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Bible (ASV) NT 10: Ephesians - American Standard Version
Bible (ASV) NT 10: Ephesians - American Standard Version
- Author: American Standard Version
- Genre: Bibles
Described by William Barclay as the "Queen of the Epistles," the Epistle to the Ephesians is one of the books of the Bible in the New Testament. Paul is traditionally said to have written the letter while he was in prison in Rome (around 63 A.D.)....
The Clue - Carolyn Wells
The Clue - Carolyn Wells
- Author: Carolyn Wells
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Once Carolyn Wells began, or re-invented her writing career, 'The Clue' was her initial book which strayed from children's writings into mysteries and detective stories. It is also when we are introduced to her most famous of detectives, Fleming...
Tenterhooks - Ada Leverson
Tenterhooks - Ada Leverson
- Author: Ada Leverson
- Genre: Family Life / General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
The second of the 'Little Ottleys' trilogy, an Edwardian comedy of manners. Several years have passed since the events in 'Love's Shadow', but Bruce Ottley is as difficult and irksome as ever. His beautiful wife Edith continues to gently manage his...
The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt - David Miller DeWitt
The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt - David Miller DeWitt
- Author: David Miller DeWitt
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
April, 1865 -- The war ended and throughout the Northern States joy and relief reigned. Then, less than a week later, a thunderbolt: the president was dead -- struck down by an assassin's bullet. Could this have been the mad act of a single demented...
The Sea Wolf - Version 2 - Jack London
The Sea Wolf - Version 2 - Jack London
- Author: Jack London
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London about a literary critic, survivor of an ocean collision, who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues him. -...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 004 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 004 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works
A collection of eleven short nonfiction works in the public domain. The items included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, conservation, philosophy, politics, religion and cooking....
The Children's Book of Christmas Stories - Various
The Children's Book of Christmas Stories - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction / Short Stories
Many librarians have felt the need and expressed the desire for a select collection of children's Christmas stories in one volume. This book claims to be just that and nothing more. Each of the stories has already won the approval of thousands of...
Bible (YLT) 15: Ezra - Young's Literal Translation
Bible (YLT) 15: Ezra - Young's Literal Translation
- Author: Young's Literal Translation
- Genre: Young's Literal Translation
This book describes the return of Israelites from exile in Babylon. One group returns to rebuild the Temple and restore the worship of The LORD, while the second group, led by the priest and scribe Ezra, returns to re-establish Mosaic law to the...
Milton's Minor Poems - John Milton
Milton's Minor Poems - John Milton
- Author: John Milton
- Genre: Single author
“On Shakespear 1630” typifies much of Milton’s poetry. By some miracle never yet explained, at age 24 he managed to get a 16-line encomium included in the Second Folio of the Bard’s collected works, 1632. Quite a coup! And this brand new M.A., never...
A Prefect's Uncle - P. G. Wodehouse
A Prefect's Uncle - P. G. Wodehouse
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
The action of the novel takes place at the fictional "Beckford College", a private school for boys; the title alludes to the arrival at the school of a mischievous young boy called Reginald Farnie, who turns out to be the uncle of the older "Bishop"...
The Hindu Book of Astrology - Bhakti Seva
The Hindu Book of Astrology - Bhakti Seva
- Author: Bhakti Seva
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
”Each person is born in or under one of the twelve signs of the Zodiac and is thus influenced throughout life by the planetary conditions at their time of birth. By referring to your sign, which is indicated by your date and month of birth you can...
For Every Music Lover - Aubertine Woodward Moore
For Every Music Lover - Aubertine Woodward Moore
- Author: Aubertine Woodward Moore
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works / Music
A series of essays for music lovers, covering many topics. From music appreciation, to violin and symphony, music education, to piano and, in fact, the very origins of music, there is sure to be something for everyone. (Summary by prwells32)...
The Journals of Robert Falcon Scott Vol 1 - Robert Falcon Scott
The Journals of Robert Falcon Scott Vol 1 - Robert Falcon Scott
- Author: Robert Falcon Scott
- Genre: History / Memoirs / Exploration
Capt. Robert F. Scott's bid to be the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole is one of the most famous journeys of all time. What started as a scientific expedition turned out to be an unwilling race against a team lead by R....
