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Short Ghost and Horror Collection 057 - Various
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 057 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the sound of a monstrous howl, and the occasional touch of wonder....
On Illustrious Men (De Viris Illustribus) - Saint Jerome
On Illustrious Men (De Viris Illustribus) - Saint Jerome
- Author: Saint Jerome
- Genre: Christianity - Biographies
This is a collection of 135 brief biographies by St. Jerome of his forebears and contemporaries. It is often cited as a primary source of information on ancient Christian authors and their writings. The biographies start with the apostles and end...
The Astonishing History of Troy Town - Sir Arthur Thomas QUILLER-COUCH
The Astonishing History of Troy Town - Sir Arthur Thomas QUILLER-COUCH
- Author: Sir Arthur Thomas QUILLER-COUCH
- Genre: Historical Fiction
A humorous story about some of the extraordinary inhabitants of a British seaside town. - Summary by Simon Evers...
A Christmas Miscellany 2020 - Various
A Christmas Miscellany 2020 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Anthologies
Nine stories, chapters, or essays about Christmas or around Christmas. - Summary by David Wales...
Tales of Daring and Danger - G. A. Henty
Tales of Daring and Danger - G. A. Henty
- Author: G. A. Henty
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Culture & Heritage Fiction / Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
G A Henty takes us on a variety of adventures in this collection: A daring rescue on rough seas, a military action against Chinese pirates, hunting down a tiger in India, and even a calamity in a camp of gold miners in California! With each new...
The French Revolution: A History. Volume 1: The Bastille (Version 2) - Thomas CARLYLE
The French Revolution: A History. Volume 1: The Bastille (Version 2) - Thomas CARLYLE
- Author: Thomas CARLYLE
- Genre: Early Modern
Subtitled "The Bastille", Volume 1 of Thomas Carlyle's three volume "The French Revolution: A History" was first published in 1837, and covers the events of the French Revolution up to the forced move of Louis XVI from Versailles to Paris. While a...
Encyclical Letters of Pope St. Pius X - Pope St Pius X
Encyclical Letters of Pope St. Pius X - Pope St Pius X
- Author: Pope St Pius X
- Genre: Christianity - Other
During his eleven year pontificate (1903-1914) Pope St. Pius X wrote 16 encyclicals. The subjects ranged from saints, The Immaculate Conception, The Restoration of All Things in Christ, Catholic Social Action, and more. This is collection of 14 out...
Stories of the Ships - Lewis R. Freeman
Stories of the Ships - Lewis R. Freeman
- Author: Lewis R. Freeman
- Genre: War & Military / Modern (20th C)
While most associate the "Great War" with trenches, barbed wire, machine guns, and poison gas, ships played roles in the military at the beginning of the 20th century. Stories of the Ships is a 1919 collection of accounts described in the first...
The Morning of Joy - Horatius BONAR
The Morning of Joy - Horatius BONAR
- Author: Horatius BONAR
- Genre: Christianity - Other
I have been asked, once and again, to follow up "The Night of Weeping " with "The Morning of Joy," the words of David, in the 30th Psalm, having suggested the addition. After much thought and some hesitation I have done so. The former work was meant...
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 12 - Various
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 12 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Anthologies
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offering "American households a mass of good reading", the editors drew from literature of all times and all kinds...
Wives on Strike - Lillian Sutton Pelée
Wives on Strike - Lillian Sutton Pelée
- Author: Lillian Sutton Pelée
- Genre: Comedy
The "Wives' Welfare Club" is meeting together so they may air grievances about their husbands and the inequality that women experience. During this meeting the wives decide to "go on Strike" and nominate Jane Spink to be the test case. Betty, who is...
The Life and Death of Mr. Badman - John Bunyan
The Life and Death of Mr. Badman - John Bunyan
- Author: John Bunyan
- Genre: Christian Fiction
Seventeenth-century Puritan theologian John Bunyan wrote The Life and Death of Mr. Badman as a companion piece to The Pilgrim’s Progress, the literary work for which Bunyan is best remembered. Although both works are Christian allegories that...
Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, Sermons 96-110 - Cyril of Alexandria
Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, Sermons 96-110 - Cyril of Alexandria
- Author: Cyril of Alexandria
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
Sermons 96 through 110 cover the Gospel According to Luke 13:6 through 16:17. (Summary by the reader) The conclusion of Sermon 96, the whole of 97, and the beginning of 98 have perished. Therefore, they have been replaced with text from Mai’s Nov....
