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California Sketches New And Old - Oscar Penn FITZGERALD
California Sketches New And Old - Oscar Penn FITZGERALD
- Author: Oscar Penn FITZGERALD
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
Here we meet all sorts of characters and situations in California’s early history: gunmen, outlaws, lynch mobs, raging storms, mining camps, lost clergymen, freed slaves, Northern sympathizers, Southern sympathizers, soldiers…. Oscar Penn Fitzgerald...
The Land God Forgot - Robert W. Service
The Land God Forgot - Robert W. Service
- Author: Robert W. Service
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Land God Forgot by Robert Service. This was the weekly poetry project for January 25th, 2009....
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907-1908 - Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907-1908 - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Genre: General Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction / Romance
Lucy Maud Montgomery was born at Clifton (now New London), Prince Edward Island, Canada, on November 30, 1874. She achieved international fame in her lifetime, putting Prince Edward Island and Canada on the world literary map. Best known for her...
The Shrieking Pit - Arthur J. REES
The Shrieking Pit - Arthur J. REES
- Author: Arthur J. REES
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
The Shrieking Pit is one of Arthur Rees's earlier works, and is a good old fashioned murder mystery story. Grant Colwyn, a private detective, is holidaying in East Anglia when he notices a young man at a nearby table behaving peculiarly. The young...
Theory of Colours - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Theory of Colours - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Astronomy / Physics & Mechanics
Newton's observations on the optical spectrum were widely accepted but Goethe noticed the difference between the scientific explanation and the phenomena as experienced by the human eye. He did not try to explain this, but rather collected and...
Birds and Nature, Vol. XII, No 4, November 1902 - Various
Birds and Nature, Vol. XII, No 4, November 1902 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Nature
"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes and factual descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was...
The Goddess of Atvatabar - William Richard BRADSHAW
The Goddess of Atvatabar - William Richard BRADSHAW
- Author: William Richard BRADSHAW
- Genre: Science Fiction
An accident during a polar expedition leads the crew of the Polar King to the discovery of an entire world within the earth. Within the interior realm lies a vast ocean with continents and civilisations unknown to the outside world. The societies...
Concerning Virgins - Saint Ambrose
Concerning Virgins - Saint Ambrose
- Author: Saint Ambrose
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Concerning Virgins (De Virginibus) is a series of letters, compiled into three “books,” St. Ambrose wrote to his sister, Manellia, These, perhaps Ambrose's earliest writings, were written in 377 CE. Written in a rather light-handed non-technical...
The Twilight of the Idols - Friedrich Nietzsche
The Twilight of the Idols - Friedrich Nietzsche
- Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
Of The Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche says in Ecce Homo: “If anyone should desire to obtain a rapid sketch of how everything before my time was standing on its head, he should begin reading me in this book. That which is called ‘Idols’ on the...
The White Elephant And Other Tales from Old India Retold - Georgene FAULKNER
The White Elephant And Other Tales from Old India Retold - Georgene FAULKNER
- Author: Georgene FAULKNER
- Genre: Short Stories / Family / General
This book is a collection of short stories from India. - Summary by sid...
Bible (DBY) NT 09: Galatians - Darby Bible
Bible (DBY) NT 09: Galatians - Darby Bible
- Author: Darby Bible
- Genre: Bibles
The Darby Bible consists of a translation of the New Testament by John Nelson Darby, originally published in 1867, and a translation of the Old Testament, included in later editions of the text, completed by Darby's students after his death. -...
Helen - Maria Edgeworth
Helen - Maria Edgeworth
- Author: Maria Edgeworth
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction
Maria Edgeworth was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. She held advanced views,...
Rhymes of a Red Cross Man - Robert W. Service
Rhymes of a Red Cross Man - Robert W. Service
- Author: Robert W. Service
- Genre: Single author
Robert Service was born in Lancashire, England, but at age 21 moved to Canada and eventually ended up in the Yukon during the gold rush. His poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee" helped secure his reputation as the...
