LibriVox Audio Books Catalog (Page 50)

"It is difficult for the human mind to take a comprehensive view of a subject." This is how librarian Arthur Bostwick begins his e…

The Negro

Read by Jim Locke

W. E. B. Du Bois

Nevertheless, I have not been able to withstand the temptation to essay such short general statement of the main known facts and their fair …

Paolo and Francesca

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Stephen Phillips

The tragic and adulterous story of Paolo and Francesca was originally immortalized by Dante in his "Divine Comedy". Since then, t…

St. Francis of Assisi (Version 3)

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G. K. Chesterton

In this brief but lively biography, G.K. Chesterton brings all his typical wit and insight into discussing Francis of Assisi. Francis is arg…

History Of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Vol. 4

Read by Elsie Selwyn

Gaston Maspero

History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria is the masterwork of one of the fathers of modern egyptology. This work, in t…

Catastrophe and Social Change, Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax D…

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Samuel Henry Prince

The Halifax Disaster in 1917 was the greatest man-made explosion prior to the atomic bomb."The following pages [are] the result of an o…

The Two Brothers

Read by Bruce Pirie

Honoré de Balzac

“The Two Brothers” (1842) is part of Balzac’s great life work, the novel series known as “The Human Comedy.” Balzac’s French title was “La R…

Last Post

Read by Peter Dann

Ford Madox Ford

This is the last novel in Ford Madox Ford's "Parade's End" tetralogy. Its predecessors "Some Do Not", "No More Para…

Selected Poems

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Rafael Cabrera

Rafael Cabrera was a Mexican poet and diplomat who also studied medicine. These poems were translated by Alice Stone Blackwell and were publ…

Mona Lisa

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Mary Gardiner Horsford

LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Mona Lisa by Mary Gardiner Horsford.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 25, …

The Son of the Wolf

Read by Ben Tucker

Jack London

The Son of the Wolf is Jack London's first published collection of stories and features tales chronicling the harsh realities of living in t…

The Apartment House

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Joyce Kilmer

LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of The Apartment House by Alfred Joyce Kilmer.This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 3, 2…

The Shadow Over Innsmouth

Read by Ben Tucker

H. P. Lovecraft

Unspeakable monstrousness overhung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dyin…

Toffee Takes A Trip

Read by Ben Tucker

Henry Farrell

Marc Pillsworth decided he needed a vacation—so he went on a trip. But where Marc went, Toffee followed—with trouble. - Summary by Fantastic…

One-Act Play Collection 019

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Various

Here, in our 19th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. (Several of the plays took longer than one section and had to be spli…

Murad the Unlucky and Other Tales

Read by Christine Rottger

Maria Edgeworth

A collection of short stories by this famous Irish author who spent her life writing for the advancement of humanity and to alleviate the …

Studies in Classic American Literature

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D. H. Lawrence

The staid academic title belies the freewheeling prose of D.H. Lawrence's essays, which are as contrarian, penetrating, and sometimes unpala…

Entre naranjos

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Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Con tintes naturalistas, un apreciable realismo, y unos toques de ironía, Blasco Ibáñez relata en esta novela ambientad…

La gente cursi: novela de costumbres ridículas

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Ramón Ortega Y Frías

Novela satírica sobre la sociedad española en el siglo XIX, en particular la clase media que aspiraba a nobleza, pero a quiene…

How to Pray

Read by MaryAnn

Reuben Archer Torrey

Pastor and evangelist R. A. Torrey considers the place and manner of constant, persistent, sleepless, overcoming prayer in the life of Chris…

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