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When William Came

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)


Saki


We have had many novels about alternate histories, often of the 'What would have happened if Hitler had won the war' type and this is anothe…

George and Robert Stephenson

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)


Samuel Smiles


George Stephenson did not invent the steam engine, that was due to Newcomen and later to James Watt. He did not invent the steam locomotive,…

The Commercial Coffees of the World

In All About Coffee

Read by andyvox


William Ukers


Considered the definitive work about coffee of its time, "All About Coffee" was written by William Ukers, founder of the Tea and C…

Bk 06 Ch 06: The Little Convent

In Les Misérables, Volume 2

Read by Andy


Victor Hugo, transl. Hapgood and Victor Hugo


This is book 2 of 5. An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the w…

Winter: A Dirge - Read by PC

In Winter: A Dirge

Read by Andy


Robert Burns


LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 different recordings of Winter: A Dirge by Robert Burns. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of…

Historia de la cuchara y el tenedor

In La Edad de Oro

Read by Andy


Jose Marti and José Martí


Colección de cuentos para niños y niñas por José Martí.

Rima LIII

In Multilingual Poetry Collection 005

Read by Andy


Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer


In LibriVox's Multilingual Poetry Collection, LibriVox volunteers read their favourite public-domain poems in languages other than English. …

Chapter 1, Part 1

In The Subjection of Women

Read by Andy


John Stuart Mill


The Subjection of Women is the title of an essay written by John Stuart Mill in 1869, possibly jointly with his wife Harriet Taylor Mill, st…

Œdipus and the Sphinx

In Myths and Legends of All Nations

Read by Andy


Logan Marshall


This excellent book contains many great stories from the various mythologies of man throughout the ages.

The Tarquins

In Famous Men of Rome

Read by Andy


John H. Haaren and A. B. Poland and John Henry Haaren


Biographical sketches of the men of Rome, written for children. (Summary by Laura Caldwell)

Bk 16: Ch 07-10

In The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling

Read by Andy


Henry Fielding


Tom Jones is considered one of the first prose works describable as a novel. The novel is divided into 18 smaller books. Tom Jones is a foun…

Lesson 36. Per. Kun. Sen.

In The Esperanto Teacher

Read by Andy


Helen Fryer


The international language Esperanto was first released to the world in 1887, when L. L. Zamenhof published his first book, "Dr. Espera…

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