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Stories of the Victoria Cross - Frank Mundell
Stories of the Victoria Cross - Frank Mundell
- Author: Frank Mundell
- Genre: War & Military
The Victoria Cross is the highest military award that can be made to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces for acts of gallantry and valour “in the face of the enemy”.The medal was instituted by Royal Warrant in 1856 by Queen...
The Science of Getting Rich - Wallace D. WATTLES
The Science of Getting Rich - Wallace D. WATTLES
- Author: Wallace D. WATTLES
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
Would you like to be rich? Yes? Well, who wouldn't. The Science of Getting Rich is a book written by the New Thought Movement writer Wallace D. Wattles. The book is still in print after almost 100 years. According to USA Today, the text is "divided...
Dave Dashaway Around the World - Roy Rockwood
Dave Dashaway Around the World - Roy Rockwood
- Author: Roy Rockwood
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Never was there a more clever young aviator than Dave Dashaway, and all up-to-date lads will wish to make his acquaintance. Weldon J. Cobb was a staff writer for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a book packaging company that specialized in juvenile...
Off on a Comet - Jules Verne
Off on a Comet - Jules Verne
- Author: Jules Verne
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction
The story starts with a comet that touches the Earth in its flight and collects a few small chunks of it. Some forty people of various nations and ages are condemned to a two-year-long journey on the comet. They form a mini-society and cope with the...
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. II - Edward Gibbon
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. II - Edward Gibbon
- Author: Edward Gibbon
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volume I was published in 1776, and went through six...
Areopagitica (Version 2) - John Milton
Areopagitica (Version 2) - John Milton
- Author: John Milton
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Political Science
The noblest and most extensive defense of freedom of the press in English. Although Milton was sufficiently practical to serve as a censor of books himself when his opposition to this practice was ignored by the government, he never lost his...
The Buddhist Catechism - H. S. OLCOTT
The Buddhist Catechism - H. S. OLCOTT
- Author: H. S. OLCOTT
- Genre: Other religions
The simple aim of this little book is to give so succinct and yet comprehensive a digest of Buddhistic history, ethics and philosophy as to enable beginners to understand and appreciate the noble ideal taught by the Buddha, and thus make it easier...
For Dolly, who does not Learn her Lessons - E. Nesbit
For Dolly, who does not Learn her Lessons - E. Nesbit
- Author: E. Nesbit
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of For Dolly, who does not Learn her Lessons by E. Nesbit. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 21st, 2013. Edith Nesbit reminds us of the magic - and brevity - of childhood....
Flame and Shadow, Version 2 - Sara Teasdale
Flame and Shadow, Version 2 - Sara Teasdale
- Author: Sara Teasdale
- Genre: Poetry
A collection of poetry by American poet Sara Teasdale. Her lyrical poems of love, nature's beauty, and death were much loved during the early nineteenth century. - Summary by AnnaLisa Bodtker...
Dark Moon - Charles Willard Diffin
Dark Moon - Charles Willard Diffin
- Author: Charles Willard Diffin
- Genre: Science Fiction
Mysterious, dark, out of the unknown deep comes a new satellite to lure three courageous Earthlings on to strange adventures. (Summary by Charles Diffin)...
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Version 2) - Henry David Thoreau
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Version 2) - Henry David Thoreau
- Author: Henry David Thoreau
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Political Science
ivil Disobedience (Resistance to Civil Government) is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published in 1849. In it, Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their...
The Bible (Fenton) NT06-NT27: Romans to Revelation - Ferrar Fenton Bible
The Bible (Fenton) NT06-NT27: Romans to Revelation - Ferrar Fenton Bible
- Author: Ferrar Fenton Bible
- Genre: Bibles
Work on the translation began in 1853 by a London businessman named Ferrar Fenton (1832–1920). The complete Bible was first published in 1903, though parts were published as separate volumes during the preceding 11 years. The translation is noted...
Growth of a Soul - August Strindberg
Growth of a Soul - August Strindberg
- Author: August Strindberg
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright who has had many of his works read into Librivox by volunteers. From his earliest work, Strindberg developed forms of dramatic action, language, and visual composition so innovative that many were to...
The Life and Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa - Unknown
The Life and Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Saint Catherine of Genoa (Caterina Fieschi Adorno, born Genoa 1447 – 15 September 1510) is an Italian Roman Catholic saint and mystic, admired for her work among the sick and the poor. She was a member of the noble Fieschi family, and spent most of...
