Ce quarante-troisième livre de la Bible, traduite par Louis Segond, au XIXe siècle et publiée au début du siècle suivant, nous est parvenu comme étant le témoignage du disciple que Jésus aimait. L'auteur a écrit ces choses « afin que vous croyiez que Jésus est le Christ, le Fils de Dieu, et qu'en croyant vous ayez la vie en son nom ».(Summary by Ezwa)
Safo by Alphonse DAUDET (1840 - 1897), translated by Eduardo López BAGO (1855 - 1931)
Genre(s): Published 1800 -1900
Read by: Mongope in Spanish
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 14 - Capítulo XIV
00:26:17 - 15 - Capítulo XV
Juan, joven provinciano, conoce a Safo una mujer de los bajos fondos de París bastante mayor que él pero que sigue siendo bellísima. Entre ellos se establece una tormentosa relación de la que Juan se ve imposibilitado para salir. A pesar de la época en que fue escrita, Safo, bien podría representar a la mujer contemporánea. - Summary by Montse González
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Notwithstanding by Mary CHOLMONDELEY (1859 - 1925)
Genre(s): Historical Fiction
Read by: Simon Evers in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 36 - Chapter 36
00:06:44 - 37 - Chapter 37
00:26:34 - 38 - Chapter 38
00:32:17 - 39 - Chapter 39
00:48:03 - 40 - Chapter 40
00:58:14 - 41 - Chapter 41
01:10:05 - 42 - Chapter 42
The book starts with Annette Georges choosing between two fates: suicide and running away with a disreputable stranger. She is rescued by a kind woman who looks after her until she can go to live with her maiden aunts in a village in the English countryside. There she meets and makes friends with various people and, almost coincidentally, the facts of her past come back to play a crucial part in the story. - Summary by Simon Evers
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Botchan by Sōseki NATSUME (1867 - 1916), translated by Yasotaro MORRI (1882 - )
Genre(s): General Fiction, Published 1900 onward
Read by: Availle in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 00 - A Note by the Translator
00:08:19 - 01 - Chapter 01
00:35:28 - 02 - Chapter 02
00:58:08 - 03 - Chapter 03
01:22:26 - 04 - Chapter 04
01:48:21 - 05 - Chapter 05
02:13:07 - 06 - Chapter 06
02:45:18 - 07 - Chapter 07
03:16:49 - 08 - Chapter 08
03:39:57 - 09 - Chapter 09
04:07:42 - 10 - Chapter 10
04:34:45 - 11 - Chapter 11
Botchan is the story of a young math teacher from Tokyo whose first assignment takes him to a middle school in the country side. His arrival there is not very lucky: The pupils are bound to test his perseverance and cheerily comment every one of his perceived missteps. In the teacher's room, he soon finds himself in the middle of an intrigue between the jovial 'Porcupine' and the fat 'Hubbard Squash' on one side, and the effeminate 'Red Shirt' and his follower 'Clown' on the other. Will Botchan choose the right side in the end?Botchan - with morality as the main theme - is one of the most popular novels in Japan. Sōseki Natsume bases the story on his own experiences as teacher in Matsuyama, his first assignment away from Tokyo. (Summary by Availle)
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Invention And Discovery: Curious Facts And Characteristic Sketches by UNKNOWN ( - )
Genre(s): Technology & Engineering
Read by: David Wales in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 00 - Introductory Note
00:02:16 - 01 - Section 1
00:32:38 - 02 - Section 2
01:02:58 - 03 - Section 3
01:32:03 - 04 - Section 4
01:59:53 - 05 - Section 5
02:30:14 - 06 - Section 6
03:01:29 - 07 - Section 7
03:31:40 - 08 - Section 8
04:09:04 - 09 - Section 9
'In this little volume are brought together a number of sketches and memoranda, illustrating the history of discovery, and the lives and labours of inventors and explorers, not of our own country alone, but of others, for knowledge is of no country, but of all. The object of the collector has been rather to present the popular than the strictly scientific side of his subject, to furnish materials of interest and amusement, as well as instruction; and if now and then he has been tempted to stray into bye-paths of anecdote and gossip, excuse may readily be found in the fact that the private life of our men of science, often singularly noble and full of character, is apt to be altogether obscured by the brilliancy of the results of their secret and silent toil. This volume will have served its purpose, if it excites an appetite for fuller and deeper inquisition into the sources of British greatness and of modern civilization.'Since there are no chapter or other divisions of these anecdotes, the reader has chosen to read entries for about thirty minutes per section. There is an index of topics in the printed book available on projectgutenberg.org. (From Book Introductory Note and David Wales)