Nelly Channell - Sarah Doudney
Nelly Channell - Sarah Doudney
- Author: Sarah Doudney
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Religious Fiction
Another fascinating book by the author of A Vanished Hand. Rhoda returns home after the death of her employer to find out that her cousin Helen, with whom she was raised, also returned home. Her husband stole 300 pounds and had to run away to...
The Chronicles of America Volume 04 - Crusaders of New France - William Bennett Munro
The Chronicles of America Volume 04 - Crusaders of New France - William Bennett Munro
- Author: William Bennett Munro
- Genre: History
The previous volumes in the Chronicles of America series placed Spain and England at the fore in the discovery and development of the New World. This book focuses on the role that France played in America's journey to becoming a world power. Group:...
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Vol.2 - Alexander von Humboldt
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Vol.2 - Alexander von Humboldt
- Author: Alexander von Humboldt
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Science
In Volume 2 of “The Personal Narrative”, Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland continue their travels, beginning at Lake Valencia in the llanos of Venezuela and then travelling the mighty South American river, the Orinoco, and its...
You Never Can Tell - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
You Never Can Tell - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was "Solitude", which contains the lines "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone". - Summary by Wikipedia...
Northanger Abbey (version 4) - Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey (version 4) - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: Literary Fiction
If it is a truth universally acknowledged that a good-looking girl cannot fail of attracting a clever young man does it follow that the reverse is also true? If the man comes of a terrifyingly dysfunctional family and the girl in question likes to...
Nancy Brandon's Mystery - Lilian C. Garis
Nancy Brandon's Mystery - Lilian C. Garis
- Author: Lilian C. Garis
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Nancy spends the summer with a cousin she hardly knows who has a friend who seems to be a bad influence.Secrets, jealousy and bitterness fill their days until they learn how to believe in themselves and overcome their bitterness when the truth is...
Thirty More Famous Stories Retold - James Baldwin
Thirty More Famous Stories Retold - James Baldwin
- Author: James Baldwin
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Thirty More Famous Stories Retold, the sequel to the popular Fifty Famous Stories Retold, retells the stories of legendary people and mythological figures in simple, easy-to-understand language appropriate for intermediate readers and listeners of...
Arabic Primer - Sir Arthur Cotton
Arabic Primer - Sir Arthur Cotton
- Author: Sir Arthur Cotton
- Genre: Language learning
“Languages”, Sir Arthur Cotton writes, “are usually learnt as if it took a long time to learn the grammar &c., but that to speak with a good pronunciation and expression, and freely, and to catch the words from a speaker by the ear were easily...
Rivers to the Sea (Version 2) - Sara Teasdale
Rivers to the Sea (Version 2) - Sara Teasdale
- Author: Sara Teasdale
- Genre: Poetry
Sara Teasdale never disappoints. This lovely book of lyrical poems reminds us of the eternal verities of love, loss and life. - Summary by AnnaLisa Bodtker...
The Rover Boys at School - Arthur M. Winfield
The Rover Boys at School - Arthur M. Winfield
- Author: Arthur M. Winfield
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction
First of the famous Rover Boys books by future Hardy Boys creator Edward Stratemeyer (under the pseudonym Arthur M Winfield), this is an introduction to the fun-loving teenage Rover Brothers -- Dick, Tom & Sam. Virtual orphans, they are sent by...
The Grass - Emily Dickinson
The Grass - Emily Dickinson
- Author: Emily Dickinson
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of The Grass by Emily Dickinson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 4, 2019. ------ The verses of Emily Dickinson belong emphatically to what Emerson long since called "the Poetry of the...
Short Science Fiction Collection 022 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 022 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Science Fiction / Anthologies
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent...
32 Caliber - Donald McGibeny
32 Caliber - Donald McGibeny
- Author: Donald McGibeny
- Genre: Detective Fiction
A suspicious accident reveals itself to be a murder! Our story is narrated by a lawyer who turns detective in order to uncover the real murderer, and leads us on a chase through Bolshevik headquarters, country clubs, and a dry creek bed, before the...
The Antiquities of the Jews, Volume 2 - Flavius Josephus
The Antiquities of the Jews, Volume 2 - Flavius Josephus
- Author: Flavius Josephus
- Genre: History / Antiquity
Antiquities of the Jews was a work published by the important Jewish historian Flavius Josephus about the year 93 or 94. Antiquities of the Jews is a history of the Jewish people, written in Greek for Josephus' gentile patrons. Beginning with the...
