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00 - Introduction

In Creative Unity

Read by Lucretia B.


Rabindranath Tagore


Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore talks of the many things he feels is necessary for creativity through joy of unity, he covers many topics like t…

Version 3

In History of a Life

Read by David B.


Barry Cornwall


LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of History of a Life by Bryan Waller Procter (pseud. Barry Cornwall). This was the Weekly Poetry…

The Gettysburg Address - read by LB

In The Gettysburg Address 150th Anniversary

Read by Lucretia B.


Abraham Lincoln


On Thursday, November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln gave a brief address at the dedication of the Soldier's National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pen…

Book IV, Chapter I: Influence of the Progress of Industry and Population on Val…

In Principles of Political Economy

Read by Josip B.


John Stuart Mill


The Principles of Political Economy, first published in 1848, was one of the most important texts on the subject of economy at that time. I…

Of the Nature and Properties of Hops

In The Theory and Practice of Brewing

Read by Lucretia B.


Michael Combrune


This is an elaborate treatise on how to brew beer. That art is as noble today as it was in 1761, when this book was first published, and Mr.…

Chapter One, Part 2

In What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government

Read by Lucretia B.


Pierre-Joseph Proudhon


What Is Property?: or, An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government (French: Qu'est-ce que la propriété ? ou Reche…

Chapter VIII

In Khaled, A Tale of Arabia

Read by Lucretia B.


Francis Marion Crawford


Khaled is a powerful jinn, or genius, but he has a good heart. When he sees that Zehowah, the beautiful, virtuous daughter of the king is ab…

Allepo

In Silver Chimes in Syria: Glimpses of a Missionary's Experiences

Read by Lucretia B.


William S. Nelson


William S. Nelson, D.D., was appointed as a missionary to Syria by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, USA in 1888. I…

As You Go Through Life

In Short Poetry Collection 251

Read by B. Talbot


Ella Wheeler Wilcox


This is a collection of 39 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers during April 2024.

VI. The Treatise, Part 1

In English Literature

Read by Lucretia B.


Geraldine Hodgson


This book is not meant to be a History of English Literature, but an introduction for those who do not know much about it, or who may be thi…

Arsinoe II

In Predecessors of Cleopatra

Read by Lucretia B.


Leigh North


This book provides such information as was known at the onset of the 20th Century about Egyptian queens in antiquity. Much has been learned …

18 - Spiritism in the Police Court

In Satires and Profanities

Read by Lucretia B.


James Thomson and George William Foote


"Believing as I do that James Thomson is, since Shelley, the most brilliant genius who has wielded a pen in the service of Freethought,…

RUNE XLVII. Louhi steals Sun, Moon, and Fire

In The Kalevala: the Epic Poem of Finland (Crawford Translation)

Read by Jonna B


Elias Lonnrot and Elias Lönnrot


This is the epic of Finland. It is the combined folk tales of the Finnish nation starting with the birth of the world from the egg of a seab…

14 - Ch.8 - The Fame of J.M. Synge

In Old and New Masters

Read by Lucretia B.


Robert Lynd


Jane Austen, WB Yeats, Chesterton, Shaw... these are personal and intelligent short essays on a selection of great (and great-ish) writers: …

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