Nature
Coffee Break Collection 003 - Nature
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) works in English suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. Th…
Winter (Shakespeare)
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William Shakespeare
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Winter by William Shakespeare. This poem is from "Love's Labour's Lost". This was t…
John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works
Read by Bill Boerst
Various
This biography is actually a series of essays by prominent personalities of the time that shed light on John Stuart Mill's life and areas of…
Agriculture for Beginners
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Charles William Burkett
A textbook used by many public schools in the early 20th century. The authors believe that "agriculture is eminently a teachable subjec…
The Arabian Art of Taming and Training Wild and Vicious Horses
Read by John W. Michaels
P. R. Kincaid and P. R. Kincaidandjohn J. Stutzman
Back in the day before automobiles, a good horse trainer and veterinarian was the equivalent of “Mr Goodwrench”. A badly behaving or unhealt…
The Training of a Forester
Read by KHand
Gifford Pinchot
Written by a forester, this book looks at the definition of "forest", what the life of a forester entails, discusses the forest se…
Nature's Miracles Volume 1: World Building and Life
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Elisha Gray
Elisha Gray (August 2, 1835 – January 21, 1901) was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Compan…
Mighty Animals
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Jennie Irene Mix
A book about dinosaurs written for children. In short, easy to read chapters designed to keep the interest of juvenile readers. (Summary by …
Moths of the Limberlost
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Gene Stratton-Porter
Gene Stratton-Porter (August 17, 1863 - December 6, 1924) was an American author, amateur naturalist, wildlife photographer, specializing in…
The Adventures of Maya the Bee
Read by Betsie Bush
Waldemar Bonsels
The Adventures of Maya the Bee is an exciting tale for children of all ages. Themes of growth and development of courage and wisdom are foun…
Anleitung zur Zimmer-Gärtnerei
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Max Jubisch
In seiner 1880 erschienenen Anleitung zur Zimmer-Gärtnerei gibt Max Alfred Jubisch leicht verständliche Ratschläge zur richti…
Our Cats and All About Them
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Harrison Weir
The Englishman Harrison Weir organized the first cat show in England in 1871. In 1887 he founded the National Cat Club and was its first Pre…
Summer in a Garden and Calvin, A Study of Character
Read by Mark Penfold
Charles Dudley Warner
This is Warner's contemplative and humorous account of the wondrous and mysterious workings of a garden he tended for 19 weeks. After this i…
First Successful Ascent of Mt. Rainier, 1870
Read by Sue Anderson
Hazard Stevens
Hazard Stevens and P.B. Van Trump, aided by the Indian guide Sluiskin, made the first documented successful ascent of Mt. Rainier on August …
The Bird Study Book
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Thomas Gilbert Pearson
Do you enjoy bird watching? Would you like to learn a little more about the early conservation efforts to protect wild birds? In the Preface…
The Vagabond
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Robert Louis Stevenson
LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of The Vagabond by Robert Louis Stevenson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 22, 20…
Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of The Universe: Introduction
Read by David Wales
Alexander Von Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a Prussian geographer, naturalist, explorer, and influential proponent of romantic phi…
To Autumn
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John Keats
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of To Autumn by John Keats. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 21st, 2010.To Au…
Trees Every Child Should Know
Read by MaryAnn
Julia Ellen Rogers
The best time to being to study the trees is to-day! The place to begin is right where you are, provided there is a tree near enough, for a…
幼年童話 (Yonen Dowa) Part 1
Read by ekzemplaro
Nankichi Niimi
新見南吉は、１９３５年の５月頃、約３０本の幼年童話を書きました。しかしそれらは、編集者に受け入れられませんでした。彼は、５０本程の幼年童話を書きました。ほとんどは、死後に発行されました。この幼年童話集は、そにうち、２５本を含みます。NIIMI Nankichi wrote aro…