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Europe in Renaissance and Reformation 1453-1660 - Mary A. Hollings
Europe in Renaissance and Reformation 1453-1660 - Mary A. Hollings
- Author: Mary A. Hollings
- Genre: Early Modern
In a small space the Oxford-educated historian, Mary Hollings, provides a panoramic view of a tumultuous age. We meet Cesare Borgia and Savonarola, the universal spider, Louis XI, Henry IV, France's best-beloved king, Sweden’s wise and courageous...
Mark Twain's Autobiography: With An Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine - Volume II - Mark Twain
Mark Twain's Autobiography: With An Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine - Volume II - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
While the Mark Twain Project has created and released a three-volume Mark Twain autobiography with extensive annotations, in the 21st century, this two-volume autobiography was published in 1924 and contains many works never before released. It came...
The Man with the Clubfoot - Valentine Williams
The Man with the Clubfoot - Valentine Williams
- Author: Valentine Williams
- Genre: Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
"The Man with the Clubfoot" is one of the most ingenious and sinister secret agents in Europe. It is to him that the task is assigned of regaining possession of an indiscreet letter written by the Kaiser. Desmond Okewood, a young British officer...
Frank Merriwell’s Trust (Dramatic Reading) - Burt L. Standish
Frank Merriwell’s Trust (Dramatic Reading) - Burt L. Standish
- Author: Burt L. Standish
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Action & Adventure
Frank Merriwell is from Yale he excelled at football, baseball, basketball, crew and track at Yale while solving mysteries and righting wrongs the stories show how he handles a number of challenges that come his way. (Michele Eaton) Cast List: Frank...
Remember Thee - Thomas Moore
Remember Thee - Thomas Moore
- Author: Thomas Moore
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Remember Thee by Thomas Moore. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 17, 2021. ------ Thomas Moore was an Irish writer, poet and lyricist celebrated for his Irish Melodies. Their setting of...
Lord of a Thousand Suns - Poul William Anderson
Lord of a Thousand Suns - Poul William Anderson
- Author: Poul William Anderson
- Genre: Science Fiction
A Man without a World, this 1,000,000-year-old Daryesh! Once Lord of a Thousand Suns, now condemned to rove the spaceways in alien form, searching for love, for life, for the great lost Vwyrdda. A great Poul Anderson story. - Summary by Poul Anderson...
The Story of My Life and Work - Booker T. Washington
The Story of My Life and Work - Booker T. Washington
- Author: Booker T. Washington
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
The legacy of Booker T. Washington has inspired leaders for racial equality for over a century. He rose from a slave family to be adviser to presidents. As an educator founded the Tuskegee Institute and championed higher education to those who were...
The Countess of Rudolstadt - George SAND
The Countess of Rudolstadt - George SAND
- Author: George SAND
- Genre: General Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
This sequel to Consuelo picks up not long after the striking conclusion of the first novel. Consuelo is enjoying a brilliant singing career. She befriends Princess Amelia of Prussia, the woman adored by Baron von Trenck, whose acquaintance Consuelo...
The Empire of Business - Andrew Carnegie
The Empire of Business - Andrew Carnegie
- Author: Andrew Carnegie
- Genre: Business & Economics
This collection of essays by Scottish-American steel industrialist Andrew Carnegie, gathered from various periodicals and first published in book form in 1902, provides insight into one of history’s richest and most notable...
The Outdoor Girls in a Winter Camp - Laura Lee Hope
The Outdoor Girls in a Winter Camp - Laura Lee Hope
- Author: Laura Lee Hope
- Genre: Action & Adventure
This is the fourth book in the "Outdoor Girls" series. In this story, the scene is shifted to a winter season. The girls have some jolly times skating and ice boating, and visit a hunters' camp in the big woods. (From an old advertisement)...
China and the Chinese - Edmund Plauchut
China and the Chinese - Edmund Plauchut
- Author: Edmund Plauchut
- Genre: Travel & Geography
Edmund Plauchut spent many years in China and gives an account of his observations of the places, people, and culture as he experienced them through the eyes of a European near the beginning of the 20th century. (Summary by Holly Rushik)...
Woman and the Republic - Helen Johnson
Woman and the Republic - Helen Johnson
- Author: Helen Johnson
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Modern (19th C)
First published in 1897, the book is considered to be the best summary of the arguments against woman suffrage. It allows readers to understand better why opposing views towards women's suffrage were prevalent even among women themselves then....
