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Tick Tock Turkey and the Festival of Honolulu - Tick Tock Turkey
Tick Tock Turkey and the Festival of Honolulu - Tick Tock Turkey
- Author: Tick Tock Turkey
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Tick Tock Turkey fans have been begging us for more tails of the time-travelling bird. In fact, they've been begging us for YEARS ! We are pleased to say that Tick Tock's creator, Michael Brett has penned another story for us (with a little help...
4, Uncle Christmas – The Christmas Kid Invasion - All Stories
4, Uncle Christmas – The Christmas Kid Invasion - All Stories
- Author: All Stories
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
The Christmas Kid Invasion The 4th Uncle Christmas story, read by me, Richard, for Storynory.com. Uncle Christmas is based on a character invented by Wicked Uncle, home of brilliant presents. Story by Bertie. Read by Richard. Proofread and audio...
3, Uncle Christmas – the Great Christmas Race - All Stories
3, Uncle Christmas – the Great Christmas Race - All Stories
- Author: All Stories
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Uncle Christmas is based on a character invented by Wicked Uncle, home of brilliant presents. The Great Christmas Race The 3rd Uncle Christmas story, written by Bertie and read by me, Richard Scott, for Storynory. Uncle Christmas is based on a...
McClellan's Own Story - George Brinton McClellan
McClellan's Own Story - George Brinton McClellan
- Author: George Brinton McClellan
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography
Memoirs of General George Brinton McClellan, commanding general of the Army of the Potomac during the early years of the American Civil War. The work covers the time that McClellan commanded the Army of the Potomac, including the Peninsula Campaign,...
05, Uncle Christmas – The Great Christmas Delivery - All Stories
05, Uncle Christmas – The Great Christmas Delivery - All Stories
- Author: All Stories
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Uncle Christmas is based on a character invented by Wicked Uncle, home of brilliant presents. The Great Christmas Delivery The 5th Uncle Christmas story. Read by me, Richard, for Storynory. Story by Bertie. Read by Richard. Proofread and audio...
The Stratagems and The Aqueducts of Rome - Sextus Julius Frontinus
The Stratagems and The Aqueducts of Rome - Sextus Julius Frontinus
- Author: Sextus Julius Frontinus
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / War & Military / Astronomy / Physics & Mechanics
Frontinus' Stratagems is a collection of examples of military stratagems from Greek and Roman history, which the author comments based on his own experience as a general in Germania. Many of the stories he tells can also be found in other Roman...
The Story of Red Feather - Edward S. ELLIS
The Story of Red Feather - Edward S. ELLIS
- Author: Edward S. ELLIS
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The fierce chieftain Red Feather is leading a raiding party of Sioux across the Montana frontier, and the Clarendon homestead is directly in his path! Melville must escape the siege with his little sister Dot, and gets some unexpected help along the...
From Ritual to Romance - Jessie Laidlay Weston
From Ritual to Romance - Jessie Laidlay Weston
- Author: Jessie Laidlay Weston
- Genre: Literary Criticism / Religion
From Ritual to Romance is a 1920 book written by Jessie L. Weston. Weston's book is an examination of the roots of the King Arthur legends and seeks to make connections between the early pagan elements and the later Christian influences. The book's...
Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII - Pope Leo XIII
Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII - Pope Leo XIII
- Author: Pope Leo XIII
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903) wrote eighty-eight Encyclicals during his twenty-five year pontificate (1878-1903). Fifty-six of those are included in this collection. Among the topics covered are the Rosary, socialism, Christian marriage, labour,...
One Lovely Name - Walter Savage Landor
One Lovely Name - Walter Savage Landor
- Author: Walter Savage Landor
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of One Lovely Name by Walter Savage Landor. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 26, 2020. ------- Walter Savage Landor (1775 - 1864) was an English writer, poet, and activist. Today he is best...
Ann - Lechmere Worrall
Ann - Lechmere Worrall
- Author: Lechmere Worrall
- Genre: Comedy
Edward Hargraves, a young author, is encouraged by his mother and friend, Billy, to marry a woman in order to understand the fairer sex better and thereby characterize them better in his next book. While he attempts to follow their advice and marry...
The House by the Churchyard - Joseph Sheridan LE FANU
The House by the Churchyard - Joseph Sheridan LE FANU
- Author: Joseph Sheridan LE FANU
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Historical Fiction
Murder, mystery, mayhem, romance and relationships. Our classic who-done-it takes place in olde Dublin, Ireland in the village of Chapelizod around the Royal Irish Artillery base. A mysterious skull has been uncovered in the church graveyard. Whose...
