Search Results

Waiting

In Jo's Boys

Read by Erin Hastings


Louisa May Alcott


Jo's Boys is the third book in the Little Women trilogy by Louisa May Alcott, published in 1886. In it, Jo's "children", now grown…

Leaf Pattern for Half-Square Shawl

In Exercises in Knitting

Read by Erin Hastings


Cornelia Mee


Mrs. Mee, her husband, and her sister ran a yarn and needlework import/warehouse business in Bath, England. Her books primarily contain prac…

The Umbrella in England

In Umbrellas and Their History

Read by Erin Hastings


William Sangster


A whimsically serious look at the umbrella and society. (summary by Clarica)

Prologue: The Olympians

In The Golden Age

Read by Erin Hastings


Kenneth Grahame


The Golden Age is a collection of reminiscences of childhood, written by Kenneth Grahame and originally published in book form in 1895, in L…

The Story of Rolf and the Viking's Bow

Read by Erin Schellhase


Allen French


Rolf, a youth in early Christian Iceland, loses first his father, then his property, and finally his freedom to the schemes of a greedy neig…

Glitter Girl

Read by Erin O'Briant


Erin O'Briant


One grown daughter is a flagrant San Francisco lesbian who has won and lost an international journalism award only to reinvent herself as a …

A Vampire

Read by Erin O'Rourke


Luigi Capuana


A suspenseful vampire tale. Translated from the original Italian text by Erin O'Rourke.(Summary by Erin O'Rourke)

Mlle. Fauteuil

In Neither Here nor There

Read by Mindle Hastings


Oliver Herford


Oliver Herford, and American humorist, writer, and illustrator here gives us short vignettes from topics as seemingly insignificant things a…

Tall Bull Signals: “Enemies!”

In Buffalo Bill and the Overland Trail

Read by Mindle Hastings


Edwin L. Sabin


Buffalo Bill Cody is one of the most colorful figures of the early American West. In these adventures we find Billy Cody at age 13 earning …

Part 4

In Lives of Two Cats

Read by Mindle Hastings


Pierre Loti


An English translation of Pierre Loti's charming 19th century memoir of his cats. - Summary by S Caulkins

Tale III - How Arthur Won His Sword 'Excalibur', His Bride and His Round Table

In The Story of King Arthur, in Twelve Tales

Read by Mindle Hastings


Winona Caroline Martin


Of all the legends of bygone ages which we in the foremost ranks of time may call our own perhaps none have come to us so fraught with the s…

Chapter V

In Narrative of The Life of David Crockett of The State of Tennessee

Read by David J. Hastings


David Crockett


Autobiography, written by David (Davey) Crockett about 2 years before his death at the Alamo in March of 1836. - Summary by Bill2147

Eggs

In Marion Harland's Cookery for Beginners

Read by David J. Hastings


Marion Harland


With this book, Marion Harland presents the reader and listener with "A Series of Familiar Lessons for Young Housekeepers". Housek…