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The Book of Lieh-Tzu

Liezi ( - ca. 400 BC)
Translated by Lionel Giles (1875 - 1958)

Although Lieh Tzu's work has evidently passed through the hands of many editors and gathered numerous accretions, there remains a considerable nucleus which in all probability was committed to writing by Lieh Tzu's immediate disciples, and is therefore older than the genuine parts of Chuang Tzu. There are some obvious analogies between the two authors, and indeed a certain amount of matter common to both; but on the whole Lieh Tzu's book bears an unmistakable impress of its own. The geniality of its tone contrasts with the somewhat hard brilliancy of Chuang Tzu, and a certain kindly sympathy with the aged, the poor and the humble of this life, not excluding the brute creation, makes itself felt throughout. - From Lionel Giles Introduction

Genre(s): Ancient

Language: English

Keyword(s): literature , history , Lieh-Tzü

Les Misérables, Vol 5 (Pt.2)

Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood (1851 - 1928)

This is book 5 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 way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people up. Hooray. (Summary by smileyman457)

Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Romance

Language: English

Keyword(s): fiction (1620), romance (1120), novel (163)

Group: Les Misérables (English Version)

Les Misérables, Vol 5 (Pt.1)

Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood (1851 - 1928)

This is book 5 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 way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people up. Hooray. (Summary by smileyman457)

Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Romance

Language: English

Keyword(s): fiction , romance  novel 

Group: Les Misérables (English Version)

Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood (1851 - 1928)

This is book 4 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 way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people up. Hooray. (Summary by smileyman457)

Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Romance

Language: English

Keyword(s): fiction , romance , novel 

Group: Les Misérables (English Version)

Les Misérables, Vol 4 (Pt.1)

Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood (1851 - 1928)

This is book 4 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 way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people up. Hooray. (Summary by smileyman457)

Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Romance

Language: English

Keyword(s): fiction , romance , novel 

Group: Les Misérables (English Version)

This is book 3 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 way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people up. Hooray. (Summary by smileyman457)

Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Romance

Language: English

Keyword(s): romance , french revolution , ex-convict 

Group: Les Misérables (English Version)

Les Misérables, Vol 2(Pt.2)

Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood (1851 - 1928)

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 way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people up. Hooray. (Summary by smileyman457)

Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Romance

Language: English

Keyword(s): romance , french revolution , theft , ex-convict 

Group: Les Misérables (English Version)

Les Misérables, Vol 2(Pt.1)

Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood (1851 - 1928)

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 way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people up. Hooray. (Summary by smileyman457)

Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Romance

Language: English

Keyword(s): romance (1120), french revolution (67), theft (19), ex-convict (5)

Group: Les Misérables (English Version)

Le Morte d'Arthur - Vol. 2

Sir Thomas Malory (1405 - 1471)

Le Morte d’Arthur (spelled Le Morte Darthur in the first printing and also in some modern editions, Middle French for la mort d’Arthur, “the death of Arthur”) is Sir Thomas Malory’s compilation of some French and English Arthurian romances. The book contains some of Malory’s own original material (the Gareth story) and retells the older stories in light of Malory’s own views and interpretations. First published in 1485 by William Caxton, Le Morte d’Arthur is perhaps the best-known work of English-language Arthurian literature today. Many modern Arthurian writers have used Malory as their source, including T. H. White for his popular The Once and Future King. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Language: English

Keyword(s): Legend, Britain , Knights , chivalry , Arthur ), Round Table

Le Morte d'Arthur - Vol. 2 (Pt.1)

Sir Thomas Malory (1405 - 1471)

Le Morte d’Arthur (spelled Le Morte Darthur in the first printing and also in some modern editions, Middle French for la mort d’Arthur, “the death of Arthur”) is Sir Thomas Malory’s compilation of some French and English Arthurian romances. The book contains some of Malory’s own original material (the Gareth story) and retells the older stories in light of Malory’s own views and interpretations. First published in 1485 by William Caxton, Le Morte d’Arthur is perhaps the best-known work of English-language Arthurian literature today. Many modern Arthurian writers have used Malory as their source, including T. H. White for his popular The Once and Future King. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Language: English

Keyword(s): Legend (39), Britain (32), Knights (23), chivalry (18), Arthur (15), Round Table (9)

The Last Man (Pt.2)

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797 - 1851)

The Last Man is an early post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, which was first published in 1826. The book tells of a future world that has been ravaged by a plague. The plague gradually kills off all people. Lionel Verney, central character, son of a nobleman who gambled himself into poverty, finds himself immune after being attacked by an infected "negro," and copes with a civilization that is gradually dying out around him. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Science Fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): literature (1964), sci-fi (208), apocalypse (13)

The Last Man (Pt.1)

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797 - 1851)

