Somme Battle Stories [by Alec John Dawson]

Stories of World War I warfare, published in 1916 in the midst of the war. (That's why names of persons and units are literally "blanked" out.) Alec John Dawson (1872 - 1951), generally known as A. J. Dawson was an English author, traveller and novelist. During World War I he attained the rank of Major, and was awarded the MBE and Croix de Guerre in recognition of his work as a military propagandist. The Battle of the Somme was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British and French empires against the German Empire. It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on either side of the River Somme in France. The battle was one of the largest of World War I, in which more than 1,000,000 men were wounded or killed, making it one of humanity's bloodiest battles. .

Read by David Wales

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Somme Battle Stories [by Alec John Dawson]

The People of the Black Circle [by Robert E. Howard]

One of the original novellas about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine in three parts over the September, October and November 1934 issues. It is set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan kidnapping a regal princess of Vendhya (pre-historical India) and foiling a nefarious plot of world domination by the Black Seers of Yimsha. Due to its epic scope and atypical Hindustan flavor, the story is considered an undisputed classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his best tales. It is also one of the few Howard stories where the reader is treated a deeper insight on magic and magicians beyond the stereotypical Hyborian depiction as demon conjurer-illusionist-priests.

Read by Mark Nelson. 

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The People of the Black Circle [by Robert E. Howard]

The Veldt & Marionettes Inc [by Ray Bradbury]

A couple of Ray Bradbury science fiction short stories read by Leonard Nimoy. This excellent
recording comes from the early days of audiobooks and was released in 1976.

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The Veldt & Marionettes Inc [by Ray Bradbury]

Rob Roy [by Sir Walter Scott]

Rob Roy is a historical novel by Walter Scott. It is narrated by Frank Osbaldistone, the son of an English merchant who travels first to the North of England, and subsequently to the Scottish Highlands to collect a debt stolen from his father. On the way he encounters the larger-than-life title character of Rob Roy MacGregor. Though Rob Roy is not the lead character (in fact the narrative does not move to Scotland until half way through the book) his personality and actions are key to the development of the novel

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Dark Hollow [by Anna Katharine Green]

The small town of Shelby is shaken by a brutal murder. A man by the name of Etheridge was found beaten to death. A local inn-keeper, is convicted and executed for the crime. Many years later, "a woman in purple" shows up at the house of Ostrander, the respected judge who had sentenced the inn-keeper to be executed. This mysterious woman turns out to be the wife of the convicted man, but she does not believe he was guilty. She visits the Judge, to challenge him on his verdict. He listens to her plea, but reaffirms his belief in her husbands guilt. Having nowhere to go, Deborah is given the position of maid, which she secretly uses to obtain proof of her husband's innocence and the identity of the real killer. However, the initial evidence that Deborah collects points in troubling new directions.

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Dark Hollow [by Anna Katharine Green]

Daniel Boone [by Reuben Gold Thwaites]

Daniel Boone was a great hunter, explorer, surveyor, and excellent rifleman; he knew Indians and fought them skillfully. His life was filled with adventures and, with this biography, Reuben Gold Thwaites takes us along on some of those adventures. An exciting read of one of America’s true historical heroes.

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Daniel Boone [by Reuben Gold Thwaites]

Elves and Heroes [by Donald Alexander Mackenzie]

This volume describes, in verse, the mythical creatures and people of ancient Scotland. It also includes explanatory notes about about the characters and folk tales that inspired the author's poetry

Read by Matthew Reece.

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Elves and Heroes [by Donald Alexander Mackenzie]

Dandelion Cottage [by Carroll Watson Rankin]

Carroll Watson Rankin's best known novel is Dandelion Cottage, published in 1904 by Henry Holt and Company. She first wrote the story serially for her own children. Considered a regional classic in the midwest, it tells of four young girls who negotiate the use of a derelict cottage as a playhouse by pulling dandelions for the owner, prosperous Mr. Black. The real life model for Mr. Black is generally acknowledged to be Marquette businessman and philanthropist, Peter White. The original Dandelion Cottage is located at 440 East Arch and is privately owned.

