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Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865, The Part 2/2
Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865, The by Leander STILLWELL (1843 - 1934)
Genre(s): War & Military, Memoirs, Modern (19th C)
Read by: Sue Anderson in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 14 - 14 - Re-enlist for Three Years More
00:20:08 - 15 - 15 - Augusta and Springfield, 1864
00:50:52 - 16 - 16 - Devall's Bluff; Clarendon Expedition, 1864
01:04:28 - 17 - 17 - Grand Reviews and Inspections, 1864
01:21:44 - 18 - 18 - Regiment Goes Home on Furlough
01:43:56 - 19 - 19 - Murfreesboro, 1864
02:02:39 - 20 - 20 - Affair at Overal's Creek, 1864
02:14:57 - 21 - 21 - Battle of Wilkinson's Pike, 1864
02:37:03 - 22 - 22 - Railroad Fight near Murfresboro, 1864
03:02:30 - 23 - 23 - Murfresboro, Winter 1864-1865
03:18:16 - 24 - 24 - Soldier's Pay: Rations
03:38:46 - 25 - 25 - Mustered Out, September 8, 1865
Leander Stillwell was an 18-year-old Illinois farm boy, living with his family in a log cabin, when the U.S. Civil War broke out. Stillwell felt a duty 'to help save the Nation;' but, as with many other young men, his Patriotism was tinged with bravura: 'the idea of staying at home and turning over senseless clods on the farm with the cannon thundering so close at hand . . . was simply intolerable.' Stillwell volunteered for the 61st Illinois Infantry in January 1861. His youthful enthusiasm for the soldier's life was soon tempered at Shiloh, where he first 'saw a gun fired in anger,' and 'saw a man die a violent death.'Stillwell's recounting of events is always vivid, personal, and engrossing. 'I distinctly remember my first shot at Shiloh . . . The fronts of both lines were . . . shrouded in smoke. I had my gun at a ready, and was trying to peer under the smoke in order to get a sight of our enemies. Suddenly I heard someone in a highly excited tone calling to me from just in my rear, --'Stillwell! Shoot! Shoot! Why don't you shoot?' I looked around and saw that this command was being given by . . . our second lieutenant, who was wild with excitement, jumping up and down like a hen on a hot griddle. 'Why, lieutenant,' I said, 'I can't see anything to shoot at.' 'Shoot, shoot, anyhow!' 'All right,' I responded. . . And bringing my gun to my shoulder, I aimed low in the direction of the enemy, and blazed away through the smoke. But at the time the idea to me was ridiculous that one should blindly shoot into a cloud of smoke without having a bead on the object to be shot at.'The Story of a Common Soldier is a compelling coming of age tale that will appeal not only to Civil War buffs but to anyone who enjoys autobiographies. Written at the urging of his youngest son, when Stillwell was a mature man--a lawyer, judge, and member of the Kansas legislature, it combines graphic detail (provided by his war diary and letters written at the time to his family) with the insights of a thoughtful man looking back on those horrific times.(Summary by Sue Anderson)
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Genre(s): War & Military, Memoirs, Modern (19th C)
Read by: Sue Anderson in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 14 - 14 - Re-enlist for Three Years More
00:20:08 - 15 - 15 - Augusta and Springfield, 1864
00:50:52 - 16 - 16 - Devall's Bluff; Clarendon Expedition, 1864
01:04:28 - 17 - 17 - Grand Reviews and Inspections, 1864
01:21:44 - 18 - 18 - Regiment Goes Home on Furlough
01:43:56 - 19 - 19 - Murfreesboro, 1864
02:02:39 - 20 - 20 - Affair at Overal's Creek, 1864
02:14:57 - 21 - 21 - Battle of Wilkinson's Pike, 1864
02:37:03 - 22 - 22 - Railroad Fight near Murfresboro, 1864
03:02:30 - 23 - 23 - Murfresboro, Winter 1864-1865
03:18:16 - 24 - 24 - Soldier's Pay: Rations
03:38:46 - 25 - 25 - Mustered Out, September 8, 1865
