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The Flower Garden: A Handbook of Practical Garden Lore - Ida Dandridge BENNETT
The Flower Garden: A Handbook of Practical Garden Lore - Ida Dandridge BENNETT
- Author: Ida Dandridge BENNETT
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Self-Help
This book is a good reference on the perennial flower gardening and landscaping. It contains information on growing the plants from seed and explains how to grow and care for the traditional garden flowering plants, bulbs, trees, and shrubs. There...
Thirty Years A Slave - Louis HUGHES
Thirty Years A Slave - Louis HUGHES
- Author: Louis HUGHES
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Louis Hughes was born a slave near Charlottesville, Virginia to a white father and a black slave woman. Throughout his life he worked mostly as a house servant, but was privy to the intimate details and workings of the entire McGee cotton plantation...
Short Science Fiction Collection 052 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 052 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: General Fiction / Science Fiction / Fantasy Fiction
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is possible. The only rules are those set forth by the author. The speculative nature of the genre inspires...
The Turnpike House - Fergus Hume
The Turnpike House - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
A prolific writer of crime and detective stories Fergus Hume is known for his clever plots. The Turnpike House is another wonderful example of his many intriguing mysteries. EXCERPT: "Suddenly there was the cry of a human being in pain. The light...
The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children - Jane ANDREWS
The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children - Jane ANDREWS
- Author: Jane ANDREWS
- Genre: Children's Fiction / *Non-fiction / Nature
"You may think that Mother Nature, like the famous "old woman who lived in the shoe," has so many children that she doesn't know what to do. But you will know better when you become acquainted with her, and learn how strong she is, and how active;...
English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World - William J. Long
English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World - William J. Long
- Author: William J. Long
- Genre: Education / Literary Criticism
This book, which presents the whole splendid history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the close of the Victorian Era, has three specific aims. The first is to create or to encourage in every student the desire to read the best books,...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 029 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 029 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include architecture, education, philosophy, religion, health, humor, history, and literature. (Summary by Sue Anderson)...
Peccavi - E. W. Hornung
Peccavi - E. W. Hornung
- Author: E. W. Hornung
- Genre: Literary Fiction
How does a man who as committed a heavy sin — not a crime, but a sin with terrible consequences — atone for his behaviour? What if the man is a priest of the Church of England? That is the central question of E. W. Hornung’s Peccavi (I have sinned)....
Little Men - Louisa May Alcott
Little Men - Louisa May Alcott
- Author: Louisa May Alcott
- Genre: Children's Fiction
Little Men (published 1871) is considered the second book of the Little Women trilogy written by Louisa May Alcott. (The book Good Wives (1869) was originally the sequel to the novel Little Women (1868), however those two novels are now usually...
April's Lady: A Novel - Mrs. HUNGERFORD
April's Lady: A Novel - Mrs. HUNGERFORD
- Author: Mrs. HUNGERFORD
- Genre: Romance
This is a delightful Victorian romance by Irish novelist Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, published in 1890. The heroine of this novel, Joyce, finds herself to be in high demand, receiving the attentions of two eligible gentlemen. There is the steadfast...
Orlando Furioso - Ludovico ARIOSTO
Orlando Furioso - Ludovico ARIOSTO
- Author: Ludovico ARIOSTO
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
Charlemagne's nephew Orlando (AKA Roland) is driven insane by the infidelity of his beloved Angelica. Angelica's relationship with him and others loosely unifies multiple story lines to produce a rich tapestry of romance, fictionalized history, and...
Blessings for Chanukah - Jessie E. SAMPTER
Blessings for Chanukah - Jessie E. SAMPTER
- Author: Jessie E. SAMPTER
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry) / Other religions
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Blessings for Chanukah by Jessie E. Sampter. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 9, 2018. ------ Jessie Sampter was a Jewish educator, poet, and Zionist pioneer. She was born in New York...
Dave Dashaway and His Giant Airship - Roy Rockwood
Dave Dashaway and His Giant Airship - Roy Rockwood
- Author: Roy Rockwood
- Genre: Action & Adventure
How the Giant Airship was constructed and how the daring young aviator and his friends made the hazardous journey through the clouds from the new world to the old, is told in a way to keep the reader spellbound. (As published by Cupples & Leon,...
