The World's Famous Orations, Vol. I: Greece by VARIOUS ( - ) and William Jennings BRYAN (1860 - 1925) and Francis Whiting HALSEY (1851 - 1919) Genre(s): Antiquity Read by: Jason in Panama, SK, Kathrine Engan, THBosc, Andrew Philologus, Jordan Watts, Linda Johnson, Brian Murphy, Brad Schliesser, Gail Nelson, Ann Boulais, Jim Locke, DJRickyV in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Preface 00:05:39 - 02 - Introduction 00:29:54 - 03 - Achilles' Reply to the Envoys by Homer 00:39:53 - 04 - Pericles - I. - In Favor of the Peloponnesian War 00:53:01 - 05 - Pericles - II. - On Those Who Died in the War 01:10:30 - 06 - Pericles - III. - In Defense of Himself 01:21:12 - 07 - Cleon - On the Punishment of the Mytileneans 01:32:39 - 08 - Alcibiades - I. - In Support of the Athenian Expedition to Sicily 01:43:45 - 09 - Alcibiades - II. - To the Spartans 01:47:00 - 10 - Nicias - Against the Sicilian Expedition 01:55:11 - 11 - Hermocrates - On the Union of Sicily Against Invaders 02:05:45 - 12 - Lysias - Against Eratosthenes 02:11:14 - 13 - Socrates - I. - In His Own Defense 02:29:22 - 14 - Socrates - II. - On Being Declared Guilty 02:36:56 - 15 - Socrates - III. - On Being Condemned to Death 02:47:45 - 16 - Isocrates - On the Union of Greece to Resist Persia 03:04:55 - 17 - Isaeus - In the Suit Against Dicæogenes and Leochares 03:18:15 - 18 - Demosthenes - I. - The Second Oration Against Philip 03:35:45 - 19 - Demosthenes - II. - On the State of the Chersonesus, part 1 03:55:05 - 20 - Demosthenes - II. - On the State of the Chersonesus, part 2 04:12:41 - 21 - Demosthenes - III. - On the Crown, part 1 04:43:17 - 22 - Demosthenes - III. - On the Crown, part 2 05:06:07 - 23 - Demosthenes - III. - On the Crown, part 3 05:32:25 - 24 - Aeschines - Against Ctesiphon; Or, On the Crown, part 1 05:58:42 - 25 - Aeschines - Against Ctesiphon; Or, On the Crown, part 2 06:27:27 - 26 - Aeschines - Against Ctesiphon; Or, On the Crown, part 3 06:50:01 - 27 - Dinarchus - Against Demosthenes This is the first volume in the ten volume collection of the world's most famous orations, as compiled by William Jennings Bryant and Francis Whiting Halsey. The first volume concerns ancient Greece, and contains such famous persons as Achilles, Pericles, and Socrates, with their most famous (legendary or traditional) orations and speeches. - Summary by Carolin More information: http://librivox.org/the-worlds-famous-orations-vol-i-by-various/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 2 by VARIOUS ( - ) Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Detective Fiction, Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers Read by: Jc Guan, Michael Wolf, Arielle Lipshaw, StephenC, Leonard Wilson, MaryAnn, rashada, cher0520, Vsilverlining, David Benjamin Goldstein, Bill Cissna in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 17 - The Dream Woman, part 1 00:21:23 - 18 - The Dream Woman, part 2 01:02:43 - 19 - The Dream Woman, part 3 01:34:00 - 20 - The Dream Woman, part 4 02:14:37 - 21 - The Lost Duchess, part 1 02:44:08 - 22 - The Lost Duchess, part 2 03:02:13 - 23 - The Minor Canon In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in this collection for the first time translated into English, and many of them come from unexpected sources, such as the letters of Pliny the Younger, or a Tibetan manuscript. In the second volume, we find stories written by English and Scotch authors. (Summary by Leni) More information: http://librivox.org/library-of-the-worlds-best-mystery-and-detective-stories-volume-2-by-julian-hawthorne-ed/