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Christmas, A Story - Zona GALE
Christmas, A Story - Zona GALE
- Author: Zona GALE
- Genre: Religious Fiction
This is a gentle Christmas story, whose message is that if we didn't already have Christmas, we'd find a way to invent it. It's hard times in Old Trail Town as the Season of Giving approaches. The factory that employs most of the town is closed and...
Salammbô - Gustave Flaubert
Salammbô - Gustave Flaubert
- Author: Gustave Flaubert
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction
After completing the famous Mme Bovary, Flaubert put all his efforts into researching the Punic Wars and completed the lesser known Salammbô. In this volume, Flaubert describes in detail the Mercenary Revolt and the fight of the Mercenaries against...
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War - Finley Peter DUNNE
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War - Finley Peter DUNNE
- Author: Finley Peter DUNNE
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Satire
In Chicago lay a street called Archey Road, which stretched through a neighborhood which was mostly Irish immigrants, among whom was Martin Dooley, "doctor of philosophy." Mr. Dooley was a saloonkeeper with opinions on most everything in his day,...
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11: American Founders - John Lord
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11: American Founders - John Lord
- Author: John Lord
- Genre: Early Modern
The eleventh volume of the Beacon Lights of History series, this volume is the first that directly refers to the United States. In this volume is found Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Adam, Thomas Jefferson and John...
The Art of Money Getting (version 2) - P. T. Barnum
The Art of Money Getting (version 2) - P. T. Barnum
- Author: P. T. Barnum
- Genre: Self-Help
Although Barnum considered himself primarily a showman and his main goal was to put money in his own pocket, this little book, subtitled Golden Rules for Making Money does have a good deal of common sense about how to make money, and perhaps more...
The Lady of the Lake - Sir Walter Scott
The Lady of the Lake - Sir Walter Scott
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Poetry
The scene of the following Poem is laid chiefly in the vicinity of Loch Katrine, in the Western Highlands of Perthshire. The time of Action includes Six Days, and the transactions of each Day occupy a Canto. (Summary by William J. Rolfe, ed.)...
The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. - William Makepeace Thackeray
The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. - William Makepeace Thackeray
- Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Genre: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction
First published as a serial in Fraser's Magazine in 1844 as The Luck of Barry Lyndon, The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq is a picaresque novel, narrated (occasionally charmingly, always unreliably) by a member of the 18th-century Irish gentry. Redmond...
The Odes and Carmen Saeculare - Quintus HORATIUS FLACCUS
The Odes and Carmen Saeculare - Quintus HORATIUS FLACCUS
- Author: Quintus HORATIUS FLACCUS
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Poetry
Flawlessly hammered out, as if from eternal bronze—"aere perennius"—The Odes of Horace are the consummate expression of the pride, the reserve, the tragic playfulness, the epicurean calm, the absolute distinction of the Imperial Roman spirit. A few...
Aunt Friendly's Picture Book - Sarah S. BAKER
Aunt Friendly's Picture Book - Sarah S. BAKER
- Author: Sarah S. BAKER
- Genre: Children's Fiction
This book includes the classic alphabet, Sing-A-Song Of Sixpence, The Frog Who Would A Wooing go, The Three LIttle Pigs, Puss In Boot, and The Ugly Duckling. Fun for all ages! (Summary by Sam Stinson)...
Helping Himself; or Grant Thornton's Ambition (version 2) - Horatio Alger, Jr.
Helping Himself; or Grant Thornton's Ambition (version 2) - Horatio Alger, Jr.
- Author: Horatio Alger Jr.
- Genre: General
“wish we were not so terribly poor, Grant," said Mrs. Thornton, in a discouraged tone. "Is there anything new that makes you say so, mother?” Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, most...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 047 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 047 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy and thought -- Plato, Aristotle, Leonhard Euler, Henri Amiel, and the French Rights of Man; adventure and mystery -- the ascent of...
Zanzibar Tales - George W. BATEMAN
Zanzibar Tales - George W. BATEMAN
- Author: George W. BATEMAN
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
If you have read any accounts of adventure in Africa, you will know that travelers never mention animals of any kind that are gifted with the faculty of speech, or gazelles that are overseers for native princes, or hares that eat flesh. No, indeed;...
