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The Goddess of Atvatabar by William Richard BRADSHAW read by Nigel Fisher Part 1/2 | Full Audio Book
The Goddess of Atvatabar by William Richard BRADSHAW (1851 - 1927)
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Read by: Nigel Fisher in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 00 - Introduction
00:11:46 - 01 - A Polar Catastrophe
00:20:49 - 02 - The Cause of the Expedition
00:28:05 - 03 - Beginning the Voyage
00:37:28 - 04 - Our Adventures in the Polar Sea
00:43:30 - 05 - We Enter the Polar Gulf
00:49:04 - 06 - Day Becomes Night and Night Day
00:57:51 - 07 - We Discover the Interior World
01:05:54 - 08 - Extraordinary Loss of Weight
01:15:20 - 09 - Afloat on the Interior Ocean
01:20:50 - 10 - A Visit from the Inhabitants of Plutusia
01:27:02 - 11 - We Learn Atvatabarese
01:34:53 - 12 - We Arrive at Kioram
01:42:42 - 13 - Marching in Triumph
01:53:12 - 14 - The Journey to Calnogor
02:00:22 - 15 - Our Reception by the King
02:08:19 - 16 - The King Unfolds the Grandeur of Atvatabar
02:14:12 - 17 - Gnaphisthasia
02:27:38 - 18 - The Journey to the Bormidophia
02:34:36 - 19 - The Throne of the Gods, Calnogor
02:40:43 - 20 - The Worship of Lyone, Supreme Goddess
02:51:07 - 21 - An Audience with the Supreme Goddess
02:58:02 - 22 - The Goddess Learns the Story of the Outer World
03:04:41 - 23 - The Garden of Tanje
03:21:02 - 24 - The Journey to Egyplosis
03:29:00 - 25 - Escaping from the Cyclone
03:37:18 - 26 - The Banquet on the Aerial Ship
03:43:35 - 27 - We Reach Egyplosis
03:51:00 - 28 - The Grand Temple of Harikar
03:59:13 - 29 - The Installation of a Twin-Soul
04:07:35 - 30 - The Installation of a Twin-Soul (Continued)
04:15:43 - 31 - The Mystery of Egyplosis
04:28:02 - 32 - The Sin of a Twin-Soul
04:35:59 - 33 - The Doctor's Opinion of Egyplosis
04:45:13 - 34 - Lyone's Confession
04:56:33 - 35 - Our Visit to the Infernal Palace
05:13:13 - 36 - Arjeels
05:27:00 - 37 - A Revelation
05:34:48 - 38 - Lyone's Manifesto to King and People
05:45:32 - 39 - The Crisis in Atvatabar
05:53:52 - 40 - My Departure from the Palace of Tanje
06:02:24 - 41 - We Are Attacked by the Enemy
06:09:58 - 42 - The Battle Continued
06:17:36 - 43 - Victory
06:30:08 - 44 - The News of Atvatabar in the Outer World
06:45:02 - 45 - The Voyages of the Mercury and the Aurora Borealis
06:55:28 - 46 - The Arrest of Lyone
An accident during a polar expedition leads the crew of the Polar King to the discovery of an entire world within the earth. Within the interior realm lies a vast ocean with continents and civilisations unknown to the outside world. The societies within possess new technologies and magics unknown to the outside world and these are lovingly described in great detail by the author. The crew proceed to explore and in true Victorian fashion then conquer the new world. An extraordinary feat of imagination and inventiveness by this obscure author. - Summary by Nigel Fisher
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Genre(s): Science Fiction
Read by: Nigel Fisher in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 00 - Introduction
00:11:46 - 01 - A Polar Catastrophe
00:20:49 - 02 - The Cause of the Expedition
00:28:05 - 03 - Beginning the Voyage
00:37:28 - 04 - Our Adventures in the Polar Sea
00:43:30 - 05 - We Enter the Polar Gulf
00:49:04 - 06 - Day Becomes Night and Night Day
00:57:51 - 07 - We Discover the Interior World
01:05:54 - 08 - Extraordinary Loss of Weight
01:15:20 - 09 - Afloat on the Interior Ocean
01:20:50 - 10 - A Visit from the Inhabitants of Plutusia
01:27:02 - 11 - We Learn Atvatabarese
01:34:53 - 12 - We Arrive at Kioram
01:42:42 - 13 - Marching in Triumph
01:53:12 - 14 - The Journey to Calnogor
02:00:22 - 15 - Our Reception by the King
02:08:19 - 16 - The King Unfolds the Grandeur of Atvatabar
02:14:12 - 17 - Gnaphisthasia
02:27:38 - 18 - The Journey to the Bormidophia
02:34:36 - 19 - The Throne of the Gods, Calnogor
02:40:43 - 20 - The Worship of Lyone, Supreme Goddess