The Temptation Of St. Anthony - Gustave Flaubert
The Temptation Of St. Anthony - Gustave Flaubert
- Author: Gustave Flaubert
- Genre: Literary Fiction
An extraordinary work of the aesthetic imagination, cast in the form of a psycho-drama detailing the events of one night in the life of the aged hermit, later Saint, Anthony, in the course of which his claims to sainthood are severely tested by,...
John Sherman and Dhoya - William Butler Yeats
John Sherman and Dhoya - William Butler Yeats
- Author: William Butler Yeats
- Genre: Single Author Collections
In 1891, Yeats published "John Sherman", a novella, and "Dhoya", a Celtic mythologic story. Ganconagh, Yeats’s nom de plume for this work is the name of a male faerie in Irish mythology that is known for seducing human women. (Summary by Wikipedia)...
Spiritual Maxims - Brother Lawrence
Spiritual Maxims - Brother Lawrence
- Author: Brother Lawrence
- Genre: Early Modern / Christianity - Other
Those who have an experiential predisposition in their faith would do well to read The Conversations and Letters of Brother Lawrence… if they have not done so already. This is a lesser-known work, often overlooked. These Spiritual Maxims were...
Lucian's Dialogues Volume 1: The Dialogues of the Gods - LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
Lucian's Dialogues Volume 1: The Dialogues of the Gods - LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
- Author: LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Dramatic Readings / Satire
The Dialogues of the Gods are 26 miniature dialogues mocking the Homeric conception of the Greek gods written in Attic Greek by Syrian author Lucian of Samosata. Almost 1900 years old, these dialogues still retain a lot of their original humor and...
A House of Pomegranates (version 2) - Oscar Wilde
A House of Pomegranates (version 2) - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A House of Pomegranates (1891) is the title of the second collection of Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde. This book contains four tales: 1. "The Young King"; which is about taking responsibility. 2. "The Birthday of the Infanta"; a commentary on the...
Short Science Fiction Collection 008 - Alan Edward NOURSE
Short Science Fiction Collection 008 - Alan Edward NOURSE
- Author: Alan Edward NOURSE
- Genre: Science Fiction / Anthologies
This volume of the LibriVox Science-Fiction Collection is devoted to Alan E. Nourse (1928-1992). Nourse became a science fiction writer to help pay for his medical education, but eventually retired from practicing medicine to pursue his writing...
Afloat on the Ohio - Reuben Gold THWAITES
Afloat on the Ohio - Reuben Gold THWAITES
- Author: Reuben Gold THWAITES
- Genre: Travel & Geography / Modern (19th C)
Afloat on the Ohio, An Historical Pilgrimage, of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, From Redstone to Cairo. There were four of us pilgrims—my Wife, our Boy of ten and a half years, the Doctor, and I. My object in going—the others went for the outing—was...
Short Story Collection Vol. 007 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 007 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
Librivox’s Short Story Collection 007: a collection of 20 short essays and fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
Astounding Stories 15, March 1931 - Undefined
Astounding Stories 15, March 1931 - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: Science Fiction
This issue includes "When the Mountain Came to Miramar" by Charles W. Diffin, "Beyond the Vanishing Point" by Ray Cummings, "Terrors Unseen" by Harl Vincent, the conclusion of "Phalanxes of Atlans" by F. V. W. Mason, and "The Meteor Girl" by Jack...
Bible (DBY) NT 01: Matthew - Darby Bible
Bible (DBY) NT 01: Matthew - Darby Bible
- Author: Darby Bible
- Genre: Bibles
The Darby Bible consists of a translation of the New Testament by John Nelson Darby, originally published in 1867, and a translation of the Old Testament, included in later editions of the text, completed by Darby's students after his death....
Books Fatal to Their Authors - Peter Hempson DITCHFIELD
Books Fatal to Their Authors - Peter Hempson DITCHFIELD
- Author: Peter Hempson DITCHFIELD
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
This is a collection of stories of authors who have lost their fortunes and sometimes their lives after writing a book. The liberty of a person's conscience was unknown in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; Why should a man be drawn and...
In Galilee - Thornton CHASE
In Galilee - Thornton CHASE
- Author: Thornton CHASE
- Genre: Memoirs / Other religions
Thornton Chase is commonly recognized as the first convert to the Bahá'í Faith of Occidental background. During his life he organized many Bahá'í activities in Chicago and Los Angeles and was considered a prominent Bahá'í. In 1907 Chase was able to...
