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Holiday Songs - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Holiday Songs - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of Holiday Songs by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 6, 2020. ------ Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. A popular poet rather than a literary...
Across Mongolian Plains: A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' - Roy Chapman Andrews
Across Mongolian Plains: A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' - Roy Chapman Andrews
- Author: Roy Chapman Andrews
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Travel & Geography / Memoirs
An account of a 1918 journey to Northern China by famed adventurer/paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews. Andrews, who was the inspiration for the many explorer hero characters (including Indiana Jones), wrote this book for the general public,...
The Mistress of Shenstone - Florence Louisa BARCLAY
The Mistress of Shenstone - Florence Louisa BARCLAY
- Author: Florence Louisa BARCLAY
- Genre: Romance / Published 1900 onward
For those of you who enjoyed The Rosary by Florence Barclay, this one will come in as a close second. When Lady Myra Ingleby learns by telegram that her husband has been killed in the war, the sadness if not true grief that assails her along with...
G.K. Chesterton in America: A Catholic Review of the Week - G. K. Chesterton
G.K. Chesterton in America: A Catholic Review of the Week - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
A collection of 15 articles/essays written by G.K. Chesterton in "America: A Catholic Review of the Week". The publication dates range from 1915-1917. (Summary by Maria Therese)...
Purity of Heart - William Booth
Purity of Heart - William Booth
- Author: William Booth
- Genre: Christianity - Other
William Booth, who co-founded The Salvation Army with his wife Catherine in 1865, wrote several books on the subject of holiness. Purity of Heart, which was first published in 1902, is one of the most concise of these books. Its chapters were...
Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia - Joseph P. Cullen
Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia - Joseph P. Cullen
- Author: Joseph P. Cullen
- Genre: War & Military / Modern (19th C)
Richmond, Virginia, was the capital of The Confederacy during the American Civil War, 1861-1865. It was the focus of two military campaigns by Northern armies, one in the summer of 1862 (the Peninsula Campaign) and the second in 1864-1865. When the...
Civilian Clothes - Thompson Buchanan
Civilian Clothes - Thompson Buchanan
- Author: Thompson Buchanan
- Genre: Comedy
What happens when wartime romance and talents encounter the post-war civilian world? "I'm going to take you to - " "Racine?" "If you're my wife you'll go with me to Hell!" "I'd rather go there than Racine." "Did anybody ever tell you that you were a...
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 2) - Various
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 2) - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies / Elegies & Odes / Narratives
The seventh of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, contains a series of odes and addresses to the natural and artistic realms, as well as various geographic...
Tales of St. Austin's - P. G. Wodehouse
Tales of St. Austin's - P. G. Wodehouse
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Early short stories from Wodehouse focusing on life at St. Austin's, a fictional English public school. Also, Included are four humorous essays. - Summary by KevinS...
The Hundredth Chance - Ethel M. Dell
The Hundredth Chance - Ethel M. Dell
- Author: Ethel M. Dell
- Genre: Romance / Published 1900 onward
In this prequel to "Charles Rex'' by Ethel M. Dell you will meet the aristocratic blackguard Lord Saltash for whom our distressed heroine Maude Brian still holds deep feelings. Dedicated to the care of her younger crippled brother whom she adores,...
The Story of Greece: Told to Boys and Girls - Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
The Story of Greece: Told to Boys and Girls - Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
- Author: Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A retelling of Greek myths, history and stories aimed at children....
Entertaining Made Easy - Emily Rose Burt
Entertaining Made Easy - Emily Rose Burt
- Author: Emily Rose Burt
- Genre: House & Home
This book provides the hostess with ideas for parties and games. There are five sections: Socials and Parties, Outdoor Affairs, Birthdays and Other Anniversaries, Announcements and Showers, and Weddings, and within each section are subcategories....
A History of Astronomy - Walter W. BRYANT
A History of Astronomy - Walter W. BRYANT
- Author: Walter W. BRYANT
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Astronomy / Physics & Mechanics
In this book, Walter W. Bryant traces the history of astronomy through the ages. We start at the very beginning, where astronomy was an occupation of priests, move with the help of the Arabs through the middle ages to the (re-) discovery of the...
