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She - H. Rider Haggard
She - H. Rider Haggard
- Author: H. Rider Haggard
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
At 5 years old Leo Vincey is left in the care of a Cambridge professor by the name of Horace Holly. His father leaves him a strange casket which he is to open on his 25th Birthday. On opening the Casket Leo and Horace discover the strange history of...
The City of the Sun - Tommaso Campanella
The City of the Sun - Tommaso Campanella
- Author: Tommaso Campanella
- Genre: Travel Fiction / Fantasy Fiction
A dialogue between a Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitallers and a Genoese Sea-captain, about the latter's voyage to a utopian city. (Summary by Rapunzelina)...
New Hampshire - A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes - Robert Frost
New Hampshire - A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes - Robert Frost
- Author: Robert Frost
- Genre: Single author
New Hampshire is a volume of poems written by Robert Frost, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize. The titular poem is the longest, and it has cross-references to 14 of the following poems. These are the "Notes" in the book title. The "Grace...
The Right Way to Do Wrong - Harry Houdini
The Right Way to Do Wrong - Harry Houdini
- Author: Harry Houdini
- Genre: True Crime
Harry Houdini, master illusionist and contortionist, unmasks the various ways that criminals take advantage of their victims. (Summary by Lee Ann Howlett)...
The Blue Flower - Henry van Dyke
The Blue Flower - Henry van Dyke
- Author: Henry van Dyke
- Genre: Single Author Collections
"Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in...
The Mikado, Or The Town of Titipu (version 2) - W. S. Gilbert
The Mikado, Or The Town of Titipu (version 2) - W. S. Gilbert
- Author: W. S. Gilbert
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Comedy
In the town of Titipu, flirting is punishable by death on the command of the Mikado himself! But what happens when the Lord High Executioner is himself condemned to die? And what secret does the wandering minstrel Nanki-Poo hide, that the Mikado and...
The Ballad which Anne Askew made and sang when she was in Newgate - Anne Askew
The Ballad which Anne Askew made and sang when she was in Newgate - Anne Askew
- Author: Anne Askew
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Ballad which Anne Askew made and sang when she was in Newgate by Anne Askew. This was the fortnightly poetry project for January 11th, 2009....
The Spirit of Laws (Volume 1) - Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de
The Spirit of Laws (Volume 1) - Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de
- Author: Charles-Louis de Secondat baron de La Brède et de
- Genre: Law / Political Science / Early Modern
This audiobook covers Volume 1 (Books I to XIX) of "The Spirit of the Laws" (French: De "l'esprit des lois", also sometimes called "The Spirit of Laws"). Spirit of Laws is a treatise on political theory first published anonymously by Charles de...
Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum - Aemilia Lanyer
Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum - Aemilia Lanyer
- Author: Aemilia Lanyer
- Genre: Poetry
Aemilia Lanyer's 1611 poem is far more than a retelling of The Passion. It comprises a spirited defense of Eve (and, by extension, all women), elegant praises for her female patrons, a catalogue of virtuous women of the ancient world, and closes...
The Lie - Sir Walter RALEIGH
The Lie - Sir Walter RALEIGH
- Author: Sir Walter RALEIGH
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 6 different recordings of The Lie by Sir Walter Raleigh....
From Plotzk to Boston - Mary ANTIN
From Plotzk to Boston - Mary ANTIN
- Author: Mary ANTIN
- Genre: Memoirs
An intensely personal account of the immigration experience as related by a young Jewish girl from Plotzk (a town in the government of Vitebsk, Russia). Mary Antin, with her mother, sisters, and brother, set out from Plotzk in 1894 to join their...
Your Psychic Powers and How to Develop Them - Hereward Carrington
Your Psychic Powers and How to Develop Them - Hereward Carrington
- Author: Hereward Carrington
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Self-Help
Instructions in how to develop your psychic powers including telepathy, clairvoyance, self-projection, reincarnation, and other topics. Seriously. "It must be distinctly understood … that I believe the vast bulk of the material presented in this...
Lady Jim of Curzon Street - Fergus Hume
Lady Jim of Curzon Street - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Faced with bankruptcy and trapped in an unhappy marriage, Lady Jim Kaims has to solve her problems alone. After every decent way fails her, and with no friend to assist, she resorts to committing crimes. Fergus Hume delves into the mind of an...