Read by Betsie Bush.

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Dandelion Cottage [by Carroll Watson Rankin]

The Variable Man [by Philip K. Dick]

Predictability has come a long way. The computers of the future can tell you if you’re going to win a war before you fire a shot. Unfortunately they’re predicting perpetual standoff between the Terran and Centaurian Empires. What they need is something unpredictable, what they get is Thomas Cole, a man from the past accidently dragged forward in time. Will he fit their calculations, or is he the random variable that can break the stalemate? – The Variable Man first appeared in the September, 1953 issue of Space Science Fiction magazine.

Read by Gregg Margarite

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The Variable Man [by Philip K. Dick]

Mr. Standfast [by John Buchan]

This is the third of Buchan's Richard Hannay novels, following The Thirty-nine Steps and Greenmantle. Set, like Greenmantle, durinig World War I, it deals Brigadier-General Hannay's recall from the Western Front, to engage in espionage, and forced (much to his chagrin) to pose as a pacifist. He becomes a South African conscientious objector, using the name Cornelius Brand. Under the orders of his spymaster, Sir Walter Bullivant, he travels in the book through England to Scotland, back to the Western Front, and ultimately, for the book's denouement, into the Alps. Those who know Greenmantle will meet some old friends again here, including Bullivant, the American John Blenkiron, the South African Peter Pienaar and others. 

Mr. Standfast [by John Buchan]

I've Come to Stay: A Love Comedy of Bohemia [by Mary Heaton Vorse]

An iconoclast in many fields herself, Mary Heaton Vorse was fascinated with Bohemia, the colorful unboundaried land of poets and artists and philosophers, a place whose denizens lived by their own rules without regard for the conventions of bourgeois Society. In this comic little romance, she explores the most famous corner of American Bohemia, New York's Greenwich Village, poking fun with gentle irony at its pretensions and its passions

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I've Come to Stay: A Love Comedy of Bohemia [by Mary Heaton Vorse]

Foundation Stones to Happiness and Success [by James Allen]

This is one of the last books written by James Allen. Like all his works it is eminently practical. He never wrote theories, or for the sake of writing, or to add another to his many books; but he wrote when he had a message, and it became a message only when he had lived it out in his own life, and knew that it was good. Thus he wrote facts, which he had proven by practice. To live out the teaching of this book faithfully in every detail of life will lead one to more than happiness and success—even to blessedness, satisfaction and peace

Read by Andrea Fiore

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Foundation Stones to Happiness and Success [by James Allen]

The Scottish Chiefs [by Miss Jane Porter]

An adventure novel about William Wallace, one of the most popular books ever written by Jane Porter. The French version was even banned by Napoleon, and the book has remained very popular with Scottish children, but is equally enjoyable for adults.

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The Scottish Chiefs [by Miss Jane Porter] [Audiobook]

The Untilled Field [by George Moore] [Audiobook]

George Moore, an Irish writer involved with the Celtic Revival. Often considered as the first modern Irish novelist he became involved with Lady Gregory and William Butler Yeats in the establishment of the Irish Literary Theatre. As part of his involvement with the Literary Revival, he wrote a set of short stories set in Ireland, drawn from his experiences growing up on his family’s estates in Co. Mayo. The stories were intended to be translated into Irish as a part of a new tradition of Gaelic Literature. The stories were later published in English as The Untilled Field, in 1903. Moore’s stories look at Irish rural life at the end of the 19th Century and examines the role that the clergy played in the lives of those who remained after mass emigration denuded the Irish countryside


Read iby Noel Badrian.

