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The Call of the Wild (Version 5) - Jack London
The Call of the Wild (Version 5) - Jack London
- Author: Jack London
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Buck, a magnificent mix of St. Bernard and Scotch shepherd dog, rules contentedly at Judge Miller’s place in California’s Santa Clara Valley. But 1897 brings the Klondike Gold Rush, and Buck is the perfect kind of dog to service sleds—so he is...
Bible (ERV) NT 02: Mark - ENGLISH REVISED VERSION
Bible (ERV) NT 02: Mark - ENGLISH REVISED VERSION
- Author: ENGLISH REVISED VERSION
- Genre: Bibles
The Gospel according to Mark, also called the Gospel of Mark, or simply Mark, is the second of the four canonical gospels and of the three synoptic Gospels. It tells of the ministry of Jesus from his baptism by John the Baptist, his Transfiguration...
The Bee - H. P. Nichols
The Bee - H. P. Nichols
- Author: H. P. Nichols
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 28 recordings of The Bee by H. P. Nichols. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 21, 2020. ----- Some practical advice to a child, taken from Cousin Hatty's Hymns and Twilight Stories. (1851) - Summary by David...
Unitarian Catechism - Minot Judson Savage
Unitarian Catechism - Minot Judson Savage
- Author: Minot Judson Savage
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Religion
This is a brief catechism of common Unitarian beliefs. As with most catechisms, the material is presented in a question and answer form. - Summary by KevinS...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 077 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 077 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. President Theodore Roosevelt, in a 1903 speech, declared that "The future welfare of our nation depends upon the way in which we can combine...decency and strength," and opined that being "loose...
Shores of the Polar Sea: A Narrative of the Arctic Expedition of 1875-6 - Edward Lawton Moss
Shores of the Polar Sea: A Narrative of the Arctic Expedition of 1875-6 - Edward Lawton Moss
- Author: Edward Lawton Moss
- Genre: Exploration
"THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION of 1875 left England on 29th May, crossed the Atlantic to Davis Straits in a succession of storms, and entered the Arctic regions on 4th July. It sailed with orders to 'attain the highest northern latitude, and, if possible,...
The Night-Born - Jack London
The Night-Born - Jack London
- Author: Jack London
- Genre: Single Author Collections
Ten short stories on various themes and subjects, all more or less bizarre. The Night-Born is about a woman who draws inspiration to change her life from an article she chanced to read. In The Benefit of the Doubt, a crooked judge gets a lesson in...
The B. B. Warfield Collection, Volume 1 - Benjamin B. Warfield
The B. B. Warfield Collection, Volume 1 - Benjamin B. Warfield
- Author: Benjamin B. Warfield
- Genre: Literary Collections / Christianity - Other
Many of B. B. Warfield's diverse and erudite theological writings were published as long articles in The Princeton Theological Review, sometimes spanning many issues of the periodical. The articles in this collection showcase the breadth of...
Love & Its Historical Shades: Poetic Expressions of Love Based on Varying Time Periods - Carl Sandburg
Love & Its Historical Shades: Poetic Expressions of Love Based on Varying Time Periods - Carl Sandburg
- Author: Carl Sandburg
- Genre: Anthologies / Ballads
The theme around these poems is how poets expressed their ideas of love as well as the type of language used to convey said love through poetry; it also indirectly highlights how society may perceive love based on how those poets' values may have...
Jewish Fairy Tales and Fables - Gertrude LANDA
Jewish Fairy Tales and Fables - Gertrude LANDA
- Author: Gertrude LANDA
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Gertrude Landa or rather, Hannah Gittel (Annie Gertrude) Landa nee Gordon wrote under the pen-name of Aunt Naomi. The stories that she relates in this book are mostly based on parables from the Talmud and the Midrash, those compilations of ancient...
The Boys' and Girls' Pliny Vol. 4 - Pliny the Elder
The Boys' and Girls' Pliny Vol. 4 - Pliny the Elder
- Author: Pliny the Elder
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Reference / Science
The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire. The full work consists of 37 books, covering more than 20.000 topics ranging from astronomy and mathematics to botany and precious...
Songs from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass - Lewis Carroll
Songs from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Poetry
This is a compilation of the poems in Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. As noted in the title, the poems are transformed into song, with sheet music included in the book. Music is by Lucy E. Broadwood. In addition to the text and...
Broken Hearts - W. S. Gilbert
Broken Hearts - W. S. Gilbert
- Author: W. S. Gilbert
- Genre: Drama
Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan fame also wrote non-musical plays without Sullivan as a partner. Here is a dramatic play far afield from the comedy musicals we often think of when we hear Gilbert's name: Prince Florian of Spain arrives on The Island...
