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The War Workers - E. M. Delafield
The War Workers - E. M. Delafield
- Author: E. M. Delafield
- Genre: War & Military Fiction
This is an early work by the author of "Diary Of A Provincial Lady". During the first world war, in the Midlands, there was a place where soldiers received sandwiches and a bit of comfort. It is run by Miss Vivian, an upper class woman who is...
The Parson's Wedding - Thomas KILLIGREW
The Parson's Wedding - Thomas KILLIGREW
- Author: Thomas KILLIGREW
- Genre: Comedy
Often considered Killigrew's best play, this is a comedy with a bawdy tone where people flirt, trick each other and everyone else. It was the first play in England to be performed with an all female crew. - Summary by Kristingj Cast List Narration:...
On the Elementary Electrical Charge - Robert Andrews MILLIKAN
On the Elementary Electrical Charge - Robert Andrews MILLIKAN
- Author: Robert Andrews MILLIKAN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Science
The experiments herewith reported were undertaken with the view of introducing certain improvements into the oil-drop method of determining e and N and thus obtaining a higher accuracy than had before been possible in the evaluation of these most...
Book of the Foundations - Saint Teresa of Avila
Book of the Foundations - Saint Teresa of Avila
- Author: Saint Teresa of Avila
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Religion
Essentially the sequel to The Life of St. Teresa, Teresa recounts the foundations of the Discalced Carmelite monasteries in Spain, both for men and women. This book tells of all the triumphs and troubles, and about the many people who helped...
Under Drake's Flag: A Tale Of The Spanish Main - G. A. Henty
Under Drake's Flag: A Tale Of The Spanish Main - G. A. Henty
- Author: G. A. Henty
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
An exciting tale set on the high seas, in a period ruled by exploration, with the ever-present dangers of nature and the weather, together with pirates of the famed Spanish Main. - Summary by Lynne Thompson...
A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Higher and Middle Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity - William WILBERFORCE
A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Higher and Middle Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity - William WILBERFORCE
- Author: William WILBERFORCE
- Genre: Christianity - Other
William Wilberforce was an English politician best known for his leadership in the movement to stop the slave trade. He began his political career in 1780, eventually becoming an independent Member of Parliament (MP) for Yorkshire (1784–1812). In...
Pollyanna (version 2) - Eleanor H. Porter
Pollyanna (version 2) - Eleanor H. Porter
- Author: Eleanor H. Porter
- Genre: Family
In a small town far out West, 11 year old Pollyanna loses her mother then her dad to disease. This book describes how the orphan is sent to be raised by her aunt who lives far away in the East of the country. Unfortunately her aunt does not want her...
Short Poetry Collection 030 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 030 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 030: a collection of 20 public-domain poems....
On the Late Massacre in the Piedmont - John Milton
On the Late Massacre in the Piedmont - John Milton
- Author: John Milton
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
On the Late Massacre in the Piedmont was written by John Milton in 1655. It was the weekly poem for the week of Feb 21-Feb 28, 2016. - Summary by EstherbenSimonides...
Short Poetry Collection 041 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 041 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 041: a collection of 20 public-domain poems....
Bible (WNT) NT 11: Philippians - Weymouth New Testament
Bible (WNT) NT 11: Philippians - Weymouth New Testament
- Author: Weymouth New Testament
- Genre: Weymouth New Testament
In his letter to the believers in the city of Philippi (in the province of ancient Macedonia), the Apostle Paul exudes an attitude of JOY, in spite of his own imprisonment and impending trial. He preaches of unity as a matter of contention and...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 037 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 037 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, blow-pipe weapons, Oriental china; impressions of America by Enrico Caruso, Oscar Wilde, and Charles W....
The Wreck of the Golden Mary - Charles Dickens
The Wreck of the Golden Mary - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
A short story of a ship wreck in 1851 trying to round Cape Horn on its way to the California gold fields. Poignant and well written. ( Summary by JCarson )...
Aesop's Fables, Volume 11 (Fables 251-275) - Aesop
Aesop's Fables, Volume 11 (Fables 251-275) - Aesop
- Author: Aesop
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Satire
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question whether he existed at all, these...
Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School; or, The Parting of the Ways - Jessie Graham Flower
Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School; or, The Parting of the Ways - Jessie Graham Flower
- Author: Jessie Graham Flower
- Genre: General
The four series follow Grace Harlowe and her friends through high school, college, abroad during World War I, and on adventures around America. In The High School Girls Series, Grace attends Oakdale High School with friends Anne Pierson, Nora...
The Story of Solomon Owl - Arthur Scott Bailey
The Story of Solomon Owl - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Arthur Scott Bailey, a native of the state of Vermont, wrote over forty children's books using a variety of animals, birds and even insects to entertain. The Tale of Solomon Owl is one of 16 stories of his Tuck-Me-In Tales series. - Summary by Larry...
Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks - William Elliot Griffis
Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks - William Elliot Griffis
- Author: William Elliot Griffis
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A darling collection of Dutch fairy tales presented by William Griffis. Starting with The Entangled Mermaid and ending with Why the Stork Loves Holland, these 20 stories are all entertaining and well written. Children of all ages should love to hear...
Days - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Days - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Days by Ralph Waldo Emerson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 10, 2012. As a lecturer and orator, Emerson—nicknamed the Concord Sage—became the leading voice of intellectual culture in the...
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin FRANKLIN
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin FRANKLIN
- Author: Benjamin FRANKLIN
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Self-Help
Franklin wrote his autobiography in the form of an extended letter to his son. While recording the events of his life, he adds instructions for good living which makes this work America’s first “How to Succeed” book. Edited by Frank Woodworth Pine...
The Water-Babies - Charles Kingsley
The Water-Babies - Charles Kingsley
- Author: Charles Kingsley
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley, first published in its entirety in 1863. Though some of the author's opinions are very dated now, the journey of a little chimney-sweep water-baby through...
Coffee Break Collection 006 - Food and Drink - Various
Coffee Break Collection 006 - Food and Drink - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction
This is the sixth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in length. These are great for work/study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you'd like to hear a whole story and only...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 028 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 028 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, slavery, science, education, humor, philosophy, nature and baseball....
The Book of Divine Consolation of the Blessed Angela of Foligno - Blessed ANGELA OF FOLIGNO
The Book of Divine Consolation of the Blessed Angela of Foligno - Blessed ANGELA OF FOLIGNO
- Author: Blessed ANGELA OF FOLIGNO
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
The Blessed Angela of Foligno, T.O.S.F., (c. 1248 – 4 January 1309) was a Christian author, Franciscan tertiary and mystic. She was noted not only for her spiritual writings, but also for founding a religious community which refused to accept...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 08) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 08) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
In this chapter of Thomas Babington Macaulay’s History of England we see conflict between James II and his subjects. James is Catholic but rules a Protestant country. There are some serious stand-offs with colleges at Oxford and Cambridge plus...
The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow - Anna Katharine Green
The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
It is the noon hour at a museum in New York City. The date: May 23, 1913. The weekday, attendance is light; the attendees are scattered between two floors. Suddenly a cry rings out from the second floor. Scrambling to Section II, the museum director...
Utopia (Robinson translation) - Thomas MORE
Utopia (Robinson translation) - Thomas MORE
- Author: Thomas MORE
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Literary Fiction / Political Science
Originally entitled A frutefull pleasaunt, and wittie worke of the beste state of publique weale, & of the newe yle, called Utopia: written in Latine, by ... Syr Thomas More knyght, and translated into Englishe by Raphe Robynson ... The first...
Pearls - William John DAKIN
Pearls - William John DAKIN
- Author: William John DAKIN
- Genre: Nature
"The use of pearls as jewels and their recognition as objects of value date back into the far beyond when the histories of ancient peoples were transcribed upon papyrus. It is very likely that pearls were amongst the earliest gems known to man, and...
Bonnie Prince Charlie: a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden - G. A. Henty
Bonnie Prince Charlie: a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden - G. A. Henty
- Author: G. A. Henty
- Genre: Historical Fiction
This is a tale of the son of a Scottish officer, who gets arrested for helping a Jacobite agent. Set during the Jacobite rebellion in Scotland in 1755, the boy escapes and makes it to France and shares some adventures with Prince Charlie. - Summary...
Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol 1 - Edmond HALLEY
Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol 1 - Edmond HALLEY
- Author: Edmond HALLEY
- Genre: Mathematics / Astronomy / Physics & Mechanics / Earth Sciences
"The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence." (from its Mission Statement). As scientists have explored the world around them, observed and tried to...
The Green Odyssey - Philip Jose FARMER
The Green Odyssey - Philip Jose FARMER
- Author: Philip Jose FARMER
- Genre: Science Fiction
Alan Green is a space traveler stranded on a barbaric planet who has been taken slave and made a consort to an insipid and smelly queen. His slave-wife, though beautiful and smart, nags him constantly. He’s given up hope of ever returning to Earth...
Poems for my Children - Ann Hawkshaw
Poems for my Children - Ann Hawkshaw
- Author: Ann Hawkshaw
- Genre: Poetry / Single author
Published in 1847, five years after her epic poem, 'Dionysus the Areopagite', 'Poems For My Children' was Ann Hawkshaw's second collection of poetry. The poems are dedicated to her six children and many are written in an intimate conversational...
Some Turns of Thought in Modern Philosophy - George Santayana
Some Turns of Thought in Modern Philosophy - George Santayana
- Author: George Santayana
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
Before the beginning of World War II, during the time of the Modernist movement in philosophy, George Santayana wrote these five descriptive essays. He examined John Locke’s sensationalism, British Idealism, the “Theory of Relativity”, Freud’s...
The Child's Book of American Biography - Mary Stoyell STIMPSON
The Child's Book of American Biography - Mary Stoyell STIMPSON
- Author: Mary Stoyell STIMPSON
- Genre: General / Biography & Autobiography / History
In every country there have been certain men and women whose busy lives have made the world better or wiser. The names of such are heard so often that every child should know a few facts about them. It is hoped the very short stories told here may...
The Nō Plays of Japan - Various
The Nō Plays of Japan - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Plays
Noh (Nō), or Nogaku—derived from the Sino-Japanese word for "skill" or "talent"—is a major form of classical Japanese musical drama that has been performed since the 14th century. Developed by Kan'ami and his son Zeami, it is the oldest major...
The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire - Charles McLean Andrews
The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire - Charles McLean Andrews
- Author: Charles McLean Andrews
- Genre: Nature / Modern (20th C)
The first half of this book describes the devastating earthquake that hit San Francisco in 1906, and the subsequent destruction caused by fire. Various eyewitnesses and victims give their account on the tragedy. In the second half, a number of...
The Duke's Children - Anthony Trollope
The Duke's Children - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: General Fiction
In the last of the six Palliser novels, the sudden death of his wife, Lady Glencora, leaves Plantagenet Palliser, the Duke of Omnium, finding himself in charge of his three children. The eldest, Lord Silverbridge, has recently been expelled from...
Chronicles of Canada Volume 12 - The Father of British Canada; A Chronicle of Carleton - William Wood
Chronicles of Canada Volume 12 - The Father of British Canada; A Chronicle of Carleton - William Wood
- Author: William Wood
- Genre: Early Modern
Carleton’s first eight years as governor of Canada were almost entirely occupied with civil administration. The next four were equally occupied with war.This is the account of how Carleton and his multiracial army fought off the American invasion of...
The Fourth Dimension Simply Explained - Henry Parker MANNING
The Fourth Dimension Simply Explained - Henry Parker MANNING
- Author: Henry Parker MANNING
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Mathematics
In January 1909 a friend of the Scientific American paid the sum of 500$ which was to be awarded as a prize for the best popular explanation of the Fourth Dimension. The object being to set forth in an essay not longer than 2500 words the meaning of...
Lord Dolphin - Harriet Anna CHEEVER
Lord Dolphin - Harriet Anna CHEEVER
- Author: Harriet Anna CHEEVER
- Genre: Animals & Nature
"Now who ever heard of a fish's setting up and telling his own story...I am not a bit proud but just a good natured chap that has decided to spin a sea yard for the amusement, and I hope the instruction, it may be of young Folks, being perfectly...
Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable (Version 2) - Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable (Version 2) - Daniel Defoe
- Author: Daniel Defoe
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
This book is a fictional autobiography of the title character — a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers before being rescued. You know the story; but do you know the...
