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The Tragic Bride - Francis Brett YOUNG
The Tragic Bride - Francis Brett YOUNG
- Author: Francis Brett YOUNG
- Genre: General Fiction
The story centers on Gabrielle Hewish, only and lonely child of Sir Jocelyn Hewish, a loveable lush and owner of the peaceful Roscarna estate nestled in the Irish countryside. In due course, young Gabrielle falls in lovewith a Navy man whose...
Washington and the Riddle of Peace - H. G. Wells
Washington and the Riddle of Peace - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: Political Science
As an observer at the WASHINGTON CONFERENCE FOR THE LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS held in 1921 and attended by the victorious nations of The Great War, the acclaimed author H. G. Wells wrote 29 short essays that were serialized in the New York World and...
The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge - Francis LEDWIDGE
The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge - Francis LEDWIDGE
- Author: Francis LEDWIDGE
- Genre: Single author
Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet, served in an Irish battalion ("The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers") of the British Army during World War I. His first volume of poems was published while he served, in 1915; two more were published posthumously, and were...
Birds and Nature, Vol. X, No 5, December 1901 - Various
Birds and Nature, Vol. X, No 5, December 1901 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Nature
"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes and factual descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was...
Winds of Doctrine: Studies in Contemporary Opinion - George Santayana
Winds of Doctrine: Studies in Contemporary Opinion - George Santayana
- Author: George Santayana
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Philosophy / Religion
Even before the Great War turned the world upside down, Western civilization was being revolutionized at all levels: intellectually, philosophically, artistically. Noted positivist philosopher George Santayana published this volume on the eve of the...
Short Poetry Collection 138 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 138 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 25 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2014....
Bible (ASV) NT 08: 2 Corinthians - American Standard Version
Bible (ASV) NT 08: 2 Corinthians - American Standard Version
- Author: American Standard Version
- Genre: Bibles
The Second Epistle to the Corinthians is a book in the New Testament, written by Paul the Apostle. In this book, sometimes called Paul's Stormy Weather Epistle, Paul is at his most personal in dealing with the brethren at Corinth. Paul encourages...
Friendly Fairies - Johnny Gruelle
Friendly Fairies - Johnny Gruelle
- Author: Johnny Gruelle
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Friendly Fairies is a popular book by Johnny Gruelle who is known as the creator of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy. Listen to fifteen captivating stories which will carry away you and your children to the world of fairy tales. - Summary by ShiNeko...
The Lady of the North Star - Ottwell Binns
The Lady of the North Star - Ottwell Binns
- Author: Ottwell Binns
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
A mysterious death. A wealthy beautiful young lady. Three men after her heart. Place this mixture in the snow bound northwest and you have the ingredients of a first rate mystery. (summary by Richard Kilmer)...
Life of St. Vincent de Paul - Frances Alice Forbes
Life of St. Vincent de Paul - Frances Alice Forbes
- Author: Frances Alice Forbes
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Christianity - Other
Vincent De Paul [c. 1581 - 1660] was a man renowned during his own century for his compassion, humility and generosity. During the days when galleys were part of any countries' war machine and these galleys were rowed by convicts who were in reality...
The Wind Among the Reeds - William Butler Yeats
The Wind Among the Reeds - William Butler Yeats
- Author: William Butler Yeats
- Genre: Lyric
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. He studied poetry in his youth and from an early age was fascinated by both Irish legends and the occult. One of his works, 'The wind among the...
Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know - Asa Don DICKINSON
Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know - Asa Don DICKINSON
- Author: Asa Don DICKINSON
- Genre: Family
This charming book has many stories that deal mostly with the holiday of Thanksgiving, perfectly suited for family listening and reading. and gathers in one volume tales of tasty turkeys, festive parties, generous gestures, and holiday cheer. The...
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Fitzgerald 5th edition) - Omar Khayyám
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Fitzgerald 5th edition) - Omar Khayyám
- Author: Omar Khayyám
- Genre: Poetry
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is so-named from the Persian word rubáiyát - a Persian word denoting a specific type of two-line stanza. Omar's Rubaiyat is a beautiful anthology of Islamic wisdom literature: originally penned in medieval Persian during...
Voices Of The Night - And Other Poems - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Voices Of The Night - And Other Poems - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Genre: Single author
Longfellow's first collection of early poems, published in 1895, with a short biography by the editor, a chronological list of his works, plus analysis and commentary on Longfellow's themes, style, and talent, by various authors. ( Michele Fry)...
Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences - Mark Twain
Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Satire
Fenimore Cooper - author of The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans, etc - has often been praised, but just as often been criticised for his writing. Mark Twain wrote a funny, vicious little essay on the subject, in which he states: "In one place...
Saint Athanasius: The Father of Orthodoxy - Frances Alice Forbes
Saint Athanasius: The Father of Orthodoxy - Frances Alice Forbes
- Author: Frances Alice Forbes
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Christianity - Biographies
A short and rather old fashioned biography a great saint. Don't expect subtlety; it's unapologetic hagiography. The saint is presented as a figure of pristine brilliance, courage and integrity and his persecutors as conniving villains. But to those...
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Edgar James BANKS
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Edgar James BANKS
- Author: Edgar James BANKS
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Antiquity
The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World is a list of masterpieces of architecture and art of classical antiquity. First compiled in the second century BC, it served as a guidebook for the interested Hellenic traveller. This small book gives an...
Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot - Soyen SHAKU
Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot - Soyen SHAKU
- Author: Soyen SHAKU
- Genre: Other religions
Look! it's the science of sitting, No! it's the science of meditating, No! it's Zen. If you wanted to know anything regarding Zen Buddhism and you did not have the opportunity then here is your chance to listen to the wisdom of a Zen Buddhist Abbot...
The Giraffe Hunters - Thomas Mayne REID
The Giraffe Hunters - Thomas Mayne REID
- Author: Thomas Mayne REID
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The Young Yägers, Hans and Hendrik Von Bloom, Groot Willem and Arend Van Wyk, are again on a hunting expedition. This time, the reader will find their old acquaintances in Africa, on the banks of the Limpopo River. Here our young adventurers are...
Buttered Side Down - Edna Ferber
Buttered Side Down - Edna Ferber
- Author: Edna Ferber
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Romance
"And so," the story writers used to say, "they lived happily ever after." Um-m-m—maybe. After the glamour had worn off, and the glass slippers were worn out, did the Prince never find Cinderella's manner redolent of the kitchen hearth; and was it...
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Vol. 3 - Laurence Sterne
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Vol. 3 - Laurence Sterne
- Author: Laurence Sterne
- Genre: Published before 1800
This is volume 3 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...
The White Sail - Louise Imogen Guiney
The White Sail - Louise Imogen Guiney
- Author: Louise Imogen Guiney
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poems by Louise Imogen Guiney. The collection is split into four parts. After the titular poem, which is its own part, this volume contains ten narrative poems concerning some well-known and some lesser known legends. The...
The Pathfinder - The Inland Sea - James Fenimore Cooper
The Pathfinder - The Inland Sea - James Fenimore Cooper
- Author: James Fenimore Cooper
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Natty Bumppo goes by many names: La Longue Carabine, Hawk Eye, Leatherstocking, and in this tale, The Pathfinder. Guide, scout, hunter, and when put to it, soldier, he also fills a lot of roles in pre-Revolution upstate New York. An old friend,...
Bismarck - Georges LACOUR-GAYET
Bismarck - Georges LACOUR-GAYET
- Author: Georges LACOUR-GAYET
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography
Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) famously said, "The great questions of the day will not be settled by speeches or the decisions of the majority...but by iron and blood." Prince Bismarck unified the German states under Prussian hegemony through a...
Calumet “K” - Samuel Merwin
Calumet “K” - Samuel Merwin
- Author: Samuel Merwin
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Romance
"A novel, with several elements of rather unusual interest. As a tale, it is swift, simple, and absorbing, and one does not willingly put it down until it is finished. It has to do with grain-elevator business, with railways, strikes, and commercial...
The River War - An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan - Winston S. CHURCHILL
The River War - An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan - Winston S. CHURCHILL
- Author: Winston S. CHURCHILL
- Genre: War & Military / History / Memoirs
When the self-proclaimed Mahdi (“Guided One”) gathered Islamic forces and kicked the Anglo-Egyptians out of the Sudan, he unleashed a backlash. With the image of the heroic General Charles Gordon dying at Khartoum, the British public was ready to...
Parables of the Cross - Isabella Lilias TROTTER
Parables of the Cross - Isabella Lilias TROTTER
- Author: Isabella Lilias TROTTER
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Death is the Gate of Life. There was deep insight in those old words. For man's natural thought of death is that of a dreary ending in decay and dissolution. And from his standpoint he is right: death as the punishment of sin is an ending.But far...