Stories of the Bible, Volume 1: The People of the Chosen Land - Myles Endicott
Stories of the Bible, Volume 1: The People of the Chosen Land - Myles Endicott
- Author: Myles Endicott
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Brief Bible stories from the Old Testament, many accompanied by poems. - Summary by Larry Wilson...
The Black Cat Vol. 02 No. 08 May 1897 - Various
The Black Cat Vol. 02 No. 08 May 1897 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Short Stories
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine. This...
The Crock of Gold - James STEPHENS
The Crock of Gold - James STEPHENS
- Author: James STEPHENS
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Humorous Fiction
This is a comic novel written by Irish author James Stephens, a quick-witted storyteller whose pantheistic philosophy is revealed in his adult Irish fairy tales. His first novel, The Charwoman's Daughter (1911), humorously examines the life and...
At a Winter's Fire - Bernard Capes
At a Winter's Fire - Bernard Capes
- Author: Bernard Capes
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Literary Fiction / Fantasy Fiction
This is a book of stories by Bernard Capes to entertain you if you should find yourself in a cozy chair by the fireplace during the short dark days of winter. - Summary by A. Gramour...
Marriage: its ethic and religion - P. T. FORSYTH
Marriage: its ethic and religion - P. T. FORSYTH
- Author: P. T. FORSYTH
- Genre: Christianity - Other
The expansion of a lecture delivered in connection with the National Council of Public Morals (Note on inside cover)...
The Chronicles of America Volume 15 - Jefferson and his Colleagues - Allen Johnson
The Chronicles of America Volume 15 - Jefferson and his Colleagues - Allen Johnson
- Author: Allen Johnson
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / History / Law
In this volume, we have the Virginia Dynasty of presidents: Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe. America at this time was involved in expansion with the Louisiana Purchase and the annexation of the Floridas. Then too we were involved in international...
The Black Panther - John Hall Wheelock
The Black Panther - John Hall Wheelock
- Author: John Hall Wheelock
- Genre: Single author / Lyric
John Hall Wheelock is an American poet who during his student years at Harvard University was editor-in-chief of The Harvard Monthly, and began to publish his first poems. He later worked for publisher Charles Sribner and Sons finally becoming...
Poems - Duncan M. Matheson
Poems - Duncan M. Matheson
- Author: Duncan M. Matheson
- Genre: Single author
Poet Duncan M. Matheson lived in troubled times. These were times of World War I and its accompanying carnage, privation and pervasive adversity. Then to add to this there was the explosion - the December 1917 Halifax explosion - the Canadian...
Death in Venice - Thomas MANN
Death in Venice - Thomas MANN
- Author: Thomas MANN
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Thomas Mann, author of Death in Venice (German: Der Tod in Venedig) was a winner of the Nobel Prize for literature. The main character in this novella is Gustav von Aschenbach, a famous author in his early 50s who was widowed at an early age. In...
The History of Emily Montague, Vol. III (Dramatic Reading) - Frances Moore BROOKE
The History of Emily Montague, Vol. III (Dramatic Reading) - Frances Moore BROOKE
- Author: Frances Moore BROOKE
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Epistolary Fiction
The novel takes place 10 years after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759 when Quebec becomes a British colony. Written as a collection of letters, the story follows the relationships between Edward Rivers (a British soldier), his friend,...
A Book About Myself - Theodore DREISER
A Book About Myself - Theodore DREISER
- Author: Theodore DREISER
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
A book written by Theodore Dreiser detailing a history of his life and how he became a writer. - Summary by Michele Eaton...
The Theory and Practice of Brewing - Michael Combrune
The Theory and Practice of Brewing - Michael Combrune
- Author: Michael Combrune
- Genre: Crafts & Hobbies / Cooking
This is an elaborate treatise on how to brew beer. That art is as noble today as it was in 1761, when this book was first published, and Mr. Combrune was a master of his art. After reading his work on this topic, a glass of beer can be enjoyed on...
Hidden Foes - Nicholas Carter
Hidden Foes - 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". He has his work cut...
Heart of Spring - Shaw Neilson
Heart of Spring - Shaw Neilson
- Author: Shaw Neilson
- Genre: Single author
John Shaw Neilson was born at Penola, South Australia in 1872, the son of a farmer and contractor who removed to Victoria when Neilson was nine years of age. The boy had little schooling and early went to work in the hard way of the Bush. His poems...
