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Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to an additional 100,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Crimson Fairy Book Author: Andrew Lang Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Length: 10 hrs 6 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2016 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Fiction & Literature, Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: The Crimson Fairy Book contains thirty-six stories collected from around the world and edited by Andrew Lang. Many tales in this book are translated, or adapted, from those told by mothers and nurses in Hungary; others are familiar to Russian nurseries; the Servians are responsible for some; a rather peculiarly fanciful set of stories are adapted from the Roumanians; others are from the Baltic shores; others from sunny Sicily; a few are from Finland, and Iceland, and Japan, and Tunis, and Portugal. No doubt many children will like to look out these places on the map, and study their mountains, rivers, soil, products, and fiscal policies, in the geography books. The peoples who tell the stories differ in colour; language, religion, and almost everything else; but they all love a nursery tale. The stories have mainly been adapted or translated by Mrs. Lang, a few by Miss Lang and Miss Blackley. (Summary from the preface)

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to an additional 100,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Green Fairy Book Author: Andrew Lang Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Length: 12 hrs 8 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2016 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Fiction & Literature, Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's ""Coloured"" Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources, who had collected them originally (with the notable exception of Madame d'Aulnoy), made them an immensely influential collection, especially as he used foreign-language sources, giving many of these tales their first appearance in English. As acknowledged in the prefaces, although Lang himself made most of the selections, his wife and other translators did a large portion of the translating and telling of the actual stories. "The irony of Lang's life and work is that although he wrote for a professionliterary criticism; fiction; poems; books and articles on anthropology, mythology, history, and travel ... he is best recognized for the works he did not write.""[1] Many of the books were illustrated by Henry J. Ford, Lancelot Speed, and G. P. Jacomb-Hood also contributed some illustrations.

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to an additional 100,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Once On A Time Author: A.A. Milne Narrator: A Full Cast Length: 5 hrs 25 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2012 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Fiction & Literature, Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: When the King of Barodia receives a pair of seven-league boots as a birthday present, his habit of flying over the King of Euralia's castle during breakfast provokes a series of incidents which escalate into war. While the King of Euralia is away, his daughter Hyacinth tries to rule in his stead and counter the machiavellian ambitions of the king's favourite, the Countess Belvane. Written in 1917, Milne's own introduction begins 'This is an odd book', and indeed it is very difficult to classify. Ostensibly a typical fairytale, it tells the story of the war between the kingdoms of Euralia and Barodia and the political shenanigans which take place in Euralia in the king's absence, all supposedly rewritten by Milne from the writings of the fictional historian "Roger Scurvilegs". Milne created the story to contain believable, three-dimensional characters, rather than the stereotypes which will satisfy children. Hence the book introduces us to a princess who is far from helpless; a prince who, whilst handsome, is also pompous and vain; an enchantment which is almost entirely humorous; a villain who is not entirely villainous and receives no real comeuppance; a good king who isn't always good; an evil king who isn't always evil, and so on. The result is a book which children may not enjoy as much as adults. The book was written by Milne partly for his wife, upon whom the character of the Countess Belvane was partially based.

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to an additional 100,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Greek Myths: Volume 2 Author: James Baldwin Narrator: Michael Scott Length: 1 hr 55 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2006 Publisher: Thought Audio Genres: Fiction & Literature, Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Stories of Greek Mythology. Read by Michael Scott.

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to an additional 100,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Sammlung deutscher Gedichte 019 Author: Various Authors Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Length: 29 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Eine Sammlung von 20 deutschen Gedichten für LibriVox. Eine Liste weiterer kurzer Aufnahmen (Erzählungen, Gedichte, Märchen, Essays) in anderen LibriVox Sammlungen gibt es hier. Nr. 7 Spleen übersetzt von Frtz Koegel (1860-1904) Nr. 8 Spleen übersetzt von Wolf von Kalckreuth (1887-1906)

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to an additional 100,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Short Poetry Collection 024 Author: Various Authors Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Length: 31 mins Language: English Release date: 2/17/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Librivox's Short Poetry Collection 024: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to an additional 100,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Basho, The Chief Poet of Japan and the Hokku, or Epigram Verses Author: Matsuo Bash? Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Length: 31 mins Language: English Release date: 2/16/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: During his lifetime, Bash? was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as the greatest master of haiku (then called hokku). He is quoted as saying, "Many of my followers can write hokku as well as I can. Where I show who I really am is in linking haikai verses." This short anthology of haiku by Bash? and his pupils features poetry in their original Japanese, with translations and commentary in English by Basil Hall Chamberlain, a professor of Japanese at Tokyo Imperial University. - Summary by Wikipedia and Rob Board

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to an additional 100,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Sammlung deutscher Gedichte 015 Author: Various Authors Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Length: 40 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Eine Sammlung von 20 deutschen Gedichten für LibriVox.

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to an additional 100,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Sleep-Book Author: Leolyn Louise Everett Narrator: Clarica Length: 24 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: This is a compilation and publication of sleep-related poetry, exalting the delight of sleep, as well as bemoaning the lack of it. (written by Clarica)

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to an additional 100,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Sammlung deutscher Gedichte 002 Author: Various Authors Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Length: 27 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Eine Sammlung 10 deutscher Gedichte für LibriVox. Walpurgisnacht gelesen von Dirk und Claudia Weber.

