LibriVox recording of It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Charles Reade. Read in English by volunteer readers. A ruthless squire becomes obsessed with a younger woman and conspires against her lover, George Fielding, so that the squire can win her. With the squire's financial pressure turned up on his family, George goes to Australia to earn money enough to marry his girl. In the meantime, a young man named Tom Robinson is sent to prison for stealing. For his somewhat minor offense, he suffers...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, fiction, romance, injustice, false accusation, prison life, gold,...
LibriVox recording of The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen Vol. 1 by Howard Carter and A. C. Mace Read in English by Availle. On 26 November 1922, after eight years of work in the Valley of the Kings, archeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, a pharaoh of the 18th dynasty (around 1300 BCE). Different than all the tombs hitherto excavated, this was the first to be virtually undisturbed, and Carters words on a first look into the tomb "Yes, wonderful things!" have gone down...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, history, Egypt, treasure, Pharaoh, gold, mummy, archeology, tomb, carter,...
LibriVox recording of Audubon's Western Journal: 1849-1850 by John Woodhouse Audubon. Read in English by David Wales John Woodhouse Audubon (1812-1862), son of the famous painter John James Audubon and an artist in his own right, joined Col. Henry Webb's California Company expedition in 1849. From New Orleans the expedition sailed to the Rio Grande; it headed west overland through northern Mexico and through Arizona to San Diego, California. Cholera and outlaws decimated the group. Many of them...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, exploration, journal, California, gold rush, Texas, Mexico, naturalist,...
LibriVox recording of Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 16, Feb. 17, 1880. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Harper's Young People was an illustrated weekly publication for children includes delightful serialized and one-off short stories, tales from history, poetry, puzzles and fun. This 16th issue of the serial, published on February 17, 1880, features stories of a baby saved from a flood, a lesson in the evils of shoplifting, a profile of the wild boar, a beloved child lost and...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, poetry, children, history, travel, dog, ships, animals, books, short stories,...
LibriVox recording of Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 14, Feb. 3, 1880. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Harper's Young People was an illustrated weekly publication for children containing serialized stories, short stories, fiction and nonfiction, poetry, craft projects and more. This 14th issue of the serial, published on February 3, 1880, features an eclectic collection of stories sure to delight present-day children as it did the children of centuries past. This serial was...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, poetry, children, history, dog, dogs, ships, animals, house, America, poem,...
LibriVox recording of Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 17, February 24, 1880. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Harper's Young People, an illustrated weekly publication for children, includes delightful serialized and one-off short stories and tales from history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 17th issue of the serial, published on February 24, 1880, features stories of a fishing misadventure rewarded, a good deed gone wrong, a lost and found gold thimble, a bottomless sack and...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, poetry, children, history, fiction, sailor, animals, doll, books,...