Leander Stillwell was an 18-year-old Illinois farm boy, living with his family in a log cabin, when the U.S. Civil War broke out. Stillwell felt a duty 'to help save the Nation;' but, as with many other young men, his Patriotism was tinged with bravura: 'the idea of staying at home and turning over senseless clods on the farm with the cannon thundering so close at hand . . . was simply intolerable.' Stillwell volunteered for the 61st Illinois Infantry in January 1861. His youthful enthusiasm for the soldier's life was soon tempered at Shiloh, where he first 'saw a gun fired in anger,' and 'saw a man die a violent death.'Stillwell's recounting of events is always vivid, personal, and engrossing. 'I distinctly remember my first shot at Shiloh . . . The fronts of both lines were . . . shrouded in smoke. I had my gun at a ready, and was trying to peer under the smoke in order to get a sight of our enemies. Suddenly I heard someone in a highly excited tone calling to me from just in my rear, --'Stillwell! Shoot! Shoot! Why don't you shoot?' I looked around and saw that this command was being given by . . . our second lieutenant, who was wild with excitement, jumping up and down like a hen on a hot griddle. 'Why, lieutenant,' I said, 'I can't see anything to shoot at.' 'Shoot, shoot, anyhow!' 'All right,' I responded. . . And bringing my gun to my shoulder, I aimed low in the direction of the enemy, and blazed away through the smoke. But at the time the idea to me was ridiculous that one should blindly shoot into a cloud of smoke without having a bead on the object to be shot at.'The Story of a Common Soldier is a compelling coming of age tale that will appeal not only to Civil War buffs but to anyone who enjoys autobiographies. Written at the urging of his youngest son, when Stillwell was a mature man--a lawyer, judge, and member of the Kansas legislature, it combines graphic detail (provided by his war diary and letters written at the time to his family) with the insights of a thoughtful man looking back on those horrific times.(Summary by Sue Anderson)
More information: http://librivox.org/the-story-of-a-common-soldier-of-army-life-in-the-civil-war-1861-1865-by-leander-stillwell/
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A Short History of the World by H. G. WELLS (1866 - 1946)
Genre(s): *Non-fiction, History
Read by: Kristine Bekere in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - The World in Space
00:06:10 - 02 - The World in Time
00:12:24 - 03 - The Beginnings of Life
00:18:36 - 04 - The Age of Fishes
00:27:43 - 05 - The Age of the Coal Swamps
00:37:22 - 06 - The Age of Reptiles
00:46:21 - 07 - The First Birds and the First Mammals
00:56:29 - 08 - The Age of Mammals
01:05:46 - 09 - Monkeys, Apes and Sub-Men
01:14:59 - 10 - The Neanderthaler And the Rhodesian Man
01:24:10 - 11 - The First True Men
01:34:01 - 12 - Primitive Thought
01:44:19 - 13 - The Beginnings of Cultivation
01:54:41 - 14 - Primitive Neolithic Civilizations
02:05:37 - 15 - Sumeria, Early Egypt And Writing
02:15:38 - 16 - Primitive Nomadic Peoples
02:24:59 - 17 - The First Sea-Going Peoples
02:36:06 - 18 - Egypt, Babylon And Assyria
02:50:55 - 19 - The Primitive Aryans
03:01:32 - 20 - The Last Babylonian Empire and the Empire of Darius I
03:10:43 - 21 - The Early History of the Jews
03:22:51 - 22 - Priests and Prophets in Judea
03:32:49 - 23 - The Greeks
03:45:12 - 24 - The Wars of the Greeks and Persians
03:54:37 - 25 - The Splendour of Greece
04:02:53 - 26 - The Empire of Alexander the Great
04:12:40 - 27 - The Museum and Library at Alexandria
04:24:56 - 28 - The Life of Gautama Buddha
04:37:11 - 29 - King Asoka
04:41:56 - 30 - Confucius and Lao Tse
04:54:06 - 31 - Rome Comes into History
05:05:59 - 32 - Rome and Carthage
05:15:38 - 33 - The Growth of the Roman Empire
05:40:47 - 34 - Between Rome and China
05:51:17 - 35 - The Common Man's Life Under the Early Roman Empire
06:05:13 - 36 - Religious Developments Under the Roman Empire
06:19:52 - 37 - The Teaching of Jesus
06:33:34 - 38 - The Development of Doctrinal Christianity
06:42:09 - 39 - The Barbarians Break the Empire into East and West
06:52:32 - 40 - The Huns and the End of the Western Empire
