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Children's Short Works, Vol. 032 - Various
Children's Short Works, Vol. 032 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short works
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 032: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
The Lane that had no Turning, and Other Tales concerning the People of Pontiac - Gilbert Parker
The Lane that had no Turning, and Other Tales concerning the People of Pontiac - Gilbert Parker
- Author: Gilbert Parker
- Genre: Short Stories
This is a collection of short stories by Gilbert Parker. Parker was a Canadian writer who wrote a number of bestsellers that had a lasting influence on Canadian literature, but whose importance for his time is now largely overlooked. One of the...
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar (version 3) - Maurice Leblanc
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar (version 3) - Maurice Leblanc
- Author: Maurice Leblanc
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
A series of loosely related short stories of the early adventures of France's famous gentleman burglar, Arsène Lupin, as told by an admirer and trusted friend. (Cate Barrat)...
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth - Olive Gilbert
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth - Olive Gilbert
- Author: Olive Gilbert
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth is the gripping autobiographical account of Sojourner Truths life as a slave in pre-Civil War New York State, and her eventual escape to Freedom. Since Sojourner could neither read or write, she dictated her story to...
A Child's Life of St. Joan of Arc - Mary E. Mannix
A Child's Life of St. Joan of Arc - Mary E. Mannix
- Author: Mary E. Mannix
- Genre: Religion / Christianity - Biographies
A biography of Saint Joan of Arc, geared towards children, but also can easily be enjoyed by adults....
Screen Acting - Mae Marsh
Screen Acting - Mae Marsh
- Author: Mae Marsh
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Memoirs
Silent film star, Mae Marsh, recounts her life as an actress in this publication, what she deems as being the answer to thousands of letters written to her over the years inquiring about what it takes to be a screen actor. As she states in the...
Tim - Howard Overing Sturgis
Tim - Howard Overing Sturgis
- Author: Howard Overing Sturgis
- Genre: General Fiction
The first of only three novels by English author Howard Overing Sturgis, the son of wealthy American expatriates and a close friend of Henry James, Tim portrays a sensitive young boy’s affection for an older boy. (Introduction by Dorlene Kaplan)...
Christian Patience: The Strength and Discipline of the Soul - William Bernard Ullathorne
Christian Patience: The Strength and Discipline of the Soul - William Bernard Ullathorne
- Author: William Bernard Ullathorne
- Genre: Christianity - Other
William Bernard Ullathorne was a Benedictine monk and Roman Catholic priest who ministered in Australia from 1833 until 1840 and then returned to his native England, where he was ordained a bishop in 1847 and served as Bishop of Birmingham from 1850...
Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties - Janet McKenzie Hill
Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties - Janet McKenzie Hill
- Author: Janet McKenzie Hill
- Genre: Cooking
There is positive need of more widespread knowledge of the principles of cookery. Few women know how to cook an egg or boil a potato properly, and the making of the perfect loaf of bread has long been assigned a place among the "lost arts." By many...
Father and Son - Edmund Gosse
Father and Son - Edmund Gosse
- Author: Edmund Gosse
- Genre: Memoirs
Father and Son (1907) is a memoir by poet and critic Edmund Gosse, which he subtitled "a study of two temperaments." The book describes Edmund's early years in an exceptionally devout Plymouth Brethren home. His mother, who dies early and painfully...
The Flag Goes By - Henry Holcomb Bennett
The Flag Goes By - Henry Holcomb Bennett
- Author: Henry Holcomb Bennett
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
In celebration of Independence Day in the United States, 2006, LibriVox volunteers bring you ten different recordings of The Flag Goes By by Henry Holcomb Bennett. This was the Weekly Poetry project for the week of July 2nd, 2006. (Summary by Annie...
Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada - Clarence King
Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada - Clarence King
- Author: Clarence King
- Genre: Memoirs
"Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada" is a memoir by Clarence King of his adventures and work with the California Geological Survey. King later led a major survey along the 40th Parallel in the American West and then was appointed the first director...
Don Quixote, Vol. 2 (Ormsby Translation) - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Don Quixote, Vol. 2 (Ormsby Translation) - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Literary Fiction
Don Quixote is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Published in two volumes, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. As a...
Bible (ASV) NT 18: Epistle to Philemon - American Standard Version
Bible (ASV) NT 18: Epistle to Philemon - American Standard Version
- Author: American Standard Version
- Genre: Bibles
Paul, who is apparently in prison (probably in either Rome or Ephesus), writes to a fellow-Christian Philemon and two of his associates. Paul writes on behalf of Philemon's slave, Onesimus. Beyond that, it is not self-evident as to what has...
Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 3 - Jules Verne
Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 3 - Jules Verne
- Author: Jules Verne
- Genre: Exploration
This volume, entitled "The great explorers of the 19th century", forms the third of three volumes under the general title of "Celebrated travels and travellers". Volume three comprehends: "The dawn of a century of discovery" (part I, chap. I), "The...
The Well at the World's End - William Morris
The Well at the World's End - William Morris
- Author: William Morris
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantasy Fiction
The Well at the World's End is thought to be one of the first examples of an entirely fictional fantasy world, and has greatly influenced later fantasy writers such as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. The book follows the travels of Ralph, a prince of...
The Trawler - James Brendan Connolly
The Trawler - James Brendan Connolly
- Author: James Brendan Connolly
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
The Trawler is a short story revolving around the trying life of a group of bank fishermen based in Gloucester. Skipper Hugh Glynn worked his men hard; some said too hard, and Arthur Snow was one who had paid the ultimate price. Arthur's close...
English Synonyms and Antonyms - James Champlin Fernald
English Synonyms and Antonyms - James Champlin Fernald
- Author: James Champlin Fernald
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Education / Writing & Linguistics
English Synonyms and Antonyms is basically a vocabulary builder that students might use as they prepare for entrance or exit exams. Each entry gives a list of synonyms, followed by a paragraph that briefly explains or exemplifies the subtle...
Harding's Luck - E. Nesbit
Harding's Luck - E. Nesbit
- Author: E. Nesbit
- Genre: Children's Fiction
Harding's luck is sequel to E. Nesbit's "The House of Arden". It tells the story of Dickie Harding, a disabled boy, who one day accidentelly discovers an old magic, that allows him to travel into his own past. There he meets Elfrida and Edred Arden...
Ben King's Verse - Benjamin King
Ben King's Verse - Benjamin King
- Author: Benjamin King
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of Benjamin King's collected verse, published shortly after his sudden death in 1894. The American humorist was very famous during his lifetime, and is still widely referenced and quoted until today. This volume was published in...
The Mystery of 31 New Inn - R. Austin Freeman
The Mystery of 31 New Inn - R. Austin Freeman
- Author: R. Austin Freeman
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Jeffrey Blackmore suspiciously made two wills, both deceptively alike, but still, in a cunning way, completely different. John Thorndyke, equally cunning and smart, smells something fishy. With stylish cool and logic, he leads the story up to its...
Aaron Trow - Anthony Trollope
Aaron Trow - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
What is it like to be a fox hunted by hounds? We find out through the senses of an escaped convict as he struggles to free himself from would-be captors. The struggle is brutal. In the end, we are left wondering which person really wins--the pursued...
Wilderness Ways - William J. Long
Wilderness Ways - William J. Long
- Author: William J. Long
- Genre: Animals
Late nineteenth-century naturalist William J. Long invites us into the secret worlds of woodland animals in this, his second, fascinating book. Long's stories of the secret lives of woodland animals come from time he spent in the woods, observing...
Airplane Flying Handbook FAA-H-8083-3A - Vol. 1 - Federal Aviation Administration
Airplane Flying Handbook FAA-H-8083-3A - Vol. 1 - Federal Aviation Administration
- Author: Federal Aviation Administration
- Genre: Education
This audiobook contains chapters 1 through 10 from the Airplane Flying Handbook FAA-H-8083-3A. Study of the handbook should include the PDF from the FAA, which is available at http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/. From the...
Bible (KJV) NT 04: John - King James Version
Bible (KJV) NT 04: John - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: King James Version
The Gospel According to John, commonly referred to as the Gospel of John or simply John, is an account of the public ministry of Jesus. It begins with the witness and affirmation by John the Baptist and concludes with the death, burial,...
Ghosts - Henrik Ibsen
Ghosts - Henrik Ibsen
- Author: Henrik Ibsen
- Genre: Plays / Drama / Tragedy
Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts was first published in 1881 and staged in 1882, and like his earlier play A Doll's House, profoundly shocked his contemporaries. Dubbed "a dirty deed done in public" by one of its critics, the play focuses on (among other...
Wood Folk at School - William J. Long
Wood Folk at School - William J. Long
- Author: William J. Long
- Genre: Animals & Nature
The unique merit of this nature student rests in his fascinating style of writing, which invariably interests young and old; for without this element his pioneer work in the realm of nature would now be familiar only to scientists.The title of this...
