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An Introduction to the History of Science - Walter Libby
An Introduction to the History of Science - Walter Libby
- Author: Walter Libby
- Genre: Mathematics / Science
A highly accessible introductory history of the development of scientific thought, method, and application from the first practical concepts of time and space (Babylonia, Egypt) to the development of the first successful heavier-than-air flying...
Our Feathered Friends - Elizabeth Grinnell
Our Feathered Friends - Elizabeth Grinnell
- Author: Elizabeth Grinnell
- Genre: Animals / Life Sciences
This volume displays the romance of birds in beautiful prose and dialog in simple language for children and adults alike. Written by a mother and son team of naturalists, chapters describe various aspects of the life and habits of birds highlighting...
Greek Literature - Henry Julius Wetenhall Tillyard
Greek Literature - Henry Julius Wetenhall Tillyard
- Author: Henry Julius Wetenhall Tillyard
- Genre: Literary Criticism / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
"The Greeks were the most intellectual people of the old world. … The study of Greek literature is therefore a proper element in a liberal education. The Greek language, naturally flexible and rich in poetical words, becomes in the hands of the...
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel - George Meredith
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel - George Meredith
- Author: George Meredith
- Genre: General Fiction
After his wife's desertion, Sir Austin wants to bring up his son according to a strict educational system governing every aspect of his life. However Richard has to make his own mistakes, fall in love, and generally live his own life. This book...
Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women - Elizabeth Blackwell
Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women - Elizabeth Blackwell
- Author: Elizabeth Blackwell
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Education / Medical
A fascinating account of the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States. She writes of her struggles in being accepted to a medical school (at one point she is advised to disguise herself as a male). She details her experiences...
A Sea Story - Emily Henrietta Hickey
A Sea Story - Emily Henrietta Hickey
- Author: Emily Henrietta Hickey
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of A Sea Story, by Emily Henrietta Hickey. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 27th, 2021. ------ This Irish author, narrative poet and translator is new to our catalog. In this poem, she...
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 03. March 1898 - National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 03. March 1898 - National Geographic Society
- Author: National Geographic Society
- Genre: Travel & Geography
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, the March Number. It includes the following articles: Dwellings of the Saga-time in Iceland, Greenland, and Vineland, by Cornelia Horsford Completion of the La Boca Dock Two Hundred...
The Lost Mr. Linthwaite - J. S. Fletcher
The Lost Mr. Linthwaite - J. S. Fletcher
- Author: J. S. Fletcher
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
A quest to track down his missing uncle (Mr. Linthwaite) leads investigative journalist Richard Brixey to the mysterious medieval town of Silchester, England. What actually happened in the ruins of the Priory, and why are all the potential witnesses...
The Money-Spinner - Arthur Wing Pinero
The Money-Spinner - Arthur Wing Pinero
- Author: Arthur Wing Pinero
- Genre: Comedy
When his younger brother incurs a large betting debt, what could be easier than for a man to borrow the money to save him from the factory he runs while his employers are away. Whoops; his employers are coming back before he has repaid the money....
“The Flu”: A Brief History of Influenza in U. S. America, Europe, Hawaii - A. Mouritz
“The Flu”: A Brief History of Influenza in U. S. America, Europe, Hawaii - A. Mouritz
- Author: A. Mouritz
- Genre: History / Medical / Science
PREFACE This Booklet has been written and compiled for the use of any student or layman who seeks concise and clear information on the history of Influenza. Brief and salient facts are set forth relating to “Flu” epidemics and pandemics: other...
The Tickencote Treasure - William Le Queux
The Tickencote Treasure - William Le Queux
- Author: William Le Queux
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Crime & Mystery Fiction
Paul Pickering is a doctor without a fixed practice, and when an old sea captain asks him to join a voyage around the Mediterranean, that's finally an exciting prospect for him. The journey goes well until they spot a most strange vessel somewhere...
Heart of Darkness (version 3) - Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness (version 3) - Joseph Conrad
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
Heart of Darkness tells the story of an English seaman, Charles Marlow, who embarks on a voyage up the Congo River and into the African wilderness. He soon becomes obsessed with the success of an ivory trading commander, Kurtz. Little does he know,...
