The Elements of Ornithology is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This succinct little textbook from 1845 presents an introduction to ornithology. The information, albeit not current, is still interesting and of use as a general overview of bird biology and classification. The author was a surgeon in the U.S. Navy and president of the Academy of Natural Sciences.

This book, published in 1920, analyzes the literary progression of Samuel Clemens and his shortcomings (which are debatable). Brooks attributes Clemens' increasing sense of pessimism to the repression of his creative spirit due largely to his mother and his wife.

Eine Geschichte über zwei Kinder, die nach der Exekution des Vaters und der Inhaftierung der Mutter an die Gemeinde zur Obhut übergeben werden. Das Mädchen hat Glück und findet eine reiche Gönnerin, der Junge jedoch landet bei einer schlechten Familie, die ihn schamlos ausnutzt. Seine Schwester darf er jahrelang nicht sehen, weil man seinen angeblichen schlechten Einfluss auf sie unterbinden will. Auch das Dorf lässt ihn immer wieder spüren, dass er bei ihnen nicht willkommen ist - denn sie sind davon überzeugt, dass er eines Tages wie sein Vater enden wird. Pavel setzt sich zur Wehr, wodurch seine Situation noch schlimmer wird. Doch dann tritt jemand in sein Leben, der an ihn glaubt. Wir...

Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres. Eine Liste weiterer kurzer Aufnahmen (Erzählungen, Gedichte, Märchen, Essays) in anderen LibriVox Sammlungen gibt es hier. Der Luftballon übersetzt von Marie Franzos (1870 - 1941) Die Sphinx ohne Geheimnis übersetzt von Frieda Uhl, Rudolph Lothar

Great Expectations is written in the first person and is virtually a fictional autobiography of “Pip” from his childhood, through often painful experiences, to adulthood. It charts his progress as he moves from the Kent marshes - his social status radically changed having gained an unknown benefactor - to busy commercial London. The book is richly populated with a variety of extraordinary characters many of whom, unbeknownst to them, have lives that are inextricably linked to the others. It is all there, love, hate, passion, humour, rejection, duplicity, betrayal, a whole gamut of emotions and human strengths and weaknesses . This is one of Dickens most fascinating, and disturbing novels....

Cuentos españoles relacionados con la Guerra de Independencia. Introducción por Eduardo Mendez. "Historietas Nacionales" (Short National Stories) is a collection of short novels written by Pedro Antonio de Alarcon (Guadix 1833 – Madrid 1891) and published in 19881. These stories cover the XIX century of Spain from the Independence War, which started the end of Napoleon empire, to the Carlistas civil wars, the political changes and how the people lived thorugh them. Although the more entertaining pieces are at the first half of the book, you will find a great picture of the tumultuous XIX century in Spain.Other books of the same author at Librivox are "El Sombrero de Tres Picos" and "El Ca...

Schopenhauer used the word "will" as a human's most familiar designation for the concept that can also be signified by other words such as "desire," "striving," "wanting," "effort," and "urging." Schopenhauer's philosophy holds that all nature, including man, is the expression of an insatiable will to life. It is through the will that mankind finds all their suffering. Desire for more is what causes this suffering. He used the word representation (Vorstellung) to signify the mental idea or image of any object that is experienced as being external to the mind. It is sometimes translated as idea or presentation. This concept includes the representation of the observing subject's own body. S...

History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD. This compilation is designed to be a companion to the author's History of Greece. It is hoped that it may fill a want, now felt in many high schools and academies, of a short and clear statement of the rise and fall of Rome, with a biography of her chief men, and an outline of her institutions, manners, and religion.

This is an early history of the failed attempt to found the colony of North Australia at Gladstone, in what is now Central Queensland.

When Ronald Mervyn from Devonshire is falsely accused of murder he emigrates to South Africa. He takes part in the Kaffir war and during this time he rescues a family from death. The family then return to England and try to establish Ronald's innocence.