Stories From The Operas - Gladys Davidson
Stories From The Operas - Gladys Davidson
- Author: Gladys Davidson
- Genre: Plays / Music
"Owing to the appreciation which has been accorded to my three series of "Stories from the Operas," it has been decided to re-issue the collection in one volume, and to include in this additional stories of new and popular operas recently produced...
Eulogies - Robert G. Ingersoll
Eulogies - Robert G. Ingersoll
- Author: Robert G. Ingersoll
- Genre: *Non-fiction
From Volume 12 of the Dresden Edition of The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, entitled Miscellany, this audio book delivers the final chapters, 21 stirring tributes delivered by Colonel Ingersoll (The Great Agnostic) at the funerals or grave sides of,...
Star Hunter - Andre Norton
Star Hunter - Andre Norton
- Author: Andre Norton
- Genre: Science Fiction
"Somewheres on the jungle world of Jumala, there was a man in hiding—a man whose mind had been reconditioned with another's brain pattern and for whom there was a fabulous reward. Star Hunter is a thrill-packed account of that other-worldly game of...
The Red Battle Flyer - Manfred von Richthofen
The Red Battle Flyer - Manfred von Richthofen
- Author: Manfred von Richthofen
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (20th C)
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918), also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte) during World War I. He is considered the top ace of...
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Dorian Gray, a young man of wealth and stature in late 1800's London, meets Lord Henry Wotton while posing for a portrait by his friend Basil Hallward. Once the painting is complete, Dorian realizes that it will always be young and attractive, while...
Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Africa - Frank G. Carpenter
Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Africa - Frank G. Carpenter
- Author: Frank G. Carpenter
- Genre: Travel & Geography
Fascinating book for all ages telling of travels through Africa over 100 years ago. Covering the continent by steamer and train and other more primitive means of transport, the reader will enjoy learning of African life long before knowledge of this...
A Tale of Two Cities (version 2) - Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities (version 2) - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it is among the most famous works of fiction. The novel depicts the plight of the...
Essays on Work and Culture - Hamilton Wright Mabie
Essays on Work and Culture - Hamilton Wright Mabie
- Author: Hamilton Wright Mabie
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
The author investigates the world of work against a backdrop of culture. Each of the 25 essays focuses on one aspect of the topic. For example, the first essay, "Tool or Man?" looks at two views of man. One is that of strength as the provider of...
Idylls of the King - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Idylls of the King - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Author: Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Poetry / Romance
Idylls of the King, published between 1856 and 1885, is a cycle of twelve narrative poems by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson which retells the legend of King Arthur, his knights, his love for Guinevere and her tragic betrayal of him, and the...
The Prairie - A Tale - James Fenimore Cooper
The Prairie - A Tale - James Fenimore Cooper
- Author: James Fenimore Cooper
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Historical Fiction
The story opens with Ishmael, his family, Ellen and Abiram slowly making their way across the virgin prairies of the Midwest looking for a homestead, just two years after the Louisiana Purchase, and during the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition....
I Keep Six Honest Serving-men - Rudyard Kipling
I Keep Six Honest Serving-men - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
This poem about a child's inquisitiveness, follows the short story The Elephant's Child in Rudyard KIpling's Just So Stories. (1902) - Summary by David Lawrence...
Fort Concho; Its Why And Wherefore - J. N. Gregory
Fort Concho; Its Why And Wherefore - J. N. Gregory
- Author: J. N. Gregory
- Genre: War & Military
Fort Concho was a U.S. Army post in central Texas from 1867 to 1889. It figured considerably in the Indian Wars, notably against the Comanches. It mainly served to protect frontier settlers, stagecoaches, wagon trains, the U.S. mail, and trade...
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions - Edwin Abbott Abbott
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions - Edwin Abbott Abbott
- Author: Edwin Abbott Abbott
- Genre: General Fiction / Satire / Science Fiction
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 science fiction novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott. As a satire, Flatland offered pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more...
Verses Popular and Humorous - Henry Lawson
Verses Popular and Humorous - Henry Lawson
- Author: Henry Lawson
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of humorous poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson. - Summary by Carolin...
