Short Poetry Collection 187 by VARIOUS ( - ) Genre(s): Poetry Read by: Craig Campbell, Colleen McMahon, Winston Tharp, Larry Wilson, Phil Schempf, Tomas Peter, Josh Mitteldorf, Newgatenovelist, Devorah Allen, Sonia, Mari Patterson, Nemo in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - The Address To Brahma (excerpt from The Birth of the War-God) 00:04:12 - 02 - At a Dance 00:05:08 - 03 - At a Window 00:06:14 - 04 - The Legend of Baboushka 00:11:31 - 05 - Babushka (A Russian Legend) 00:14:24 - 06 - The Bracelet: To Julia 00:15:13 - 07 - Bubbles 00:17:01 - 08 - Design 00:18:06 - 09 - Earth-Spirit 00:22:16 - 10 - To the Evening Star 00:23:24 - 11 - Every point of Love is fair 00:24:23 - 12 - The First Christmas Apart 00:26:13 - 13 - Fountain of Siloam 00:27:10 - 14 - The greedy little pitchers 00:27:43 - 15 - I Am Not Yours 00:28:39 - 16 - Impromptu 00:29:51 - 17 - Jerusalem 00:31:01 - 18 - L'Envoi 00:32:12 - 19 - Lines Written on being accused of coldness of character and manners by some friends 00:34:28 - 20 - Little Tree 00:36:06 - 21 - London 00:38:16 - 22 - Love Song 00:39:22 - 23 - A Mathematical Problem in Verse 00:41:38 - 24 - My November Guest 00:42:56 - 25 - Reducers and Oxidisers 00:43:50 - 26 - A serious man am I 00:45:13 - 27 - The Song of the Old Mother 00:46:19 - 28 - Sorrow of the Winds 00:47:21 - 29 - Souls 00:48:31 - 30 - 'Tis well to walk with a cheerful heart 00:49:14 - 31 - Town and Country 00:52:49 - 32 - What boots it that the violet shy This is a collection of 32 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for December 2018. More information: https://librivox.org/short-poetry-collection-187-by-various/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 070 by VARIOUS ( - ) Genre(s): *Non-fiction Read by: Piotr Nater, Craig Campbell, KevinS, ChadH94, BettyB, Availle, Sue Anderson, MichaelMaggs, Grace Buchanan, Rob Marland, TriciaG, Anita Sloma-Martinez, Scott Danneker in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - An Accursed Race 00:38:56 - 02 - The Blues and the Greens of Justinian 00:50:15 - 03 - The Burning of Peshtigo, Wisconsin (1871) 01:15:07 - 04 - Girls 01:17:23 - 05 - How Much Shall We Spend for Food (1910) 01:24:28 - 06 - King Arthur's Table 01:30:20 - 07 - Merlin the Magician 01:39:08 - 08 - A Metric America: 'A Decision Whose Time Has Come' - For Real (1992) 01:59:37 - 09 - The New Stove (1854) 02:09:23 - 10 - Not to be Forgotten: Merchant Men Heroes of WWI 02:16:40 - 11 - Observance of 5th November Act 1605 02:23:00 - 12 - Of Seneca's Writings 02:41:07 - 13 - Oscar Wilde and the Aesthetic Movement 03:00:36 - 14 - Poets As Policemen 03:02:05 - 15 - Post-Impressionism in the Prose of Gertrude Stein 03:16:14 - 16 - Senate Subcommittee Hearing on HR 7786, to Change Name of Armistice Day to Veterans Day (1954) 03:57:18 - 17 - Shall We Ever Be Able to Visit the Moon? (1920) 04:04:13 - 18 - A Talk With Mr. Oscar Wilde 04:18:34 - 19 - Theodore Roosevelt On Applying the 9th Commandment 04:38:20 - 20 - Travels in the Air: A Balloon Ascent to 37,000 Feet (1862) Twenty short nonfiction works selected by the readers. 'Shall we ever be able to visit the moon?' queries journalist Charles Nevers Holmes in 1920. Holmes was hopeful. Technology had come a long way since 1862, when balloonist James Glaisher made a daring ascent to 37,000 feet above the earth and passed out for lack of oxygen [Travels in the Air]. Glaisher had to best-guess the altitude to which his balloon had climbed while he was unconscious. Technology requires a rational system of accurate measurement [A Metric America]. Societies, however, are not rational. Some past eras were filled with horror [The Blues and Greens of Justinian; An Accursed Race]; others with heroism [Not to be Forgotten]. Some men view the public weal through stoic's eyes [Of Seneca's Writings] and some in a