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Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable - Thomas BULFINCH
Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable - Thomas BULFINCH
- Author: Thomas BULFINCH
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Bulfinch’s Mythology, first published in 1855, is one of the most popular collections of mythology of all time. It consists of three volumes: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, and Legends of Charlemagne. This is a recording of the tenth edition...
Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians - Martin Luther
Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians - Martin Luther
- Author: Martin Luther
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
Martin Luther strove to give a verse by verse exegesis of the Epistle to the Galatians in the work. The original work, written in Latin in around 1516, was much longer. This translation by Theodore Graebner strove to produce a copy of the work in a...
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 1 - Edgar Allan Poe
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 1 - Edgar Allan Poe
- Author: Edgar Allan Poe
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Short Stories
This, the first of 5 volumes containing Poe's works, contains 8 of his short stories as well as reflections, critiques, and eulogies by others....
Short Poetry Collection 064 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 064 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 064: a collection of 20 public-domain poems, chosen and read by Librivox volunteers....
The Chemical History of A Candle - Michael FARADAY
The Chemical History of A Candle - Michael FARADAY
- Author: Michael FARADAY
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Science
The Chemical History of a Candle is a series of 6 lectures on chemistry presented to a juvenile audience in 1848. Taught by Michael Faraday - a chemist and physist, and regarded as the best experimentalist in the history of science - it is probably...
Iracema, the Honey-Lips: a Legend of Brazil - José de ALENCAR
Iracema, the Honey-Lips: a Legend of Brazil - José de ALENCAR
- Author: José de ALENCAR
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Iracema (translated as Iracema, the Honey Lips: a legend of Brazil) is considered one of the most important books of Brazilian romanticism, but also of Brazilian literature as a whole. It's been called a poem in prose, a poetic novel, a...
Bible (TCNT) NT 01-27: The New Testament - TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT
Bible (TCNT) NT 01-27: The New Testament - TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT
- Author: TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Bibles / Religion
Published in 1904, The Twentieth Century New Testament is considered the first translation of the Bible into modern English. It was produced in Britain over a period of 15 years by approximately 20 people -- ministers, housewives, school teachers...
The Life Of Charlotte Brontë Volume 1 - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
The Life Of Charlotte Brontë Volume 1 - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Charlotte Brontë was a British author, the eldest of the three famous Brontë sisters who have become standards of English literature. She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, one of the greatest classics of all time. Just two years after...
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars - Gaius SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars - Gaius SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS
- Author: Gaius SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Antiquity
The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire. The work was written in 121 during the reign of the emperor Hadrian, while Suetonius was Hadrian's personal secretary. On the Life of...
Clover (version 2) - Susan Coolidge
Clover (version 2) - Susan Coolidge
- Author: Susan Coolidge
- Genre: General
This fourth book in the "What Katy Did" series focuses on Katy's closest sister, Clover. She ends up in the beautiful mountains of Colorado to nurse their younger brother back to health. While making new friends, Clover is reunited with her...
The Long, Long Trail - Max Brand
The Long, Long Trail - Max Brand
- Author: Max Brand
- Genre: Westerns
A willful flirtatious girl; a morose family; a dark, mysterious, and (to some) alluring man; lots of horses, guns, honor, love, courage, and treachery in this 1921 pulp western. Max Brand was known for going well beyond the formulaic western. The...
The Custom of the Country - Edith Wharton
The Custom of the Country - Edith Wharton
- Author: Edith Wharton
- Genre: General Fiction
Edith Wharton was a novelist of manners of late 19th Century New York "Society", who spent much of her life in France. In this novel she tells the story of Undine Sprague, the thrice- (or more) married, upwardly mobile beauty from "Apex City",...
Torah (JPSA) 01: Genesis - Jewish Publication Society of America
Torah (JPSA) 01: Genesis - Jewish Publication Society of America
- Author: Jewish Publication Society of America
- Genre: Bibles / Religion
The first book of the Pentateuch - Genesis. Presented according to weekly parshah. Praised are You, Adonai, Our G-d, ruler of the Universe, who has made us holy with commandments and commanded us to engage in the study of Torah. (Summary by Linette...
