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Claimants to Royalty - John Henry Ingram
Claimants to Royalty - John Henry Ingram
- Author: John Henry Ingram
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
A compilation of chronicles of the numerous impostors and impostures of kings, queens, and rulers. (Summary by Carmen H)...
Celtic Fairy Tales - Joseph Jacobs
Celtic Fairy Tales - Joseph Jacobs
- Author: Joseph Jacobs
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Celtic Fairy Tales is a collection of 25 folk and fairy stories collected from Ireland and Scotland. At what I imagine is the Frontispiece, or the dedication page, is the phrase: _SAY THIS /Three times, with your eyes shut_/ Mothuighim boladh an...
The Shakedown on the Floor - Henry Lawson
The Shakedown on the Floor - Henry Lawson
- Author: Henry Lawson
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Despite the bittersweet outcome of the romance in this work, the poem still manages to conclude in an uplifting fashion. - Summary by SonOfTheExiles...
The Avenger - E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Avenger - E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Herbert Wrayson, a bachelor returns to his flat one night to find a young lady rifling his desk. He questions her and finds she thought she was in the apartment of his neighbor, Morris Barnes, who lives above him. While he is on the telephone, she...
A Tangled Tale - Lewis Carroll
A Tangled Tale - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Short Stories / Humor / Mathematics
Lewis Carroll (1832 - 1896) is best known for 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. It is less widely known that he worked as a lecturer for mathematics at Christ Church college, Oxford for 27 years. 'A tangled tale' merges his two talents as...
The Biography of a Grizzly - Ernest Thompson Seton
The Biography of a Grizzly - Ernest Thompson Seton
- Author: Ernest Thompson Seton
- Genre: Animals & Nature
I first read this little book when I was in the fifth grade, and now more than fifty years later, I still find it fascinating. Ernest Thompson Seton was a man with a concern for nature her creatures and an excellent story teller. I could almost feel...
A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf - John Muir
A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf - John Muir
- Author: John Muir
- Genre: Travel & Geography
Muir was a preservationist and naturalist. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is now one of the most important conservation organizations in the...
The May Flower and Miscellaneous Writings - Harriet Beecher Stowe
The May Flower and Miscellaneous Writings - Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Genre: Poetry / Short Stories
Included herein are 35 charming short stories or humorous sketches, some written as exercises for the literary Semi-Colon Club of Cincinnati which Stowe belonged to for years, others published in magazines of the time, and 7 religious poems. Stowe...
Astounding Stories 10, October 1930 - Undefined
Astounding Stories 10, October 1930 - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: Science Fiction
Issue no. 10 of the magazine brings you:- Stolen Brains by Captain S.P. Meek The Invisible Death by Victor Rousseau Prisoners on the Electron by Robert H. Leitfred Part 2 of Jetta of the Lowlands by Ray Cummings An Extra Man by Jackson Gee along...
The Secret Battle - A. P. Herbert
The Secret Battle - A. P. Herbert
- Author: A. P. Herbert
- Genre: Historical Fiction / War & Military Fiction
Like many soldiers at the beginning of their military careers, Harry Penrose has romantic ideas of climbing the ranks and attaining hero status. However, while stationed at Gallipoli, the realities of war begin to take their toll on Penrose, not...
Gypsy Flight - Roy J. Snell
Gypsy Flight - Roy J. Snell
- Author: Roy J. Snell
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Action & Adventure
Rosemary Sample, an airplane stewardess, meets a mysterious dark lady on a flight to Salt Lake City. The plane is forced down overnight by a snowstorm. The passengers spend the night in a Hunting Lodge. In the morning, the dark lady finds her bag...
Torah (JPSA) 04: Numbers - Jewish Publication Society of America
Torah (JPSA) 04: Numbers - Jewish Publication Society of America
- Author: Jewish Publication Society of America
- Genre: Bibles
According to Jewish tradition the 5 books of Moses (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy) are read and studied each year. In order to complete the study, the 5 books are separated into sections (parshah). The fourth book of the...
National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 3 - National Geographic Society
National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 3 - National Geographic Society
- Author: National Geographic Society
- Genre: Travel & Geography / Earth Sciences
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 3 published in 1889. Topics of articles are: The Rivers and Valleys of Pennsylvania Topographic Models International Literary Contest (Summary by Guero)...
