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Boots and Saddles - Elizabeth Bacon Custer
Boots and Saddles - Elizabeth Bacon Custer
- Author: Elizabeth Bacon Custer
- Genre: War & Military / Memoirs
Elizabeth Custer has penned an engaging portrait of 1870’s life on a U.S. cavalry post in the Dakotas, just before her husband and his troops met their tragic deaths in the Battle of the Little Big Horn. “Our life,” she writes, “was often as...
The Father - August Strindberg
The Father - August Strindberg
- Author: August Strindberg
- Genre: Romance / Published 1800 -1900 / Drama
The Father is a naturalistic drama by Swedish playwright August Strindberg. The central conflict is between the Captain and his wife Laura about their daughter Bertha's future. In order to gain sole custody of her daughter, Laura tries to convince...
The Lone Star Ranger - Zane Grey
The Lone Star Ranger - Zane Grey
- Author: Zane Grey
- Genre: Westerns
Buck Duane, son of a famous gunfighter, falls prey to the old problem - called out by a cowboy who wants to make trouble, Duane kills him and then must ride off to the lawless country near the Neuces River to escape being arrested and perhaps,...
The White Peacock - D. H. Lawrence
The White Peacock - D. H. Lawrence
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Lawrence’s first novel is set in Nethermere (his name for the real-life Eastwood in Nottinghamshire). The plot is narrated by Cyril Beardsall and focuses in particular on the relationship of his sister Lettie with two admirers, the more handsome and...
More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter by Robert Louis and Fanny van de Grift Stevenson - Robert Louis Stevenson
More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter by Robert Louis and Fanny van de Grift Stevenson - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Genre: General Fiction
More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter (1885) is a collection of linked short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Vandegrift. Three gentlemen of little means and no occupation meet in the Bohemian Cigar Divan, a tobacco shop with couches to...
To the Last Man - Zane Grey
To the Last Man - Zane Grey
- Author: Zane Grey
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Romance
The story follows an ancient feud between two frontier families that is inflamed when one of the families takes up cattle rustling. The ranchers are led by Jean Isbel and, on the other side, Lee Jorth and his band of cattle rustlers. In the grip of...
Julia Ried - Pansy
Julia Ried - Pansy
- Author: Pansy
- Genre: Romance / Christian Fiction
Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name "Pansy." Sequel to "Ester Ried." Julia Ried must take a job as a bookkeeper in a factory to earn a living. The mistress of her boardinghouse influences her in a negative way, drawing her into a life...
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding - David Hume
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding - David Hume
- Author: David Hume
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
The Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a shortened and simplified version of Hume's masterpiece A Treatise of Human Nature. It sought to reach a wider audience, and to dispel some of the virulent criticism addressed toward the former book. In...
Uller Uprising - H. Beam Piper
Uller Uprising - H. Beam Piper
- Author: H. Beam Piper
- Genre: Science Fiction
Uller Uprising is the story of a confrontation between a human overlord and alien servants, with an ironic twist at the end. Like most of Piper's best work, Uller Uprising is modeled after an actual event in human history; in this case the Sepoy...
The Offshore Pirate - F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Offshore Pirate - F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
This is a long short story in 6 parts from Fitzgerald's 1920 short story collection, Flappers and Philosophers. It predates the screwball movie comedies of the 1930's in that it features a determined young heiress trying to get what she wants out of...
Ancestors: A Novel - Gertrude Atherton
Ancestors: A Novel - Gertrude Atherton
- Author: Gertrude Atherton
- Genre: General Fiction
Flora, the daughter of a clergyman, grew up the playmate of the castle children but learned early on that a certain prettiness and good breeding did not put her in the same class as her friends. With the sudden death of her father and no chance of a...
Around the World in Seventy-Two Days - Nellie Bly
Around the World in Seventy-Two Days - Nellie Bly
- Author: Nellie Bly
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Travel & Geography
This is a true account by American woman journalist who, in 1889, set out to see whether she could beat the fictional journey in Jules Verne’s 1873 novel, Around the World in Eighty Days. Wearing one dress and carrying one handbag, Elizabeth...
