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Lyrics from the Chinese - Helen WADDELL
Lyrics from the Chinese - Helen WADDELL
- Author: Helen WADDELL
- Genre: Lyric
Thirty-six short Chinese poems from the 12th to the 7th Century B.C. are translated into English by Irish Poet Helen Waddell. Summary by MaryAnn....
Early Rome, from the Foundation of the City to its Destruction by the Gauls - Wilhelm IHNE
Early Rome, from the Foundation of the City to its Destruction by the Gauls - Wilhelm IHNE
- Author: Wilhelm IHNE
- Genre: War & Military / Political Science / Antiquity
In this short scholarly work the German historian, Wilhelm Ihne, elucidates what is known or can be deduced about Rome's early history, from the time of its legendary founders and kings, through the establishment of the Republic, to the invasion of...
The Diary of a Goose Girl - Kate Douglas Wiggin
The Diary of a Goose Girl - Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Author: Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Genre: Nature & Animal Fiction / Romance
The "Goose Girl" is a young and somewhat independent lady who, in fleeing from her lover with whom there had been a "little tiff," became a "paying guest" at poultry farm in a quiet, out-of-the-way Sussex village, in the care of which she...
Sea Stories - Various
Sea Stories - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Nautical & Marine Fiction
Most of us have passed through a period of life during which we have ardently longed to be, if not actually a rover, a buccaneer, or a pirate, at least and really a sailor! To run away to sea has been the misdirected ambition of many a youngster,...
The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling
The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Action & Adventure
This classic children's book by Rudyard Kipling tells the story of Mowgli, a young boy raised by wolves: his escapades and adventures with his dear friends Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear, his capture by the Monkey-People, his attempt at...
The Quest of the Historical Jesus - Albert SCHWEITZER
The Quest of the Historical Jesus - Albert SCHWEITZER
- Author: Albert SCHWEITZER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Religion
In this book, Schweitzer traces the historical progress of 'Historical Jesus' research, from Hermann Reimarus in the mid 18th century, to William Wrede at the turn of the 20th. Schweitzer showed how Jesus' image had changed with the times and with...
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus (version 3) - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus (version 3) - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Frankenstein begins in epistolary form, documenting the correspondence between Captain Robert Walton and his sister, Margaret Walton Saville. Walton sets out to explore the North Pole and expand his scientific knowledge in hopes of achieving fame...
Selected Poems of John Clare, Volume 1 - John Clare
Selected Poems of John Clare, Volume 1 - John Clare
- Author: John Clare
- Genre: Poetry
John Clare (1793 - 1864) was a farm labourer in the village of Helpstone, Northamptonshire, who became arguably England’s greatest nature poet. He rose to fame when his ‘Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery’ was published in 1820. His...
Fairy Tales from Gold Lands Volume Two - May Wentworth
Fairy Tales from Gold Lands Volume Two - May Wentworth
- Author: May Wentworth
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
High as the clouds are the mountains bold That tower in the glorious Land of Gold, And cañons dusky with twilight deep Where a thousand mystic shadows peep. There are vineyards graceful with trailing vine Rich in the wealth of the rosy wine, There...
Nor Iron Bars A Cage ... - Randall Garrett
Nor Iron Bars A Cage ... - Randall Garrett
- Author: Randall Garrett
- Genre: Science Fiction
Iron bars do not confine a Man—only his body. There are more subtle, and more confining bindings, however....Police methods of the future will naturally use complex new technology but police will still need to deal with the same old sad human...
The Juvenile Bible - Anonymous
The Juvenile Bible - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Bibles
A collection of short poems describing every book of the Bible (both Old and New testament) for young children to read in order to help them learn about the Bible. (Summary by Elsie Selwyn )...
A Peep Behind the Scenes - Mrs. O. F. Walton
A Peep Behind the Scenes - Mrs. O. F. Walton
- Author: Mrs. O. F. Walton
- Genre: Family / Religion / Christian Fiction
Rosalie is the daughter of a traveling theater master and is envied by many young girls as she appears to live a life full of glamour, glitz, and glory. But beneath the happy smiling face is a hurting heart, a deep sorrow for her dying mother, and a...
The Fireside Chats - Franklin D. ROOSEVELT
The Fireside Chats - Franklin D. ROOSEVELT
- Author: Franklin D. ROOSEVELT
- Genre: War & Military / Modern (20th C)
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt thirty radio addresses made throughout his terms as President of the United States between 1933 and 1944. The speeches are snapshots of American life during the turbulent decade that included the Great Depression...
