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An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals - David Hume
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals - David Hume
- Author: David Hume
- Genre: Philosophy
David Hume, an eminent Scottish philosopher, historian, and essayist, explores the nature and foundation of Morals in this book, which was written as a popular summary of Book III in A Treatise of Human Nature. Hume states: “There has been a...
Selected Essays of Samuel Johnson - Samuel Johnson
Selected Essays of Samuel Johnson - Samuel Johnson
- Author: Samuel Johnson
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
This is a volume of selected essays by "the great master of reason" Samuel Johnson. The most famous exerpts from The Rambler, The Adventurer and The Idler are included, covering a vast range of topics. - Summary by Carolin...
To The Duchesse of Newcastle, On Her New Blazing-World - William Cavendish
To The Duchesse of Newcastle, On Her New Blazing-World - William Cavendish
- Author: William Cavendish
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of To The Duchesse of Newcastle, On Her New Blazing-World by William Cavendish. This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 11, 2018. ------ Margaret Cavendish's book, "Blazing World" (in the LV...
A Guide to Health - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
A Guide to Health - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
- Author: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
- Genre: Health & Fitness / Medical / Self-Help
Mahatma Gandhi, known today as a fascinating political leader and pacifist, also considered himself "something of an authority on matters of Health and Disease as well. Very few of us perhaps are aware that he is the author of quite an original...
Advent Days and Poems of Remembrance - Kate Seymour MacLean
Advent Days and Poems of Remembrance - Kate Seymour MacLean
- Author: Kate Seymour MacLean
- Genre: Poetry
This is a very short volume of poems by Canadian poet Kate Seymour MacLean, containing only twenty poems. - Summary by Carolin...
The Analysis of Mind - Bertrand Russell
The Analysis of Mind - Bertrand Russell
- Author: Bertrand Russell
- Genre: Modern
A neat work on philosophy of mind by the 20th century analytic philosopher Bertrand Russell. (Summary by sidhu177)...
Little Eyolf (Mencken Translation) - Henrik Ibsen
Little Eyolf (Mencken Translation) - Henrik Ibsen
- Author: Henrik Ibsen
- Genre: Drama
One of the four profound plays of Ibsen’s late period (along with “The Master Builder,” “John Gabriel Borkman,” and “When We Dead Awaken”), “Little Eyolf” tells the story of Albert Allmers, a writer who has yearned to leave behind a literary or...
The Captain of the Nine - William Heyliger
The Captain of the Nine - William Heyliger
- Author: William Heyliger
- Genre: Sports Fiction / School
When the veteran captain of the St. Mary's baseball team is forced to resign at the beginning of the season, the choice for his replacement falls quickly upon the star pitcher. But can the new captain manage to rally the team, cope with detractors,...
Penelope's English Experiences - Kate Douglas Wiggin
Penelope's English Experiences - Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Author: Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Travel Fiction / General Fiction
Penelope's English Experiences is a fictional travelogue, which documents the experiences of three American ladies on a visit to England. Included are scenes in London and the village of Belvern, containing fanciful sketches of a West-end ball,...
The House with the Twisting Passage (Version 2) - Marion St. John Webb
The House with the Twisting Passage (Version 2) - Marion St. John Webb
- Author: Marion St. John Webb
- Genre: Children's Fiction
When her parents go to India for two years, 9 year old Jenny is cared for by her aunts. Aunt Abby is caretaker in a large many-roomed house, where Jenny meets and hears the stories of many interesting occupants. The owner of the house is remote in...
What The Pine Trees Said - Edith M. Thomas
What The Pine Trees Said - Edith M. Thomas
- Author: Edith M. Thomas
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Edith Matilda Thomas was an American poet who "was one of the first poets to capture successfully the excitement of the modern city. (Wikipedia)...
Short Science Fiction Collection 013 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 013 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Science Fiction / Anthologies
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected...
Tommy Smith's Animals - Edmund Selous
Tommy Smith's Animals - Edmund Selous
- Author: Edmund Selous
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Tommy Smith is a wicked little boy, who would harm animals for sport. He would catch them if he could, throw stones if he could not, and generally disturb all animals around him. He became such a nuissance to everyone at last that the animals hold a...
Alcestis - Euripides
Alcestis - Euripides
- Author: Euripides
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Tragedy
Alcestis is the earliest surviving play by Euripides. Alcestis, the devoted wife of King Admetus, has agreed to die in his place, and at the beginning of the play she is close to death. In the first scene, Apollo argues with Thanatos (Death), asking...