A Short History of the World is a non-fictional historic work by English author H. G. Wells, largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work The Outline of History. The book summarises the scientific knowledge of the time regarding the history of Earth and life. It starts with its origins, goes on to explain the development of the Earth and life on Earth, reaching primitive thought and the development of humankind from the Cradle of Civilisation.The book ends with the outcome of the First World War, the Russian famine of 1921, and the League of Nations in 1922. In 1934 Albert Einstein recommended the book for the study of history as a means of interpreting progress in civilisation. - Summary adopted from Wikipedia
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Fortunata y Jacinta: dos historias de casadas (Cuarta Parte) by Benito PÉREZ GALDÓS (1843 - 1920)
Genre(s): Published 1800 -1900
Read by: Epachuko in Spanish
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 18 - V - La razón de la sin razón (Parte C)
00:23:16 - 19 - VI - Final (Parte A)
01:01:29 - 20 - VI - Final (Parte B)
01:28:05 - 21 - VI - Final (Parte C)
01:58:28 - 22 - VI - Final (Parte D)
02:30:53 - 23 - VI - Final (Parte E)
02:58:08 - 24 - VI - Final (Parte F)
03:28:48 - 25 - VI - Final (Parte G)
03:54:59 - 26 - VI - Final (Parte H)
'Fortunata y Jacinta' esta considerada la mejor obra de su autor: Benito Pérez Galdós, y junto con 'La Regenta' de Clarín, la cima de la novela española del Realismo del siglo XIX. Es mucho más que una historia de dos mujeres casadas de distinta posición social, carácter, y objetivos que ven sus vidas entrelazadas de manera dramática. Tanto es así que en 2003 fue elegida por aclamación popular como la mejor obra ambientada en Madrid que se ha escrito nunca y la que mejor refleja los surcos profundos de la sociedad de esta ciudad en los tres últimos siglos. Su extension en cuatro partes, su profundidad psicológica y el vastísimo elenco de personajes la han convertido en una obra universal, contribuyendo a situar a Galdós a la altura (y algunos dirán incluso por encima) de maestros como Balzac, Dickens o Dostoievsky.Esta Cuarta y última parte comienza con la sospecha de que ni siquiera aquellos que parecían más virtuosos se salvan de los deslices amorosos. Sin remedio, todos los personajes y todas las tramas se aceleran entrelazándose en una espiral creciente de traiciones y lealtades que pocos como Galdós han sabido tejer y presentar, como la vida misma. ¿Cómo saldrá la Familia Santa Cruz de semejante trance? ¿Y qué suerte le deparará cada miembro del clan Rubín? ¿Y sobre todo: cómo terminarán nuestras dos casadas.... Fortunata y Jacinta?
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Washington Irving in London by Washington IRVING (1783 - 1859)
Genre(s): Single Author Collections
Read by: Greg Giordano in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - A Sunday in London
00:05:58 - 02 - Westminster Abbey
00:37:21 - 03 - London Antiques
00:52:04 - 04 - Little Britain
01:29:46 - 05 - A Royal Poet
Washington Irving's name is synonymous with such classics as 'Rip Van Winkle' and 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.' He established himself as one of early America's most treasured writers. His wit and satirical voice are the hallmark of his writing. Irving had the extraordinary ability to paint a picture in words on the canvas of the printed page. Although an American, he spent a good deal of time traveling in England and memorializing his experiences in some of the essays chosen for this collection. With an emphasis on his time spent in London, the works include his observations on such diverse subjects as Westminster Abbey, British antiques and how one spends a Sunday in London. This collection brings to life the London of a bygone era as seen through the eyes of a keen writer and observer of life. - Summary by Greg Giordano
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Yvain, or the Knight with the Lion by Chrétien de TROYES ( - c. 1190), translated by W. W. COMFORT (1874 - 1955)
Genre(s): Ballads
Read by: poormedea in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Section 01
00:29:40 - 02 - Section 02
00:59:51 - 03 - Section 03
01:32:34 - 04 - Section 04
02:02:51 - 05 - Section 05
02:33:54 - 06 - Section 06
03:01:41 - 07 - Section 07
