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Wit and Wisdom of Chesterton - G. K. Chesterton
Wit and Wisdom of Chesterton - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / *Non-fiction / Philosophy
This little volume, issued as a gift book for lovers of Mr. Chesterton's writings in 1911, is made up from essays to be found in "The Defandant", "Varied Types" and "Tremendous Trifles". These 12 pieces were chosen to giving a peek into the margins...
In Tune with the Infinite - Ralph Waldo TRINE
In Tune with the Infinite - Ralph Waldo TRINE
- Author: Ralph Waldo TRINE
- Genre: Contemporary / Other religions
Trine tells us that by connecting and harmonizing with the Universe we attract love, health, peace and success. Trines' writings may have been the most important to the "New Thought" movement of the late 1800's and early 1900's which was the...
The Money Moon: A Romance - John Jeffery FARNOL
The Money Moon: A Romance - John Jeffery FARNOL
- Author: John Jeffery FARNOL
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
The Money Moon is a light-hearted romance. Jilted in love, our American millionaire hero, George Bellow, takes a walking tour of the Kent countryside to overcome the “Haunting Spectre of the Might Have Been”. Along the way he makes friends with a...
Bobby in Search of a Birthday (version 2) - Lebbeus MITCHELL
Bobby in Search of a Birthday (version 2) - Lebbeus MITCHELL
- Author: Lebbeus MITCHELL
- Genre: Family
Bobby is a little orphan boy of about 5 who discovers he has somehow lost his 'birfhday' and decides to go looking for it. This epic quest takes him into strange places and meetings with people who are sometimes scoffing, but mostly kind and helpful...
An Easter Lily - Amanda Minnie DOUGLAS
An Easter Lily - Amanda Minnie DOUGLAS
- Author: Amanda Minnie DOUGLAS
- Genre: Children's Fiction
This is a volume of five short stories for Children. Each of them contains a cute little learning experience and a happy end. - Summary by Carolin...
The Headless Horseman - A Strange Tale of Texas - Thomas Mayne REID
The Headless Horseman - A Strange Tale of Texas - Thomas Mayne REID
- Author: Thomas Mayne REID
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
The horse is perfect in all its parts—a splendid steed, saddled, bridled, and otherwise completely caparisoned. In it there appears nothing amiss—nothing to produce either wonder or alarm. But the man—the rider? Ah! About him there is something to...
Short Poetry Collection 116 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 116 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 25 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2013....
Doom Castle - Neil MUNRO
Doom Castle - Neil MUNRO
- Author: Neil MUNRO
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Detective Fiction / Romance
Doom Castle is the story of young Count Victor's journey to Scotland after the Jacobite Rebellion, searching for a traitor to the Jacobite cause as well as a mysterious man under the name of "Drimdarroch", whom he swore revenge. After a perilous...
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables - Aesop
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables - Aesop
- Author: Aesop
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Single Author Collections
Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today. Many of...
The Catalog of Testimonies - Jakob ANDREAE
The Catalog of Testimonies - Jakob ANDREAE
- Author: Jakob ANDREAE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
This appendix to the 1580 edition of the Book of Concord is a compilation of Scripture passages together with citations from the fathers of the ancient Christian Church. They are intended to show that the Christology of the Formula of Concord...
Whirligigs - O. Henry
Whirligigs - O. Henry
- Author: O. Henry
- Genre: Short Stories / Published 1900 onward
A collection of short stories. - Summary by Richard Kilmer...
Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp - Annie Roe CARR
Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp - Annie Roe CARR
- Author: Annie Roe CARR
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction / Action & Adventure
A school girl story about two Illinois teens and the adventures they have with family,friends and the chance to go to a boarding school in Michigan in the early 1920's. (Summary by Linda Andrus)...
A Texas Cowboy; Or Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony - Charles A. SIRINGO
A Texas Cowboy; Or Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony - Charles A. SIRINGO
- Author: Charles A. SIRINGO
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Charles A. Siringo was an American lawman, detective, and agent for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency during the late 19th century and early 20th century…. After taking part in several cattle drives, Siringo stopped herding to settle down, get...
