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Watt's Songs Against Evil - Isaac WATTS
Watt's Songs Against Evil - Isaac WATTS
- Author: Isaac WATTS
- Genre: Poetry
This small volume of inspirational verse is a collection of the timeless work of the hymnist and theologian, Isaac Watts. Carefully and tactfully conceived, each of these motivational poems contains a valuable lesson relevant to youth's quest for...
Andromache - Jean Racine
Andromache - Jean Racine
- Author: Jean Racine
- Genre: Plays / Tragedy
In this tragedy [about part of the aftermath of the Trojan War], which made its appearance in 1667, there is a more intricate plot than is usual in Racine's plays, and it offers a greater variety of character and motive. Love, jealousy, friendship,...
I Love my Love in the Morning - Gerald Griffin
I Love my Love in the Morning - Gerald Griffin
- Author: Gerald Griffin
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 24 recordings of I Love my Love in the Morning by Gerald Griffin. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 4, 2021. ------ Gerald Griffin was an Irish novelist, poet and playwright. This poem is taken from The...
If I knew What Poets Know
If I knew What Poets Know
- Author: -
- Genre: ---
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of If I knew What Poets Know by James Whitcomb Riley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 5, 2020. ------ Riley's chief legacy was his influence in fostering the creation of a Midwestern cultural...
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 10 - Various
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 10 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends, heroes, myths, and ancient lore from many different cultures. (Summary by Lynette Caulkins)...
First Chapter Collection 009 - Various
First Chapter Collection 009 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
The first chapter of a book is often the hook to draw a reader in. It could make you eager for more or realize it isn't for you. Here we offer the ninth "First Chapter Collection" in which readers share the first chapters of a variety of fiction and...
Night and Death - Joseph Blanco White
Night and Death - Joseph Blanco White
- Author: Joseph Blanco White
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Night and Death by Joseph Blanco White. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 16, 2021. ------ Joseph Blanco White was a Spanish poet, theologian and political writer and editor of Irish descent. -...
The Pinafore Picture Book: The Story Of H.M.S. Pinafore (Version 2) - W. S. Gilbert
The Pinafore Picture Book: The Story Of H.M.S. Pinafore (Version 2) - W. S. Gilbert
- Author: W. S. Gilbert
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Literary Fiction
Pinafore’s sublimely silly story is made even sillier by this (ostensibly for children) 1908 story version of the 1878 Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. Gilbert, the author of the operetta’s lyrics, writes this version of the story with his tongue...
Money-Saving Main Dishes - Anonymous
Money-Saving Main Dishes - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Cooking
This is Home and Garden Bulletin No. 43 from the Human Nutrition Research Division and Consumer and Food Economics Research Division Agricultural Research Service of the US. Department of Agriculture. Along with shopping and cooking tips, there are...
Typhoon (version 2) - Joseph Conrad
Typhoon (version 2) - Joseph Conrad
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Genre: Nautical & Marine Fiction
A seafaring novella in which those manning ships are pitted against the forces of nature. A typical Conrad exploration of human beings under emotional strain with the consequences for social and spiritual existence. - Summary by Anthony Ogus...
Through Broadland in a Breydon Punt - Arthur Henry PATTERSON
Through Broadland in a Breydon Punt - Arthur Henry PATTERSON
- Author: Arthur Henry PATTERSON
- Genre: Nature / Travel & Geography / Life Sciences
Arthur Henry Patterson was a self-taught naturalist who, from a very early age, devoted much of his free time to observing, discovering and documenting all aspects of the natural history of the Norfolk Broads, especially the area around Breydon...
The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems - James Thomson
The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems - James Thomson
- Author: James Thomson
- Genre: Gothic Fiction / Single author
While primarily known for being pessimistic, the poetry of James Thomson (1834-1882) is also beautiful and psychologically complex. This 1903 edition, varying as it does in selection from the edition of the same name published during his lifetime,...
The Boy Scouts at the Battle of Saratoga - St. George Henry Rathborne
The Boy Scouts at the Battle of Saratoga - St. George Henry Rathborne
- Author: St. George Henry Rathborne
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Three young men, Dan, Joe and Late, are on an errand for General Schuyler. They are to meet up with a mysterious stranger, who gives them reports of enemy movements. All of this information will help the American army in the Battle of Saratoga....
The Log Of A Sea-Waif: Being Recollections Of The First Four Years Of My Sea Life - Frank Thomas Bullen
The Log Of A Sea-Waif: Being Recollections Of The First Four Years Of My Sea Life - Frank Thomas Bullen
- Author: Frank Thomas Bullen
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Travel & Geography
The brilliant author of "The Cruise of the Cachalot" and "Idylls of the Sea" presents in this new work (1899) the continuous story of the actual experiences of his first four years at sea. In graphic and picturesque phrases he has sketched the...
