Modern Russian Poetry: An Anthology by VARIOUS ( - ), translated by Babette DEUTSCH (1895 - 1982) and Avrahm YARMOLINSKY (1890 - 1975) Genre(s): Anthologies Read by: Kevin W. Davidson in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 00 - Introduction 00:18:57 - 01 - Alexander Pushkin: A Nereid - 'Behold a Sower' - Three Springs - The Prophet - Verses Written During a Sleepless Night - Work - Madonna 00:27:35 - 02 - Yevgeny Baratynsky: Prayer; Alexey Koltzov: An Old Man's Song; Mikhail Lermontov: The Angel - The Cup of Live - Gratitude - From 'The Deamon,' Part I, xv - Captive Knight 00:38:44 - 03 - Fyodor Tyutchev: Twilight - 'As Ocean's Stream' - Silentium - Autumn Evening - July 14, At Night - 'Oh, Thou, My Wizard Soul'; Nikolai Nekrasov: 'The Capitals Are Ricked with Thunder' - 'My Poems!' - The Salt Song 00:49:00 - 04 - Alexey K. Tolstoy: 'My Little Almond Tree: - 'A Well and the Cherry Trees Swaying:' - 'Oh, the Ricks'; Apollon Maikov: Art - 'Upon This Wild Headland' - Summer Rain; Afanasy Shenshin-Foeth: 'Whispers, Timid Breathing: - The Aerial City - Swallows 01:00:44 - 05 - Yakov Polonsky: The Cosmic Fabric - Sorrow's Madness; Vladimir Solovyov: 'Below the Sultry Storm' - 'With Wavering Feet'; N. Minsky: Force - My Temple; Dmitry Merezhkovsky: A Prayer - The Trumpet Call - The Curse of Love 01:18:08 - 06 - Fyodor Solgub: The Amphora - The Dragon - 'When, Heaving on the Stormy Waters' - 'Austere the Music of My Songs' - The Devil's Swings; Zinaida Hippius: 'I seek for Rhythmic Whisperings' - Psyche - Creation 01:30:06 - 07 - Kinstantin Balmont: 'With My Fancy I Grasped' - Centuries of Centuries Will Pass - In the White Land - Hymn to Fire 01:42:44 - 08 - Valery Brusov: The Tryst - 'Radiant Ranks of Seraphim' - Benediction - Inevitability - The Fierce Birds - Eventide - 'Oh, Cover' - Saint Sebastian - The Coming Huns 01:54:44 - 09 - Ivan Bunin: Russian Spring - A Song - The God of Noon - In an Empty House - Flax; Vyacheslav Ivanov: The Catch - Autumn - Fountain - The Seeking of Self - Complaint - Narcissus: A Pompeiian Bronze - Funeral - The Holy Rose - Nomads of Beauty 02:10:38 - 10 - Yurgis Baltrushiatis: The Pendulum - The Surf; Maximillian Volshin: Cimmerian Twilight I-III - Sonnet XV (From the Sonnet-Cycle 'Lunaria') - Stigmata; Mikhail Kuzmin: 'Now Dry the Eyes' - 'Night Was Done' - From Alexandrian Songs 02:25:39 - 11 - Georgy Chulkov: 'Purple Autumn'; Alexander Blok: 'Into Crimson Dark' - The Unknown Woman - The Lady Unknown - 'A Little Black Man' - Russia - 'When Mountain-ash' - The Scythians - From 'The Twelve' : 9 02:44:12 - 12 - Andrey Bely: Messengers - Euthanasia - 'You Sit on the Bed There'; Victor Hofman: 'Still Was the Evening'; Vasily Bashkin: 'Upon the Black Brow of a Cliff' ; Sergey Gorodetzky: Yarila - The Birch Tree; Anna Akhmatova: 'Like a White Stone' - Confession - 'Broad Gold, the Evening' - Prayer 02:59:17 - 13 - Igor Severyanin: And It Passed by the Sea-Shore - A Russian Song - Spring Apple-Tree; Nikolai Kluyev: A Northern Poem - An Izba Song; Lubov Stolitza: A Lenten One 03:08:26 - 14 - Sergei Yesenin: 'Upon Green Hills' - Hopes Painted by the Autumn Cold' - 'In the Clear Cold' - Transfiguration: III; Z. Shishova: 'How Strange, Oh God'; Piotr Oreshin: Not by Hands Created 03:16:37 - 15 - Anatoly Marienhof: 'Savage, Nomad Hordes' - October This volume...aims to present the lyrical poetry of Russian for the last hundred years by a selection of poems translated by the editors...The principle of selection was, so far as might be, aesthetic. Poems were chosen less for their representative quality than for their immediate worth, and of course, their ability to stand the test of translation. Represented authors are: Alexander Pushkin, Yevgeny Baratynsky, Alexey Koltzov, Mikhail Lermontov, Fyodor Tyuchev, Nikolai Nerasov, Alexy K. Tolstoy, Apollon Maikov, Afanasy Shenshin-Foeth, Yakov Polonsky, Vladimir Solovyov, N. Minsky, Dmitry Merezhanovsky, Fyodor Sologub, Zinaida Hippius, Konstantin Balmont, Valery Brusov, Ivan Bunin, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Yuris Balthrushaitis, Maximillian Voloshin, Mikhail Kuzmin, Georgy Chulkov, Alexander Blok, Andrey Bely, Vasily Bashkin, Sergey Gorodetzky, Anna Akhmatova, Igor Severyanin, Nikolai Kluyev, Lubov Stolitza, Sergei Yesenin, Z. Shishova, Piotr Oreshin, and Anatoly Marienhov. (Summary by Kevin Davidson, and the editors) More information: http://librivox.org/modern-russian-poetry-an-anthology-by-various/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

