My Larger Education by Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915) Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography Read by: Michele Fry, William Allan Jones, Gini Rosario, Kaye Burke, Tina Ding, Tatiana Chichilla, Wayne Cooke, Aaron Weber in English Cover design by Michele Fry. Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - I. Learning from Men and Things 00:26:01 - 02 - II. Building a School Around a Problem 01:11:15 - 03 - III. Some Exceptional Men, and What I have Learned From Them 01:53:12 - 04 - IV. My Experience with Reporters and Newspapers 02:23:07 - 05 - V. The Intellectuals and the Boston Mob 03:04:46 - 06 - VI. A Commencement Oration on Cabbages 03:49:43 - 07 - VII. Colonel Roosevelt and What I Have Learned From Him 04:15:13 - 08 - VIII. My Educational Campaign Through the South and What They Taught Me 04:47:22 - 09 - IX. What I Have Learned from Black Men 05:36:37 - 10 - X. Meeting High and Low in Europe 06:09:32 - 11 - XI. What I Learned About Education in Denmark 06:44:39 - 12 - XII. The Mistakes and the Future of Negro Education More information: https://librivox.org/my-larger-education-by-booker-t-washington/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Sybil, or the Two Nations by Benjamin DISRAELI (1804 - 1881) Genre(s): Romance Read by: Nicholas Clifford in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 28 - Book III, chapter vi 00:07:37 - 29 - Book III, chapter vii 00:14:24 - 30 - Book III, chapter viii 00:40:24 - 31 - Book III, chapter ix 00:45:35 - 32 - Book III, chapter x 01:05:42 - 33 - Book IV, chapter 1 01:18:07 - 34 - Book IV, chapter ii 01:25:07 - 35 - Book IV, chapter iii 01:36:21 - 36 - Book IV, chapter iv 01:51:28 - 37 - Book IV, chapter v 02:10:20 - 38 - Book IV, chapter vi 02:25:44 - 39 - Book IV, chapter vii 02:45:19 - 40 - Book IV, chapter viii 02:54:23 - 41 - Book IV, chapter ix 03:06:23 - 42 - Book IV, chapter x 03:13:48 - 43 - Book IV, chapter 11 03:26:37 - 44 - Book IV, chapter 12 03:37:35 - 45 - Book IV, chapter 13 03:46:33 - 46 - Book IV, chapter 14 03:58:30 - 47 - Book IV, chapter 15 04:14:28 - 48 - Book V, chapter 1 04:43:21 - 49 - Book V, chapter 2 04:50:41 - 50 - Book V, chapter 3 05:01:24 - 51 - Book V, chapter 4 05:20:49 - 52 - Book V, chapter 5 05:33:17 - 53 - Book V, chapter 6 05:42:08 - 54 - Book V, chapter 7 05:55:04 - 55 - Book V, chapter 8 06:12:45 - 56 - Book V, chapter 9 06:25:47 - 57 - Book V, chapter 10 06:36:29 - 58 - Book V, chapter 11 06:47:01 - 59 - Book VI, chapter 1 06:54:21 - 60 - Book VI, chapter 2 Sybil is one of the most prominent political novels of the mid-nineteenth century, taking as its subject the 'condition of England' question. That phrase was first used by Thomas Carlyle in an essay of 1839 on Chartism, a working-class protest movement that plays a prominent role in this novel. The two nations are the rich and the poor, and the increasing gulf between them, and their condition also inspired such writers as Charles Dickens and Mrs. Gaskell, among others (one of whom, Friederich Engels, was the disciple of Karl Marx, and in his The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844 described the appalling effects of the industrial revolution a year before Sybil appeared).Disraeli, of course, was far from being a Marxist though, like Engels, his sympathies are with the poor, exemplified in this book particularly by the Chartists, who were active between roughly 1839 and 1848. In his view, the villains are the aristocratic Whigs and Whig-Liberals, who, ever since the despoliation of the monasteries by Henry VIII in the sixteenth century, had made sure that the moneys which had been used for the alleviation of social distress and poverty, now flowed into their own pockets, leaving the poor with little recourse to help. His solution, which he sought to put into effect when he later became Prime Minister, was to push for measures of what he called 'Tory democracy,' or a kind of 'compassionate conservatism,' though quite different from the sort recently seen in the United States.Whatever one thinks of his politics, Disraeli tells a good story, in this case about the love of the aristocratic Charles Egremont for the lovely Chartist Sybil Gerard. In 2003, the Guardian ranked Sybil as No. 15 on its