A Thousand Miles up the Nile by Amelia Ann Blanford EDWARDS (1831 - 1892) Genre(s): *Non-fiction, History , Travel & Geography Read by: Sibella Denton in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 46 - Ch. XVI: Abou Simbel, pt. 1 00:17:58 - 47 - Ch. XVI: Abou Simbel, pt. 2 00:35:24 - 48 - Ch. XVI: Abou Simbel, pt. 3 00:51:43 - 49 - Ch. XVII: The Second Cataract, pt. 1 01:00:30 - 50 - Ch. XVII: The Second Cataract, pt. 2 01:10:04 - 51 - Ch. XVII: The Second Cataract, pt. 3 01:18:27 - 52 - Ch. XVIII: Discoveries at Abou Simbel, pt. 1 01:34:35 - 53 - Ch. XVIII: Discoveries at Abou Simbel, pt. 2 01:54:20 - 54 - Ch. XVIII: Discoveries at Abou Simbel, pt. 3 02:14:01 - 55 - Ch. XIX: Back Through Nubia, pt. 1 02:34:26 - 56 - Ch. XIX: Back Through Nubia, pt. 2 02:57:39 - 57 - Ch. XIX: Back Through Nubia, pt. 3 03:17:16 - 58 - Ch. XX: Silsilis and Edfu, pt. 1 03:29:54 - 59 - Ch. XX: Silsilis and Edfu, pt. 2 03:43:17 - 60 - Ch. XX: Silsilis and Edfu, pt. 3 03:57:00 - 61 - Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 1 04:13:23 - 62 - Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 2 04:31:07 - 63 - Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 3 04:50:31 - 64 - Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 4 05:08:41 - 65 - Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 5 05:24:41 - 66 - Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 6 05:40:31 - 67 - Ch. XXII: Abydus and Cairo, pt 1 05:58:04 - 68 - Ch. XXII: Abydus and Cairo, pt 2 06:13:43 - 69 - Ch. XXII: Abydus and Cairo, pt 3 06:30:48 - 70 - Appendix 1 06:33:18 - 71 - Appendix 2 06:41:30 - 72 - Appendix 3 06:51:40 - 73 - Appendix 4 06:55:32 - 74 - Appendix 5 Amelia B. Edwards wrote this historical, egyptological, and cultural study in in 1877, and it became an immediate best-seller, reprinted in 1888 at home in England and abroad. She travelled throughout Egypt at a time when most women didn't leave home. One of the pioneering Egyptologists of the age, she established the Edwards Chair of Egyptology, occupied first by the great Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie.This book is in a sense a seminal work, known to have influenced the modern writings of Elizabeth Peters in her Amelia Peabody Emerson murder-mystery series. (Summary by Sibella Denton) More information: http://librivox.org/a-thousand-miles-up-the-nile-by-amelia-edwards/

Bealby; A Holiday by H. G. WELLS (1866 - 1946) Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Family, General Read by: KevinS, NarratorJ, dfrakk, Rita Boutros, Kelly S. Taylor, Michael Fassio, DuckTD in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Young Bealby goes to Shonts 00:31:33 - 02 - A Week-End at Shonts 01:38:01 - 03 - The Wanderers part one 02:00:23 - 04 - The Wanderers Part Two 02:40:31 - 05 - The Unobtrusive Parting Part One 03:19:34 - 06 - The Unobtrusive Parting Part Two 03:44:14 - 07 - The Seeking of Bealby part one 04:32:22 - 08 - The Seeking of Bealby Part Two 05:22:36 - 09 - Bealby and the Tramp Part One 06:05:51 - 10 - Bealby and the Tramp Part Two 06:28:37 - 11 - The Battle of Crayminster Part One Bealby is the comical story of the escapade of a thirteen-year-old boy when he rebels against his placement as a steward's-room boy in the great house of an estate named Shonts (his stepfather, Mr. Darling, is a gardener there) and flees—not, however, before thoroughly upsetting a weekend party where the nouveau riche couple renting Shonts is entertaining the Lord Chancellor. - Summary by Wikipedia More information: https://librivox.org/bealby-a-holiday-by-h-g-wells/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Confidence by Henry JAMES (1843 - 1916) Genre(s): Published 1800 -1900 Read by: Judi Mason, KirkL, Jonathan Horniblow, Jim Locke, Kathleen Moore in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Chapter I 00:25:44 - 02 - Chapter II 00:37:13 - 03 - Chapter III 00:56:14 - 04 - Chapter IV 01:05:00 - 05 - Chapter V 01:14:04 - 06 - Chapter VI 01:23:40 - 07 - Chapter VII 01:34:04 - 08 - Chapter VIII 01:48:56 - 09 - Chapter IX 01:58:54 - 10 - Chapter X 02:16:20 - 11 - Chapter XI 02:32:33 - 12 - Chapter XII 02:51:17 - 13 - Chapter XIII 02:59:02 - 14 - Chapter XIV 03:17:48 - 15 - Chapter XV 03:36:23 - 16 - Chapter XVI 04:01:32 - 17 - Chapter XVII 04:22:10 - 