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Summa Theologica - 08 Pars Prima Secundae, Treatise on Habits, Virtues and Vices by Saint Thomas AQUINAS (1225 - 1274), translated by THE FATHERS OF THE ENGLISH DOMINICAN PROVINCE ( - )
Genre(s): Early Modern, Christianity - Other
Read by: M.S.C. Lambert, LC in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 14 - Question 62 - OF THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES (In Four Articles)
00:22:49 - 15 - Question 63 - OF THE CAUSE OF VIRTUES (In Four Articles)
00:48:05 - 16 - Question 64 - OF THE MEAN OF VIRTUE (In Four Articles)
01:12:41 - 17 - Question 65 - OF THE CONNECTION OF VIRTUES (In Five Articles)
01:48:54 - 18 - Question 66 - OF EQUALITY AMONG THE VIRTUES (In Six Articles)
02:32:44 - 19 - Question 67 - OF THE DURATION OF VIRTUES AFTER THIS LIFE (In Six Articles)
03:15:26 - 20 - Question 68 - OF THE GIFTS (In Eight Articles)
04:18:57 - 21 - Question 69 - OF THE BEATITUDES (In Four Articles)
04:54:21 - 22 - Question 70 - OF THE FRUITS OF THE HOLY GHOST (In Four Articles)
05:21:57 - 23 - Question 71 - OF VICE AND SIN CONSIDERED IN THEMSELVES (In Six Articles)
06:03:13 - 24 - Question 72 - OF THE DISTINCTION OF SINS (In Nine Articles)
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265-1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-1274) although it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners and a compilation of all of the main theological teachings of that time. It summarizes the reasoning for almost all points of Christian theology in the West, which, before the Protestant Reformation, subsisted solely in the Roman Catholic Church. The Summa's topics follow a cycle: the existence of God, God's creation, Man, Man's purpose, Christ, the Sacraments, and back to God. (Summary adapted from the Wikipedia)This selection of the Summa Theologica covers questions 49-89 of the Prima Secundae ('First-half of the Second Part'), a Treatise on the Habits, Virtues and Vices: the habits in general (questions 49-54), and in particular (questions 55-89), whether expressed as virtues (55-70) or as vices (71-89).
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Correio da Roça by Júlia LOPES DE ALMEIDA (1862 - 1934)
Genre(s): Epistolary Fiction, Family Life, Literary Fiction
Read by: Rachel Moraes, Leni in Portuguese
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Capítulo I
00:04:23 - 02 - Capítulo II
00:13:55 - 03 - Capítulo III
00:22:52 - 04 - Capítulo IV
00:35:06 - 05 - Capítulo V
00:38:04 - 06 - Capítulo VI
00:48:23 - 07 - Capítulo VII
01:00:11 - 08 - Capítulos VIII e IX
01:10:01 - 09 - Capítulos X e XI
01:12:43 - 10 - Capítulo XII
01:13:40 - 11 - Capítulo XIII
01:24:25 - 12 - Capítulo XIV
01:27:59 - 13 - Capítulo XV
01:35:08 - 14 - Capítulo XVI
01:43:34 - 15 - Capítulos XVII e XVIII
01:55:27 - 16 - Capítulo XIX
02:05:05 - 17 - Capítulos XX, XXI e XXII
02:10:50 - 18 - Capítulos XXIII, XXIV, XXV e XXVI
02:16:58 - 19 - Capítulo XXVII
02:25:31 - 20 - Capítulos XXVIII e XXIX
02:33:07 - 21 - Capítulo XXX
02:34:33 - 22 - Capítulo XXXI
02:37:54 - 23 - Capítulos XXXII, XXXIII, XXXIV, XXXV e XXXVI
02:56:36 - 24 - Capítulo XXXVII
03:08:01 - 25 - Capítulos XXXVIII, XXXIX, XL e XLI
03:15:50 - 26 - Capítulo XLII
03:16:37 - 27 - Capítulo XLIII
03:18:16 - 28 - Capítulo XLIV
03:25:54 - 29 - Capítulos XLV, XLVI, XLVII, XLVIII
03:37:13 - 30 - Capítulos XLIX, L e LI
03:47:59 - 31 - Capítulo LII
04:00:13 - 32 - Capítulo LIII
04:08:01 - 33 - Capítulos LIV, LV, LVI, LVII e LVIII
