How It Flies or, Conquest of the Air by Richard FERRIS ( - ) Genre(s): Transportation Read by: Tom Penn, Lynne T, Will the Ninja, Chase Landkamer in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Introductory 00:06:59 - 02 - The Air 00:24:50 - 03 - Laws of Flight 00:44:34 - 04 - Flying Machines 01:05:13 - 05 - Flying Machines: The Biplane 01:28:47 - 06 - Flying Machines: The Monoplane 01:50:01 - 07 - Flying Machines: Other Forms 01:58:20 - 08 - Flying Machines: How to Operate 02:14:47 - 09 - Flying Machines: How to Build 02:28:15 - 10 - Flying Machines: Motors 02:42:00 - 11 - Model Flying Machines 03:03:50 - 12 - The Glider 03:18:54 - 13 - Balloons 03:54:38 - 14 - Balloons: The Dirigible 04:29:48 - 15 - Balloons: How to Operate 04:39:12 - 16 - Balloons: How to Make 04:50:51 - 17 - Military Aeronautics 05:03:42 - 18 - Biographies of Prominent Aeronauts 05:38:41 - 19 - Chronicle of Aviation Achievements 06:31:28 - 20 - Explanation of Aeronautical Terms In these pages, by means of simple language and suitable pictures, the author has told the story of the Ships of the Air. He has explained the laws of their flight; sketched their development to the present day; shown how to build the flying machine and the balloon, and how to operate them; recounted what man has done, and what he hopes to do with their aid. In a word, all the essential facts that enter into the Conquest of the Air have been gathered into orderly form, and are here presented to the public.We who live to-day have witnessed man's great achievement; we have seen his dream of ages come true. Man has learned to fly!The air which surrounds us, so intangible and so commonplace that it seldom arrests our attention, is in reality a vast, unexplored ocean, fraught with future possibilities. Even now, the pioneers of a 8countless fleet are hovering above us in the sky, while steadily, surely these wonderful possibilities are unfolded. - Summary by From the Preface More information: https://librivox.org/how-it-flies-or-conquest-of-the-air-by-richard-ferris/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten by Johann Wolfgang von GOETHE (1749 - 1832) Genre(s): Published before 1800, Single Author Collections Read by: redaer in German Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Anfang Teil 1 00:32:28 - 02 - Anfang Teil 2 00:59:37 - 03 - Anfang Teil 3 01:25:16 - 04 - Geschichte von der Sängerin Antonelli Teil 1 01:46:36 - 05 - Geschichte von der Sängerin Antonelli Teil 2 02:09:00 - 06 - Die Geschichte von dem rätselhaften Pochen 02:26:59 - 07 - Die Geschichte des Marschalls von Bassompierre 02:40:26 - 08 - Bassompierres Geschichte vom Schleier 02:50:08 - 09 - Die Geschichte vom ehrlichen Prokurator Teil 1 03:17:54 - 10 - Die Geschichte vom ehrlichen Prokurator Teil 2 03:44:45 - 11 - Die Geschichte vom ehrlichen Prokurator Teil 3 04:12:38 - 12 - Die Geschichte von Ferdinand und Ottilie Teil 1 04:41:54 - 13 - Die Geschichte von Ferdinand und Ottilie Teil 2 05:09:43 - 14 - Die Geschichte von Ferdinand und Ottilie Teil 3 05:41:55 - 15 - Das Märchen Teil 1 06:06:34 - 16 - Das Märchen Teil 2 06:31:46 - 17 - Das Märchen Teil 3 06:58:58 - 18 - Das Märchen Teil 4 Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten ist eine Erzählungssammlung von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, erschienen (1795).Das Konzept der Rahmenhandlung dieser Novelle hat Goethe von Boccaccios Decamerone übernommen (eine Erzählwelt wird der realen Situation der Flüchtlinge entgegengesetzt). Doch zeigt sich bei ihm, dass die Rahmengesellschaft in ihrer Funktion versagt. Es gelingt nicht mehr, das schreckliche Ereignis, das die Rahmengesellschaft konstituiert und dazu motiviert, sich mittels Erzählungen über das drohende Schicksal zu vertrösten, mittels