One Fool Makes Many - Antonio de Solís
One Fool Makes Many - Antonio de Solís
- Author: Antonio de Solís
- Genre: Comedy
"I will discuss this matter in an allegory: ... There was once upon a time a man, and he had a sister; and this said sister, she had a brother; and so this sister fell in love with another brother, and he had another sister; and one day what should...
Tiger by the Tail - Poul William Anderson
Tiger by the Tail - Poul William Anderson
- Author: Poul William Anderson
- Genre: Science Fiction
The haughty, horned aliens from the planet Scotha had very well organized intentions of conquering the Terran Empire—and Captain Dominic Flandry, Terra's ace saboteur, suddenly found himself in a strategic position to louse up the works. How? Well,...
Quentin Durward - Sir Walter Scott
Quentin Durward - Sir Walter Scott
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- Genre: Undefined
Quentin Durward is a historical novel set in the mid-1400's. The main character is a Scottish archer serving French King Louis XI, another main character. - Summary by Deon Gines...
Bible (YLT) NT 05: Acts - Young's Literal Translation
Bible (YLT) NT 05: Acts - Young's Literal Translation
- Author: Young's Literal Translation
- Genre: Bibles / Young's Literal Translation
An English translation made as closely to the original languages and idioms as possible - Summary by KevinS...
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book III - François Rabelais
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book III - François Rabelais
- Author: François Rabelais
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Satire
The five-volume work chronicling the adventures of father Gargantua and son Pantagruel is a vehicle for Rabelais' satire of sixteenth-century European society. It is lively, outrageous, and, at times, bawdy. This the third of the five volumes--all...
The Man Without a Conscience - Nicholas Carter
The Man Without a Conscience - 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...
The Battle of the Books - Jonathan Swift
The Battle of the Books - Jonathan Swift
- Author: Jonathan Swift
- Genre: Satire
"The Battle of the Books" depicts a literal battle between books in the King's Library (housed in St James's Palace at the time of the writing), as ideas and authors struggle for supremacy. Because of the satire, "The Battle of the Books" has become...
The night is freezing fast - A. E. Housman
The night is freezing fast - A. E. Housman
- Author: A. E. Housman
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of The night is freezing fast by A. E. Housman. This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 17, 2019. ------ Alfred Edward Housman, usually known as A. E. Housman, was an English classical scholar and...
The Vale to You, To Me the Heights - Victor HUGO
The Vale to You, To Me the Heights - Victor HUGO
- Author: Victor HUGO
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of The Vale to You, To Me the Heights by Victor Hugo. This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 28, 2021. ------ Hugo is considered to be one of the greatest and best-known French writers. Outside...
Mountain Idylls, and Other Poems - Alfred Castner King
Mountain Idylls, and Other Poems - Alfred Castner King
- Author: Alfred Castner King
- Genre: Single author
"The author of this unpretentious volume has long questioned the advisability of adding a book to our already inflated and overloaded literature, unless it should contain something in the nature of a deviation from beaten literary paths. Whether the...
4 SF Stories by Mack Reynolds - Dallas McCord REYNOLDS
4 SF Stories by Mack Reynolds - Dallas McCord REYNOLDS
- Author: Dallas McCord REYNOLDS
- Genre: Science Fiction
4 Science Fiction Stories by the quirky Mack Reynolds from the golden age of SF, the 1950s - Summary by phil chenevert...
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels - St. John Vol. 3 - J. C. Ryle
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels - St. John Vol. 3 - J. C. Ryle
- Author: J. C. Ryle
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
The volume now in the reader's hands completes a work which I began sixteen years ago, entitled "Expository Thoughts on the Gospels." By the good hand of God that work is now finished. For this I desire to be deeply thankful. "Better the end of a...
Cavour - Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
Cavour - Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
- Author: Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810-1861) was an Italian statesman and a leading figure in the movement for Italian unification. A nobleman born in Turin, Cavour founded the political newspaper "Il Risorgimento." An ardent admirer of Britain's...
Evelyn; or A Heart Unmasked - Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
Evelyn; or A Heart Unmasked - Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
- Author: Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
- Genre: Romance
Evelyn is a two-volume novel told in an epistolary style – alternating between letters from the point of view of a trusted, unmarried female friend of the young, naïve heroine of the novel and those of the feckless adventurer who decides that he...
The Letter - Thomas Bailey Aldrich
The Letter - Thomas Bailey Aldrich
- Author: Thomas Bailey Aldrich
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of The Letter by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 6, 2020. ------ Thomas Bailey Aldrich was an American writer, poet, critic, and editor. He is notable for his long...