02:51:07 - 21 - An Audience with the Supreme Goddess
02:58:02 - 22 - The Goddess Learns the Story of the Outer World
03:04:41 - 23 - The Garden of Tanje
03:21:02 - 24 - The Journey to Egyplosis
03:29:00 - 25 - Escaping from the Cyclone
03:37:18 - 26 - The Banquet on the Aerial Ship
03:43:35 - 27 - We Reach Egyplosis
03:51:00 - 28 - The Grand Temple of Harikar
03:59:13 - 29 - The Installation of a Twin-Soul
04:07:35 - 30 - The Installation of a Twin-Soul (Continued)
04:15:43 - 31 - The Mystery of Egyplosis
04:28:02 - 32 - The Sin of a Twin-Soul
04:35:59 - 33 - The Doctor's Opinion of Egyplosis
04:45:13 - 34 - Lyone's Confession
04:56:33 - 35 - Our Visit to the Infernal Palace
05:13:13 - 36 - Arjeels
05:27:00 - 37 - A Revelation
05:34:48 - 38 - Lyone's Manifesto to King and People
05:45:32 - 39 - The Crisis in Atvatabar
05:53:52 - 40 - My Departure from the Palace of Tanje
06:02:24 - 41 - We Are Attacked by the Enemy
06:09:58 - 42 - The Battle Continued
06:17:36 - 43 - Victory
06:30:08 - 44 - The News of Atvatabar in the Outer World
06:45:02 - 45 - The Voyages of the Mercury and the Aurora Borealis
06:55:28 - 46 - The Arrest of Lyone
An accident during a polar expedition leads the crew of the Polar King to the discovery of an entire world within the earth. Within the interior realm lies a vast ocean with continents and civilisations unknown to the outside world. The societies within possess new technologies and magics unknown to the outside world and these are lovingly described in great detail by the author. The crew proceed to explore and in true Victorian fashion then conquer the new world. An extraordinary feat of imagination and inventiveness by this obscure author. - Summary by Nigel Fisher
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The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre DUMAS (1802 - 1870)
Genre(s): Literary Fiction
Read by: Mark F. Smith in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 63 - 61b - Epilogue (Part 2)
In this, the last of the Three Musketeers novels, Dumas builds on the true story of a mysterious prisoner held incognito in the French penal system, forced to wear a mask when seen by any but his jailer or his valet. If you have skipped the novels between The Three Musketeers and this, a few notes will bring you into the story:On one side - Aramis, now a bishop and secretly the Captain-General of the Jesuit Order, who believes he has found a path to a higher honor - the papacy. Monsieur Fouquet, the vastly rich minister of finance, Aramis' ally. Philippe, the identical twin of King Louis XIV, who grew up in ignorance of his pedigree, and whose surrogate parents were murdered on the king's order and himself sent into the notorious Paris prison, the Bastille, there held in solitary confinement.On the other side - King Louis XIV, selected as the twin who would be king by his mother, and who intends that his brother will never challenge him. Monsieur Colbert, first minister, who is jealous of Fouquet and plots his downfall.Unaligned and in danger of collateral damage - d'Artagnan, now captain of the King's Musketeers and so the king's chief defender, who suspects plots running beneath the surface and who is trying to unearth them. Athos, now the Comte (Count) de la Fer and one of the most respected noblemen of France. Raoul, Athos' son and vicomte (viscount), desperately in love with Mademoiselle de la Valliere, who the king has taken as his mistress. Porthos, grown extremely stout and happy as the Baron du Vallon.Aramis discovers the hidden Philippe and hatches a plot to substitute him for the sitting king, putting Louis in Philippe's cell in the Bastille. This even succeeds… for a short while. But Aramis has not reckoned with a man whose loyalty to the throne exceeds his own welfare and who disastrously reverses the plot. Now it is time for the plotters to scurry to cover, there to figure some way to recover their lost ambitions. (Summary written by Mark Smith.)