A Group of Famous Women - Edith HORTON
A Group of Famous Women - Edith HORTON
- Author: Edith HORTON
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
It is a remarkable fact that little attention, if any, has been given to the study of the careers of distinguished women, and the question has often been asked why short biographies should not be prepared, in order that the pupils in our schools...
The Golden Bough: The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings, Volume 2 - James FRAZER
The Golden Bough: The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings, Volume 2 - James FRAZER
- Author: James FRAZER
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Other religions
The second volume in Frazer's seminal 12 volume set on anthropology and traditional systems of belief. The superstition and magical purpose of kings is further discussed alongside the worship of trees, vegetation, fire, and the sacred marriages, and...
Finding a Way Out: An Autobiography - Robert R. Moton
Finding a Way Out: An Autobiography - Robert R. Moton
- Author: Robert R. Moton
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Family & Relationships / History
He says about this work: "I have tried to record the events that have given character and colour to my own life, and at the same time to reflect upon the impressions made upon my mind by experiences that I could not always reconcile with what I had...
Billy Whiskers, The Autobiography of a Goat (Version 2) - Frances Trego MONTGOMERY
Billy Whiskers, The Autobiography of a Goat (Version 2) - Frances Trego MONTGOMERY
- Author: Frances Trego MONTGOMERY
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Animals & Nature
This is the original story in the beloved series of Billy Whisker books by Frances Trego Montgomery. Billy is a loveable goat whose adventures always entertain. Of course, adventure for Billy usually means trouble. Whether Billy is in the country...
London Labour and the London Poor Volume I - Henry MAYHEW
London Labour and the London Poor Volume I - Henry MAYHEW
- Author: Henry MAYHEW
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Modern (19th C)
Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work." "The history of a people from the lips of the people themselves .. their labour, earnings, trials and sufferings,...
An American Tragedy, Volume 2 - Theodore DREISER
An American Tragedy, Volume 2 - Theodore DREISER
- Author: Theodore DREISER
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Romance
The saga of Clyde, Roberta, and Sondra continues in volume 2 of 2. Social-climbing Clyde Griffiths wants nothing more than to marry the wealthy Sondra Finchley and ascend to the highest levels of Upstate New York society. However, there is a glaring...
A Short History of Pittsburgh - Samuel Harden Church
A Short History of Pittsburgh - Samuel Harden Church
- Author: Samuel Harden Church
- Genre: Modern (19th C) / Modern (20th C)
Samuel H. Church presents a brief history of the city of Pittsburgh, split into three domains: historical, industrial, and intellectual. His goal is to demonstrate to the reader that Pittsburgh is a noteworthy city, ready for your consideration. -...
Morning Work - D. H. Lawrence
Morning Work - D. H. Lawrence
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Morning Work by D. H. Lawrence. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 15, 2021. ------ This Weekly poem is taken from Love Poems and Others by D. H. Lawrence (1913)(Summary by David Lawrence )...
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 02 - Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 02 - Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
- Author: Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
- Genre: War & Military / Memoirs
Memoirs written by Napoleon's private secretary, "a work based on years of intimate friendship and professional association." (Summary by Gillian Hendrie and Wikipedia)...
Bible (YLT) NT 20: James - Young's Literal Translation
Bible (YLT) NT 20: James - Young's Literal Translation
- Author: Young's Literal Translation
- Genre: Young's Literal Translation
The Epistle of James translated according to the letter and idioms of the original language. Summary by KevinS...
The Heart of the New Thought - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The Heart of the New Thought - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Genre: Self-Help
A new book of original essays by this gifted woman dealing with The New Thought in practice. It deals with the practice of New Thought in our daily lives. A helpful and inspiring book, fully equal to the very best work this author has done. -...
The Forest Lovers - Maurice Henry HEWLETT
The Forest Lovers - Maurice Henry HEWLETT
- Author: Maurice Henry HEWLETT
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
My story will take you into times and spaces alike rude and uncivil. Blood will be spilt, virgins suffer distresses; the horn will sound through woodland glades; dogs, wolves, deer, and men, Beauty and the Beasts, will tumble each other, seeking...
The Law - Frédéric BASTIAT
The Law - Frédéric BASTIAT
- Author: Frédéric BASTIAT
- Genre: Law / Political Science
"The law perverted! The law—and, in its wake, all the collective forces of the nation. The law, I say, not only diverted from its proper direction, but made to pursue one entirely contrary! The law becomes the tool of every kind of avarice, instead...
An Outcast of the Islands (Version 2) - Joseph Conrad
An Outcast of the Islands (Version 2) - Joseph Conrad
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Genre: Literary Fiction
This, Conrad's second, novel serves as an illuminating prequel of his first, 'Almayer's Folly', teasing out the origins of the factional tensions that are such a distinctive feature of the social life of the little settlement of Sambir, on the...
