All of us have our own favorite parts of a book which we love to read and re-read. The nicest part of this is that each time you read, you find something new to savor and remember.

For those of us who haven't read some of the classics, a teaser in the form of a single chapter would probably be intriguing enough to want us to take up the book and start reading.

Favorite Chapters Collection 001 is one such delicious tasting table! Ten chapters from some of the best known classics in English are available here and they're sure to delight not only those who have read the entire book but also those who are yet to do so.

Kicking off with Part I Chapter I ...

Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is possible. The only rules are those set forth by the author. The speculative nature of the genre inspires thought and plants seeds that have led to advances in science. The genre can spark an interest in the science and is cited as the impetus for the career choice of many scientists. It is a playing field to explore social perspectives, predictions of the future, and engage in adventures unbound into the richness of the human mind.

These articles, pamphlets, and stories relating to the Girls Scouts of America touch on the history, activities, ideals, and traditions of this remarkable girls' organization. Though some of the articles appear redundant, they were selected to represent a contemporary view spanning five years of the organization's early popularity (1917-1921). Of significance are the detailed descriptions of Girl Scout involvement in war work during what is now known as World War I. Girl Scouts were prepared through their training for merit badges to be independent, resourceful, reliable, and helpful. They were able to make their own clothes, grow and cook their own food, care for the sick, and start a sm...

This is a collection of 29 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2014.

Eine Sammlung von 20 deutschen Gedichten für LibriVox. Der Kapitän von Walt Whitman wurde übersetzt von Wilhelm Schölermann (1865–1923)Eine Liste weiterer kurzer Aufnahmen (Erzählungen, Gedichte, Märchen, Essays) in anderen LibriVox Sammlungen gibt es hier.

Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, les frères Grimm : autant d’auteurs d’exception dont les contes et autres histoires ont captivé des générations d’enfants, petits et grands. Dans le premier volume de cette collection d’histoires et de contes préférés des enfants, vous découvrirez (ou redécrouvrirez) vingt de ces récits, tantôt très populaires, tantôt moins connus. Ouvrez toutes grandes vos oreilles, et laissez-vous transporter !
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Public Domain newspaper articles in the US span a period of nearly two and a half centuries. Subjects, styles, period, publisher, and length vary greatly. This collection is a sampling of twenty such articles including one from the Journal de Paris.

LibriVox’s Long Poems Collection 008: a collection of 14 public-domain poems longer than 10 minutes in length.

Der Froschmäusekrieg ist eine humorvolle Parodie auf die homerischen Epen. Ganz im klassischen Stil wird hier ein blutiger Krieg zwischen den Völkern der Frösche und der Mäuse geschildert. Das kleine Epos wurde früher Homer zugeschrieben, der tatsächliche Autor ist unbekannt. Als Entstehungszeit gilt das erste vorchristliche Jahrhundert. Der Stoff wurde vielfach übersetzt, nacherzählt und bearbeitet. Diese LibriVox-Aufnahme enthält zwei Fassungen. Die erste ist eine Übersetzung von Franz Xaver Weinzierl von 1804, originalgetreu und klassisch in Sprache und Versmaß. Eine freiere Nachdichtung in alten deutschen Kinderreimen ist hingegen die volkstümliche Adaption Victor Blüthgens von 1878....

A collection of classic Christian hymns spanning the centuries. Some of the hymns are read; others are sung.