Kriloff's Fables - Ivan KRYLOV
Kriloff's Fables - Ivan KRYLOV
- Author: Ivan KRYLOV
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Herein is a collection of 86 fables translated into English from the 201 written by Kriloff. Some of Kriloff's fables are translations from La Fontaine, but most are original. In some, the foibles of the Russian nobility can be seen. (Summary by...
The Devil is an Ass - Ben Jonson
The Devil is an Ass - Ben Jonson
- Author: Ben Jonson
- Genre: Plays / Satire
An inferior devil, Pug, asks Satan to send him to Earth to tempt men to Evil. But when Pug arrives in 1616 London and sets himself at the Squire Fabian Fitzdottrel, he finds Fabian currently beset by con men, cheats, connivers, thieves, villains,...
Good Stories for Great Birthdays - Frances Jenkins Olcott
Good Stories for Great Birthdays - Frances Jenkins Olcott
- Author: Frances Jenkins Olcott
- Genre: General
"Here are over 200 stories celebrating 23 great birthdays of patriot-founders and upbuilders of the Republics of both North and South America. In the stories are more than 75 historical characters, men, women, and children. The arrangement follows...
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard - Eleanor FARJEON
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard - Eleanor FARJEON
- Author: Eleanor FARJEON
- Genre: General Fiction
The wandering minstrel Martin Pippin finds a lovelorn ploughman who begs him to visit the orchard where his beloved has been locked in the well-house with six sworn virgins to guard her. Martin Pippin goes to the rescue and wins the confidence of...
Collected Public Domain Works of Stanley G. Weinbaum - Stanley G. WEINBAUM
Collected Public Domain Works of Stanley G. Weinbaum - Stanley G. WEINBAUM
- Author: Stanley G. WEINBAUM
- Genre: Science Fiction
Stanley G. Weinbaum is best known for his short story “A Martian Odyssey” which has been influencing Science Fiction since it was first published in 1934. Weinbaum is considered the first writer to contrive an alien who thought as well as a human,...
Raggedy Ann Stories (version 2) - Johnny Gruelle
Raggedy Ann Stories (version 2) - Johnny Gruelle
- Author: Johnny Gruelle
- Genre: General
This is the book that started it all. Johnny Gruelle gave his daughter Marcella a rag doll, on which he had drawn an eternally smiling face. Marcella and Raggedy Ann became inseparable, and inspired Gruelle to write Raggedy Ann Stories, which was...
Mr. Midshipman Easy - Frederick MARRYAT
Mr. Midshipman Easy - Frederick MARRYAT
- Author: Frederick MARRYAT
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
One of the first novel-length pieces of nautical fiction, MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY (1836) is a funny and easygoing account of the adventures of Jack Easy, a son of privilege who joins the Royal Navy. The work begins as a satire on Jack’s attachment to...
Jacob's Room - Virginia Woolf
Jacob's Room - Virginia Woolf
- Author: Virginia Woolf
- Genre: General Fiction
The novel centres, in a very ambiguous way, around the life story of the protagonist Jacob Flanders, and is presented entirely by the impressions other characters have of Jacob [except for those times when we do indeed get Jacob's perspective]....
Under The Sky In California - Charles Francis SAUNDERS
Under The Sky In California - Charles Francis SAUNDERS
- Author: Charles Francis SAUNDERS
- Genre: Travel & Geography
This is a 1913 travelogue by a then-well-known botanist who wrote many books about the American Southwest and California in particular. This popular book went into three printings. “…the main concern of the author has been to draw attention to an...
My First Book (Version 2) - Various
My First Book (Version 2) - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Have you ever wondered how your favorite author started on his or her writing career? Did they launch themselves wholeheartedly into literature? Did they slave away every evening after a hard day at the office? Did they devote their golden years to...
Love's Shadow - Ada Leverson
Love's Shadow - Ada Leverson
- Author: Ada Leverson
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
The first in a trilogy of books known together as 'The Little Ottleys', this is a sparkling social comedy set in Edwardian London. Ada Leverson was a great friend and staunch supporter of Oscar Wilde and shared his love for sharp, witty writing....
Eight Keys to Eden - Mark CLIFTON
Eight Keys to Eden - Mark CLIFTON
- Author: Mark CLIFTON
- Genre: Science Fiction
When Earth loses contact with the colony planet Eden, an expedition is sent to find out why. Even though the planet has been determined to have no hostile properties, the second expedition is astonished to find no evidence of the colony. The...