The Last Man is an early post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, which was first published in 1826. The book tells of a future world that has been ravaged by a plague. The plague gradually kills off all people. Lionel Verney, central character, son of a nobleman who gambled himself into poverty, finds himself immune after being attacked by an infected "negro," and copes with a civilization that is gradually dying out around him. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Science Fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): literature (1964), sci-fi (208), apocalypse (13)

Dear children: Do you like Elephants? Do you believe in Giants? And do you love all the jolly people of the Wonderful Land of Oz? Well then you'll want to hear about the latest happenings in that delightful Kingdom. All are set forth in true Oz fashion in "Kabumpo in Oz," the sixteenth Oz book. Kabumpo is an Elegant Elephant. He is very old and wise, and has a kindly heart, as have all the Oz folks. In the new book you'll meet Prince Pompa, and Peg Amy, a charming Wooden Doll. There are new countries, strange adventures and the most surprising Box of Magic you have ever heard of. Ruggedo , the wicked old Gnome King, does a lot of mischief with this before Princess Ozma can stop him. Of course Dorothy, the Scarecrow, Scraps, Glinda the Good, Tik-Tok, and other old friends all are alive and busy in the new book. I am just back from the Emerald City with the best of Oz wishes for everybody, but especially you. Philadelphia Spring of 1922 Ruth Plumly Thompson (Summary by Ruth Plumly Thompson)

Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Language: English

Group: Oz books

William is a mischievous eleven year old who is puzzled by the adult world, which is no less puzzled by him. The humor is gentle and pleasing. The series of books is better known in the United Kingdom than in the U.S. (Summary by David Wales)

Genre(s): Children's Fiction, General Fiction, Humorous Fiction

Language: English

Just So Stories (version 2)

Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)

The stories, first published in 1902, are fantastic accounts of how various natural phenomena came about. The original editions of Just So Stories were illustrated with woodcuts by Kipling himself. Read along online and see the illustrations at mainlesson.com. Each story is accompanied by a poem, in a somewhat ballad style. Many of the stories are addressed to "Best Beloved" (they were first written for Kipling's eldest daughter, Josephine, who had died during an outbreak of influenza in 1899), and throughout they use a comically elevated style inspired by the formal speech of India, full of long and improbable-sounding words, some of them made up. As a result, it is a delight to read them aloud, and easy to memorise passages from them. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Animals & Nature

Language: English

Keyword(s): children , animals , Kipling , just-so stories 

Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, based on true events, concerns the conspiracy against Julius Caesar, his assassination in 44 BC, and its immediate aftermath. Probably written in 1599 and among the first of Shakespeare's plays to be performed at the Globe Theater, Julius Caesar is one of his best-known dramas and has received innumerable performances throughout the centuries. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden after Wikipedia)
Cast:
Julius Caesar – Kim Stich
Octavius Caesar – Glenn Simonsen
Antony – Barry Eads
Lepidus and Cicero – David Lawrence
Publius, Poet, and Pindarus – Nathan Miller
Popilius Lena and First Commoner – Andrew
Brutus – Denny Sayers
Cassius – Christopher Sanner
Casca – mb
Trebonius and First Soldier – Mark I. Smith
Ligarius and Second Soldier – om123
Decius Brutus – Kalynda
Metellus Cimber and Dardanius – Chris Caron
Cinna, Young Cato, Second Commoner, Claudius, and Messenger – Sonja
Flavius and Clitus – Mark Penfold
Marullus and Messala – Arielle Lipshaw
Artemidorus – Aspergine
Soothsayer – Availle
Cinna the Poet – Elli
Lucilius – Christian Al-Kadi
Tintinius – Chris Sellers
Volumnius and Servant – Laurie Anne Walden
Varro and Third Soldier- Lucy Perry
Strato – Philippa
Lucius – MGVestal
Calpurnia – Miriam Esther Goldman
Portia – Abigail Bartels
First Citizen – Bellona Times
Second Citizen – Mark Paar
Third Citizen – David Cole
Fourth Citizen – wimberprincess
Stage directions – Elizabeth Klett
Audio edited by David Lawrence

Genre(s): Historical Fiction, Tragedy

Language: English

Keyword(s): history , rome , theater 

A Journal of the Plague Year (Pt.1)

Daniel Defoe (c.1660 - 1731)

The novel is a fictionalized account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the Great Plague struck the city of London. The book is told roughly chronologically, though without sections or chapter headings.

Genre(s): Historical Fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): literature , London , historical 

A Journal of the Plague Year (Pt. 2)

Daniel Defoe (c.1660 - 1731)

The novel is a fictionalized account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the Great Plague struck the city of London. The book is told roughly chronologically, though without sections or chapter headings.