The Wavy Tailed Warrior - John Breck
The Wavy Tailed Warrior - John Breck
- Author: John Breck
- Genre: Animals & Nature
This is a children's story about a skunk and his different animals friends such as cows, snakes, mice and rabbits who share a forest together. - Summary by Lynda Marie Neilson...
Lucian's Dialogues Volume 4: Zeus the Tragedian - LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
Lucian's Dialogues Volume 4: Zeus the Tragedian - LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
- Author: LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Plays
Zeus, gloomy and in tragic distress, is implored by Hermes and Athena to divulge the cause of his melancholy condition; while Hera, true to her Homeric character, confidently attributes it to another earthly amour. The king of gods and men, thus...
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series - Lafcadio HEARN
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series - Lafcadio HEARN
- Author: Lafcadio HEARN
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Travel & Geography
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan is a collection of essays by Lafcadio Hearn detailing his first impressions of the country he found so fascinating he decided to stay there for the rest of his life. In these essays and recollections he expresses his...
Old Broadbrim into the Heart of Australia or, A Strange Bargain and Its Consequences
Old Broadbrim into the Heart of Australia or, A Strange Bargain and Its Consequences
- Author: -
- Genre: ---
Old Broadbrim, the famous Quaker detective listened as one of the richest men in New York continued "......I want you to guard my person for one year, and if at the end of that time I am still in the land of the living, why, your work ceases." -...
The Thebaid, or The Brothers at War - Jean Racine
The Thebaid, or The Brothers at War - Jean Racine
- Author: Jean Racine
- Genre: Tragedy
"The reign of Louis XIV. in France, like the age of Pericles at ancient Athens, was remarkable for literary excellence no less than for military achievements. Like Euripides, Racine confined himself almost exclusively to tragedy.... It was under...
Trolley Folly - Henry Wallace Phillips
Trolley Folly - Henry Wallace Phillips
- Author: Henry Wallace Phillips
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
This collection of eleven short stories is packed with Henry Wallace Phillips' offbeat humor. You will find a trolley car driver, bored with his route, who decides to drive around town instead. There are a couple of men unfamiliar with the basic...
Sermons for all the Sundays in the year (Sermons XXVI - XLIII) - Saint Alphonsus Liguori
Sermons for all the Sundays in the year (Sermons XXVI - XLIII) - Saint Alphonsus Liguori
- Author: Saint Alphonsus Liguori
- Genre: Christianity - Other
These are the sermons of St. Alphonsus Liguori, who was an Italian Catholic bishop, and theologian. He is famous for founding the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (the Redemptorists), and for his writings, which are among the most widely read...
The Royal Regiment, and Other Novelettes - James Grant
The Royal Regiment, and Other Novelettes - James Grant
- Author: James Grant
- Genre: War & Military Fiction
James Grant was a prolific Scottish writer of novels and "novelettes", particularly centered around military life. Included with this regimental tale, are four such novelettes or short stories....
The Rover Vol. 01 No. 11 - Seba Smith
The Rover Vol. 01 No. 11 - Seba Smith
- Author: Seba Smith
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Poetry / Short Stories
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith and Lawrence Labree. The editors aimed at a high quality standard in their selection of short stories and poetry....
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol 2 - Henry Richard Fox BOURNE
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol 2 - Henry Richard Fox BOURNE
- Author: Henry Richard Fox BOURNE
- Genre: War & Military
Lord Cochrane was a Napoleonic-era sea captain, whose adventures were the source material for many popular series of naval fiction. He started to write a biography but passed away after completing only two volumes. This work, by Cochrane's secretary...
Delia - Samuel Daniel
Delia - Samuel Daniel
- Author: Samuel Daniel
- Genre: Sonnets
Delia (1592) is a cycle of Petrarchan love sonnets written by Renaissance poet Samuel Daniel (1562-1619). He was also a noted playwright and historian, and a close contemporary of Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare. Delia may have influenced...
The Einstein Theory of Relativity - Hendrik A. Lorentz
The Einstein Theory of Relativity - Hendrik A. Lorentz
- Author: Hendrik A. Lorentz
- Genre: Mathematics / Astronomy / Physics & Mechanics
When Albert Einstein published his first paper on relativity theory, it caused a stir in the physicists' community. When more and more evidence was gathered to prove the theory correct, even laymen became interested in it. Since the theory of...
