Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy by John Stuart MILL (1806 - 1873) Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Philosophy Read by: Gary Gilberd in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 00 - Preface and Contents 00:03:49 - 01 - Ch. 1 Of the Laws of Interchange between Nations pt. 1 00:34:43 - 02 - Ch. 1 Of the Laws of Interchange between Nations pt. 2 01:07:24 - 03 - Ch. 1 Of the Laws of Interchange between Nations pt. 3 01:34:04 - 04 - Ch. 2 Of the Influence of Consumption upon Production pt. 1 02:01:12 - 05 - Ch. 2 Of the Influence of Consumption upon Production pt. 2 02:32:26 - 06 - Ch. 3 On the Words Productive and Unproductive 02:56:46 - 07 - Ch. 4 On Profits, and Interest pt. 1 03:28:15 - 08 - Ch. 4 On Profits, and Interest pt. 2 03:56:38 - 09 - Ch. 5 On the Definition of Political Economy pt. 1 04:31:49 - 10 - Ch. 5 On the Definition of Political Economy pt. 2 05:05:06 - 11 - Ch. 5 On the Definition of Political Economy pt. 3 This is Mill's first work on economics. It foreshadows his Political Economy which was the standard Anglo-American Economics textbook of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Mill's economic theory moved from free market capitalism, to government intervention within the precepts of Utilitarianism, and finally to Socialism. [Summary written by Gary Gilberd] More information: http://librivox.org/essays-on-political-economy-by-john-stuart-mill/

Milton's Minor Poems by John MILTON (1608 - 1674) Genre(s): Single author Read by: Thomas A. Copeland in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Front Matter 1 (Preface) 00:22:00 - 02 - Front Matter 2 00:25:39 - 03 - On the Morning of Christ's Nativity 00:38:22 - 04 - The Passion 00:42:26 - 05 - On Time 00:43:57 - 06 - Upon the Circumcision 00:45:52 - 07 - At a Solemn Musick 00:47:58 - 08 - An Epitaph upon the Marchioness of Winchester 00:51:48 - 09 - Song, On May Morning 00:52:41 - 10 - On Shakespear, 1630 00:54:28 - 11 - On the University Carrier 00:55:45 - 12 - Another on the Same 00:57:59 - 13 - L'Allegro 01:05:42 - 14 - Il Penseroso 01:15:01 - 15 - (English) Sonnets, 1645 01:20:06 - 16 - Arcades 01:26:43 - 17 - Lycidas 01:40:25 - 18 - Introductory to Comus 01:47:16 - 19 - A Maske (Comus) 02:47:16 - 20 - Upon the Death of a Fair Infant 02:53:00 - 21 - At a Vacation Exercise 02:59:37 - 22 - Miscellaneous Poems 'On Shakespear 1630' typifies much of Milton's poetry. By some miracle never yet explained, at age 24 he managed to get a 16-line encomium included in the Second Folio of the Bard's collected works, 1632. Quite a coup! And this brand new M.A., never before published, used this brief poem to contradict Shakespeare's chief rival, the great Ben Jonson, whose 80-line panegyric had graced the First Folio eleven years earlier. Jonson had said that Shakespeare's monument was this living book, but Milton says, no, it is rather the readers who, stunned by the poet's verse, become living statues in his honor.You will find the same audacity here in the minor poems as in Paradise Lost, which treats of 'things unattempted yet in prose of rime.' You can hear it in the college student's satirical invitation (likely to the classmate next on the program) 'Rivers arise . . . ,' a travesty of the epic catalogue of rivers; and in his affectionately irreverent epitaph on Hobson (of 'Hobson's choice'), the stage coach driver for the boys of Cambridge; and again in a second epitaph on the same subject but offering a shameless burlesque of 'Metaphysical' conceits. Even in his paraphrase of Psalm VII, where he takes issue with the King James Version on two points of grammar at the end of the second stanza, he is clearly the man who will write 'How few somtimes may know, when thousands err.'Yet for all Milton's iconoclasm, he knows discipline. Some of the later sonnets undertake topics, express attitudes, and employ metrical devices which, by straining the delicate sonnet form almost—but not quite—to the breaking point, create such power as was never before borne by any sonnet. Such is the power of poetic discipline wedded to poetic genius.But it is in 'Lycidas' that Milton faces the ultimate test of inspiration vs. authority. He piles into the poem every known convention of the pastoral elegy