Genre(s): Historical Fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): literature , London , historical 

Is it possible to be familiar with Jesus, to know the Bible, to be involved in church life, and yet not really know Jesus at all well? Andrew Murray, with his perceptive insights into the church of his day, and indeed of ours too, shows how this is all too often the condition of many believers. In the two essays comprising this book, Murray shows how we can move to a new place in really knowing Jesus, and how the presence of the Lord can become much more real to us. There is a cost, but God always abundantly rewards those who seek Him with their whole heart. - Summary by Christopher Smith

Chronicles of Canada Volume 02 - Mariner of St. Malo: A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier

Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944)

Jacques Cartier grew up as a sailor, married well and became an agent of exploration for King Francis I of France. In April, 1534, he sailed for the New World. Before sailing, his men took an oath that they would “behave themselves truly and faithfully in the service of the Most Christian King.” Jacques’ name was made immortal by the faithfulness with which he and his men carried out that oath. Summary from Christian History Institute, used with permission.

Genre(s): Middle Ages/Middle History

Language: English

Keyword(s): Canadian History , chronicles of Canada 

Group: Chronicles of Canada Series

The Invisible Man (Version 1)

H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946)

The Invisible Man (1897) is one of the most famous science fiction novels of all time. Written by H.G. Wells (1866-1946), it tells the story of a scientist who discovers the secret of invisibility and uses it on himself. The story begins as the Invisible Man, with a bandaged face and a heavy coat and gloves, takes a train to lodge in a country inn whilst he tries to discover the antidote and make himself visible again. The book inspired several films and is notable for its vivid descriptions of the invisible man--no mean feat, given that you can't see him!

Genre(s): Science Fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): literature , science fiction 

Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 - 1948)

First written in Gandhi's native language Gujarati, this booklet advocates for Indian non-violent self-rule during the struggle for Indian independence against the British Empire. It is written as a dialogue between two characters. In it, the "Reader" serves as a typical Indian countryman (the targeted audience for Hind Swaraj), who voices common beliefs and arguments of the time concerning Indian independence, while Gandhi, the "Editor," explains why those arguments are flawed and interjects his own valuable arguments of self-reliance, passive resistance and the Indian identity.
The Gujarati-language publication was banned from publication by the British in India, causing Gandhi to translate it to English himself to evade the British authorities, as well as rally support from English-speaking Indians and international supporters of independence. It is now considered the intellectual blueprint of India's independence movement. (Mary Kay and Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Political Science, Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

Language: English

Keyword(s): war , politics , western , India , Law , government , peace , Independence , criticism , dialogue , British Empire , translation , social justice , pacifism , fight , travels , Values , gandhi , activism , pacifist , indian culture , home rule , rejection , self-rule , passive resistance , swaraj , banned book , gujarati , booklet

The Idiot (Part 03 and 04)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821 - 1881)
Translated by Eva M. Martin ( - fl.1915)

The extraordinary child-adult Prince Myshkin, confined for several years in a Swiss sanatorium suffering from severe epilepsy, returns to Russia to claim his inheritance and to find a place in healthy human society. The teeming St Petersburg community he enters is far from receptive to an innocent like himself, despite some early successes and relentless pursuit by grotesque fortune-hunters. His naive gaucheries give rise to extreme reactions among his new acquaintance, ranging from anguished protectiveness to mockery and contempt. But even before reaching the city, during the memorable train journey that opens the novel, he has encountered the demonic Rogozhin, the son of a wealthy merchant – who is in thrall to the equally doomed Nastasia Filippovna: beautiful, capricious and destructively neurotic, she joins with the two weirdly contrasted men in a spiraling dance of death… (Summary by Martin Geeson)

Genre(s): Literary Fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): romance , Russian Literature , dostoyevsky , naivety

The Idiot , Vol 1(Part 01 and 02)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821 - 1881)
Translated by Eva M. Martin ( - fl.1915)

The extraordinary child-adult Prince Myshkin, confined for several years in a Swiss sanatorium suffering from severe epilepsy, returns to Russia to claim his inheritance and to find a place in healthy human society.
The teeming St Petersburg community he enters is far from receptive to an innocent like himself, despite some early successes and relentless pursuit by grotesque fortune-hunters. His naive gaucheries give rise to extreme reactions among his new acquaintance, ranging from anguished protectiveness to mockery and contempt.
But even before reaching the city, during the memorable train journey that opens the novel, he has encountered the demonic Rogozhin, the son of a wealthy merchant who is in thrall to the equally doomed Natasha Filippovna: beautiful, capricious and destructively neurotic, she joins with the two weirdly contrasted men in a spiralling dance of death... (Summary by Martin Geeson)

Genre(s): Published 1800 -1900

Language: English

Keyword(s): fiction , novel , dostoyevsky , idiot 

This project is Part 1 & 2 of the 4 part novel
Parts 3 & 4 of the novel

The Idiot (Part 01 and 02)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821 - 1881)
Translated by Eva M. Martin ( - fl.1915)

