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The Annals Vol 3 - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
The Annals Vol 3 - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
- Author: Publius Cornelius Tacitus
- Genre: Antiquity
The Annals was Tacitus' final work, covering the period from the death of Augustus Caesar in the year 14. He wrote at least 16 books, but books 7-10 and parts of books 5, 6, 11 and 16 are missing. Book 6 ends with the death of Tiberius and books...
The Empty Sack - Basil KING
The Empty Sack - Basil KING
- Author: Basil KING
- Genre: Historical Fiction
The book follows the fortunes of Jennie Follett, a New York artist’s model, and Teddy, her brother. After their father’s dismissal from his lowly position in the bank and his subsequent death, the family struggles financially. In desperation, Teddy...
Adelgitha; or, The Fruits of a Single Error - Matthew LEWIS
Adelgitha; or, The Fruits of a Single Error - Matthew LEWIS
- Author: Matthew LEWIS
- Genre: Tragedy
The second original tragedy written by Gothic writer Matthew Lewis, Adelgitha; or, The Fruits of a Single Error is a markedly more serious affair than his melodramatic output, dealing as it does with a fallen woman who is mercilessly blackmailed by...
Short Poetry Collection 193 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 193 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 45 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for June 2019....
Selected Riley Child-Rhymes - James Whitcomb Riley
Selected Riley Child-Rhymes - James Whitcomb Riley
- Author: James Whitcomb Riley
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Poetry
Riley was an American writer known as the "Hoosier poet", and made a start writing newspaper verse in Hoosier dialect for the Indianapolis Journal in 1875. His favorite authors were Burns and Dickens. This collection of poems is a romanticized and...
Last Enemy - H. Beam Piper
Last Enemy - H. Beam Piper
- Author: H. Beam Piper
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Science Fiction
An undercover Paratimer has disappeared on assignment while in an alternate time line, and it’s up to Verkan Vall of the Paratime Police to save her. To do so, he must infiltrate a universe in which assassination is an honorable profession, and...
Four Weird Tales - Algernon Blackwood
Four Weird Tales - Algernon Blackwood
- Author: Algernon Blackwood
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Short Stories
Four stories: The Insanity of Jones, The Man Who Found Out, The Glamour of the Snow, and Sand. Tales by one the greatest practitioners of supernatural literature. Reincarnation, the Occult, and mystery. (Summary by Stephen Harris)...
Short Poetry Collection 100 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 100 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Anthologies
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for September 2011....
Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes and Home Made Candy Recipes - Maria Parloa
Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes and Home Made Candy Recipes - Maria Parloa
- Author: Maria Parloa
- Genre: Cooking
A selection of chocolate recipes which were produced for Walter Baker & Co, the oldest producer of chocolate in the United States. Advertisements used by Walter Baker & Co can be found in Section 7. They are read by: Cori Samuel, Peter Why,...
The Joss: a Reversion - Richard Marsh
The Joss: a Reversion - Richard Marsh
- Author: Richard Marsh
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Mary Blyth, a sales clerk who is robbed, nearly murdered and then fired from her job, thinks her luck has changed when she inherits an old house from a distant relation, Benjamin Batters. This house holds dark secrets. Murderous thugs, a mysterious...
The Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - October - John Kendrick Bangs
The Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - October - John Kendrick Bangs
- Author: John Kendrick Bangs
- Genre: Poetry
There should be a bit of poetry in every day, and John Kendrick Bangs wrote a fitting poem for each day in the year. In 1920, a book was published with one of Bangs' poems for each day. This project covers the month of October. - Summary by Carolin...
The Adventures of Peter Cottontail (version 2) - Thornton W. Burgess
The Adventures of Peter Cottontail (version 2) - Thornton W. Burgess
- Author: Thornton W. Burgess
- Genre: Animals & Nature
This is the story of Peter Rabbit, a mischievous, but cautious, lagomorph who lives in the Green Meadows. Peter Rabbit begins his adventures with a quest for a new name, since his name is far too common for his taste. Having a new name is not quite...
To His Coy Mistress - Andrew MARVELL
To His Coy Mistress - Andrew MARVELL
- Author: Andrew MARVELL
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you eleven different recordings of To His Coy Mistress, by Andrew Marvell, one of the greatest seduction speeches of all time. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of July 23th, 2006....
Through East Anglia In A Motor Car - James Edmund VINCENT
Through East Anglia In A Motor Car - James Edmund VINCENT
- Author: James Edmund VINCENT
- Genre: Travel & Geography
The beginning of the last century saw an increasing popularity of the motor car as a viable method of transport for a significant number of the more affluent sections of the population.The freedom, flexibility and speed (!) that this modern...
Heroines Every Child Should Know - Hamilton Wright Mabie
Heroines Every Child Should Know - Hamilton Wright Mabie
- Author: Hamilton Wright Mabie
- Genre: General
The companion volume to Heroes Every Child Should Know, this volume looks at 13 famous and heroic women from history. - Summary by Lynne Thompson...
Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus (1818) - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus (1818) - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Literary Fiction
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by the British author Mary Shelley. Shelley wrote the novel when she was 18 years old. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818, and this audiobook is read from that...
The Machine Stops - E. M. Forster
The Machine Stops - E. M. Forster
- Author: E. M. Forster
- Genre: Science Fiction
The Machine Stops is a short science fiction story. It describes a world in which almost all humans have lost the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. Each individual lives in isolation in a 'cell', with all bodily and spiritual needs met by...
Rhyme? And Reason? - Lewis Carroll
Rhyme? And Reason? - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Poetry
"I have had nor rhyme nor reason" is inscribed on the cover page of this book. These poems are then also some of the most phantastic poems published by Lewis Carroll, including such famous verses as Phantasmagoria and The Hunting of the Snark. -...
Snowflakes - Esther Nelson KARN
Snowflakes - Esther Nelson KARN
- Author: Esther Nelson KARN
- Genre: Poetry
A collection of poems with varying subjects. (Summary by Ann Boulais)...
The Priest and His Disciples (Shaw Translation) - Hyakuzō KURATA
The Priest and His Disciples (Shaw Translation) - Hyakuzō KURATA
- Author: Hyakuzō KURATA
- Genre: Drama / Modern / Other religions
At the age of twenty-six (at the height of the Great War in Europe), the religious pilgrim and maverick Kurata Hyakuzō wrote a profoundly philosophical play called "The Priest & His Disciples" ("Shukke to sono deshi"). This stage play is based...
