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Vampires of Space - Sewell Peaslee Wright
Vampires of Space - Sewell Peaslee Wright
- Author: Sewell Peaslee Wright
- Genre: Science Fiction
Commander John Hanson recounts his harrowing adventure with the Electites of space. Beings of Ether who don't want your blood, they want your soul and eat your entire ship along with it. Listen as Commander Hanson and his men face certain death but...
The Pilgrims' Way from Winchester to Canterbury - Julia Mary Cartwright
The Pilgrims' Way from Winchester to Canterbury - Julia Mary Cartwright
- Author: Julia Mary Cartwright
- Genre: Travel & Geography / Middle Ages/Middle History
"This account of the Way trodden by the pilgrims of the Middle Ages through the South of England to the shrine of St. Thomas of Canterbury originally appeared in the Art Journal for 1892, with illustrations by Mr. A. Quinton. It was published in the...
The Curved Blades - Carolyn Wells
The Curved Blades - Carolyn Wells
- Author: Carolyn Wells
- Genre: Detective Fiction
In this suspensful whodunit a mean-spirited and wealthy dowager is found murdered in her boudoir supposedly killed once by poison and also by a blow to the head. Most bizarre is the fact that she is found sitting in front of her mirror lavishly...
Bible (YLT) NT 18: Epistle to Philemon - Young's Literal Translation
Bible (YLT) NT 18: Epistle to Philemon - Young's Literal Translation
- Author: Young's Literal Translation
- Genre: Young's Literal Translation
Philemon is a letter written by the Apostle Paul to the man of the same name, a leader in the church at Colossae, upon the return of his runaway slave, Onesimus. In it, Paul tells Philemon that Onesimus has become a Christian, mentions that he would...
In Our Time - Ernest HEMINGWAY
In Our Time - Ernest HEMINGWAY
- Author: Ernest HEMINGWAY
- Genre: Literary Fiction
This is the first edition of Hemingway's in our time, published in a very small run in France in 1924. And American edition was released the following year. There are 18 brief short stories---one might say vignettes---that demonstrate the author's...
The Best Nonsense Verses - Josephine Daskam Bacon
The Best Nonsense Verses - Josephine Daskam Bacon
- Author: Josephine Daskam Bacon
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
From Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky to limericks written by Anonymous, some of the crankiest, most logical and lyrical people turn common sense upside-down. May they inspire the child inside of you to find your way through the most challenging...
Stories by English Authors: London - Israel Zangwill
Stories by English Authors: London - Israel Zangwill
- Author: Israel Zangwill
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction / Humorous Fiction
This book collects seven short stories by some of England's best turn-of-the-(last)-century's writers. The collection begins with the humor of J. M. Barrie, of Peter Pan fame. A later and equally humorous story is by Israel Zangwill, also widely...
Short Poetry Collection 211 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 211 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 48 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for December 2020....
On Famine Fever and Some of the Other Cognate Forms of Typhus - Rudolf Virchow
On Famine Fever and Some of the Other Cognate Forms of Typhus - Rudolf Virchow
- Author: Rudolf Virchow
- Genre: Medical / Modern (19th C)
Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902), professor of medicine and pathology at the Charité Hospital in Berlin, published more than 2000 papers and dozens of books. His investigation of the 1847-1848 typhus epidemic in Upper Silesia laid the foundations of...
The Life of Washington, Volume 4 - John James Marshall
The Life of Washington, Volume 4 - John James Marshall
- Author: John James Marshall
- Genre: War & Military / History / Political Science
This fourth volume covers the final battles and the peace conditions of the war, Washington at home, Washington as first President, and the internal battles to hammer out a new and heretofore unseen government....
The Circus - Edwin Carty Ranck
The Circus - Edwin Carty Ranck
- Author: Edwin Carty Ranck
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of The Circus by Edwin C Ranck. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 14, 2020. ------ This little volume was written for no reason on earth and with no earthly reason. It just simply happened, on...
My Danish Sweetheart Volume 2 - William Clark Russell
My Danish Sweetheart Volume 2 - William Clark Russell
- Author: William Clark Russell
- Genre: Nautical & Marine Fiction
Volume 2 begins as our hero winds up his story. But the question remains, what happened to the other boat? Hugh and Helga have been picked up by a small boat, which is, apparently, headed for Australia against all seafaring wisdom. Too far from the...
