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Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, Sermons 12-25 - Cyril of Alexandria
Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, Sermons 12-25 - Cyril of Alexandria
- Author: Cyril of Alexandria
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
Sermons 12-25 cover the Gospel of St Luke 4:1 - 6:17. - Summary by the Reader...
The Book of Common Prayer, 1662: selections - The Parliament of England
The Book of Common Prayer, 1662: selections - The Parliament of England
- Author: The Parliament of England
- Genre: Christianity - Other
The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) has for nearly 500 years provided the basis for Anglican and allied worship, not only in its English home but many countries around the world. Following England's break from Rome in 1534, a need was felt for a single...
History of the Civil War, 1861-1865 - James Ford Rhodes
History of the Civil War, 1861-1865 - James Ford Rhodes
- Author: James Ford Rhodes
- Genre: War & Military / History
Superbly written, this overview of the Civil War, won a Pulitzer Prize in History in 1918. Rhodes covers not only the battles and the generals of the war but gives us a good deal of insight into the politics, economics, international relations and...
Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Old Apache Trail - Jessie Graham Flower
Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Old Apache Trail - Jessie Graham Flower
- Author: Jessie Graham Flower
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Action & Adventure
Seeking adventure after the end of the war, Grace Harlowe and friends take a journey through The Old Apache Trail. Along the way they are come up against local bandits. Disclaimer: This novel includes language and opinions that would be deemed...
A Contented Man - Ivan Turgenev
A Contented Man - Ivan Turgenev
- Author: Ivan Turgenev
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of A Contented Man by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 5, 2021. ------ Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright,...
The Wyvern Mystery - Joseph Sheridan LE FANU
The Wyvern Mystery - Joseph Sheridan LE FANU
- Author: Joseph Sheridan LE FANU
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Gothic Fiction / Romance
A classic with a pinch of romance, a pinch of gothic, and a dash of mystery, are you interested yet? When young Alice Maybell’ father dies she is taken in by Squire Fairfield, a widower with two handsome young sons, Charles and Harry. As Alice grows...
Sharp Eyes, the Silver Fox - Richard Barnum
Sharp Eyes, the Silver Fox - Richard Barnum
- Author: Richard Barnum
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Sharp Eyes, the Silver Fox is another tale of adventure that follows a young silver fox from his birth in the woods of England, through training by his parents in how to survive, to some rather bad mistakes he makes leading to his capture and being...
The Sleet - Nannie Rebecca GLASS
The Sleet - Nannie Rebecca GLASS
- Author: Nannie Rebecca GLASS
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of The Sleet by Nannie Rebecca Glass. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 2, 2020. ------ This Weekly Poem is taken from The Mountain Spring and Other Poems, pub 1913 - Summary by David Lawrence...
Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon - Austen Layard
Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon - Austen Layard
- Author: Austen Layard
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Memoirs / Antiquity
Austen Henry Layard is best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace reliefs known, and in 1851 the library of Ashurbanipal. The Royal Library of Ashurbanipal, named after...
The Outline of Science, Vol 4 - J. Arthur Thomson
The Outline of Science, Vol 4 - J. Arthur Thomson
- Author: J. Arthur Thomson
- Genre: Animals / Nature / Science
The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects ranging from astronomy to biology to elementary physics in clear, concise and easily understood prose, this...
The Dream of the Red Chamber Book II - Xueqin Cao
The Dream of the Red Chamber Book II - Xueqin Cao
- Author: Xueqin Cao
- Genre: Literary Fiction
The Dream of the Red Chamber (also known as The Story of the Stone) is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of China, and considered the greatest of them all. Almost 40 main characters and some 500 minor characters tell the fortunes of the Chia...
The Pink Shop - Fergus Hume
The Pink Shop - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Detective Fiction / Published 1900 onward
The Pink Shop operates outside the limits of the law by a mysterious woman concealed under a black veil. Follow the twists and turns as you unravel the secrets hidden behind the closed doors of The Pink Shop. Ask yourself: what would you give to...
Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part Seven (1920-1924) - Mark Twain
Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part Seven (1920-1924) - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Literary Collections
This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included in Part Seven of this chronological listing (1920-1924) are articles concerning his death, some of Twain’s...
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 - Charles Eliot
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 - Charles Eliot
- Author: Charles Eliot
- Genre: Other religions
Started in 1907, An Historical Sketch was a work in 3 volumes, of which this is the first. The author was a British diplomat posted to Asia and his great work was interrupted by World War I, finally being published in 1921. It has been described as...
The Seven Lively Arts - Gilbert Seldes
The Seven Lively Arts - Gilbert Seldes
- Author: Gilbert Seldes
- Genre: Music / Performing Arts
“... But, beside those great men, there is a certain number of artists who have a distinct faculty of their own by which they convey to us a peculiar quality of pleasure which we cannot get elsewhere; and these, too, have their place in general...
