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LibriVox recording of A Gentleman of Leisure by P. G. Wodehouse. Read in English by Mark Nelson A wealthy, love-sick bachelor, crooks, and card-sharps ensconced in an English castle make for a classic Wodehousian comedy of star-crossed lovers, imposters and stolen jewels. It all gets a bit thick, what? - Summary by Mark Nelson For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page...
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of I Saw the Moon Rise Clear by Thomas Moore. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 6, 2015. Read in English by Algy Pug; Bruce Kachuk; Brian Lornie; Brian Darby; millianna; David Lawrence; Newgatenovelist; Garth Burton; Greg Giordano; Ian King; JudyDerby; Jude; J. McDougall; Lee Ann Howlett; Leonard Wilson and Maria Kasper. Thomas Moore was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of "The...
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of The Three Rulers by Adelaide Anne Procter. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 27, 2015. Read in English by Bruce Kachuk; Caitlin Buckley; Christie Crews; David Lawrence; Newgatenovelist; Greg Giordano; Ian King; Joe Brenneman; J. McDougall; Jim McNamara; Lee Ann Howlett; Livia F.; Leonard Wilson; Maria Kasper and SkyAlbatross. Adelaide Anne Procter was an English poet and philanthropist. She worked prominently on behalf of unemployed...
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LibriVox recording of The Orphan by Clarence Edward Mulford. Read in English by Mark Nelson Many men swore that The Orphan was bad, and many swore profanely and with wonderful command of epithets because he was bad, but for obvious reasons that was as far as the majority went to show their displeasure. Those of the minority who had gone farther and who had shown their hatred by rash actions only proved their foolishness; for they had indeed gone far and would return no more. But Sheriff Jim...
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 readings of September by Michael Field. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 6, 2015. Read in English by Bruce Kachuk; David Lawrence; Newgatenovelist; Greg Giordano; Ian King; J. McDougall; Kara Shallenberg; Lee Ann Howlett; Larry Wilson; Leonard Wilson and Maria Kasper. Michael Field was a pseudonym used for the poetry and verse drama of Katharine Harris Bradley (27 October 1846 – 26 September 1914) and her niece and ward Edith Emma Cooper (12...
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LibriVox recording of The Mysterious Rider by Zane Grey. Read in English by Mary Bard This book has all the elements of a classic Western, including rustling and gunfights, but at its heart is the battle between good and evil, between duty and love, between selfishness and self-sacrifice. The ‘mysterious rider’ of the title arrives at White Slides ranch, and his coming will have major consequences for many of those living there, not least for Columbine who is promised to a man she cannot...
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of A Petition to Time by Barry Cornwall. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 24, 2016. Read in English by Bruce Kachuk; Christine Lehman; David Lawrence; Garth Burton; Ian King; Jamila Phillips; Lee Ann Howlett; Larry Wilson; Leonard Wilson; Maria Kasper; Matthew Datcher and Tomas Peter. Bryan Waller Procter (pseud. Barry Cornwall) was an English poet. Rather unknown outside Britain in his times and largely considered to be imitator of greater...
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of A Song To Eleonora Duse In "Francesca da Rimini" by Sara Teasdale. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 10, 2016. Read in English by Bruce Kachuk; David Lawrence; Garth Burton; Ian King; Lee Ann Howlett; NoelBadrian; vocanword; shirleyB and Tomas Peter. Sara Teasdale was an American lyric poet. She was born Sara Trevor Teasdale in St. Louis, Missouri, and used the name Sara Teasdale Filsinger after her marriage in 1914. Teasdale's...
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LibriVox recording of Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice by James Branch Cabell. Read in English by Mark Nelson Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice is a fantasy book by James Branch Cabell, which gained fame (or notoriety) shortly after its publication in 1919. It is a humorous romp through a medieval cosmos, including a send-up of Arthurian legend, and excursions to Heaven and Hell as in The Divine Comedy. Cabell's work is recognized as a landmark in the creation of the comic fantasy novel, influencing Terry...
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LibriVox recording of Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington. Read in English by Mark Nelson Up from Slavery is the 1921 autobiography of Booker T. Washington sharing his personal experience of having to work to rise up from the position of a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton Institute, to his work establishing the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to help black people learn useful, marketable skills and work to...
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LibriVox recording of The Wailing Octopus by Harold L. Goodwin. Read in English by Mark Nelson Rick and Scotty fly off to the Caribbean, along with Drs. Briotti and Zircon, in search of pirate treasure. They soon become entangled with foreign spies and a hurricane and Steve Ames and the U.S. Navy, and it's a non-stop race to the treasure! - Summary by sjmarky For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please...