Treachery in Outer Space - Carey Rockwell
Treachery in Outer Space - Carey Rockwell
- Author: Carey Rockwell
- Genre: Science Fiction
The sixth book in the Grosset & Dunlap "Tom Corbett - Space Cadet" series. Shipmates Tom, Astro, and Roger are assigned to oversee an interplanetary race, but their destination, Titan, faces trouble - trouble in the very atmosphere. Will the...
Short Story Collection Vol. 085 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 085 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
This is the 85th Librivox short story collection. Once again, readers selected stories covering a wide variety of subjects. Several stories by Anna Cora Mowatt take a quirky look at married life, Kipling's India and a lesson for a king are included...
The Wild North Land, The Story of a Winter Journey with Dogs across Northern North America - William Francis Butler
The Wild North Land, The Story of a Winter Journey with Dogs across Northern North America - William Francis Butler
- Author: William Francis Butler
- Genre: Travel & Geography
This book was published in 1910. Not only do Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun, but it seems that sometimes they venture into the frozen north as well, in winter, on foot, and alone. The author summarizes his "long tramp" across the...
The Tale of Betsy Butterfly (Version 2) - Arthur Scott Bailey
The Tale of Betsy Butterfly (Version 2) - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Betsy Butterfly has an exciting time in the meadow. Some dangers of course but lots of fun and productive work. Join her as she flutters from adventure to adventure. - Summary by phil chenevert...
Short Science Fiction Collection 078 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 078 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Science Fiction / Short Stories / Fantasy Fiction
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is possible. The only rules are those set forth by the author. The speculative nature of the genre inspires...
A Strange World - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
A Strange World - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
A compelling story by one of the most prolific authors of the Victorian "sensational novel" serves up the perfect blend of murder, greed, madness, secrets and romance. The characters interlace throughout, and are as always interesting and...
The House Of The Arrow - A. E. W. Mason
The House Of The Arrow - A. E. W. Mason
- Author: A. E. W. Mason
- Genre: Detective Fiction
A young English girl is accused in Dijon of murdering her French aunt. Hanaud to the rescue! Inspector Hanaud is a member of the French Sûreté. He is said to have been the model for Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, as well as the opposite of Conan...
The Early Hanoverians - Edward Ellis Morris
The Early Hanoverians - Edward Ellis Morris
- Author: Edward Ellis Morris
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
In this short book Edward Ellis Morris writes a vivid account of the reigns of the first two Georges. Scarcely had the fifty-four-year-old king assumed the throne when James Stuart roused the Highlanders in the "Fifteen." Five years later the...
The Rover Vol. 01 No. 01 - Seba Smith
The Rover Vol. 01 No. 01 - Seba Smith
- Author: Seba Smith
- Genre: Literary Fiction / 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....
The Railway Children (version 3) - E. Nesbit
The Railway Children (version 3) - E. Nesbit
- Author: E. Nesbit
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure
When their father mysteriously goes away, three children and their story-writing mother leave their comfortable life in London and move to a little house, Three Chimneys, in the country. Free to roam the countryside, Peter, Bobbie, and Phil make...
A Christmas Honeymoon - Frances Aymar Mathews
A Christmas Honeymoon - Frances Aymar Mathews
- Author: Frances Aymar Mathews
- Genre: Romance
Newlyweds Betty Revere and Peter Van Zandt are completely smitten with each other. Their wedding is said to have been one of the most beautiful ever seen in New York. A conflict between the couple causes a series of events to take place which isn’t...
Fires and Fire-Fighters - John Kenlon
Fires and Fire-Fighters - John Kenlon
- Author: John Kenlon
- Genre: Technology & Engineering
John Kenlon became a New York City firefighter in 1887, and was appointed Fire Chief in 1911. In 1913, he wrote this authoritative book surveying the history of fire-fighting from ancient Rome to 20th-century New York. The first part of the book...
Peace - Aristophanes
Peace - Aristophanes
- Author: Aristophanes
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Comedy
The 'Peace' was brought out four years after 'The Acharnians' (422 B.C.), when the War had already lasted ten years. The leading motive is the same as in the former play—the intense desire of the less excitable and more moderate-minded citizens for...
A Month on the Norfolk Broads - Walter Rye
A Month on the Norfolk Broads - Walter Rye
- Author: Walter Rye
- Genre: Travel & Geography
Back in the late 1880s, Walter Rye and a number of friends accompanied by an American couple (who were researching the history of their Norfolk ancestry), took a holiday on the Norfolk Broads and enjoyed a leisurely tour around the waterways of this...