The Nymphs - Ivan Turgenev
The Nymphs - Ivan Turgenev
- Author: Ivan Turgenev
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 recordings of The Nymphs by Ivan Turgenev. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 15, 2020. ------ Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and...
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom - Ellen Craft
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom - Ellen Craft
- Author: Ellen Craft
- Genre: Memoirs / Modern (19th C)
Ellen and William Craft were a married couple who escaped from slavery in 1848 when Ellen disguised herself as a white, literate man and William pretended to be an accompanying slave. This is their story of their escape to freedom. NB Listeners may...
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology - Carl Gustav Jung
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology - Carl Gustav Jung
- Author: Carl Gustav Jung
- Genre: Psychology
A collection of classical writings of Swiss psychologist Carl G. Jung, an influential thinker and the founder of analytical psychology. Written at intervals over a span of fourteen years, these selected articles and pamphlets contain many...
The Wonderful Year - William John Locke
The Wonderful Year - William John Locke
- Author: William John Locke
- Genre: Travel Fiction / Published 1900 onward
Martin Overshaw and Corinna Hastings are leading dull and unproductive lives in Paris, having fled humdrum England. They fall in with Fortinbras, who calls himself a Marchand de Bonheur. He predicts a bright future for them and suggests they set out...
The Masquerader (Version 2) - Katherine Cecil Thurston
The Masquerader (Version 2) - Katherine Cecil Thurston
- Author: Katherine Cecil Thurston
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
In the London fog, two men bump into each other one night. They are immediately unnerved by their exact resemblance to each other. Jack Chilcote MP is a rising political star and John Loder a man with a thwarted ambition. The plan they jointly hatch...
Catena Aurea, St. John, - Vol 4 part 2 - Saint Thomas Aquinas
Catena Aurea, St. John, - Vol 4 part 2 - Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Author: Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
The Catena Aurea (Golden Chain) presents the commentaries of the greatest theologians (e.g. St. John Chrysostom, St. Jerome, St. Augustine, etc.) of the Church as if they were having a discussion on each verse of the Bible. St. Thomas Aquinas put...
Old Fashioned Fairy Tales (version 2) - Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
Old Fashioned Fairy Tales (version 2) - Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
- Author: Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The title may lead you to think that these are retellings of old familiar fairy tales. Not so at all. These are completely new stories but written in conformity with the way fairy tales are traditionally written and told. You will find ghosts and...
Andrew the Glad (Dramatic Reading) - Maria Thompson Daviess
Andrew the Glad (Dramatic Reading) - Maria Thompson Daviess
- Author: Maria Thompson Daviess
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Romance
"There are some women who will brew mystery from the decoction of even a very simple life. Matilda is one of them, remarked the major to himself as he filled his pipe and settled himself before his high-piled, violet-flamed logs..." A sweet,...
Old Paths - J. C. Ryle
Old Paths - J. C. Ryle
- Author: J. C. Ryle
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
This book is subtitled “Being Plain Statements on Some of the Weightier Matters of Christianity". The main title comes from the writings the old testament prophet Jeremiah, who refers to the old paths where the good way is, which if people walk in...
An American Vendetta: A Story of Barbarism in the United States - Theron Clark Crawford
An American Vendetta: A Story of Barbarism in the United States - Theron Clark Crawford
- Author: Theron Clark Crawford
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
The phrase "The Hatfields and McCoys" conjures up images of feudal warfare and Appalachian backwardness even to this day. This is a sensationalized account of the feud between the Hatfields and McCoys along the mountainous border of Kentucky and...
New Lamps - Robert Moore WILLIAMS
New Lamps - Robert Moore WILLIAMS
- Author: Robert Moore WILLIAMS
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Science Fiction
Ronson came to the Red Planet on the strangest mission of all ... he only knew he wanted to see Les Ro, but he didn't know exactly why. It was because he knew that Les Ro had the answer to something that had never been answered before, if indeed, it...
Severn and Somme - Ivor Gurney
Severn and Somme - Ivor Gurney
- Author: Ivor Gurney
- Genre: Single author
The English poet Ivor Gurney wrote these poems while serving in the First World War. In them he contrasts the wartime desolation of the area around the River Somme in northern France with the natural beauty of the valley of the River Severn in his...