Six Months In Mexico - Nellie Bly
Six Months In Mexico - Nellie Bly
- Author: Nellie Bly
- Genre: Political Science / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Travel & Geography
This is an account of Nellie Bly's travels through Mexico in 1885. The book was originally a series of individual articles that she submitted to the Pittsburgh Dispatch newspaper for publication. In them she described the conditions of the people...
Fifty Spiritual Homilies of St Macarius the Egyptian - Macarius
Fifty Spiritual Homilies of St Macarius the Egyptian - Macarius
- Author: Macarius
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Macarius the Great of Egypt (c. 300 – 391) was one of the Desert Fathers of early Christian history. A wealth of wisdom and joy can be found in these homilies. (Summary by the Reader.)...
The Tales of Chekhov Vol. 01 - Anton Chekhov
The Tales of Chekhov Vol. 01 - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Short Stories
This is the first of thirteen volumes of Anton Chekhov's short stories, translated by Constance Garnett. Anton Chekhov was a Russian doctor who turned to fiction as a hobby, and quickly blossomed into one of the masters of the short story genre....
The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII - Pope Leo XIII
The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII - Pope Leo XIII
- Author: Pope Leo XIII
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Pope Leo XIII (2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903), born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci to an Italian comital family, reigned from 20 February 1878 to his death in 1903. He was the oldest pope (reigning until the age of 93), and had the third...
The Marvelous Land of Oz (version 3) - L. Frank Baum
The Marvelous Land of Oz (version 3) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman is the second of L. Frank Baum's books set in the Land of Oz, and the sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Tons of exciting things happen in...
Essays book 2 - Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Essays book 2 - Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
- Author: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
- Genre: Essays / Early Modern
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary genre. He is also known as the father of Modern Skepticism. His pieces became famous for his apparent...
Romantic Poetry Collection 001 - Various
Romantic Poetry Collection 001 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
A collection of romatic poems for St Valentine's day....
Space Tug - Murray Leinster
Space Tug - Murray Leinster
- Author: Murray Leinster
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Science Fiction
Joe Kenmore heard the airlock close with a sickening wheeze and then a clank. In desperation he turned toward Haney. "My God, we've been locked out!" Through the transparent domes of their space helmets, Joe could see a look of horror and disbelief...
Tales of the Uneasy - Violet Hunt
Tales of the Uneasy - Violet Hunt
- Author: Violet Hunt
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Published 1900 onward / Single Author Collections
Nine twisty-turny tales of tragic human drama, played out in Victorian parlors, death beds and lonely country roads. This collection of Violet Hunt writings has all the requirements for short story entertainment: flirtatious beauties, mismatched...
The Little Foresters; A Story of Field and Woods - Clarence Hawkes
The Little Foresters; A Story of Field and Woods - Clarence Hawkes
- Author: Clarence Hawkes
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Drawing on childhood days spent at his grandparents' New England farm, the author tells of a community of animals who gather around the old trysting tree, led by Nimrod, the old crow, with Cock-Robin, Bob the Rabbit, squirrels Frisk and Frolic, and...
Airplane Flying Handbook FAA-H-8083-3A - Vol. 2 - Federal Aviation Administration
Airplane Flying Handbook FAA-H-8083-3A - Vol. 2 - Federal Aviation Administration
- Author: Federal Aviation Administration
- Genre: Education
This audiobook is volume 2 from the Airplane Flying Handbook FAA-H-8083-3A. This volume covers chapters 11 to 15, on transitions to complex, multiengine, tailwheel, turboprop, and jet aircraft. Study of the handbook should include the PDF from the...
From Queen's Gardens - Jean Ingelow
From Queen's Gardens - Jean Ingelow
- Author: Jean Ingelow
- Genre: Poetry
This is the second part of a collection of poetry written by English female poets. This part of From Queen's Gardens is a collection of 30 poems by Jean Ingelow. - Summary by Carolin...
Ventures into Verse - H. L. Mencken
Ventures into Verse - H. L. Mencken
- Author: H. L. Mencken
- Genre: Single author
Better known for his biting satire, Mencken's first book was this small volume of verses. - Summary by Larry Wilson...