form and even drags in by the heels St. Peter, who, as father of the Church, was a pastor, and these provide the cage within which he must work. Yet he brings them to life with such convincing shifts of sentiment—blaming, wishful thinking, savage resentment, brave facing of the truth, and finally acceptance—that they cease to be confining; sincerity transmutes his cage into his language, sincerity belying artifice. Summary by T. A. Copeland More information: https://librivox.org/miltons-minor-poems-by-john-milton/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Nocturne of Remembered Spring, and Other Poems by Conrad AIKEN (1889 - 1973) Genre(s): Poetry Read by: Expatriate in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Nocturne of Remembered Spring 00:07:35 - 02 - Meditation on a June Evening 00:17:10 - 03 - Discord 00:20:24 - 04 - 1915: The Trenches 00:28:21 - 05 - Sonata in Pathos 00:36:50 - 06 - White Nocturne 00:47:44 - 07 - Nocturne in a Minor Key 00:53:42 - 08 - Episode in Grey 01:01:27 - 09 - Innocence 01:21:45 - 10 - Dust in Starlight Written at the height of the Great War, the poems of this volume are suffused with a sense of melancholy and tragedy. Some of the poems (such as '1915: The Trenches') speak directly of war-time scenes and images, but even those which don't do so are permeated with a feeling of loss and desolation occasioned by the War. In spite of this pervading pathos, however, these poems are also filled with haunting beauty of imagery, drawn as Aiken so often does from natural images of wind, sea, and weather. - Summary by Expatriate More information: http://librivox.org/nocturne-of-remembered-spring-and-other-poems-by-conrad-aiken/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Bible (Reina Valera) 21: Eclesiastés o El Predicador by REINA-VALERA ( - ) Genre(s): Bibles Read by: Joyfull in Spanish Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Capítulo 01 00:02:59 - 02 - Capítulo 02 00:07:45 - 03 - Capítulo 03 00:11:08 - 04 - Capítulo 04 00:13:45 - 05 - Capítulo 05 00:17:09 - 06 - Capítulo 06 00:19:14 - 07 - Capítulo 07 00:23:13 - 08 - Capítulo 08 00:26:27 - 09 - Capítulo 09 00:30:06 - 10 - Capítulo 10 00:32:57 - 11 - Capítulo 11 00:34:54 - 12 - Capítulo 12 Eclesiastés o El Predicador contiene las reflexiones de un anciano, el 'Predicador', cuando considera la cuestión del significado de la vida. El predicador mira hacia atrás y ve la futilidad ('vanidad') de perseguir incluso las cosas buenas que esta vida puede ofrecer, incluyendo la sabiduría, el trabajo, el placer y la riqueza. Aún cuando tales cosas satisfacen por un tiempo, la muerte seguramente terminará con esa satisfacción. De hecho, el juicio de Dios sobre Adán por su pecado (Génesis 3:17-19) hace eco a través del libro. Sin embargo, la persona que vive en el temor del Señor puede disfrutar de los buenos dones de Dios. El predicador exhorta a los jóvenes a recordar a su Creador cuando aún tienen sus vidas enteras por delante (12:1). Tradicionalmente, los intérpretes de Eclesiastés han identificado al 'Predicador' a quien también se le llama 'el hijo de David, rey en Jerusalén' (1:1) como Salomón. Se estima que fue escrito durante el décimo siglo antes de Cristo.English translation:Ecclesiastes or The Preacher contains the reflections of an elder, the 'Preacher', when he considers the question of the meaning of life. The preacher looks back and sees the futility ('vanity') of pursuing even the good things this life can offer, including wisdom, work, pleasure and wealth. Even when such things satisfy for a time, death will surely end with that satisfaction. In fact, God's judgment on Adam for his sin (Genesis 3:17-19) echoes through the book. However, the person who lives in the fear of the Lord can enjoy the good gifts of God. The preacher exhorts the young to remember their Creator when they still have their whole lives ahead (12:1). Traditionally, the interpreters of Ecclesiastes have identified the 'Preacher' who is also called 'the son of David, king in Jerusalem' (1:1) as Solomon. It is estimated that it was written during the tenth century before Christ. Summary by Claudia R Barrett. More information: https://librivox.org/eclesiastes-by-reina-valera/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)