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The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 8: Mathematics - Francis ROLT-WHEELER
The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 8: Mathematics - Francis ROLT-WHEELER
- Author: Francis ROLT-WHEELER
- Genre: Mathematics / Science
Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The eighth volume is on Pure Mathematics written by L. Leland Locke and on Mathematical Applications written by Dr. Franz Bellinger. An introduction was written by Professor Cassius J....
History of Philosophy - William Turner
History of Philosophy - William Turner
- Author: William Turner
- Genre: Philosophy
The History of Philosophy is the exposition of philosophical opinions and of systems and schools of philosophy. It includes the study of the lives of philosophers, the inquiry into the mutual connection of schools and systems of thought, and the...
Lesley Castle (Dramatic Reading) - Jane Austen
Lesley Castle (Dramatic Reading) - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Epistolary Fiction / Satire
Lesley Castle is a melodramatic epistolary novelette written by Jane Austen when she was sixteen years old. Although the novels Austen became known for were not published until she was in her thirties, she was an active writer from the age of...
Dreams Collection 1 - Stories and Poems - Various
Dreams Collection 1 - Stories and Poems - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Short Stories
This is a collection of 20 stories and/or poems, contributed by Librivox volunteers, pertaining to dreams. ( ~ Michele Fry)...
The Training of Wild Animals - Frank Charles Bostock
The Training of Wild Animals - Frank Charles Bostock
- Author: Frank Charles Bostock
- Genre: Animals
Today, performing animals are frowned on by many but in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, traveling menageries afforded entertainment for the masses. The Bostock family were famous in England at the time, for traveling around the country with...
London Labour and the London Poor Volume III - Henry MAYHEW
London Labour and the London Poor Volume III - Henry MAYHEW
- Author: Henry MAYHEW
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Reference
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,...
Bible (YLT) NT 01: Matthew - Young's Literal Translation
Bible (YLT) NT 01: Matthew - Young's Literal Translation
- Author: Young's Literal Translation
- Genre: Young's Literal Translation
This Bible version tries to stay as close to the original Hebrew and Greek texts as possible. As stated in the preface to the second edition, "If a translation gives a present tense when the original gives a past, or a past when it has a present; a...
The Grand Cañon of the Colorado - John Muir
The Grand Cañon of the Colorado - John Muir
- Author: John Muir
- Genre: Nature
Nothing is ordinary in the world of John Muir, naturalist and author known as the Father of the US National Parks. In this short work, written in the latter part of his life for Century Magazine, Muir beckons us to come with him, unrushed, to behold...
The Promise of American Life - Herbert Croly
The Promise of American Life - Herbert Croly
- Author: Herbert Croly
- Genre: Political Science
The book is said to "offer a manifesto of Progressive beliefs" that "anticipated the transition from competitive to corporate capitalism and from limited government to the welfare state." By Croly’s death in 1930, only 7,500 copies of The Promise of...
XLI Poems - E. E. CUMMINGS
XLI Poems - E. E. CUMMINGS
- Author: E. E. CUMMINGS
- Genre: Single author
A book of 41 poems by E. E. Cummings classified as Songs I-XII [poems 1-12], Chansons Innocentes I-II [poems 13-14], Portraits I-IX [poems 15-23], La Guerre I-II [poems 24-25], Sonnets I-XVI [poems 26-41] - Summary by Scotty Smith...
Leo Tolstoy - G. K. Chesterton
Leo Tolstoy - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Three men of letters give insightful essays on the work of Leo Tolstoy. (Summary by Larry Wilson)...
The Girl From Malta - Fergus Hume
The Girl From Malta - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
One evening as the P. and O.'s vessel "Neptune" steams away from Australia to Britain, Ronald Monteith, a young, wealthy Australian is taken into the confidence of a fellow-passenger Lionel Ventin who relates the story of his rather tragic life....
Old New York - Edith Wharton
Old New York - Edith Wharton
- Author: Edith Wharton
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Old New York (1924) is a collection of four novellas (False Dawn; The Old Maid; The Spark; New Year's Day) by Edith Wharton, revolving around upper-class New York City society in the 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, and 1870s. - Summary from Wikipedia...
Night Thoughts - Hanford Lennox Gordon
Night Thoughts - Hanford Lennox Gordon
- Author: Hanford Lennox Gordon
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Night Thoughts by Hanford Lennox Gordon. . This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for March 21, 2021. ------ Hanford Lennox Gordon was of Scottish descent. He led a varied life, serving a short stint...