18 - Chapter XVIII 04:26:52 - 19 - Chapter XIX 04:48:34 - 20 - Chapter XX 05:01:23 - 21 - Chapter XXI 05:18:23 - 22 - Chapter XXII 05:27:10 - 23 - Chapter XXIII 05:45:37 - 24 - Chapter XXIV 06:01:10 - 25 - Chapter XXV 06:16:32 - 26 - Chapter XXVI 06:35:30 - 27 - Chapter XXVII 06:54:46 - 28 - Chapter XXVIII This light and somewhat awkward comedy centers on artist Bernard Longueville, scientist Gordon Wright, and the sometimes inscrutable heroine, Angela Vivian. The plot rambles through various romantic entanglements before reaching an uncomplicated, but still believable happy ending. (wikipedia) More information: http://librivox.org/confidence-by-henry-james/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

The Brilliant Proof (Burhäne Lämé) in reply to an attack upon the Bahai Revelation by Peter Z. Easton by Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl GULPÁYGÁNÍ (1844 - 1914) Genre(s): Modern, Other religions Read by: Nicholas James Bridgewater in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - 01 - Section 01 - From 'He is the Living…' to '…and guidance from error.' 00:10:26 - 02 - 02 - Section 02 - From 'As to the first point…' to '‘It is for ye to judge.'' 00:32:02 - 03 - 03 - Section 03 - From 'As to the second point…' to '…were not clear.' 00:50:06 - 04 - 04 - Section 04 - From 'Although citing an illustration…' to '…between truth and falsehood.' 01:04:04 - 05 - 05 - Section 05 - From 'In short…' to '…to men of understanding.' 01:24:56 - 06 - 06 - Section 06 - From 'Perhaps some one…' to 'MIRZA ABUL FAZL GULPAYGAN.' 'In these days,' writes the renowned Bahá'í scholar, Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl, 'which are the latter days of 1911, A. D. and the early days of 1330 A. H., I have seen a curious article which astonished me. What did I see? I find that one of the missionaries of the Protestant sect, who accounts himself among the learned men of the twentieth century, a helper of the pure religion of Christ and one of the civilized and cultured occidentals, by name, Peter Z. Easton, has been so provoked by jealousy at the universal spread of the heavenly word of His Holiness Abdul-Baha throughout vast expanses of Europe that he has trespassed the limit of courtesy and humanity and published an article replete with execration and calumny in the magazine 'Evangelical Christendom.' …Briefly, as this servant [Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl] carefully perused and weighed the above mentioned article, it was found that Peter Z. Easton, in his own supposition, has clung to 'four proofs' in opposing the great Bahai Cause. We will therefore mention these four points and show the falsity of his fanciful ideas in each instance.' A number of works were written in the 19th century to defend the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths from attacks made by Muslim scholars and to demonstrate the spiritual proofs and evidences of the Revelations of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh (notably the 'Seven Proofs' of the Báb and the 'Book of Certitude' of Bahá'u'lláh) . As the Bahá'í Faith spread to Europe and America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it began to attract the attention of Christian missionaries and preachers. While many Christian clergymen were positive towards Faith and its universal message, there were also attacks against the Faith by ministers who saw it as a threat. Peter Z. Easton was one of these. Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl, who was given the posthumous title of 'Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh', took on Easton's challenge and thoroughly refuted his arguments in 'The Brilliant Proof'. ‘Abdu'l-Bahá was so impressed by this work that He wrote: 'His Honour Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl has written a treatise answering the criticisms of a London preacher. Each one of you should have a copy. Read, memorize and reflect upon it. Then, when accusations and criticisms are advanced by those unfavourable to the Cause, you will be well armed.' (Summary by Nicholas J. Bridgewater) More information: http://librivox.org/the-brilliant-proof-burhaene-laeme-in-reply-to-an-attack-upon-the-bahai-revelation-by-peter-z-easton-by-mirza-abul-fadl-gulpaygani/