The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali - Frank Gee Patchin
The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali - Frank Gee Patchin
- Author: Frank Gee Patchin
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / Westerns
Yee-Haww! The Pony Rider Boys are on the move again! This time the boys are in the desert of Nevada, discovering the beauty and perils in 100 degree heat. It should be another thrilling ride that Professor Zepplin has taken them on! (Summary by Ann...
Bible (KJV) 18: Job (version 3) - King James Version
Bible (KJV) 18: Job (version 3) - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: King James Version
The Book of Job, memorably conceived of by C G Jung as the story of one man's struggle to make conscious the undifferentiated contents of the unconscious, is in its own terms an intensive study of the age old problem of undeserved suffering at the...
Instructions to Light Keepers - UNITED STATES LIGHTHOUSE BOARD
Instructions to Light Keepers - UNITED STATES LIGHTHOUSE BOARD
- Author: UNITED STATES LIGHTHOUSE BOARD
- Genre: Reference
"Office of the Light-House Board, Washington, D.C. July 1, 1881. The following Instructions are published for the guidance of light-keepers. They are required to read them carefully and attentively, and to refer to them whenever they are any doubt...
The Story of the Pony Express - Glenn D. BRADLEY
The Story of the Pony Express - Glenn D. BRADLEY
- Author: Glenn D. BRADLEY
- Genre: *Non-fiction
The Story of the Pony Express offers an in depth account behind the need for a mail route to connect the eastern U.S. with the rapidly populating west coast following the gold rush of California, the springing up of lumber camps, and all incidental...
The Tower of Dago - Mór JÓKAI
The Tower of Dago - Mór JÓKAI
- Author: Mór JÓKAI
- Genre: Gothic Fiction
This is the story of Feodor von Ungern, who, betrayed by his brother Zeno, installs himself with his son and a group of his most trusted men in a dark tower on the island of Dago. Sheltered in this tower, he terrorises the seas, until, one day, his...
History and Records of the Elephant Club - Q. K. Philander DOESTICKS
History and Records of the Elephant Club - Q. K. Philander DOESTICKS
- Author: Q. K. Philander DOESTICKS
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Mortimer Q. Thomson (September 2, 1832 – June 25, 1875) was an American journalist and humorist who wrote under the pseudonym Q. K. Philander Doesticks. He was born in Riga, New York and grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He attended Michigan...
The Red Cross Spirit Speaks - John Huston FINLEY
The Red Cross Spirit Speaks - John Huston FINLEY
- Author: John Huston FINLEY
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox readers bring you 19 recordings of The Red Cross Spirit Speaks by John H. Finley. At this time of year, all around the world, we remember the fallen and those who served their countries in time of war and other calamity. This poem reminds...
The Sunny Side - A. A. MILNE
The Sunny Side - A. A. MILNE
- Author: A. A. MILNE
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
The Sunny Side is a collection of short stories and essays by A. A. Milne. Though Milne is best known for his classic children's books, especially Winnie The Pooh, he also wrote extensively for adults, most notably in Punch, to which he was a...
The Brass Bottle - F. Anstey
The Brass Bottle - F. Anstey
- Author: F. Anstey
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction
What happens when a not-so-lucky man happens upon a brass bottle releases the djinni caught within? Misunderstanding, culture shock, hilarity, among other things. Will the well-intentioned djinni help his new master? Or will he makes things even...
Bible (KJV) NT 06: Romans (Version 2) - King James Version
Bible (KJV) NT 06: Romans (Version 2) - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: King James Version
The book of Romans was written by Paul the Apostle on his third missionary journey. The Holy Spirit inspired Paul to write about life as a person before Christ and life as a believer after Christ. He talks about the life before Christ being...
Famous Modern Ghost Stories - Various
Famous Modern Ghost Stories - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
An entertaining selection of "modern" ghost stories selected "to include specimens of a few of the distinctive types of modern ghosts, as well as to show the art of individual stories." Sure to please the love of the supernatural in all of us!...
Caliban by the Yellow Sands - Percy MACKAYE
Caliban by the Yellow Sands - Percy MACKAYE
- Author: Percy MACKAYE
- Genre: Published 1900 onward / Drama
Caliban, the primitive, savage son of the witch Sycorax and the evil frog-tiger god Setebos, seeks to obtain knowledge and become civilized from a strange magician named Prospero and his young daughter, Miranda. Through fantastic visions (including...
Oliver Twist (version 3) - Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist (version 3) - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
Oliver Twist was published in 1838 as a three volume book. The novel was the first of Dickens' works to realistically portray the degradation and impoverishment of the London underworld and its denizens. Dickens utilises the environment and...
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils - Selma Lagerlöf
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils - Selma Lagerlöf
- Author: Selma Lagerlöf
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Fantastic Fiction
Selma Lagerlöf was born in Vaermland, Sweden, in 1858 and enjoyed a long and very successful career as a writer, receiving the Nobel-Price in Literature in 1909. She died in Vaermland in 1940. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (Orig. Nils Holgerssons...
