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Worker Classification: Employee Status Under the National Labor Relations Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the ABC Test - Jon Shimabukuro
Worker Classification: Employee Status Under the National Labor Relations Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the ABC Test - Jon Shimabukuro
- Author: Jon Shimabukuro
- Genre: Law
A brief summary of the standards for classifying workers as either employees or independent contractors under various federal labor laws and common-law tests. (Summary by Joanne Turner)...
The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Volume 02 - Anonymous
The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Volume 02 - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The second of four volumes of Middle Eastern tales, originally written in Arabic. Scheherazade tries to prolong her husband's interest in her - and therefore her life - by telling her tales in installments. - Summary by Gillian Hendrie...
Bible (YLT) NT 15-16: 1 & 2 Epistles to Timothy - Young's Literal Translation
Bible (YLT) NT 15-16: 1 & 2 Epistles to Timothy - Young's Literal Translation
- Author: Young's Literal Translation
- Genre: Young's Literal Translation
An English translation that holds as closely as was possible to the original languages and idioms. - Summary by KevinS...
Tales of the Long Bow - G. K. Chesterton
Tales of the Long Bow - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Published 1900 onward
These tales concern the doing of things recognized as impossible to do; impossible to believe; and, as the weary reader may well cry aloud, impossible to read about. Did the narrator merely say that they happened, without saying how they happened,...
The Boy Scouts on Swift River - Thornton W. Burgess
The Boy Scouts on Swift River - Thornton W. Burgess
- Author: Thornton W. Burgess
- Genre: Action & Adventure
When the adventurous Walter Upton and Hal Harrison set out with the young, but expert guide Louis Woodhull on a canoe trip through the wilderness, they were disappointed to take on an excitable Tenderfoot with them as their fourth. The boys had no...
Anno Domini 2071 - Pieter Harting
Anno Domini 2071 - Pieter Harting
- Author: Pieter Harting
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction
Curious to see how the world was imagined to be 50 years from now? Harting, under the pseudonym Dr. Dioscorides, originally published his steampunk utopian novelette in 1865 under the title Anno 2065, but soon had to publish new editions because of...
The Roswell Report: Case Closed - James McAndrew
The Roswell Report: Case Closed - James McAndrew
- Author: James McAndrew
- Genre: War & Military
The “Roswell Incident” has assumed a central place in American folklore since the events of the 1940s in a remote area of New Mexico. In July 1994, the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force concluded an exhaustive search for records in response...
Dedications - Mary Elizabeth Brown
Dedications - Mary Elizabeth Brown
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Brown
- Genre: Writing & Linguistics / Short non-fiction
Dedications is an anthology of the forms used from the earliest days of book-making to the present time. My purpose in the following anthology of dedications has been to make a representative, rather than an exhaustive collection. My first idea was...
Birth Control and the State - Carlos Blacker
Birth Control and the State - Carlos Blacker
- Author: Carlos Blacker
- Genre: Political Science
This essay is one of a great number that endorse the principle of eugenics, a controversial study and practice that aims for society or government to 'self-direct' the course of human evolution. In this essay, one finds discussion of contraception,...
The Perfect Tribute - Mary Raymond Shipman ANDREWS
The Perfect Tribute - Mary Raymond Shipman ANDREWS
- Author: Mary Raymond Shipman ANDREWS
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Part 1 of this brief historical fiction is a recounting of the day before and the day of Lincoln's delivery of The Gettysburg Address. Part 2 is an imagining of the late afternoon of the following day. It is a moving tale that illustrates once again...
Milton - Thomas Babington Macaulay
Milton - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Essays & Short Works / Literary Criticism
John Milton (1608-1674) was an English poet, classicist, and fearless advocate for civil liberty, who served the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. He is best known for his epic poem "Paradise Lost" (1667), a work of sublime imagery and...
Keep-Well Stories for Little Folks - May Farinholt Jones
Keep-Well Stories for Little Folks - May Farinholt Jones
- Author: May Farinholt Jones
- Genre: Science / Health & Fitness
"The child's mind dwells constantly in the realm of imagination; dry facts are too prosaic to enter this realm. The "Land of Story Books" is the most fascinating of all lands, and therefore the Author has endeavored to weave hygienic facts into...
The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians (Version 2) - T. D. BONNER
The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians (Version 2) - T. D. BONNER
- Author: T. D. BONNER
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
James P. Beckworth, born in Virginia at the dawn of our Nation, moved with his family to eastern Missouri settling a few miles below what is now St. Charles. Still young, James began his education in the character of the Indian nations where he...