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The Untilled Field [by George Moore] [Audiobook]

A Modern Utopia [by H. G. Wells]

H. G. Wells's proposal for social reform was the formation of a world state, a concept that would increasingly preoccupy him throughout the remainder of his life. One of his most ambitious early attempts at portraying a world state was A Modern Utopia (1905). A Modern Utopia was intended as a hybrid between fiction and 'philosophical discussion'. Like most utopists, he has indicated a series of modifications which in his opinion would increase the aggregate of human happiness. Basically, Wells' idea of a perfect world would be if everyone were able to live a happy life. This book is written with an intimate knowledge of former ideal commonwealths and is a conscious attempt to describe a utopia that is not utopian.

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A Modern Utopia [by H. G. Wells]

Pollyanna [Dramatic Version] [by Eleanor H. Porter]

The story begins when Pollyanna arrives in Beldingsville to live with her Aunt Polly, a strict and dutiful middle aged woman. Pollyanna immediately begins to brighten up everyone's life by the "Glad Game." Trying to find something to be glad about in every situation, Pollyanna is happy, joyful, lively, and soon transforms the whole town. One day something so terrible happens, even Pollyanna doesn't know how to be glad about it. 

Cast:
Pollyanna: Lydia Rasmussen
Miss Polly: KHand
Nancy: Alexis Castro
John Pendleton: Brett W. Downey
Dr. Chilton: Robert Harder
Old Tom: John Trevithick
Jimmy Bean: Jacob Rasmussen
Milly: Theresa L. Downey
Mrs. Snow: Lani Small
Housemaid: Lyn Silva
Nurse: Charlotte Duckett
Mr. Ford: David Olson
Dr. Mead: bala
Mrs. Payson: Elizabeth Klett
Timothy/Young Man: Zack Rasmussen
Mrs. Ford/Mrs. Benton: Lynne Thompson
Murmuring Lady/Mrs. Tarbell: Susie Rasmussen
Narrator: Abigail Rasmussen
Audio edited by: Abigail Rasmussen

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Pollyanna [Dramatic Version] [by Eleanor H. Porter]

The Lives Of Harry Lime [1951 -1952] [by Graham Greene]

Orson Welles reprised his role of Harry Lime from the celebrated 1949 film adaptation of Graham Greene's novel The Third Man. The radio series is a "prequel" to the film, and depicts the many misadventures of con-artist Lime in a somewhat lighter tone than the character's villainy in the film.

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The Lives Of Harry Lime [1951 -1952] [by Graham Greene]

Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea [by Laura E. Richards]

One evening, some time after the great Crimean War of 1854-55, a company of military and naval officers met at dinner in London. They were talking over the war, as soldiers and sailors love to do, and somebody said: "Who, of all the workers in the Crimea, will be longest remembered?" Each guest was asked to give his opinion on this point, and each one wrote a name on a slip of paper. There were many slips, but when they came to be examined there was only one name, for every single man had written "Florence Nightingale." Every English boy and girl knows the beautiful story of Miss Nightingale's life. 

Read by Denise Nordell; KHand; Mike Pelton; Sarah Holtz; Ben Lindsey-Clark; Steve C; Christine Lamberton; chocmuse; Savannah

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Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea [by Laura E. Richards]

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner [by Samual Taylor Coleridge]

For killing an albatross, the mariner and his crew are punished with drought and death. Amidst a series of supernatural events, the mariners life alone is spared and he repents, but he must wander the earth and tell his tale with the lesson that "all things great and small" are important.

Librivox recording of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samual Taylor Coleridge. Read by Kristin Luoma.

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner [by Samual Taylor Coleridge]

Morning and Evening: Daily Readings [by Charles Spurgeon]

Organized by week, this devotional has a morning and evening meditation for every day of the year. Although these devotions are short in length, they are filled with spiritual goodness. In just a few sentences, Spurgeon is able to convey the wisdom of Scripture with eloquence and purpose. These daily messages provide Christians with the spiritual energy they need to begin and end each day. Spurgeon weaves a verse of Scripture into each devotion, helping readers draw deeper meaning out of the selected passages. This powerful devotional provides Christians with the spiritual nourishment required to strengthen their relationships with God. Readers will find themselves inspired by Morning and Evening: Daily Readings

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings [by Charles Spurgeon]

