Arts Podcasts
Librivox: New Chronicles of Rebecca by Wiggin, Kate DouglasJoin Now to Follow
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, EdwardJoin Now to Follow
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, LadyJoin Now to Follow
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, JohnJoin Now to Follow
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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Librivox: Short Poetry Collection 054 by VariousJoin Now to Follow
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 054: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
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Librivox: One day is there of the series by Dickinson, EmilyJoin Now to Follow
LibriVox volunteers bring you 6 different recordings of One day is there of the series by Emily Dickinson. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of November 25th, 2007.
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Librivox: Humility : The Beauty of Holiness by Murray, AndrewJoin Now to Follow
A book on the all importance of humility, how Jesus was humble, and how we also can become humble. Murray wrote "Without humility, there can be no true abiding in God's presence or experience of His favor and the power of His spirit. Without it there can be no abiding faith or love or joy or strength." Summary by ekaitz
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Librivox: War and Peace, Book 03: 1805 by Tolstoy, LeoJoin Now to Follow
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russki Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era. It is usually described as one of Tolstoy's two major masterpieces (the other being Anna Karenina) as well as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace offered a new kind of fiction, with a great many characters caught up in a plot that covered nothing less than the grand subjects indicated by the title, combined with the equally large topics of youth, age and marriage. While today it is considered a novel, it broke so many novelistic conventions of its day that many critics of Tolstoy's time did not consider it as such. Tolstoy himself considered Anna Karenina (1878) to be his first attempt at a novel in the European sense. (Summary by Wikipedia)
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Librivox: Birds' Christmas Carol, The by Wiggin, Kate DouglasJoin Now to Follow
Carol Bird was born on Christmas Day. She has spent all of her 11 years putting others above herself, always finding ways to make their lives a little more special. Even when faced with her own illness, the pure goodness of her heart shines through. She vows to find a way to spread Christmas cheer and decides to give a grand Christmas Party for a poor neighbourhood family. (summary by Laura Caldwell and Sarah Jennings)
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