The Innocents Abroad - Mark Twain
The Innocents Abroad - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Travel Fiction
Writer/entertainer Garrison Keillor (A Prairie Home Companion) on “The Innocents Abroad”: “…one of the best selling travel books of all time.” (The Writer’s Almanac, June 8, 2012) When you dive into Mark Twain’s (Samuel Clemens’) The Innocents...
The Man-Eaters of Tsavo - John Henry PATTERSON
The Man-Eaters of Tsavo - John Henry PATTERSON
- Author: John Henry PATTERSON
- Genre: Animals / Memoirs
In 1898, during the construction of river-crossing bridge for the Uganda Railway at the Tsavo River, as many as 135 railway workers were attacked at night, dragged into the wilderness, and devoured by two male lions. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo is the...
The Majesty of Calmness - William George JORDAN
The Majesty of Calmness - William George JORDAN
- Author: William George JORDAN
- Genre: Philosophy / Psychology / Self-Help
Change your life by changing your thoughts. The Majesty of Calmness is your guide to attracting prosperity, manifesting opportunities, and managing stress—all while discovering the values most precious to you. (Summary by Andrea Fiore)...
Vera; or the Nihilists - Oscar Wilde
Vera; or the Nihilists - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: Plays
Vera; or, The Nihilists is a play by Oscar Wilde. It is a melodramatic tragedy set in Russia and is loosely based on the story of Vera Zasulich. It was the first play that Wilde wrote. It was produced in the United Kingdom in 1880, and in New York...
The Early History of the Airplane - Orville WRIGHT
The Early History of the Airplane - Orville WRIGHT
- Author: Orville WRIGHT
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Technology & Engineering / Memoirs
The Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air flight, on 17th December 1903. They were not the first to build and fly aircraft, but they invented the controls that were necessary for a pilot...
Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery - Arthur Gay PAYNE
Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery - Arthur Gay PAYNE
- Author: Arthur Gay PAYNE
- Genre: Cooking
This is a little cookbook of vegetarian recipes, which were only slowly gaining popularity in England at the time of its publication in 1891. The recipes are all very clearly described, and any modern listener should be able to try them out if any...
Short Science Fiction Collection 037 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 037 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Science Fiction / Anthologies
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent...
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (version 3) - L. Frank Baum
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (version 3) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
L. Frank Baum takes us through the adventures of Santa Claus beginning with his adoption as an infant by Necile the nymph. As a youth, Claus discovers fellow humans on earth and returns to their world where he decides his duty is to make children...
The Martyrdom of Man - (William) Winwood Reade
The Martyrdom of Man - (William) Winwood Reade
- Author: (William) Winwood Reade
- Genre: War & Military
William Winwood Reade (1838 - 1875) was a British historian, explorer, and philosopher.His most famous work, the Martyrdom of Man (1872)—whose summary running head reads "From Nebula to Nation"—is a secular, "universal" history of the Western world....
Chronicles of Canada Volume 32 - The Railway Builders: A Chronicle of Overland Highways - Oscar D. SKELTON
Chronicles of Canada Volume 32 - The Railway Builders: A Chronicle of Overland Highways - Oscar D. SKELTON
- Author: Oscar D. SKELTON
- Genre: Modern (19th C) / Transportation
When the pace of railroad construction slackened in 1914, Canada had achieved a remarkable position in the railway world. Only five other countries—the United States, Russia, Germany, India, and, by a small margin, France—possessed a greater...
The Sea-Witch - Maturin Murray BALLOU
The Sea-Witch - Maturin Murray BALLOU
- Author: Maturin Murray BALLOU
- Genre: General Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction / Romance
Maturin Murray Ballou was the author of dozens of books, chiefly centered around his extensive sea travel. He was deputy navy-agent in the Boston Custom House and circumnavigated in 1882, collecting material for several travel accounts and various...
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Vol. 2 - Laurence Sterne
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Vol. 2 - Laurence Sterne
- Author: Laurence Sterne
- Genre: General Fiction
This is volume 2 of 4. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (or, more briefly, Tristram Shandy) is a novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next...
Mark Twain’s Journal Writings, Volume 3 - Mark Twain
Mark Twain’s Journal Writings, Volume 3 - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Satire / Short Stories
This third volume of Mark Twain's journal writings continues on eclectic and varied path established by the first two volumes. Included in this collection are works that appeared by themselves in magazines during Twain's lifetime, as well as essays...
