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The Guns of Shiloh - Joseph A. Altsheler
The Guns of Shiloh - Joseph A. Altsheler
- Author: Joseph A. Altsheler
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Historical Fiction / War & Military Fiction
The Northern Army has just be handed a great defeat at Bull Run and is headed back to Washington, DC. How will the North answer this defeat? Follow our hero, Dick Mason, into the Western campaign to find out. This is the second book in the Civil War...
In His Steps - Charles Monroe SHELDON
In His Steps - Charles Monroe SHELDON
- Author: Charles Monroe SHELDON
- Genre: Christian Fiction
In His Steps takes place in the railroad town of Raymond. The main character is the Rev. Henry Maxwell, pastor of the First Church of Raymond, who challenges his congregation to not do anything for a whole year without first asking: “What Would...
The Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange - Anna Katharine Green
The Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Miss Violet Strange is young, petite and attractive and has a wealthy father. She also has the knack for solving problems. This collection contains nine mysteries or problems for her to solve in an early example of the 'girl detective' by mistress...
Treatise on Christ and Antichrist - HIPPOLYTUS OF ROME
Treatise on Christ and Antichrist - HIPPOLYTUS OF ROME
- Author: HIPPOLYTUS OF ROME
- Genre: Christianity - Other
In this late second century treatise, Hippolytus gives an excellent summary of Early Christian thinking on the subject of the antichrist. Familiar texts from Daniel and Revelation are treated together with his own current events to give a unique...
Journal of A Residence On A Georgian Plantation, 1838-1839 - Frances Anne KEMBLE
Journal of A Residence On A Georgian Plantation, 1838-1839 - Frances Anne KEMBLE
- Author: Frances Anne KEMBLE
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Fanny Kemble was a British actress who married mega-plantation owner, Pierce Butler of Georgia. During her marriage she kept journals of everyday life, and after some years grew to detest the institution of slavery and the things Butler stood for....
Grace Harlowe with the Marines at Chateau Thierry - Jessie Graham Flower
Grace Harlowe with the Marines at Chateau Thierry - Jessie Graham Flower
- Author: Jessie Graham Flower
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction / War & Military Fiction
Grace continues her war adventures over seas in France, continuing her work for the Red Cross. Set during World War I, Loyal Heart finds herself in much peril as she helps with the fight against the Germans. Summary by ashleighjane...
A Little Queen of Hearts - Ruth OGDEN
A Little Queen of Hearts - Ruth OGDEN
- Author: Ruth OGDEN
- Genre: Family
A charming children's story following the trials and tribulations of the simple life of Marie-Celeste as she endears herself to everyone whose life she touches. With her parents, she moves to Windsor Castle to live with her orphaned cousin and...
Revenge! - Robert BARR
Revenge! - Robert BARR
- Author: Robert BARR
- Genre: Detective Fiction / Single Author Collections
A collection of 20 short stories of the crime, detective, and thriller variety, sharing a common theme of .... you guessed it, revenge, and often with surprise conclusions. Elements of the style of Alfred Hitchcock may be found among many of the...
The Lure of the Labrador Wild - Dillon WALLACE
The Lure of the Labrador Wild - Dillon WALLACE
- Author: Dillon WALLACE
- Genre: Exploration
The Lure Of The Labrador Wild is a account of a expedition by Leonidas Hubbard, an adventurer and journalist to canoe the system Naskaupi River - Lake Michikamau in Labrador and George River in Quebec. His companions on this journey were his friend,...
Short Poetry Collection 171 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 171 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 30 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for August 2017....
Short Poetry Collection 101 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 101 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Anthologies
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for October 2011....
The Mystic Will - Charles Godfrey Leland
The Mystic Will - Charles Godfrey Leland
- Author: Charles Godfrey Leland
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Psychology / Self-Help
This book presents a method of developing and strengthening the faculties of the mind, through the awakened will, by a simple, scientific process possible to any person of ordinary intelligence (Summary by Charles Godfrey Leland) Note: This book was...