Sea Poems: An Idiosyncratic Selection - Various
Sea Poems: An Idiosyncratic Selection - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
Seventeen poems about the sea or in which the sea plays an important role. - Summary by david wales...
Wee Ones' Bible Stories - Anonymous
Wee Ones' Bible Stories - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Religion
This is a short book of Bible Stories for Children. - Summary by Kenneth Coon...
The Green Rust - Edgar Wallace
The Green Rust - Edgar Wallace
- Author: Edgar Wallace
- Genre: Detective Fiction
A millionaire is taken suddenly ill, and sensing his mortality, he asks his attorney to do him one last favor—to find and secretly watch over his missing niece, the daughter of his profligate deceased sister. This niece at the appropriate time would...
Tact - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tact - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Tact by Ralph Waldo Emerson. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 22, 2012. Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the...
The Broken Heart - John Ford
The Broken Heart - John Ford
- Author: John Ford
- Genre: Tragedy
The Broken Heart stands next to ‘Tis Pity She's a Whore as Ford's most popular drama. All is not right in Sparta because of, as is typical in this era of tragedies, the issue of marriage. In brief, Penthea wishes to marry Orgilus, but her brother...
Tales From Dickens - Hallie Erminie RIVES
Tales From Dickens - Hallie Erminie RIVES
- Author: Hallie Erminie RIVES
- Genre: Literary Fiction
The Old Curiosity Shop; Hard Times; A Tale of Two Cities; Oliver Twist; The Pickwick Papers. Have you read any or all of these famous Dickens stories? The author of this marvelous book, Rives Ermine, a highly successful author in her own right,...
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea (Version 3) - Jules Verne
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea (Version 3) - Jules Verne
- Author: Jules Verne
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Travel Fiction
Originally published 1870, this recording is from the English translation by Frederick P. Walter, published 1991, containing the unabridged text from the original French and offered up into the public domain. It is considered to be the very first...
The Didache - Unknown
The Didache - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: Religion
The Didache is the common name of a brief early Christian treatise (dated by most scholars to the late first or early second century), containing instructions for Christian communities. The text, parts of which may have constituted the first written...
Indian Why Stories: Sparks From War Eagle's Lodge-Fire - Frank Bird LINDERMAN
Indian Why Stories: Sparks From War Eagle's Lodge-Fire - Frank Bird LINDERMAN
- Author: Frank Bird LINDERMAN
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Nature & Animal Fiction
Delightful fables, collected by a devotee of Indian lore, recounts many of the legends told to him by tribal members, among them intriguing explanations of "Why the Chipmunk's Back is Striped," "How the Otter Skin Became Great Medicine," "How the...
Psyche - Molière
Psyche - Molière
- Author: Molière
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Plays
This is a very different Moliere, not the usual satire of everyday life. It is instead a classical tale based on the ancient story of Psyche and Cupid, and was performed for Louis XIV with ballet interludes to music by Jean-Baptiste Lully (which we...
The Motor Girls - Margaret Penrose
The Motor Girls - Margaret Penrose
- Author: Margaret Penrose
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Action & Adventure
When Cora Kimball got her new auto for her birthday she had no idea what adventures would start for her and her brother Jack.Where did Ed’s money and bonds disappear? Were they misplaced or were they stolen and lost forever. Did the conceited Sid...
Adventures of the Teenie Weenies - William DONAHEY
Adventures of the Teenie Weenies - William DONAHEY
- Author: William DONAHEY
- Genre: General
The Teenie Weenies are people two inches tall who live under a rose bush with "real world" size materials made from discarded objects like hats, jars, barrels, kegs, and boxes - all of which were gigantic to them. Each Teenie Weenie has a unique...
The Life of Benjamin Franklin - Samuel G GOODRICH
The Life of Benjamin Franklin - Samuel G GOODRICH
- Author: Samuel G GOODRICH
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
This little book was intended for the education of school children and includes tales, sketches and anecdotes of his life written for the children of the mid 1800's and written in the English languge of that period. Each chapter has numerous...