Society as I Have Found It - Ward McAllister
Society as I Have Found It - Ward McAllister
- Author: Ward McAllister
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
Mark Twain illustrator Dan Beard recalled discussing McAllister’s book with Twain. “It was before Webster & Company failed that Ward McAllister’s book (Society as I have Found It) appeared, and when he (Twain) sauntered into my studio one day, I...
The Twin Mystery - Nicholas Carter
The Twin Mystery - Nicholas Carter
- Author: Nicholas Carter
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom de plume Nicholas Carter, have penned stories featuring "America's greatest detective". In this story, Nick...
In the North Woods of Maine - Elmer Erwin Thomas
In the North Woods of Maine - Elmer Erwin Thomas
- Author: Elmer Erwin Thomas
- Genre: Travel & Geography
Two fifteen-year-old boys---the younger of whom may have been fourteen---decide to hunt and trap away from home in the north woods of Maine. A true recounting of their adventures can be found here, though the years that passed before the tale was...
Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John - St. Victorinus of Pettau
Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John - St. Victorinus of Pettau
- Author: St. Victorinus of Pettau
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
This commentary is said to have been composed around 260, making it the earliest surviving commentary on Revelation. The author, St. Victorinus of Pettau (d. 303) flourished about 270, and was martyred during the Roman persecutions under Emperor...
The Red Cross Girls with the Stars and Stripes - Margaret Vandercook
The Red Cross Girls with the Stars and Stripes - Margaret Vandercook
- Author: Margaret Vandercook
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The Red Cross Girls are back one last time! In this final book of the series, some of our girls prepare to join the American soldiers in France during World War I. But, one other girl does make a surprise return to Europe, to join in the vocation...
Above the French Lines - Stuart Walcott
Above the French Lines - Stuart Walcott
- Author: Stuart Walcott
- Genre: War & Military / Letters
A collection of letters written by Stuart Walcott while training to be an aviator in France to prepare for combat. Walcott died in his first aerial combat after first downing a German bi-plane. - Summary by KevinS...
The Duck-Footed Hound - Jim Kjelgaard
The Duck-Footed Hound - Jim Kjelgaard
- Author: Jim Kjelgaard
- Genre: Nature & Animal Fiction
Old Joe was the biggest, fightingest, craftiest coon in the Creeping Hills. No one had ever been able to catch him; not even Precious Sue, a bluetick hound peerless in tracking down coons. But Harky felt that this autumn the hunting would be...
The Martian - Alec Rowley Hilliard
The Martian - Alec Rowley Hilliard
- Author: Alec Rowley Hilliard
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Science Fiction
The water was evaporated by the ever-shining sun until there was none left for the thirsty plants. Every year more workers died in misery. A stranger from another world comes and experiences the attempts by two different cultures with different...
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 10 - 04. April 1899 - National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 10 - 04. April 1899 - National Geographic Society
- Author: National Geographic Society
- Genre: Travel & Geography
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol X, April 1899. It includes the following articles: The Sources of the Saskatchewan, by Walter D. Wilcox Exploration in the Canadian Rockies How long a Whale may carry a Harpoon, by Wm H....
A Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans - John Calvin
A Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans - John Calvin
- Author: John Calvin
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
Of all commentators I believe John Calvin to be the most candid...He was no trimmer and pruner of texts. He gave their meaning as far as he knew it. His honest intention was to translate the Hebrew and the Greek originals as accurately as he...
Miss Bracegirdle and Others - Stacy Aumonier
Miss Bracegirdle and Others - Stacy Aumonier
- Author: Stacy Aumonier
- Genre: Single Author Collections
A 1923 collection of tales by the British author Stacy Aumonier (1877–1928), described by John Galsworthy as "one of the best short-story writers of all time." This collection includes two of Aumonier's best-known works, "The Octave of Jealousy" and...
We Were There at the Normandy Invasion - Clayton Knight
We Were There at the Normandy Invasion - Clayton Knight
- Author: Clayton Knight
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction
D-Day: 6 June 1944. The date of the invasion of the Normandy Coast of France by the Allies. This novel gives a different look at that invasion than most of us have ever seen. It tells of a young French boy, André Gagnon, and his exciting adventures...