more hopeful frame of mind [Theodore Roosevelt on Applying the 9th Commandment]. Days of public observance tell a nation's concerns [Veteran's Day; 5th of November Act 1605]. Myths and legends speak to the importance of loyalty [King Arthur's Table] and to our trust that truth will win out [Merlin the Magician]. Sometimes a humorist like Mark Twain can make us laugh at ourselves [Poets as Policemen]. At other times grief overwhelms us [The Burning of Peshtigo, Wisconsin]. The single woman or man, wondering their place in this complexity, can make a difference: a woman stops to think about the food she buys for her family [How Much Shall We Spend for Food]; another woman sparks a bit of self-assertive feminism in a friend [The New Stove]. And, ever and again, in our search for meaning, we turn to artists [A Talk with Mr. Oscar Wilde; Oscar Wilde and the Aesthetic Movement; Post Impressionism in the Prose of Gertrude Stein]. - Summary by Sue Anderson More information: https://librivox.org/short-nonfiction-collection-vol-070-by-various/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Kazan by James Oliver CURWOOD (1878 - 1927) Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Nature & Animal Fiction Read by: Leonard Wilson in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 26 - Chapter 26 - An Empty World 00:07:42 - 27 - Chapter 27 - The Call of Sun Rock Kazan (sometimes published with the subtitle The Wolf Dog) is a once very popular novel by environmentalist and author James Oliver Curwood. After a trip to the Yukon area of Canada and Alaska, Curwood wrote a series of wilderness adventure novels that were best-sellers in the 1910's and 1920's and remained popular through mid century. Jack London had begun the vogue for northland dog stories with his Call of the Wild and White Fang, and there were many imitators, but none had a greater impact than Curwood. The income from the sales of his books permitted him to spend several months of each year in the remote northwestern area that he loved, while he poured out more than 30 novels.Probably the most widely read of his novels during his lifetime was this engrossing tale of a magnificent animal that is part husky and part wolf. There is a struggle between the two breeds in Kazan's makeup; he is torn between love for a particular man and woman and the desire to run free with the wolves, especially the one that he has chosen for his mate. In both of these contrasting parts of his life, he meets tremendous challenges that require all his instinct, strength, and spirit to overcome.(Introduction by Leonard Wilson) More information: http://librivox.org/kazan-by-james-oliver-curwood/

Lucíola by José de Alencar (1829 - 1877) Genre(s): Romance Read by: Leni in Portuguese Cover design by TriciaG. Chapters: 00:00:00 - 00 - Ao Autor 00:01:35 - 01 - Capítulo I 00:04:35 - 02 - Capítulo II 00:18:23 - 03 - Capítulo III 00:33:05 - 04 - Capítulo IV 00:50:05 - 05 - Capítulo V 01:08:30 - 06 - Capítulo VI 01:25:23 - 07 - Capítulo VII 01:44:08 - 08 - Capítulo VIII 02:00:59 - 09 - Capítulo IX 02:21:17 - 10 - Capítulo X 02:42:48 - 11 - Capítulo XI 03:05:22 - 12 - Capítulo XII 03:23:43 - 13 - Capítulo XIII 03:45:01 - 14 - Capítulo XIV 04:04:58 - 15 - Capítulo XV 04:24:47 - 16 - Capítulo XVI 04:45:02 - 17 - Capítulo XVII 05:08:25 - 18 - Capítulo XVIII 05:29:42 - 19 - Capítulo XIX 05:57:39 - 20 - Capítulo XX 06:20:31 - 21 - Capítulo XXI Lucíola é o primeiro perfil de mulher publicado por José de Alencar (seguido mais tarde por Diva e Senhora). Conta a história da chegada do provinciano Paulo à corte do Rio de Janeiro e seu encontro com Lúcia, mulher bela, mas cortesã, que no entanto guarda um terrível segredo em seu passado. - Summary by Leni More information: https://librivox.org/luciola-by-jose-de-alencar/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)