The Reformation Collection Volume 2 - Various
The Reformation Collection Volume 2 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Christianity - Other
This volume of the Reformation collection, which has a particular focus on the English Reformation, begins with William Tyndale's lively tract on the key Reformation doctrine of Justification by faith alone. Then follow two historical accounts of...
The Major Symptoms of Hysteria - Pierre Janet
The Major Symptoms of Hysteria - Pierre Janet
- Author: Pierre Janet
- Genre: Psychology
In this series of lectures delivered in English by the author while visiting the USA, Janet summarises the (at the time) cutting edge perspective on the various forms of hysteria. The syndromes include generalised amnesic states and conversion...
Cubs of the Wolf - Raymond Fisher JONES
Cubs of the Wolf - Raymond Fisher JONES
- Author: Raymond Fisher JONES
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Science Fiction
The Markovian Nucleus was once an existential threat to the council worlds, but then, in the space of only 70-80 years, their culture completely changed. They became model galactic citizens and everyone was too relieved to question their good...
Going East - Frances E. W. HARPER
Going East - Frances E. W. HARPER
- Author: Frances E. W. HARPER
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Going East by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 2, 2021. ------ Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was an abolitionist, suffragist, poet, teacher, public speaker,...
Short Poetry Collection 225 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 225 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 43 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for February 2022....
Short Stories (All the Year Round, 1859-1863) - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Short Stories (All the Year Round, 1859-1863) - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Genre: Single Author Collections
In 1859 Charles Dickens launched a new weekly journal, All the Year Round, to replace Household Words. Elizabeth Gaskell remained a prolific contributor until 1863. Her fictional contributions feature strong female characters and have a darker tone...
Teddy's Button (Version 3) - Amy LE FEUVRE
Teddy's Button (Version 3) - Amy LE FEUVRE
- Author: Amy LE FEUVRE
- Genre: Family Life / Family / Christian Fiction
Teddy is a little boy who cares about his father's button more than anything in the world. He wants to be in the Queen's army when he grows up, but his pastor tells him how he can be a soldier in God's army while he is still young. Teddy has many...
Billy Whiskers' Adventures - Frances Trego MONTGOMERY
Billy Whiskers' Adventures - Frances Trego MONTGOMERY
- Author: Frances Trego MONTGOMERY
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Animals & Nature
Billy Whiskers, Stubby and Button return from France to New York where new adventures await our favorite goat and his friends. Trouble is sure to turn up in all sorts of places – at school, an unexpected shower, up in a dirigible and in Chicago. Who...
Ornaments in Jade - Arthur Machen
Ornaments in Jade - Arthur Machen
- Author: Arthur Machen
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Ornaments in Jade is a collection of short narrative experiments from Arthur Machen, with ten dreamlike tales that are equal parts enigmatic, sumptuous, and phantasmagoric. - Summary by ChuckW...
Marie Antoinette and Her Son - Luise Mühlbach
Marie Antoinette and Her Son - Luise Mühlbach
- Author: Luise Mühlbach
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Marie Antoinette lives a happy life in a glittering court as Queen of France, but that soon changes as the revolution begins. Her son is Louis Charles, and his whole life changes with the death of his parents. But, that life is not what the people...
One-Act Play Collection 015 - Various
One-Act Play Collection 015 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Plays
Here, in our 15th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. They range from the mid-1600s to the early 1900s, from outright farce to bittersweet relationships, all short gems to make you laugh, cry, think, or all three. NOTE: Although the...
Winnie-the-Pooh (Version 3) - A. A. MILNE
Winnie-the-Pooh (Version 3) - A. A. MILNE
- Author: A. A. MILNE
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Winnie-the-Pooh is a children’s book by English author A. A. Milne, illustrated by E. H. Shepard. Published in 1926, it is a collection of short stories about an anthropomorphic teddy bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, and his friends Christopher Robin, Piglet,...
Farewell Love! A Novel - Matilde Serao
Farewell Love! A Novel - Matilde Serao
- Author: Matilde Serao
- Genre: Romance
This tragic love story begins by meeting the passionate Anna Acquaviva who is willing to leave her position in society to elope with her lover after her guardian Cesare Dias will not give his consent to the marriage. Things do not turn out quite...