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Antigone (Plumptre Translation) by SOPHOCLES (497 BCE - 406 BCE), translated by Edward Hayes PLUMPTRE (1821 - 1891)
Genre(s): Tragedy
Read by: Expatriate in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Part I
00:27:10 - 02 - Part II
00:52:08 - 03 - Part III
A powerful artistic protest against tyranny, 'Antigone' has been translated and adapted dozens of times, applied over and over through the centuries to current forms of the oppression so common to human experience. Antigone's heroic resistance to Creon's petty, capricious, and unbending law has a never-ending relevance even in the third millennium CE. The play was written at a time of national fervor. In 441 BC, shortly after the play was released, Sophocles was appointed as one of the ten generals to lead a military expedition against Samos. It is striking that a prominent play in a time of such imperialism contains little political propaganda, no impassioned apostrophe, and, with the exception of the epiklerate (the right of the daughter to continue her dead father's lineage), and arguments against anarchy, makes no contemporary allusion or passing reference to Athens. Rather than become sidetracked with the issues of the time, Antigone remains focused on the characters and themes within the play. It does, however, expose the dangers of the absolute ruler, or tyrant, in the person of Creon, a king to whom few will speak freely and openly their true opinions, and who therefore makes the grievous error of condemning Antigone, an act which he pitifully regrets in the play's final lines. Athenians, proud of their democratic tradition, would have identified his error in the many lines of dialogue which emphasize that the people of Thebes believe he is wrong, but have no voice to tell him so. - Summary by Wikipedia (edited and supplemented by Expatriate)
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Apis Mellifica by C. W. WOLF ( - 1866)
Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Animals, Science
Read by: Marie Daum in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 00 - Preface
00:02:02 - 01 - Section One
00:15:55 - 02 - Section Two
00:30:36 - 03 - Section Three
00:39:40 - 04 - Section Four
00:49:30 - 05 - Section Five
01:00:07 - 06 - Section Six
01:11:30 - 07 - Section Seven
01:23:02 - 08 - Section Eight
01:34:05 - 09 - Section Nine
01:43:32 - 10 - Section Ten
01:54:13 - 11 - Section Eleven
02:01:40 - 12 - Section Twelve
Wolf's essay considers the homeopathic medicine Apis Mellifica, or the poison of the honey bee, as a therapeutic agent based on his experience as a practicing physician. (Summary by Marie Daum)
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The Children's Wonder Book by VARIOUS ( - )
Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales
Read by: Patrick Saville, Lynda Marie Neilson, BettyB, Janine Mary Solheim, TJ Burns, Bryn Villers, Sangat, Cari Shorrock, April6090, James Pyle, ysevechan in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - The Dream Peddler by Lucy M. Blinn
00:02:16 - 02 - The Fairies from Mogg by Mary E. Stone
00:04:01 - 03 - Cinderella Up-to-date by H.S. Huntington
00:25:56 - 04 - Under the Plum-Tree by Susan M. Day
00:30:32 - 05 - The Ogre who ate the Shaking Jelly by Martha Young
00:31:23 - 06 - The Wizard's Palace by Elton Craig
00:36:45 - 07 - The Alphabet-tree by Clara Doty Bates
00:38:21 - 08 - Behind the Wardrobe by Mary P.W. Smith
01:08:42 - 09 - A Windy Story by Nora A. Smith
01:26:25 - 10 - The Tax-Gatherer by John B. Tabb
01:27:09 - 11 - Little Peppercorn by E. Cavazza
01:30:37 - 12 - A Boy's Thunder by Hugh C. Middleton
01:32:02 - 13 - The Thrilling Story of Captain Noman by Charles Remington Tallest
01:54:15 - 14 - The Little Pixy People by James Whitcomb Riley
01:57:08 - 15 - Christopher's 'at Home' by Tudor Jenks
02:08:42 - 16 - Woods of Warwick by Harriet Prescott Spoffard
02:14:47 - 17 - The Little Man by C.P. Stuart
02:18:35 - 18 - After the Rain by Margaret Eytinge
02:22:17 - 19 - Out from Fairyland by Katherine Pyle
02:23:31 - 20 - Polly's Visit to the Book-Kitchen by Delia W. Lyman
02:44:28 - 21 - The Circus by Mary E. Stone
02:46:32 - 22 - A Query by Mary E. Stone
02:47:44 - 23 - Wishing, a Comedy by William Grant
03:24:04 - 24 - Will-o'-the Wisp by Mary E. Stone
03:24:38 - 25 - The Pursuit of Happiness by Tudor Jenks
03:46:13 - 26 - The Griffin by Marion Ames Taggart
03:48:53 - 27 - The Silver Hen by Mary E. Wilkins
