One Thing Needful by Mary Elizabeth BRADDON (1835 - 1915) Genre(s): Romance, Published 1800 -1900 Read by: Mark Nelson, Jim Locke in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Chapter 1 00:22:40 - 02 - Chapter 2 00:38:39 - 03 - Chapter 3 01:06:44 - 04 - Chapter 4 01:45:58 - 05 - Chapter 5 02:13:24 - 06 - Chapter 6 02:54:16 - 07 - Chapter 7 04:05:36 - 08 - Chapter 8 04:21:13 - 09 - Chapter 9, part 1 04:57:43 - 10 - Chapter 9, part 2 05:47:04 - 11 - Chapter 10 06:30:17 - 12 - Chapter 11 06:46:46 - 13 - Chapter 12 Can starving children be grateful for the education they receive if, when they ask for food, rich people give them a stone? This is the question in the heart of this rich psychological novel. Lady Lashmore is a typical lady of her time, ruling every aspect of her household and constantly complaining that the poor people in the factory ten miles away bother her. Things change when her son, Lord Lashmore, falls in love with a poor woman. Only then does he understand what is the one thing they need most. Only then does he mature, develop empathy, and see what are the real important things in life. This is a coming of age story, a love story, but, most of all, a story about prejudice and small revolutions. For the world would never be the same and the young generation sees social classes differently. This novel is perfect for fans of Charlotte Bronte and Elizabeth Gaskell. Readers who love Mary Elizabeth Braddon's other novels will not be disappointed. - Summary by Stav Nisser. More information: https://librivox.org/one-thing-needful-by-mary-elizabeth-braddon/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Africa by Frank G. CARPENTER (1855 - 1924) Genre(s): Travel & Geography Read by: BettyB in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 00 - Preface 00:03:27 - 01 - From New York to Gibraltar 00:11:53 - 02 - Morocco 00:20:54 - 03 - Through Interior Morocco 00:29:55 - 04 - In Fez, the Capital of Morocco 00:38:53 - 05 - Algeria, General View 00:49:17 - 06 - In Algiers 00:59:26 - 07 - The City of Tunis 01:10:21 - 08 - The Desert of Sahara 01:16:47 - 09 - In the Oasis off Biskra 01:25:20 - 10 - A Caravan Ride 01:38:16 - 11 - Tripoli and its Oases 01:48:18 - 12 - The Land of the Nile 01:54:25 - 13 - Egypt- A Trip through the Country 02:02:12 - 14 - Alexandria and Cairo 02:16:40 - 15 - Ancient Egypt - The Pyramids and the Sphinx 02:24:48 - 16 - A Trip through the Suez Canal 02:31:04 - 17 - Nubia 02:41:31 - 18 - The Roof of Africa - Abyssinia 02:54:11 - 19 - Across East Africa by Rail 03:02:17 - 20 - About Lake Victoria 03:11:21 - 21 - In Uganda 03:18:32 - 22 - Elephants and Ivory 03:28:02 - 23 - The Strange Animals of Africa 03:35:56 - 24 - In the Sudan 03:41:28 - 25 - About Kuka and Lake Tchad 03:52:08 - 26 - In the Land of the Hausas 04:02:31 - 27 - The Upper Niger - Timbuktu and Jenne 04:15:35 - 28 - The Spanish Possessions 04:17:43 - 29 - The Home of the Negro 04:28:17 - 30 - Senegambia, Sierra Leone aand Liberia - The Kroos 04:39:10 - 31 - Lagos - A Visit to a West African Factory 04:45:29 - 32 - The Yorubans - Southern Nigeria 04:54:05 - 33 - The Home of the Gorilla - Kamerun and French Kongo 04:59:59 - 34 - The Kongo and Its Basin 05:09:53 - 35 - Life upon the Kongo 05:24:24 - 36 - Trade and Commerce of the Kongo 05:32:42 - 37 - In the Great African Forest - Pygmies 05:41:23 - 38 - Through German East Africa to the Indian Ocean 05:52:11 - 39 - Zanzibar 05:57:46 - 40 - With the Portugese in Africa 06:10:30 - 41 - British South Africa 06:18:30 - 42 - Rhodesia - the Zambesi - The Niagara of Africa 06:23:52 - 43 - Farming in South Africa 06:32:14 - 44 - A Visit to an Ostrich Farm 06:43:47 - 45 - Kimberley and the Diamond Mines 06:55:15 - 46 - The Gold Mines of South Africa - Johannesburg Fascinating book for all ages telling of travels through Africa over 100 years ago. Covering the continent by steamer and train and other more primitive means of transport, the reader will enjoy learning of African life long before knowledge of this continent was available to most people throughout the world. Summary by BettyB.Note: This text was published more than 100 years ago in 1905.The listener should be aware that the descriptions of the native peoples, their dress and home life reflected the perceptions and thinking of the early 20th century which some listeners may find offensive. More information: https://librivox.org/carpenters-geographical-reader-africa-by-frank-g-carpenter/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)