Henry VI, Part 2 - William Shakespeare
Henry VI, Part 2 - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Plays
Henry VI, Part 2 or The Second Part of Henry the Sixth (often written as 2 Henry VI) is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1591, and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. Whereas 1 Henry VI deals...
Popular Tales from the Norse - Sir George Webbe Dasent
Popular Tales from the Norse - Sir George Webbe Dasent
- Author: Sir George Webbe Dasent
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The most careless reader can hardly fail to see that many of the Tales in this volume have the same groundwork as those with which he has been familiar from his earliest youth. They are Nursery Tales, in fact, of the days when there were tales in...
Black Amazon of Mars (Version 3) - Leigh Douglass BRACKETT
Black Amazon of Mars (Version 3) - Leigh Douglass BRACKETT
- Author: Leigh Douglass BRACKETT
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Romance / Science Fiction
In his final adventure on Mars, Eric John Stark acquires a relic of an ancient Martian hero, a gem or lens which is believed to be the key to the strength of Kushat, the city that guards the Gates of Death in the frozen north. A brief inspection of...
Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 5, 1860 to 1865 - Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 5, 1860 to 1865 - Hans Christian Andersen
- Author: Hans Christian Andersen
- Genre: Short works
A collection of some of Hans Christian Andersen's works. He is a Danish author and poet most famous for his fairy tales. - Summary by Kristingj...
Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time - Wilkie Collins
Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time - Wilkie Collins
- Author: Wilkie Collins
- Genre: General Fiction
Heart and Science is one of Wilkie Collins' didactic novels. It is the story of young doctor Ovid Vere, who fights for his love against all resistance of his family and their immediate circle of acquaintances. The novel features a large inheritance,...
Love and Friendship - Emily Brontë
Love and Friendship - Emily Brontë
- Author: Emily Brontë
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Love and Friendship by Emily Brontë. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 17, 2011. Emily Jane Brontë was an English novelist and poet, now best remembered for her only novel, Wuthering Heights,...
Out of the Shadow - Rose Gollup Cohen
Out of the Shadow - Rose Gollup Cohen
- Author: Rose Gollup Cohen
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
In this interesting autobiography we get a very candid look into the life of Rose Cohen, a Russian Jewish girl who immigrates from Russia to the Lower East Side of New York city with her family. From the deplorable conditions in the garment...
A Ship, an Isle, a Sickle Moon - James Elroy FLECKER
A Ship, an Isle, a Sickle Moon - James Elroy FLECKER
- Author: James Elroy FLECKER
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Of all recent poets of his kind, Flecker is the most successful. The classical tradition of poetry has been mocked and mutilated by many of the noisy young in the last few years. Flecker was a poet who preserved the ancient balance in days in which...
The Curse of Capistrano (Dramatic Reading) - Johnston McCulley
The Curse of Capistrano (Dramatic Reading) - Johnston McCulley
- Author: Johnston McCulley
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Dramatic Readings
The Curse of Capistrano is the first work to feature the fictional character Zorro (the Spanish word for "fox"). The story was later republished under the name The Mark of Zorro. The outlaw Zorro is Public Enemy #1 in southern California during the...
Selections from The Army and Navy Hymnal, Volume 1 - Various
Selections from The Army and Navy Hymnal, Volume 1 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Music / Religion
This collection was a joint effort by the chaplains of the US Army and the Navy to meet the needs of divine services conducted in the Army and Navy, and for, in the compilers' words, "the upbuilding of patriotic citizenship." These 20 hymns from the...
The Ashiel Mystery - A Detective Story - Mrs. Charles Bryce
The Ashiel Mystery - A Detective Story - Mrs. Charles Bryce
- Author: Mrs. Charles Bryce
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Just as the adopted Juliet Byrne finds out the truth about her family, her father is murdered. Luckily the brilliant chocolate-munching Detective Gimblet takes up the case to solve the 'Ashiel Mystery' (Summary by Carolin)...
Short Poetry Collection 059 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 059 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 059: a collection of 20 public-domain poems....
Chimneysmoke - Christopher Morley
Chimneysmoke - Christopher Morley
- Author: Christopher Morley
- Genre: Poetry / Single author
A collection of short poems on various themes by the author. (Summary by Carmen H)...
