The History of Prostitution by William SANGER (1819 - 1872) Genre(s): History Read by: Anna Simon, Josh Kirsh, Arnie Horton, drakaunus, Leni, Ann Boulais, Philip Panos, csheeler, PrismStars, Gina Marie, Lucretia B., David Lawrence, Jeff K., Robert Sherman, Timothy O'Riordan, tovarisch, ProseandProdigyManly, Peter Yearsley, Bev J Stevens, Arielle Lipshaw, Ramon Escamilla, Uday Sagar, Bill Boerst, Mina Anderson, Samantha Miles, KHand in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 34 - Chapter 25 - Great Britain: Prostitution at the Present Time, Part 3 00:45:32 - 35 - Chapter 26 - Great Britain: Syphilitic Diseases 00:59:50 - 36 - Chapter 27 - Mexico 01:14:22 - 37 - Chapter 28 - Central and South America 01:35:48 - 38 - Chapter 29 - North American Indians 02:22:28 - 39 - Chapter 30, Barbarous Nations, Part 1 02:55:50 - 40 - Chapter 30, Barbarous Nations, Part 2 03:26:35 - 41 - Chapter 30, Barbarous Nations, Part 3 03:46:59 - 42 - Chapter 31, Semi-Civilized Nations, Part 1 04:18:26 - 43 - Chapter 31, Semi-Civilized Nations, Part 2 04:51:24 - 44 - Chapter 31, Semi-Civilized Nations, Part 3 05:20:22 - 45 - Chapter 32 - New York: Statistics, Part 1 05:51:25 - 46 - Chapter 32 - New York: Statistics, Part 2 06:25:26 - 47 - Chapter 32 - New York: Statistics, Part 3 Common sense asks for a full investigation of all the evils attending prostitution. In the every-day affairs of life, any man who feels the pressure of a particular evil looks at once for its cause. He may be neither a philosopher nor a logician, and may never have heard of or read any of the luminous treatises which professedly simplify science, yet he knows very well that for every effect there must be some adequate cause, and for this he generally searches diligently till he can find and remove it. But here, in the city of New York, is a population who claim to be as intelligent as any on the Western continent, who have been for years suffering from the effects of a vice in purse and person; who have paid and are paying every year large sums of money on account of it; who witness every day some broken constitution or ruined character resulting from it, and who yet have never thought of seeking out the cause! Is it now too late to enlist your sympathies in the undertaking? Hence we conclude that propriety, expediency, public safety, private interest, and common sense demand an investigation like this now submitted to the reader. (from the Introduction) More information: http://librivox.org/the-history-of-prostitution-by-william-sanger/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Just David (Version 2) by Eleanor H. Porter (1868 - 1920) Genre(s): General Read by: Phil Chenevert in English Cover design by Annise. Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - THE MOUNTAIN HOME 00:15:45 - 02 - THE TRAIL 00:34:18 - 03 - THE VALLEY 00:48:46 - 04 - TWO LETTERS 01:10:04 - 05 - DISCORDS 01:27:54 - 06 - NUISANCES, NECESSARY AND OTHERWISE 01:47:54 - 07 - 'YOU'RE WANTED—YOU'RE WANTED!' 02:04:31 - 08 - THE PUZZLING 'DOS' AND 'DON'TS' 02:21:50 - 09 - JOE 02:40:40 - 10 - THE LADY OF THE ROSES 02:58:33 - 11 - JACK AND JILL 03:10:44 - 12 - ANSWERS THAT DID NOT ANSWER 03:20:17 - 13 - A SURPRISE FOR MR. JACK 03:35:25 - 14 - THE TOWER WINDOW 03:48:58 - 15 - SECRETS. 04:02:22 - 16 - DAVID'S CASTLE IN SPAIN 04:15:48 - 17 - 'THE PRINCESS AND THE PAUPER' 04:35:07 - 18 - DAVID TO THE RESCUE 04:54:37 - 19 - THE UNBEAUTIFUL WORLD 05:07:39 - 20 - THE UNFAMILIAR WAY 05:22:41 - 21 - HEAVY HEARTS 05:34:22 - 22 - AS PERRY SAW IT 05:47:01 - 23 - PUZZLES 06:04:27 - 24 - A STORY REMODELED 06:16:58 - 25 - THE BEAUTIFUL WORLD Just David is the story of David, a little boy of 10 who is suddenly transplanted from a quiet, isolated, shut away world of music high in the mountains where he lived alone with his father, to the hustle and bustle of a small rural town. He is a boy who has been taught to love of music and everything beautiful in this world, from the sunset colors to a potato bug. His heart is incredibly good and sweet and loving which is hard for the people in the village to understand. Kind of like Pollyanna, it is a story of how he brings his own character, courage and happiness into the lives of the people he meets, and slowly opens their eyes to the amazing world he sees; a world full of miraculous things like pine trees and frogs. - Summary by phil chenevert More information: https://librivox.org/just-david-version-2-by-eleanor-h-porter/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Chronicles of Canada Volume 05 - Seigneurs of Old Canada: A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by William Bennett MUNRO (1875 - 1957) Genre(s): Early Modern Read by: Esther, Scott Mather, Caitlin Kelly, J. M. Smallheer, Kirsten Ferreri, Cori Samuel in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - AN OUTPOST OF EMPIRE 00:46:49 - 02 - GENTLEMEN OF THE WILDERNESS 01:21:10 - 03 - THREE