How to Live on 24 Hours a Day (version 2) by Arnold BENNETT (1867 - 1931) Genre(s): Business & Economics, Self-Help Read by: Phil Chenevert in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 00 - PREFACE 00:11:17 - 01 - THE DAILY MIRACLE 00:18:47 - 02 - THE DESIRE TO EXCEED ONE'S PROGRAMME 00:25:51 - 03 - PRECAUTIONS BEFORE BEGINNING 00:33:08 - 04 - THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE 00:40:18 - 05 - TENNIS AND THE IMMORTAL SOUL 00:47:59 - 06 - REMEMBER HUMAN NATURE 00:54:26 - 07 - CONTROLLING THE MIND 01:01:12 - 08 - THE REFLECTIVE MOOD 01:08:26 - 09 - INTEREST IN THE ARTS 01:15:15 - 10 - NOTHING IN LIFE IS HUMDRUM 01:21:59 - 11 - SERIOUS READING 01:29:14 - 12 - DANGERS TO AVOID Are you really 'living', or just existing? Do you want to improve yourself or just continue to muddle through? Do you use the time given you each day, or just throw most of it away? These questions Bennett asks each of us and for those who want to really live and learn, offers very valuable advice. Time is the most precious of commodities states Bennett in this book. Many books have been written on how to live on a certain amount of money each day. And he added that the old adage 'time is money' understates the matter, as time can often produce money, but money cannot produce more time. Time is extremely limited, and Bennett urged others to make the best of the time remaining in their lives. Which of us lives on twenty-four hours a day? And when I say 'lives,' I do not mean exists, nor 'muddles through.' Which of us is free from that uneasy feeling that the 'great spending departments' of his daily life are not managed as they ought to be? [...] Which of us is not saying to himself -- which of us has not been saying to himself all his life: 'I shall alter that when I have a little more time'? We never shall have any more time. We have, and we have always had, all the time there is. - Summary from the author's preface and the reader. More information: http://librivox.org/how-to-live-on-24-hours-a-day-version-2-by-arnold-bennett/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

The Tyranny of the Dark by Hamlin Garland (1860 - 1940) Genre(s): Dramatic Readings, Horror & Supernatural Fiction Read by: in English Cover design by Annise}. Parts: Part 2 https://youtu.be/gV9kfdF5FJA Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Book 1, Chapters 1-4 00:37:01 - 02 - Book 1, Chapter 5 01:11:08 - 03 - Book 1, Chapter 6 01:41:06 - 04 - Book 1, Chapters 7-8 02:20:25 - 05 - Book 1, Chapters 9-10 02:56:14 - 06 - Book 2, Chapter 1 03:14:42 - 07 - Book 2, Chapter 2 03:47:04 - 08 - Book 2, Chapter 3 04:09:16 - 09 - Book 2, Chapter 4 04:44:02 - 10 - Book 2, Chapter 5 05:27:16 - 11 - Book 2, Chapter 6 05:48:28 - 12 - Book 2, Chapters 7-8 06:28:53 - 13 - Book 2, Chapter 9 Dr. Morton Serviss is a promising young scientist who believes in the here and now. Viola Lambert is a beautiful young woman who is haunted, and sometimes possessed, by the spirits of those who have died. After a chance meeting, they both are about to have their perceptions challenged. Viola longs to escape from the life of a medium, but is unable to do so. Her mother and her pastor both encourage her in her abilities, and besides, she believes that the spirits themselves will never release her. Dr. Serviss doesn't believe in spirits, but he does see the necessity of her escape from the life she is living, and he is determined to release