The Lady's Mile - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The Lady's Mile - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Genre: General Fiction
If you drive through the Lady's Mile, the most fashionable district in London, you will see people whose most distinguished ambition was to be known in that circle. A novelist, a painter, and some aristocrats, willing to prove themselves to the...
Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water - Ethel Gwendoline Vincent
Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water - Ethel Gwendoline Vincent
- Author: Ethel Gwendoline Vincent
- Genre: Travel & Geography
Subtitled "The Journal of a Tour through the British Empire and America," this book is a record of the author's travels with her husband through the British Empire and America in the late 1800's. In the words of the author, "It is but a simple...
Bible (YLT) NT 13-14: 1 & 2 Epistles to the Thessalonians - Young's Literal Translation
Bible (YLT) NT 13-14: 1 & 2 Epistles to the Thessalonians - Young's Literal Translation
- Author: Young's Literal Translation
- Genre: Young's Literal Translation
An English translation that holds as closely as was possible to the original languages and idioms. - Summary by KevinS...
The Heart of a Dog - Albert Payson Terhune
The Heart of a Dog - Albert Payson Terhune
- Author: Albert Payson Terhune
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Dogs! Many of us love them and they love us unconditionally. But is he a soft teddy bear or a ferocious guard dog?...
Poesies from Abroad - Florence Henniker
Poesies from Abroad - Florence Henniker
- Author: Florence Henniker
- Genre: Lyric
Florence Henniker was a British poet and novelist whose ‘Poesies from Abroad’ was first published in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine in September 1889. This collection also includes ‘An Autumn Lyric’, which was first published in May 1889 in the same...
A Year's Prayer-Meeting Talks - Louis Albert Banks
A Year's Prayer-Meeting Talks - Louis Albert Banks
- Author: Louis Albert Banks
- Genre: Christianity - Other
This is a series of 52 talks, all of which were delivered by Rev. Banks in the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Cleveland, Ohio on a weekly basis over the course of one year. They are here compiled and published by the author "with the prayer and...
Journeys to Bagdad - Charles S. BROOKS
Journeys to Bagdad - Charles S. BROOKS
- Author: Charles S. BROOKS
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
In these 10 short and witty essays, author Charles S. Brooks (1878-1934) muses on various topics, as wide-ranging as Shakespeare, travelling to foreign countries, or even fashion (night-caps and hoopskirts), to name only a few. - Summary by Sonia...
The Idea of a University - John Henry Newman
The Idea of a University - John Henry Newman
- Author: John Henry Newman
- Genre: Education
John Henry Newman (1801-90) was an Anglican clergyman and Oxford academic whose study of early Christianity led him to convert to the Catholic Church in 1845. At that time Catholics were banned from attending the ancient British universities. The...
Mystical City of God, Volume 3 - Venerable María de Jesús de Ágreda
Mystical City of God, Volume 3 - Venerable María de Jesús de Ágreda
- Author: Venerable María de Jesús de Ágreda
- Genre: Christianity - Other
The Mystical City of God is a book written in the 17th-century by the Franciscan nun, Venerable Mary of Jesus of Ágreda. According to María de Ágreda, the book was to a considerable extent dictated to her by the Blessed Virgin Mary and regarded the...
The Rural Magazine and Literary Evening Fire-Side Vol 1 No 1 - Various
The Rural Magazine and Literary Evening Fire-Side Vol 1 No 1 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Earth Sciences
This is the first issue of a monthly agricultural magazine for the year 1820. From the introduction: "A leading object of the Rural Magazine will be to furnish correct views of the science of Agriculture, and the various improvements which are daily...
The Children Of The Abbey - Regina Maria Roche
The Children Of The Abbey - Regina Maria Roche
- Author: Regina Maria Roche
- Genre: Family Life / Romance
Published in 1796, this novel tells the trials and tribulations of Amanda and Oscar FitzAlan, brother and sister who have to navigate the world with no money or status, and hardly any connections. They find love, yet, again and again, things block...
The French Revolution Volume 2 The Constitution - Thomas CARLYLE
The French Revolution Volume 2 The Constitution - Thomas CARLYLE
- Author: Thomas CARLYLE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / War & Military / History
Thomas Carlyle, the Scottish essayist, philosopher, and historian, wrote this three-volume work, first published in 1837 (with a revised edition in print by 1857), which charts the course of the French Revolution from 1789 to the height of the Reign...
