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Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 06 - Various
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 06 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Nature & Animal Fiction
You get to choose what you want to read! (All recordings in English]) So long as the source is Public Domain for you, any short story or chapter that tells of legends, heroes, myths, or ancient lore, is welcome. We are looking for representations of...
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 04 - Various
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 04 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Short Stories
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. (Lynette Caulkins)...
The Hunchback - James Sheridan Knowles
The Hunchback - James Sheridan Knowles
- Author: James Sheridan Knowles
- Genre: Romance
In this romantic Victorian melodrama, the main characters must learn to see through the deceptive fronts that other present in order to discover their heartβs true desires. Dramatic reversals of fortune prevent Julia, a young lady from the country...
For Love and Life Vol. 1 - Margaret O. Oliphant
For Love and Life Vol. 1 - Margaret O. Oliphant
- Author: Margaret O. Oliphant
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
βThe device on his shield was a young oak tree pulled up by the roots, with the Spanish word Desdichado, signifying Disinherited.β The novel opens with Mrs. Murray walking with two of her grandchildren along the banks of Loch Arroch in the Scottish...
The Rise and Fall of Prohibition - Charles Hanson TOWNE
The Rise and Fall of Prohibition - Charles Hanson TOWNE
- Author: Charles Hanson TOWNE
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Subtitle: "The Human Side of What the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act Have Done to the United States" From Chapter 1: "The strange phenomenon of Prohibition, after an appearance amongst us of over three years, is still non-understandable...
Guelphs and Ghibellines: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1250-1409 - Oscar Browning
Guelphs and Ghibellines: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1250-1409 - Oscar Browning
- Author: Oscar Browning
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
The High Middle Ages in Italy, 1250-1409, were a time of incessant strife between rival city-states, some the Ghibelline allies of the Holy Roman Empire, others joining forces with the Guelph armies of the Papacy. Mercenary captains led hired bands...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 071 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 071 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Suffrage for women will not usher in a millennium of peace and leisure" was the editorial opinion of the Boston Cooking School Magazine in May, 1914. [Woman's Problems]. Disillusionment with easy...
Eastern Stories and Legends - Marie Louise Shedlock
Eastern Stories and Legends - Marie Louise Shedlock
- Author: Marie Louise Shedlock
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A collection of ancient myths, legends and fairy-tales. Each story is a timeless adventure featuring a hero who is sometimes a man, animal or reincarnated Buddha. The short stories are life lessons presented in a humorous lighthearted nature. They...
The Golem: A legend of old Prague - Rudolf Lothar
The Golem: A legend of old Prague - Rudolf Lothar
- Author: Rudolf Lothar
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Historical Fiction / Religious Fiction
Rabbi Loeb creates a clay man to house a perfect soul that he hopes will not be blighted by human prejudices. The plan does not go as he hoped... This is one of many stories about the golem, all of which involve Rabbi Loeb (Judah Loew ben Bezalel),...
Cleone. A Tragedy - Robert Dodsley
Cleone. A Tragedy - Robert Dodsley
- Author: Robert Dodsley
- Genre: Plays
This is a play in 5 acts. From the playwright's preface: "An imperfect hint towards the Fable of the following Tragedy was taken from the Legend of St. Genevieve written originally in French, and translated into English about an hundred years ago by...
Recurrence - Dorothy PARKER
Recurrence - Dorothy PARKER
- Author: Dorothy PARKER
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Recurrence by Dorothy Parker. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 16, 2022. ----- Dorothy Parker was an American poet, writer, critic, and satirist based in New York. She was best known...
The Voyage of the Pax - Dom Bede Camm
The Voyage of the Pax - Dom Bede Camm
- Author: Dom Bede Camm
- Genre: Religion / Christian Fiction
An amazing allegorical story about the journey to Heaven, using the image of a journey across the water in a ship named The Pax. St. Benedict's Rule helps to keep the travelers faithful to their goal. They encounter storms, monsters, and enticing...
Locke - Thomas Fowler
Locke - Thomas Fowler
- Author: Thomas Fowler
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Political Science / Early Modern
John Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher and physician who, after Sir Francis Bacon, was one of the first of the British empiricists and an important contributor to Social Contract Theory. In this fine biography, Thomas Fowler writes of...
