The Green World by Hal CLEMENT read by Phil Chenevert | Full Audio Book
The Green World by Hal CLEMENT (1922 - 2003)
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Read by: Phil Chenevert in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Part I
00:22:35 - 02 - Part II
00:49:47 - 03 - Part III
01:12:31 - 04 - Part IV
01:34:45 - 05 - Part V
01:54:51 - 06 - Part VI
02:08:49 - 07 - Part VII
02:30:05 - 08 - Part VIII
The planet was an enigma. Among the thousands of inhabitable planets that had been discovered and visited, Veridis alone seemed to defy the laws of planetary development and evolution. It was extremely young, barely 10 million years had passed since it was completely molten and yet now it was covered with life of all kinds; kinds that should have not had a chance to even begin to develop, much less reach their current stage. To investigate this anomaly among the stars, a team of experienced specialists was sent out to delve further into the mystery and if possible, solve it. Other than the obvious fields of planetology and geology, other specialties were included like paleontology and archaeology. The highly dangerous flora and fauna of the planet do not help at all. So, what is the cause? It lies deeper in the Green Planet than anyone thinks and is much more dangerous than they can ever imagine.
The Furies (Morshead Translation) by AESCHYLUS (c. 525/524 - 456/455 BC), translated by Edmund Doidge Anderson MORSHEAD (1849 - 1912)
Genre(s): Tragedy
Read by: Expatriate in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Part I
00:32:22 - 02 - Part II
The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus concerning the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. The name derives from the character Orestes, who sets out to avenge his father's murder. The only extant example of an ancient Greek theater trilogy, the Oresteia won first prize at the Dionysia festival in 458 BC. When originally performed, it was accompanied by Proteus, a satyr play that would have followed the trilogy. Proteus has not survived, however. In all likelihood the term 'Oresteia' originally referred to all four plays; today it generally designates only the surviving trilogy. Many consider the Oresteia to be Aeschylus' finest work. Principal themes of the trilogy include the contrast between revenge and justice, as well as the transition from personal vendetta to organized litigation. The Eumenides (Εὐμενίδες, Eumenides; also known as The Kindly Ones) is the final play of the Oresteia, in which Orestes, Apollo, and the Erinyes go before Athena and eleven other judges chosen by her from the Athenian citizenry at the Areopagus (Rock of Ares, a flat rocky hill by the Athenian agora where the homicide court of Athens later held its sessions), to decide whether Orestes's killing of his mother, Clytemnestra, makes him guilty of the crime of murder. - Summary by Wikipedia
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On Anything by Hilaire BELLOC (1870 - 1953)
Genre(s): Essays
Read by: Ray Clare in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - On Building Castles in Spain
00:10:20 - 02 - On Clay
00:20:11 - 03 - On No Book
00:26:36 - 04 - On Irony
00:35:29 - 05 - On the Simplicity of Words
00:46:38 - 06 - On Secluded Places
00:57:59 - 07 - On People in Books
01:11:41 - 08 - On the Effect of Time
01:26:12 - 09 - On a Poet
01:40:12 - 10 - On a Prophet
01:50:23 - 11 - On Believing
02:00:53 - 12 - On the Air of the Dordogne
02:10:16 - 13 - On the Sites of the Revolution
02:19:43 - 14 - On a Secret Letter
02:33:11 - 15 - On the Shadows
02:42:56 - 16 - On the Canvasser
02:54:08 - 17 - On the Abstracted Man
03:05:19 - 18 - On the Method of History
03:18:25 - 19 - On History in Travel
03:29:25 - 20 - On the Traveller
03:40:51 - 21 - On Milton
03:52:13 - 22 - On Hans Christian Anderson
04:00:48 - 23 - On the Christmas of 1808
04:08:37 - 24 - On Communications
04:21:02 - 25 - On Astarte
04:32:20 - 26 - On the Hungry Student
04:45:19 - 27 - On the Brigand of Radicofani
05:04:55 - 28 - On the Honest Man and the Devil
05:16:37 - 29 - On Compiegne
05:27:24 - 30 - On the Candour of Maturity
05:39:53 - 31 - On the Fog
05:53:16 - 32 - On the Spaniard
06:05:05 - 33 - On the Fortress
06:16:11 - 34 - On the Hunter
06:30:53 - 35 - On Our Inheritance
06:41:19 - 36 - On the New Road
06:53:11 - 37 - On Two Towns
Long before I knew that the speech of men was misused by them and that they lied in the hearing of the gods perpetually, in those early days through which all men have passed, during which one believes what one is told, an old and crusty woman of great wealth, to whom I was describing what I intended to do with life (which in those days seemed to me of infinite duration), said to me, 'You are building castles in Spain.' I was too much in awe of this woman not on account of the wealth, but on account of the crust to go further into the matter, but it seemed to me a very foolish thing to say, for I had never been to Spain, and I had nothing wherewith to build a castle and indeed such a project had never passed through my head. -- Hilaire Belloc
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Summa Contra Gentiles, First Book (On God) by Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225 - 1274)
Genre(s): Christianity - Commentary, Christianity - Other
Read by: M.S.C. Lambert, LC in English
Cover design by Annise.
