David Wales
Fort Concho; Its Why And Wherefore
Fort Concho was a U.S. Army post in central Texas from 1867 to 1889. It figured considerably in the Indian Wars, notably against the Comanch…
Ghosts And Family Legends; A Volume For Christmas
Fifteen ghost stories to hear around the Yule log. "It happened that I spent the last winter in a large country mansion, in the north o…
Christmas Stories from French and Spanish Writers
Fifteen short stories by Antoinette Ogden from French and Spanish writers of many times. - Summary by david wales
A Gringo In Mañana-Land
Foster was a World War I veteran, world wanderer, journalist, embassy attaché, stoker on ships, miner, stowaway, bandit’s prisoner in…
Civil War Women, North And South
This recording comprises two narratives. One is by Cora Mitchel who in 1861 was a girl in her mid-teens. Her Unionist family escaped the C…
The City That Was
This 1911 history of the public health revolution that transformed New York City in the nineteenth century is also about every city and town…
The Prelude To Adventure
Olva Dune is a Cambridge undergraduate who commits a murder and at that moment feels the presence of God. In a tour de force Walpole noveliz…
Invention And Discovery: Curious Facts And Characteristic Sketches
"In this little volume are brought together a number of sketches and memoranda, illustrating the history of discovery, and the lives an…
Tales Of English Minsters: Canterbury Cathedral Kent and Saint Paul's London
These simple stories of two of England’s greatest cathedrals were originally written for youth (1910) but adults will also enjoy them. St. …
A Christmas Miscellany 2023
Eleven short works or book chapters about Christmas or around that time period. - Summary by David Wales
The Romance Of Modern Sieges; Describing The Personal Adventures, Resource And Daring of Besiegers and Besieged In All Parts Of The World
Lively narratives of some of the great siege battles of war. The book was written before World War I, in 1908. Some of the narratives contai…
Titan Of Chasms: The Grand Canyon Of Arizona
This is a 1906 collection of three essays by men famously associated with The Grand Canyon: Charles A. Higgins, John Wesley Powell, and Cha…
A Christmas Miscellany 2017
A selection of short works about Christmas. (Summary by david wales)
A Christmas Miscellany 2021
Seven chapters involving Christmas from different books. Plus part 8 which is twelve verses about Christmas and part 9 which is four Christm…
Joseph Haydn; Servant And Master
Haydn, barring a few hardships in his youth, lived an extraordinarily fortunate life and had abundant reason for the optimism which marked e…
Sister Dolorosa
A Carmelite convent in Kentucky in the nineteenth century. A beautiful immature nun. A handsome immature visitor. A chance meeting. Whither?…
The Talking Thrush And Other Tales From India
This is the second collection by this author of charming folk tales from India. The first collection is entitled The Giant Crab (Librivox au…
The Discovery Of The Future
The Discovery of the Future is a 1902 philosophical lecture by H. G. Wells that argues for the knowability of the future. It was originally …
A Picture Book Of Merry Tales
Forty European folk tales. Caveats: 1. Some of these stories are not suitable for young children. 2. In two stories (10 and 25) appear the n…
Christmas Tales Of Flanders
“The Christmas Tales Of Flanders presented in this volume are popular fables and legends current in Flanders and Brabant, which have for cen…