03:32:24 - 08 - Section 08
04:02:35 - 09 - Section 09
Yvain, the Knight of the Lion is a romance by Chrétien de Troyes. It was probably written in the 1170s simultaneously with Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, and includes several references to the action in that poem. In the poem, Yvain seeks to avenge his cousin Calogrenant who had been defeated by an otherworldly knight beside a magical storm-making fountain in the forest of Broceliande. (Summary from Wikipedia)
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El Crimen del Padre Amaro by José Maria de EÇA DE QUEIRÓS (1845 - 1900), translated by Ramón del VALLE-INCLÁN (1866 - 1936)
Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Published 1800 -1900
Read by: Victor Villarraza in Spanish
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Tomo I - Capítulo I
00:21:56 - 02 - Tomo I - Capítulo II
00:44:40 - 03 - Tomo I - Capítulo III
01:41:25 - 04 - Tomo I - Capítulo IV
02:18:18 - 05 - Tomo I - Capítulo V
02:58:04 - 06 - Tomo I - Capítulo VI
03:31:51 - 07 - Tomo I - Capítulo VII
04:04:43 - 08 - Tomo I - Capítulo VIII
04:49:59 - 09 - Tomo I - Capítulo IX
05:11:47 - 10 - Tomo I - Capítulo X (Primera parte)
05:58:11 - 11 - Tomo I - Capítulo X (Segunda parte)
06:44:49 - 12 - Tomo II - Capítulo I
El crimen del padre Amaro (título original portugués O Crime do Padre Amaro: cenas da vida devota) es una novela del escritor portugués Eça de Queirós publicada en 1875, considerada la primera novela portuguesa del realismo. Causó una gran polémica en el momento de su publicación por su denuncia de la hipocresía social y religiosa. La traducción de Valle-Inclán se sitúa entre 1901 y 1902. La editorial Maucci, muy interesada en la obra de Eça de Queiroz, negoció en Lisboa y cerró el acuerdo para la publicación de esta obra. Anteriormente, había aparecido traducida deficientemente de forma incompleta, sesgada y/o manipulada bajo llamativos títulos: El crimen de un clérigo (1882) y El padre Amaro. Segunda parte del crimen de un clérigo (1884). La primera traducción completa, y oficial, es la de Valle-Inclán, en 1901-1902. - Summary by Phileas Fogg
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Sir Thomas More by Anthony MUNDAY (1560? - 1633)
Genre(s): Historical Fiction, Plays
Read by: Rapunzelina in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Dramatis Personae & Act 1
00:27:31 - 02 - Act 2
00:49:54 - 03 - Act 3
01:17:27 - 04 - Act 4
02:02:39 - 05 - Act 5
Sir Thomas More is a collaborative Elizabethan play by Anthony Munday and others depicting the life and death of Thomas More. It survives only in a single manuscript, now owned by the British Library. The manuscript is notable because three pages of it are considered to be in the hand of William Shakespeare and for the light it sheds on the collaborative nature of Elizabethan drama and the theatrical censorship of the era. The play dramatizes events in More's life, both real and legendary, in an episodic manner in 17 scenes, unified only by the rise and fall of More's fortunes. (Summary by Wikipedia)Cast list:Doll Williamson: Arielle LipshawFrancis de Barde: David NicolCaveler: Steve WeirWilliamson: Elizabeth KlettSherwin: Greg PrzywaraGeorge Betts: TriciaGJohn Lincoln: Brett G. HirschLord Mayor: Ron AltmanSir Thomas More: Larry WilsonSuresby: TRUEBRITLifter: alanmapstoneRecorder: Frances BrownAnother: balaEarl of Shrewsbury: ToddHWEarl of Surrey: mbSir Thomas Palmer: Greg GiordanoSir Roger Chomley: Glenn O'BrienMessenger: Michele EatonHarry: David NicolRobin: Frances BrownKit: balaClown: ElleyKatSir John Munday: russellhughesSergeant: Kristin GjerløwCrofts: KHandSheriff (Shrieve)/First Sheriff: Kristin GjerløwOfficer: Frances BrownRandall: balaFaulkner: RapunzelinaErasmus: David NicolMorris: KHandRoper: Arnaldo MachadoLady More: Elizabeth KlettPlayer: KHandLady Mayoress: Michele EatonServant/Man: balaInclination: David NicolPrologue: Dr SpeedbumpWit: alanmapstoneVanity: Eden Rea-HedrickLuggins: ToddHWBishop of Rochester: TriciaGClerk of the Council: Elise C. BoucherRoper's Wife: Arielle LipshawDaughter: Charlotte DuckettCatesby: Mary KayDownes: Jake K. FriedmanFirst Warder: Kristin GjerløwSecond Warder: RapunzelinaThird Warder: Bria SnowPoor Woman: Etel BussGentleman Porter: Glenn O'BrienLieutenant: Victoria PButler: Mary JBrewer: Elise C. BoucherHorsekeeper: Anna SimonPorter: ToddHWGough: TriciaGSecond Sheriff: Mary KayHangman: David NicolNarrator/Stage Directions: David LawrenceEdited by: David Lawrence