Erzählen vergessen zu machen. Im Gegenteil: Das Ereignis der Revolution dringt in den Themenkreis der Rahmengesellschaft ein (zunächst streitet der junge Karl als Befürworter der Revolution mit dem konservativen alten Geheimrat, der aus Verärgerung die Gesellschaft verlässt, später bricht ein Bedienter in die Runde ein und berichtet von Feuer auf den Gütern, die den Franzosen in die Hand gefallen sind). Etwa ein Zehntel (insbesondere der Einstieg) handelt direkt oder indirekt von den außenpolitischen Verhältnissen, infolge derer jene Leute flüchten mussten. Der zeitgeschichtliche Hintergrund der erzählten Ereignisse sind der sog. erste Koalitionskrieg und die Ereignisse um die Mainzer Republik.(Zusammenfassung von Wikipedia) More information: http://librivox.org/unterhaltungen-deutscher-ausgewanderten-by-goethe/

Conversion by Ella Wheeler WILCOX (1850 - 1919) Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry) Read by: Bruce Kachuk, Beth Thomas, Ezwa, fshort, Garth Burton, Heather James, Greg Giordano, Jude, KHand, Leonard Wilson, Matthew Datcher, Tomas Peter, tovarisch in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Conversion - Read by BK 00:03:01 - 02 - Conversion - Read by BLT 00:05:08 - 03 - Conversion - Read by EZWA 00:07:31 - 04 - Conversion - Sung by EZWA 00:12:51 - 05 - Conversion - Read by FS 00:15:45 - 06 - Conversion - Read by GB 00:18:33 - 07 - Conversion - Read by HEJ 00:21:53 - 08 - Conversion - Read by GG 00:25:08 - 09 - Conversion - Read by JH 00:28:10 - 10 - Conversion - Read by KJH 00:30:37 - 11 - Conversion - Read by LLW 00:33:35 - 12 - Conversion - Read by MSD 00:36:00 - 13 - Conversion - Read by TP 00:38:18 - 14 - Conversion - Read by VB Among the twelve hundred poems which have emanated from my too prolific pen there are some forty or fifty which treat entirely of that emotion which has been denominated 'the grand passion'—love. A few of those are of an extremely fiery character. (from the Preface to Love and Passion by the authoress) More information: http://librivox.org/conversion-by-ella-wheeler-wilcox/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

The Sword of Deborah by F. Tennyson Jesse (1888 - 1958) Genre(s): War & Military Read by: MaryAnn in English Cover design by Kathryn Delaney Detail of a recruiting poster for the V. Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - I. A.B.C, II. The Fever Chart of War 00:19:02 - 02 - III. Backgrounds, IV. My First Convoy 00:38:50 - 03 - V. Outposts; Vi Waacs, VI. Rumours and Realities 01:00:47 - 04 - VII. The Brown Graves, VIII. Vignettes 01:20:29 - 05 - IX. Evening, X. Night 01:44:03 - 06 - XI. 'And the Bright Eyes of Danger', XII. Rest 02:06:34 - 07 - XIII. General Servants and a General Question, XIV. Notes and Queries 'The Sword of Deborah' contains the reflections of a woman journalist visiting women working behind the lines in France during World War I. She writes: 'I was glad to have seen all the different convoys I had, because no two had been to me alike, and to each I am indebted for a differing expression of the same vision, which is the vision splendid of a duty undertaken gladly and sustained with courage. From my first convoys -- the Fannies and the G.S.V.A.D.'s -- I got the wonderful facts of it, at the V.A.D. Convoy at E---- I caught that side of it which I as most glad of all to encounter, and at the V.A.D. Convoy at T----- I found that delightful spirit of sheer joy in danger which is too precious to be allowed to die out of the world just because there happens to be, at present, such a great deal too much danger let loose upon it.' (Summary by MaryAnn) More information: https://librivox.org/the-sword-of-deborah-by-f-tennyson-jesse/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)