Arts Podcasts
Librivox: Greylorn by Laumer, KeithJoin Now to Follow
Commander Greylorn has a problem. No, actually he has two of them. It's not enough that the remaining residents of Earth have pinned their last hope of salvation on him and his mission. He has to find a colony that presumedly was established at an unknown star two centuries before and beg their help. But first, he has the small matter of a mutiny on board his starship, and people are trying to kill him! Written in an era when radios used vacuum tubes, the scientific component of the story is quaint and dated. But Laumer makes the centerpiece of his tale the retelling of how, four years out on the voyage, his crew decides it wants to give up and go home when it meets an alien race... that apparently breeds humans in captivity as food animals! Beating the aliens, shanghaiing the crew, finding the colony and saving Mother Earth - just the ingredients for a rattling good yarn! (summary by Mark F. Smith)
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Librivox: In a Garden by Lowell, AmyJoin Now to Follow
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 different recordings of In a Garden by Amy Lowell. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of October 14th, 2007.
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Librivox: Rudder Grange by Stockton, Frank R.Join Now to Follow
This book presents a number of short, comedic sketches of a country life in middle America in the late 1800s. The hilarious twists and turns endear our adorable, naive married couple to the reader; and the orphan servant Pomona - dear, odd, funny Pomona! - is the focus of several of the stories. Imagine a honeymoon in a lunatic asylum, and you’ve got Rudder Grange!
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Librivox: Golden Sayings of Epictetus, The by EpictetusJoin Now to Follow
Aphorisms from the Stoic Greek.
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Librivox: Bible (ASV) NT 03: Luke by American Standard VersionJoin Now to Follow
The Gospel of Luke is a synoptic Gospel, and the third and longest of the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament. The text narrates the life of Jesus, with particular interest concerning his birth, ministry, death, and resurrection; and it ends with an account of the ascension. The author is characteristically concerned with social ethics, the poor, women, and other oppressed groups. Certain well-loved stories on these themes, such as the prodigal son and the good Samaritan, are found only in this gospel. The Gospel also has a special emphasis on prayer, the activity of the Holy Spirit, and joyfulness. D. Guthrie stated, “it is full of superb stories and leaves the reader with a deep impression of the personality and teachings of Jesus." (Summary from Wikipedia)
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Librivox: Hour of Twilight, The by Russell, George WilliamJoin Now to Follow
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 different recordings of The Hour of Twilight by George William Russell. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of November 18th, 2007.
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Librivox: Chocolate: or, An Indian Drinke by Ledesma, Antonio Colmenero deJoin Now to Follow
The Author sings the praises of Chocolate. "By the wise and Moderate use whereof, Health is preserved, Sicknesse Diverted, and Cured, especially the Plague of the Guts; vulgarly called _The New Disease_; Fluxes, Consumptions, & Coughs of the Lungs, with sundry other desperate Diseases. By it also, Conception is Caused, the Birth Hastened and facilitated, Beauty Gain'd and continued."
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Librivox: Cremation of Sam McGee, The by Service, Robert W.Join Now to Follow
LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 different recordings of The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service.
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Librivox: Raggedy Ann Stories (version 2) by Gruelle, JohnnyJoin Now to Follow
This is the book that started it all. Johnny Gruelle gave his daughter Marcella a rag doll, on which he had drawn an eternally smiling face. Marcella and Raggedy Ann became inseparable, and inspired Gruelle to write Raggedy Ann Stories, which was sold with its very own Raggedy Ann doll. Sadly, Marcella died at age 13 after complications from a smallpox vaccine, but Gruelle continued writing about Raggedy Ann. (description by Zachary Brewster-Geisz)
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Librivox: Far Away and Long Ago by Hudson, W. H.Join Now to Follow
William Henry Hudson (August 1841 - 1922) was an author, naturalist and ornithologist. Hudson was born of U.S. parents living in the Quilmes Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, where he spent his youth studying the local flora and fauna and observing both natural and human dramas on what was then a lawless frontier. 'Far Away and Long Ago' is a classic memoir of a boy, fascinated by nature, on the Pampas in the 19th century.
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