In the Fourth Year is a collection H.G. Wells assembled in the spring of 1918 from essays he had recently published discussing the problem of establishing lasting peace when World War I ended. It is mostly devoted to plans for the League of Nations and the discussion of post-war politics. Summary by jfschuurman. [chương_files]
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition of the nation but also allows the President to outline his legislative agenda (for which he needs the cooperation of Congress) and national priorities. This album contains recordings of addresses from Grover Cleveland. – Summary by Wikipedia [chương_files]
This is a novel that describes the life of three friends while they are attending Rugby School. The work illustrates for the reader many of the boys’ pranks, challenges, sorrows, and victories and, as well, gives a good sense of school life in the middle of the 19th Century. Anyone who looks back with fondness on his or her younger days of schooling will enjoy this work. (Summary by KevinS) [chương_files]
Diese Sammlung umfasst 10 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres. Eine Liste weiterer kurzer Aufnahmen (Erzählungen, Gedichte, Märchen, Essays) in anderen LibriVox Sammlungen gibt es hier. “Der Alte” übersetzt von Georg von Ompteda (1863-1931) [chương_files]
In 1920-21 Bertrand Russell lived and taught in Peking (Beijing), publishing this book on his return to England. In 1920 he had visited Bolshevik Russia, talked to Lenin, and was unimpressed by what he had seen. China, however, was another matter. Like many travelers, he often saw what he wanted to see, and after Europe’s Great War, he found many signs of hope in China. In that country, he was welcomed by the young intellectuals who saw him as a representative of modern and scientific thought. They, however, were trying to cast off much of the old tradition that they thought held China back, and they were often opposed to Russell’s urging that they hold on to much of their own tradition, which he saw as superior to that of Europe, particularly after the terrible slaughter of 1914-18 on the continent. His work is very much a product of its time, and today, almost a century later, many are still trying to explain China — a very different China from Russell’s — to an outside world. (Nicholas Clifford) [chương_files]
In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey published a series of the most famous orations of all time. They are ordered by both geographic area and time period, ranging from Ancient Greece to their contemporary United States. The third, fourth, and fifth volumes of this collection concern British speakers. The speeches contained in this third volume are ordered chronologically. We begin in the year 1781 with a speech on the war in America, and end this volume in the middle of the 19th century with a speech on the “Trent” Affair. – Summary by Carolin [chương_files]
Ein Roman über den berühmten Findling Kaspar Hauser (angeblich: 30.4.1812 – 17. 12. 1833 in Ansbach) wurde in der Biedermeierzeit als rätselhafter Findling bekannt. Hauser taucht am 26. Mai 1828 in Nürnberg als etwa 16-jähriger, geistig anscheinend zurückgebliebener und wenig redender Jugendlicher auf. Durch seine Aussagen, dass er, solange er denken könne, bei Wasser und Brot immer ganz allein in einem dunklen Raum gefangen gehalten worden sei, erregt er großes Aufsehen. Ein Gerücht kolportierte, Hauser sei der 1812 geborene Erbprinz von Baden, den man gegen einen sterbenden Säugling getauscht und beiseite geschafft habe, um einer Nebenlinie des badischen Fürstenhauses die Thronfolge zu ermöglichen… Die Honoratioren der Stadt reichen ihn als Kuriosum herum. Bis schließlich mehrere Anschläge auf sein Leben verübt werden … (Zusammenfassung von wikipedia und crowwings) [chương_files]
Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres. [chương_files]
“The study here presented embodies the findings of an investigation into the recent [1919-1920] deportations of persons deemed to be unlawfully in the country. . . Its purpose is to call public attention to practices that are inconsistent with the American tradition of justice and fair-play.” – Summary by Constantine Panunzio, from the introduction [chương_files]
“While there is a lower class I am in it; While there is a criminal class I am of it; While there is a soul in prison I am not free.” (Eugene V. Debs) This collection of essays charts the thought and character of Eugene V. Debs. Debs was an influential early American labor leader, a founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and a Presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America. In these essays, Debs employs his characteristically fiery rhetoric in a spirited defense of worker’s rights, organized labor, women’s suffrage, class solidarity, and the principles of economic socialism. [chương_files]
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