Sermons for all the Sundays in the year (Sermons I - XXV) - Saint Alphonsus Liguori
Sermons for all the Sundays in the year (Sermons I - XXV) - Saint Alphonsus Liguori
- Author: Saint Alphonsus Liguori
- Genre: Christianity - Other
This work is entitled, ABRIDGED SERMONS FOR ALL THE SUNDAYS IN THE YEAR. They are called Abridged Sermons, because, although each contains abundant matter for a sermon, the sentiments are briefly expressedβnot, however, so briefly as to render the...
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 6 - Charles F. Horne
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 6 - Charles F. Horne
- Author: Charles F. Horne
- Genre: Middle Ages/Middle History
A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 6 of 22, covering from 1162-1300 AD. -...
The Way of an Eagle - Ethel M. Dell
The Way of an Eagle - Ethel M. Dell
- Author: Ethel M. Dell
- Genre: Romance
Muriel Roscoe has come to India to live with her father, a general. When the fort where they are staying comes under attack, General Roscoe charges the dauntless, wisecracking soldier Nick Ratcliffe with the responsibility for getting Muriel away in...
Lena Rivers - Mary Jane HOLMES
Lena Rivers - Mary Jane HOLMES
- Author: Mary Jane HOLMES
- Genre: General Fiction
If you're a fan of mid-19th Century melodramas with many twists and turns you will love this book. Acclaimed as Holmes greatest commercial success the charming heroine of this tale is Lena Rivers whose mother died when she was a baby. The father is...
Watt's Songs Against Faults - Isaac WATTS
Watt's Songs Against Faults - Isaac WATTS
- Author: Isaac WATTS
- Genre: Poetry
These superb poems by the hymnist and theologian Isaac Watts emphasize the importance of developing a positive moral outlook and stress the significance of maintaining vigilance to avoid the pitfalls of everyday life. But although Watts stresses the...
Raspberry Jam - Carolyn Wells
Raspberry Jam - Carolyn Wells
- Author: Carolyn Wells
- Genre: Detective Fiction
This is the 11th book featuring the distinguished detective, Fleming Stone. When a titan of industry is found dead in his locked bedroom without evidence of natural death. The doctors and the police are trying to figure out who the murder is from...
Twelve Types - G. K. Chesterton
Twelve Types - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Short biographical essays of twelve persons central to European culture. - Summary by KevinS...
The Mob Violence and the American Negro: My Experience in the Sunny South - Velley Lester
The Mob Violence and the American Negro: My Experience in the Sunny South - Velley Lester
- Author: Velley Lester
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Family & Relationships / Law
According to the author of the Preface, "Mr. Lester is also zealous to bring about a better relation and a better understanding between the white and black races. His denunciation against mob violence is bitter, but pleads for just treatment and a...
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 6 - Giorgio VASARI
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 6 - Giorgio VASARI
- Author: Giorgio VASARI
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Biography & Autobiography / Early Modern
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times (in the original Italian, Le Vite de' piΓΉ eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri) is a collection of...
Short Poetry Collection 208 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 208 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 67 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for September 2020....
Infamous Day: Marines At Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 - Robert James Cressman
Infamous Day: Marines At Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 - Robert James Cressman
- Author: Robert James Cressman
- Genre: War & Military / Modern (20th C)
Historical overview and personal reminiscences published in 1992. Pearl Harbor attack 7 December 1941. Part of U.S. Government U.S. Marine Corps World War II Commemorative Series. - Summary by David Wales...
The Texan Scouts - Joseph A. Altsheler
The Texan Scouts - Joseph A. Altsheler
- Author: Joseph A. Altsheler
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Westerns
This is a sequel to Texan Star and continues the adventures of young Ned Fulton as he finds himself a part of the struggle for Texans to defend against the Mexican army and reach independence. In his travels across the state he meets historical...
Ingersoll on WHICH WAY, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 8 - Robert G. Ingersoll
Ingersoll on WHICH WAY, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 8 - Robert G. Ingersoll
- Author: Robert G. Ingersoll
- Genre: Philosophy
Col. Ingersoll explains the conflict he sees between the natural vs. the supernatural on a variety of philosophical topics; secular vs. theologically rooted government; a loving vs. a vengeful God; scientific vs. theological approach to curing...
Best Dog Stories - Booth Tarkington
Best Dog Stories - Booth Tarkington
- Author: Booth Tarkington
- Genre: Anthologies
A collection of adult stories - sad, humorous, and adventurous - about Man's Best Friend. NOTE: Some of these selections contain violence and racial stereotypes that will be objectionable to some listeners. - Summary by TriciaG...
