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Librivox: White Moll, The by Packard, Frank L.Join Now to Follow

Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 – February 17, 1942) born in Montreal, Quebec, was a Canadian novelist. Packard is credited with bridging the gap from the “cozy” style mysteries to the more gritty, hard-boiled style of such writers as Dashiell Hammet and Raymond Chandler. Packard also wrote a series of novels, beginning in 1917, featuring Jimmie Dale. A wealthy playboy by day, at night, Jimmie becomes a crimefighter “The Gray Seal” complete with mask and secret hide-out, “The Sanctuary”. This character certainly influenced later crimefighting characters such as Batman and The Shadow. In The White Moll (1920) Rhoda Gray, “The White Moll”, an angel of mercy who spends her time helping the poor in the slums of New York City, is drawn into the criminal world when she attempts to help Gypsy Nan, who is not what she seems. Accused of a crime and on the run from the police, she must battle the most nefarious criminal gang in the New York underworld to prove her innocence. Populated by such characters as Pierre Dangler, the Pug, Pinkie Bonn, Skeeny, the Sparrow and above all “the Adventurer”, this story contains shoot-outs, car chases, adventure and enough suspense and deception to satisfy the most avid mystery lover. (Summary by Rowdy Delaney)

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Librivox: Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories by VariousJoin Now to Follow

Since this series of books is intended for all young people from one to one hundred, it opens with about eighty of the old MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES. Nothing better was ever invented to tell to little folks who are young enough for lullabies. Their rhythm, their humor, and thei pith will always cause us to prize them as the Babies' Classics. Editors: Hamilton Wright Mabie, Edward Everett Hale, William Byron Forbush.(Gutenberg Text)

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Librivox: Nocturnall Upon St. Lucies Day, A by Donne, JohnJoin Now to Follow

LibriVox volunteers bring you 6 recordings of A Nocturnall Upon St. Lucies Day by John Donne. This was the fortnightly poetry project for winter solstice 2008.

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Librivox: Watsons, The by Austen, JaneJoin Now to Follow

This fragment of a novel was written by Jane Austen in 1804 and remained untitled and unpublished until her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh printed it in his A Memoir of Jane Austen in 1871. The title is from him. Mr Watson is a widowed clergyman with two sons and four daughters. The youngest daughter, Emma, has been brought up by a wealthy aunt and is consequently better educated and more refined than her sisters. But when her aunt contracts a foolish second marriage, Emma is obliged to return to her father's house. There she is chagrined by the crude and reckless husband-hunting of two of her twenty-something sisters. (Summary from Gesine and Wikipedia)

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Librivox: Damn! A Book of Calumny by Mencken, H. L.Join Now to Follow

Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (1880 – 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Known as the "Sage of Baltimore", he is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Mencken is perhaps best remembered today for The American Language, a multi-volume study of how the English language is spoken in the United States, and for his satirical reporting on the Scopes trial, which he named the "Monkey" trial." (Summary by Wikipedia)

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Librivox: Geschichte des Abfalls der vereinigten Niederlande von der spanischen Regierung by Schiller, FriedrichJoin Now to Follow

Geschichte des Abfalls der vereinigten Niederlande von der spanischen Regierung von Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805) Language: Deutsch (German) Schiller, einer der Weimarer Klassiker, bekannt als Dichter und Dramatiker, beschreibt in meisterhaftem Deutsch den Beginn der Unabhängigkeit der Niederlande. Erschienen 1788-1795. (Zusammenfassung von redaer)

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Librivox: Popular History of Ireland, Book 09, A by McGee, Thomas D'ArcyJoin Now to Follow

Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassing twelve books; Book 9 subtitled “From the Accession of James I Till the Death of Cromwell”, addresses the early Stuart period’s unsettled history and the actions of that person, who, seen from the Irish perspective, was certainly one of the most villainous of men: Cromwell. (Summary by Sibella Denton)

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Librivox: Trail of the Hawk, The: a Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Lewis, SinclairJoin Now to Follow

Narrated by Mike Vendetti aka Mike the Auctioneer, this early novel by Sinclair Lewis (his third) is said to be autobiographical. The protagnatist, Carl Ericson, born in 1855 becomes whiteness to a period of great technological and social change in America. (Summary by Mike Vendetti)

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Silverlance: The Tales of True Adventure, Book OneJoin Now to Follow

Silverlance: The Tales of True Adventure, Book One read by the author, Peter Thomas Crowell. Watch for Haunted Mountain: The Tales of True Adventure, Book Two in fall 2006, whereever books are sold. Contact the author at peterthomascrowell@yahoo.com

Authors In Your Pocket (tm) ShowJoin Now to Follow

A weekly podcast that includes the latest book news and insightful one-on-one interviews with your favorite literary personalities. Please visit www.authorinyourpocket.com to get more information on the authors featured on our show.

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