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Irradiations; Sand and Spray - John Gould FLETCHER
Irradiations; Sand and Spray - John Gould FLETCHER
- Author: John Gould FLETCHER
- Genre: Single author
Irradiations; Sand and Spray, is the first book of poetry by John Gould Fletcher, published in 1915. Mr Fletcher was part of a group of poets known as imagist poets, which included Amy Lowell and Ezra Pound. Ezra Pound commended Fletcher for the...
The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - Marcus Aurelius
- Author: Marcus Aurelius
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Biography & Autobiography
The Meditations is divided into 12 books that chronicle different periods of Marcus' life. Each book is not in chronological order and it was written for no one but himself. The style of writing that permeates the text is one that is simplified,...
Early Kings of Norway - Thomas CARLYLE
Early Kings of Norway - Thomas CARLYLE
- Author: Thomas CARLYLE
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Middle Ages/Middle History
"The Icelanders, in their long winter, had a great habit of writing; and were, and still are, excellent in penmanship. It is to this fact, that any little history there is of the Norse Kings and their old tragedies, crimes and heroisms, is almost...
The Prince and the Pauper - Mark Twain
The Prince and the Pauper - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Children's Fiction
The Prince and the Pauper (1882) represents Mark Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. The book, set in 1547, tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive father in Offal...
The Tyranny of Weakness - Charles Neville BUCK
The Tyranny of Weakness - Charles Neville BUCK
- Author: Charles Neville BUCK
- Genre: Romance
Torn between her love for her aging father, a minister steeped in the puritanical values of old New England, and the young Virginian who was born and raised of southern chivalrous tradition, the many and conflicting emotions which stir deep within...
Safe in their Alabaster Chambers - Emily Dickinson
Safe in their Alabaster Chambers - Emily Dickinson
- Author: Emily Dickinson
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Safe in their Alabaster Chambers by Emily Dickinson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 6, 2012. Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred...
On Interpretation - Aristotle
On Interpretation - Aristotle
- Author: Aristotle
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / *Non-fiction / Education
Aristotle's On Interpretation (Greek Περὶ Ἑρμηνείας or Peri Hermeneias) or De Interpretatione (the Latin title) is the second of Aristotle's six texts on logic which are collectively known as the Organon. On Interpretation is one of the earliest...
The Enchanted Island of Yew - L. Frank Baum
The Enchanted Island of Yew - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Fantastic Fiction
A fairy has become bored with her life, and convinces some young girls to transform her into a human boy so she can go on adventures. The adventures come fast and furious, as the newly-named Prince Marvel explores the surrounding kingdoms. A...
The Wise Woman - George MacDonald
The Wise Woman - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
George MacDonald was an influential Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. MacDonald’s works (particularly his fairy tales and fantasy novels) claimed the admiration of such authors as J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and Madeleine L’Engle....
On War (Volume 1) - Carl von CLAUSEWITZ
On War (Volume 1) - Carl von CLAUSEWITZ
- Author: Carl von CLAUSEWITZ
- Genre: Political Science / Early Modern
A classic work on military strategy by a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars. The author's style is dialectical: he makes two strong but opposing statements and then draws them together to describe many facets of war. Free of technical jargon, and...
The Prodigal Village; A Christmas Tale - Irving Bacheller
The Prodigal Village; A Christmas Tale - Irving Bacheller
- Author: Irving Bacheller
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Small town life in early twentieth century New York state. This is a piquant parable of human nature. Bacheller's lightly humorous voice is evident throughout. Not all listeners will agree with the author's view of labor and management. - Summary by...
Tanks - Murray Leinster
Tanks - Murray Leinster
- Author: Murray Leinster
- Genre: Science Fiction
Tanks and the future of war is what Murray Leinster speculates about in this story. Written in the 1920's he observed the terrible new inventions that were used in World War I to kill people, armored tanks and poisoned gas and then tells us how war...
The Golden Slave - Poul William Anderson
The Golden Slave - Poul William Anderson
- Author: Poul William Anderson
- Genre: Fantasy Fiction
100 B.C.The Cimbrian hordes galloped across the dawn of history and clashed in screaming battle against the mighty Roman legions.Led by their chief, Boierik, and his son, Eodan, the hungry and homeless pagan tribes hurled back the Romans time after...