Henry V - William Shakespeare
Henry V - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Plays
After the turmoil and uncertainty of Henry IV a new era appears to dawn for England with the accession of the eponymous Henry V. In this sunny pageant Chorus guides us along Henry's glittering carpet ride of success as the new king completes his...
Swiss Family Robinson in Words of One Syllable - Lucy Aikin
Swiss Family Robinson in Words of One Syllable - Lucy Aikin
- Author: Lucy Aikin
- Genre: Nautical & Marine Fiction / Action & Adventure
All the excitement, danger, heartbreaks and triumphs of this well known story, but without the big words. Lucy Aikin, an accomplished writer and writing as Mary Godolphin, accomplishes this with apparent ease in this little book. The story of a...
Mary: A Fiction (version 2) - Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary: A Fiction (version 2) - Mary Wollstonecraft
- Author: Mary Wollstonecraft
- Genre: Published before 1800
Mary: A Fiction, published in 1788, is a tragic story that decries marriages not based on love. It can be considered an example of feminist fiction. Mary's parents are in a loveless marriage. As the second-born, female child, she is neglected; her...
Miss Dee Dunmore Bryant - Pansy
Miss Dee Dunmore Bryant - Pansy
- Author: Pansy
- Genre: Family Life / Christian Fiction
The Bryant family - widowed Mrs. Bryant and her children Benjamin, Caroline ("Line" for short), and little Daisy - is on the thin edge of poverty due to debt incurred when Mr. Bryant was alive. We follow the family, especially Ben and Daisy, as they...
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders - Daniel Defoe
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders - Daniel Defoe
- Author: Daniel Defoe
- Genre: Romance
Defoe wrote this novel after his work as a journalist and pamphleteer. By 1722, Defoe had become recognized as a novelist, with the success of Robinson Crusoe in 1719. His political work was tapering off at this point, due to the fall of both Whig...
Ann Veronica - H. G. Wells
Ann Veronica - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Romance
Ann Veronica was a controversial book detailing the development of a naive school girl into a "New Woman". When it was published, the Spectator described it as a "poisonous book ... capable of poisoning the minds of those who read it." Although it...
Roast Beef, Medium - Edna Ferber
Roast Beef, Medium - Edna Ferber
- Author: Edna Ferber
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
This book follows the adventures of Emma McChesney, a smart and savvy divorced mother who travels the Midwest as a sales representative for a large skirt and petticoat manufacturer. Her many adventures with people, (including predatory salesmen and...
The Elder Edda (Bray Translation) - Sæmund Sigfusson
The Elder Edda (Bray Translation) - Sæmund Sigfusson
- Author: Sæmund Sigfusson
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Sagas / Other religions
The Elder or Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems dating from the thirteenth century CE. Though no two translators or editors seem to agree on precisely which poems should be included in this collection, the Elder Edda is the most...
Search the Sky - Frederik Pohl
Search the Sky - Frederik Pohl
- Author: Frederik Pohl
- Genre: Science Fiction
Ross was a junior trader on Halsey's Planet, and had great prospects but was not happy at all. Everything smelled of decay. The whole planet seemed to be slowly disappearing, the population dwindling month by month and year by year and yet no one...
Story Hour Readers: Third Year - Ida Coe
Story Hour Readers: Third Year - Ida Coe
- Author: Ida Coe
- Genre: Short works
Short and sweet stories for children from the 19th century. The stories were compiled by two New York City teachers and were thought appropriate for third year children at that time....
Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation, Harvesting, Curing and Uses (Version 2) - Maurice Grenville Kains
Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation, Harvesting, Curing and Uses (Version 2) - Maurice Grenville Kains
- Author: Maurice Grenville Kains
- Genre: Cooking
Culinary Herbs may be regarded as the secret to preparing good food from antiquity to the the height of culinary art. Maurice Grenville Kains gives a thorough introduction the the subject considering the history of herbs, their cultivation and...
Winter (Stevenson) - Robert Louis Stevenson
Winter (Stevenson) - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry) / Nature
LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of Winter by Robert Louis Stevenson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 22nd, 2009....
The Cruise of the Esmeralda - Harry Collingwood
The Cruise of the Esmeralda - Harry Collingwood
- Author: Harry Collingwood
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
After his father died, Captain Saint Leger and his family are left destitute. However, the Saint Legers have a family secret: an ancestor is said to have buried a vast fortune in gold and jewels somewhere in the Eastern Seas. The catch: all...
