Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 4 by VARIOUS ( - ) Genre(s): Anthologies, Anthologies, Literary Collections Read by: Cynthia Moyer, ravenotation, Bellona Times, CaprishaPage, Pamela Krantz, Libby Gohn, Patti Cunningham, James E. Carson, Phil Chenevert, Andy Minter (1934-2017), rookieblue, MaryAnn, Bruce Pirie, Leni, Dan Darbandi, JamesMcAndrew, Alan Weyman, Leonard Wilson, Loveday, Steven Reynolds, Zarlino, Martin Geeson, Malone in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 18 - Essay on Charles Baudelaire 00:24:57 - 19 - Selected poems 00:32:42 - 20 - The Painter of Modern Life 00:42:20 - 21 - Selected excerpts 00:50:41 - 22 - Essay on Lord Beaconsfield 01:07:15 - 23 - A Day at Ems 01:17:17 - 24 - Excerpts from The Young Duke 01:45:50 - 25 - Lothair in Palestine 02:00:17 - 26 - Selected excerpts 02:33:13 - 27 - Essay on Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher 02:53:32 - 28 - Selected excerpts 03:45:58 - 29 - Selected excerpts 04:28:27 - 30 - Essay on Henry Ward Beecher 04:49:15 - 31 - Selected excerpts 05:05:36 - 32 - Sermon: Poverty and the Gospel 05:43:12 - 33 - A New England Sunday 06:12:20 - 34 - Letters 06:46:00 - 35 - Selected poems The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offering 'American households a mass of good reading', the editors drew from literature of all times and all kinds what they considered the best pieces of human writing, and compiled an ambitious collection of 45 volumes (with a 46th being an index-guide). Besides the selection and translation of a huge number of poems, letters, short stories and sections of books, the collection offers, before each chapter, a short essay about the author or subject in question. In many cases, chapters contemplate not one author, but certain groups of works, organized by nationality, subject or period; there is, thus, a chapter on Accadian-Babylonian literature, one on the Holy Grail, and one on Chansons, for example.The result is a collection that holds the interest, for the variety of subjects and forms, but also as a means of first contact with such famous and important authors that many people have heard of, but never read, such as Abelard, Dante or Lord Byron. According to the editor Charles Dudley Warner, this collection 'is not a library of reference only, but a library to be read.'This fourth volume contains chapters from 'Banim' to 'Birrell'. (Summary by Leni) More information: http://librivox.org/library-of-the-worlds-best-literature-ancient-and-modern-volume-4-by-charles-dudely-warner-ed/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

History of Biology by Louis Compton MIALL (1842 - 1921) Genre(s): Life Sciences Read by: J. M. Smallheer in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Introduction 00:11:06 - 02 - Period I (1530-1660), part 1 00:28:35 - 03 - Period I (1530-1660), part 2 00:40:40 - 04 - Period II (1661-1740), part 1 00:54:55 - 05 - Period II (1661-1740), part 2 01:14:29 - 06 - Period III (1741-1789), part 1 01:35:04 - 07 - Period III (1741-1789), part 2 02:07:27 - 08 - Period III (1741-1789), part 3 02:23:36 - 09 - Period IV (1790-1858), part 1 02:42:30 - 10 - Period IV (1790-1858), part 2 03:00:01 - 11 - Period IV (1790-1858), part 3 03:24:51 - 12 - Period V (1859 and later) 03:56:27 - 13 - Chronological Table (1200-1850) and The Subdivisions of Biology A history of biology from ancient times to Darwin and Pasteur by Louis Compton Miall, Professor of Biology, Fellow of the Royal Society, Fullerian Professor of Physiology and Comparative Anatomy at the University of Leeds. This book covers all the major advances in botany and zoology through the mid-1800's and concludes with the impact that Darwin's 'Origin of Species' and Pasteur's research into microorganisms will have on future generations of biologists. (Summary by J. M. Smallheer)'Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.' - Louis Pasteur More information: http://librivox.org/history-of-biology-by-louis-compton-miall/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)