Ruth Golding

272 books

New Discussed TOP By time

Science Fiction

439

Gabriel Tarde - Underground Man

This post-apocalyptic novella tells the story of the downfall of civilisation and mankind following a solar cataclysm in the late 20th century. To survive, the remnants of humanity had to build a new civilization...

Ruth Golding 2 hours 55 minutes

No comments

Poetry

426

Short Poetry Collection 132

This is a collection of 19 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for May 2014.

Malcolm Fisher and 12 more 35 minutes Short Poetry Collections

No comments

Essays & Short Works

447

James Elroy Flecker - Collected Prose

Best remembered for his poetry, James Elroy Flecker was also a playwright, novelist and prose writer. This collection of his idiosyncratic prose writings includes The Last Generation (a short science fiction story),...

Phil Benson and 5 more 7 hours 19 minutes

No comments

Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

472

Charles Hamilton Sorley - Army of Death

Captain Sorley was among 16 Great War poets commemorated in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner. The inscription was written by Wilfred Owen. It reads: «My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the...

Carol Box and 21 more 31 minutes

No comments

Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

446

Richard Dennys - Better Far to Pass Away

At this time of year, we dedicate the Fortnightly Poetry project to the fallen in war. This poem, written at a time when the average life expectancy of an officer at the front was a mere six weeks, vividly...

Algy Pug and 8 more 18 minutes

No comments

Family Life

485

Fireside Christmas Short Stories

A collection of Christmas-themed short stories, intended to warm the heart and share with the family. Each story or poem in this collection is unique: some make us pause to consider the meaning of Christmas, others...

Lynne T and 11 more 3 hours 35 minutes

No comments

Essays & Short Works

495

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 031

Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the Faust Legend, Stephen Crane, Sundials and the Statue of Liberty. (Summary by Sue Anderson)

Craig Campbell and 11 more 7 hours 32 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

No comments

Culture & Heritage Fiction

543

E. Pauline Johnson - Fire - Flowers

LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Fire — Flowers by E. Pauline Johnson. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for August 18, 2013. Fire-Flowers is taken from the book, Flint and Feather: Collected...

ashleighjane and 16 more 16 minutes

No comments

Fantastic Fiction

444

Thomas More - Utopia (Robinson translation)

Originally entitled A frutefull pleasaunt, and wittie worke of the beste state of publique weale, & of the newe yle, called Utopia: written in Latine , by… Syr Thomas More knyght, and translated into Englishe by...

Ruth Golding 6 hours 3 minutes

No comments

Guide to Modern Cookery (Le Guide Culinaire) Part I: Fundamental Elements

*Non-fiction

584

Auguste Escoffier - Guide to Modern Cookery (Le Guide Culinaire) Part I: Fundamental Elements

Le Guide Culinaire can be regarded as the ‘Bible’ of modern cooking. It was Escoffier's attempt to codify and streamline the French restaurant food of the day. The original text was printed for the use of...

Marian Cervassi and 6 more 7 hours 10 minutes

No comments

Poetry

524

Robert Frost - Hillside Thaw

LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of The Hillside Thaw by Robert Frost. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 5th, 2013.

Dean McCollaum and 9 more 23 minutes

No comments

Poetry

423

Vachel Lindsay - Conscientious Deacon

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of The Conscientious Deacon by Vachel Lindsay. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 5th, 2013. Vachel Lindsay described this poem as «a song to be syncopated...

Dean McCollaum and 13 more 19 minutes

No comments

New

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

Show all