Mithridates - Jean Racine
Mithridates - Jean Racine
- Author: Jean Racine
- Genre: Tragedy
Another tragedy by Racine, based on the historical character and career of Mithridates circa 63 BCE. Closing with sorrow and lamentation and promises of a "search for vengeance". - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Mithridates, King of Pontus and of many...
Essays of Schopenhauer - Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
Essays of Schopenhauer - Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
- Author: Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Modern
Schopenhauer is considered to be one of the most influential philosophers of all times. Many of his ideas and quotes have been quoted largely and have now become almost commonplace. The essays in this collection are a proof of his breakthrough...
Zuleika Dobson - Max BEERBOHM
Zuleika Dobson - Max BEERBOHM
- Author: Max BEERBOHM
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Satire
A wickedly funny 1911 satire on undergraduate life in Edwardian Oxford' in which the entire student body of Oxford university including the young, handsome aristocrat the Duke of Dorset falls hopelessly in love with Zuleika who is visiting her...
The Armenian Crisis in Turkey - Frederick Davis Greene
The Armenian Crisis in Turkey - Frederick Davis Greene
- Author: Frederick Davis Greene
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
Frederick Greene shows in this book that the case of the subject races in the Ottoman Empire is desperate, that there is no hope of reform from within, and that relief vimust therefore come through the interference of the powers of Europe. Their...
Short Stories in Prose and Verse - Henry Lawson
Short Stories in Prose and Verse - Henry Lawson
- Author: Henry Lawson
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Historical Fiction / Single Author Collections
Short Stories in Prose and Verse” is Henry Lawson’s first published book (1894); his first published poem appeared in 1887. The volume is a snapshot of his writing style up to the start of his career. His first published poem appeared at age 20, his...
Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 - Margaret O. Oliphant
Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 - Margaret O. Oliphant
- Author: Margaret O. Oliphant
- Genre: Family Life / Literary Fiction
Catherine Vernon has a firm hand on her family and on the family business. Her plans for her young protege Edward, whom she loves like a son, are disturbed by the arrival of Hester, a 14-year-old girl who is just as strong willed. The conflict...
1001 Questions and Answers on English Grammar - Benjamin Hathaway
1001 Questions and Answers on English Grammar - Benjamin Hathaway
- Author: Benjamin Hathaway
- Genre: Education / Reference
A book for students interested in finding out how many things about the English language have changed, and how many have weathered the test of time. - Summary by jasonb...
Antic Hay - Aldous Huxley
Antic Hay - Aldous Huxley
- Author: Aldous Huxley
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Literary Fiction
The epigram to this work from Christoher Marlowe applies to the plot of this story: "My men like satyrs grazing on the lawns / Shall with their goat-feet dance the antic hay." The plot follows Huxley and his cohorts in a search for meaning and hope...
Women of America - John Ruse Larus
Women of America - John Ruse Larus
- Author: John Ruse Larus
- Genre: History / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
The present volume completes the story of woman as told in the series of which it forms part. The history of nations is, in its ultimate analysis, largely that of woman. Therefore this series in its wide inclusiveness forms a more than ordinarily...
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland Volume III, From the Accession of Nicholas II until the Present Day - Simon Dubnow
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland Volume III, From the Accession of Nicholas II until the Present Day - Simon Dubnow
- Author: Simon Dubnow
- Genre: History
Simon Dubnow was born in 1860 to a poor Jewish family in Belarussian town of Mstsislaw and later became authority of Jewish history and an activist. Due to his Jewish origin, he had to move to St.Petersburg, Odessa, Vilna(Lithuania), St.Petersburg,...
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 050 - Various
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 050 - 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 stench of human flesh, the sound of a monstrous howl, and the occasional touch of wonder....
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 05 - Various
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 05 - 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)...
Amphitryon - Molière
Amphitryon - Molière
- Author: Molière
- Genre: Plays / Comedy
"The history of Amphitryon and Alcmene, or rather the myth of the birth of Hercules, is certainly very old, and is to be found in the literature of different nations." Under Moliere's touch, it becomes "One of the most charming and natural comedies...
In the Garden of Delight - Lily Hammond
In the Garden of Delight - Lily Hammond
- Author: Lily Hammond
- Genre: Family Life
This novel is narrated in the first person and revolves around a character named Lil (somewhat autobiographical of the author) and the dynamics of a colorful cast of family members. She loves nature and, especially, birds, and thus the title. The...