The extraordinary child-adult Prince Myshkin, confined for several years in a Swiss sanatorium suffering from severe epilepsy, returns to Russia to claim his inheritance and to find a place in healthy human society.
The teeming St Petersburg community he enters is far from receptive to an innocent like himself, despite some early successes and relentless pursuit by grotesque fortune-hunters. His naive gaucheries give rise to extreme reactions among his new acquaintance, ranging from anguished protectiveness to mockery and contempt.
But even before reaching the city, during the memorable train journey that opens the novel, he has encountered the demonic Rogozhin, the son of a wealthy merchant who is in thrall to the equally doomed Natasha Filippovna: beautiful, capricious and destructively neurotic, she joins with the two weirdly contrasted men in a spiralling dance of death... (Summary by Martin Geeson)

Genre(s): Published 1800 -1900

Language: English

Keyword(s): fiction , novel , dostoyevsky , idiot 

This project is Part 1 & 2 of the 4 part novel
Parts 3 & 4 of the novel

Ὕμνοι ἤτοι προοίμια (Homeric Hymns)

Homer (c. 8th cen - c. 8th cen)

Οἱ Ὁμηρικοὶ Ὕμνοι ἐντάσσονται στὰ πλαίσια τῶν ἐργασιῶν πού ξεκίνησα ἐδῶ καὶ μερικὰ χρόνια στὴν ἰστοσελίδα μου Projet Homere (Σχέδιο Ὁμήρου (γιὰ τὴν ἑλληνικὴ γλῶσσα στὸ σύνολό της)) - http://www.projethomere.com
Ὅπως ἦταν φυσικό, ξεκίνησα τὴν προσπάθεια μου μὲ τὴν ἠχογράφηση τῆς Ὁμηρικῆς ποιήσεως διότι πιστεύω ὅτι βρίσκεται στὴν κορυφὴ τῆς ἑλληνικῆς καὶ τῆς δυτικῆς λογοτεχνίας ἀφοῦ πρόκειται γιὰ τὰ πρῶτα λογοτεχνικὰ ἔργα - Ἐπίσης θεωρῶ ὅτι αὐτὰ τὰ σπουδαῖα ἀρχαῖα ἑλληνικὰ λογοτεχνικὰ ἔργα πρέπει νὰ ἠχογραφηθοῦν ἀπὸ ἑλληνικὲς φωνὲς .
The Homeric Hymns are part of the work that I started a few years ago on my website, Projet Homere (Homer Project (For the Greek language as a whole)) - http://www.projethomere.com
As I naturally started my effort with the recording of Homeric poetry because I believe it is at the top of Greek and Western literature Since they are the first literary works. Ι also believe that these great ancient Greek literary works must be recorded by Greek voices.
Les Hymnes Homériques font partis des travaux que j'ai commencés il y a quelques années sur mon site Projet Homère( sur la langue grecque dans sa globalité) : http://www.projethomere.com
Comme il était naturel , j'ai débuté les enregistrements avec la poésie homérique qui est au somment de la littérature grecque et occidentale puisqu'il s'agit des premières œuvres littéraires. Je suis persuadée qu'il est important que les anciennes œuvres littéraires grecques soient enregistrées par des voix grecques.
Summary by Ἑλένη Κεμικτσή.

Genre(s): Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), Elegies & Odes

Language: Ancient Greek

Keyword(s): homer, homeric hymns

Herodotus' Histories Vol 1

Herodotus (c.484 BCE - 425 BCE)
Translated by A. D. Godley (1856 - 1925)

The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC, the Histories tell the story of the war between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states in the 5th century BC. Herodotus traveled extensively around the ancient world, conducting interviews and collecting stories for his book. The rise of the Persian Empire is chronicled, and the causes for the conflict with Greece. Herodotus treats the conflict as an ideological one, frequently contrasting the absolute power of the Persian king with the democratic government of the Greeks. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia.)

Genre(s): Antiquity

Language: English

Keyword(s): history , classics , Europe , greece , ancient history ), greek history 

Henry V

William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

After the turmoil and uncertainty of Henry IV a new era appears to dawn for England with the accession of the eponymous Henry V. In this sunny pageant Chorus guides us along Henry's glittering carpet ride of success as the new king completes his transformation from rebellious wastrel to a truly regal potentate. Of course, there is an underlying feeling that the good times won't last, and this is all the more reason to enjoy the Indian summer before the protracted and bitter fall of the house of Lancaster. (Introduction by Algy Pug)
Cast:
Alice: Caroline Sophie
Archbishop of Canterbury: Sean Randall
Bardolph: John Fricker
Bates: David Lawrence
Bishop of Ely: Algy Pug
Boy: Aldor
Chorus: Elizabeth Klett
Constable of France: Lars Rolander
Court: Dale Burgess
Duke of Bedford: Dale Burgess
Duke of Bourbon: Algy Pug
Duke of Burgundy: Algy Pug
Duke of Exeter: David Goldfarb
Duke of Gloucester: Tadhg Hynes
Duke of Orleans: Ric F
Duke of York: Algy Pug
Earl of Cambridge: Algy Pug
Earl of Salisbury: Algy Pug
Earl of Warwick: Algy Pug
Earl of Westmoreland: Timothy Ferguson
First Ambassador: Dale Burgess
Fluellen: Martin Geeson
French soldier: Nadine Eckert-Boulet
Governor of Harfleur: Dale Burgess
Gower: Bruce Pirie
Grandpre: Dale Burgess
Henry V: Arielle Lipshaw
Herald: Maria Therese
Hostess Quickly: Elizabeth Klett
Jamy: lennich
Katharine: ezwa
King of France: Paul Adams
Lewis the Dauphin: Nadine Eckert-Boulet
Lord Scroop: Bruce Pirie
Macmorris: Tadhg Hynes
Messenger: Elizabeth Klett
Montjoy: Amy Gramour
Nym: Sandra G
Pistol: Algy Pug
Queen Isabel: Kalynda
Rambures: Elizabeth Klett
Sir Thomas Erpingham: Dale Burgess
Sir Thomas Grey: Dale Burgess
Williams: Ty Unglebower
Narrator: Elizabeth Klett
Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett

Genre(s): Plays

Language: English

Keyword(s): history , historical play

Hamlet

William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

Hamlet is commonly regarded as one of the greatest plays ever written. Drawing on Danish chronicles and the Elizabethan vogue for revenge tragedy, Shakespeare created a play that is at once a philosophic treatise, a family drama, and a supernatural thriller. In the wake of his father's death, Prince Hamlet finds that his Uncle Claudius has swiftly taken the throne and married his mother, Queen Gertrude. The ghost of the dead king then appears and charges Claudius with 'murder most foul.' Hamlet is called to revenge his father's death: but will he be able to act before it is too late?
Cast:
Claudius, King of Denmark - Michael Sirois
Gertrude, Queen of Denmark, and Mother of Hamlet - Elizabeth Klett
Ghost Of Hamlet, the Late King of Denmark - dolohov
Hamlet, Son to the former, and Nephew to the present King - John Gonzalez
Polonius, Lord Chamberlain - Andy Minter
Laertes, Son to Polonius - Denny Sayers
Ophelia, Daughter to Polonius - Kristin Hughes
Reynaldo, Servant to Polonius - Thomas Wells
Horatio, Friend to Hamlet - David Nicol
Rosencrantz, Courtier - Kara Shallenberg
Guildenstern, Courtier - Karen Savage
Francisco, a Soldier - Andrew Lebrun
Bernardo, Officer - David O’Connell
Marcellus, Officer - Jordan Mueller
Voltimand, Courtier - Thomas Wells
Osric, Courtier - allex
A Gentleman, Courtier - David Jaquay
Another Gentleman - mb
Clown One, Grave-digger - Brennan Holtzclaw
Clown Two, Grave-digger - Christie Nowak
A Priest - Kevin O’Coin
Fortinbras, Prince of Norway - mb
A Captain & his Army - Andrew Lebrun
English Ambassador - Andrew Lebrun
First Player - Rosalind Wills
Player King - Denny Sayers
Player Queen - Kirsten Ferreri
Player Lucianus - allex
Group Of Danes - David O'Connell
Lord - LaurenT
Servant - Christie Nowak
Stage Direction - Rosalind Wills
Editors - mb & Jc Guan
Dedicated Proof-Listeners - Elizabeth Klett & mb
Book Coordinators - J.C., Scott Sherris, Jc Guan, Elizabeth Klett & mb

Genre(s): Plays, Drama, Tragedy

Language: English

A Guide to Modern Cookery (Le Guide Culinaire) Part I: Fundamental Elements

Auguste Escoffier (1846 - 1935)
Translated by James B. Herndon

Le Guide Culinaire can be regarded as the ‘Bible’ of modern cooking. It was Escoffier's attempt to codify and streamline the French restaurant food of the day. The original text was printed for the use of professional chefs and kitchen staff; Escoffier's introduction to the first edition explains his intention that the book be used toward the education of the younger generation of cooks. This usage of the book still holds today; many culinary schools still use it as their core textbook. The book overall is 900 pages long and contains over 2500 recipes. Part 1 is 120 pages long and describes the basic principles and techniques required for the chef, including descriptions of more than 250 recipes and preparations. (Summary by Chris Cartwright adapted from Wikipedia)

Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Cooking

Language: English

Keyword(s): cooking , food , recipes , kitchen , cookery , recipe , cuisine , chef , gastronomy

The Adventures of a Grain of Dust

Hallam Hawksworth (1863 - )