Puss in Boots, Jr. and Tom Thumb
Puss in Boots, Jr. and Tom Thumb
- Author: -
- Genre: ---
David Cory is the author of more than 40 childrens books. This book is in his series of Puss in Boots, Jr. The roots of the legend of Puss in Boots seems to go back to Italian folklore. These books are written for younger readers, about second grade...
The Spirit of Bambatse - H. Rider Haggard
The Spirit of Bambatse - H. Rider Haggard
- Author: H. Rider Haggard
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantasy Fiction
A romance, a shipwreck and a hunt for buried Portuguese treasure in the Transvaal. All the ingredients of an imperial adventure that made Haggard one of the best-selling authors of the early years of the twentieth century. Also published as Benita:...
Tom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland (dating from 1837). Recorded by his daughter. - Constance Campbell Petrie
Tom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland (dating from 1837). Recorded by his daughter. - Constance Campbell Petrie
- Author: Constance Campbell Petrie
- Genre: History / Memoirs
Tom Petrie (1831-1910), explorer and grazier, arrived in the then convict settlement of Moreton Bay in 1837. His reminiscences of what was to become the colony of Queensland were recorded by his daughter, Constance, in 1904. The book includes a...
April Twilights and Other Poems - Willa Sibert Cather
April Twilights and Other Poems - Willa Sibert Cather
- Author: Willa Sibert Cather
- Genre: Single author
A selection of thirty-six poems by American writer Willa Cather. (summary by mleigh)...
Short Science Fiction Collection 073 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 073 - 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...
Theodore Savage: A Story of the Past or the Future - Cicely HAMILTON
Theodore Savage: A Story of the Past or the Future - Cicely HAMILTON
- Author: Cicely HAMILTON
- Genre: Science Fiction / War & Military Fiction / Fantasy Fiction
Theodore Savage: A Story of the Past or the Future is an early work of dystopian science fiction....
Unity - Violet Jacob
Unity - Violet Jacob
- Author: Violet Jacob
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Unity by Violet Jacob. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 27, 2022. ----- Violet Jacob was a Scottish writer known especially for her historical novel Flemington and for her poetry, mainly...
The Railway Children (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - E. Nesbit
The Railway Children (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - E. Nesbit
- Author: E. Nesbit
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Family
Roberta, Peter and Phyllis are suddenly yanked out of their comfortable lives and removed to live in the country with only their mother and to "play at being poor". Will they ever again be allowed to have bread with butter AND jam? Why does mother...
Birds, Vol. I, No 3, March 1897 - Various
Birds, Vol. I, No 3, March 1897 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Nature
Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes and factual descriptions of birds with accompanying color plates. The magazine was published from...
Twenty Years of the Republic 1885-1905 - Harry Thurston Peck
Twenty Years of the Republic 1885-1905 - Harry Thurston Peck
- Author: Harry Thurston Peck
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Political Science / Modern (19th C)
Excerpt: At the time when Mr. Cleveland was inaugurated there had been no Democratic President for a full quarter of a century. A whole generation had been born and had grown to manhood and to womanhood without ever having lived under any but...
Nibble Rabbit Makes More Friends - John Breck
Nibble Rabbit Makes More Friends - John Breck
- Author: John Breck
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Enjoy the further adventures of Nibble Bunny as he travels through wood and dell where he meets so many more friends such as Chaik Jay, Chewee the Chickadee, Doctor Muskrat, Chirp Sparrow, the White Cow, and Great-grandfather Mouse. This is part of...
Quanta Cura & The Syllabus of Errors - Pope Pius IX
Quanta Cura & The Syllabus of Errors - Pope Pius IX
- Author: Pope Pius IX
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
This encyclical letter of Pope Pius IX was promulgated in 1864 and issued with the attached Syllabus of Errors. The document was dispatched to all the bishops of the Catholic world “in order that these same bishops may have before their eyes all the...
The Man with the Black Cord - Augusta GRONER
The Man with the Black Cord - Augusta GRONER
- Author: Augusta GRONER
- Genre: Detective Fiction
A baffling disappearance. A bedroom door locked from the inside. A housekeeper with something to hide. Will retired policeman turned private detective, Joseph Muller, be able to sort out the clues and solve this locked room mystery? Summary by J. M....
Through the Looking-Glass (Version 6) - Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking-Glass (Version 6) - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Poetry
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (also known as Alice Through the Looking-Glass or simply Through the Looking-Glass) is an 1871 novel by Lewis Carroll and the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Alice again enters...
