Search Results

Theodore Roosevelt

Read by David Wales


Henry Cabot Lodge



A biographical encomium delivered on the occasion of Roosevelt's death. Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt, Jr. (1858 – 1919) was an Amer…

A Surgeon In Arms

Read by David Wales


Robert James Manion



Robert James Manion (1881-1943) was a Canadian doctor who volunteered in the Canadian medical corps during World War I. This book is his me…

Thrilling Adventures By Land And Sea

Read by David Wales


James O. Brayman



There is in the adventures of the daring and heroic, something that interests all. There is a charm about them which, while it partakes of t…

The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol

Read by David Wales


William John Locke



This 1912 collection of short stories is of lighthearted adventures of an irresponsible -- and irrepressible -- Frenchman in England and Par…

The Mirror Of Kong Ho

Read by David Wales


Ernest Bramah



This 1905 tongue-in-cheek book is ostensibly the letters of a dutiful son to his Chinese father describing his encounter with and experience…

That Pup

Read by David Wales


Ellis Parker Butler



A puppy, unannounced and unordered, arrives in a crate at Mr. Murchison's house. Humorous events follow. - Summary by david wales

A Child's Book Of The Seasons

Read by David Wales


Arthur Ransome



This book is part of the author’s "Nature Books For Children" series (three books), which is probably the best indication of its t…

Kai Lung's Golden Hours

Read by David Wales


Ernest Bramah



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 A…

The Talking Thrush

Read by David Wales


W.H.D. Rouse and W. H. D. Rouse



This is the second collection by this author of charming folk tales from India. The first collection is entitled The Giant Crab (Librivox au…

Custer Battlefield

Read by David Wales


Robert Marshall Utley



It should be noted that this national park is now called the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. “The long, tragic history of Ind…

Use Of The Dead To The Living

Read by David Wales


Thomas Southwood Smith



In 1827 Thomas Southwood-Smith published The Use of the Dead to the Living, a pamphlet which argued that the current system of burial in the…

Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker and George Herbert

Read by David Wales


Izaak Walton



The full title of Walton's book of short biographies is, Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich'd Hooker, George Herbert, &C. Sir Henry…

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Read by David Wales


Pitts Sanborn



The late Pitts Sanborn wrote this booklet under the title Beethoven and his Nine Symphonies... I have left Mr. Sanborn’s pages on the symph…

The Giant Crab

Read by David Wales


W.H.D. Rouse and W. H. D. Rouse



This is the first collection by this author of charming folk tales from India. There is a second entitled The Talking Thrush (LibriVox audio…

Lectures On Painting Delivered To The Students Of The Royal Academy

Read by David Wales


Edward Armitage



This 1883 book contains chapters on ancient costumes, Byzantine and Romanesque art, David and his school, modern schools of Europe, drawing,…

The Night The Mountain Fell

Read by David Wales


Edmund Christopherson



A severe earthquake, centered in the vacation area of West Yellowstone, Montana, shook the ground and its inhabitants and visitors on August…

Padre Ignacio

Read by David Wales


Owen Wister



Padre Ignacio has been the pastor of California mission Santa Ysabel del Mar for twenty years. In 1855 a stranger rides into the mission bri…

Philosophy

Read by David Wales


Owen Wister



Owen Wister's wry humor enlivens this comedic story of three sophomores during exam week at Harvard. (Summary by David Wales)

A Christmas Miscellany

Read by David Wales


Various



Sixteen Christmas stories or essays. (David Wales)

The Compleat Bachelor

Read by David Wales


Oliver Onions



George Oliver Onions was a British writer of story collections and over 40 novels…. Onions wrote detective fiction, social comedy, historica…

< 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 >