The Rebel of the School - L. T. Meade
The Rebel of the School - L. T. Meade
- Author: L. T. Meade
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
Kathleen O'Hara is a young pretty girl sent to school in England from Ireland by her father to get a good education, but Kathleen has other ideas. She quickly become friends with the girls of the school who don't pay for their education and in turn...
The South American Republics, Part II - Thomas Cleland DAWSON
The South American Republics, Part II - Thomas Cleland DAWSON
- Author: Thomas Cleland DAWSON
- Genre: Early Modern / Modern (19th C)
This history begins when Pizarro and Almagro, Valdivia and Benalcazar, led their desperadoes across the Isthmus to the conquest, massacre, and enslavement of the prosperous and civilised millions who inhabited the Pacific coast of South America. It...
The Travels of Ibn Batuta - Ibn BATTUTA
The Travels of Ibn Batuta - Ibn BATTUTA
- Author: Ibn BATTUTA
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Memoirs
Ibn Battuta (1304 – ca. 1369), was a Moroccan explorer. Over a period of thirty years, Ibn Battuta visited most of the known Islamic world as well as many non-Muslim lands. His journeys included trips to North Africa, West Africa, the Horn of...
The Light Princess - George MacDonald
The Light Princess - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: Children's Fiction
Plenty of princesses have been cursed by wicked witches, but the curse placed on this princess by her evil aunt is an unusual one: it removes all the princess's gravity. What can break the curse before the princess floats away? Perhaps the best...
Through the Looking-Glass (version 4) - Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking-Glass (version 4) - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Action & Adventure
In this sequel to "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", Alice is playing with her kittens — a black kitten and a white kitten, the offspring of Dinah, Alice's cat in the first book — when she ponders what the world is like on the other side of a...
The World I Live In - Helen KELLER
The World I Live In - Helen KELLER
- Author: Helen KELLER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
The World I Live In by Helen Keller is a collection of essays that poignantly tells of her impressions of the world, through her sense of touch, smell, her imagination and dreams. My hand is to me what your hearing and sight together are to you. In...
Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons - Arabella M. WILLSON
Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons - Arabella M. WILLSON
- Author: Arabella M. WILLSON
- Genre: Christianity - Biographies
This book follows the three amazing stories of Adoniram Judson's wives, Ann, Sarah, and Emily. Each wife went through incredible hardships, but each hardship only proved to make them strong women of faith, who despite all difficulties and illnesses,...
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (version 2) - Edgar Allan Poe
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (version 2) - Edgar Allan Poe
- Author: Edgar Allan Poe
- Genre: Detective Fiction
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been recognized as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination".C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris...
A Christmas Miscellany 2017 - Various
A Christmas Miscellany 2017 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: General Fiction / Essays & Short Works
A selection of short works about Christmas. (Summary by david wales)...
Coffee Break Collection 004 - Hodge Podge - Various
Coffee Break Collection 004 - Hodge Podge - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories / Essays & Short Works
This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) fiction or non-fiction works in English suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. The theme for this collection is HodgePodge: humor, romance, science, long poems,...
Short Poetry Collection 076 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 076 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is an open collection of poems for the month of February 2009....
The Gray Phantom - Herman LANDON
The Gray Phantom - Herman LANDON
- Author: Herman LANDON
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction
A woman is apparently murdered in a New York auditorium under very suspicious circumstances one evening during a performance. Helen Hardwick happened to be in attendance that evening, as she had written the play that was being performed, and she was...
Abandoned - William Clark Russell
Abandoned - William Clark Russell
- Author: William Clark Russell
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
We meet Miss Lucretia Lane as she is dressing for her marriage to Captain Francis Reynolds of the British Merchant Service. Though he loves her truly, she has severe misgivings. She goes through with the wedding in spite of this, but refuses to live...
The Real Latin Quarter - Frank Berkeley SMITH
The Real Latin Quarter - Frank Berkeley SMITH
- Author: Frank Berkeley SMITH
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Memoirs
"Cocher, drive to the rue Falguière"--this in my best restaurant French. The man with the varnished hat shrugged his shoulders, and raised his eyebrows in doubt. He evidently had never heard of the rue Falguière. "Yes, rue Falguière, the old rue des...
