Michael Armenta

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King James Version

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King James Version (KJV) - Bible (KJV), Complete

The 1769 Oxford Edition. The King James Bible is one of the most important books in the English speaking world, so influential that its language permeates facets of society from religion, politics, literature, art,...

Michael Armenta 100 hours 45 minutes Bible (King James Version)

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David Copperfield - Condensed by the Author for his Dramatic Readings in America

Literary Fiction

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Charles Dickens - David Copperfield - Condensed by the Author for his Dramatic Readings in America

«This short collection of 6 selected scenes from „David Copperfield“ were abridged and performed by Dickens himself during his American Tour of 1867 and 1868.»- Summary by Michael Armenta

Michael Armenta 1 hour 47 minutes

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Christmas Carol - Condensed by the Author for his Dramatic Readings

Children's Fiction

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Charles Dickens - Christmas Carol - Condensed by the Author for his Dramatic Readings

This very special abridged version was written and performed by Dickens himself during his American Tour of 1862. Without the more terrifying and dark elements of the full length novel, its hour and a half length, and...

Michael Armenta 1 hour 37 minutes

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Origin Of Species by Means of Natural Selection (version 2)

Life Sciences

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Charles Darwin - Origin Of Species by Means of Natural Selection (version 2)

This is the 6th and last edition of «On The Origin of Species» with all additions and corrections, often considered the Definitive Edition.

Michael Armenta 23 hours 44 minutes

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Sonnets

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John Donne - Holy Sonnets (version 2)

The Holy Sonnets—also known as the Divine Meditations or Divine Sonnets—are a series of nineteen poems by the English poet John Donne (1572–1631). The sonnets were first published in 1633—two years after Donne's...

Michael Armenta 28 minutes

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Anthologies

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Short Poetry Collection 122

This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for July 2013.

Allan Bar and 12 more 1 hour 47 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Le Gallienne) - Version 2

Poetry

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Omar Khayyám - Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Le Gallienne) - Version 2

One of the greatest works of poetry in history, this lyric poem presents the deep feelings and emotions of the poet on subjects such as life, death, love, God and destiny. (Summary by Michael Armenta)

Michael Armenta 1 hour 27 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 130

This is a collection of 17 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2014.

Kasper and 10 more 49 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Poetry

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Fulke Greville - Treatise of Religion

Part diatribe, part discourse, part sermon and part stand-up comedy, this is Fulke Greville's 114 stanza, verse-poem about religious hypocrisy. (Summary by Michael Armenta)

Michael Armenta 52 minutes

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Iliad of Homer, Rendered into English Blank Verse

Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Homer - Iliad of Homer, Rendered into English Blank Verse

«It must equally be considered a splendid performance; and for the present we have no hesitation in saying that it is by far the best representation of Homer's Iliad in the English language.» — London Times, 1865...

Michael Armenta 25 hours 11 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Aesop - Three Hundred Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral...

Michael Armenta 5 hours 54 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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