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 71 - LXXI. THAT GOD KNOWS EVIL THINGS
00:11:16 - 72 - LXXII. THAT IN GOD THERE IS WILL
00:19:49 - 73 - LXXIII. THAT GOD'S WILL IS HIS ESSENCE
00:22:38 - 74 - LXXIV. THAT THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT OF GOD'S WILL IS THE DIVINE ESSENCE
00:26:34 - 75 - LXXV. THAT GOD IN WILLING HIMSELF WILLS ALSO OTHER THINGS
00:31:02 - 76 - LXXVI. THAT GOD, BY THE ONE ACT OF HIS WILL, WILLS HIMSELF AND OTHER THINGS
00:36:28 - 77 - LXXVII. THAT THE MULTITUDE OF THINGS WILLED IS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE DIVINE SIMPLICITY
00:39:43 - 78 - LXXVIII. THAT THE DIVINE WILL EXTENDS TO PARTICULAR GOODS
00:44:17 - 79 - LXXIX. THAT GOD WILLS EVEN THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT YET
00:49:48 - 80 - LXXX. THAT GOD NECESSARILY WILLS HIS BEING AND HIS GOODNESS
00:53:34 - 81 - LXXXI. THAT GOD DOES NOT NECESSARILY WILL OTHER THINGS THAN HIMSELF
01:00:33 - 82 - LXXXII. OBJECTIONS AGAINST THE STATEMENT THAT GOD WILLS NOT OF NECESSITY THINGS OTHER THAN HIMSELF, IN THAT IT INVOLVES IMPOSSIBILITIES
01:09:05 - 83 - LXXXIII. THAT GOD WILLS SOMETHING OTHER THAN HIMSELF BY A NECESSITY OF SUPPOSITION
01:12:20 - 84 - LXXXIV. THAT GOD'S WILL IS NOT OF THINGS IMPOSSIBLE IN THEMSELVES
01:15:53 - 85 - LXXXV. THAT THE DIVINE WILL DOES NOT REMOVE CONTINGENCY FROM THINGS, NOR IMPOSE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY ON THEM
01:20:09 - 86 - LXXXVI. THAT A REASON OF THE DIVINE WILL CAN BE ASSIGNED
01:23:25 - 87 - LXXXVII. THAT NOTHING CAN BE THE CAUSE OF THE DIVINE WILL
01:25:43 - 88 - LXXXVIII. THAT IN GOD THERE IS FREE-WILL
01:28:30 - 89 - LXXXIX. THAT THE PASSIONS OF THE APPETITE ARE NOT IN GOD
01:36:13 - 90 - XC. THAT IN GOD ARE DELIGHT AND JOY, NOR ARE THEY INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE DIVINE PERFECTION
01:41:34 - 91 - XCI. THAT IN GOD THERE IS LOVE
01:54:40 - 92 - XCII. HOW VIRTUES ARE TO BE ASCRIBED TO GOD
02:01:06 - 93 - XCIII. THAT IN GOD THERE ARE THE MORAL VIRTUES WHICH ARE ABOUT ACTIONS
02:11:20 - 94 - XCIV. THAT THE CONTEMPLATIVE VIRTUES ARE IN GOD
02:13:49 - 95 - XCV. THAT GOD CANNOT WILL EVIL
02:16:51 - 96 - XCVI. THAT GOD HATES NOTHING, NOR CAN THE HATRED OF ANYTHING BE ASCRIBED TO HIM
02:22:04 - 97 - XCVII. THAT GOD IS A LIVING BEING
02:25:15 - 98 - XCVIII. THAT GOD IS HIS OWN LIFE
02:28:10 - 99 - XCIX. THAT GOD'S LIFE IS ETERNAL
