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Librivox: My Prime of Youth is but a Frost of Cares by Tichborne, Chidiock show

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LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 different recordings of My Prime of Youth is but a Frost of Cares by Chidiock Tichborne. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of December 2nd, 2007.

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Librivox: Favourite Chapters Collection 003 by Various show

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A collection of LibriVox volunteers’ favourite chapters. Some were chosen for being the key chapter in a great novel, others for the wonderful clarity with which great ideas are expressed, and still others because the reader did a wonderful job. Whatever the reason they were chosen, we hope they will give you as much pleasure as they did us. (Summary by David Barnes).

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Librivox: Novelas Cortas de Alarcón by Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de show

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Antología de nueve novelas cortas de Pedro Antonio de Alarcón.

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Librivox: Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 006 by Various show

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A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, medicine, nature and religion. Included in this collection are speeches by George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses, several interesting or historic articles from Vanity Fair and the NY times, as well as writings of Eugene Debs, Alexander von Humboldt, Lena Morrow Lewis, Joseph Lister and C. M. Ellis. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

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Librivox: Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by Nesbit, E. (Edith) show

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Edith Nesbit, the author of Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, felt passionately that young children should enjoy Shakespeare's great works. She set about to retell his plays in a language that children would not only understand, but delight in. This is a marvelous introduction to the works of Shakespeare that ALL will enjoy. (Summary by Laura)

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Librivox: New Chronicles of Rebecca by Wiggin, Kate Douglas show

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This book tells further stories from the period of Rebecca's sojourn in Riverboro.

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Librivox: History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. II, The by Gibbon, Edward show

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Edward Gibbon's massive history of Rome has become the definitive work on the subject. Spanning the years between the rise of Augustus and the invasion of Rome by the barbarians, it is

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Librivox: Letters from Egypt by Duff-Gordon, Lucie, Lady show

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As a girl, Lady Duff-Gordon was noted both for her beauty and intelligence. As an author, she is most famous for this collection of letters from Egypt. Lady Duff-Gordon had tuberculosis, and went to Egypt for her health. This collection of her personal letters to her mother and her husband. By all accounts everyone loved her, and the letters are very personal in style and content. The letters are as much an introduction to her person as a record of her life on the Upper Nile.

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Librivox: Unto this Last:  Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy by Ruskin, John show

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John Ruskin (1819 – 1900) is best known for his work as an art critic and social critic, but is remembered as an author, poet and artist as well. Unto This Last is an important work of political economic though that influenced Gandhi, among others. (Hugh McGuire/Wikipedia)

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