This charming book for children is full of interesting facts about all sorts of plants, insects, birds and animals and how they all help to enrich the soil for farmers - each in its own special way. Join our narrator, The Grain of Dust on a fascinating journey around the planet to meet them.
"I don't want you to think that I'm boasting, but I do believe I'm one of the greatest travellers that ever was; and if anybody, living or dead, has ever gone through with more than I have I'd like to hear about it. Not that I've personally been in all the places or taken part in all the things I tell in this book—I don't mean to say that—but I do ask you to remember how long it is possible for a grain of dust to last, and how many other far-travelled and much-adventured dust grains it must meet and mix with in the course of its life. ...Finally, if what we call flesh and blood can think and talk, why not a grain of dust? In fact, what is flesh and blood but dust come back to life? Says the poet—and the poets know:
'The very dust that blows along the street Once whispered to its love that life is sweet.'
You see it's as likely a thing as could happen—this whole story."
Summary by J. M. Smallheer with quotes from the Preface of the book

Genre(s): Children's Non-fiction, Science

Language: English

Keyword(s): nature , animals , birds , insects , farming ), agriculture , geology , worms , natural science , soil

Glinda of Oz is the fourteenth Land of Oz book and is the last one written by the original author L. Frank Baum, although the series was continued after his death by several other authors.
Dorothy and Ozma discover that a war is brewing in a distant and unexplored part of Oz, between two mysterious races, the Flatheads and the Skeezers. The girls set out to try to prevent the fighting, not knowing what dangers await them. (Summary by Lucy Perry.)

Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure

Language: English

Keyword(s): literature , children (1126), adventure , fantasy  baum 

Group: Oz books

The Gift of the Magi is an O. Henry short story in which a young couple are very much in love with each other but can barely afford their one-room apartment. For Christmas, they each make a sacrifice to purchase a gift for the other, with ironic results.
The moral of the story is that physical possessions, however valuable they may be, are of little value in the grand scheme of things. The true unselfish love that the characters, Jim and Della, share is greater than their possessions.
O. Henry ends the story by clarifying the metaphor between the characters in the story, Della and James (or Jim), and the Biblical Magi. The Gift of the Magi features O. Henry's characteristic twist ending and use of flowery diction.
(Summary adapted from Wikipedia.org)

Genre(s): Short Stories

Language: English

Keyword(s): literature  Christmas 

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 science fiction novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott. As a satire, Flatland offered pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions; in a foreword to one of the many publications of the novella, noted science writer Isaac Asimov described Flatland as "The best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions." As such, the novella is still popular amongst mathematics, physics and computer science students. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Genre(s): General Fiction, Satire, Science Fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): literature (1964), science fiction (469), satire (306), women (92), mathematics (32), geometry (8), Victorian society (3), dimensions (2)

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals is a book by Charles Darwin, published in 1872, concerning genetically determined aspects of behaviour. It was published thirteen years after On the Origin of Species and alongside his 1871 book The Descent of Man, it is Darwin's main consideration of human origins. In this book, Darwin seeks to trace the animal origins of human characteristics, such as the pursing of the lips in concentration and the tightening of the muscles around the eyes in anger and efforts of memory. Darwin sought out the opinions of some eminent British psychiatrists, notably James Crichton-Browne, in the preparation of the book which forms Darwin's main contribution to psychology. - Summary by Availle

Genre(s): Animals, Science

Language: English

Keyword(s): evolution (37), emotions (10), darwinism (3), mimic (1), facial expression (1)

Eutifrón

Plato (Πλάτων) (c. 428 BCE - c. 347 BCE)
Translated by Patricio de Azcárate Corral (1800 - 1886)

La naturaleza de la santidad, o usando el lenguaje de Platón, lo santo, ocupa el fondo del diálogo; y un supuesto encuentro del adivino Eutifrón con Sócrates es lo que da origen a la cuestión. Eutifrón pretende realizar un acto santo, reclamado por la justicia, pidiendo, con ocasión de la muerte de un esclavo, una condena contra su padre. Sócrates representa en este caso la conciencia moral y la razón. (Patricio de Azcárate) Grabación realizada en colaboración: Tux, Epachuko y KevinS. La composición se terminó durante la pandemia del Covid-19, en abril de 2020.

Genre(s): Ancient

Language: Spanish

An Essay on Criticism was the first major poem written by the English writer Alexander Pope (1688-1744). However, despite the title, the poem is not as much an original analysis as it is a compilation of Pope's various literary opinions. A reading of the poem makes it clear that he is addressing not so much the ingenuous reader as the intending writer. It is written in a type of rhyming verse called heroic couplets. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Poetry, Essays & Short Works, Literary Criticism

Language: English

Keyword(s): poetry (1842), poems (208), essay (83), criticism (18), pope (16), alexander (8), recordings (4)

Neben berühmten Erzählungen wie "Max und Moritz - Eine Bubengeschichte in sieben Streichen" von Wilhelm Busch und zwei der weniger bekannten Texten von Heinrich Hoffmann (Autor von Struwwelpeter) enthält diese Sammlung insgesamt 20 kurze Erzählungen, Gedichte und Märchen für Kinder. (Zusammenfassung von Elli)