The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge - St. George Henry Rathborne
The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge - St. George Henry Rathborne
- Author: St. George Henry Rathborne
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The Silver Fox Patrol is hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, at the invitation of Bob White. They are enjoying their outing in a real wilderness, but trouble comes along from a local Moonshiner. Herbert Carter is one of many...
Bible Passages Collection 002 - Undefined
Bible Passages Collection 002 - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: Bibles
LibriVox recording of Bible Passages Collection 002 with selections from the American Standard Version; King James Version (KJV); World English Bible; Open English Bible; and Updated King James Version (UKJV)....
Tale of Brownie Beaver - Arthur Scott Bailey
Tale of Brownie Beaver - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Arthur Scott Bailey was the author of more than forty children's books, centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insect worlds, weaving natural history into the stories in a way that won educator's approval without arousing the suspicions of...
Poems by the Most Deservedly Admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, The Matchless Orinda - Katherine Philips
Poems by the Most Deservedly Admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, The Matchless Orinda - Katherine Philips
- Author: Katherine Philips
- Genre: Poetry
The poet Katherine Philips was called "The Matchless Orinda" in her day and was well known for her works, both personal and political. She was a staunch Royalist (a supporter of Charles I and his son during the English Civil Wars) and wrote poetic...
Vanished Arizona: Recollections of the Army Life of a New England Woman - Martha Summerhayes
Vanished Arizona: Recollections of the Army Life of a New England Woman - Martha Summerhayes
- Author: Martha Summerhayes
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
"This is the lively autobiography of Martha Summerhayes, the wife of an officer in the American Army. Here, she tells many stories about life and conditions in different camps and forts in which she lived with her expanding family, people along the...
Freshness of Poetic Perception - Paul Hamilton Hayne
Freshness of Poetic Perception - Paul Hamilton Hayne
- Author: Paul Hamilton Hayne
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Freshness of Poetic Perception by Paul Hamilton Hayne. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 7, 2012. Paul Hamilton Hayne was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He left his law practice to...
International Women's Literature Collection - Various
International Women's Literature Collection - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies / Literary Collections
This is a collection of works -- short stories or poetry -- by women writers in English from around the world and first published before 1923. (Summary by BellonaTimes)...
Quilts, Their Story and How to Make Them - Marie D. Webster
Quilts, Their Story and How to Make Them - Marie D. Webster
- Author: Marie D. Webster
- Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
Although the quilt is one of the most familiar and necessary articles in our households, its story is yet to be told. In spite of its universal use and intimate connection with our lives, its past is a mystery which -- at the most -- can only be...
Short Poetry Collection 083 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 083 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poems submitted by LibriVox volunteers for the months of September and October 2009....
American Civil War Collection, Volume 1 - Various
American Civil War Collection, Volume 1 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: History
Compilation of American Civil War related poems and short works of literature. Summary by Bill2147...
The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt - Théophile Gautier
The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt - Théophile Gautier
- Author: Théophile Gautier
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Culture & Heritage Fiction / Historical Fiction
The account he gives, in his novel, of the ancient city of Thebes, of the great necropolis in the valley of Biban el Molûk, of the subterranean tombs, of the precautions taken by the designers to baffle curiosity, of the form and ornamentation of...
Poems on Slavery - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Poems on Slavery - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Genre: Poetry
This is a short volume of abolitionist poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published in 1842. As Wikipedia notes, Longfellow himself was not entirely satisfied with his work: "However, as Longfellow himself wrote, the poems were 'so mild...
The Lancashire Witches - William Harrison Ainsworth
The Lancashire Witches - William Harrison Ainsworth
- Author: William Harrison Ainsworth
- Genre: Historical Fiction
The Lancashire Witches is a highly fictionalised account of the activities of the notorious witches Demdike, Chattox and Alice Nutter who, together with others terrorised the district of Lancashire around Pendle Hill and the Forest of Bowland during...
Favorite Fairy Tales - Logan Marshall
Favorite Fairy Tales - Logan Marshall
- Author: Logan Marshall
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
This is a collection of the fairy tales that children love best, told in simple language and lavishly illustrated. They are written by various authors, a selection of the best and most popular fairy stories, culled from many sources and here...
