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Plunkitt of Tammany Hall - George Washington PLUNKITT
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall - George Washington PLUNKITT
- Author: George Washington PLUNKITT
- Genre: Political Science / Memoirs
"I seen my opportunities and I took 'em.", George Washington Plunkitt of Tamminy Hall. There's good graft and bad graft according to Plunkitt. Listen to this candid discourse from a 19th century politician, and decide for yourself if things have...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 014 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 014 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, military history, humor, philosophy,...
Kai Lung's Golden Hours - Ernest Bramah
Kai Lung's Golden Hours - Ernest Bramah
- Author: Ernest Bramah
- Genre: Single Author Collections
Kai Lung’s Golden Hours is a frame story or frame novel, that is, the narrative provides a frame for different stories. Think One Thousand And One Nights or Canterbury Tales. Kai Lung is an ancient Chinese storyteller who tells stories to postpone...
Short Poetry Collection 134 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 134 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 18 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for July 2014....
Laches - Plato
Laches - Plato
- Author: Plato
- Genre: Ancient
Laches (Λάχης) discusses examples of courage including weapons masters, soldiers who stand firm in battle, ferocious animals and the wise person who endures evils. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards)...
The Ghost Camp - Rolf BOLDREWOOD
The Ghost Camp - Rolf BOLDREWOOD
- Author: Rolf BOLDREWOOD
- Genre: Travel Fiction
Englishman Valentine Blount is traveling in Australia, looking for his fortune. He meets up with John Carter, a bushman known locally as Little River Jack, who acts as his guide. They come across an abandoned camp - what is the story behind it?...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Detective Fiction
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective. They were originally published in the Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The title character was named after famous...
The Life of Alfred the Great - Bishop of Sherbourne ASSER
The Life of Alfred the Great - Bishop of Sherbourne ASSER
- Author: Bishop of Sherbourne ASSER
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Middle Ages/Middle History
A life of King Alfred of England originally composed in Latin, possibly sometime around 888 A.D. by the Monk and Bishop Asser, although some scholars contend that the work was actually composed much later by an unknown hand. (Summary by Douglas B....
Principles of Economics, Book 3: On Wants and Their Satisfaction - Alfred Marshall
Principles of Economics, Book 3: On Wants and Their Satisfaction - Alfred Marshall
- Author: Alfred Marshall
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Principles of Economics was a leading economics textbook of Alfred Marshall (1842-1924), first published in 1890. Marshall began writing the book in 1881, and he spent much of the next decade at work on it. His plan for the work gradually extended...
The History of Reynard the Fox - Henry MORLEY
The History of Reynard the Fox - Henry MORLEY
- Author: Henry MORLEY
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Reynard the Fox is a literary cycle of allegorical fables in French, Dutch, English, and German, first published around 1170. The fables are largely concerned with Reynard, an anthropomorphic red fox and trickster figure. (Summary from Wikipedia)...
The Submarine Boys for the Flag - Victor G. Durham
The Submarine Boys for the Flag - Victor G. Durham
- Author: Victor G. Durham
- Genre: Children's Fiction
It certainly has been an odd day for our Submarine Boys! First Jack Benson is asked by a German Professor to speak with him a hotel, then a French Chevalier wants to speak to Eph Somers. Both foreigners want the same thing, for the Submarine Boys to...
Children's Short Works, Vol. 003 - Various
Children's Short Works, Vol. 003 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction
Librivox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 003: a collection of 10 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
What the White Race May Learn from the Indian - George Wharton JAMES
What the White Race May Learn from the Indian - George Wharton JAMES
- Author: George Wharton JAMES
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
People learn from other people, and races have forever learned from other races. Herein we are treated to an in-depth understanding of categorized social characteristics of the Native American peoples, primarily those of the western U.S. as they...
The Hunted Woman - James Oliver Curwood
The Hunted Woman - James Oliver Curwood
- Author: James Oliver Curwood
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
This adventurous story of a woman in peril begins "It was all new - most of it singularly dramatic and even appalling to the woman who sat with the pearl-gray veil drawn closely about her face. For eighteen hours she had been a keenly attentive,...