The World’s Story Volume XV: The World War - Horatio W. Dresser
The World’s Story Volume XV: The World War - Horatio W. Dresser
- Author: Horatio W. Dresser
- Genre: War & Military Fiction / Modern (20th C)
This is the last volume of the 15-volume series The World’s Story, originally started by Eva March Tappan. This book, edited by Horatio W. Dresser (1866-1954) deals exclusively with the time of the First World War, the events leading up to it, the...
Grandma's Recipes for Mother and Daughter - American Molasses Company
Grandma's Recipes for Mother and Daughter - American Molasses Company
- Author: American Molasses Company
- Genre: Cooking
Published by the American Molasses Company, this collection of recipes features molasses for all types of cooking including meats, vegetables, cakes, cookies, pies, gingerbread, frostings, sauces, beverages and easy-to-make recipes for young cooks....
Building a State in Apache Land - Charles Poston
Building a State in Apache Land - Charles Poston
- Author: Charles Poston
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
Building a State in Apache Land by Charles Debrille Poston is a compilation of articles published in 1894 in the Overland Monthly magazine. Charles D. Poston gives a colorful account of the history of what would become the Arizona Territory as well...
The Rainbow Cat - Rose Fyleman
The Rainbow Cat - Rose Fyleman
- Author: Rose Fyleman
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
THERE was once a cat which was not in the least like any cat you have ever seen, or I either, for the matter of that. It was a fairy cat, you see, and so you would rather expect it to be different, wouldn’t you? It had a violet nose, indigo eyes,...
Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881 - James B. Gillett
Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881 - James B. Gillett
- Author: James B. Gillett
- Genre: War & Military Fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
James Gillet recounts his adventures with the Texas Rangers 1856-1937. In a very entertaining style he recounts personal stories of wars, feuds, battles with the Apache nation and pursuing robbers and murderers. From these stories, and others like...
Prometheus Illbound - André GIDE
Prometheus Illbound - André GIDE
- Author: André GIDE
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
There is a witty and absurdist character to this contemporary setting of the plight of Prometheus, in which Zeus appears as a tremendously wealthy banker, meting out gratuitous fortune. Prometheus' troubled relationship with his liver-devouring...
Beneath the Banner: Being Narratives of Noble Lives and Brave Deeds - Frederick J. Cross
Beneath the Banner: Being Narratives of Noble Lives and Brave Deeds - Frederick J. Cross
- Author: Frederick J. Cross
- Genre: Biography
In this book are over 30 stories by various people about men and women who have done extraordinary things during and often before the time when similar products were invented. It is suitable for bedtime reading. Summary by Lynda Marie Neilson...
O May I Join the Choir Invisible! and Other Favorite Poems - Various
O May I Join the Choir Invisible! and Other Favorite Poems - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
These magical and timeless poems conceived by four of the world's master poets are crafted with the enchanting thoughts, superb imagery and reflective enlightenment of five deftly chosen life scenarios. The skilled hands of these poetic wordsmiths...
St. Joseph of Copertino - Rev. Angelo Pastrovicchi</a><br />Translated by <a
St. Joseph of Copertino - Rev. Angelo Pastrovicchi</a><br />Translated by <a
- Author: Rev. Angelo Pastrovicchi
Translated by - Genre: Christianity - Biographies
Joseph of Copertino (1603 – 1663) was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar who is honored as a Christian mystic and saint. He was said to have been remarkably unclever, but prone to miraculous levitation and intense ecstatic visions that left him...
Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa - Elphinstone Dayrell
Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa - Elphinstone Dayrell
- Author: Elphinstone Dayrell
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Nature & Animal Fiction
A collection of folk stories and fairy tales from Southern Nigeria gathered by Elphinstone Dayrell, deputy commissioner of the region when the book was published. - Summary by Elsie Selwyn...
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1897 - 1900) - William McKinley
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1897 - 1900) - William McKinley
- Author: William McKinley
- Genre: War & Military
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition of the nation but also allows...
One Day's Courtship and The Heralds of Fame - Robert BARR
One Day's Courtship and The Heralds of Fame - Robert BARR
- Author: Robert BARR
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Romance
Robert Barr approaches romance in two short stories in his engaging and subtly humorous style. In One Day's Courtship, British artist John Trenton visits Quebec and tries to slip in a quick canoe trip on his last day in town to photograph the scenic...
Think well on't, or, Reflections on the great truths of the Christian religion for every day of the month - Richard Challoner
Think well on't, or, Reflections on the great truths of the Christian religion for every day of the month - Richard Challoner
- Author: Richard Challoner
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Richard Challoner (1691–1781) was an English Roman Catholic bishop. He is perhaps most famous for his revision of the Douay–Rheims translation of the Bible. In this work he gives reflections on the general truths about the Christian religion for...