Bill Nye's Cordwood - Bill Nye
Bill Nye's Cordwood - Bill Nye
- Author: Bill Nye
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Satire
From Galileo to Grover Cleveland, from wasps to cattle, from dinosaurs to the railroad, Bill Nye's wide ranging wit pokes gentle fun at everything and everybody. This book is another wonderful collection of his thoughts on late 19th century America....
Perfumes and their Preparation - George William Askinson
Perfumes and their Preparation - George William Askinson
- Author: George William Askinson
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Most of us take for granted the sense of smell. It gives pleasure, warning, anticipation and a sense of nostalgia. People have used perfumes since the days of Ancient Persia and Egypt in order to improve their personal smell. In this work, Askinson...
Astounding Stories 17, May 1931 - Undefined
Astounding Stories 17, May 1931 - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: Science Fiction
This issue of the science-fiction magazine includes a novella by Charles W. Diffin titled "Dark Moon" and several short stories, including "When Caverns Yawned", by Captain S.P. Meek "When the Moon Turned Green", by Hal K. Wells and "The...
Bill of Rights - United States Government
Bill of Rights - United States Government
- Author: United States Government
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Political Science
The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, and were ratified on December 15, 1791....
The Flowers of Shakespeare - Esther Singleton
The Flowers of Shakespeare - Esther Singleton
- Author: Esther Singleton
- Genre: *Non-fiction
A lovely collection of information about those flowers that appear in William Shakespeare's work. The brief chapters are categorized by the four seasons in which the flowers first appear. - Summary by KevinS...
Songs from Vagabondia - Bliss Carman
Songs from Vagabondia - Bliss Carman
- Author: Bliss Carman
- Genre: Poetry
This is the famous collection "Songs from Vagabondia", a collaboration between Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey, which at once catapulted both poets to extensive fame. The poems in this volume are widely read until today, as they carry a lot of...
A London Plane-Tree and Other Verse - Amy Levy
A London Plane-Tree and Other Verse - Amy Levy
- Author: Amy Levy
- Genre: Poetry
Amy Levy was a British poet and novelist who is celebrated for her feminist positions and her engagement with homosexual romance during the Victorian era. Levy wrote stories, essays, and poems for periodicals, some popular and others literary. Her...
The Aspern Papers - Henry James
The Aspern Papers - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: Literary Fiction
One of James’s favorite short novels, the Aspern Papers tells of the efforts of the nameless narrator to procure the papers of a famous, but now dead, American poet. His attempts to secure them from the poet’s former lover and her niece, now...
Lessons on Manners for Home and School Use - Edith E. Wiggin
Lessons on Manners for Home and School Use - Edith E. Wiggin
- Author: Edith E. Wiggin
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
It is true that good manners, like good morals, are best taught by the teacher's example. It is also true that definite lessons, in which the subject can be considered in its appropriate divisions, are of no little value if we would have our...
Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls - Helen Ekin Starrett
Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls - Helen Ekin Starrett
- Author: Helen Ekin Starrett
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Psychology
Helen Ekin Starrett, journalist, mother of two daughters, grandmother of seven granddaughters and teacher to many young girls at the Starrett School for Girls offers lessons in life and religion to girls about to "pass out from the guardianship of...
The Mysterious Rider - Zane Grey
The Mysterious Rider - Zane Grey
- Author: Zane Grey
- Genre: Westerns
This book has all the elements of a classic Western, including rustling and gunfights, but at its heart is the battle between good and evil, between duty and love, between selfishness and self-sacrifice. The ‘mysterious rider’ of the title arrives...
Flame and Shadow - Sara Teasdale
Flame and Shadow - Sara Teasdale
- Author: Sara Teasdale
- Genre: Poetry
This is a 1920 collection of poetry by American poet Sara Teasdale. The collection comprises 92 poems, which are grouped together into 12 sets. - Summary by Carolin...
A Canadian Folk-Song - William Wilfred Campbell
A Canadian Folk-Song - William Wilfred Campbell
- Author: William Wilfred Campbell
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of A Canadian Folk-Song by William Wilfred Campbell. This was the weekly poetry project for January 4th, 2009....
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 07, Dec. 16, 1879 - Various
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 07, Dec. 16, 1879 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories / General
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, short stories, fiction and nonfiction, anecdotes, jokes, artwork, craft projects, and more for children. This...