Actions And Reactions - Rudyard Kipling
Actions And Reactions - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Short Stories
A collection of short stories by the author of the Jungle book, Kim and Just So Stories. Each story is followed by a poem, so if you like If, this may also be a book for you. - Summary by Stav Nisser....
Arachne - Georg EBERS
Arachne - Georg EBERS
- Author: Georg EBERS
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Ledscha, living in ancient Egypt, has lost her betrothed and all hope of love. But the gods see otherwise. She now loves a Greek sculptor, who only wanted her for a model, but even that will not happen. She has been replaced by another woman for the...
Chance - Joseph Conrad
Chance - Joseph Conrad
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Genre: General Fiction
Apparently a two part story about a Damsel and a Knight, perhaps a damsel who depends upon the kindness of strangers. It was originally entitled "Dynamite" and first published by installments in the New York Herald. The book itself was the biggest...
The Wind in the Willows (Version 4) - Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows (Version 4) - Kenneth Grahame
- Author: Kenneth Grahame
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Kenneth Grahame wrote a classic children’s tale in 1908 - he penned The Wind in the Willows. He wrote of the English countryside and the beauty of it, but more than that, he showed how even the most commonplace can be extraordinary and rare. Wind in...
Candida - George Bernard Shaw
Candida - George Bernard Shaw
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- Genre: Comedy
Candida, a comedy by playwright George Bernard Shaw, was first published in 1898, as part of his Plays Pleasant. The central characters are clergyman James Morell, his wife Candida and a youthful poet, Eugene Marchbanks, who tries to win Candida's...
Eyes Like the Sea - Mór JÓKAI
Eyes Like the Sea - Mór JÓKAI
- Author: Mór JÓKAI
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Romance
He was a painter, a poet, a novelist. He lived during the Hungarian revolution and his love of freedom meant his life was often in peril. She was his first love, this girl with the eyes like the sea. She was at heart noble, good and loving. What an...
Chorus of Women - Aristophanes
Chorus of Women - Aristophanes
- Author: Aristophanes
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Chorus of Women by Aristophanes. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 21, 2012. Aristophanes was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. This poem is from the Thesmophoriazusae; meaning Women...
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 1 - Lucius Mestrius PLUTARCHUS
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 1 - Lucius Mestrius PLUTARCHUS
- Author: Lucius Mestrius PLUTARCHUS
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Antiquity
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The surviving lives, contain twenty-three pairs of biographies, each pair consisting of...
The Light of Stars - William Henry Giles KINGSTON
The Light of Stars - William Henry Giles KINGSTON
- Author: William Henry Giles KINGSTON
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
William Henry Giles Kingston, often credited as W. H. G. Kingston, was an English writer of boys' adventure novels. He was a zealous volunteer and worked actively for the improvement of the condition of seamen. But from 1850, his chief occupation...
Bleak House - Charles Dickens
Bleak House - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: General Fiction
Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly parts between March 1852 and September 1853. It is widely held to be one of Dickens' finest and most complete novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging...
Shakespeare Identified - J. Thomas LOONEY
Shakespeare Identified - J. Thomas LOONEY
- Author: J. Thomas LOONEY
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Criticism
That one who is not a recognized authority or an expert in literature should attempt the solution of a problem which has so far baffled specialists must doubtless appear to many as a glaring act of over- boldness; whilst to pretend to have actually...
Underground Man - Gabriel TARDE
Underground Man - Gabriel TARDE
- Author: Gabriel TARDE
- Genre: Science Fiction / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
This post-apocalyptic novella tells the story of the downfall of civilisation and mankind following a solar cataclysm in the late 20th century. To survive, the remnants of humanity had to build a new civilization underground in the complete absence...
Frigid Fracas - Dallas McCord REYNOLDS
Frigid Fracas - Dallas McCord REYNOLDS
- Author: Dallas McCord REYNOLDS
- Genre: Science Fiction
In any status-hungry culture, the level a man is assigned depends on what people think he is—not on what he is. And that, of course, means that only the deliberately phony has real status! - Summary by Mack Reynolds...