Uneasy Money - P. G. Wodehouse
Uneasy Money - P. G. Wodehouse
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Romance
Uneasy Money is a romantic comedy by P.G. Wodehouse, published during the First World War, it offers light escapism. More romantic but only a little less humorous that his mature works, it tells of the vicissitudes of poor Lord Dawlish, who inherits...
The Name of France - Henry van Dyke
The Name of France - Henry van Dyke
- Author: Henry van Dyke
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
In celebration of Bastille Day, 2007, LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 different recordings of The Name of France by Henry van Dyke. This was the Weekly Poetry project for the week of July 8th, 2007....
The Natural History Volume 2 - Pliny the Elder
The Natural History Volume 2 - Pliny the Elder
- Author: Pliny the Elder
- Genre: Animals / Nature / Reference
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman empire to the modern day and purports to cover the entire field of...
The Symposium - Plato
The Symposium - Plato
- Author: Plato
- Genre: Ancient
The Symposium (Ancient Greek: Συμπόσιον) is a philosophical book written by Plato sometime after 385 BCE. On one level the book deals with the genealogy, nature and purpose of love, on another level the book deals with the topic of knowledge,...
Bible (ASV) 33: Micah - American Standard Version
Bible (ASV) 33: Micah - American Standard Version
- Author: American Standard Version
- Genre: Bibles
The book may be divided into three sections: Chapters 1–3 mainly consist of oracles of judgment. Chapters 4–5 of oracles of hope. Chapters 6–7 begins with judgment and moves to hope. Chapters 1–3 mainly consist of oracles of judgment. The judgment...
Bible (ASV) NT 13: 1 Thessalonians - American Standard Version
Bible (ASV) NT 13: 1 Thessalonians - American Standard Version
- Author: American Standard Version
- Genre: Bibles
The First Epistle to the Thessalonians, also known as the First Letter to the Thessalonians, is a book from the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It was written by Paul. (Summary from Wikipedia)...
A Study in the Psychology of Religious Phenomena - James H. Leuba
A Study in the Psychology of Religious Phenomena - James H. Leuba
- Author: James H. Leuba
- Genre: Psychology / Modern
"The present essay when complete will contain three parts. Of the two parts now published, the first is an analysis of the conversion process; it is divided into six subdivisions, corresponding to the natural phases of the experience: The Sense of...
Ozma of Oz (version 3) - L. Frank Baum
Ozma of Oz (version 3) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Action & Adventure / General
Ozma of Oz: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tiktok, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein...
Pierrot, Dog Of Belgium - Walter Alden Dyer
Pierrot, Dog Of Belgium - Walter Alden Dyer
- Author: Walter Alden Dyer
- Genre: Family Life / Nature & Animal Fiction / War & Military Fiction
This 1915 novella was published as the First World War raged. "Belgium lies bleeding. Across her level, lush meadows the harsh-shod hosts of war have marched. Beside her peaceful waters the sons of God have spilled each other’s blood. Beneath her...
The Algonquin Legends of New England or Myths and Folk Lore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot Tribes - Charles Godfrey Leland
The Algonquin Legends of New England or Myths and Folk Lore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot Tribes - Charles Godfrey Leland
- Author: Charles Godfrey Leland
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Nature & Animal Fiction
This work, then, contains a collection of the myths, legends, and folk-lore of the principal Wabanaki, or Northeastern Algonquin, Indians; that is to say, of the Passamaquoddies and Penobscots of Maine, and of the Micmacs of New Brunswick. All of...
Kaushitaki Upanishad - Unknown
Kaushitaki Upanishad - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: Ancient
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad" means "to sit." Thus, Upanishad is to sit down near the teacher to discuss, learn, practice, and experience. There are some 200 or more Upanishads. Some are...
The Romance of an Old Fool - Roswell Field
The Romance of an Old Fool - Roswell Field
- Author: Roswell Field
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
A light-hearted account of a successful middle aged widower who chances to visit the small town in which he grew up to renew old acquaintances and perhaps reflect on his successes since his departure. This visit, however, becomes far more to him...
Persuasion - Jane Austen
Persuasion - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: Romance
Anne Elliott, Jane Austen's only aging heroine, has devoted her life to caring for her financially irresponsible family. Just when she is growing content with her uneventful lifestyle, a long-lost flame re-enters the picture -- now as the beau of...