The Mystery of the Ravenspurs - Fred M. WHITE
The Mystery of the Ravenspurs - Fred M. WHITE
- Author: Fred M. WHITE
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Crime & Mystery Fiction / Published 1900 onward
The Ravenspurs have for generations resided quietly in prosperity and comfort at their seaside castle. But the clan is suddenly besieged with strange happenings which are dwindling the population of the family to only a few which remain, and those...
The Compliment - Eugene Field
The Compliment - Eugene Field
- Author: Eugene Field
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of The Compliment by Eugene Field. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 1, 2013....
The Tale of Grumpy Weasel - Arthur Scott Bailey
The Tale of Grumpy Weasel - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Animals & Nature
From his Tuck-Me-In series, Arthur Scott Bailey wrote many "Tales" books about animals and birds to be read to children for bed-time stories. This story is about Grumpy Weasel and his friends (such as Jimmy Rabbit and Mr. Crow who are focused on in...
Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane - Roy Rockwood
Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane - Roy Rockwood
- Author: Roy Rockwood
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Never was there a more clever young aviator than Dave Dashaway. All up-to-date lads will surely wish to read about him. This second volume of the series shows how Dave continued his career as a birdman and had many adventures over the Great Lakes,...
The Life of Rev. Henry Martyn - John HALL
The Life of Rev. Henry Martyn - John HALL
- Author: John HALL
- Genre: Religion / Biography & Autobiography
Henry Martyn (1781-1812), a brilliant and ambitious young student in Cambridge, England, was led by God to be a missionary to India and Persia. While pastoring, starting schools, and teaching the locals as well as Europeans through his role as...
A Far Country - Winston CHURCHILL
A Far Country - Winston CHURCHILL
- Author: Winston CHURCHILL
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
The book follows the career of Hugh Paret from youth to manhood, and how his profession as a corporation lawyer gradually changes his values. The book received positive reviews, and was the second best-selling novel in the United States in 1915. -...
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World - Mark Twain
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / *Non-fiction / Travel & Geography
Following the Equator (American English title) or More Tramps Abroad (English title) is a non-fiction travelogue published by American author Mark Twain in 1897.Twain was practically bankrupt in 1894 due to a failed investment into a "revolutionary"...
The Fun of Getting Thin - Samuel G. BLYTHE
The Fun of Getting Thin - Samuel G. BLYTHE
- Author: Samuel G. BLYTHE
- Genre: Health & Fitness
In this short, amusing book, subtitled "How to Be Thin and Reduce The Waist Line," Samuel G. Blythe explains how he was able to lose, and keep off, 50 pounds, without resorting to fad diets or giving up the foods he loved. Over a hundred years...
British Sea Birds - Charles DIXON
British Sea Birds - Charles DIXON
- Author: Charles DIXON
- Genre: Undefined
Charles Dixon describes briefly each of the British sea-going birds, their appearance, habits and distribution, in an easy to understand manner, generally separated into their family groups. - Summary by clarinetcarrot...
Oh, For a Home of Rest! - Eliza Paul Kirkbride GURNEY
Oh, For a Home of Rest! - Eliza Paul Kirkbride GURNEY
- Author: Eliza Paul Kirkbride GURNEY
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Eliza Paul Kirkbride Gurney was a Quaker minister who, when her husband Joseph John Gurney died in 1847, continued the labours of a traveling minister. She corresponded with Abraham Lincoln, who was found to have a two year old letter from Eliza,...
Rhetoric - Aristotle
Rhetoric - Aristotle
- Author: Aristotle
- Genre: Education
The Rhetoric was developed by Aristotle during two periods when he was in Athens, the first between 367 to 347 BCE (when he was seconded to Plato in the Academy), and the second between 335 to 322 BCE (when he was running his own school, the...
Smile, Smile, Smile - Wilfred Owen
Smile, Smile, Smile - Wilfred Owen
- Author: Wilfred Owen
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Smile, Smile, Smile by Wilfred Owen. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of November 9th, 2008....
A Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina - UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina - UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- Author: UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Modern (20th C)
In September 2005, the House of Representatives created the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina. The Committee was charged with conducting "a full and complete investigation and study and...
Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Oliver Twist is an 1838 novel by Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a serial. Like most of Dickens' work, the book is used to call the public's attention to various contemporary social evils, including the workhouse, child labour and...
Niagara - John CAMPBELL
Niagara - John CAMPBELL
- Author: John CAMPBELL
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known between 1847 and 1900, was a British nobleman and was the fourth Governor General of Canada...
Mollie's Prince - Rosa Nouchette Carey
Mollie's Prince - Rosa Nouchette Carey
- Author: Rosa Nouchette Carey
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
Mr. Ward is a failing artist. His two daughters, Mollie and Waveney, are very close. However when the financial situation becomes insufferable, and Waveney has to enter service, the sisters have to part for the first time. The book tells both...
The Frozen North - Edith HORTON
The Frozen North - Edith HORTON
- Author: Edith HORTON
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction
The Frozen North offers short sketches of the first men who bravely took great risks to explore the unknown polar regions and unlock the mysteries held there. - Summary by Laura Victoria...
To The Dead in the Graveyard Underneath My Window - Adelaide CRAPSEY
To The Dead in the Graveyard Underneath My Window - Adelaide CRAPSEY
- Author: Adelaide CRAPSEY
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Her death was tragic. Full of the desire of life she yet was forced to go, leaving her work all unfinished. Her last year was spent in exile at Saranac Lake. From her window she looked down on the graveyard — "Trudeau's Garden," she called it, with...
A Small Boy and Others - Henry James
A Small Boy and Others - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
A Small Boy and Others is a book of autobiography by Henry James published in 1913. The book covers James's earliest years and discusses his intellectually active family, his intermittent schooling, and his first trips to Europe. (Summary from...
Garibaldi and the Making of Italy - George Macaulay TREVELYAN
Garibaldi and the Making of Italy - George Macaulay TREVELYAN
- Author: George Macaulay TREVELYAN
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) was an Italian general and politician who played a large role in making of what Italy is today. He is known as one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland". Garibaldi was a central figure in the Italian Risorgimento...
Fairy Prince and Other Stories - Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Fairy Prince and Other Stories - Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
- Author: Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Family Life
A charming family story told from the viewpoint of a nine-year-old girl. “You don't seem to understand," I whispered. "It's Christmas relationships that are worrying Carol and me so! It worries us dreadfully! Oh, of course we understand all about...
Henrietta Temple - Benjamin DISRAELI
Henrietta Temple - Benjamin DISRAELI
- Author: Benjamin DISRAELI
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
The Armine family, in particular the young Ferdinand Armine, is in great financial difficulties. Ferdinand's grandfather has burdened the family estate with large debts, which his father did not manage to diminish. Ferdinand himself is not disposed...
Tenting To-Night; A Chronicle Of Sport And Adventure In Glacier Park And The Cascade Mountains - Mary Roberts Rinehart
Tenting To-Night; A Chronicle Of Sport And Adventure In Glacier Park And The Cascade Mountains - Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Genre: Travel & Geography
This is the second of two travelogues published by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958). Both deal with Glacier National Park, and this book also deals with the Cascade Mountains (The other is entitled Through Glacier Park). Rinehart wrote hundreds of...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 032 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 032 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the history of aeroplanes, political speeches, travel, philosophy, Japan, the United Nations, Congressional law, rules of cricket and more....
Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 2 - Thomas Peckett PREST
Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 2 - Thomas Peckett PREST
- Author: Thomas Peckett PREST
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction
Originally published as a penny dreadful from 1845 until 1847, when it first appeared in book form, Varney the Vampyre is a forerunner to vampire stories such as Dracula, which it heavily influenced. Flora Bannersworth is attacked in her own room in...
Dwarf Fruit Trees - Frank Albert WAUGH
Dwarf Fruit Trees - Frank Albert WAUGH
- Author: Frank Albert WAUGH
- Genre: Nature / Reference / Gardening
This book is a handbook for the home orchardist. The propagation, pruning, choice of variety, and management of dwarf fruit trees, specifically apples, pears, peaches, and plums, are outlined. In addition, there is a section on berry bushes. It is...
