Bible (Reina Valera) NT 12: La Epistola del Apostol San Pablo a los Colosenses by REINA-VALERA ( - ) Genre(s): *Non-fiction Read by: Joyfull in Spanish Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Capítulo 1 00:05:14 - 02 - Capítulo 2 00:09:14 - 03 - Capítulo 3 00:13:15 - 04 - Capítulo 4 El apóstol Pablo escribió esta carta a la iglesia de Colosas desde una prisión en Roma. En la carta Pablo combate las falsas enseñanzas del legalismo, la adoración de ángeles y el ceremonialismo. Su defensa contra tal herejía se combina con el compromiso urgente al Señorío de Cristo. Pablo alienta a los creyentes a despojarse del viejo hombre y a ponerse el nuevo hombre viviendo vidas justas ante Dios. Al seguir a Cristo, estas reglas para la vida santa los liberan de las regulaciones humanas. Los temas principales de esta carta son:Jesús es suficiente para satisfacer todas las necesidades de nuestras vidas. La perfección de Jesús es el reflejo perfecto del Dios invisible.Las filosofías que no exaltan a Jesucristo no son de Dios. Nuestra relación con Dios se refleja a través de nuestra relación con los demás.The apostle Paul wrote this letter to the church of Colossae from a prison in Rome. In the letter Paul fights the false teachings of legalism, the worship of angels and ceremonialism. His defense against such heresy is combined with the urgent commitment to the Lordship of Christ. Paul encourages believers to take off the old man and to put on the new man, living righteous lives before God. By following Christ, these rules for holy living set them free from human regulations. The main themes of this letter are:Jesus is sufficient to meet all the needs of our lives.The perfection of Jesus is the perfect reflection of the invisible God.Philosophies that do not exalt Jesus Christ are not of God.Our relationship with God is reflected through our relationship with others. - Summary by Claudia Barrett More information: http://librivox.org/bible-reina-valera-nt-12-la-epistola-del-apostol-san-pablo-a-los-colosenses-by-reina-valera/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Maria Chapdelaine (version 2) by Louis HÉMON (1880 - 1913), translated by W. H. BLAKE (1861 - 1924) Genre(s): Culture & Heritage Fiction, Published 1900 onward Read by: Bruce Pirie in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Peribonka 00:29:41 - 02 - Home in the Clearing 00:48:49 - 03 - François Passes By 01:02:27 - 04 - Wild Land 01:20:54 - 05 - The Vows 01:51:14 - 06 - The Stuff of Dreams 02:06:44 - 07 - A Meager Reaping 02:11:49 - 08 - Entrenched Against Winter 02:22:20 - 09 - One Thousand Aves 02:43:04 - 10 - Straying Tracks 03:06:07 - 11 - The Interpreter of God 03:18:40 - 12 - Love Bearing Gifts 03:47:49 - 13 - Love Bearing Chains 04:03:51 - 14 - Into the Deep Silence 04:41:42 - 15 - That We Perish Not 05:17:47 - 16 - Pledged to the Race The novel Maria Chapdelaine portrays life in rural Quebec at the beginning of the 20th century. Published first in French in 1913, it is a famous example of the genre known as 'novels of the land' ('romans du terroir'). These stories sought to reinforce and preserve the cultural, linguistic, and religious heritage of French Canada — a heritage at risk because of French Canada's historical situation as a conquered enclave inside English North America.Maria is a young woman whose family works the farm they have cleared from the harsh Quebec forest — 'a land that has no pity.' As young men seek her hand in marriage, she must clarify her own identity, struggling not only with the problem of selecting from among her suitors, but also with her relationship to the land and to her heritage.The author Louis Hémon had immigrated from France just two years before writing this novel, and worked on a farm in the Lac Saint-Jean region where the story is set. Hémon died accidentally before seeing his novel in print. (Summary by Bruce Pirie) More information: http://librivox.org/maria-chapdelaine-version-2-by-louis-hemon/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

George Bernard Shaw by G. K. CHESTERTON (1874 - 1936) Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography, Essays & Short Works Read by: Ray Clare in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Introduction, Preface, and Chapter 1 The Irishman 00:29:14 - 02 - Chapter 2 The Puritan 00:56:42 - 03 - Chapter 3 The Progressive pt. 1 01:21:45 - 04 - Chapter 3 The Progressive pt. 2 01:48:21 - 05 - Chapter 4 The Critic pt. 1 02:10:40 - 06 - Chapter 4 The Critic pt. 2 02:27:42 - 07 - Chapter 5 The Dramatist pt. 1 02:52:13 - 08 - Chapter 5 The Dramatist pt. 2 03:17:51 - 09 - Chapter 5 The Dramatist pt. 3 03:41:33 - 10 - Chapter 6 The Philosopher pt. 1 04:03:30 - 11 - Chapter 6 The Philosopher pt. 2 04:27:59 - 12 - Chapter 6 The Philosopher pt. 3 04:53:42 - 13 - Chapter 6 The Philosopher pt. 4 05:20:56 - 14 - Chapter 6 The Philosopher pt. 5 Chesterton and Shaw were famous friends and enjoyed their arguments and discussions. Although rarely in agreement, they both maintained good-will towards and respect for each other. However, in his writing, Chesterton expressed himself very plainly on where they differed and why. In Heretics he writes of Shaw:'After belabouring a great many people for a great many years for being unprogressive, Mr. Shaw has discovered, with characteristic sense, that it is very doubtful whether any existing human being with two legs can be progressive at all. Having come to doubt whether humanity can be combined with progress, most people, easily pleased, would have elected to abandon progress and remain with humanity. Mr. Shaw, not being easily pleased, decides to throw over humanity with all its limitations and go in for progress for its own sake. If man, as we know him, is incapable of the philosophy of progress, Mr. Shaw asks, not for a new kind of philosophy, but for a new kind of man. It is rather as if a nurse had tried a rather bitter food for some years on a baby, and on discovering that it was not suitable, should not throw away the food and ask for a new food, but throw the baby out of window, and ask for a new baby.'Shaw represented the new school of thought, humanism, which was rising at the time. Chesterton's views, on the other hand, became increasingly more focused towards the church. In Orthodoxy he writes:'The worship of will is the negation of will. . . If Mr. Bernard Shaw comes up to me and says, 'Will something,' that is tantamount to saying, 'I do not mind what you will,' and that is tantamount to saying, 'I have no will in the matter.' You cannot admire will in general, because the essence of will is that it is particular. (Summary from Wikipedia) More information: http://librivox.org/george-bernard-shaw-by-g-k-chesterton/

The Road by Siegfried SASSOON (1886 - 1967) Genre(s): Poetry Read by: Annie Coleman Rothenberg, Chris Goringe, David Foss, Hugh McGuire, Kristen McQuillin, Paula Berinstein, Peter Yearsley, Sean Randall in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Version 1 00:02:06 - 02 - Version 2 00:03:34 - 03 - Version 3 00:05:02 - 04 - Version 4 00:06:52 - 05 - Version 5 00:07:51 - 06 - Version 6 00:10:02 - 07 - Version 7 00:11:53 - 08 - Version 8 Librivox volunteers bring you eight different readings of Siegfried Sassoon's The Road, a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman) More information: http://librivox.org/the-road-by-siegfried-sassoon/