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Octavius - Marcus Minucius Felix
Octavius - Marcus Minucius Felix
- Author: Marcus Minucius Felix
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Drama / Ancient
This ancient Roman dialogue plays out as a religious debate between the Christian lawyer Octavius, and his close friend, a skeptical pagan named Caecilius. Caecilius is relatively agnostic, expressing skepticism towards both aspects of traditional...
Jane Shore: A Tragedy - Nicholas Rowe
Jane Shore: A Tragedy - Nicholas Rowe
- Author: Nicholas Rowe
- Genre: Drama
Covering some of the plot of Shakespeare's Richard III, Jane Shore focuses on the mistress of the late Edward IV, also known as "The White Queen". In this short tragedy, Jane tries to thwart Richard's rise to power while experiencing love, betrayal,...
The Song of the Box - Thomas Moore
The Song of the Box - Thomas Moore
- Author: Thomas Moore
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Song of the Box by Thomas Moore. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 13, 2020. ---- Thomas Moore's poking a bit of fun at George Grote, an English Liberal politician who advocated...
Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual - F. Matthias Alexander
Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual - F. Matthias Alexander
- Author: F. Matthias Alexander
- Genre: Health & Fitness
F. Matthias Alexander was an Australian actor, author and educator, who is best known as the inventor of Alexander Technique, a method for "unlearning" acquired habits of movement and posture that are harmful or suboptimal, and allowing natural,...
Nequa or The Problem of the Ages - Jack Adams
Nequa or The Problem of the Ages - Jack Adams
- Author: Jack Adams
- Genre: Science Fiction
Nequa or The Problem of the Ages is one of the first feminist science fiction books published in the United States. It was first serialized in the newspaper Equity, and two editions were published in Topeka, Kansas in 1900. The voyage described in...
A Guide to Mythology - Helen Clarke
A Guide to Mythology - Helen Clarke
- Author: Helen Clarke
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Reference
My aim in this book on Mythology for young readers has been to give them solid knowledge on the subject, as far as it is advisable to go with immature minds, based upon the most recent investigations of scholars, and to select the myths used in...
Boys and Girls - J. W. FOLEY
Boys and Girls - J. W. FOLEY
- Author: J. W. FOLEY
- Genre: Single author
A collection of charming poems by James W. Foley, Poet Laureate of North Dakota where he was also city editor of the Bismarck Tribune. Each poem is written from the point of view of children or about children. (Summary by Larry Wilson)...
The Secret of the Sahara: Kufara - Rosita Forbes
The Secret of the Sahara: Kufara - Rosita Forbes
- Author: Rosita Forbes
- Genre: Travel & Geography
In an age when women were expected to remain at home, entertain, and rear children, Rosita Forbes elected "to boldly go where no one had gone before..." Like her older contemporary, Gertrude Bell (who was focused more in the Persian and Iraqi...
Old Mortality - Sir Walter Scott
Old Mortality - Sir Walter Scott
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Old Mortality is part of the Waverley series by Walter Scott. Set in southwest Scotland in the late 1600s, during the period of the Covenanters, it includes the victory at Loudoun Hill and the defeat at Bothwell Bridge. - Summary by Deon Gines...
The Big Drum - Arthur Wing Pinero
The Big Drum - Arthur Wing Pinero
- Author: Arthur Wing Pinero
- Genre: Plays
Another Pinero play. Biting satire this time, ironic comedy - not a farce. The Big Drum, a novel being written by Phil, one of the main characters, is "an attempt to portray the struggle for notoriety—for self-advertisement—we see going on around us...
Night and Morning - Charles Sangster
Night and Morning - Charles Sangster
- Author: Charles Sangster
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Night and Morning by Charles Sangster. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 1, 2020. ------ Charles Sangster was a Canadian poet. He was the first poet to write poetry which was substantially...
Thoughts on South Africa - Olive Schreiner
Thoughts on South Africa - Olive Schreiner
- Author: Olive Schreiner
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Modern (20th C)
'Thoughts on South Africa' is a collection of Schreiner's observations of colonial South Africa in the early 19th century, mostly regarding Boer-English relations. The book was published posthumously in 1923. Prospective listeners should be aware...
Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany - Agnes Arber
Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany - Agnes Arber
- Author: Agnes Arber
- Genre: Early Modern / Life Sciences
Eminent British botanist Agnes Arber provides an authoritative history of printed Herbals -- books widely used in early modern Europe to catalogue the uses of different kinds of plants. While Herbals often reflected pre-scientific and magical...
