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The Winnowing Fan: Poems On The Great War - Robert Laurence Binyon
The Winnowing Fan: Poems On The Great War - Robert Laurence Binyon
- Author: Robert Laurence Binyon
- Genre: Single author / War & Military
This little gem of a book contains twelve poems about World War I. There is more to it than its intrinsic value as verse. Edward Elgar (1857-1934) set three of the poems (The Fourth Of August, To Women, For The Fallen) in his cantata The Spirit of...
The Publisher - C. J. Dennis
The Publisher - C. J. Dennis
- Author: C. J. Dennis
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of The Publisher by C.J. Dennis. This was the weekly poetry project for June 28th, 2009....
Peter Pan (version 3 Dramatic Reading) - J. M. Barrie
Peter Pan (version 3 Dramatic Reading) - J. M. Barrie
- Author: J. M. Barrie
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Action & Adventure
"All children, except one, grow up,” begins J. M. Barrie's most famous novel. Barrie then proceeds to tell the story of that one extraordinary exception, Peter Pan, who lives in the Neverland with pirates and fairies and is always having adventures....
Lord Tony's Wife - Baroness Orczy
Lord Tony's Wife - Baroness Orczy
- Author: Baroness Orczy
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Romance
Another adventure of the Scarlet pimpernel! As the title suggests, it follows the story of Lord Tony and his wife, Yvonne. It is full of suspense adventure and romance. Lord Tony and Yvonne elope after some disturbing happenings including an angry...
The Reverberator - Henry James
The Reverberator - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: General Fiction
Another Jamesian look at Americans in Paris. What happens when a reporter for an American scandal sheet (The Reverberator) is looking for a good story, though one which might interfere with the marriage plans of a young American woman in the City of...
The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles - Pádraic Colum
The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles - Pádraic Colum
- Author: Pádraic Colum
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Short Stories
This is Irish folklorist Padraic Colum's masterful retelling of many Greek myths, focusing on Jason and the Argonauts' quest to find the Golden Fleece. He also includes the stories of Atalanta, Heracles, Perseus, Theseus, and others. (Summary by...
The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation - J. S. Fletcher
The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation - J. S. Fletcher
- Author: J. S. Fletcher
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Marshall Allerdyke is driving through the night from London to Hull in response to an urgent telegram from his cousin. As he nears Hull, a beautiful woman stops his car to ask for directions to Scotland. Odd time to be traveling so far and in such a...
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 1 - François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 1 - François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
- Author: François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
- Genre: Antiquity / Middle Ages/Middle History
François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics prior to the Revolution of 1848, actively opposing as a liberal the reactionary King Charles X before his overthrow in...
The Mysteries of Paris - Volume 3 - Eugène Sue
The Mysteries of Paris - Volume 3 - Eugène Sue
- Author: Eugène Sue
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
Rodolphe, who is really the Grand Duke of Gerolstein (a fictional kingdom of Germany) but is disguised as a Parisian worker. He can speak in argot, is extremely strong and a good fighter. However he shows great compassion for the lower classes, good...
Chronicles of Canada Volume 21 - The Red River Colony: A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba - Louis Aubrey WOOD
Chronicles of Canada Volume 21 - The Red River Colony: A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba - Louis Aubrey WOOD
- Author: Louis Aubrey WOOD
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
This, volume 21 of the Chronicles of Canada series, describes the settlement of the Red River Colony by Lord Selkirk, and the struggles it had against the North-West Company. The fledgling settlement eventually became the city of Manitoba. - Summary...
The Life-Story of a Russian Exile - Marie SUKLOFF
The Life-Story of a Russian Exile - Marie SUKLOFF
- Author: Marie SUKLOFF
- Genre: Political Science / Memoirs / Modern (20th C)
Hero or assassin? Victim or criminal? Marie Sukloff fits no easy category. A young peasant woman who became a political radical and activist, Sukloff carried out an assassination plot against a Russian governor known for murderous pogroms and...
The Red Hell of Jupiter - Paul ERNST
The Red Hell of Jupiter - Paul ERNST
- Author: Paul ERNST
- Genre: Science Fiction
What is the mystery centered in Jupiter's famous "Red Spot"? Two fighting Earthmen, caught by the "Pipe-men" like their vanished comrades, soon find out! - Original text...
The Life of Cicero, Vol. II - Anthony Trollope
The Life of Cicero, Vol. II - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC) was an orator, statesman, philosopher and prolific correspondent, who rose as a ‘new man’ in Rome in the turbulent last years of its republican government. Anthony Trollope, best known as a novelist, admired Cicero...