The Island of Doctor Moreau (Version 3) - H. G. Wells
The Island of Doctor Moreau (Version 3) - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Literary Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
In 1896 HG Wells produced the Island of Doctor Moreau. After a fateful shipwreck, a chance rescue, and offer of safe harbor, Edward Prendick must contend with a dark science. A man of science, Prendick must wrestle with the ethics of its passions....
Ella Clinton - Martha Finley
Ella Clinton - Martha Finley
- Author: Martha Finley
- Genre: Religion / Christian Fiction
The Story of Ella Clinton who regardless of her desire to be good is ruled by her passions. Then one day she submits her desires to the only source of good - Almighty God. She is known to be His child by her fruits, for "By Their Fruits Ye shall...
Short Poetry Collection 216 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 216 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 45 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for May 2021....
The Boy Scouts Down in Dixie - St. George Henry Rathborne
The Boy Scouts Down in Dixie - St. George Henry Rathborne
- Author: St. George Henry Rathborne
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The Silver Fox Patrol are starting a new adventure down in the swamp of Louisiana. This trip is an important one to Thad, because they are looking for his long lost little sister, Pauline. All the boys are there to support their friend and leader,...
Infection and Immunity - George M. Sternberg
Infection and Immunity - George M. Sternberg
- Author: George M. Sternberg
- Genre: Medical / Life Sciences
Infection and Immunity with Special Reference to the Prevention of Infectious Diseases presents a subject that is as relevant today as it was in 1903. This book was written for readers without a medical background, and includes general information...
Aggressive Christianity: Practical Sermons - Catherine BOOTH
Aggressive Christianity: Practical Sermons - Catherine BOOTH
- Author: Catherine BOOTH
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Catherine Booth was very much partner with her husband, William Booth, in founding the little London mission that would flourish into the global ministry of the Salvation Army. She was not only an organizer but a powerful preacher in her own right....
The Heart of Mid-Lothian - Sir Walter Scott
The Heart of Mid-Lothian - Sir Walter Scott
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Historical Fiction
An historical novel set in Scotland in 1736, involving a riot and surrounding drama. - Summary by Deon Gines...
Round the Moon (Version 2) - Jules Verne
Round the Moon (Version 2) - Jules Verne
- Author: Jules Verne
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Travel Fiction / Science Fiction
Jules Verne’s sequel to his “From the Earth to the Moon” begins with a short chapter to catch you up, if you missed the first book. Then we join our three adventurers in their huge projectile as they gather themselves after the shock of being fired...
The Castle of Otranto (Version 2) - Horace WALPOLE
The Castle of Otranto (Version 2) - Horace WALPOLE
- Author: Horace WALPOLE
- Genre: Gothic Fiction
The Castle of Otranto is regarded as the first Gothic novel, a genre appealing to a taste for terror and set in a remote past when prodigies and magic can be imagined to have existed, with violent contrasts between purity and ungoverned passions....
Neighbourhood – A Year’s Life in and About an English Village - Tickner Edwardes
Neighbourhood – A Year’s Life in and About an English Village - Tickner Edwardes
- Author: Tickner Edwardes
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
If you love the quiet of the country - the real quiet which is not silence at all, but the blending of a myriad scarce-perceptible sounds you will get it in Windlecombe, year in and year out. For how many ages a human settlement has existed in this...
The Song of the Waters - William Murray Graydon
The Song of the Waters - William Murray Graydon
- Author: William Murray Graydon
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of The Song of the Waters by William Murray Graydon. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 2, 2022. ----- William Murray Graydon, February 4, 1864 – April 5, 1946, was an extremely prolific...
The Gambler (version 2) - Katherine Cecil Thurston
The Gambler (version 2) - Katherine Cecil Thurston
- Author: Katherine Cecil Thurston
- Genre: Historical Fiction
The book follows the life of Clodagh Asshlin, an Irish girl brought up with her younger sister by her spendthrift father in the wilds of the Irish countryside. When her father dies, she marries the much older friend of her father who pays off all...
The Cloister and the Hearth (version 2) - Charles Reade
The Cloister and the Hearth (version 2) - Charles Reade
- Author: Charles Reade
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Set in the 15th century, the Cloister and the Hearth is a story Gerald Eliassoen, a young scribe and illuminator, who travels through seven different countries. Gerald is afraid of persecution from a burgomaster, and so he escapes from Rome to...