Genre(s): Short works

Language: German

Keyword(s): children (1126), short stories (751), German (353), Deutsch (319), teen (128), Kurzgeschichten (23), Grimm (17), Kinder (14), Erzählungen (7), Wilhelm Busch (2), Heinrich Hoffmann (1), Max und Moritz (1), Sibylle von Olfers (1), Frank Adams (1), Else Dorn (1), Johannes Trojan (1), Elsa Maartman Beskow (1), adelbert von chamisso (1), leonhard diefenbach (1), else birkenstock (1), will vesper (1), karl storch (1), heinrich schlitt (1), gertrud caspari (1)

Emma, "belle, intelligente et riche" a une fâcheuse tendance a vouloir marier les autres. Ce qu'elle va d'abord faire pour sa sœur, puis sa gouvernante, miss Taylor. Mais la voilà seule, avec son père âgé, veuf et très craintif, voir hypocondriaque. Son ami, M. Knightley essaie de la raisonner en l'empêchant d'avoir cette manie de marier ses proches. Pourtant, ses plans semblent relativement bien fonctionner. Qui sera donc sa prochaine protégée ? Et elle, songera-t-elle à se marier un jour ? - Summary by Laurette

Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Romance

Language: French

Emma (French Version) Pt.1

Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)
Translated by Pierre de Puliga

Emma, "belle, intelligente et riche" a une fâcheuse tendance a vouloir marier les autres. Ce qu'elle va d'abord faire pour sa sœur, puis sa gouvernante, miss Taylor. Mais la voilà seule, avec son père âgé, veuf et très craintif, voir hypocondriaque. Son ami, M. Knightley essaie de la raisonner en l'empêchant d'avoir cette manie de marier ses proches. Pourtant, ses plans semblent relativement bien fonctionner. Qui sera donc sa prochaine protégée ? Et elle, songera-t-elle à se marier un jour ? - Summary by Laurette

Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Romance

Language: French

Keyword(s): Roman (57), 19e siècle (7), roman sentimental (1), mr woodhouse (1), mr knightley (1), weston (1), l'entremetteuse (1), highbury (1), hartfield (1), donwell abbey (1), randalls (1)

The Elements of Style (1918) by William Strunk, Jr. is an American English writing style guide. It is one of the best-known and most influential prescriptive treatment of English grammar and usage, and often is required reading in U.S. high school and university composition classes. The original 1918 edition of The Elements of Style detailed eight elementary rules of usage, ten elementary principles of composition, “a few matters of form”, and a list of commonly "misused" words and expressions. This book, printed as a private edition in 1918 for the use of his students, became a classic on the local campus, known as "the little book", and its successive editions have since sold over ten million copies. This version is based on the public-domain text from 1918, which was originally uploaded to Wikibooks and wikified by Wikibooks:User:Lord Emsworth in 2003. In January 2006, Kernigh transwikied the text from Wikibooks:Elements of Style to Wikisource.” (Summary by Wikipedia and Wikisource)

Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Education, Language learning

Language: English

Keyword(s): languages (29)

In this classic of H. G. Wells, Edward Prendick is shipwrecked on a beautiful island in the South Seas and is drawn into the wild and cruel world of Doctor Moreau, who aspires to play God with animals. Summary by Bob Neufeld

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Fantastic Fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): science fiction ), vivisection 

Dorothy is swallowed by an earthquake! And that is just the start of Dorothy's adventures in this exciting and fun book. She and her kitten, Eureka are on their way home and stop to visit a relative in California. But the earthquake opens the ground under their feet and everyone, including the horse and buggy and her cousin Zeb fall deep, deep into the earth. Down there they find they can walk on air, but are attacked by the strange and dangerous vegetable creatures. But who should drop in but Dorothy's old friend the Wizard of Oz with 9 tiny piglets! And all the animals can talk! From there the adventure really begins to get strange but in the end all is well when Ozma rescues them but I won't tell you how. Whew! what an exciting book! (Summary by Phil Chenevert)

Genre(s): General

Language: English

Keyword(s): literature (1964), children (1126), Oz (37), baum (22), dorothy (12), wizard of oz (9)

Group: Oz books

Don Quijote, Vers 1 (Pt2)

Don Quijote de la Mancha (ortografía y título original —1605—, El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha) es una de las obras cumbre de la literatura española y la literatura universal, el libro más traducido después de la Biblia, escrito por Miguel de Cervantes.
La novela consta de dos partes: la primera, El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha, fue publicada en 1605; la segunda, El ingenioso caballero don Quijote de la Mancha, en 1615.
La primera parte se imprimió en Madrid, en casa de Juan de la Cuesta, a fines de 1604. Salió a la venta en enero de 1605 con numerosas erratas, a causa de la celeridad que imponía el contrato de edición. Esta edición se reimprimió en el mismo año y en el mismo taller, de forma que hay en realidad dos ediciones de 1605 ligeramente distintas. Se sospecha, sin embargo, que existió una novela más corta, que sería una de sus futuras Novelas ejemplares. (Resumen de Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, General Fiction

