasdale. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 8, 2013....
The Woodpeckers - Fannie Hardy ECKSTORM
The Woodpeckers - Fannie Hardy ECKSTORM
- Author: Fannie Hardy ECKSTORM
- Genre: Children's Fiction / *Non-fiction / Nature
The Woodpeckers is a wonderful introduction to the world of bird study for the young naturalist, covering such topics as how he finds food, courting, how he builds his nest, the interesting ways he uses his different body parts as tools, among other...
My Days and Dreams - Edward CARPENTER
My Days and Dreams - Edward CARPENTER
- Author: Edward CARPENTER
- Genre: Memoirs
Hard to imagine now, but there have been times and places where just wearing sandals could get you labeled as being in rebellion against established society. Two such places were Berkeley, California in the early 1960s and Millthorpe, England in the...
From Alien To Citizen - Edward A. STEINER
From Alien To Citizen - Edward A. STEINER
- Author: Edward A. STEINER
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Edward Steiner spent his life figuring out how America manages to take in aliens from all over the world, who bring with them a huge diversity of beliefs, habits, ethics, prejudices, expectations, etc., throws them into the "melting pot", and within...
Short Story Collection Vol. 029 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 029 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 029: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members....
The 9/11 Commission Report - THE 9/11 COMMISSION
The 9/11 Commission Report - THE 9/11 COMMISSION
- Author: THE 9/11 COMMISSION
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Political Science
9/11 Commission Report, formally titled Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, is the official report of the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks. It was prepared by the National...
Harry Heathcote of Gangoil - Anthony Trollope
Harry Heathcote of Gangoil - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: Family Life / Historical Fiction
Harry Heathcote is an English ‘squatter’ who runs a huge sheep station at Gangoil in Queensland, Australia. His wife Mary and her older sister Kate live with him. Giles Medlicott owns a sugar plantation and mill nearby. Two of Harry’s former...
Murder at Bridge - Anne AUSTIN
Murder at Bridge - Anne AUSTIN
- Author: Anne AUSTIN
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Inhabitants of the small town of Hamilton joke that they are afraid of being the dummy when playing Bridge, for fear of being murdered. Meanwhile, Special Investigator Bonnie Dundee demands a re-enactment of the 'death hand' to try and find out why,...
The Ramayan, Book 1 - Valmiki
The Ramayan, Book 1 - Valmiki
- Author: Valmiki
- Genre: Poetry / Other religions
The Ramayan(a) is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon (smṛti). The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India, the other being Mahabharata. It depicts the duties of...
A Little Freckled Person: A Book of Child Verse - Mary Carolyn DAVIES
A Little Freckled Person: A Book of Child Verse - Mary Carolyn DAVIES
- Author: Mary Carolyn DAVIES
- Genre: Poetry
Here is a delightful collection of short verses for children by Mary Carolyn Davies. Seeing the world through child-like imagination, these light-hearted poems are of trains, fishing, gardening, fairies and so much more. - Summary by SweetHome...
Cecilia de Noël - Mary Elizabeth Hawker
Cecilia de Noël - Mary Elizabeth Hawker
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Hawker
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
Cecilia de Noël is an original and cleverly told ghost story, published in 1891. The story is told, Rashomon-like, from six different viewpoints. - Summary by Wikipedia and David Wales...