Countess Julie [by August Strindberg] [translated by Edith and Warner Oland]

August Strindberg's naturalistic one-act drama has only three characters: Julie, a passionate young noblewoman; Jean, her father's ambitious valet; and Kristin, the cook, who is also Jean's fiancee. The play is set on Midsummer Eve, when everyone is reveling, and Julie and Jean get a bit too intimate - with tragic results. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

Characters:

Julie - Elizabeth Klett

Jean - mb

Kristin - Miriam Esther Goldman

Narration - Availle

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Countess Julie [by August Strindberg] [translated by Edith and Warner Oland]

The Collected Works of Saint Patrick

The Collected Works of Saint Patrick. Read by Sean McKinley.

St. Patrick's Breastplate - This prayer is attributed to St. Patrick and his diciples. It is written with some celtic pagan elements, but is definitely a Christian prayer asking God for protection through daily life.

A Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus - Patrick writes this letter to excommunicate the soldiers of Coroticus' army who pillaged villages in Ireland and forced many Christian converts into slavery.

Confession - A short autobiography by St. Patrick who tells of being abducted into slavery and taken to Ireland, the growth of his faith, his ministry as a bishop in ordaining many priests and baptising thousands of people, and a trial where he had to defend himself against his accusers.

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The Collected Works of Saint Patrick

Cleek of Scotland Yard ]by Thomas W. Hanshew]

Hamilton Cleek is back - or is he? Margot, Queen of the Apaches (the notorious French criminal gang) has been released on bail and vanished, Mr. Narkom has a series of inexplicable murders to solve, there is talk of revolution in Mauravania. And Cleek is missing. Hold on to your hats for another thrilling ride as murder, espionage, bombs and political intrigue rear their ugly heads.

Read by Ruth Golding.

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Cleek of Scotland Yard ]by Thomas W. Hanshew]

Your Psychic Powers and How to Develop Them [by Hereward Carrington]

Instructions in how to develop your psychic powers including telepathy, clairvoyance, self-projection, reincarnation, and other topics. Seriously. "It must be distinctly understood … that I believe the vast bulk of the material presented in this book to be sound and helpful; the practical instructions are good, and the reader cannot go far wrong in following them. May he develop his own psychic powers, and gain light and understanding thereby


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Your Psychic Powers and How to Develop Them [by Hereward Carrington]

Ghosts [by Henrik Ibsen]

Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts was first published in 1881 and staged in 1882, and like his earlier play A Doll's House, profoundly shocked his contemporaries. Dubbed "a dirty deed done in public" by one of its critics, the play focuses on (among other things) venereal disease, euthanasia, and incest. The original title literally means "the ones who return," and the play is about how we can deal with the awful legacy of the past.

Cast:
Mrs. Alving: Elizabeth Klett
Oswald Alving: mb
Pastor Manders: Bruce Pirie
Jacob Engstrand: Algy Pug
Regina Engstrand: Availle
Narrator: J. M. Smallheer

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Ghosts [by Henrik Ibsen]

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary [by M.R. James]

Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was a medieval scholar; Provost of King's College, Cambridge. He wrote many of his ghost stories to be read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. His stories often use rural settings, with a quiet, scholarly protagonist getting caught up in the activities of supernatural forces. The details of horror are almost never explicit, the stories relying on a gentle, bucolic background to emphasise the awfulness of the otherworldly intrusions.

"Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" was written as two collections, presented here as two volumes in a single work. There is a short author's preface before the first story in each volume.

Read by Peter Yearsley.

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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary [by M.R. James]

Green Knight [by Charlton Miner Lewis]

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 knight presents a challenge to King Arthur's court: that any may strike the stranger a single blow with his green axe, provided he assent to receiving the same a year later. Gawayne accepts the challenge, and its unexpected outcome leads to a great test of his courage and knighthood. A significant addition to this version is the Lady Elfinhart, whose back-story and romance with Gawayne are tightly interwoven with the plot

Read by Jerome Lawsen.