Reminiscences Of A Workhouse Medical Officer - Joseph Rogers
Reminiscences Of A Workhouse Medical Officer - Joseph Rogers
- Author: Joseph Rogers
- Genre: Health & Fitness / Medical / Memoirs
Joseph Rogers (1821-1889) was an English physician, medical officer, and health care reformer in London. The system of poor-law dispensaries and separate sick wards, with proper staffs of medical attendants and nurses, was due to the efforts of...
Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds - National Intelligence Council
Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds - National Intelligence Council
- Author: National Intelligence Council
- Genre: Political Science
Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds is the fifth installment (published in 2012) in the National Intelligence Council’s series aimed at providing a framework for thinking about the future. As with previous editions, this report will stimulate...
Why We Love Lincoln - James Creelman
Why We Love Lincoln - James Creelman
- Author: James Creelman
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
Brought to us by notable reporter and writer, James Creelman, this story of Abraham Lincoln is a more personal and simple portrait of the most popular U.S. President. This account is told in an easy flowing style giving many insights into the spirt...
Gold of the Gods - Arthur B. Reeve
Gold of the Gods - Arthur B. Reeve
- Author: Arthur B. Reeve
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Mansiche, the ruler of ancient Northern Peru was believed to have buried a huge treasure. But he cast a curse on, whoever, divulged the whereabouts of the treasure and those who might discover it. A Peruvian dagger is stolen from the Museum from...
On the Death of Satyrus and On the Belief in the Resurrection - Saint Ambrose
On the Death of Satyrus and On the Belief in the Resurrection - Saint Ambrose
- Author: Saint Ambrose
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Two related addresses occasioned by the unexpected death of Ambrose's brother Satyrus: On the Death of a Brother (De excessu fratris Satyri) and On the Belief in the Resurrection. - Summary by InTheDesert...
Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up - Clarence Edward Mulford
Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up - Clarence Edward Mulford
- Author: Clarence Edward Mulford
- Genre: Action & Adventure
In a little town of Buckskin, population 100, or 200 depending on who did the counting, all kinds of trouble is brewing. See, there was a rivalry going on between Buckskin and a nearby town, Perry's Bend. That rivalry had turned sour, and involved...
A Treatise on Bread, and Bread-Making - Sylvester Graham
A Treatise on Bread, and Bread-Making - Sylvester Graham
- Author: Sylvester Graham
- Genre: Cooking
Sylvester Graham, also known as the "Father of Vegetarianism", was a Presbyterian minister who emphasized clean eating. Graham endorsed the consumption of unprocessed foods, as close in kind as possible to those consumed by our wild ancestors....
The Goddess: A Demon - Richard Marsh
The Goddess: A Demon - Richard Marsh
- Author: Richard Marsh
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Gothic Fiction
After a night of drinking and gambling, John Ferguson has a terrifying dream of his neighbor being violently torn to shreds by an unknown attacker. When he wakes up, he sees a strange and bloodied woman climbing through his window, suffering from...
Cunning Workmen - Pansy
Cunning Workmen - Pansy
- Author: Pansy
- Genre: Christian Fiction
Miss Cora Parkhurst is an irresponsible and flighty Sunday school teacher for a group of young ladies. She has simply no time to prepare the lessons, nor any knowledge of what it means to be a sincere Christian. Mr. Robert Hammond is an earnest,...
Uncollected Short Stories of L.M. Montgomery - Lucy Maud Montgomery
Uncollected Short Stories of L.M. Montgomery - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Genre: Single Author Collections
A compilation of 80 short stories by the author of "Anne of Green Gables" that were not previously published in a book or in one of Project Gutenberg's short stories collections for this author. The subjects range from children's stories, to...
The History of Emily Montague Vol. II (Dramatic Reading) - Frances Moore BROOKE
The History of Emily Montague Vol. II (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 Little Girl in Old New York - Amanda Minnie DOUGLAS
A Little Girl in Old New York - Amanda Minnie DOUGLAS
- Author: Amanda Minnie DOUGLAS
- Genre: Historical
The first entry in A Little Girl series, a series of historical fiction books for young girls, A Little Girl in Old New York chronices the adventures of Hannah Ann as she moves and settles into life in New York with her family. - Summary by Elsie...