Maria ficou viúva e os credores levaram a vida de luxo e abastança em que viviam no Rio de Janeiro. E ela e as 4 filhas, educadas para viver na cidade, têm que se mudar para a fazenda que restou para a família, lá na serra, no interior bravo. Passam então a viver em um velho casarão com ares de convento, onde a música que se escuta à noite é a da orquestra do coaxar dos sapos. As horas são de lenta monotonia e tédio, nesse exílio longe dos amigos e das festas. O único alento vem das cartas de uma amiga, recém voltada da Europa, encantada com o Brasil. Uma amiga que as faz ver que onde vivem não é o fim do mundo, mas um lugar onde as águas cantam, as revoadas e cantos de aves enchem os ares e a terra, uma vez trabalhada, é fértil e generosa. E estas cartas, verdadeiras aulas de bem viver, produzem um resultado surpreendente sobre o espírito indomável das cinco mulheres. Ali está o segredo de como transformar grotões incultos em lugares aprazíveis. Leitura deliciosa para quem quer cultivar rosas, violetas ou batatas; ou ainda criar galinhas, fazer estradas ou abrir caminhos para encontrar objetivo na vida. - Resumo por Rachel Moraes
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Winter Stars by Sara TEASDALE (1884 - 1933)
Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Read by: Andrej Antunovic, Amelia Chesley, aniroo, Brian DeYoung, Chris Pyle, David Lawrence, Newgatenovelist, Ian King, KHand, Lee Ann Howlett, Maria Kasper, Nemo, tbird, Tomas Peter, tovarisch, The Voice before the Void, Winston Tharp in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Winter Stars - Read by AA
00:01:14 - 02 - Winter Stars - Read by AC
00:02:09 - 03 - Winter Stars - Read by AT
00:03:13 - 04 - Winter Stars - Read by BRD
00:04:12 - 05 - Winter Stars - Read by CLP
00:05:16 - 06 - Winter Stars - Read by DL
00:06:21 - 07 - Winter Stars - Read by EL
00:07:42 - 08 - Winter Stars - Read by IK
00:08:53 - 09 - Winter Stars - Read by KJH
00:09:58 - 10 - Winter Stars - Read by LAH
00:11:05 - 11 - Winter Stars - Read by MK
00:12:14 - 12 - Winter Stars - Read by NR
00:13:20 - 13 - Winter Stars - Read by TB
00:14:13 - 14 - Winter Stars - Read by TP
00:15:26 - 15 - Winter Stars - Read by VB
00:16:36 - 16 - Winter Stars - Read by VBV
00:18:15 - 17 - Winter Stars - Read by WT
This Weekly Poem is taken from Flame and Shadow, Copyright, 1920 by THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. - Summary by David Lawrence
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Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy volume 1 by John TULLOCH (1823 - 1886)
Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Early Modern, Christianity - Other
Read by: Barry Ganong in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 15 - Chapter 5: William Chillingworth: The Bible the Religion of Protestants, Part 3
00:30:14 - 16 - Chapter 5: William Chillingworth: The Bible the Religion of Protestants, Part 4
00:57:08 - 17 - Chapter 6: Jeremy Taylor: Liberty of Christian Teaching within the Church, Part 1
01:30:12 - 18 - Chapter 6: Jeremy Taylor: Liberty of Christian Teaching within the Church, Part 2
02:02:45 - 19 - Chapter 6: Jeremy Taylor: Liberty of Christian Teaching within the Church, Part 3
02:39:39 - 20 - Chapter 7: Edward Stillingfleet: The Irenicum of a Comprehensive Church, Part 1
03:00:49 - 21 - Chapter 7: Edward Stillingfleet: The Irenicum of a Comprehensive Church, Part 2
03:25:56 - 22 - Chapter 7: Edward Stillingfleet: The Irenicum of a Comprehensive Church, Part 3
This work addresses the birth and development of a rationalist stream in the Christianity of England in the seventeenth century. In this volume, Tulloch focuses on five latitudinarian churchmen, examining their lives and thought. - Summary by Barry Ganong
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The Story of Wool by Sara Ware BASSETT (1872 - 1968)
Genre(s): Children's Fiction
Read by: David Olson in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - A Mysterious Telegram
00:21:34 - 02 - Who Sandy Was
00:30:53 - 03 - The Dipping
00:50:59 - 04 - Sandy Gives Donald a Lesson
01:06:32 - 05 - Thornton Has a Reprimand
01:20:10 - 06 - Donalds First Adventure On the Range
01:43:13 - 07 - A Narrow Escape
02:04:44 - 08 - Donald Has a Surprise
02:17:59 - 09 - A Second Adventure
02:35:44 - 10 - A Prediction That Came True
02:50:57 - 11 - The Shearing
03:09:17 - 12 - Home to the East
03:32:13 - 13 - Donald Decides
Mr. Clark and Donald spend a year out west to the Crescent Ranch in Idaho learning about raising sheep. (summary by David O)
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