Pierre & Jean - Guy de Maupassant
Pierre & Jean - Guy de Maupassant
- Author: Guy de Maupassant
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
This short novel’s titular characters are brothers. An old family friend dies, leaving without explanation his entire fortune to Jean, the younger brother. Pierre, the protagonist, is puzzled, jealous, and increasingly bitter. A bequest, a secret, a...
The Desirable Alien at Home in Germany - Ford Madox Ford
The Desirable Alien at Home in Germany - Ford Madox Ford
- Author: Ford Madox Ford
- Genre: Travel & Geography
A travel journal of a year the author spent in Germany. With a preface and two additional chapters by her partner, the novelist Ford Madox Ford (here using the surname Hueffer). - Summary by barbara2...
Bible (KJV) 16: Nehemiah - King James Version
Bible (KJV) 16: Nehemiah - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: Bibles / King James Version
The Book of Nehemiah is a book of the Hebrew Bible. Told largely in the form of a first-person memoir, it concerns the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem by Nehemiah, a Jew who is a high official at the Persian court, and the dedication of the...
Faces in the Fire, and Other Fancies - Frank W. Boreham
Faces in the Fire, and Other Fancies - Frank W. Boreham
- Author: Frank W. Boreham
- Genre: Christianity - Other
In this collection of essays, Frank Boreham shares with us his musings on how everyday items such as boots and linoleum, or a cozy fire, or even Nothing at all, can enrich our spiritual lives and draw us closer to our Heavenly Father. Summary by...
The Adventures of Pinocchio (version 2) - Carlo Collodi
The Adventures of Pinocchio (version 2) - Carlo Collodi
- Author: Carlo Collodi
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Do today's children still learn what a "marionette" is? The beloved story of Pinocchio may represent a last lingering picture of a world not dominated by plastic or electronic toys.Pinocchio is a puppet made from a piece of wood that curiously could...
Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV - Francis Parkman, Jr.
Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV - Francis Parkman, Jr.
- Author: Francis Parkman Jr.
- Genre: History
Part five of Francis Parkman's multi-volume series France and England in North America is but one of the masterful narratives that have earned him the reputation as one of the most notable American historians. Preface excerpt: The events recounted...
Out of Time's Abyss (version 2) - Edgar Rice Burroughs
Out of Time's Abyss (version 2) - Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Genre: Science Fiction
Out of Time’s Abyss is an Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the third of his Caspak trilogy. The sequence was first published in Blue Book Magazine as a three-part serial in the issues for September, October and November 1918, with Out of...
Wild Life in Woods and Fields - Arabella B. Buckley
Wild Life in Woods and Fields - Arabella B. Buckley
- Author: Arabella B. Buckley
- Genre: Children's Fiction / *Non-fiction / Science
Wild Life in Woods and Fields by Arabella B. Buckley is a collection of stories that will encourage children to become little naturalists and explore the majesty of the great outdoors. This is science taught in such a charming, delightful way that...
The Motor Girls on a Tour - Margaret Penrose
The Motor Girls on a Tour - Margaret Penrose
- Author: Margaret Penrose
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Action & Adventure
This is the second book in the series of the Motor Girls. Join Cora and her friends in this mystery and adventure of The Motor Girls. Also the search for a missing table and promise book belonging to a cripple girl called Wren. Why is Clip so...
The Rover Boys in Camp - Arthur M. Winfield
The Rover Boys in Camp - Arthur M. Winfield
- Author: Arthur M. Winfield
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The Rover brothers spend time at Putnam Hall and on a camping expedition in this entry to the series. They have a new set of rivals, let by lanky, surly Lew Flapp, a would-be boxer. Rover family nemesis, Arnold Baxter, is on the lam from prison....
Where the Bee Sucks - William Shakespeare
Where the Bee Sucks - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Where the Bee Sucks by William Shakespeare. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 8, 2012. Where the Bee Sucks is a song performed by Ariel, an airy spirit, in Shakespeare's The Tempest. The...
The Poet's Forge - Helen Hunt Jackson
The Poet's Forge - Helen Hunt Jackson
- Author: Helen Hunt Jackson
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Poet's Forge by Helen Hunt Jackson. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 20, 2011. Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, born Helen Fiske was a United States writer who became an activist on...
The Soul of a People - Harold Fielding Hall
The Soul of a People - Harold Fielding Hall
- Author: Harold Fielding Hall
- Genre: Memoirs
In The Soul of a People, Englishman H. Fielding explores the beliefs of the Burmese people. He offers an understandable, and yet thorough, explanation of Buddhism, and illustrates the many ways the people of Burma (Myanmar) live their faith. He also...