02:31:28 - 100 - C. THAT GOD IS HAPPY
02:37:32 - 101 - CI. THAT GOD IS HIS OWN HAPPINESS
02:39:56 - 102 - CII. THAT GOD'S HAPPINESS IS PERFECT AND SINGULAR, SURPASSING ALL OTHER HAPPINESS
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Commentaries on the Laws of England. Book 2: Of the Rights of Things. by William Blackstone (1723 - 1780)
Genre(s): Law, Political Science
Read by: Roy Haines in English
Cover design by Annise.
Parts:
Part 2 https://youtu.be/1be69pwZ-Rk
Part 3 https://youtu.be/c1e8oXvYXkg
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Chapter 1 Of Property, in General - Part 1
00:17:33 - 02 - Chapter 1 Of Property, in General - Part 2
00:36:41 - 03 - Chapter 2 Of Real Property; and, First, of Corporeal Hereditaments
00:44:47 - 04 - Chapter 3 Of Incorporeal Hereditaments - Part 1
01:05:51 - 05 - Chapter 3 Of Incorporeal Hereditaments - Part 2
01:25:56 - 06 - Chapter 3 Of Incorporeal Hereditaments - Part 3
01:47:51 - 07 - Chapter 4 Of the Feudal System - Part 1
02:09:00 - 08 - Chapter 4 Of the Feudal System - Part 2
02:24:23 - 09 - Chapter 5 Of the Ancient English Tenures - Part 1
02:43:55 - 10 - Chapter 5 Of the Ancient English Tenures - Part 2
03:10:53 - 11 - Chapter 6 Of the Modern English Tenures - Part 1
03:30:15 - 12 - Chapter 6 Of the Modern English Tenures - Part 2
03:52:24 - 13 - Chapter 6 Of the Modern English Tenures - Part 3
04:13:20 - 14 - Chapter 7 Of Freehold Estates, of Inheritance - Part 1
04:36:59 - 15 - Chapter 7 Of Freehold Estates, of Inheritance - Part 2
04:55:18 - 16 - Chapter 8 Of Freeholds, Not of Inheritance - Part 1
05:17:15 - 17 - Chapter 8 Of Freeholds, Not of Inheritance - Part 2
05:41:33 - 18 - Chapter 9 Of Estates, Less than Freehold
06:08:31 - 19 - Chapter 10 Of Estates upon Condition
06:35:48 - 20 - Chapter 11 Of Estates in Possession, Remainder, and Reversion - Part 1
06:57:27 - 21 - Chapter 11 Of Estates in Possession, Remainder, and Reversion - Part 2
The Commentaries on the Laws of England by Sir William Blackstone, are a prominent and authoritative 18th century dissertation on the common law of England which not only pertains to that country, but is also at the foundation of the American legal system. They were widely read and a huge influence on America's Founding Fathers and, to this day, are occasionally quoted in U.S. Supreme Court decisions when expounding upon principals of universal and enduring human justice.