list of Hundred Greatest novels, and some consider it the best political novel of the nineteenth century. There is also general agreement that Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield, as he became) and Winston Churchill are probably the only two prime ministers who can be seen as successes in the world of literature as well as that of politics. (Summary by Nicholas Clifford) More information: http://librivox.org/sybil-or-the-two-nations-by-benjamin-disraeli/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Best Russian Short Stories by VARIOUS ( - ), translated by Thomas SELTZER (1875 - 1943) Genre(s): General Fiction, Anthologies Read by: greatbasinrain, Amy Gramour, Nullifidian, om123, Courtney Parker Sandhu, Nicole Kay, Algy Pug, Denny Sayers (d. 2015), Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010), Anya, emperpep, Mark Penfold, Mark F. Smith, Rachel Craig in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 00 - Introduction 00:25:26 - 01 - The Queen of Spades, Part I 00:55:03 - 02 - The Queen of Spades, Part II 01:12:48 - 03 - The Cloak, Part I 01:58:09 - 04 - The Cloak, Part II 02:39:09 - 05 - The District Doctor 03:07:10 - 06 - The Christmas Tree and the Wedding 03:25:01 - 07 - God Sees the Truth, But Waits 03:43:33 - 08 - How a Muzhik Fed Two Officials 04:03:18 - 09 - The Shades, a Phantasy, Part I 04:21:51 - 10 - The Shades, a Phantasy; Part II 05:08:05 - 11 - The Signal 05:32:43 - 12 - The Darling 06:16:19 - 13 - The Bet 06:35:46 - 14 - Vanka 06:47:43 - 15 - Hide and Seek In this collection of Russian stories, editor and compiler Thomas Seltzer selects from a range of the best examples of 19th and early 20th century Russian literature. As a survey of famous authors at the height of the powers, as well as some writers who have been unjustly neglected, this anthology is indispensable. (Summary by Nullifidian)'Everything is subordinated to two main requirements--humanitarian ideals and fidelity to life. This is the secret of the marvellous simplicity of Russian literary art.'--THOMAS SELTZER. More information: http://librivox.org/best-russian-short-stories/

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 5 by Charles DICKENS (1812 - 1870) Genre(s): Poetry, Short Stories, Short non-fiction Read by: K.G.Cross, Alisson Veldhuis, dan_h, Joy S Grape, Jason Mills, Bill Mosley, Muriel, Ruth Golding, MaryAnn, sid, NoelBadrian, Petra in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - A Preliminary Word: Leading article in the first edition of Household Words 00:07:04 - 02 - The Very Friendly Young Gentleman, from Sketches of Young Gentlemen 00:16:55 - 03 - The Military Young Gentleman, from Sketches of Young Gentlemen 00:27:28 - 04 - George Silverman's Explanation, Part 1 01:15:29 - 05 - George Silverman's Explanation, Part 2 01:49:12 - 06 - A Flight, from Household Words, Vol. III 02:15:54 - 07 - Reflections of a Lord Mayor from Household Words, Vol. X 02:29:55 - 08 - The Contradictory Couple, from Sketches of Young Couples 02:41:34 - 09 - The Couple who Dote upon Their Children, from Sketches of Young Couples 02:58:25 - 10 - Bill-sticking from Reprinted Pieces 03:34:20 - 11 - The Ghost of Art, from Reprinted Pieces 03:51:59 - 12 - Out of Town from Reprinted Pieces 04:12:28 - 13 - Sunday under Three Heads, Dedication and Chapter 1 04:41:12 - 14 - Sunday under Three Heads, Chapter 2 05:05:51 - 15 - Sunday under Three Heads, Chapter 3 05:28:54 - 16 - The Thousand and One Humbugs I, from Household Words, Vol. XI 05:48:21 - 17 - The Thousand and One Humbugs II, from Household Words, Vol. XI 06:10:43 - 18 - The Thousand and One Humbugs III, from Household Words, Vol. XI 06:32:40 - 19 - Curious Misprint in the Edinburgh Review from Old Lamps for New Ones 06:51:22 - 20 - Personal from Household Words, 12th June 1858 2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fifth and last volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry and speeches, previously unrecorded for LibriVox, was catalogued by Dickens' birthday on February 7th 2012, and further volumes followed throughout the anniversary year. (Summary by Ruth Golding) More information: http://librivox.org/charles-dickens-200th-anniversary-collection-vol-5/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)