ToddHW
162 books
Historical Fiction
1.1K
Bolesław Prus - Pharaoh and the Priest
The Pharaoh and the Priest (Polish: Faraon) is the fourth and last major novel by the Polish writer Bolesław Prus. It was the sole historical novel by an author who had earlier disapproved of historical novels on the...
26 hours 23 minutes
Exploration
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Jules Verne - Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 1
The famous writer of great adventure stories Jules Verne wrote also several lesser known, but good non-fiction works. «Celebrated travels and travellers» tells the story of geographical discovery in the same well...
18 hours 23 minutes
Children's Fiction
1.1K
L. Frank Baum - Wonderful Wizard of Oz (version 4)
When Dorothy is swept away from her home in Kansas by a cyclone, she finds herself in a mysterious land inhabited by equally mysterious people. She is told that only Oz, the great Wizard, can help her get back home,...
3 hours 44 minutes
Poetry
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Charles Dickens - Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4
2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fourth volume; the first volume of short works — fiction, essays, poetry and speeches, previously unrecorded for LibriVox, was catalogued by Dickens'...
7 hours 25 minutes
*Non-fiction
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Thomas Stevens - Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. 2
Thomas Stevens was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle, a large-wheeled Ordinary. His journey started in April 1884 in San Francisco from where he cycled to Boston to take a steamer to England. Crossing...
19 hours 52 minutes