The Moving Picture Girls - Laura Lee Hope
The Moving Picture Girls - Laura Lee Hope
- Author: Laura Lee Hope
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
Ruth and Alice DeVere and their father Hosmer struggle to make ends meet in New York City - times are hard, even for a talented actor like Mr. DeVere. Just as he successfully auditions for a new play, an old voice affliction renders him terribly...
The Twilight Hour - Susanna Moodie
The Twilight Hour - Susanna Moodie
- Author: Susanna Moodie
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Susanna Moodie was an English-born Canadian author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in Canada, which was a British colony at the time. Her letters and journals contain valuable information about life in the colony. She observed life in...
Miss Ashton's New Pupil - Sarah Stuart ROBBINS
Miss Ashton's New Pupil - Sarah Stuart ROBBINS
- Author: Sarah Stuart ROBBINS
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction / School
Marion Park, the daughter of missionaries, is sent to Miss Ashton's boarding school. There she meets with many young girls and together they learn not just lessons in German, Logic, Arithmetic, Latin and Rhetoric, but also life lessons of study...
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1877 - 1884) - Rutherford B. HAYES
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1877 - 1884) - Rutherford B. HAYES
- Author: Rutherford B. HAYES
- Genre: Literary Collections / Political Science
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition of the nation but also allows...
Long Poems Collection 005 - Various
Long Poems Collection 005 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
Long Poems Collection 005: a collection of 10 public-domain poems longer than 5 minutes in length....
Our Island Story, Part 2 - Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Our Island Story, Part 2 - Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
- Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
- Genre: Children's Fiction / *Non-fiction / History
Our Island Story was first published in 1905 and became an instant classic. Beginning with the Romans and following the triumphs and foibles of the good, not so good and the downright despicable figures of history; we are treated to a dazzling...
Mounted police life in Canada : a record of thirty-one years' service (1916) - Richard Burton DEANE
Mounted police life in Canada : a record of thirty-one years' service (1916) - Richard Burton DEANE
- Author: Richard Burton DEANE
- Genre: Memoirs
Learn more about the famous and respected Royal Canadian Mounted Police. This book is the personal recollections of one ‘Mountie'; his life, experiences and trials as an officer in a new frontier – The Canadian Northwest. (Summary by Esther)...
Marion Harland's Cookery for Beginners - Marion HARLAND
Marion Harland's Cookery for Beginners - Marion HARLAND
- Author: Marion HARLAND
- Genre: Cooking
With this book, Marion Harland presents the reader and listener with "A Series of Familiar Lessons for Young Housekeepers". Housekeeping is an unavoidable aspect of the lives of most of us, and so the best course of action is to learn to enjoy it....
April - Virna SHEARD
April - Virna SHEARD
- Author: Virna SHEARD
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
This short tribute to April and the coming of Spring) is taken from The Miracle, and Other Poems by Virna Sheard (1913) - Summary by David Lawrence...
A Brief History of English and American Literature - Henry A. BEERS
A Brief History of English and American Literature - Henry A. BEERS
- Author: Henry A. BEERS
- Genre: History / Literary Criticism
Henry Augustin Beers, native of Buffalo, NY and professor of English at Yale, with the help of John Fletcher Hurst (1834-1903), Methodist bishop and first Chancellor of American University, has written a sweeping thousand 900 year history of English...
Jacob Faithful - Frederick MARRYAT
Jacob Faithful - Frederick MARRYAT
- Author: Frederick MARRYAT
- Genre: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs / Nautical & Marine Fiction
Rebelling against the career chosen for him by his wealthy family, Frederic Marryat joined the Royal Navy in 1806 at the age of 14. He first served as a midshipman in the 38-gun frigate "HMS Imperieuse" commanded by Lord Cochran, 10th Earl of...
My True Love - Sir Philip Sidney
My True Love - Sir Philip Sidney
- Author: Sir Philip Sidney
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of My True Love by Sir Philip Sidney. This was the weekly poetry project for May 24th, 2009....
The Discovery of New Worlds - M. B. Synge
The Discovery of New Worlds - M. B. Synge
- Author: M. B. Synge
- Genre: Children's Fiction / *Non-fiction / History
This is the second volume in the series, The Story of the World, which covers the period of history from the rise of Rome to the Conquest of Peru. Along the way, passing through the Dark Ages, going on the Crusades, and exploring the unknown world...