The commentaries were divided into four books: On the Rights of Persons, On the Rights of Things, Of Private Wrongs, and Of Public Wrongs. This second volume deals chiefly with the English laws regarding property both real (of land) and personal, and the origin and history thereof. (Summary by the reader, Roy Haines)
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Tales Of Lonely Trails by Zane GREY (1872 - 1939)
Genre(s): Nature, Travel & Geography
Read by: David Wales in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Nonnezoshe
00:32:13 - 02 - Colorado Trails Part 1
01:12:18 - 03 - Colorado Trails Part 2
01:55:06 - 04 - Roping Lions In The Grand Canyon Part 1
02:03:53 - 05 - Roping Lions In The Grand Canyon Part 2
02:25:39 - 06 - Roping Lions In The Grand Canyon Part 3
02:46:31 - 07 - Roping Lions In The Grand Canyon Part 4
02:59:33 - 08 - Roping Lions In The Grand Canyon Part 5
03:14:34 - 09 - Roping Lions In The Grand Canyon Part 6
03:23:12 - 10 - Roping Lions In The Grand Canyon Part 7
03:48:06 - 11 - Roping Lions In The Grand Canyon Part 8
03:57:15 - 12 - Roping Lions In The Grand Canyon Part 9
04:11:35 - 13 - Roping Lions In The Grand Canyon Part 10
04:31:03 - 14 - Roping Lions In The Grand Canyon Part 11
04:39:51 - 15 - Roping Lions In The Grand Canyon Part 12
05:13:27 - 16 - Roping Lions In The Grand Canyon Part 13
05:19:04 - 17 - Roping Lions In The Grand Canyon Part 14
05:33:16 - 18 - Tonto Basin Part 1
06:18:59 - 19 - Tonto Basin Part 2
Western novelist Zane Grey (1872-1939) also wrote nonfiction books about the American West and its country. This 1922 tribute to country he loved consists of narratives of six different trips to various parts of the West: Nonnesozhe, Colorado, Grand Canyon, Tonto Basin, Death Valley. - Summary by david wales
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The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 09) by Thomas Babington MACAULAY (1800 - 1859)
Genre(s): *Non-fiction, History
Read by: Jim Mowatt, Rosalind Wills, Kathy Jacobs, John Lieder, Robin Cotter, Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014), Estragon, Kirsten Ferreri, Justin Brett in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Chapter IX, Part 1
00:09:31 - 02 - Chapter IX, Part 2
00:18:15 - 03 - Chapter IX, Part 3
00:29:14 - 04 - Chapter IX, Part 4
00:41:25 - 05 - Chapter IX, Part 5
00:55:05 - 06 - Chapter IX, Part 6
01:03:19 - 07 - Chapter IX, Part 7
01:17:36 - 08 - Chapter IX, Part 8
01:31:33 - 09 - Chapter IX, Part 9
01:51:10 - 10 - Chapter IX, Part 10
02:08:37 - 11 - Chapter IX, Part 11
02:31:47 - 12 - Chapter IX, Part 12
02:52:17 - 13 - Chapter IX, Part 13
03:06:17 - 14 - Chapter IX, Part 14
03:18:29 - 15 - Chapter IX, Part 15
03:33:45 - 16 - Chapter IX, Part 16
03:49:36 - 17 - Chapter IX, Part 17
04:03:05 - 18 - Chapter IX, Part 18
04:31:13 - 19 - Chapter IX, Part 19
This is chapter 9 of Thomas Babington Macaulay's History of England from the accession of James II. This chapter covers part of the invasion of England by William, the Dutch Stadtholder, later William III of England.
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Little Bear by Laura Rountree SMITH (1876 - 1924)
Genre(s): Animals & Nature
Read by: Carolyn Frances in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Hunting a Name
00:05:05 - 02 - A Walk in the Woods
00:10:37 - 03 - 'A-kit-chew'
00:16:53 - 04 - Making Cookies
00:22:34 - 05 - The Newspaper
00:28:47 - 06 - The Silver Dollar
00:34:54 - 07 - Red Riding Hood
00:41:48 - 08 - 'Tell Us a Story'
00:47:34 - 09 - Aladdin's Lamp
00:54:12 - 10 - The Two Peddlers
00:59:16 - 11 - Grandpa Grumbles
01:04:58 - 12 - Little Rabbit Boo-hoo
01:11:40 - 13 - The Magic Cap
01:16:58 - 14 - The Pot of Gold
01:23:13 - 15 - Mishe-Mokwa, the Great Bear
A story for children about a little bear with no name, 'there were not enough names to go round,' and his adventures in finding one. (Summary by Carolyn Frances)
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Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects by Hermann von Helmholtz (1821 - 1894)Translated by E. Atkinson
Genre(s): Science
Read by: William Allan Jones, Michele Fry, Christina Fu, Verla Viera, Owlivia, Marvin, realisticspeakers in English
Cover design by Michele Fry.