Little Masterpieces of Science - Invention and Discovery - George ILES
Little Masterpieces of Science - Invention and Discovery - George ILES
- Author: George ILES
- Genre: Science / Technology & Engineering
A collection of essays on various inventions and scientific discoveries, this volume of Little Masterpieces of Science from 1902 includes topics such as the discovery of electricity, the invention of the telegraph, the telephone, Roentgen rays, and...
Walnut Growing in Oregon - Jacob Calvin Cooper
Walnut Growing in Oregon - Jacob Calvin Cooper
- Author: Jacob Calvin Cooper
- Genre: Life Sciences
Although published to promote the business of walnut production, this short volume describes the current science and practice of growing walnuts in the early twentieth century with particular reference to the state of Oregon. - Summary by Larry...
Shaggo, the Mighty Buffalo - Richard Barnum
Shaggo, the Mighty Buffalo - Richard Barnum
- Author: Richard Barnum
- Genre: Animals & Nature
This is a story on the circus animal series by Richard Barnum. Follow adventures of Shaggo, The Mighty Buffalo from prairie to circus life. - Summary by Larry Wilson...
Over There: War Scenes On The Western Front - Arnold Bennett
Over There: War Scenes On The Western Front - Arnold Bennett
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- Genre: War & Military / Modern (20th C)
Bennett's served in many capacities in the WWI war effort. After a visit to the Western Front he wrote this 1915 collection of essays about his impressions. He declined being awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire) at the end of the war. -...
A Lad of Mettle - Nat GOULD
A Lad of Mettle - Nat GOULD
- Author: Nat GOULD
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
When Edgar Foster came to Redbank School he was sixteen, small for his age, but muscular and active. Alumni of the school included accomplished athletes, decorated military men, members of the diplomatic service and churchmen. What does the future...
In Remembrance - Arthur MACY
In Remembrance - Arthur MACY
- Author: Arthur MACY
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of In Remembrance by Arthur Macy. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 7, 2021. ------ A tribute to friends both past and present, this poem is taken from Poems by Arthur Macy (1905) -...
The Art of Story-Telling, with nearly half a hundred stories - Julia Darrow COWLES
The Art of Story-Telling, with nearly half a hundred stories - Julia Darrow COWLES
- Author: Julia Darrow COWLES
- Genre: Anthologies / Performing Arts
In preparing this book the author has sought to awaken a keener perception and a higher appreciation of the artistic and ethical value of story-telling; to simplify some of its problems; to emphasize the true delight which the story-teller may share...
Report to the President by the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident - Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Chall
Report to the President by the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident - Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Chall
- Author: Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Chall
- Genre: Technology & Engineering
Since being sworn in on February 6, 1986, the Commission has been able to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the Challenger accident. This report documents our findings and makes recommendations for your consideration. Our objective has been...
INTRODUCTION to The Garden Of Bright Waters - Anonymous
INTRODUCTION to The Garden Of Bright Waters - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of INTRODUCTION to The Garden Of Bright Waters, by Anonymous, translated by Edward Powys Mathers. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 18, 2021. ------ Edward Powys Mathers was an English translator...
The Obedience of a Christian Man - William Tyndale
The Obedience of a Christian Man - William Tyndale
- Author: William Tyndale
- Genre: Christianity - Other
"The obedience of a Christian man" begins by contrasting the life of a true Christian to those holding high positions within the Romish Church. A scathing attack against the Popes, Cardinals and Bishops living in luxury, who also refrain from...
Entertaining Made Easy (Version 2) - Emily Rose Burt
Entertaining Made Easy (Version 2) - Emily Rose Burt
- Author: Emily Rose Burt
- Genre: *Non-fiction / House & Home
A handy book of ideas for parties, weddings, and wedding showers. - Summary by MaybeCordelia...
Heriot's Choice - Rosa Nouchette Carey
Heriot's Choice - Rosa Nouchette Carey
- Author: Rosa Nouchette Carey
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
Mildred wants to start her full life at the age of 28. She is looking forward to it until her brother asks her to come help in his home and care for his children. She has to take the role of "Aunt Milly," the almost happy and contented care taker....
In the Land of Cave and Cliff Dwellers - Frederick Schwatka
In the Land of Cave and Cliff Dwellers - Frederick Schwatka
- Author: Frederick Schwatka
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Travel & Geography
An adventurer and explorer of no mean repute, Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka leads an expedition by mule train into the forbidding Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico to one of the richest silver mining regions in the world. He offers lively (and...
