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The Gift of the Magi
Read by Sean McKinley
O. Henry
In Christmas Short Works Collection 2006
LibriVox's 2006 Christmas Collection containing public domain short stories, essays, poems, and scripture passages recorded by a variety of …
Death
Read by Sean McKinley
John Donne
In Short Poetry Collection 033
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 033: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
Chapter 3
Read by Kerry Adams
Joseph Grinnell
In Gold Hunting in Alaska
In 1898, naturalist, Joseph Grinnell joins a company of twenty men bound for Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, from California aboard the schooner Pen…
Version 12
Read by Sean McKinley
William Butler Yeats
In The Magi
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 different recordings of The Magi, by William Butler Yeats to celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. This was …
Version 14
Read by Sean Randall
Alexander Pope
In Epigram, engraved on the Collar of a Dog
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Epigram by Alexander Pope. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 8th, 2010.
08 Mount McKinley
Read by Steven Seitel
John Buchan
In The Last Secrets
The author, John Buchan, maintains that "the main lines of the earth's architecture have been determined" during the first two dec…
Jacob Goodpasture
Read by Sean McKinley
Edgar Lee Masters
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
Ireland
Read by Kerry Adams
Harry Graham
In Verse and Worse
A collection of dark and humorous verse from "Col D. Streamer". This collection includes poems from The Baby's Baedeker, Perverted…
Of Books and Reading
Read by jenno
Stephen Norris Fellows and Isaac Watts
In Improvement of the Mind
"No man is obliged to learn and know everything; this can neither be sought nor required, for it is utterly impossible; yet all persons…
Chapter V, Part 3
Read by Sean McKinley
Thomas Babington Macaulay
In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 05)
This chapter of Macaulay’s History of England is concerned, for a large part, with insurrection against James II and his manoeuverings to su…
3c - Further Comment
Read by Sean McGaughey
Sara Cone Bryant
In How to Tell Stories to Children
Sarah Cone Bryant was an educator and storyteller who wrote several books on the importance of oral storytelling to children, and stories to…
An Apparition
Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
Neil Munro
In Doom Castle
Doom Castle is the story of young Count Victor's journey to Scotland after the Jacobite Rebellion, searching for a traitor to the Jacobite c…
Collected Works of Saint Patrick
Read by Sean McKinley
Saint Patrick
St. Patrick's Breastplate - This prayer is attributed to St. Patrick and his disciples. It is written with some Celtic pagan elements, but i…
On Paddy's Character
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One
Sit back and listen to these light-hearted witty rhymes and see the world Jonathan Swift saw -- and maybe recognize your own. Think there is…
Irish Language and Letters
Read by Owen Cook
Joseph Dunn
In The Glories of Ireland
A collection of essays on Ireland compiled by Joseph Dunn and PJ Lennox. As stated in the Preface to the books "...we have been forced…
St. Patrick of Ireland
Read by Kerry Adams
G. K. Chesterton
In The Queen of the Seven Swords
A collection of poems by G.K. Chesterton, centered around the Blessed Virgin Mary. The title is in reference to the seven sorrows of Mary. “…
In the dark pine-wood
Read by Sean McKinley
James Joyce
In Short Poetry Collection 035
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 035: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
Prologue
Read by Ben Adams
Sherwood Anderson
In The Triumph of the Egg: A Book of Impressions from American Life In Tales and P…
“The Triumph of the Egg” is a collection of stories and poems by Sherwood Anderson. Abandoning the interconnected quality of his more famous…
Chapter 9: Nu Goes to Find Nat-Ul
Read by Mark Nelson
Edgar Rice Burroughs
In The Eternal Savage
Here is Nu, son of Nu, seeking to test his mettle against the terrible fangs of the ferocious saber-tooth tiger.Here is Victoria Custer, gue…
Chapter IV - Santa Caterina. Sierra Madre. Saltillo. The Alameda. Buena Vista.
Read by mpinedag
Thomas Wallace Knox
In The Boy Travellers in Mexico
An engaging travelogue published in 1890, written conversationally among two youths and their guide and mentor. From the preface: "a bo…