St. John Chrysostom on 2 Timothy - St. John CHRYSOSTOM
St. John Chrysostom on 2 Timothy - St. John CHRYSOSTOM
- Author: St. John CHRYSOSTOM
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
St. John Chrysostom (the golden-mouthed), the most famous preacher of his age turned his attention to 2 Timothy, giving a total of 10 sermons this letter by Paul to his beloved Timothy who he had appointed as an arch-bishop. This epistles is one of...
My Brigantine - James Fenimore Cooper
My Brigantine - James Fenimore Cooper
- Author: James Fenimore Cooper
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of My Brigantine by James Fenimore Cooper. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 26, 2021. ----- After a stint on a commercial voyage, James Fenimore Cooper served in the U.S. Navy as a...
The Tale of Benny Badger (Version 2) - Arthur Scott Bailey
The Tale of Benny Badger (Version 2) - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Let's follow the adventures of Benny the Badger as he bumbles around the meadows digging everywhere and trying to be friends with all the animals. Unless they threaten him of course, then it's another matter and his ability to fight is legendary....
His Wisdom, the Defender: A Story - Simon Newcomb
His Wisdom, the Defender: A Story - Simon Newcomb
- Author: Simon Newcomb
- Genre: Science Fiction
A millionaire genius invents a flying armored suit, a la Iron Man. - Summary by Terry Kroenung...
Natalie Page - Katharine Haviland Taylor
Natalie Page - Katharine Haviland Taylor
- Author: Katharine Haviland Taylor
- Genre: Family Life
Natalie Page is coming to visit her aunt and uncle in New York. Of course they want her around, but every social engagement is more important, even when she is ill. So Natalie starts to focus on small mysteries like her stolen bracelet, and observe...
Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation - Anonymous
Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Poetry
2020 is not a year we want to remember very much. But all this social distancing and quarantine isolation has produced a bumper crop of Librivox recordings: we passed our previous highest number of catalog releases in one year (1083) in mid-October....
Short Poetry Collection 222 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 222 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 44 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for November 2021....
A Gringo In Mañana-Land - Harry La Tourette Foster
A Gringo In Mañana-Land - Harry La Tourette Foster
- Author: Harry La Tourette Foster
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Exploration
Foster was a World War I veteran, world wanderer, journalist, embassy attaché, stoker on ships, miner, stowaway, bandit’s prisoner in Mexico, who wrote of Latin America and the Orient. He died an early death of pneumonia at his mother’s house in New...
Star Ship - Poul William Anderson
Star Ship - Poul William Anderson
- Author: Poul William Anderson
- Genre: Science Fiction
The strangest space-castaways of all! The Terrans left their great interstellar ship unmanned in a tight orbit around Khazak—descended, all of them, in a lifeboat to investigate that weird, Iron Age world—and the lifeboat cracked up! This story is...
Mark Twain's Autobiography: With An Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine - Volume I - Mark Twain
Mark Twain's Autobiography: With An Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine - Volume I - 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...
Children's Short Works, Vol. 043 - Various
Children's Short Works, Vol. 043 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short works
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 043: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
The History of Pendennis - William Makepeace Thackeray
The History of Pendennis - William Makepeace Thackeray
- Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Genre: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
In Pendennis, William Makepeace Thackeray skillfully shows the coming of age of Arthur Pendennis, a young gentleman trying to make his way in the world. Pen's difficulties in finding his place in the difficult maze of social obstacles are created to...
Children's Short Works, Vol. 038 - Various
Children's Short Works, Vol. 038 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short works
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 038: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
A Plea For Our Northern Winters - Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
A Plea For Our Northern Winters - Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
- Author: Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of A Plea For Our Northern Winters by Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 7, 2021. ------ Mrs. Leprohon was a Canadian poetess, who also wrote fiction which won...
Life of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough - Louise Creighton
Life of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough - Louise Creighton
- Author: Louise Creighton
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), was the oldest surviving son of Sir Winston Churchill, an impoverished country gentleman. After the restoration of Charles II, John's sister, Arabella, became the mistress of the King's brother,...