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - 01 Ch.2 Pt.1 On the origin and significance of geometrical axioms
00:37:47 - 02 - 02 Ch.2, Pt.2 On the origin and significance of geometrical axioms
01:17:17 - 03 - 03 Ch.3, Pt.1 Introduction: On the relation of optics to painting
01:24:12 - 04 - 04 Ch.3, Pt.2 - Form
01:51:04 - 05 - 05 Ch.3, Pt.3 - Shade
02:13:15 - 06 - 06 Ch.3, Pt.4 - Color
02:33:26 - 07 - 07 Ch.3, Pt.5 - Harmony of Color
02:55:26 - 08 - 08 Ch.4, Pt.1 On the origin of the planetary system
03:20:52 - 09 - 09 Ch.4, Pt.2 On the origin of the planetary system
03:31:54 - 10 - 10 Ch.4, Pt.3 on the Origin of the planetary system
03:50:15 - 11 - 11 Ch.4, Pt.4 On the Origin of the planetary system
04:13:06 - 12 - 12 Ch.4, Pt.5 On the origin of the planetary system - Addendum
04:17:50 - 13 - 13 Ch.5, Pt.1 On thought in Medicine
04:40:05 - 14 - 14 Ch.5, Pt.2 On thought in Medicine
04:57:13 - 15 - 15 Ch.5, Pt.3 On thought in Medicine
05:15:44 - 16 - 16 Ch.6, Pt.1 On academic freedom in German universities
05:37:23 - 17 - 17 Ch.6, Pt.2 On academic freedom in German universities
06:04:05 - 18 - 18 Ch.7, Pt.1 Herman von Helmholtz an autobiographical sketch
06:24:17 - 19 - 19 Ch.7, Pt.2 Herman von Helmholtz an autobiographical sketch
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Moods by Louisa May ALCOTT (1832 - 1888)
Genre(s): Humorous Fiction
Read by: Laura Riley, JayFoxe, Kathleen Moore, Lynda Marie Neilson, Jeni McCann, cathicol, Corrinne LePage, Sherri Lothridge in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - CHAPTER I. IN A YEAR
00:30:48 - 02 - CHAPTER II. WHIMS
01:08:58 - 03 - CHAPTER III. AFLOAT
01:47:08 - 04 - CHAPTER IV. THROUGH FLOOD, AND FIELD, AND FIRE
02:35:11 - 05 - CHAPTER V. A GOLDEN WEDDING
03:10:21 - 06 - CHAPTER VI. WHY SYLVIA WAS HAPPY
03:30:23 - 07 - CHAPTER VII. DULL, BUT NECESSARY
03:43:03 - 08 - CHAPTER VIII. NO
04:00:11 - 09 - CHAPTER IX. HOLLY
04:25:42 - 10 - CHAPTER X. YES
04:40:26 - 11 - CHAPTER XI. WOOING
05:00:17 - 12 - CHAPTER XII. WEDDING
05:11:23 - 13 - CHAPTER XIII. SYLVIA'S HONEYMOON
05:53:12 - 14 - CHAPTER XIV. A FIRESIDE FETE
06:14:02 - 15 - CHAPTER XV. EARLY AND LATE
06:37:43 - 16 - CHAPTER XVI. IN THE TWILIGHT
'Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue,and each shows us only what lies in its own focus.' Emerson. This quote opens the story of Sylvia, an intelligent and 'unreasonable' 19th century young woman, who has to choose between the two men who love her. But every choice has consequences. This is the first serious book for adults by the author of the best-selling 'Little Women'. It is as lively and sharp. Perfect for the same fans, and for fans of George Eliot who wrote much about the same topics. - Summary by Stav Nisser.
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