Bible (KJV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: 1 Maccabees - King James Version
Bible (KJV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: 1 Maccabees - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: King James Version
The First Book of the Machabees is a history of the struggle of the Jewish people for religious and political liberty under the leadership of the Machabee family, with Judas Machabeus as the central figure. After a brief introduction (i, 1-9)...
The Rover Vol. 01 No. 09 - Seba Smith
The Rover Vol. 01 No. 09 - Seba Smith
- Author: Seba Smith
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Poetry / Short Stories
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith and Lawrence Labree. The editors aimed at a high-quality standard in their selection of short stories and poetry....
Henry the Seventh - James Gairdner
Henry the Seventh - James Gairdner
- Author: James Gairdner
- Genre: Middle Ages/Middle History
Henry VII, the founder of the Tudor dynasty, less known than his son, Henry VIII, or granddaughter Elizabeth I, is often overlooked. This King toppled the ruling House that had held England's throne for over four hundred years, the Plantagenets, and...
Phyllis - Maria Thompson Daviess
Phyllis - Maria Thompson Daviess
- Author: Maria Thompson Daviess
- Genre: General / Published 1900 onward
Phyllis is a lonely little rich girl who comes with her millionaire father and invalid mother to live in Byrdsville, Tennessee. There she meets and befriends the remainder of the Byrd family, now fallen on hard times, but determined to restore their...
The Bee - Emily Dickinson
The Bee - Emily Dickinson
- Author: Emily Dickinson
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 31 recordings of The Bee by Emily Dickinson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 14, 2021. ------ Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Little known during her life, she has since been regarded as one...
The Bartlett Mystery - Louis Tracy
The Bartlett Mystery - Louis Tracy
- Author: Louis Tracy
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Romance
This is a fast-paced mystery, set in New York City, has two or three really interesting ("round") characters, a solid plot, no cheap plot-twists, two full-fledged sub/urban battles and some real surprises. Winifred Bartlett, a beautiful and poor...
The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo (Version 2) - L. Frank Baum
The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo (Version 2) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
"I dare say, there are several questions you would like to ask at the very beginning of this history. First: Who is the Monarch of Mo? And why is he called the Magical Monarch? And where is Mo, anyhow? And why have you never heard of it before? And...
Bill the Conqueror - P. G. Wodehouse
Bill the Conqueror - P. G. Wodehouse
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Published 1900 onward
Hailed as one of the funniest writers of the 20th century, P. G. Wodehouse cheerfully radiates humor that is both sophisticated and popular. In Bill the Conqueror, Wodehouse creates an array of entertaining characters who gallop around England and...
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 29, May 18, 1880 - Various
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 29, May 18, 1880 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Children's Non-fiction / Short Stories
Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 29th issue of the serial was published on May 18th, 1880. In this issue,...
The Boy Scouts of Woodcraft Camp - Thornton W. Burgess
The Boy Scouts of Woodcraft Camp - Thornton W. Burgess
- Author: Thornton W. Burgess
- Genre: Action & Adventure
In the early days of Boy Scouts of America, the focus was on building men from the boys. The boys learned honor, discipline, brotherhood, and the many facets of Woodcraft: the skills needed to survive and thrive in the wild. Walter Upton comes to...
Billy Mink - Thornton W. Burgess
Billy Mink - Thornton W. Burgess
- Author: Thornton W. Burgess
- Genre: Animals & Nature
βThe stranger and the unknown must be always looked on with distrust.β -- Billy Mink The Green Forest and the Smiling Pool are full of adventure for Billy Mink and his animal friends β Bobby Coon, Jerry Muskrat, Juniper Hare and the others. But,...
The Story of the Barbary Corsairs (Version 2) - Stanley LANE-POOLE
The Story of the Barbary Corsairs (Version 2) - Stanley LANE-POOLE
- Author: Stanley LANE-POOLE
- Genre: Early Modern
The Barbary pirates, sometimes called Barbary corsairs or Ottoman corsairs, were Ottoman and Berber pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa. The most famous (or infamous) was Barbarossa. Here Kelley and Lane-Poole give us an...
On Seeing The Daibutsu - At Kamakura, Japan - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
On Seeing The Daibutsu - At Kamakura, Japan - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of On Seeing The Daibutsu - At Kamakura, Japan by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 6, 2022. ------ Ella Wheeler started writing poetry at the age of 8, her first poem was...