Hannibal - Jacob Abbott
Hannibal - Jacob Abbott
- Author: Jacob Abbott
- Genre: Historical / Biography & Autobiography / Antiquity
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it...
The Man in the Moone - Francis GODWIN
The Man in the Moone - Francis GODWIN
- Author: Francis GODWIN
- Genre: Fantasy Fiction
A self-serving Spaniard discovers a means of traveling to the moon, describing his sensations in transit in terms remarkably consistent with modern astronauts' experiences. He finds on the moon a utopia, which he describes in detail, but being a...
The Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - February - John Kendrick Bangs
The Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - February - John Kendrick Bangs
- Author: John Kendrick Bangs
- Genre: Poetry
There should be a bit of poetry in every day, and John Kendrick Bangs wrote a fitting poem for each day in the year. In 1920, a book was published with one of Bangs' poems for each day. This project covers the month of February. - Summary by Carolin...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 033 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 033 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include astronomy, religion, United States history, football, child raising, Tokyo firebombing, and more. (summary by Sue Anderson)...
Twenty Years After - Alexandre Dumas
Twenty Years After - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Let's continue the D'Artagnan Romances that we've already started with The Three Musketeers....
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (Version 2) - L. Frank Baum
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (Version 2) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: General
Dorothy is swallowed by an earthquake! And that is just the start of Dorothy's adventures in this exciting and fun book. She and her kitten, Eureka are on their way home and stop to visit a relative in California. But the earthquake opens the ground...
Stories of Symphonic Music - Lawrence GILMAN
Stories of Symphonic Music - Lawrence GILMAN
- Author: Lawrence GILMAN
- Genre: Music
'A guide to the meaning of important symphonies, overtures and tone-poems from Beethoven to the present day'. Gilman became notorious for scathing reviews of compositions later to become classics. Here he analyzes the stories behind some famous and...
Chronicles of Canada Volume 20 - Adventurers of the Far North - Stephen Leacock
Chronicles of Canada Volume 20 - Adventurers of the Far North - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Modern (19th C) / Exploration
This is volume 20 of The Chronicles of Canada series. This volume describes the explorers who braved the Canadian Arctic in search of the Northwest Passage, focusing on Samuel Hearne, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, and Sir John Franklin. (Summary by...
Joan Thursday - Louis Joseph Vance
Joan Thursday - Louis Joseph Vance
- Author: Louis Joseph Vance
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
Minor potboiler is a change of pace from the author of the Lone Wolf detective series. Tenement beauty (and wannabe stage-star) Joan Thursby seeks to raise herself up out of the gutter in 1900's New York City, in a precursor to superior soaps like...
Spontaneous Activity in Education - Maria MONTESSORI
Spontaneous Activity in Education - Maria MONTESSORI
- Author: Maria MONTESSORI
- Genre: Education
Maria Montessori saw that children gained a sense of satisfaction through doing work of their own choosing, and that the role of the adult was to allow this natural ability of the child to flourish through careful design of the environment, and the...
West African Folk Tales - William H. BARKER
West African Folk Tales - William H. BARKER
- Author: William H. BARKER
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A collection of folk tales mostly centred around Anansi. In West African lore Anansi is known as a trickster god, and is often depicted as either a spider, a human or a combination of both. Thus many of the stories are attempts by Anansi to trick...
True to the Old Flag - G. A. Henty
True to the Old Flag - G. A. Henty
- Author: G. A. Henty
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Historical Fiction
This book tells the story of the American war of Independence from the side of the British. The old flag mentioned in the title is the flag of England. This is a book for young readers, but - as a good book should be - everybody can enjoy it"....
Love's Young Dream - Thomas Moore
Love's Young Dream - Thomas Moore
- Author: Thomas Moore
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of Love's Young Dream by Thomas Moore. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 26th, 2010....
Doors of the Night - Frank L. Packard
Doors of the Night - Frank L. Packard
- Author: Frank L. Packard
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
New York City, 1922—Murder—half-million dollar robbery—false accusation—secret passage—the underworld—a mystery woman—a masked man—a crooked lawyer—stolen jewels—a forged will. . . “Every hour . . . held a surer promise, not only of desperate peril...
Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack - Rudyard Kipling
Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Librivox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of the Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack, from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. This was the weekly poem for the week of November 30, 2014. - Summary by Rachel...
Lullaby - Louisa May Alcott
Lullaby - Louisa May Alcott
- Author: Louisa May Alcott
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Lullaby by Louisa May Alcott. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 4th, 2009....
Don Juan - Lorenzo DA PONTE
Don Juan - Lorenzo DA PONTE
- Author: Lorenzo DA PONTE
- Genre: Plays
Don Juan (Spanish), Don Giovanni (Italian) is a legendary, fictional libertine. Although the various iterations of the Don Juan myth show some variation, the basic story remains the same. Don Juan is portrayed as a wealthy, seductive libertine who...
Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave - Aphra BEHN
Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave - Aphra BEHN
- Author: Aphra BEHN
- Genre: General Fiction
Aphra Behn was the first woman writer in England to make a living by her pen, and her novel Oroonoko was the first work published in English to express sympathy for African slaves. Perhaps based partly on Behn's own experiences living in Surinam,...
On Secret Service - William Nelson TAFT
On Secret Service - William Nelson TAFT
- Author: William Nelson TAFT
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers / Law
Detective-Mystery stories based on real cases solved by government agents. Created initially in 1865, the U.S. Secret Service continued to expand over the years, particularly following the assassination of President McKinley in 1901. The episodes in...
The Cabinet Minister - Arthur Wing Pinero
The Cabinet Minister - Arthur Wing Pinero
- Author: Arthur Wing Pinero
- Genre: Plays / Satire
Mr. Pinero holds that farce should treat of probable people placed in possible circumstances, but regarded from a point of view which exaggerates their sentiments and magnifies their foibles. In this light it is permitted to this class of play, not...
The Word of an Engineer - James Weldon Johnson
The Word of an Engineer - James Weldon Johnson
- Author: James Weldon Johnson
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
James Weldon Johnson was an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered for his leadership within the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he...
The Tale of Peter Mink - Arthur Scott Bailey
The Tale of Peter Mink - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Arthur Scott Bailey (1877 – 1949) was author of more than forty children's books. Bailey's writing has been described thusly by the Newark Evening News: "Mr. Bailey centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insect worlds, weaving natural...
The Manxman - Hall CAINE
The Manxman - Hall CAINE
- Author: Hall CAINE
- Genre: Romance
Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine, CH, KBE (14 May 1853 – 31 August 1931), usually known as Hall Caine, was a British author. He is best known as a novelist and playright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. In his time he was exceedingly popular...
Vintage Verse Rhapsody: A Poetry Collection - Various
Vintage Verse Rhapsody: A Poetry Collection - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
A collection of poetry selected and performed by Bob Gonzalez, rhapsode. Rhapsodes of Ancient Greece were “song-stitchers,” performing selections from the epics of Homer and Hesiod. The contemporary rhapsode performs the classical poetry of his or...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include biographies of astronomer Fiammetta Wilson, naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, mountaineer Jacques Balmat, French Revolutionist Camille...
The Chronicles of America Volume 03 - Elizabethan Sea-Dogs - William Wood
The Chronicles of America Volume 03 - Elizabethan Sea-Dogs - William Wood
- Author: William Wood
- Genre: History
Citizen, colonist, pioneer! These three words carry the history of the United States back to its earliest form in 'the New World called America.' But who prepared the way for the pioneers from the Old World and what assured their safety in the New?...
The Faith of Our Fathers - James GIBBONS
The Faith of Our Fathers - James GIBBONS
- Author: James GIBBONS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Psychology
The Faith of Our Fathers: A Plain Exposition and Vindication of the Church Founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ is a book published in 1876 by archbishop James Gibbons, which became a best-selling conversion manual in the United States, and by 1980 was...
