Culture & Heritage
Deirdre
Read by Michele Fry
James Stephens
Beautiful, playful young Deirdre, caught in the crosshairs of Ireland's wily, chauvinistic King Conachur, who desires to marry her after his…
Oliver Twist Band 3
Read by josvanaken
Charles Dickens
Titelheld Oliver Twist startet in dem zweiten Roman von Charles Dickens, damals seinen Leserinnen und Lesern auch unter seinem Pseudonym „Bo…
Мост через бездну. Великие мастера
Read by Галина Чигинская
Волкова Паола
МОСТ ЧЕРЕЗ БЕЗДНУ Великие мастера Что появилось раньше – человек или зеркало? Этим вопросом задается Паола Дмитриевна Волкова в четве…
Balloons
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Elizabeth Bibesco
Elizabeth, Princess Bibesco, was an English writer and socialite. The daughter of a British Prime Minister and the wife of a Romanian aristo…
Shan Folk Lore Stories from the Hill and Water Country
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William Charles Griggs
The following stories have been taken from the great[v] mass of unwritten lore that is to the black-eyed, brown-skinned boys and girls of th…
Der Hungerpastor
Read by josvanaken
Wilhelm Raabe
Der Hungerpastor von Wilhelm Raabe erzählt die Geschichte des Schuhmachersohns und späteren Pfarrers Hans Unwirrsch, der aus einfa…
Saga of Grettir the Strong
Read by Alison Sawers
Anonymoustranslated Bygeorge Ainslie Hight, Unknowntranslated Bygeorge Ainslie Hight and Unknowntranslated By George Ainslie Hight
The Saga of Grettir the Strong is a thirteenth-century Icelandic saga about Grettir, the longest-enduring outlaw in medieval Iceland. Its mo…
Yellow Butterflies
Read by Lee Smalley
Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
The title of this historical fiction could as well have been "A Soldier’s Mother" or “An Unknown Soldier”. There are indeed butter…
The Flame Tree and Other Folk-Lore Stories from Uganda
Read by laurakgibbs
Rosetta Baskerville
Rosetta Baskerville was the wife of George Baskerville, a missionary in Uganda. Some of the folktales in this book, published in 1925, are s…
Oliver Twist Band 2
Read by josvanaken
Charles Dickens
Titelheld Oliver Twist startet in dem zweiten Roman von Charles Dickens, damals seinen Leserinnen und Lesern auch unter seinem Pseudonym „Bo…
Ikom Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria
Read by laurakgibbs
Elphinstone Dayrell
Elphinstone Daryell [1869-1917] was a British colonial administrator in southern Nigeria who had an interest in anthropology and folklore. T…
Nicholas Nickelby Band 3
Read by josvanaken
Charles Dickens
Der junge Nikolas Nickleby muss sich Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts in England durch den Verlust seines Vaters plötzlich in einer gefä…
Our Little Russian Cousin
Read by Marie Christian
Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade
This delightful little book is one of many titles in The Little Cousin Series. The author narrates details in the life of a fictional Russia…
Where Animals Talk: West African Folk Lore Tales
Read by laurakgibbs
Robert Hamill Nassau
Robert Nassau spent four decades as a medical missionary in Africa, arriving at Corisco Island, now part of Equatorial Guinea, in 1861; he a…
Мост через бездну. Мистики и гуманисты
Read by Галина Чигинская
Волкова Паола
МОСТ ЧЕРЕЗ БЕЗДНУ Мистики и гуманисты Ни одна культура, ни один культурный этап не имеет такого прямого отношения к современности, как эпох…
The Improvement of Human Reason
Read by Peter Tucker
Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Malik Ibn Tufail and Muhammad Ibn 'Abd Al-Malik Ibn Tufail
The story revolves around Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān, a little boy who grew up on an island in the Indies under the equator, isolated from the people, …
The King of the Snakes and Other Folklore Stories from Uganda
Read by laurakgibbs
Rosetta Baskerville
Rosetta Baskerville was the wife of George Baskerville, a missionary in Uganda. Some of the folktales in this book, published in 1922, are s…
The Fortune of the Rougons, Book One of Rougon-Macquart Cycle (Version 2)
Read by Mark Leder
Émile Zola
The first book in the 20-novel Rougon-Macquart Cycle. A monument of French naturalism. The sprawling tale of a family in Provence, during …
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 15
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Various
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Tall Tales Of Cape Cod
Read by David Wales
Marillis Bittinger
“The title of this volume is perhaps misleading. Tall Tales of Cape Cod they are, yes, but in a broader sense that are the feel and the basi…