Lamia - John Keats
Lamia - John Keats
- Author: John Keats
- Genre: Single author
In his wonderful interpretation of the classic tale of Lamia - the mythological entity portrayed as being a deadly threat especially to children and young men - master poet John Keats construes this timeless and enigmatic story with a view towards...
On Benefits (De Beneficiis) - Lucius Annaeus SENECA
On Benefits (De Beneficiis) - Lucius Annaeus SENECA
- Author: Lucius Annaeus SENECA
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Ancient
De Beneficiis (English: On Benefits) is one of the moral essays composed by Seneca, Roman author of the 1st century CE. It deals with Stoic ethics, mainly in regards to political leadership, concerning the award and reception of gifts and favours...
Tom Swift and His Motorcycle - Victor Appleton
Tom Swift and His Motorcycle - Victor Appleton
- Author: Victor Appleton
- Genre: Action & Adventure
This is the very first Tom Swift adventure. Tom Swift has a newly purchased motorcycle, which he is modifying with his own inventions. He volunteers to use his bike to carry his father's new turbine design plans to Albany, testing his motorcycle...
Miss Buzby's Boarders - Arthur Lewis Tubbs
Miss Buzby's Boarders - Arthur Lewis Tubbs
- Author: Arthur Lewis Tubbs
- Genre: Comedy
Who knows what might be going on in Miss Buzby's boarding house, where she accepts (shudder!) theatrical types? - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Jerome Townsend, a lover somewhat in the background: Tommy Hersant Felix Marden, who is not afraid to come...
Trips in the Life of a Locomotive Engineer - Henry Dawson
Trips in the Life of a Locomotive Engineer - Henry Dawson
- Author: Henry Dawson
- Genre: Memoirs / Transportation
Henry Dawson has written several vignettes of railroad men from the days of steam locomotives. His goal is to show the reader that they are not just rough men, but are also brave and heroic men through descriptions of divers dangers encountered on...
The History of the Devil - Daniel Defoe
The History of the Devil - Daniel Defoe
- Author: Daniel Defoe
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Also known as "A Political History of the Devil" This book is divided into two parts: first, the history of the devil from his fall from heaven up to the time the book was written and second about his private conduct. Partly funny, partly religious,...
Short Poetry Collection 206 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 206 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 80 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for July 2020....
The Professor's House - Willa Sibert Cather
The Professor's House - Willa Sibert Cather
- Author: Willa Sibert Cather
- Genre: General Fiction
A portrait of Americas many social groups with the chief interest centered on a university professor and his family - Summary by Publishers Weekly September 5 1925...
Phormio; or, The Scheming Parasite - TERENCE
Phormio; or, The Scheming Parasite - TERENCE
- Author: TERENCE
- Genre: Comedy
"Chremes and Demipho are two aged Athenians, brothers. Nausistrata, the wife of Chremes, is a wealthy woman, possessed of large estates in the island of Lemnos. Chremes, who goes thither yearly to receive the rents, meets with a poor woman there,...
Ten Kittens - G. A. Puckett
Ten Kittens - G. A. Puckett
- Author: G. A. Puckett
- Genre: Animals & Nature
The stories of the ten kittens told in this book are true to life. They have been gathered from here and there over the country. All the kittens have lived and played their little parts in the life history as told in each chapter. The purpose of...
Quiet - Madison Cawein
Quiet - Madison Cawein
- Author: Madison Cawein
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 28 recordings of Quiet by Madison Cawein. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 17, 2020. ------ Cawein's description of "A log-hut in the solitude", taken from The Poems of Madison Cawein, Volume 3, Nature Poems....
The Prophet (version 4) - Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet (version 4) - Kahlil Gibran
- Author: Kahlil Gibran
- Genre: Poetry
This famous work is a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and inspirational. They delve deep into our condition and give insight into what it means to be human and a member of society. - Summary by phil chenevert...
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, Volume 2 (April-June) - John Gilmary Shea
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, Volume 2 (April-June) - John Gilmary Shea
- Author: John Gilmary Shea
- Genre: Christianity - Biographies
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints : with reflections for every day in the year : compiled from "Butler's Lives" and other approved sources : to which are added lives of the American saints : placed on the calendar for the United States by special...
