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שבעה סיפורים Seven Stories

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Published 1900 onward
Chapter: 33 | Listen:

יוסף חיים ברנר יליד 1881 בנוביה מליני, היום אוקראינה, עלה ארצה בשנת 1909 ונרצח ביפו על ידי ערבים במאורעות תרפ”א (1921). היה מחלוצי הספרות העברית. המודרנית. בהקלטה הנוכחית מוגשים שבעה מסיפוריו המוקדמים. Yosef Haim Brenner was born in 1881 in what is now the Ukraine. He emigrated to Palestine in 1909 and was killed by Arabs in 1921 during the Jaffa riots. Brenner was one of the pioneers of modern Hebrew literature. The present recording contains seven of his early stories. (Summary by Wikipedia and Omri Lernau) [chương_files]

我等の一團と彼 (Warerano ichidan to kare)

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Published 1900 onward
Chapter: 6 | Listen: 5

歌人、石川啄木が書いた小説。新聞記者だった自身の体験も反映しているように思われる東京の新聞社の社会部の一団が登場する。主人公は、亀山、肺病になって結局、退社してしまう画工の松永、その松永の面倒をよく見た高橋などが登場する。 The author is famous with Tanka (31-character poetry). But he also wrote several novels. He worked as a reporter at several newspapers. His experience reflects on this story. This is a story among reporters at a newspaper company in Tokyo. (Summary by ekzemplaro) [chương_files]

坊っちゃん (Botchan)

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Published 1900 onward
Chapter: 11 | Listen:

物理学校を卒業した坊ちゃんは、松山の中学へ、数学の教師として赴任する。さっそく、同僚にあだ名をつけた、校長は、狸。教頭は、赤シャツ。数学の主任は、山嵐。赤シャツの子分の画学の教師は、野だ。赤シャツに許嫁を奪われかかっている英語の教師は、うらなり。うらなり先生は、九州の延岡へ転勤させられ、それに抗議した、山嵐は、辞表をかかせられてしまった。最後に、山嵐と坊ちゃんは、赤シャツと野だをこてんぱんに殴って、船で、松山を後にする。坊ちゃんは、一ヶ月で、東京に帰り、昔からの下女である「清」と暮らし始める。 Botchan becomes a teacher in Matsuyama after he graduated from a school. He meets lots of trouble. After a month he quits the job and returns to Tokyo. (ekzemplaro) [chương_files]

Final Report of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (Watergate Report), Volume 2

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Political Science
Chapter: 38 | Listen: 4

This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities based on its investigation of the Watergate break-in and coverup, illegal and improper campaign practices and financing, and other wrongdoing during the Presidential campaign of 1972. The committee’s mandate from the Senate, which was passed by a unanimous vote, was to make a “complete” investigation and study “of the extent … to which illegal, improper, or unethical activities” occurred in the 1972 Presidential campaign and election and to determine whether new legislation was needed “to safeguard the electoral process by which the President of the United States is chosen.” This project contains chapters 4 & 5 of 11: Campaign Financing and The Milk Fund. – Summary modified from the introduction [chương_files]

Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906

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Political Science
Chapter: 17 | Listen: 4

“Mother Earth was an American anarchist journal that described itself as “A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature”. Founded in early 1906 and initially edited by Emma Goldman, an activist in the United States, it published articles by contemporary activists and writers in Europe as well as the US, in addition to essays by historic figures.” This is Volume 1 of the series – Summary by Wikepedia [chương_files]

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 009

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Essays & Short Works, Short Stories
Chapter: 10 | Listen: 4

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. “Das schwatzende Herz” übersetzt von Theodor Etzel [chương_files]

Final Report of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (Watergate Report), Volume 3

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Political Science
Chapter: 37 | Listen: 5

This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities based on its investigation of the Watergate break-in and coverup, illegal and improper campaign practices and financing, and other wrongdoing during the Presidential campaign of 1972. The committee’s mandate from the Senate, which was passed by a unanimous vote, was to make a “complete” investigation and study “of the extent … to which illegal, improper, or unethical activities” occurred in the 1972 Presidential campaign and election and to determine whether new legislation was needed “to safeguard the electoral process by which the President of the United States is chosen.” This project contains chapters 6-11 of 11. – Summary modified from the introduction [chương_files]

In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace

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Political Science
Chapter: 14 | Listen: 4

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]

State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1885 – 1888)

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Political Science
Chapter: 9 | Listen: 6

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]

Three Friends; A Story of Rugby in the Forties

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Published 1900 onward
Chapter: 11 | Listen:

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]