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Green Knight [by Charlton Miner Lewis]

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [by L. Frank Baum] [Dramatic Reading]

The timeless story of the Wizard Of Oz. Follow Dorothy as she leaves Kansas for Oz on a cyclone. She meets many strange, and wonderful people and creatures along the way. Enjoy it again with your children and family. 

This is a LibriVox collaborative recording of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum. 

Characters:

Aunt Em: jenny
Dorothy: Sibella
The Scarecrow: Kaffen
The Tin Woodman: DSayers
The Cowardly Lion: padraigo
The Witch of the North: jenny
Munchkin 1: Annoying Twit
Munchkin 2: aradlaw
Munchkin 3: Iowajones
The Wizard of Oz: earthcalling
Guardian of the Gates: Ernst Pattynama
Soldier: Symmie
The Wicked Witch of the West: RuthieG
The Queen of the Field Mice: Hayflake
Several Mice: Symmie
Stork: jenny
Man: jeremiahbritt
Woman: echobase77
Green girl: niamh
Person of the Court: joyseternal
Leader of the Wolves: henry
King Crow: henry
Person of the Emerald City: staticstasy
China Princess: Iowajones
Clown: victoria_8674
Tiger: henry
Strange Man: MHAIJH85
Farmer's Wife: staticstasy
Young Girl: niamh
Glinda the Good Witch: sadclown
Monkey King: henry
Boq the Munchkin: chris123
Big Mouse: Symmie
Milkmaid: ReadsALott

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [by L. Frank Baum] [Dramatic Reading]

The Ghost Pirates [by William Hope Hodgson]

The Ghost Pirates is a powerful account of a doomed and haunted ship on its last voyage, and of the terrible sea-devils (of quasi-human aspect, and perhaps the spirits of bygone buccaneers) that besiege it and finally drag it down to an unknown fate. With its command of maritime knowledge, and its clever selection of hints and incidents suggestive of latent horrors in nature, this book at times reaches enviable peaks of power

Read by Mark Nelson

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The Ghost Pirates [by William Hope Hodgson]

Irish Idylls [by Jane Barlow]

Irish Idylls is a collection of short stories about Irish peasantry during the 19th Century. Ms Jane Barlow, an Irish lass, having, unbelievably, an uncertain date of birth, has a turn of phrase that delights and simultaneously enmeshes the reader/listener with compassion for her tableau. She captures the tune and lilt of dialogue so delightfully. A tiny sample: "So, by hook or by crook, Lisconnel holds together from year to year, with no particular prospect of changes; though it would be safe enough to prophesy that should any occur, they will tend towards the falling in of derelict roofs, and the growth of weeds round deserted hearthstones and crumbling walls." Although of high social standing, I suspect she might have been a “left-footer” but maybe not, her sympathies lying so dramatically with local Irish peasants of her acquaintance. She portrays a decided antipathy toward English rule/subjection of these peasants along with a rather stark anti-clerical and anti-religious leaning, which I find somewhat unusual for the time. But there it is at the end of the day. This book, Irish Idylls, published in 1893, was perhaps her greatest success and was followed by a sequel Strangers at Lisconnel in 1895, which, God willing, we may also get to in due course. I do hope I get a chance to sing an Irish ballad somewhere herein.


Read by James E. Carson

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Irish Idylls [by Jane Barlow]

A Short History of Scotland [by Andrew Lang]

A Short History of Scotland is a concise introduction to the history of Scotland from Roman times to the last Jacobite rebellion, written by the author of a much longer Scottish history.

LibriVox recording of A Short History of Scotland by Andrew Lang, read by Sibella Denton.