04:11:14 - 28 - The Red Velvet Pig by Marion Manville
04:23:49 - 29 - Wool Gathering by Helen Grey Cone
04:24:52 - 30 - An Old-Fashioned Witch Story, translated from the Danish by Laura E. Poulsson
04:38:16 - 31 - Wasis the Conqueror by Edith W. Cook
04:44:02 - 32 - Mary Lee's Story by Robert Droch
04:50:53 - 33 - The Little Lady by Mary E. Stone
04:52:14 - 34 - Snowy Peter by Susan Coolidge
05:18:42 - 35 - So Funny by Abby Morton Diaz
05:21:01 - 36 - The King Cat by A.A. Rowling
This is a wild mix of different children's stories by different authors. All lof the stories are original, and some of them use a well-known story and bring a novel and often humorous twist to it. Children of all ages and all different tastes should find something they particulalry like in this collection. - Summary by Carolin
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Journal of Francis Asbury, Volume III by Francis Asbury (1745 - 1816)
Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography, Christianity - Other
Read by: Brian Keenan in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 16 - April 4-August 7, 1804
00:28:54 - 17 - August 8-December 3, 1804
00:56:38 - 18 - December 11, 1804-February 16, 1805
01:21:41 - 19 - February 17-May 18, 1805
01:49:04 - 20 - May 19-August 25, 1805
02:15:36 - 21 - September 2-December 12, 1805
02:42:11 - 22 - December 14, 1805-April 12, 1806
03:09:48 - 23 - April 13-July 8, 1806
03:36:52 - 24 - July 11-November 22, 1806
04:04:16 - 25 - November 23, 1806-April 12, 1807
04:32:42 - 26 - April 13-July 17, 1807
05:00:24 - 27 - July 18-October 25, 1807
05:28:44 - 28 - November 1, 1807-June 5, 1808
05:55:30 - 29 - June 6-October 8, 1808
06:24:06 - 30 - October 18, 1808-March 5, 1809
06:51:28 - 31 - March 19-June 11, 1809
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Ode To Duty by William WORDSWORTH (1770 - 1850)
Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Read by: ambsweet13, Bruce Kachuk, ChadH94, empleished, fshort, Gyan Moorthy, Graham Scott, John Pederson, Larry Wilson, Lydia H, Phil Schempf in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Ode To Duty, - Read by AMB
00:02:54 - 02 - Ode To Duty, - Read by BK
00:06:51 - 03 - Ode To Duty, - Read by CJPH
00:09:40 - 04 - Ode To Duty, - Read by EM
00:12:28 - 05 - Ode To Duty, - Read by FS
00:15:57 - 06 - Ode To Duty, - Read by GM
00:18:28 - 07 - Ode To Duty, - Read by GRS
00:21:58 - 08 - Ode To Duty, - Read by JP
00:24:55 - 09 - Ode To Duty, - Read by LCW
00:27:58 - 10 - Ode To Duty, - Read by LH
00:32:19 - 11 - Ode To Duty, - Read by PS
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Ode To Duty by William Wordsworth.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 31, 2020 ------'Ode to Duty' is an appeal to the principle of morality for guidance and support. This Fortnightly Poem is taken from The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 3 (of 8) by William Wordsworth - Summary by Wikipedia
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State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1837 - 1844) by Martin VAN BUREN (1782 - 1862) and John TYLER (1790 - 1862)
Genre(s): Literary Collections, Political Science
Read by: Mark Warner, Karen Mallozzi, KHand, realisticspeakers, Lynda Marie Neilson in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Martin van Buren, December 5, 1837 - Part 1
00:29:02 - 02 - Martin van Buren, December 5, 1837 - Part 2
01:07:33 - 03 - Martin van Buren, December 3, 1838 - Part 1
01:39:52 - 04 - Martin van Buren, December 3, 1838 - Part 2
02:13:44 - 05 - Martin van Buren, December 2, 1839 - Part 1
02:34:49 - 06 - Martin van Buren, December 2, 1839 - Part 2
02:54:20 - 07 - Martin van Buren, December 2, 1839 - Part 3
03:30:00 - 08 - Martin van Buren, December 5, 1840 - Part 1
04:04:20 - 09 - Martin van Buren, December 5, 1840 - Part 2
04:40:11 - 10 - John Tyler, December 7, 1841 - Part 1
05:07:21 - 11 - John Tyler, December 7, 1841 - Part 2
05:42:38 - 12 - John Tyler, December 6, 1842 - Part 1
06:13:26 - 13 - John Tyler, December 6, 1842 - Part 2
06:46:18 - 14 - John Tyler, December 6, 1843 - Part 1
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 Martin van Buren and John Tyler. (Wikipedia and Linette Geisel)
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Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel by Margaret HERSCHEL (1810 - 1884)
Genre(s): Memoirs, Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics
Read by: Kevin Green in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 00 - Introduction