The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship - Margaret Burnham
The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship - Margaret Burnham
- Author: Margaret Burnham
- Genre: Children's Fiction
Teenagers Peggy Prescott and her brother Roy share a love of aviation that they inherited from their late father. Mr. Prescott had always dreamed of building an aeroplane that would be free of the defects of planes already invented. Peggy and Roy...
The Literary Sense - E. Nesbit
The Literary Sense - E. Nesbit
- Author: E. Nesbit
- Genre: Single Author Collections
A collection of short stories written by the author of other literary greats such as The Railway Children, Five Children and It and The Phoenix and the Carpet. Many of her books have been made into television series or films. She wrote for both...
The Magic Wand
The Magic Wand
- Author: -
- Genre: ---
Three short children's fantasy stories. The stories are light and humorous and can spark a child's imagination. Part of a six-volume set. - Summary by Gillian Hendrie...
Long Poems Collection 004 - Various
Long Poems Collection 004 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
Librivox’s Long Poems Collection 004: a collection of 8 public-domain poems longer than 5 minutes in length....
Bib Ballads - Ring Lardner
Bib Ballads - Ring Lardner
- Author: Ring Lardner
- Genre: Single author
Ring Lardner is a typical parent when his first child is born, full of wonder and the rest of the usual emotions as he watches his little son grow. He wrote a series of 29 short poems on various facets of parenthood. (Summary by Jack Thro)...
Inside Earth - Poul William Anderson
Inside Earth - Poul William Anderson
- Author: Poul William Anderson
- Genre: Science Fiction
This story takes place in the not so distant future. Earth has been conquered and is a subjugated planet, the much too humanoid new rulers now extract heavy taxes, control industry and reproduction and interfere in every aspect of life. Rumors of...
The Conduct of Life - Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Conduct of Life - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Genre: Modern
This is the best of Emerson's later works, qualifying his earlier popular essays, series one and two, with the heavier hand of experience. The Conduct of Life ostensibly is a set of essays about how to live life, but also is an amalgam of what life...
Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts (version 2) - Frank R. Stockton
Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts (version 2) - Frank R. Stockton
- Author: Frank R. Stockton
- Genre: Nautical & Marine Fiction
Buccaneers and Pirates of our Coasts is a non-fiction, rolicking story of the origins of piracy and of the famous pirates of the coasts of the United States. The stories don't cast pirates in the glowing light of modern day renditions - in...
The Cinder Pond - Carroll Watson Rankin
The Cinder Pond - Carroll Watson Rankin
- Author: Carroll Watson Rankin
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Family Life / General
Years ago, a manufacturer built a great dock, jutting out from and then turning parallel to the shore of a northern Michigan town. The factory was abandoned, and following the habits of small towns, the space between the dock and the shore became...
Adlestrop - Edward Thomas
Adlestrop - Edward Thomas
- Author: Edward Thomas
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 recordings of Adlestrop by Edward Thomas. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 20th, 2009....
Gobseck - Honoré de Balzac
Gobseck - Honoré de Balzac
- Author: Honoré de Balzac
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
Part of the La Comedie Humane and something of a sequence to Balzac's Father Goriot, the short book's title is the name of the pawn broker/money lender the father Goriot utilized to maintain his spoiled daughters in the luxury he had accustomed them...
The Giant's Robe - F. Anstey
The Giant's Robe - F. Anstey
- Author: F. Anstey
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Mark Ashburn is a young teacher at St. Peter's Public School for boys, although he isn't particularly fond of boys. His dream is to make his name in the literary world but mediocrity and rejection meet him at every turn. Dejected, he meets up with...
Heroes Every Child Should Know - Hamilton Wright Mabie
Heroes Every Child Should Know - Hamilton Wright Mabie
- Author: Hamilton Wright Mabie
- Genre: General
The endeavour has been made in this volume to bring together the heroic men of different races, periods and types; and in the selection of material the most attractive, intelligent and authoritative literature has been drawn upon. In cases in which...
The Innocence of Father Brown - G. K. Chesterton
The Innocence of Father Brown - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Detective Fiction
The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) is the first of five collections of mystery stories by G. K. Chesterton starring an unimposing but surprisingly capable Roman Catholic priest. Father Brown's ability to uncover the truth behind the mystery...