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A Short History of Scotland [by Andrew Lang]

Association Football and How to Play It [by John Cameron]

An overview of the positions, tactics, and history of association football written by one of the game's early stars. John Cameron was a most interesting figure who played for both Everton and Tottenham, was a P.O.W. during the First World War and a mighty contributor to the organization of football among his fellow prisoners, and made his living as a journalist in later life

Read by Ben Adams


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Association Football and How to Play It [by John Cameron]

Greener Than You Think [by Ward Moore]

Do you remember reading a panic-mongering news story a while back about genetically engineered “Frankengrass” “escaping” from the golf course where it had been planted? That news story was foreshadowed decades previously in the form of prophetic fiction wherein a pushy salesman, a cash-strapped scientist, and a clump of crabgrass accidentally merge forces with apocalyptic consequences. A triple-genre combo of science fiction, horror, and satire, Greener Than You Think is a forgotten classic that resonates beautifully with modern times. This is a faithful reading of a 1947 first edition text. 

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Greener Than You Think [by Ward Moore]

Star Born [by Andre Norton]

Andre Norton's "Star Born" pictures a human colony in another galaxy, driven away from Earth generations ago by a repressive government. Considered outlaws, the colonists are in permanent hiding.

They have developed friendship and cooperation with a local race of "mermen" who are equally at home on land or sea. But that race only took to the sea to escape a malevolent power that hunted them and killed them violently for sport - Those Others.

With a global decline in the population and reach of Those Others, contacts are few and the humans have no direct knowlege of them. So it is a major surprise when Dalgard, a human scout on his coming-of-age expedition, along with his "knife-brother" Sssuri of the mermen, run into a party of Those Others who are bent on reclaiming hideous weapons left behind in one of their abandoned cities... and find that they are being aided by new arrivals from Earth

Read by Mark F. Smith.

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Star Born [by Andre Norton]

The Compleat Angler [by Izaak Walton]

The Compleat Angler is a celebration of the art and spirit of fishing in prose and verse. Walton did not profess to be an expert with the fly, but in the use of the live worm, the grasshopper and the frog "Piscator" could speak as a master. There were originally only two interlocutors in the opening scene, "Piscator" and "Viator"; but in the second edition, as if in answer to an objection that "Piscator" had it too much in his own way in praise of angling, he introduced the falconer, "Auceps," changed "Viator" into "Venator" and made the new companions each dilate on the joys of his favourite sport/

Read by Nicole Lee.

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The Compleat Angler [by Izaak Walton]

Famous Modern Ghost Stories [by Dorothy Scarborough]

An entertaining selection of "modern" ghost stories selected "to include specimens of a few of the distinctive types of modern ghosts, as well as to show the art of individual stories." Sure to please the love of the supernatural in all of us!


Librivox recording of Famous Modern Ghost Stories by Dorothy Scarborough. Read by LibriVox Volunteers. 

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Famous Modern Ghost Stories [by Dorothy Scarborough]

A Woman of No Importance [by Oscar Wilde]

A Woman of No Importance is a play by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. The play premièred on 19 April 1893 at London's Haymarket Theatre. It is a testimony of Wilde's wit and his brand of dark comedy. It looks in particular at English upper class society and has been reproduced on stages in Europe and North America since his death in 1900.

Cast:
Lord Illingworth: Peter Bishop
Sir John Pontefract: Ernst Pattynama
Lord Alfred Rufford: Bob Gonzalez
Mr. Kelvil, M.P.: Nigel Boydell
The Ven. Archdeacon Daubeny, D.D.: Martin Geeson
Gerald Arbuthnot: mb
Farquhar, Butler: Delmar H Dolbier
Francis, Footman: Susanna
Lady Caroline Pontefract: Rashada
Lady Stutfield: Beth Thomas
Mrs. Allonby: Elizabeth Klett
Miss Hester Worsley: TriciaG
Alice, Maid: Bev J. Stevens
Mrs. Arbuthnot: Arielle Lipshaw
Narrator: David Lawrence
Audio edited by: Arielle Lipshaw

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Twice Bought [by R. M. Ballantyne]