Manchester Poetry
Manchester Poetry
- Author: -
- Genre: ---
Manchester's first published anthology of locally-written poetry was compiled by editor James Wheeler to show that Manchester, 'the most mechanical of boroughs', had more to offer than spinning jennies and power looms. The collection includes...
Expositions on the Book of Psalms Vol. 2 - Psalms 37-52 - Saint Augustine of Hippo
Expositions on the Book of Psalms Vol. 2 - Psalms 37-52 - Saint Augustine of Hippo
- Author: Saint Augustine of Hippo
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
These sermons on the Psalms of the Holy Prophet and King David are as poetic as the Psalms themselves. They are well-suited for inspirational and devotional listening. - Summary by The Reader...
Bible (YLT) NT 12: Epistle to the Colossians (Version 2) - Young's Literal Translation
Bible (YLT) NT 12: Epistle to the Colossians (Version 2) - Young's Literal Translation
- Author: Young's Literal Translation
- Genre: Young's Literal Translation
In 1887 Dr. Young issued a Revised Edition, of which two impressions are exhausted. The work has been subjected to a new revision, making no alteration on the principles on which the Translation proceeds but endeavoring to make it as nearly perfect...
The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1665 - Samuel PEPYS
The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1665 - Samuel PEPYS
- Author: Samuel PEPYS
- Genre: Memoirs
Pepys' diary continues with his trademark engaging frankness, as he jockeys for favour, criticises his colleagues on the Navy Board for their incompetence, resists the temptation to see plays, fights with his wife, sleeps with any pretty woman who...
Captivating Bible Stories for Young People - Charlotte Mary Yonge
Captivating Bible Stories for Young People - Charlotte Mary Yonge
- Author: Charlotte Mary Yonge
- Genre: Religion / Christianity - Commentary
Noted author and historian, Charlotte Mary Yonge, presents Bible stories written for children in simple language. There are thee 52 stories for the year starting at the beginning of the Bible through the end, with three readings for each chapter. -...
The Art of Dying Well - St. Robert Bellarmine
The Art of Dying Well - St. Robert Bellarmine
- Author: St. Robert Bellarmine
- Genre: Christianity - Other
The Art of Dying Well is a guide book for people who want to go to heaven. It was written over 400 years ago by Saint Robert Bellarmine in latin and translated into English in the mid 1800's by Rev John Dalton, an English priest. Death is...
Velasco - Epes Sargent IV
Velasco - Epes Sargent IV
- Author: Epes Sargent IV
- Genre: Tragedy
Inspired by the tale of El Cid, U.S. author Epes Sargent created this drama about a knight forced to conceal his true identity. The play debuted in 1837 at Boston’s Tremont Theatre in a production featuring visiting English actress Ellen Tree (later...
The Duchess of Wrexe - Hugh Walpole
The Duchess of Wrexe - Hugh Walpole
- Author: Hugh Walpole
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Rachel, a spirited young girl, has to choose between Francis Breton, her difficult cousin who has been disowned by the family, and Roddy Seddon, a conventional and rather boring but wealthy young man. She chooses Roddy but the marriage begins to...
Stray Feathers From a Bird Man's Desk - Austin L. Rand
Stray Feathers From a Bird Man's Desk - Austin L. Rand
- Author: Austin L. Rand
- Genre: Animals / Life Sciences
Canadian zoologist, Austin L. Rand, takes a divergence from his scholarly works on ornithology to give us 60 entertaining sketches of bird life and lore from Birds Bathing to Courtship Feeding. From the author's introduction: "In looking back over...
Comedies of Courtship - Anthony Hope
Comedies of Courtship - Anthony Hope
- Author: Anthony Hope
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Romance / Short Stories
A series of short stories about love and the process of courtship. - Summary by Michele Eaton...
The Sins of Silvertip the Fox - John Breck
The Sins of Silvertip the Fox - John Breck
- Author: John Breck
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Silvertip the Fox isn't the only one up to mischief! There are the plots of the bad little owls and even Tommy who almost loses his temper. But learn how Nibble Rabbit rescues Red Cow, and the secret he has. Whit Cow has a story of her own, and...
Mars and Its Canals - Percival Lowell
Mars and Its Canals - Percival Lowell
- Author: Percival Lowell
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Astronomy / Physics & Mechanics
In the days before telescope photography, astronomers had to draw what they thought they saw through the eyepiece throughout the long dark nights. Sometimes they saw saw more than there really was to see, and a bit over 100 years ago Percival Lowell...