The World’s Story Volume XIV: An Outline of Universal History - Karl Ploetz
The World’s Story Volume XIV: An Outline of Universal History - Karl Ploetz
- Author: Karl Ploetz
- Genre: War & Military / History
The fourteenth volume of the 15-volume series The World’s Story has a different concept than the previous books edited by Eva March Tappan. This book lists a detailed timeline of important events, starting from the early Eastern cultures till up to...
Short Story Collection Vol. 096 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 096 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
We are back with the 96th LibriVox Short Story Collection. All stories were selected and read by LibriVox volunteers. One of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's lesser known stories is joined by an amusing Mark Twain piece, a poignant story by Conrad Aiken,...
The White Doe of Rylstone - William Wordsworth
The White Doe of Rylstone - William Wordsworth
- Author: William Wordsworth
- Genre: Narratives
A narrative poem in seven cantos, set during the Northern Rebellion of 1569. A group of Catholic nobleman from the North of England attempt to unseat Queen Elizabeth I and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots. They are soon routed and Elizabeth's...
The Excellence of the Rosary - Rev. Math Josef Frings
The Excellence of the Rosary - Rev. Math Josef Frings
- Author: Rev. Math Josef Frings
- Genre: Christianity - Other
A series of conferences given in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, to explain the history, meaning and purpose of the Holy Rosary. (Summary by Maria Therese)...
The Other Side of the Hill, and Home Again - Frank W. Boreham
The Other Side of the Hill, and Home Again - Frank W. Boreham
- Author: Frank W. Boreham
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Frank Boreham was a well known preacher who served in England, Australia, and New Zealand. He published dozens of books and thousands of editorials during his lifetime, with no sign of slowing down, even up until his death at age 88. He wrote with a...
The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Jr. - David Cory
The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Jr. - David Cory
- Author: David Cory
- Genre: Animals & Nature
David Cory is the author of more than 40 children's books. This is the first in the series of Puss in Boots, Jr. The roots fo the legend of Puss in Boots seems to back to Italian folklore. These books are written for younger readers, about second...
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 07 - Various
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 07 - 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)...
Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods - William T. Cox
Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods - William T. Cox
- Author: William T. Cox
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A limbless reptilian monster that propels itself through the swamps with a propellor-tipped tail? A creature so ashamed of its monstrous appearance that it dissolves into tears when captured? Learn about the snoligoster, the squonk and many other...
Ingersoll on VOLTAIRE, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 4 - Robert G. Ingersoll
Ingersoll on VOLTAIRE, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 4 - Robert G. Ingersoll
- Author: Robert G. Ingersoll
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Col. Ingersoll begins his lectures on famous people as follows: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of genius. Take from our world what they have given, and all the niches would be empty, all the walls naked—meaning and...
The Amethyst Cross - Fergus Hume
The Amethyst Cross - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Romance
Things look bleak for Lesbia Hales. Her father does not let her marry the man she loves. Her mother is dead. She has to keep secrets in order to promote what she wants for herself. One day, her lover, George Walker, is injured in her home and...
The Sign at Six - Stewart Edward White
The Sign at Six - Stewart Edward White
- Author: Stewart Edward White
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
It started out as a nuisance--odd electrical problems in the Atlas building that cleared themselves up. But then it got worse, the problems becoming more and more peculiar and inexplicable. Scientist Percy Darrow has given himself the task of...
The Bachelors' Club - Israel Zangwill
The Bachelors' Club - Israel Zangwill
- Author: Israel Zangwill
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
The Bachelors' Club is a sanctuary for an elite group of London's unmarried men to gather. To qualify as a Bachelor, each had to undergo a strict background check to ensure that they were not only unmarried, but a zealot in the movement that held...
Alice Dugdale - Anthony Trollope
Alice Dugdale - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: Family Life / Published 1800 -1900
An ordinary village girl's plans for the future with her long-standing beau are threatened when he is seen to be an attractive prospect by a local noble family Trollope's novella works through the consequences with typical affection and sensitivity....
Father Thames - Walter Higgins
Father Thames - Walter Higgins
- Author: Walter Higgins
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Originally published in 1922, this work details the history and importance of one of Great Britain's grandest rivers, the River Thames. It includes information on the river's geography and its role in the founding of London. This is a fascinating...
The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 - Ida M. TARBELL
The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 - Ida M. TARBELL
- Author: Ida M. TARBELL
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
Volume 2 of Ida Tarbell's biography of Lincoln begins at chapter 22 with Lincoln's first inauguration, and ends with an account of his funeral. The volume also includes a lengthy appendix which contains, in chronological order, letters. telegrams...