A Color Notation - Albert Henry MUNSELL
A Color Notation - Albert Henry MUNSELL
- Author: Albert Henry MUNSELL
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture
A Color Notation is a method developed by A. H. Munsell in order to produce a unified system of color classification. The system identifies three color dimensions hue (color name), value (lightness), and chroma (color purity) and was the first to...
Mountain Interval (version 2) - Robert Frost
Mountain Interval (version 2) - Robert Frost
- Author: Robert Frost
- Genre: Single author
Mountain Interval is a 1916 poetry collection written by American writer Robert Frost. It is Frost's third poetic volume and was published by Henry Holt. It was republished in 1920. Frost made several alterations in the sequencing of the collection...
The Moon Pool - Abraham Merritt
The Moon Pool - Abraham Merritt
- Author: Abraham Merritt
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Dr. David Throckmartin’s scientific expedition to the South Sea Islands discovers among ancient ruins a portal into Muria, an unknown underground world. After the disappearance of Throckmartin, his wife and two companions, his old friend Dr. Walter...
Oliver Twist (version 7) - Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist (version 7) - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
Orphan boy Oliver is forced into child labor at an early age, and after a simple plea for more food, finds himself alone in the streets of London, where ultimately he becomes the center of attention for a gang of pickpockets. - Summary by Brad...
Harold the Dauntless - Sir Walter Scott
Harold the Dauntless - Sir Walter Scott
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- Genre: Poetry
Harold the Dauntless is a rhymed, romantic, narrative-poem by Sir Walter Scott. Written in 1817, it weaves together elements of popular English legends and folklore using dramatic themes. The poem recounts the exploits and the personal spiritual...
God's Way of Peace: A Book for the Anxious - Horatius BONAR
God's Way of Peace: A Book for the Anxious - Horatius BONAR
- Author: Horatius BONAR
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Both a work of theology and psychology, Calvinist revivalist Horatius Bonar guides readers from the universal human need for repentance and faith to the "peace that passes all understanding" that comes from communion with Christ. - Summary by Loren...
The Story of Rimini - Leigh HUNT
The Story of Rimini - Leigh HUNT
- Author: Leigh HUNT
- Genre: Poetry
A long poem telling the tragic story of Francesca da Rimini, the duped and adulterous bride, inspired by the character in Dante's Inferno. Published in 1816 and dedicated to Lord Byron, it is considered the pinnacle of Hunt's poetic achievements....
A Cathedral Courtship - Kate Douglas Wiggin
A Cathedral Courtship - Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Author: Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Genre: Travel Fiction / Romance / Published 1900 onward
An romantic comedy. A pretty young American girls tours English Cathedrals, with her very blue-blooded Aunt. Then boy meets girl. Boy chases girl. Boy loses girl. Boy finds girl. Finally, girl catches boy with the help of a mad bull. (Summary by Ric...
A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl
A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl
- Author: -
- Genre: ---
Join Margaret, a little girl who really wants to learn how to properly cook and bake everything from seafood to cake, as she sets out to make all the recipes she can find from her family, friends and the rest of the world around her. A fun and...
The Book of Missionary Heroes - Basil Joseph MATHEWS
The Book of Missionary Heroes - Basil Joseph MATHEWS
- Author: Basil Joseph MATHEWS
- Genre: Christianity - Biographies
Through the centuries, the world has been witness to an unbroken trail of heroes--men and women who braved privation, danger, and death to bring the light of Jesus Christ to the darkest corners of the earth. Some are well known, others long...
Myths And Legends Of The Great Plains (version 2) - Katharine Berry Judson
Myths And Legends Of The Great Plains (version 2) - Katharine Berry Judson
- Author: Katharine Berry Judson
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Nature & Animal Fiction
Here, amidst the vast sweep of the plains which stretch away to the horizon on every side, boundless, limitless, endless, lived the plains Indians. Standing in the midst of this vast green plain on a soft May morning, after the Thunder Gods have...
Mark Twain's Speeches, Part 1 - Mark Twain
Mark Twain's Speeches, Part 1 - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Spanning the time between 1872 and the year before he died, this collection of after-dinner speeches, random thoughts to "the press", etc. clearly documents, once again, the truly eclectic mind of Samuel Clemens. It also demonstrates how he dealt...