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of I Am The World by Dora Sigerson Shorter. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for July 17, 2016. Read in English by ashleighjane; Bruce Kachuk; Beth Thomas; David Lawrence; Larry Wilson; Leonard Wilson; Maria Kasper; Matthew Datcher; NoelBadrian and Tomas Peter. Dora Maria Sigerson Shorter was an Irish poet and sculptor, who after her marriage in 1895 wrote under the name Dora Sigerson Shorter. She was a major figure of the Irish Literary...
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LibriVox recording of Louise de la Valliere by Alexandre Dumas. Read in English by Robert Snoza; Phil Griffiths; Lynne Thompson; deongines; Eden Rea-Hedrick; acousticwave; Wayne Donovan; ToddHW; Gail Timmerman Vaughan; Filippo Gioachin After The Three Muskateers and Twenty Years After the adventurous story of Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan continues! The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (French: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard ) is the last of the Musketeer novels. It...
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LibriVox recording of The Love Affairs of Pixie by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey. Read in English by Judi Mason This is the third book of the Pixie O’Shaughnessy trilogy. In a story of love lost and found, Pixie matures from an inexperienced young lass into a wise woman. - Summary by Judith Mason For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more...
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LibriVox recording of Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde. Read in English by Alex Lau; James K. White Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories is a collection of short semi-comic mystery stories. This collection exemplifies Wilde's sharp wit and dark humour. Stories in this collection include: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, The Canterville Ghost, The Sphinx Without a Secret, The Model Millionaire, and The Portrait Of Mr W H. (Summary by Wikipedia and Alex Lau) For...
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LibriVox recording of The Mountain Girl, by Payne Erskine. A delightful love-story, genuinely American in feeling and treatment. The story is stirring, the heroine is ideal. (Summary by the Chicago Tribune, from time of publishing) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books (in over 25 languages) or to become a volunteer...
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LibriVox recording of Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw. Read in English by Phil Chenevert .Mrs. Warren's Profession is a play written by George Bernard Shaw in 1893, and first performed in London in 1902 but was banned after two performances because of the profession talked about. The play is about a former prostitute, now a madam (brothel proprietor), who attempts to come to terms with her disapproving daughter. It illustrates Shaw's belief that the act of prostitution was not...
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LibriVox recording of The Mysteries of Paris - Volume 1 (version 2) by Eugène Sue. Read in English by Celine Major Rodolphe is the Grand Duke of Gerolstein, a fictional kingdom of Germany, but disguises himself as a Parisian worker. He can speak in the secret language of criminals, is extremely strong and a good fighter. However, he shows great compassion for the lower classes, good judgment, and has a brilliant mind. In the story, he moves through different layers of society, and understands...
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LibriVox recording of The Mysteries of Paris - Volume 4 by Eugène Sue. Read in English by Celine Major. Rodolphe, who is really the Grand Duke of Gerolstein (a fictional kingdom of Germany) but is disguised as a Parisian worker. He can speak in argot, is extremely strong and a good fighter. However he shows great compassion for the lower classes, good judgment, and has a brilliant mind. He is at ease in all layers of society and so is able to understand their problems, and how the different...
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LibriVox recording of Manners for Men by Mrs. Humphry. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Many men who go out into the world while still very young to earn their living have few opportunities of acquiring a knowledge of social observances. Should this little manual of manners be of use to any such in enabling them to master the theory, as it were, of social customs in the educated classes, it will have attained its aim. (Mrs. Humphry) For further information, including links to online...
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LibriVox recording of La Campaña del Maestrazgo by Benito Pérez Galdós. Read in Spanish by Tux Quinta novela de la tercera serie de los Episodios Nacionales. Primera Guerra Carlista. El general Ramón Cabrera participa en La Campaña del Maestrazgo. Don Beltrán de Urdaneta, noble aragonés, se topa con una serie de riesgos e infortunios, en medio de la guerra fratricida, cuando intenta recuperar un dinero de un campesino a quien vendió sus tierras, para pagar las deudas que ha generado su...
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LibriVox recording of Mardi Vol. 1 by Herman Melville. Read in English by Ecological Humanist and Gail Timmerman Vaughan. "Not long ago, having published two narratives of voyages in the Pacific, which, in many quarters, were received with incredulity, the thought occurred to me, of indeed writing a romance of Polynesian adventure, and publishing it as such; to see whether, the fiction might not, possibly, be received for a verity: in some degree the reverse of my previous...
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LibriVox recording of The Markets of Paris by Émile Zola. Read in English by Celine Major The Markets of Paris is a remarkable work, and is the one which Zola calls his very best novel, and of which he is far more proud than of any others in his Rougon-Marquart series – prouder than of L’Assommoir. It must have been in his early manhood, when poor and friendless, he lived among the people, that much of the information which makes these pages so startlingly vivid, was acquired. How many...