The Story of a Modern Woman (Version 2) - Ella Hepworth DIXON
The Story of a Modern Woman (Version 2) - Ella Hepworth DIXON
- Author: Ella Hepworth DIXON
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
“The Story of a Modern Woman” (1894) is a work of feminist social realism. In its time it was one of the most famous and influential novels to grow out of and shape the “New Woman” movement of the 1890s. It won such attention for its author that...
Enamels and Cameos and other Poems - Théophile Gautier
Enamels and Cameos and other Poems - Théophile Gautier
- Author: Théophile Gautier
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of poetry by French poet Theophile Gautier, translated by Agnes Lee. Enamels and Cameos was published when Gautier was touring the Middle East, is considered his supreme poetic achievement. - Summary by Carolin and Wikipedia...
Nada the Lily - H. Rider Haggard
Nada the Lily - H. Rider Haggard
- Author: H. Rider Haggard
- Genre: Fantasy Fiction
A classic tale of love and revenge set in the Zulu Kingdom of present-day KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. A work of fiction loosely woven around actual historical events, Nada the Lily is unusual in the literature of the British empire for its cast...
The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold - Margaret Vandercook
The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold - Margaret Vandercook
- Author: Margaret Vandercook
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The girls have even more unusual experiences and adventures and are brought into closer contact with the real life of the West. It isn't possible to tell exactly what the Ranch Girls will do in this second book, but it is safe to promise that it...
Haworth's - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Haworth's - Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The story of an inventor's son, who tries to prevent him and a couple other characters from being taken into poverty by the man of the house who is drinking away the money, while trying to inherit their grandmother's money. - Summary by ej400...
A Short History of the World - H. G. Wells
A Short History of the World - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
A Short History of the World is a non-fictional historic work by English author H. G. Wells, largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work The Outline of History. The book summarises the scientific knowledge of the time regarding the history of...
The Clockwork Man - E. V. Odle
The Clockwork Man - E. V. Odle
- Author: E. V. Odle
- Genre: Fantasy Fiction
In the future, people will be fitted with clockwork devices in their heads which, among other things, allows them to travel through time. Well, it seems one of these devices has frizzed-out, and a Clockwork man appears in the middle of a cricket...
Pearl (Weston translation) - The Gawain Poet
Pearl (Weston translation) - The Gawain Poet
- Author: The Gawain Poet
- Genre: Poetry / Narratives
Pearl is a structurally complex mediaeval poem that combines narrative, allegory, dream vision, elegy, affirmation of Christian faith and meditation on grief. This recording is of Jessie Laidlay Weston’s translation from the Middle English....
Round About a Great Estate - Richard JEFFERIES
Round About a Great Estate - Richard JEFFERIES
- Author: Richard JEFFERIES
- Genre: Historical Fiction
John Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) wrote of country life, natural history, and agricultural practice at a time when the industrial revolution was bringing great change to long-settled patterns of English life. In this book, a work of fiction, he...
The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 01, The Renaissance - Various
The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 01, The Renaissance - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Early Modern
The Cambridge Modern History is a universal history covering the period from 1450 to 1910. It was published in 14 volumes between 1902 and 1912. The series was planned by Lord Acton, who intended it to be a monument of objective, collaborative...
The Cruise of the Falcon - A Voyage to South America in a 30-Ton Yacht - Edward Frederick Knight
The Cruise of the Falcon - A Voyage to South America in a 30-Ton Yacht - Edward Frederick Knight
- Author: Edward Frederick Knight
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Travel & Geography
In this fine sailing and exploring yarn, Edward Frederick Knight (1852-1925), sometime English barrister, journalist, sportsman, and amateur seaman, conspires over a fish dinner in Harwich to buy and refit the tiny yacht Falcon, recruit a crew of...
The Brownies and Prince Florimel - Palmer Cox
The Brownies and Prince Florimel - Palmer Cox
- Author: Palmer Cox
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
After Prince Florimel flees his home (and a particularly nasty uncle) he has a series of adventures with the mischevious but helpful Brownies, Queen Titania and her fairies, and the ill-tempered enchanter, Dragonfel....
Almayer's Folly (Version 3) - Joseph Conrad
Almayer's Folly (Version 3) - Joseph Conrad
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
Joseph Conrad was born in former Poland, spent part of his childhood exiled in Russia because of his father's Polish nationalist political activities, learned and read French early, and did not speak a word of English until his late teens. It is...
The Time Machine (Version 6) - H. G. Wells
The Time Machine (Version 6) - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: Science Fiction
The Time Traveller entertains the guests at a dinner party with the tale of his journey forward in time to A.D. 802,701 using his new invention, a time machine. The future of humanity is so disturbing that he decides to return to the present, only...