Temperance Gems - William Topaz MCGONAGALL
Temperance Gems - William Topaz MCGONAGALL
- Author: William Topaz MCGONAGALL
- Genre: Poetry
Good people all, of every degree, I pray, ye all be warned by me: I advise ye all to pause and think, And never more to taste strong drink. Some people do say it is good when taken in moderation, But, when taken to excess, it leads to tribulation,...
Jim The Story Of A Backwoods Police Dog (And Other Stories) - Sir Charles G. D. ROBERTS
Jim The Story Of A Backwoods Police Dog (And Other Stories) - Sir Charles G. D. ROBERTS
- Author: Sir Charles G. D. ROBERTS
- Genre: Nature & Animal Fiction / Published 1900 onward
Deputy Sheriff Tug Blackstock wanted a dog to help with his work. As for Jim, at first glance he might almost have been taken for a slim, young black bear rather than a dog. They were a pair, indeed, to strike the most stolid imagination, let alone...
Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout - J. W. BUEL
Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout - J. W. BUEL
- Author: J. W. BUEL
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
BEING A TRUE AND EXACT HISTORY OF ALL THE SANGUINARY COMBATS AND HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPES OF THE MOST FAMOUS SCOUTAND SPY AMERICA EVER PRODUCED. "Wild Bill, as a frontier character of the daring, cunning and honorable class, stands alone, without a...
Nephelidia - Algernon Charles Swinburne
Nephelidia - Algernon Charles Swinburne
- Author: Algernon Charles Swinburne
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 readings of Nephelidia by Algernon Charles Swinburne. Note: "Nephelidia" means "Cloudlets"; the poem is Swinburne's parody of his own style....
The Farmer's Boy - Clifton JOHNSON
The Farmer's Boy - Clifton JOHNSON
- Author: Clifton JOHNSON
- Genre: Children's Fiction
A year in the life of a New England farm boy at the end of the 19th century (Introduction by LC)...
Billy Bunny and His Friends - David Cory
Billy Bunny and His Friends - David Cory
- Author: David Cory
- Genre: Animals & Nature
The story of Billy Bunny and his friends and their adventures together. (Summary by mparker)...
Joseph Haydn; Servant And Master - Herbert Francis Peyser
Joseph Haydn; Servant And Master - Herbert Francis Peyser
- Author: Herbert Francis Peyser
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Music
Haydn, barring a few hardships in his youth, lived an extraordinarily fortunate life and had abundant reason for the optimism which marked every step of his progress.... Haydn was a master by the grace of Heaven and a servant only by the artificial...
O Captain! My Captain! - Walt Whitman
O Captain! My Captain! - Walt Whitman
- Author: Walt Whitman
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of "O Captain! My Captain!" This was the Weekly Poetry for the week of August 17, 2014. "O Captain! My Captain!" is an elegy for Abraham Lincoln written by Walt Whitman, who worked as a clerk and army...
The Macdermots of Ballycloran - Anthony Trollope
The Macdermots of Ballycloran - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
This is the story of the Macdermots of Ballycloran the story is about the tragic demise of a landowning family. Larry Macdermot lives in a dilapidated mansion in Co. Leitrim, whose mortgage to Joe Flannelly he cannot keep up. Enmity between the...
The Getting of Wisdom (Version 2) - Henry Handel RICHARDSON
The Getting of Wisdom (Version 2) - Henry Handel RICHARDSON
- Author: Henry Handel RICHARDSON
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
Henry Handel Richardson was the pseudonym of Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson, a writer who was born in 1870 to a reasonably well-off family which later fell on hard times. The author's family lived in various Victorian towns and from the age of...
Thou Art The Man - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Thou Art The Man - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Sibyl married after assuming that her cousin, with whom she was in love, died. However, said cousin, who suffers from epilepsy, found himself near a murder scene and had no idea what happened. Fearing the worst, he ran away. Ten years later, Sibyl...
K. - Mary Roberts Rinehart
K. - Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
"K" is the initial of the mysterious lodger without a first name who rents a room from Sidney to escape his past. Sidney herself refuses the proposals of Joe in order to become a nurse and do useful work in the outside world. She is determined to...
Snarleyyow - Frederick MARRYAT
Snarleyyow - Frederick MARRYAT
- Author: Frederick MARRYAT
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Humorous Fiction
This is a quite amusing nautical tale of the British Navy of the around the year 1700. While, as with much early 'humor', it is somewhat heavy-handed, the sympathies of the author are clear and good, and cruelty is often averted by good fortune or...