American Fairy Tales - L. Frank Baum
American Fairy Tales - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
This collection of fantasy stories was originally serialized in regional newspapers, prior to being published as a complete volume. The stories, as critics have noted, lack the high-fantasy aspect of the best of Baum's work, in Oz or out. With...
United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 1 - Various
United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 1 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Political Science
This collection comprises recordings of 17 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1628 and 1956. Readings are of speeches origninally given by parliamentarians including Oliver Cromwell, Edmund Burke, William Wilberforce, William...
A Song of a Young Lady to Her Ancient Lover - John WILMOT
A Song of a Young Lady to Her Ancient Lover - John WILMOT
- Author: John WILMOT
- Genre: Poetry / Romance / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of A Song of a Young Lady to Her Ancient Lover by John Wilmot. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 6th, 2009....
Selected House of Commons Speeches - Winston S. CHURCHILL
Selected House of Commons Speeches - Winston S. CHURCHILL
- Author: Winston S. CHURCHILL
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Political Science
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874 – 1965) was a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955....
The Dawn and the Day - Henry Thayer NILES
The Dawn and the Day - Henry Thayer NILES
- Author: Henry Thayer NILES
- Genre: Poetry / *Non-fiction / Religion
The Dawn and the Day, or, The Buddha and the Christ, Part 1 is a text similar to the epic poetry of Homer or, more accurately, classic Hindu texts, such as the Baghavad-Gita. - Summary written by not.a.moose...
A Christmas Carol (version 10) - Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol (version 10) - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Fantasy Fiction
Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by four spirits on Christmas Eve, and it changes his life forever. - Summary by W. Blaine Dowler...
Arthur Mervyn - Charles Brockden Brown
Arthur Mervyn - Charles Brockden Brown
- Author: Charles Brockden Brown
- Genre: Published before 1800
Arthur Mervyn is the story of a young man from the country who arrives in a city stricken with Yellow Fever. He soon comes down with the illness and is rescued by a kindly doctor. Arthur tells the doctor and his wife the story of his life, thereby...
Brown Book of the Hitler Terror - Dudley Leigh Aman MARLEY
Brown Book of the Hitler Terror - Dudley Leigh Aman MARLEY
- Author: Dudley Leigh Aman MARLEY
- Genre: War & Military
The Brown Book was the first English publication to detail events which were currently happening in occupied Germany in 1933; book-burning and the destruction of universities, the development of concentration camps for Jewish people, forced labour...
War and Peace, Book 10: 1812 - Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace, Book 10: 1812 - Leo Tolstoy
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- Genre: Historical Fiction
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir”) is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russki Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the...
A Journal from Japan - Marie STOPES
A Journal from Japan - Marie STOPES
- Author: Marie STOPES
- Genre: Travel & Geography / Memoirs
Marie Stopes was a highly controversial scientist and activist in her era, campaigning for radical new views of love-based marriage, birth control, and women’s rights. As a scientist, she was a renowned palaeobotanist, specializing in issues...
Famous Assassinations Of History - Francis JOHNSON
Famous Assassinations Of History - Francis JOHNSON
- Author: Francis JOHNSON
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
It has been the object of the writer to make each of these “famous assassinations” the central scene of a picture in which the political, religious, or national features of the epoch in which the assassination occurred are portrayed with historical...
Bill Biddon, Trapper - Edward S. ELLIS
Bill Biddon, Trapper - Edward S. ELLIS
- Author: Edward S. ELLIS
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Our young hero and his companion plan to make their fortunes in the California gold rush. Having made their way to Missouri, they join a wagon train headed for the famed Oregon Trail, but being carefree and adventuresome young men, they are not...
The Burgess Bird Book for Children - Thornton W. Burgess
The Burgess Bird Book for Children - Thornton W. Burgess
- Author: Thornton W. Burgess
- Genre: Science
The Burgess Bird Book for Children is a zoology book written in the form of a story featuring Peter Rabbit. Peter learns from his friend Jenny Wren all about the birds of North America, and we meet many of them in the Old Orchard, the Green Meadow,...
The Bird Study Book - Thomas Gilbert PEARSON
The Bird Study Book - Thomas Gilbert PEARSON
- Author: Thomas Gilbert PEARSON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Animals / Nature
Do you enjoy birdwatching? Would you like to learn a little more about the early conservations efforts to protect wild birds? In the Preface to The Bird Study Book, Pearson tells us “This book was written for the consideration of that...