Short Poetry Collection 214 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 214 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 59 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for March 2021....
Once There Was Time - John Frederick Freeman
Once There Was Time - John Frederick Freeman
- Author: John Frederick Freeman
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Once There Was Time by John Frederick Freeman. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 21, 2021. ------ John Frederick Freeman was an English poet and essayist, who gave up a successful career...
Short Story Collection Vol. 095 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 095 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. In this, the 95th volume of Short Stories, we delve into the works of Oscar Wilde, Bret Harte, Lafcadio Hearne and Mark Twain with a few Weird Tales thrown into...
Harmonium - Wallace Stevens
Harmonium - Wallace Stevens
- Author: Wallace Stevens
- Genre: Single author
This is the first edition of Stevens's first book, with poetry written between 1914 and 1923. A later edition was printed with the inclusion of additional poems and, somewhat surprisingly, three of the earlier poems omitted. - Summary by KevinS...
Short Science Fiction Collection 072 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 072 - 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...
Say and Seal, Volume 2 - Anna Bartlett Warner
Say and Seal, Volume 2 - Anna Bartlett Warner
- Author: Anna Bartlett Warner
- Genre: Romance
The arrival of a new schoolteacher causes quite a stir in the small New England town of Pattaquasset, not the least of it in the house of Mrs. Derrick and her daughter, where the young man boards. Mr. Linden's idea of teaching stretches far beyond...
Siddhartha (Version 2) - Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha (Version 2) - Hermann Hesse
- Author: Hermann Hesse
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction
A major preoccupation of Hesse in writing Siddhartha was to cure his "sickness with life" (Lebenskrankheit) by immersing himself in Indian philosophy such as that expounded in the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita. The reason the second half of the...
A to Zed Collection Vol. 002 - Various
A to Zed Collection Vol. 002 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Undefined
This is a collection of 26 selections, both fiction and nonfiction, in which each topic begins with a different letter of the alphabet....
Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin - Mary F. NIXON-ROULET
Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin - Mary F. NIXON-ROULET
- Author: Mary F. NIXON-ROULET
- Genre: Children's Fiction
Away up toward the frozen north lies the great peninsula, which the United States bought from the Russians, and thus became responsible for the native peoples from whom the Russians had taken the land. There are many kinds of people there, from...
A Year with the Birds - W. Warde Fowler
A Year with the Birds - W. Warde Fowler
- Author: W. Warde Fowler
- Genre: Nature
William Warde Fowler was a true polymath; although his early studies focused on natural history, he became a well-known authority on the history and religious traditions of ancient Rome — recognized as a peer of James Frazer in the understanding and...
The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain - John Henry Ingram
The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain - John Henry Ingram
- Author: John Henry Ingram
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / History
Possibly no part in the world is more connected in our minds to hauntings, ghost sightings and gruesome legends than Great Britain with its numerous castles, old manors, shady streets and remote country abodes. Who hasn't yet thought of maybe one...
The Chronicles of America Volume 13 - The Fathers of the Constitution - Max Farrand
The Chronicles of America Volume 13 - The Fathers of the Constitution - Max Farrand
- Author: Max Farrand
- Genre: History
In this next installment of the Chronicles of America, Farrand takes American history from peace treaty, to trade, to confederation, to further conflicts and developments, to convention, and finally to union....
The Tales of Mother Goose - Charles Perrault
The Tales of Mother Goose - Charles Perrault
- Author: Charles Perrault
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
These stories were the original ones collected by Charles Perrault and published in French in 1696. You may have heard of some of them and they are probably a bit different than what you may expect, coming from an age and time when the ears of our...
Tales of Mean Streets - Arthur Morrison
Tales of Mean Streets - Arthur Morrison
- Author: Arthur Morrison
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
This is the first book of a trilogy (A Child of the Jago, To London Town) set in the harsh world of London's East End. Violence and poverty are everywhere, but the universal human emotions prevail despite the rawness of life. We come to love the...
Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light - Vera Charlesworth Barclay
Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light - Vera Charlesworth Barclay
- Author: Vera Charlesworth Barclay
- Genre: Religion / Biography & Autobiography
Once upon a time there were fifteen Cubs who spent nine wonderful days in camp. They were London Cubs, and the camp was on a beautiful little green island whose rocky shore ran down in green, tree-covered points into the bluest sea you ever saw....
