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Satellite of Fear

In Short Science Fiction Collection 068

Read by Lyons McBean


Frederick Arnold Kummer


Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

The Fifteen Comforts (verses)

In LibriVox 15th Anniversary Collection

Read by Lyons McBean


Anonymous


This year is the 15th anniversary of our beloved LibriVox. The readings in this collection celebrate that "bunch of volunteers" wh…

Bleak House

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)


Charles Dickens


Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly parts between March 1852 and September 1853. It is widely held to…

Ruth

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)


Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell


The book is a social novel, dealing with Victorian views about sin and illegitimacy. It is a surprisingly compassionate portrayal of a 'fall…

Dombey and Son (version 2)

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)


Charles Dickens


Dombey and Son is a novel by the Victorian author Charles Dickens. The story concerns Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company…

Understanding Shakespeare

In Staging Shakespeare

Read by Nick Lyons


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Goose Girl

In My Book Of Favourite Fairy Tales

Read by Mariah Lyons


Edric Vredenberg


This is a collection on well-known, favorite fairy stories, most of which we all grew up with. They were edited and retold in this volume. (…

Chapter III

In Dr. Heidenhoff's Process

Read by Zoe F.W. Lyons


Edward Bellamy


Henry Burr's fiance, Madeline, is seduced by another man. The guilt and painful memories she has as a result cause him to refer her to Dr. H…

Mr. King Has a Little Plan for Polly

In Five Little Peppers Abroad

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)


Margaret Sidney


This book is the next in the series of the Five Little Peppers, by Margaret Sidney, after Five Little Peppers and How They Grew and Five Lit…

The Merchant's Tale

In The Canterbury Tales

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)


Geoffrey Chaucer


The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the…

Chapter 06

In Beowulf

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)


Tr. Francis Barton Gummere, Unknowntranslated Byfrancis Barton Gummere and Translated Byfrancis Barton Gummere


This is a short but beautiful book, and the Gummere translation really captures the feel of the Old English. Beowulf tells the story of a my…

The Little Man and His Little Gun

In Mother Goose in Prose

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)


L. Frank Baum


Whether Mother Goose was a real person or a myth, the songs that are attributed to her name are what we remember from our childhood. Some of…

Chapter 8 The Flowers

In The Yosemite

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)


John Muir


John Muir's adventure guide for the Yosemite Valley.

Paste Makes Waist/recipe, Tips and Tipping, The Mythical Land

In Bohemian San Francisco

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)


Clarence Edwords and Clarence Edgar Edwords


While describing his dining experiences throughout "Bohemian San Francisco," Clarence Edwords paints an historic panorama of Calif…