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to an additional 100,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Romantic Poetry Collection 001 Author: Various Authors Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Length: 43 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: A collection of romatic poems for St Valentine's day.

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to an additional 100,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Multilingual Poetry Collection 019 Author: Various Authors Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Length: 30 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: In LibriVox's Multilingual Poetry Collection, LibriVox volunteers read their favourite public-domain poems in languages other than English. (Summary by David Barnes).

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to an additional 100,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Princess Mary's Gift Book Author: Various Authors Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Length: 5 hrs 22 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies, Short Stories Publisher's Summary: In 1917, Princess Mary, then 17 years of age, gave her name to this collection of short stories and essays from the most prominent authors of the time for the purpose of raising funds for the "Work For Women Fund". A few of the outstanding authors represented in this sparkling collection are J.M. Barrie with is essay on A Holiday in Bed; A. Conan Doyle; J.H. Fabre the naturalist with his well know description of The Ant-Lion; H. Ryder Haggard; Rudyard Kipling; Alfred Noyes ("A Spell for a Fairy"); Baroness Orczy (yes, that one); and Kate Douglas Wiggin . - Summary by Phil Chenevert

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to an additional 100,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Life's Enthusiasms Author: David Starr Jordan Narrator: Bill Boerst Length: 38 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: The words in this essay on positive thought sing like those in Whitman's "Leaves of Grass." The author praises joyous living and recommends certain routes to its attainment. He explores schooling (public secondary and the university), travel, and the study of nature as ways to stay buoyant during life's trials. He also praises the power of the arts (literature, music, painting, sculpture) to keep spirits soaring. (Summary by Bill Boerst)

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to an additional 100,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Sammlung deutscher Gedichte 004 Author: Various Authors Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Length: 13 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies, Foreign Language Titles, Other Publisher's Summary: Eine Sammlung 10 deutscher Gedichte für LibriVox.

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to an additional 100,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass Author: Frederick Douglass Narrator: Lee Smalley Length: 48 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2017 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: These two articles were reproduced as an e-book by Project Gutenberg in 2008 to supplement "...several articles by Frederick Douglass, whose larger work was presented in book form as a January, 1993 Project Gutenberg Etext to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day...." The articles narrated here are "My Escape From Slavery" (1881) and "Reconstruction" (1866). - Summary by Lee Smalley

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to an additional 100,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Wealth Author: Anne Robert,Jacques Turgot Narrator: Jeff Dumas Length: 2 hrs 46 mins Language: English Release date: 12/1/2016 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies, Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: "This Essay May be Considered as the Germ of the Treatise on The Wealth of Nations, Written by the Celebrated Smith" Condorcet's Life of Turgot.

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to an additional 100,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Timaeus Author: Plato Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Length: 7 hrs 52 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2016 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Fiction & Literature, Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: "Our intention is, that Timaeus, who is the most of an astronomer amongst us, and has made the nature of the universe his special study, should speak first, beginning with the generation of the world and going down to the creation of man..." 'Timaeus' is usually regarded as one of Plato's later dialogues, and provides an account of the creation of the universe, with physical, metaphysical and ethical dimensions, which had great influence over philosophers for centuries following. It attributes the order and beauty of the universe to a benevolent demiurge - a 'craftsman' or god - fashioning the physical world after the pattern of an ideal, eternal one. The dramatic setting of the dialogue is the day after a discussion in which Socrates has described his ideal state - as in the 'Republic'. A conversation between Socrates, Critias, Hermocrates and Timaeus, including Critias' account of Solon's journey to Egypt (where he hears the story of Atlantis), soon gives way to the monologue by Timaeus that forms the bulk of the work. 'Timaeus' is translated by Benjamin Jowett and his comprehensive introduction to and analysis of the work precedes the text itself, which he describes as "the growth of an age in which philosophy is not wholly separated from poetry and mythology". (Summary by Philippa)

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to an additional 100,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Legends of Charlemagne Author: Thomas Bulfinch Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Length: 9 hrs 11 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2016 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Fiction & Literature, Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Bulfinch (July 15, 1796 - May 27, 1867) explains the his work is "an attempt tell the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amusement. We have endeavored to tell them correctly, according to the ancient authorities, so that when the reader finds them referred to he may not be at a loss to recognize the reference. Thus we hope to teach mythology not as a study, but as a relaxation from study; to give our work the charm of a story-book, yet by means of it to impart a knowledge of an important branch of education."

Please visit http://hotaudiobook.com to listen to an additional 100,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free Title: Faerie Queene Book 4 Author: Edmund Spenser Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Length: 5 hrs 19 mins Language: English Release date: 1/1/2016 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Fiction & Literature, Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: "The Fovrth Book of the Faerie Queene contayning the Legende of Cambel and Telamond or of Friendship." The Faerie Queene was never completed, but it continues to be one of the most beautiful and important works of literature ever written. Spenser wrote it as a paean to the Virgin Queen Elizabeth, and to the golden age which she had brought to England. Sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh and commended by the foremost literary minds of his day, Spenser's book is considered one of the crowning poetic achievements of the Elizabethan period.(Summary by Annise)