Sleeping Sickness - Fleming Mant SANDWITH
Sleeping Sickness - Fleming Mant SANDWITH
- Author: Fleming Mant SANDWITH
- Genre: Animals / Health & Fitness / History
In the twenty-first century sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis in humans) is still a life-threatening disease of adults and children and a hazard to tourists in East African game parks.The protozoan parasite is transmitted by the tsetse fly,...
The Windy Hill - Cornelia MEIGS
The Windy Hill - Cornelia MEIGS
- Author: Cornelia MEIGS
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Family
When two children come to stay with their cousin, they immediately realize something is wrong, but no one will tell them what. Their cousin is strangely altered: nervous, preoccupied, hardly aware of their existence. They soon discover that a...
The Life of Blessed John B. Marie Vianney, Curé of Ars - Anonymous
The Life of Blessed John B. Marie Vianney, Curé of Ars - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Christianity - Biographies
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, T.O.S.F., (8 May 1786 – 4 August 1859), commonly known in English as St John Vianney, was a French parish priest who is venerated in the Catholic Church as a saint and as the patron saint of all priests. He is often...
Diana Tempest - Mary CHOLMONDELEY
Diana Tempest - Mary CHOLMONDELEY
- Author: Mary CHOLMONDELEY
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Colonel Tempest , his wastrel son Archie and beautiful daughter Diana (Di) are dismayed when they are cut out of the will of old Mr Tempest, Colonel Tempest’s brother. All of the Tempest fortune and estates at Overleigh pass to son John. However,...
One-Act Play Collection 001 - Various
One-Act Play Collection 001 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Plays
Librivox’s One-Act Play Collection 001 includes one-act plays in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members....
In the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain - G. A. Henty
In the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain - G. A. Henty
- Author: G. A. Henty
- Genre: Historical Fiction
In this adventure story by the novelist and war correspondent, G.A. Henty, Desmond Kennedy, a young Irishman flees political oppression and religious persecution at home to serve in the French armies of Louis XIV. We join Desmond and his loyal...
A Texas Matchmaker - Andy ADAMS
A Texas Matchmaker - Andy ADAMS
- Author: Andy ADAMS
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Romance / Westerns
As a boy Andy Adams helped with the cattle and horses on the family farm. During the early 1880s he went to Texas, where he stayed for 10 years, spending much of that time driving cattle on the western trails.A Texas Matchmaker is a narrative that...
Lines. After the Manner of the Olden Time. - George Pope MORRIS
Lines. After the Manner of the Olden Time. - George Pope MORRIS
- Author: George Pope MORRIS
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Lines. After the Manner of the Olden Time by George Pope Morris. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 17, 2019. ------ George Pope Morris was an American editor, poet, and songwriter. He...
The Story of Robin Hood - Bertha Evangeline BUSH
The Story of Robin Hood - Bertha Evangeline BUSH
- Author: Bertha Evangeline BUSH
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
"He was brave and kind and merry always, and all the English people—except England's oppressors—loved him with all their hearts and delighted in his adventures. The story of what he did was put into songs and sung at every fireside; and no man was...
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (version 3) (Dramatic Reading) - L. Frank Baum
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (version 3) (Dramatic Reading) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Dramatic Readings / Action & Adventure
The timeless story of the Wizard Of Oz. Follow Dorothy as she leaves Kansas for Oz on a cyclone. She meets many strange, and wonderful people and creatures along the way. Enjoy it again with your children and family. (Summary by J. Hall) Characters:...
Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life - Lafcadio HEARN
Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life - Lafcadio HEARN
- Author: Lafcadio HEARN
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Travel & Geography
In an introductory paragraph, Lafcadio Hearn declares his intention: "The papers composing this volume treat of the inner rather than of the outer life of Japan, for which reason they have been grouped under the title Kokoro (heart). Written with...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 035 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 035 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include how to swim, Navajo silversmithing, the sun, begonias and ferns, Martin Luther, U.S. Presidents Eisenhower and Nixon, Captain Cook's...
Workers Together, or, An Endless Chain - Pansy
Workers Together, or, An Endless Chain - Pansy
- Author: Pansy
- Genre: Christian Fiction
Sixth in the Chautauqua Girls series. It picks up the characters of Dr. Stuart Everett and Joy Saunders introduced in "Ester Ried Yet Speaking" and follows them and other Christians in their work for the Master. Half-hearted and fully committed...