Proposed Roads to Freedom - Bertrand Russell
Proposed Roads to Freedom - Bertrand Russell
- Author: Bertrand Russell
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Political Science
Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (1872 – 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, political activist and Nobel laureate. He led the British "revolt against idealism" in the early 1900s and is considered one of the founders of...
Pericles, Prince of Tyre - William Shakespeare
Pericles, Prince of Tyre - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Drama
Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a Jacobean play written at least in part by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite questions over its authorship, as it was not included in the First Folio. Modern editors...
The Wild Swans at Coole - William Butler Yeats
The Wild Swans at Coole - William Butler Yeats
- Author: William Butler Yeats
- Genre: Poetry
The Wild Swans at Coole is a collection of poems by William Butler Yeats, first published in 1917. It is also the name of a poem in that collection. The Wild Swans at Coole is in the "middle stage" of Yeats' writing and is concerned with, amongst...
Saint Francis of Assisi: A Biography - Johannes JORGENSEN
Saint Francis of Assisi: A Biography - Johannes JORGENSEN
- Author: Johannes JORGENSEN
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Christianity - Biographies
Born to a prosperous cloth merchant of Assisi, Francis (1182-1226) lived the typically high-spirited life of a wealthy young man of his day, which included fighting as a soldier. In 1205, while away at war, he experienced a vision that beckoned him...
Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 1 - Benvenuto CELLINI
Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 1 - Benvenuto CELLINI
- Author: Benvenuto CELLINI
- Genre: Memoirs / Early Modern
Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as his loves, hatreds, passions, and delights, written in an energetic, direct, and racy style. They show a great...
The Winter's Tale (version 2) - William Shakespeare
The Winter's Tale (version 2) - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Romance
The Winter's Tale—one of Shakespeare's final plays—tells the story of two neighboring kings, Leontes of Sicilia and Polixenes of Bohemia. Friends since childhood, their relationship is put under a grave test when a maddened and jealous Leontes...
The Pony Rider Boys in New England - Frank Gee Patchin
The Pony Rider Boys in New England - Frank Gee Patchin
- Author: Frank Gee Patchin
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Yee-Haw! The Pony Rider Boys are on the trail again! This time the boys are doing something a little different. Instead of heading west to the wide open spaces, they are riding east to the Wilderness of Maine. But, as always, trouble finds the boys,...
Short Story Collection Vol. 043 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 043 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 043: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members....
My Madonna - Robert W. Service
My Madonna - Robert W. Service
- Author: Robert W. Service
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 different recordings of My Madonna by Robert W. Service. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of August 12th, 2007....
Run to Earth - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Run to Earth - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
A captivating Victorian “sensation” novel by the author of “Lady Audley's Secret”, Run to Earth has it all: scoundrels and mercenaries, love and lust, jealousy, intrigue, and suspense. (Introduction by Gail Mattern)...
The Desire of Ages - Ellen G. White
The Desire of Ages - Ellen G. White
- Author: Ellen G. White
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Religion
Ellen Gould White (1827 - 1915) was a prolific Christian writer, authoring 40 books in her lifetime. She was active in the Millerite movement, and was one of the principle founders of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. The Desire of Ages, first...
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Version 2) - Charles Dickens
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Version 2) - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: General Fiction
Nicholas Nickleby is a young Devonshire man of nineteen, handsome and hot headed, devoted to his sister Kate and his parents. Following the death of Nicholas’s father, they find themselves penniless, and travel to London to seek help from his uncle,...
Stories from the Arabian Nights - Laurence Housman
Stories from the Arabian Nights - Laurence Housman
- Author: Laurence Housman
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Scheherazadè, the heroine of the Thousand and one Nights, ranks among the great story-tellers of the world but the great quantity of her stories were meant to stave off her death and so we can expect a few to be not of the best quality. The six...
Sleep-Book - Leolyn Louise EVERETT
Sleep-Book - Leolyn Louise EVERETT
- Author: Leolyn Louise EVERETT
- Genre: Anthologies
This is a compilation and publication of sleep-related poetry, exalting the delight of sleep, as well as bemoaning the lack of it. (written by Clarica)...
Mary Marie - Eleanor H. Porter
Mary Marie - Eleanor H. Porter
- Author: Eleanor H. Porter
- Genre: Romance
A charming 'coming of age' story about a young girl, Mary Marie, whose young life is thrown into turmoil as her parents divorce. As she leads two lives, she comes to realize that her parents still love one another, and engineers a reunion. In the...