00:09:02 - 01 - Chapter 1 - Recollections of Early Life in Hanover, Part 1
00:27:31 - 02 - Chapter 1 - Recollections of Early Life in Hanover, Part 2
00:56:03 - 03 - Chapter 2 - Life of the Brother and Sister in Bath, Part 1
01:24:28 - 04 - Chapter 2 - Life of the Brother and Sister in Bath, Part 2
01:49:43 - 05 - Chapter 2 - Life of the Brother and Sister in Bath, Part 3
02:26:49 - 06 - Chapter 3 - Life After her Brother's Marriage, Part 1
02:50:29 - 07 - Chapter 3 - Life After her Brother's Marriage, Part 2
03:11:29 - 08 - Chapter 3 - Life After her Brother's Marriage, Part 3
03:37:07 - 09 - Chapter 4 - Diary - continued - 1810
04:18:07 - 10 - Chapter 5 - Retrospection, Part 1
04:49:02 - 11 - Chapter 5 - Retrospection, Part 2
05:27:22 - 12 - Chapter 5 - Retrospection, Part 3
05:57:46 - 13 - Chapter 6 - Life in Hanover - continued, Part 1
06:36:53 - 14 - Chapter 6 - Life in Hanover - continued, Part 2
For many people, the name Caroline Herschel will be unfamiliar, but she was one of the most significant women on the English scientific scene during the late 18th and early 19th century. Sister of the well known William Herschel (he of the discovery of Uranus and its moons and many other significant scientific discoveries), she first worked as his assistant in his astronomical works, and then went on to become a noted astronomer in her own right. She discovered eight new comets in her lifetime, and was the first woman to be paid for her contribution to science, and was awarded a Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, made an Honorary Member of the Royal Astronomical Society, an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy of Science and was presented with a Gold Medal for Science by the King of Prussia on her 96th birthday. This book tells the fascinating story of her life through her letters, and commentary by her nephew's wife. Caroline Herschel was an important woman whose contributions to science should be more widely known. (Summary by Kevin Green)
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Other People's Money by Louis D. BRANDEIS (1856 - 1941)
Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Self-Help
Read by: Andy Minter (1934-2017), Richard Kilmer, Kathleen Nelson, John Kooz, TriciaG in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - 01 - Our Financial Oligarchy
00:34:22 - 02 - 02 - How The Combiners Combine
01:07:21 - 03 - 03 - Interlocking Directorates
01:29:46 - 04 - 04 - Serve One Master Only!
02:04:39 - 05 - 05 - What Publicity Can Do
02:29:26 - 06 - 06 - Where The Banker Is Superfluous
03:04:44 - 07 - 07 - Big Men And Little Business
03:44:41 - 08 - 08 - A Curse Of Bigness
04:26:56 - 09 - 09 - The Failure Of Banker-Management
04:43:16 - 10 - 10 - The Inefficiency Of The Oligarchy
Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It is a collection of essays written by Louis Brandeis published as a book in 1914. The book attacked the use of investment funds to promote the consolidation of various industries under the control of a small number of corporations, which Brandeis alleged were working in concert to prevent competition. Brandeis harshly criticized investment bankers who controlled large amounts of money deposited in their banks by middle-class people. The heads of these banks, Brandeis pointed out, routinely sat on the boards of railroad companies and large industrial manufacturers of various products, and routinely directed the resources of their banks to promote the interests of their own companies. These companies, in turn, sought to maintain control of their industries by crushing small businesses and stamping out innovators who developed better products to compete against them.Brandeis supported his contentions with a discussion of the actual dollar amounts -- in millions of dollars -- controlled by specific banks, industries, and industrialists such as J. P. Morgan, noting that these interests had recently acquired a far larger proportion of American wealth than corporate entities had ever had before. He extensively cited testimony from a Congressional investigation performed by the Pujo Committee, named after Louisiana Representative Arsène Pujo, into self-serving and monopolistic business dealing.The book received great publicity at the time, and was widely lauded by legal academics. Attention to the book was amplified by Brandeis' nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1916.(Summary by Wikipedia)
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