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LibriVox recording of Het leven van Johannes Wouter Blommesteyn - deel 1 by Adriaan Loosjes Pzn.. Read in Dutch by Marcel Coenders Na de beschrijving van de ideale Nederlandse man uit de 17de eeuw (Maurits Lijnslager) en de ideale Nederlandse vrouw uit het midden van de 17de eeuw (Hillegonda Buisman) nu de beschrijving van de slappe en mislukte Nederlander uit de 18de eeuw. In dit eerste deel verliest Johannes na escapades in een bordeel zijn geliefde Antje Wijnstok en moet hij naar Suriname...
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LibriVox recording of The Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw by Frances Milton Trollope. Read in English by Anna Simon; Ralph Crown; Lynne Thompson; MaryAnnS; KHand; Julia Niedermaier; Soumen Barua; Michele Eaton; Mark Chulsky The novel begins with the arrival of a family staking a claim in the black delta of the Deep South. Whitlaw is a brutish sort who bullies his cowering wife into working herself to death. Shortly after giving birth to a strapping man-child, the wife, Portia,...
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LibriVox recording of The Legends and Myths of Hawaii by David Kalakaua. Read in English by Lynne T; Gloria Keawe; Ellies; Sia Tuinei; Bhavya; KHand; Lynda Marie Neilson A collection of legends and myths of the Hawaiian islands and their 'strange people' as told by His Majesty King Kalakaua, the last king of Hawaii. Introduction, including a history, geography and social and religious commentary on the islands by R.M. Daggett, United States Minister to the Hawaiian Islands 1882-1885. For...
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LibriVox recording of Lady Huntworth's Experiment by R. C. Carton. Read in English by ToddHW; Michele Eaton; Alan Mapstone; Larry Wilson; David Purdy; Adrian Stephens; Matea Bracic; Tchaikovsky; Annie Mars; Adrienne Prevost; April6090 Lady Huntworth is in disguise and under cover as a cook. She entertains a number of men and the comedy ensues.- Summary by Michele Eaton Stage Directions: wib66 Captain Dorvastan: adrianstephens Reverend Audley Pillenger: toddhw Reverend Thorsby: Tchaikovsky...
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LibriVox recording of La Estafeta Romántica by Benito Pérez Galdós. Read in Spanish by Tux La estafeta no es sino el correo y esta es precisamente, la forma de correspondencia, la estructura de la sexta novela de la tercera serie de los Episodios Nacionales. Se reúnen aquí epístolas de Doña María Tirgo, la Marquesa de Sariñán, D. José María de Navarridas, Fernando Calpena, D. Pedro Hillo y otros personajes a quienes nos sorprenderá encontrar... Juntamente es romántica porque se...
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LibriVox recording of The Liar by Henry James. Read in English by Deborah Percy A successful painter reconnects with the woman he once loved during a visit to an English country house. His surprise is great when he learns that her husband is susceptible to a very peculiar habit. - Summary by Deborah Percy For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For...
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LibriVox recording of Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development by Sir Francis Galton. Read in English by Leon Harvey Francis Galton, credited with the discovery of identification by fingerprinting, also took a long term interest in the study of biometrics. In this book, many different faculties, both observable and measurable are discussed in length and methods of collecting data suggested. In addition, casual observations from personal memoirs, and drawing similar cases from other...
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LibriVox recording of Ingersoll on ROBERT BURNS, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 2 by Robert Burns; Robert G. Ingersoll. Read in English by Michele Fry and Kay Williams; This is a duet by Michele Fry, reading Ingersoll's essay, and Kay Williams, an authentic Scotsman, reading Burns' poetry. Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, the National Bard, Bard of Ayrshire, the Ploughman Poet and various other names and...
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LibriVox recording of The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain. Read in English by bscottholmes Samuel L. Clemens' (Mark Twain) journey to Europe and the Holy Land in 1866. Reportedly his best selling book. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B 00-19 (180MB)...
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LibriVox opname van In de Graafschap van Jacobus Craandijk. Gelezen door Marcel Coenders. Wandelingen door de Graafschap uit Wandelingen door Nederland met pen en potlood. Deel 2 (1876) en Nieuwe wandelingen door Nederland (1888) (Marcel Coenders) Voor meer informatie, inclusief een link naar de on-line tekst, info over de lezers, RSS feeds, CD hoes en andere bestandsformaten: ga naar de LibriVox catalogus pagina voor deze opname. M4B audioboek van het complete boek Voor meer gratis audioboeken...
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LibriVox recording of in our time by Ernest Hemingway. Read in English by KevinS This is the first edition of Hemingway's in our time , published in a very small run in France in 1924. And American edition was released the following year. There are 18 brief short stories---one might say vignettes---that demonstrate the author's early interests and his increasingly iconic literary style. - Summary by KevinS For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds,...