Wild Nature Won by Kindness - Elizabeth BRIGHTWEN
Wild Nature Won by Kindness - Elizabeth BRIGHTWEN
- Author: Elizabeth BRIGHTWEN
- Genre: Animals
This is a delightful collection of stories about a few of the birds, puppies, ant-lions, spiders and other assorted bugs this lady either rescued or found and then observed carefully as they made their way to maturity. She is the most careful as...
Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman - Mary Wollstonecraft
Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman - Mary Wollstonecraft
- Author: Mary Wollstonecraft
- Genre: General Fiction
Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman is Mary Wollstonecraft's unfinished novelistic sequel to her revolutionary political treatise A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. It was published posthumously in 1798 by her husband, William Godwin. Maria revolves...
The London and Country Brewer - Anonymous
The London and Country Brewer - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Business & Economics
The unknown author of this book, appears to have experienced too many unwholesome and unpleasant beers and ales on his numerous travels in London and at various other locations around the British Isles.In this treatise on the matter, he has...
This Crowded Earth - Robert BLOCH
This Crowded Earth - Robert BLOCH
- Author: Robert BLOCH
- Genre: Science Fiction
Robert Bloch (1917 – 1994) was a prolific writer in many genres. As a young man he was encouraged by his mentor H. P. Lovecraft, and was a close friend of Stanley G. Weinbaum. Besides hundreds of short stories and novels he wrote a number of...
The Cricket on the Hearth (Version 2) - Charles Dickens
The Cricket on the Hearth (Version 2) - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Family Life / Romance
The tale of John Peerybingle, the good-hearted carrier, and his young wife Mary ('Dot'), interwoven with the story of poor toymaker Caleb Plummer, his beloved blind daughter Bertha, and the harsh old toy merchant Tackleton, who is due to marry May...
The Romance of Modern Invention - Archibald WILLIAMS
The Romance of Modern Invention - Archibald WILLIAMS
- Author: Archibald WILLIAMS
- Genre: Technology & Engineering
This is a volume of exploration into the newest inventions of the turn of the previous century. Journalist Archibald Williams walks the reader through diverse inventions which were changing the world at just that point in time. - Summary by Carolin...
The Ideal Bartender - Tom BULLOCK
The Ideal Bartender - Tom BULLOCK
- Author: Tom BULLOCK
- Genre: Reference / Cooking
The book was written by Tom Bullock, a well-known bartender at the St. Louis Country Club. His skills as a bartender were so remarkable that a libel suit hinged on the excellence of his drinks. In The Ideal Bartender, Tom collects some of his best...
Of the Injustice of Counterfeiting Books - Immanuel Kant
Of the Injustice of Counterfeiting Books - Immanuel Kant
- Author: Immanuel Kant
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
This essay of Kant’s on copyright argues that the unlicensed copying of books cannot possibly be permissible, due to the fact that it assumes a consent on the part of the author which it is logically impossible for the author to give. The argument...
Pioneers of Science - Oliver LODGE
Pioneers of Science - Oliver LODGE
- Author: Oliver LODGE
- Genre: Astronomy / Physics & Mechanics
This book takes its origin in a course of lectures on the history and progress of Astronomy arranged for Sir Oliver Lodge in the year 1887. The first part of this book is devoted to the biographies and discoveries of well known astronomers like...
Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 6, 1866 to 1875 - Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 6, 1866 to 1875 - Hans Christian Andersen
- Author: Hans Christian Andersen
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A collection of some of Hans Christian Andersen's works. He is a Danish author and poet most famous for his fairy tales. Summary by Kristingj....
John James Audubon - John Burroughs
John James Audubon - John Burroughs
- Author: John Burroughs
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Audubon's life naturally divides itself into three periods: his youth, which was on the whole a gay and happy one, and which lasted till the time of his marriage at the age of twenty-eight; his business career which followed, lasting ten or more...
Edmund Dulac's Fairy Tale Book - Edmund DULAC
Edmund Dulac's Fairy Tale Book - Edmund DULAC
- Author: Edmund DULAC
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Unusual Fairy Tales from around the world, this story collection contains; a mother with two daughters both named Caroline, a carriage drawn by winged frogs, a prince turned into a bird and a princess in the form of a deer, a fairy in the shape of a...
Common Sense (version 3) - Thomas PAINE
Common Sense (version 3) - Thomas PAINE
- Author: Thomas PAINE
- Genre: Political Science
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776. In clear, simple language it explained the advantages of and...