Raggedy Andy Stories (version 2) - Johnny Gruelle
Raggedy Andy Stories (version 2) - Johnny Gruelle
- Author: Johnny Gruelle
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The beloved Raggedy Ann stories are beloved classics about the little rag doll with the floppy body, perpetual smile and happy attitude. Well, these stores about Raggedy Andy, a boy rag doll who has those same attitudes and some exciting adventures....
The Romance of a Shop - Amy Levy
The Romance of a Shop - Amy Levy
- Author: Amy Levy
- Genre: Family Life
Praised by Oscar Wilde amongst other contemporaries, Amy Levy's first novel tells the story of the four Lorimer sisters, who decide to open their own photography business after the death of their father which has left them in poverty. The novel...
Short Science Fiction Collection 075 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 075 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Science Fiction / Fantasy Fiction / Anthologies
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is possible. The only rules are those set forth by the author. The speculative nature of the genre inspires...
Bible (YLT) NT 10: Epistle to the Ephesians - Young's Literal Translation
Bible (YLT) NT 10: Epistle to the Ephesians - Young's Literal Translation
- Author: Young's Literal Translation
- Genre: Young's Literal Translation
An English translation made as closely as possible to the language and idioms of the original languages. - Summary by KevinS...
Stratagems and Conspiracies to Defraud Life Insurance Companies: An Authentic Record of Remarkable Cases - John B. Lewis
Stratagems and Conspiracies to Defraud Life Insurance Companies: An Authentic Record of Remarkable Cases - John B. Lewis
- Author: John B. Lewis
- Genre: True Crime
A thorough treatise on different ways people have tried to defraud life insurance companies, with many entertaining examples. The present . . . volume is . . . commended as a trustworthy record to those for whose use and reference it is primarily...
The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot (version 2) - Arthur Scott Bailey
The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot (version 2) - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Animals & Nature / Short works
Another Slumbertown and Tuck-Me In Tale book by Arthur Scott Bailey, this time we meet Turkey Proudfoot at Farmer Greens farm in Pleasant Valley and his fellow yard mates who loved to mimic his beautiful tail. - Summary by Lynda Marie Neilson...
Short Poetry Collection 210 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 210 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 46 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for November 2020....
The Theory of Psychoanalysis - Carl Gustav Jung
The Theory of Psychoanalysis - Carl Gustav Jung
- Author: Carl Gustav Jung
- Genre: Family & Relationships / Psychology
Jung says the following in his introduction: "in these lectures I have attempted to reconcile my practical experiences in psychoanalysis with the existing theory, or rather, with the approaches to such a theory." He goes on to say, "Here is my...
Under Wellington’s Command - G. A. Henty
Under Wellington’s Command - G. A. Henty
- Author: G. A. Henty
- Genre: Historical Fiction / War & Military Fiction
Under Wellington's Command is the sequel to With Moore at Corunna. The book picks up where the last book left off when Portugal is freed from the French in 1809. Terence O'Connor is still in command of the Minho regiment of Portuguese, and serves...
Fifty Funny Animal Tales - Laura Rountree Smith
Fifty Funny Animal Tales - Laura Rountree Smith
- Author: Laura Rountree Smith
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
"This book contains short stories of animals that will charm the children. Such characters as the Funny Fox, the Happy Hare, the Willful Wolf, the Careful Cat and many others appear. Useful proverbs are woven into these tales. The stories will be of...
They Who Knock at Our Gates: A Complete Gospel of Immigration (Version 2) - Mary ANTIN
They Who Knock at Our Gates: A Complete Gospel of Immigration (Version 2) - Mary ANTIN
- Author: Mary ANTIN
- Genre: Essays
In this extended essay, Mary Antin asks us to consider three questions: First: A question of principle: Have we any right to regulate immigration? Second: A question of fact: What is the nature of our present immigration? Third: A question of...
Dragons of the Air - Harry Seeley
Dragons of the Air - Harry Seeley
- Author: Harry Seeley
- Genre: Animals / Nature / Life Sciences
Sir Richard Owen coined the term "dinosaur" ("Terrible Reptile" or "Fearfully Great Reptile") in the 19th century. When Harry G. Seeley, a student of law at that time, attended a lecture on flying reptiles, his interest in paleontology was piqued,...
The Bad Little Owls - John Breck
The Bad Little Owls - John Breck
- Author: John Breck
- Genre: Animals & Nature
The Bad Little Owls may have caused some trouble with Killer the Weasel but can all of the other Woodsfolk friends work together to escape the danger and keep the woods and pond safe for everyone? Join Nibble Rabbit, Chaik Jay, Stripes Skunk, Watch...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 076 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 076 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works
Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Our constitution is color-blind... the law regards man as man and takes no account of his surroundings or of his color when his civil rights...are involved." Justice Harlan's eloquent defense of...