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LibriVox recording of In Exile and Other Stories, by Mary Hallock Foote. Read by David Wales. Six short stories by Mary Hallock Foote (1847–1938), an American author and illustrator. She is best known for her illustrated short stories and novels portraying life in the mining communities of the turn-of-the-century American West. She is famous for her stories of place, in which she portrayed the rough, picturesque life she experienced and observed in the old West, especially that in the early...
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LibriVox recording of Delia Blanchflower by Mary Augusta Ward. Read in English by Simon Evers Delia Blanchflower’s father has died, leaving her a considerable inheritance. However, she has become caught up in the militant wing of the Suffragist movement and has come under the spell of Gertrude Marvell, one of the leaders of the movement. Because he strongly disapproves, Delia’s father has put his money in trust until she is older. He has appointed an old friend – Mark Winnington – as...
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LibriVox recording of Diana Tempest by Mary Cholmondeley. Read in English by Simon Evers Colonel Tempest , his wastrel son Archie and beautiful daughter Diana (Di) are dismayed when they are cut out of the will of old Mr Tempest, Colonel Tempest’s brother. All of the Tempest fortune and estates at Overleigh pass to son John. However, everyone except John knows that he is illegitimate. Colonel Tempest, enraged, agrees in a drunken stupor to a bounty of £10,000 on John’s head although he...
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LibriVox recording of On the Trail of The Immigrant by Edward A. Steiner. Read in English by Michele Fry; Mark Chulsky; Soumen Barua; Denise Nordell; Mike Pelton How did the immigrants come to America? Who were they? What Where did they come from? In this book, Edward Steiner tells of the experiences of immigrants from Hungry, Poland, Scandanavia, Germany, Italy and many other countries as they leave everything and board a boat to an unknown future. Steiner was born to a well-to-do...
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LibriVox recording of The Astonishing History of Troy Town by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch. Read in English by Simon Evers A humorous story about some of the extraordinary inhabitants of a British seaside town. - Summary by Simon Evers For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit...
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LibriVox recording of Attitude by Hal Clement. Read in English by Phil Chenevert They had been captured, but by whom? And why where they allowed to build anything they wanted to escape? The space cruiser was powerful and built to fight anything in the galaxy, but somehow, in the empty rift between galaxies, they had been rendered helpless and brought to this prison. Even stranger was that their captors had not harmed any of them at all, used no weapons and allowed them to use all equipment...
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LibriVox recording of The Bourgeois Gentleman by Molière. (Translated by Philip Dwight Jones.) Read in English by a full cast. The Bourgeois Gentleman of the title is a middle-class social climber, assured that by learning all the arts of a true and noble gentleman, he shall truly become one. This enables Moliere to satire both the pretentious middle class and the snobbish aristocracy all at one time. Originally presented in 1670 before the court of Louis the 14th with music by Jean-Baptiste...
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LibriVox recording of Children's Short Works, Vol. 023 by Various. Read in English by Librivox volunteers Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 023: a collection of 16 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members. - Summary by Ruth Golding For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio...
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LibriVox recording of Birds and All Nature, Vol. VI, No 5, December 1899 by Various. Read in English LibriVox Volunteeers "Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was published from 1897-1907 under the various titles, "Birds," "Birds and all Nature," "Nature and...
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LibriVox recording of Black Amazon of Mars by Leigh Brackett. Read in English by Phil Chenevert This gore drenched story finds Eric Stark, the fierce and barely civilized warrior raised on Mercury struggling to bring a dying Martian friend back to his home city in the North of Mars before he passes away. Unfortunately his friend does die on the way and lays a most unwanted last request on Stark before the end; to bring a precious stolen talisman back to the city. The journey there introduces...
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LibriVox recording of Christmas Short Works Collection 2021 by Various. Read by Librivox Volunteers The 2021 Christmas collection has some old favourites and some new, some reflections. Shepherds with a difference from New Zealand, and hopefully everyone will find something to enjoy , Summary by Annise For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For...
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LibriVox recording of The Blue Behemoth by Leigh Douglass Brackett. Read in English by Chris Fong Shannon's Imperial Circus was a jinxed space-carny leased for a mysterious tour of the inner worlds. It made a one-night pitch on a Venusian swamp-town—to find that death stalked it from the jungle in a tiny ball of flame. (Summary from the text) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the...
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LibriVox recording of Bunny Brothers by Jacqueline Clayton. Read in English by Lily; Dwarika; Jennifer Gosling; ashley123; Kate Mulligan; August20th; larryhayes7 Pinkie is one of a whole bunch of bunny brothers and sisters. Their mother, Mrs. Bunny, is a busy woman and often exasperated with the exuberance and energy of Pinkie. He is not a good student and is considered somewhat lazy but he is a good bunny at heart who loves his numerous brothers and sister bunnies. Follow him on just a few of...
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