Gawayne and the Green Knight, version 2 - The Gawain Poet
Gawayne and the Green Knight, version 2 - The Gawain Poet
- Author: The Gawain Poet
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Published in 1903, Gawayne and the Green Knight is a modern-language retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a 14th-century verse romance following a young knight of the Round Table. During Christmas celebrations, a mysterious, entirely green...
The Steam House - Jules Verne
The Steam House - Jules Verne
- Author: Jules Verne
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Science Fiction
Jules Verne is back with another action-packed adventure--this time in India with a steam-powered elephant! Maucler, Captain Hood, Banks, and Colonel Munro set out for a pleasure trip across India in their train pulled by Behemoth, their mechanical...
The Transfiguration of Miss Philura - Florence Morse Kingsley
The Transfiguration of Miss Philura - Florence Morse Kingsley
- Author: Florence Morse Kingsley
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
What would happen if someone really believed that "Ask and you shall receive"? Amusing observations on the impact on the life of mild-mannered spinster Miss Philura and her acquaintances in their small American township after she attends a rousing...
The Chronicles of America Volume 09 - Colonial Folkways - Charles McLean Andrews
The Chronicles of America Volume 09 - Colonial Folkways - Charles McLean Andrews
- Author: Charles McLean Andrews
- Genre: Family Life / Business & Economics / Education
This work according to the subtitle is "a chronicle of American life in the reign of the Georges." It describes land, locales, houses, habits, diversions, learning, religion, labor, and travel....
The Garden of Dreams - Madison Cawein
The Garden of Dreams - Madison Cawein
- Author: Madison Cawein
- Genre: Single author
Madison Cawein from Kentucky, displays a wider range of his poetic dreams, from the bright to the dark. - Summary by Larry Wilson...
The Chaucer Storybook - Eva March Tappan
The Chaucer Storybook - Eva March Tappan
- Author: Eva March Tappan
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Geoffrey Chaucer's classic "Canterbury Tales" has here been rendered into clear and contemporary English prose. These classic stories are now available to those who would like to read them without struggling through Middle English poetry. The...
All the Brothers Were Valiant - Ben Ames WILLIAMS
All the Brothers Were Valiant - Ben Ames WILLIAMS
- Author: Ben Ames WILLIAMS
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
Joel Shore, newly appointed captain of the whaling ship Nathan Ross following his brother's apparent demise as captain of the same ship, elects to make his first cruise as captain to the very location where his brother had last been seen - the...
The Day before Yesterday - Richard MIDDLETON
The Day before Yesterday - Richard MIDDLETON
- Author: Richard MIDDLETON
- Genre: Short Stories
This is a volume of short stories and essays by Richard Middleton. The British poet and author wrote a large number of short pieces during his life, which are today still as entertaining as they were then. Published 1912, one year after Middleton's...
Evangeline - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Evangeline - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Genre: Poetry
Evangeline is one of Longfellow’s most popular poems and was once a great favorite with the American people. For many years almost every school child studied this poem during the middle school years. Although the decline of the reputation of the...
Poems of Marianne Moore - Marianne MOORE
Poems of Marianne Moore - Marianne MOORE
- Author: Marianne MOORE
- Genre: Single author
In 1921, American poet H.D. collected and published a selection of previously published poems by Marianne Moore. Although this angered Moore, as it was entirely unauthorized, she later accepted the edition as well made and used it as the basis for...
Ten Days that Shook the World - John REED
Ten Days that Shook the World - John REED
- Author: John REED
- Genre: Modern (20th C)
Ten Days that Shook the World (1919) is a book by American journalist and socialist John Reed about the October Revolution in Russia in 1917 which Reed experienced firsthand. Reed followed many of the prominent Bolshevik leaders, especially Grigory...
Members of the Family - Owen Wister
Members of the Family - Owen Wister
- Author: Owen Wister
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Short Stories
Members of the Family is a collection of eight short stories about people in the Wyoming Territory in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (Summary by David Wales)...
The Coquette, Or The History of Eliza Wharton - Hannah Webster FOSTER
The Coquette, Or The History of Eliza Wharton - Hannah Webster FOSTER
- Author: Hannah Webster FOSTER
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Published before 1800
The classic early American epistolary novel about the seduction and ruin of a passionate young woman. Based on the true story of Elizabeth Whitman, whose lonesome death in childbirth in a Connecticut inn sparked widespread discussion and outrage,...
Fire and Ice - Robert Frost
Fire and Ice - Robert Frost
- Author: Robert Frost
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you twenty-three different recordings of Fire and Ice, by Robert Frost. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of August 27th, 2006....