A Pinch of Salt - Robert Graves
A Pinch of Salt - Robert Graves
- Author: Robert Graves
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 different recordings of A Pinch of Salt by Robert Graves. Perhaps now best known as the author whose book of the same name inspired the Masterpiece Theater series I, Claudius, Robert Graves wrote prolifically...
San Francisco Before And After The Earthquake - William Henry Irwin
San Francisco Before And After The Earthquake - William Henry Irwin
- Author: William Henry Irwin
- Genre: Technology & Engineering / Modern (20th C) / Earth Sciences
As all but Martians know (and who knows, perhaps even they), the city of San Francisco, California, was destroyed by massive earthquake and unquenchable fire in April, 1906. Will Irwin was a sometime San Franciscan who was then living in New York....
A Prince of Swindlers - Guy Boothby
A Prince of Swindlers - Guy Boothby
- Author: Guy Boothby
- Genre: Detective Fiction
The year 18-- was a momentous one in Great Britain. Not only did the nation receive most of the world's royalty for months on end, but the well-to-do gentleman, Simon Carne spent much of the social season in London. On friendly terms with royalty,...
Vignettes of San Francisco - Almira Bailey
Vignettes of San Francisco - Almira Bailey
- Author: Almira Bailey
- Genre: Literary Fiction
A collection of observations and stories about San Franciscan life - the people, the buildings, the parks, the food, the street-cars, the bay, Alcatraz, the sounds and the smells and the characteristics and idiosyncrasies of this fascinating city....
The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet - Burton Egbert Stevenson
The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet - Burton Egbert Stevenson
- Author: Burton Egbert Stevenson
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Three men are dead. Killed by a very powerful poison. Their deaths seem to be connected to a very old cabinet purchased in France and a notorious French criminal. What is the link? It is up to the lawyer Lester and the newspaperman Godfrey to pool...
Blindfolded - Earle Ashley Walcott
Blindfolded - Earle Ashley Walcott
- Author: Earle Ashley Walcott
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Giles Dudley is called upon by his cousin Henry Wilton to assist him in San Francisco, but the reason for the summons is not at all clear. Dudley answers the summons, only to find himself immediately wrapped in the middle of mystery and intrigue,...
Tales of Folk and Fairies - Katharine Pyle
Tales of Folk and Fairies - Katharine Pyle
- Author: Katharine Pyle
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / General Fiction
In "Tales of Folk and Fairies" Ms. Pyle tells 15 different children's stories from around the world; each more delightful than the last. Each story stands completely on it's own and although they were probably meant for children, adults will...
The Fisher's Boy - Henry David Thoreau
The Fisher's Boy - Henry David Thoreau
- Author: Henry David Thoreau
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 different recordings of the Fisher’s Boy by Henry David Thoreau. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of May 13th, 2007....
Curiosities of the Sky - Garrett P. Serviss
Curiosities of the Sky - Garrett P. Serviss
- Author: Garrett P. Serviss
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Science
Astronomy is known as the oldest of the sciences, and it will be the longest-lived because it will always have arcana that have not been penetrated."-Excerpt from the Preface of Curiosities of the Sky by Garrett Serviss...
The Skylark of Space (version 2) - E. E. Smith
The Skylark of Space (version 2) - E. E. Smith
- Author: E. E. Smith
- Genre: Science Fiction
The Skylark of Space is one of the earliest novels of interstellar travel and is considered a classic of pulp science fiction. Originally serialized in 1928 in the magazine Amazing Stories it is often categorized as the first literary space opera,...
An Essay on the Principle of Population - Thomas Malthus
An Essay on the Principle of Population - Thomas Malthus
- Author: Thomas Malthus
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Philosophy
The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. Subsistence increases only in an arithmetical ratio. A slight acquaintance with...
Against Heresies - Irenaeus
Against Heresies - Irenaeus
- Author: Irenaeus
- Genre: Christianity - Other
St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, describes several schools of Gnosticism which were prevalent among pre-Nicene Christianity. He then refutes these beliefs as heresies by contrasting them with what he describes as catholic, orthodox Christianity....
The Tragic Muse - Henry James
The Tragic Muse - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: General Fiction / Sagas
Art or politics, this is the question Nick Dormer dealls with in the course of this novel. Mirian Ruth, an aspiring actress, is the "tragic muse" of the title. Her concerns are a bit different: would proper society accept her as an actress, or would...
