This year's LibriVox selection of traditional Christmas carols, hymns and songs in English, French, German, Greek, Italian and Ukrainian. We wish you all a happy and peaceful Christmas. English: All Children are on Christmas Eve - Words & Music: Rev. Charles L. Hutchins (1838-1920). Angels from the Realms of Glory - Words: James Montgomery (1771-1854); Music: Henry T. Smart (1813-1879). Angels We Have Heard on High - Words: French Carol, trans. James Chadwick (1813-1882). Music: 'Gloria' French carol melody. The Babe of Bethlehem - Old Kentish carol, arr. Henry R. Bramley (1833-1917) & John Stainer (1840-1901). The First Nowell - traditional English carol, first published in its current ...

LibriVox volunteers bring you this year's selection of 23 sacred and secular carols, hymns and Christmas songs, in English, French, German, Japanese and Latin.

This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages. All chosen and recorded by Librivox volunteers. Brief description of the contributions: 01 Tagalog - ¡Ang Reyna Elena.....! by Pascual de Leon (1893-1958) [1915] - Key words: poetry, The Queen Elena 02 Polish - Pieśń o mowie naszej by Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński (1874-1941) [1913] - Key words: poetry, poezja, język, pruderia 03 Japanese - Tebukuro wo kaini by Niimi Nankichi (1913-1943) [1943] - Key words: prose, fiction, children, fox, mitten 04 Japanese - Sangetsuki by Nakajima Atsushi (1909-1942) [1942] - Key words: prose, fiction, China, tiger 05 Japanese - Butoukai by Akutagawa Ry...

This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard English). All chosen and recorded by Librivox volunteers. 01 Japanese - Fushinchuu by Mori Ogai (1862-1922) [1910] - Text. Key words: prose, fiction, constructing, Ginza 02 Russian - Монго by Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841) [] - Text. Key words: poem 03 Spanish - Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) [] translated by Alberto Lasplaces (1887-1950) - Text. Key words: Poem 04 Polish - Odsiecz Wiednia by Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński (1874-1941) [1913] - Text. Key words: opowiadanie, humor, bitwa pod Wiedniem, historia 05 French - L'éloge de rien, dédié à personne by Louis...

A selection of poems, short stories and other prose for the Christmas season in English, Finnish and German.

This year's LibriVox selection of traditional favourites and lesser-known Christmas carols in English, French, German and Latin, including a 17th century harmonisation of a plain chant melody from Susan, French poems set to original music by Ezwa, and Ryan's version of Händel's Hallelujah Chorus. The singers wish all listeners around the world a happy and peaceful Christmas. The Story That Never Grows Old: Words by James M. Gray (1851 - 1935); music by Ira D. Sankey (1840 - 1908) From Far Away: Words edited by Henry Ramsden Bramley (1833 - 1917); music edited by Sir John Stainer (1840 - 1901). Oh du fröhliche: Sicilianisches Fischerlied. A Virgin Most Pure: Anonymous English manuscript, c...

The Ájurrúmiyyah, by ‘Abdu’lláh ibn Muḥammad ibn Dáwud, as-Sanhájí, known as Ibn Ájurrúm (1273 - 1323), is a famous grammatical text that has been in constant use throughout the Arab world for 700 years. The original Arabic text is often memorised by pupils before moving on to more advanced works of Arabic grammar. Arabic grammarians have divided the grammar of the language into two main fields, syntax (nahw) and morphology (sarf). This book deals is a concise summary of Arabic syntax. The Ájurrúmiyyah was first translated into Latin in 1613. John James Stewart Perowne (1823-1904) was an English bishop who was born in Burdwan, Bengal. He was a respected Hebrew scholar and author and serve...

This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard English). All chosen and recorded by Librivox volunteers. 01 - Chinese - Returning (Guiqulaixici 归去来兮辞) by Tao Chien. Key words: poetry; hermitage; nature; finiteness of human life 02 - Finnish - Kalle Saukko by August Blanche, transalted by Theodolinda Hahnsson Key words: short story, humorous 03 - French - Le conte futur by Paul Adam Key words: dramatic prose, fiction, love, admiration, compassion, bragging, blood 04 - French - Raité de Turin du 24 mars 1860 Key words: prose, non-fiction, history, treaty, France, Italy 05 - French - L'héritage de...

This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard English). All chosen and recorded by Librivox volunteers. 01 - Hungarian - A gizehi pergamen-lapok by Gárdonyi Géza (1863-1922) [1890] - Text - Key words: prose, fiction, humour, paradise 02 - Italian - Il bove by Ida Baccini (1850-1911) [1882] - Text - Key words: Short story for children 03 - Italian - Nel carrozzone dei profughi by Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) [1884] - Text - Key words: short story, novel, verismo 04 - Latin - Passer by Catullus (84-54 BC) [1893] - Text - Key words: Latin poetry 05 - Japanese - Imado Gitsune by Osanai Kaoru (1881-1928) [1909] - ...

The Imitation of Christ is widely considered one of the greatest manuals of devotion in Christianity. The life of Christ is presented as the highest study possible to a mortal, as Jesus’ teachings far excel all the teachings of the saints. The book gives counsel to read the scriptures, statements about the uses of adversity, advice for submission to authority, warnings against temptation and how to resist it, reflections about death and the judgment, meditations upon the oblation of Christ, and admonitions to flee the vanities of the world. -