Bible (KJV) NT 16: 2 Timothy - King James Version
Bible (KJV) NT 16: 2 Timothy - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: King James Version
The Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy, usually referred to simply as Second Timothy and often written 2 Timothy, is one of the three Pastoral Epistles traditionally attributed to Saint Paul, and is part of the New Testament. (Summary by Wikipedia)...
Almayer's Folly (version 2) - Joseph Conrad
Almayer's Folly (version 2) - Joseph Conrad
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Romance
Almayer’s Folly is about a poor businessman who dreams of finding a hidden gold mine and becoming very wealthy. Kaspar Almayer is a white European. He agrees to marry a native Malayan captured by Captain Tom Lingard, his employer, believing the...
English Fairy Tales - Ernest RHYS
English Fairy Tales - Ernest RHYS
- Author: Ernest RHYS
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
This is a collection of old-fashioned English fairy tales. This collection, written by Ernest Rhys, founder of the Everyman's Library series of classic books, and his wife Grace, contain all the classic English fairy tales, such as Jack the Giant...
Sons of Fire - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Sons of Fire - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Family Life / Historical Fiction
"He was a stranger in Matcham, a 'foreigner' as the villagers called such alien visitors. He had never been in the village before, knew nothing of its inhabitants or its surroundings, its customs, ways, local prejudices, produce, trade, scandals,...
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: Romance
Pride and Prejudice is the most famous of Jane Austen’s novels, and its opening is one of the most famous lines in English literature - “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a...
King Leir and His Three Daughters - Anonymous
King Leir and His Three Daughters - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Tragedy
King Leir is an anonymous Elizabethan play about the life of the ancient Celtic king Leir of Britain. It was published in 1605 but was entered into the Stationers' Register on 15 May 1594. The play has attracted critical attention principally for...
Alice's Adventures Underground - Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures Underground - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
This is the handwritten book that Carroll wrote for private use before being urged to develop it later into Alice in Wonderland. It was generously illustrated by Carrol and meant to entertain his family and friends. When a sick child in a hospital...
The Hurricane Hunters - Ivan Ray TANNEHILL
The Hurricane Hunters - Ivan Ray TANNEHILL
- Author: Ivan Ray TANNEHILL
- Genre: Nature / Science / Technology & Engineering
This 1955 book by an acknowledged authority is an absorbing account of meteorology before the advent of weather satellites. “This is the lively account of the hair-raising experiences of the men who have probed by sea and air into the inner...
The Dogs Of Boytown - Walter Alden Dyer
The Dogs Of Boytown - Walter Alden Dyer
- Author: Walter Alden Dyer
- Genre: Nature & Animal Fiction / Published 1900 onward / Single author
This collection of stories about dogs and the people they own was published in 1918. The story proceeds leisurely with much information about different breeds of dogs. The author obviously likes both boys and dogs. ( David Wales)...
How To Tell A Story, and Other Essays - Mark Twain
How To Tell A Story, and Other Essays - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction / Humorous Fiction
The complete collection of works using this title. Other versions, including the Project Gutenberg version, have been radically shortened. Mark Twain published several collections of his short stories and essays. This collection, like the others,...
Dirge for the Year
Dirge for the Year
- Author: -
- Genre: ---
Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets, and is regarded by some as among the finest lyric, as well as epic, poets in the English language. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did...
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 3 - Various
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 3 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies / Literary Collections
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offering "American households a mass of good reading", the editors drew from literature of all times and all kinds...
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (version 5) - L. Frank Baum
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (version 5) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The story that started it all, and inspired plays, movies, and more. Young Dorothy Gale is whisked away to a magical land, meets wonderful friends, and has several adventures. - Summary by W. Blaine Dowler...
Bible (WEB) NT 10: Ephesians - World English Bible
Bible (WEB) NT 10: Ephesians - World English Bible
- Author: World English Bible
- Genre: Bibles
Paul writes to the church at Ephesus, beginning with a praise to God for the forgiveness of their sins and for choosing them in His grace. Paul prays for the spiritual well-being of the Ephesians and reminds them how sinful they were before they...
