Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include astronomy, religion, United States history, football, child raising, Tokyo firebombing, and more. [chương_files]
This book is a collection of 17 gems of random knowledge, such as what women are made of and the philosopher’s stone, written in Baring-Gould’s own style. [chương_files]
Lafcadio Hearn, born 1850 in Greece, went to Japan when he was 40 years old and became a Japanese citizen only 6 years later. His writings about Japan from the beginning of the Meiji era, when the country was just opening to the West, remain among the most important explanations of Japanese culture. This book contains in the first part, “Exotics”, his observations of and personal insights into Japan. For example, Fuji no Yama tells about him climbing the highest mountain in Japan; and A Question in the Zen Texts, Literature of the Dead, and Of Moon Desire try to explain Buddhist teachings. In the second part, “Retrospectives”, Hearn leaves both Japan and his vantage point as impartial observer behind and delves into personal experiences and musings that occurred to him in the numerous countries he visited. The main topic of these very personal pieces is beauty in all its forms. [chương_files]
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 Coquelet (1674-1754) [1730] – Text. Key words: Philosophy Satire 06 Portuguese – Língua Portuguesa by Olavo Bilac (1865-1918) [] – Text. Key words: Poetry, Fiction, celebrating the Portuguese Language 07 Portuguese – Velhas Árvores by Olavo Bilac (1865-1918) [] – Text. Key words: Poetry, fiction, nature 08 Spanish – La Confesión de un Crimen, from Spanish Tales for Beginners by Armando Palacio Valdés (1853-1938) [1919] – Text. Key words: Short story 09 Russian – Pervyi Sneg by Pyotr Andreevich Vyazemsky (1792-1878) [1819] – Text. Key words: Poetry 10 Russian – Rossiya (Россия) by Aleksandr Blok (Александр Блок) (1880-1921) [] – Text. Key words: poem 11-15 Dutch – Sonnets by Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581-1647) [1610] – Text Key words: poetry, fiction, love sonnet, Dutch Golden Age 16 Latin – Horace Ode 2: To Augustus (from Odes and Epodes) by Quintus Horatius […]
This essay of a cultured observer, for many years United States consul in Rome, appeared in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, vol 10, issue 59, April, 1855, pp 577 – 600. [chương_files]
This year’s Christmas collection of short stories, poems and non-fiction features readings in English, French, German and Romanian [chương_files]
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include bedside books, South African cookery, Bryce canyon, Wilhelm Stekel’s psychology, the Theologia Germanica, Paracelsus, John Donne, Cotton Mather, Julia Smith’s translation of the Bible, Zen Buddhism, American immigrants, slavery, Joseph Crosby Lincoln, Oscar Wilde, Albert Einstein, and cats. “Cats and Their Care” was edited by Liberty Hyde Bailey. “Looking Backward” was translated by Samuel Aaron Tannenbaum. “The Collector” was translated by Rosalie Gabler. “Thelogia Germanica” was translated by Susanna Winkworth. [chương_files]
Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include botany, dreams, farming, history, literature, nature, and religion. [chương_files]
A selection of poems, short stories and other prose for the Christmas season in English, Finnish and German. [chương_files]
Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include architecture, education, philosophy, religion, health, humor, history, and literature. [chương_files]
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