LibriVox Audio Books
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Version 2)
Read by Bob Neufeld
Henry David Thoreau
Civil Disobedience (Resistance to Civil Government) is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published i…
Grammar-Land
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
M. L. Nesbitt
In this charming 1877 book of grammar instruction for children, we are introduced to the nine parts of speech and learn about the rules that…
On Union with God
Read by David Barnes
Blessed Albert The Great
Surely the most deeply-rooted need of the human soul, its purest aspiration, is for the closest possible union with God. As one turns over t…
Dragon Ore
Read by Brian Rathbone
Brian Rathbone
A World of Godsland novel. Clinging to life, Catrin Volker struggles to regain her strength as her foes go in search of even greater power. …
The Consoling Thoughts of Saint Francis de Sales
Read by dave7
Saint Francis de Sales
Francis de Sales (1567-1622) was a French priest and later bishop of Geneva who was revered as a master of spiritual direction and fondly re…
Quiet Talks on Prayer
Read by David Barnes
S. D. Gordon
An open life, an open hand, open upward, is the pipe line of communication between the heart of God and this poor befooled old world. Our pr…
Dandelion Cottage
Read by Betsie Bush
Carroll Watson Rankin
Carroll Watson Rankin's best known novel is Dandelion Cottage, published in 1904 by Henry Holt and Company. She first wrote the story serial…
Emma (version 3)
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Jane Austen
Jane Austen famously described Emma Woodhouse, the title character of her 1815 novel, as "a heroine whom no-one but myself will much li…
An Amiable Charlatan (version 2)
Read by Cate Barratt
E. Phillips Oppenheim
A lively adventure of a father-daughter con team enjoying themselves in Edwardian London. - Summary by Cate Barratt
History of the Conquest of Mexico
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William H. Prescott
Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold,And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;Round many western islands have I beenWhich bards in fe…
Emily of New Moon
Read by Leanne Fortune
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Emily Starr never knew what it was to be lonely -- until her beloved father died. Now Emily's an orphan, and her mother's snobbish relatives…
The Hound of the Baskervilles (version 2)
Read by Bob Neufeld
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of four crime novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originall…
Signal in the Dark
Read by Amanda Leung
Mildred A. Wirt Benson
During a school break, Penny convinces her father to give her a job as a reporter at the Riverview Star. She deals with a jealous co-worker …
The Tower Treasure
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Franklin W. Dixon
A dying criminal confesses that his loot had been secreted in an old tower. It remains for the Hardy Boys to make an astonishing discovery t…
Five Children and It (Dramatic Reading)
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E. Nesbit
Finding a Psammead (sand-fairy) to grant any wish your heart desires seems like the beginning of endless delights, but as Cyril, Anthea, Rob…
Musings of a Chinese Mystic: Selections from the Philosophy of Chuang Tzu
Read by Scotty Smith
Lionel Giles
If Lao Tzu then had revolted against the growing artificiality of life in his day, a return to nature must have seemed doubly imperative to …
The Chessmen of Mars (version 2)
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tara of Helium, John Carter's second child, is nearly as beautiful as her mother, Deja Thoris, and as independent-minded as her father. Thes…
Ester Ried Yet Speaking
Read by TriciaG
Pansy
Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name "Pansy." Fourth in the Chautauqua Girls series. Alfred Ried (brother of Ester Rie…
Saint Francis of Assisi: A Biography
Read by dave7
Johannes Jorgensen
Born to a prosperous cloth merchant of Assisi, Francis (1182-1226) lived the typically high-spirited life of a wealthy young man of his day,…
The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum
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Thornton W. Burgess
Another short story for children by the well-known conversationalist and writer, Thornton W. Burgess. This story revolves around Unc' Billy …