The Door Through Space - Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Door Through Space - Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Genre: Science Fiction
At one time Race Cargill had been the best Terran Intelligence agent on the complex and mysterious planet of Wolf. He had repeatedly imperiled his life amongst the half-human and non-human creatures of the sullen world. And he had repeatedly...
Longhead: The Story of the First Fire - C. H. ROBINSON
Longhead: The Story of the First Fire - C. H. ROBINSON
- Author: C. H. ROBINSON
- Genre: Historical Fiction
A fictionalized version of the self-discovery of primitive man, including: fire, cooking, defense and protection, architecture, community, communication, religion, government, and social interaction - Summary by Nick Bulka...
Short Poetry Collection 112 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 112 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for September 2012....
The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes - Arthur M. Winfield
The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes - Arthur M. Winfield
- Author: Arthur M. Winfield
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
The continuing saga of those rambunctious Rover Boys, brothers Dick, Tom, and Sam, takes them to the Great Lakes region of the northern U.S.. Expect the usual adventure and ultimately heroic encounters with bad apples, like arch-enemies the Baxter...
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 05 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 05 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee
- Author: Thomas D'Arcy McGee
- Genre: Middle Ages/Middle History
Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassing twelve books; Book 5 begins with the rise of the “Red Earl” and addresses the relations between Scotland...
Knight - Errant - Madison Cawein
Knight - Errant - Madison Cawein
- Author: Madison Cawein
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of Knight - Errant by Madison Cawein. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 3, 2019. ------ Cawein's poetry allied his love of nature with a devotion to earlier English and European literature,...
Topics - Aristotle
Topics - Aristotle
- Author: Aristotle
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Science
The Topics is is the fifth of Aristotle's six texts on logic which are collectively known as the Organon ("Instrument"). The Topics constitutes Aristotle's treatise on the art of dialectic—the invention and discovery of arguments in which the...
Adventures of Bindle - Herbert George Jenkins
Adventures of Bindle - Herbert George Jenkins
- Author: Herbert George Jenkins
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Jenkins' most popular fictional creation was Mr. Joseph Bindle, who first appeared in a humorous novel in 1916 and in a number of sequels. In the preface to the books, T. P. O'Connor said that "Bindle is the greatest Cockney that has come into being...
Short Story Collection Vol. 033 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 033 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 033: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members....
The Thing in the Attic (version 2) - James B. Blish
The Thing in the Attic (version 2) - James B. Blish
- Author: James B. Blish
- Genre: Science Fiction
"Honath and his fellow arch-doubters did not believe in the Giants, and for this they were cast into Hell. And when survival depended upon unwavering faith in their beliefs, they saw that there were Giants, after all...." The Thing in the Attic is a...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 012 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 012 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works
A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass humor, history, politics, science medicine,...
The Teeth of the Tiger - Maurice Leblanc
The Teeth of the Tiger - Maurice Leblanc
- Author: Maurice Leblanc
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Maurice Leblanc delivers another Arsene Lupin adventure set in World War I. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)...
Bible (KJV) 20: Proverbs - King James Version
Bible (KJV) 20: Proverbs - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: Bibles / King James Version
The book of Proverbs is referred to as wisdom literature along with several others: the book of Job, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Solomon, and certain Psalms, known as wisdom psalms. Throughout Proverbs, wisdom (or the wise person) is compared and...
The Dragon and the Raven: Or The Days of King Alfred - G. A. Henty
The Dragon and the Raven: Or The Days of King Alfred - G. A. Henty
- Author: G. A. Henty
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction
During the reign of King Alfred, Danish forces have invaded the English countryside. Although the English try to repulse these attacks, they are overrun by the savagery and sheer numbers of the Danes. One of those deeply touched by these attacks is...
When Patty Went to College - Jean Webster
When Patty Went to College - Jean Webster
- Author: Jean Webster
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
When Patty Went to College is Jean Webster's first novel, published in 1903. It is a humorous look at life in an all-girls college at the turn of the 20th century. Patty Wyatt, the protagonist of this story is a bright, fun loving, imperturbable...