This story is set in the gold fields of Oregon, where Tom Brixton, and his best friend, Fred Westly, are digging gold to try to “make their pile”. Before leaving England, the steady and God-fearing Fred had promised Tom's mother that he would do his best to take care of his friend, but in spite of all his efforts, Tom had fallen in with bad companions and taken to gambling. He was convinced that he could make his fortune quicker by attempting to increase it at the dice or card table, and all his friend's attempts to make him see his errors were unavailing. Finally, after being cheated out of all he owned, he stole the money back from the camp bully, Gashford, who had taken it from him, and had to flee for his life from the camp, before “Judge Lynch” could catch up to him. After being captured by the irate miners, and released by another friend, he managed to almost escape, but was caught again, this time near the cabin inhabited by an older prospector and his daughter, whom Tom loved with his whole heart. There was a difficulty though in his way- Betty, (otherwise known as the “Rose of Oregon”) was a devout Christian, and would never give her heart to one who wasn't. She did give him some excellent advice though, at a time when he most needed it.

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Twice Bought [by R. M. Ballantyne]

The Red Fairy Book [by Andrew Lang]

The Red Fairy Book is the second in a series of twelve books known as Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Books. The series was immensely popular and proved of great influence in children's literature, increasing the popularity of fairy tales over tales of real life.

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The Red Fairy Book [by Andrew Lang]

The Wallet of Kai Lung [by Ernest Bramah]

The Wallet of Kai Lung is a collection of fantasy stories by Ernest Bramah, all but the last of which feature Kai Lung, an itinerant story-teller of ancient China. The collection's importance in the history of fantasy literature was recognized by the anthologization of two of its tales in the celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series

Read by Alan Winterrowd; Rosslyn Carlyle; Jules Hawryluk; Lynne Thompson; Joseph Tabler

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The Wallet of Kai Lung [by Ernest Bramah]

Cain [A Mystery] [by George Gordon, Lord Byron]

Cain: A Mystery is Lord Byron's retelling of the classical Biblical story from the point of view of its antagonist. Undoubtedly influenced by Milton's Paradise Lost, Byron's Cain is defiant and questioning. In trying to come to terms with the mortality humanity has been punished with, he comes face to face with Lucifer, who takes him to the "Abyss of Space," shows him a vision of Earth's violent natural history, and gives him a true understanding of death. Upon his return, a devastated Cain carries out the familiar end of his tragedy.

LibriVox recording read by Tricia G; Availle; Beth Thomas; Amanda Friday; alanmapstone; Libby Gohn; Peter Tucker; Mary Kay; Mike Cantrell

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Cain [A Mystery] [by George Gordon, Lord Byron]

Gulliver's Travels [Told To The Children] [by John Lang]

This is a children's version of Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels, from the Told to the Children Series (published in 1910). The children's adventure story covers Gulliver's visits to the lands of Lilliput and Brobdingnag.

LibriVox recording of Gulliver's Travels, Told to the Children.

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Gulliver's Travels [Told To The Children] [by John Lang]

Dead Men Tell No Tales [by Ernest William Hornung]

This book takes you out of the Titanic, in the form of a tale of the ship that sinks, leaving only one survivor. Or is he the only one ? The survivor is the main protagonist of the tale. He is besieged by memories of the drowned, including a girl he fell in love with. He is befriended by a sympathetic admirer. Only to discover that there were other survivors. And behind the sinking lies a tale of deceit, smuggling and greed. A superb story.

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Dead Men Tell No Tales [by Ernest William Hornung]

Three Times And Out [by Nellie McClung]

The true story of M. C. Simmons, a Canadian soldier captured by the German Army during the early days of World War I. We read of his sixteen months of imprisonment, his encounters with other captured troops of the other Allied armies and his observations of the nature of his captors and their countrymen. Most compellingly we read of his escape from POW camp, his recapture and punishment, and then the capture and punishment following his second escape attempt, climaxing in his third escape attempt and daring travel through enemy territory against all odds. In McClung's words, "Private Simmons is a close and accurate observer who sees clearly and talks well. He tells a straightforward, unadorned tale, every sentence of which is true, and convincing."

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Three Times And Out [by Nellie McClung]