Poems of American History, Volume 4, The Civil War - Various
Poems of American History, Volume 4, The Civil War - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Modern (19th C)
This volume is a fascinating reflection on the Civil War years from a perspective in 1908, when many Civil War veterans were still alive, when the wounds to North and South were still fresh, and when no event more cataclysmic had struck the Republic...
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 02, Nov. 11, 1879 - Various
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 02, Nov. 11, 1879 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Short works / General
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, short stories, fiction and nonfiction, anecdotes, jokes, artwork, and more for children. Published by Harper...
The Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel - C. F. W. WALTHER
The Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel - C. F. W. WALTHER
- Author: C. F. W. WALTHER
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
From September 12, 1884 through November 6, 1885, C.F.W. Walther delivered a series of 39 Friday evening lectures to his students at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. Unlike his doctrinal lectures during the school day, these lectures were...
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 04 - William Shakespeare
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 04 - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Plays / Poetry
LibriVox readers present the fourth collection of monologues from Shakespeare’s plays. Containing 20 parts.William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 – April 23, 1616) remains widely to be considered the single greatest playwright of all time. He wrote in...
Mistakes of Moses - Robert G. Ingersoll
Mistakes of Moses - Robert G. Ingersoll
- Author: Robert G. Ingersoll
- Genre: Modern / Christianity - Commentary
Robert G. Ingersoll was an extremely popular humanist orator in the late nineteenth century, and he wrote Mistakes of Moses after many bootlegged versions of his speeches had been published and circulated. In Mistakes of Moses, through a close,...
A Song of Autumn - Adam Lindsay Gordon
A Song of Autumn - Adam Lindsay Gordon
- Author: Adam Lindsay Gordon
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Adam Lindsay Gordon was an Australian poet, jockey and politician. - Summary by Wikipedia...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 011 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 011 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short non-fiction
A collection of sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, articles, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass a diverse range of subject matter...
Richard II - William Shakespeare
Richard II - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Tragedy
Richard II by William Shakespeare is the first of eight plays that portray a historically-informed version of the War of the Roses - beginning in about 1365 and ending with Richard III's death in 1485. Edited by J. M. Smallheer and John Gonzalez....
Prelude - Katherine Mansfield
Prelude - Katherine Mansfield
- Author: Katherine Mansfield
- Genre: General Fiction
One of the first books to be published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf's Hogarth Press, Prelude is among Katherine Mansfield's most accomplished stories, inspired by her childhood in New Zealand. (Introduction by iremonger)...
The Crucifixion of Philip Strong - Charles Monroe SHELDON
The Crucifixion of Philip Strong - Charles Monroe SHELDON
- Author: Charles Monroe SHELDON
- Genre: Christian Fiction
Having simultaneously received letters of call from two different churches, Philip Strong must choose, balancing head, heart, and God's calling. - Summary by David Gore...
The Oakdale Affair - Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Oakdale Affair - Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Crime & Mystery Fiction
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Jack London / H.H. Knibbs-inspired, selfless, poetry-spouting, hobo character, Bridge, makes another appearance in the novellete, The Oakdale Affair (original title, Bridge and the Oskalooska Kid). Joining the poetic hobo in...
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (version 2) - L. Frank Baum
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (version 2) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
This wonderful children’s short story tells all about the youth, manhood and old age of Santa Claus and how he became immortal. (Introduction by jedopi)...
A Warwickshire Lad: The Story of the Boyhood of William Shakespeare - George Madden MARTIN
A Warwickshire Lad: The Story of the Boyhood of William Shakespeare - George Madden MARTIN
- Author: George Madden MARTIN
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Historical
Ever wonder what happened to ol' Billy Shakespeare as a child? How did Little William get to be the great writer that we remember him for? This cute little coming of age story charts Willy's life from the age of 5 into his early adulthood. Summary...
The Yellow Fairy Book - Andrew Lang
The Yellow Fairy Book - Andrew Lang
- Author: Andrew Lang
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
"Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources (who had collected...
The Red Seal - Natalie Sumner LINCOLN
The Red Seal - Natalie Sumner LINCOLN
- Author: Natalie Sumner LINCOLN
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Nothing is what it seems to be as events unfold in this entertaining mystery by Natalie Sumner Lincoln. Red seals and red herrings abound and will keep you guessing all the way through the final chapter! (summary by J. M. Smallheer)...
Short Science Fiction Collection 010 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 010 - 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 a reader-selected...