The Day Boy and the Night Girl - George MacDonald
The Day Boy and the Night Girl - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A boy named Photogen, who has never seen the moon, meets a girl named Nycteris, who has never seen the sun. The two of them must escape from the witch Watho. As usual with George MacDonald, this fairy tale has layers of meaning that go deeper than...
His Grace of Osmonde - Frances Hodgson Burnett
His Grace of Osmonde - Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction / Romance
His Grace of Osmonde, being the portions of that nobleman's life omitted in the relation of his Lady's story presented to the world of fashion under the title of 'A Lady of Quality'(Summary by Frances Hodgson Burnett)...
Essays in Radical Empiricism - William James
Essays in Radical Empiricism - William James
- Author: William James
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Psychology
William James (1842 – 1910) was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher. He wrote influential books on the young science of psychology, educational psychology, psychology of religious experience and mysticism, and the philosophies of...
Facts and Fancies - Orpheus EVERTS
Facts and Fancies - Orpheus EVERTS
- Author: Orpheus EVERTS
- Genre: Single author
A group of poems about life centered around a southbound train ride to Cincinnati. ( Lynda Marie Neilson)...
Dracula (version 2 dramatic reading) - Bram Stoker
Dracula (version 2 dramatic reading) - Bram Stoker
- Author: Bram Stoker
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Bram Stoker did not invent the vampire story, but he popularized it with his classic 1897 novel. In form Dracula is an epistolary novel, told through a series of journal entries, letters, newspaper articles, and telegrams. It begins with lawyer...
Report of the Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan - UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
Report of the Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan - UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
- Author: UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Political Science
The Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan, which reported in September 2010, was precipitated by events in August 2008, when US forces bombed the Afghan village of Azizabad. This gave rise to a public...
Perkins, the Fakeer: A Travesty on Reincarnation - Edward S. Van ZILE
Perkins, the Fakeer: A Travesty on Reincarnation - Edward S. Van ZILE
- Author: Edward S. Van ZILE
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
As the title suggests we are treated to three humourous and curious psychical transpositions in the cases of "When Reginald was Caroline," "How Chopin came to Remsen," and "Clarissa's troublesome baby" . If you're looking for a break from more...
Snow-Blind - Katharine Newlin Burt
Snow-Blind - Katharine Newlin Burt
- Author: Katharine Newlin Burt
- Genre: General Fiction
A bit of a menage-a-quatre in a remote cabin in the wilderness as fugitive Hugh, his younger brother Pete, nursemaid and cook Bella, and now the newly arrived snow-blinded young Sylvie who had been snatched from near death in the snow by the heroic...
The Tin Woodman of Oz - L. Frank Baum
The Tin Woodman of Oz - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Children's Fiction
The Tin Woodman of Oz is the twelfth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum and was originally published on May 13, 1918. The Tin Woodman is unexpectedly reunited with his Munchkin sweetheart Nimmie Amee from the days when he was flesh and blood....
Rupert of Hentzau - Anthony Hope
Rupert of Hentzau - Anthony Hope
- Author: Anthony Hope
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Romance
This is the sequel to 'The Prisoner of Zenda'. Five years have passed. The King has become jealous of Rudolf Rassendyll and suspicious of the queen (Flavia)'s feelings towards him. Flavia decides that this must be the last year in which she sends to...
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 013 - Various
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 013 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder....
Short Poetry Collection 129 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 129 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 13 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for February 2014....
Anticipations - H. G. Wells
Anticipations - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: Philosophy / Political Science / Psychology
Wells considered this book one of his most important, a natural follow-up to such works as his Man of the Year Million and The Time Machine. His goal was to get people to think and act in new ways. The book starts with a look at how humans get along...
The Cooking Manual of Practical Directions for Economical Every-Day Cookery - Juliet CORSON
The Cooking Manual of Practical Directions for Economical Every-Day Cookery - Juliet CORSON
- Author: Juliet CORSON
- Genre: Cooking
Food is one of the necessities but also one of the greatest pleasures. Knowing how to cook a good meal is therefore extremely important for all of us. Maybe you can find some inspiration for tonight's dinner in this 1877 cook book by Juliet Corson....