her. - Summary by Devorah Allen THE CHARACTERS CONCERNED Those in the Light: Viola Lambert, the subject: AvailleMrs. Lambert, her mother: Nichole JamesJospeh Lambert, her step-father: ToddHWAnthony Clarke, her pastor: James R. HedrickDr. Britt, her physician: Mike ManolakesMorton Serviss, her lover: John PaytonKate Rice, her friend: Devorah AllenDr. Weissmann, her investigator: kromaineSimeon Pratt, her patron: Algy PugClinton Ward: Roger MelinMr. Lambert's Cook: Wayne CookeDinner Hostess: Jenn BrodaDinner Guest: Anthony JosephPratt's Guest 1: Jennifer WilsonPratt's Guest 2: Mira WilliamsA Detective: Mason LewisAn Author: Mira WilliamsPratt's Usher: Mason LewisPratt's Servant: Wayne CookePratt's Maid: ScarboDr. Tolman: Shawn ClaytonKate's Maid: Lauren-Emma BlakeA Reporter: Andrea AtwoodThose in the Dark:Waldron, her father: Mark KilkellyMacLeod, her 'control': Alan MapstoneWaltie, her poltergeist: Andrea AtwoodJennie Pratt, Pratt's eldest daughter: Jenn Broda'Loggy': Larry WilsonGreat Aunt Dosia: Jennifer WilsonAdele: Jenn BrodaMrs. Serviss: Jennifer WilsonMina: Jenn BrodaNarrated by: Michele Eaton More information: https://librivox.org/the-tyranny-of-the-dark-by-hamlin-garland/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

The Counter-Reformation by Adolphus Ward (1837 - 1924) Genre(s): Early Modern, Christianity - Other Read by: Pamela Nagami in English Cover design by Annise. Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Ch. 1: Introductory, Pt. 1 00:14:21 - 02 - Ch. 1: Introductory, Pt. 2 00:30:05 - 03 - Ch. 2: The Beginnings of the Catholic Revival, Pt. 1 00:48:10 - 04 - Ch. 2: The Beginnings of the Catholic Revival, Pt. 2 01:04:59 - 05 - Ch. 2: The Beginnings of the Catholic Revival, Pt. 3 01:21:36 - 06 - Ch. 2: The Beginnings of the Catholic Revival, Pt. 4 01:39:11 - 07 - Ch. 2: The Beginnings of the Catholic Revival, Pt. 5 01:53:08 - 08 - Ch. 3: The Council of Trent, Pt. 1 02:08:33 - 09 - Ch. 3: The Council of Trent, Pt. 2 02:24:40 - 10 - Ch. 3: The Council of Trent, Pt. 3 02:42:36 - 11 - Ch. 3: The Council of Trent, Pt. 4 02:58:11 - 12 - Ch. 3: The Council of Trent, Pt. 5 03:16:19 - 13 - Ch. 4: The Counter-Reformation at Its Height, Pt. 1 03:33:37 - 14 - Ch. 4: The Counter-Reformation at Its Height, Pt. 2 03:48:10 - 15 - Ch. 4: The Counter-Reformation at Its Height, Pt. 3 04:06:01 - 16 - Ch. 4: The Counter-Reformation at Its Height, Pt. 4 04:20:15 - 17 - Ch. 4: The Counter-Reformation at Its Height, Pt. 5 04:37:58 - 18 - Ch. 4: The Counter-Reformation at Its Height, Pt. 6 04:59:02 - 19 - Ch. 5: The Religious Conflict Merged in the Great War, Pt. 1 05:15:29 - 20 - Ch. 5: The Religious Conflict Merged in the Great War, Pt. 2 05:32:54 - 21 - Ch. 5: The Religious Conflict Merged in the Great War, Pt. 3 05:49:27 - 22 - Ch. 5: The Religious Conflict Merged in the Great War, Pt. 4 06:06:26 - 23 - Ch. 5: The Religious Conflict Merged in the Great War, Pt. 5 06:15:21 - 24 - Ch. 5: The Religious Conflict Merged in the Great War, Pt. 6 The Counter-Reformation, also called the Catholic Reformation, and remembered for its infamous Inquisition, was the period of Catholic resurgence which was initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation. Adolphus Ward writes, that it was 'a movement pursuing two objects...the regeneration of the Church of Rome, and the recovery of the losses inflicted upon her by the early successes of Protestantism...The onset of the combat is marked by the formal establishment of the Jesuit Order as a militant agency devoted alike to both of the purposes of the Counter-Reformation, and the meeting of the Council of Trent [1545-1563] under conditions excluding from its programme the task of conciliation.' It largely ended in 1648, when the Peace of Westphalia brought an end to the Thirty Years' War. (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.) More information: https://librivox.org/counter-reformation-by-adolphus-ward/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)