The Prince and Betty (version 2) - P. G. Wodehouse
The Prince and Betty (version 2) - P. G. Wodehouse
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
The story moves from a royal palace in Europe to a squalid tenement in New York. The European action centers on the efforts of an uncouth millionaire to create a gambling mecca on the tiny isle of Mervo. This involves the installation of a Prince...
The Blind Brother (Version 2 Dramatic Reading) - Homer Greene
The Blind Brother (Version 2 Dramatic Reading) - Homer Greene
- Author: Homer Greene
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Historical Fiction
A story of repentance and forgiveness set in the times of the the coal mines. Follow a blind boy and his brother determined to get him cured but also determined to live up to a moral code even if that mean years of blindness for Benny. See self...
The Yellow Claw - Sax Rohmer
The Yellow Claw - Sax Rohmer
- Author: Sax Rohmer
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
When a woman is murdered at mystery writer Henry Loureoux's apartment, Scotland Yard inspector Dunbar begins his investigation with a note that the woman left behind written to a Mr. King. When M. Gaston Max, a Parisian criminal investigator and...
The Noble Heart - George Henry Lewes
The Noble Heart - George Henry Lewes
- Author: George Henry Lewes
- Genre: Drama
This Victorian melodrama, written by G.H. Lewes, common law husband of novelist George Eliot (Marian Evans), featured a scandalous love triangle. The scene is set in 16th century Spain. The main character is Don Gomez del la Vega, a nobleman in...
The Push Of A Finger - Alfred Bester
The Push Of A Finger - Alfred Bester
- Author: Alfred Bester
- Genre: Science Fiction
Science fiction from the 50s by one of the masters, Alfred Bester. Society has committed itself to complete stability. Nothing is allowed to upset this stability, nothing that is not planned and approved and accounted for in advance. Yes, this is...
The Lavender Dragon - Eden PHILLPOTTS
The Lavender Dragon - Eden PHILLPOTTS
- Author: Eden PHILLPOTTS
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Fantasy Fiction
A well meaning dragon steals lonely humans to populate his version of paradise. A knight-errant comes to the rescue, but finds this terrible dragon to be something quite different than expected....
The Dragon Queen of Jupiter - Leigh Douglass BRACKETT
The Dragon Queen of Jupiter - Leigh Douglass BRACKETT
- Author: Leigh Douglass BRACKETT
- Genre: Science Fiction
The French Foreign legion has been exported to Space as the Space foreign legion. They are fighting now on Jupiter and the natives, led by their Dragon Queen, are winning. Earth and Mars need places for people to live and grow food but Jupiter may...
The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 7: Anthropology & Medicine - Francis ROLT-WHEELER
The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 7: Anthropology & Medicine - Francis ROLT-WHEELER
- Author: Francis ROLT-WHEELER
- Genre: Medical / Science / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The seventh volume is on Anthropology written by the editor himself and on Medicine written by Theodore H. Allen. An introduction to the Anthropology section was written by Frederick...
The Introduction to Shakespeare Apocrypha - C. F. Tucker Brooke
The Introduction to Shakespeare Apocrypha - C. F. Tucker Brooke
- Author: C. F. Tucker Brooke
- Genre: Literary Criticism
"The ambition of the editor has been to provide an accurate and complete text, with adequate critical and supplementary matter, of all those plays which can, without entire absurdity, be included in the 'doubtfully Shakespearian' class." This...
The Dark Flower - John Galsworthy
The Dark Flower - John Galsworthy
- Author: John Galsworthy
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
Galsworthy's classic The Dark Flower is a study of love. Spring is the beginning when all is new and full of hope. However, the woman Lennan has fallen for is out of reach, a forbidden love. Can he overcome the challenges? As he matures, he...
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 02 - Various
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 02 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: 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...
Little Joe Otter - Thornton W. Burgess
Little Joe Otter - Thornton W. Burgess
- Author: Thornton W. Burgess
- Genre: Animals & Nature
“Folks aren’t so sure about you when You spring surprises now and then.” Little Joe Otter. Join Little Joe Otter and Peter Rabbit in their adventures that include encounters with Farmer Brown and a treacherous trapper. This is the second of the...
Idylls Of The Sea And Other Marine Sketches - Frank Thomas Bullen
Idylls Of The Sea And Other Marine Sketches - Frank Thomas Bullen
- Author: Frank Thomas Bullen
- Genre: Nature / Travel & Geography
In these little sketches [1899] of a few out of the innumerable multitude of ways in which the sea has spoken to me during my long acquaintance with it, I have tried with ’prentice hand to reproduce for shore-dwellers some of the things it has told...