SEIGNEURS OF OLD CANADA 01:58:00 - 04 - SEIGNEUR AND HABITANT 02:20:58 - 05 - HOW THE HABITANT LIVED 02:44:13 - 06 - 'AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM' 03:04:06 - 07 - THE TWILIGHT OF FEUDALISM It was during one of her proud and prosperous eras that France began her task of creating an empire beyond the Atlantic. At no time, indeed, was she better equipped for the work. No power of Western Europe since the days of Roman glory had possessed such facilities for conquering and governing new lands. If ever there was a land able and ready to take up the white man's burden it was the France of the seventeenth century. More information: http://librivox.org/the-seigneurs-of-old-canada-a-chronicle-of-new-world-feudalism/

Vagabonding Down The Andes by Harry A. FRANCK (1881 - 1962) Genre(s): Travel & Geography, Memoirs Read by: Elliott Swanson, Linda Johnson, Blainej in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 16 - Chapter 11 - Drawbacks of the Trail Part 2 00:47:33 - 17 - Chapter 12 - The Roof of Peru Part 1 01:26:43 - 18 - Chapter 12 - The Roof of Peru Part 2 02:05:46 - 19 - Chapter 13 - Round About the Peruvian Capital Part 1 02:32:30 - 20 - Chapter 13 - Round About the Peruvian Capital Part 2 03:05:12 - 21 - Chapter 14 - Overland to Cuzco Part 1 03:59:58 - 22 - Chapter 14 - Overland to Cuzco Part 2 04:55:50 - 23 - Chapter 15 - The Route of the Conquistadores Part 1 05:47:09 - 24 - Chapter 15 - The Route of the Conquistadores Part 2 06:39:42 - 25 - Chapter 16 - The City of the Sun Part 1 Sometime in the latter half of 1911, Harry A. Franck jumped out of a box-car and crossed the Rio Grande, from Laredo. Thus began a journey, often afoot, that Harry estimated would take him 8 months. It ended up occupying four years of his life. The first leg of his Latin American epic is recorded in 'Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras; Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond' (The Century Company, 1916). He then headed south to the Canal Zone, Teddy Roosevelt's grand experiment in socialism, and applied within the Zone police force for a position as a census taker (chronicled in 'Zone Policeman 88; A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and Its Workers', The Century Company, April 1913). Since he was one of the few Americans who actually spoke Spanish, and a bevy of other languages, he was hired immediately. By June, 1912, he'd bankrolled enough money to see him through the opening phase of the work I'll be reading for you, 'Vagabonding Down the Andes; Being the Narrative of a Journey, Chiefly Afoot, From Panama to Buenos Aires' (The Century Company, 1917). Leaving the Zone in June of 1912, with 'objections to his reemployment', he caught a steamer and entered the South American continent at Cartagena, Colombia. Approximate 30 months later, having walked most of the length of the Inca highway, he staggered from a trek that took him over mountains and through raw jungle onto a ferry, and thence sailed into Buenos Aires, regarded as one of the most glamorous and expensive cities on earth at the time. This leg of the four volume epic (which later concludes with 'Working North from Patagonia; Being the Narrative of a Journey, Earned on the Way, Through Southern and Eastern South America, The Century Company, 1921) was the longest one, and in many respects, 'Vagabonding Down the Andes' was also the most detailed. As you can see, the works were not published in chronological order. Why? I don't know, other than the last volume, which was delayed by Harry's enlistment and serving in WWI.Harry is an opinionated iconoclast with a strong American value system based upon self-reliance. He's both college-educated and what I suppose can best be called 'street smart', though most of his trip took him through places where 'street' was little more than an abstract concept. Before his South American journey, he'd already worked his way around the world, and had written a book about it ('A Vagabond Journey Around the World', The Century Company, 1910). Some people are going to get their Politically Correct dander up if they listen. Well, fast traveler, keep in mind that Harry was a man of his times, and thus he sees the world, as we are all people of our times, and thus we see and experience the world. Harry did his vagabonding with a pistol as his constant companion, and lived amongst the poorest classes of people. He drank water collected in the ruts of wagon wheels. Not knowing where his next meal was coming from was the norm, as opposed to the exception. In terms of travel writing he makes Paul Theroux look like an armchair dilettante. Take him as he is, and I think you'll soon become enmeshed in this extraordinary saga.Written by Elliott Swanson, reader. More information: https://librivox.org/vagabonding-down-the-andes-by-harry-a-franck/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)