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The Diamond Pin by Carolyn WELLS (1862 - 1942)
Genre(s): Crime & Mystery Fiction, Published 1900 onward
Read by: Celine Major in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Chapter 1
00:20:00 - 02 - Chapter 2
00:40:30 - 03 - Chapter 3
00:59:52 - 04 - Chapter 4
01:17:57 - 05 - Chapter 5
01:37:03 - 06 - Chapter 6
01:56:30 - 07 - Chapter 7
02:16:14 - 08 - Chapter 8
02:35:59 - 09 - Chapter 9
02:55:22 - 10 - Chapter 10
03:14:30 - 11 - Chapter 11
03:33:32 - 12 - Chapter 12
03:52:19 - 13 - Chapter 13
04:11:33 - 14 - Chapter 14
04:30:58 - 15 - Chapter 15
04:51:01 - 16 - Chapter 16
05:09:42 - 17 - Chapter 17
05:27:48 - 18 - Chapter 18
Eccentric and wealthy New York widow Ursula Pell loves playing cruel jokes on her guests and particularly on her niece and nephew who are destined to inherit the millions in gems left to her by her late husband. Therefore when she is found brutally murdered in a locked room the morning after a dinner party her niece Iris the most recent victim of Ursula's humiliating pranks is first suspected until all the clues point to her nephew. Where did she stash the gemstones and the much mentioned diamond pin promised Iris. Enter Fleming Stone, famous detective who hopefully can prove the innocence of the nephew, the true value of the diamond pin and discover WHO killed Mrs. Pell. - Summary by Celine Major
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A History of the Great War, Volume One by John Buchan (1875 - 1940)
Genre(s): War & Military
Read by: DavidReader in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 27 - Chap. 14
00:49:49 - 28 - Chap. 15 (I)
01:18:43 - 29 - Chap. 15 (II)
01:50:44 - 30 - Chap. 16 (I)
02:35:25 - 31 - Chap. 16 (II)
03:14:36 - 32 - Chap. 16 (III)
04:07:38 - 33 - Chap. 17 (I)
04:40:06 - 34 - Chap. 17 (II)
05:19:06 - 35 - Chap. 17 (III)
06:01:03 - 36 - Chap. 18 (I)
06:41:19 - 37 - Chap. 18 (II)
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Rupert of Hentzau by Anthony HOPE (1863 - 1933)
Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Romance
Read by: Andy Minter (1934-2017) in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - The Queen's Good-Bye
00:26:11 - 02 - A Station Without A Cab
00:48:51 - 03 - Again To Zenda
01:11:55 - 04 - An Eddy On The Moat
01:37:01 - 05 - An Audience Of The King
02:05:00 - 06 - The Task Of The Queen's Servants
02:31:22 - 07 - The Message Of Simon The Huntsman
02:58:21 - 08 - The Temper Of Boris The Hound
03:23:45 - 09 - The King In The Hunting-Lodge
03:50:01 - 10 - The King In Strelsau
04:16:43 - 11 - What The Chancellor's Wife Saw
04:41:48 - 12 - Before Them All!
05:02:34 - 13 - A King Up His Sleeve
05:26:11 - 14 - The News Comes To Strelsau
05:47:54 - 15 - A Pastime For Colonel Sapt
06:12:46 - 16 - A Crowd In The Konigstrasse
06:38:39 - 17 - Young Rupert And The Play-Actor
07:06:04 - 18 - The Triumph Of The King
07:35:16 - 19 - For Our Love And Her Honour
08:04:07 - 20 - The Decision Of Heaven
08:34:44 - 21 - The Coming Of The Dream
This is the sequel to 'The Prisoner of Zenda'. Five years have passed. The King has become jealous of Rudolf Rassendyll and suspicious of the queen (Flavia)'s feelings towards him. Flavia decides that this must be the last year in which she sends to Rudolf the single red rose that betokens her love, and therefore she also sends via Fritz von Tarlenheim, her letter of good-bye.Count Rupert of Hentzau, banished from Ruritania after the incidents of the earlier book, is plotting his return. In furtherance of his scheme he obtains both letter and rose, and plots to place them before the King. Rudolf, Fritz and Sapt must prevent this at all costs... (Summary by Andy)
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