Language: Spanish

Keyword(s): literature (1964), adventure (1092), spanish (49)

Don Quijote de la Mancha (ortografía y título original —1605—, El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha) es una de las obras cumbre de la literatura española y la literatura universal, el libro más traducido después de la Biblia, escrito por Miguel de Cervantes.
La novela consta de dos partes: la primera, El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha, fue publicada en 1605; la segunda, El ingenioso caballero don Quijote de la Mancha, en 1615.
La primera parte se imprimió en Madrid, en casa de Juan de la Cuesta, a fines de 1604. Salió a la venta en enero de 1605 con numerosas erratas, a causa de la celeridad que imponía el contrato de edición. Esta edición se reimprimió en el mismo año y en el mismo taller, de forma que hay en realidad dos ediciones de 1605 ligeramente distintas. Se sospecha, sin embargo, que existió una novela más corta, que sería una de sus futuras Novelas ejemplares. (Resumen de Wikipedia)

Don Quijote 2

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547 - 1616)

Don Quijote de la Mancha (ortografía y título original —1605—, El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha) es una de las obras cumbre de la literatura española y la literatura universal, el libro más traducido después de la Biblia, escrito por Miguel de Cervantes.
La novela consta de dos partes: la primera, El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha, fue publicada en 1605; la segunda, El ingenioso caballero don Quijote de la Mancha, en 1615.
La primera parte se imprimió en Madrid, en casa de Juan de la Cuesta, a fines de 1604. Salió a la venta en enero de 1605 con numerosas erratas, a causa de la celeridad que imponía el contrato de edición. Esta edición se reimprimió en el mismo año y en el mismo taller, de forma que hay en realidad dos ediciones de 1605 ligeramente distintas. Se sospecha, sin embargo, que existió una novela más corta, que sería una de sus futuras Novelas ejemplares. (Resumen de Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, General Fiction

Language: Spanish

Keyword(s): literature (1964), adventure (1092), spanish (49), quijote (2)

Don Quijote de la Mancha (ortografía y título original —1605—, El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha) es una de las obras cumbre de la literatura española y la literatura universal, el libro más traducido después de la Biblia, escrito por Miguel de Cervantes.
La novela consta de dos partes: la primera, El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha, fue publicada en 1605; la segunda, El ingenioso caballero don Quijote de la Mancha, en 1615.
La primera parte se imprimió en Madrid, en casa de Juan de la Cuesta, a fines de 1604. Salió a la venta en enero de 1605 con numerosas erratas, a causa de la celeridad que imponía el contrato de edición. Esta edición se reimprimió en el mismo año y en el mismo taller, de forma que hay en realidad dos ediciones de 1605 ligeramente distintas. Se sospecha, sin embargo, que existió una novela más corta, que sería una de sus futuras Novelas ejemplares. (Resumen de Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, General Fiction

Language: Spanish

Keyword(s): literature (1964), adventure (1092), spanish (49), quijote (2)

Don Quijote 2

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547 - 1616)

Don Quijote de la Mancha (ortografía y título original —1605—, El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha) es una de las obras cumbre de la literatura española y la literatura universal, el libro más traducido después de la Biblia, escrito por Miguel de Cervantes.
La novela consta de dos partes: la primera, El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha, fue publicada en 1605; la segunda, El ingenioso caballero don Quijote de la Mancha, en 1615.
La primera parte se imprimió en Madrid, en casa de Juan de la Cuesta, a fines de 1604. Salió a la venta en enero de 1605 con numerosas erratas, a causa de la celeridad que imponía el contrato de edición. Esta edición se reimprimió en el mismo año y en el mismo taller, de forma que hay en realidad dos ediciones de 1605 ligeramente distintas. Se sospecha, sin embargo, que existió una novela más corta, que sería una de sus futuras Novelas ejemplares. (Resumen de Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, General Fiction

Language: Spanish

Keyword(s): literature (1964), adventure (1092), spanish (49), quijote (2)

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

Hugh Lofting (1886 - 1947)

Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting. He is a doctor who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages. He later becomes a naturalist, using his abilities to speak with animals to better understand nature and the history of the world.(summary from Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure

Language: English

Keyword(s): children (1126), adventure (1092), animals (417), lofting (1)

Group: Newbery Medal and Honor Books

"David Copperfield" or "The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery" was first published in 1850. Like all except five of his works, it originally appeared in serial form. Many elements within the novel follow events in Dickens' own life, and it is probably the most autobiographical of all of his novels. It is also Dickens' "favorite child." (Summary adapted from Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Published 1800 -1900

Language: English

Keyword(s): ⁠⁠novel⁠⁠ (163), ⁠⁠dickens⁠⁠ (67), ⁠⁠Victorian novel⁠⁠ (24)