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Dive into LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 058, featuring a captivating array of 20 short fiction pieces, all read by a talented group of LibriVox members. Experience the magic of storytelling through this diverse selection of works in the public domain.

Birds and All Nature was a captivating monthly publication from the Nature Study Publishing Company in Chicago, showcasing the beauty of the natural world. This enchanting magazine featured delightful short poems and vivid descriptions of birds, animals, and various natural wonders, accompanied by stunning color plates. Published from 1897 to 1907, it was known by several titles, including Birds, Birds and All Nature, Nature and Art, and Birds and Nature. Join us as we explore this treasure trove of nature-inspired art and literature, beautifully summarized by J. M. Smallheer.

This awesome collection of children’s bedtime stories and classic fairy tales will help your children fall asleep and relax FAST. This wonderful experience will give children a head start in their education and primes the development of key listening skills. Keeping it fun can help form an emotional connection to reading, listening and learning that can last a lifetime.

Much like The Lux Radio Theater, The Screen Guild Players presented radio dramatizations of popular movies of the era, usually with the original film stars at the microphone. Condensing a full-length film story into a twenty-two-minute radio play presented considerable challenges to the writers (in 1950-51, the series was expanded to a full hour). Broadcast from 1939 until 1952 for sponsors Gulf Oil, Lady Esther Cosmetics, and Camel Cigarettes, nearly every major Hollywood star made an appearance, including Frank Sinatra, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Crawford, and more.

An eccentric artist is murdered in the proverbially locked room on a strange island in San Francisco harbor. Howard Duff, Lurene Tuttle.

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents from the literary landscape of 1800 to 1849 and its male authors whose time has now come again.

This amazing collection of poetry from the famous Greek Anthology spans over 1,500 years of ancient Greek and Byzantine history. The selections in this recording were chosen and translated by famed classicist J. W. Mackail.

A hilarious collection of BBC broadcasting blunders presented by John Inverdale. There are no gaffes like sporting gaffes. In the excitement of the moment, and live on air, commentators and sports personalities can say the most amazing and the silliest things. This compilation includes...

Three 'witness' insights into history. In 'That Door' by Elizabeth Kuti (read by Eleanor Bron), it is Wittenberg, 1517 and Brother Martin meets the indomitable Frau Sprenger. In 'Nothing but Blue Skies' by Dominic Power (read by Elizabeth Mastrantonio), Katherine Rudd, now 97, recalls events on...

Explore the profound world of Soren Kierkegaard, a Danish philosopher and religious author whose life and work continue to resonate today. Born in Copenhagen on May 6, 1813, and passing away on November 11, 1855, Kierkegaards writings delve deep into the nature of existence and faith. His father, Michael, a devout man consumed by despair, inadvertently passed his melancholic influence onto young Soren. Though he rarely ventured beyond Copenhagen, Kierkegaard engaged deeply with the people around him, discussing the intricacies of daily life. After six years of intellectual exploration, he ...

This book is designed to trigger ASMR and help induce sleep. As a chronic insomniac, I have long sought an effective remedy. Traditional sleep meditations and soothing sounds only caused hyperfocusing and aggravation. Rather than instructing your mind to rest, this book is intended to give your mind lovely things to dwell on, allowing you to drift in and out of thought as you relax through the rhythmic tones.

The horror of the male experience during World War One was well documented in poetry, memoir, and fiction throughout the 20th century. Women's voices of despair, endurance and anger, however, have often been forgotten. These poems of political fury, widowed brides, industry undertaken, and sons and friends loved and lost, give a heartbreaking insight into the experience of women throughout World War One.

Blanca Nieves Y Muchos Cuentos mas.

This baker's dozen of speeches capture historic moments and feature some of the most compelling orators of all time—from Socrates, Queen Elizabeth, Patrick Henry, and Abraham Lincoln to such twentieth century icons as Susan B. Anthony, Winston Churchill, and Martin Luther King, Jr. In addition to the recreation of speeches, this collection includes original recordings by four American presidents.

Almost always when we think of Ghost Stories, we first think of those written by the Victorians. If you want a really good ghost story to bring that edge of chill, that foreboding of dread, that feeling that in an empty house we are not quite alone and that sometimes the sharp, sheer shock of what just happened is upon us then look no further than ‘The Victorian Ghost Story’ for your listening pleasure.

Terrifying secrets from the past are revealed when a ghost hunter discovers a letter from his deceased mother. A lost young couple learns all is not what it seems when an elderly woman welcomes them into her remote outback home. And a guilt-ridden carpenter takes a journey into another dimension but is shocked by what follows him home.... Scare Street is proud to present a diabolical new collection of 17 ghastly stories. Each spine-tingling tale is a portal to a new world, the beginning of a seemingly endless voyage into fear and dread.

In these compelling, fascinating, vivid and shocking essays from some of our finest military historians, key figures and decisive battles of World War II come to life as never before. Volume 2 of the series from Robert Cowley, editor of the What If? series.

A Collection of Erotic stories.

12 stories from the BBC TV series, narrated by Kenneth Williams. Featuring Mavis Cruet, the Fat Fairy; Arthur, the Cockney Caterpillar; Evil Edna, the Wicked Witch; Carwash, the Prissy Pussy; and The Moog, the Droopy Dog. Of course, we mustn’t forget ‘the Beast’, who is really Prince...

Birds and Nature was a captivating monthly publication by the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago, running from 1897 to 1907. Filled with delightful short poems, engaging anecdotes, and insightful descriptions of birds, animals, and various aspects of the natural world, this magazine also featured stunning color plates that brought its content to life. Originally published under several titles including Birds, Birds and all Nature, Nature and Art, and Birds and Nature, it remains a cherished piece of nature literature. - Summary by J. M. Smallheer