David Wales
A Cruise in an Opium Clipper
Eamont was an opium clipper built in Cowes. It was the subject of an 1891 book, A cruise in an opium clipper, by Captain Lindsay Anderson. …
Youth and the Bright Medusa, and The Troll Garden
Youth and the Bright Medusa is a collection of eight short stories by Willa Cather, first published in 1920. This anthology showcases Cather…
The Old Ladies
“Quite a number of years ago there was an old rickety building on the rock above Seatown in Polchester, and it was one of a number in an old…
Strange Stories Of The Civil War
Here are twelve narratives of some events in the American Civil War, most told by a participant or contemporary observer. - Summary by David…
Werewolf -- Five Pieces
Five stories and essays about werewolves. - Summary by david wales
Custer Battlefield: A History And Guide To The Battle Of The Little Bighorn
It should be noted that this national park is now called the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. “The long, tragic history of Ind…
The Dwarf's Chamber And Other Stories
Short Stories by Fergus Hume, a prolific English novelist. - Summary by Wikipedia
A Changed Man And Other Tales
Eleven short stories. - Summary by david wales
Auguste Rodin
Rodin has pronounced Rilke's essay the supreme interpretation of his work. (From the translators’ Preface)Auguste Rodin, 1840-1917, was a …
Sherman’s Recollections of California, 1846-1848, 1855-1857, from his Memoirs
This LibriVox recording comprises three chapters from American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Memoirs. The chapters deal with…
The Grim Smile Of The Five Towns
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns (1907) is the second major collection of stories written by Arnold Bennett. (The first is Tales Of The Five…
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes Of The Civil War
Seven narratives published in the late nineteenth century and assembled in this 1913 collection. - Summary by david wales
Stories From Wagner
Eleven stories of eleven operas by Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold. Die Walküre. Siegfried. Götterdämmerung. Parsifal. Lohengrin. Ta…
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day by Edward Everett Hale is a heartwarming collection of ten short stories that capture the spirit of the holi…
The Thirteen Travelers
The year is 1919 and peace has sprung upon the world after the unspeakable carnage of World War I. The place is Hortons, a building of expen…
Izaak Walton's Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker and George Herbert
The full title of Walton's book of short biographies is, Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich'd Hooker, George Herbert, &C. Sir Henry…
St Andrews Ghost Stories
Seventeen ghost stories (fourth edition published 1921) centered around the ruined medieval cathedral of Saint Andrew in the Scots city of t…
The Backwash Of War: The Human Wreckage Of The Battlefield As Witnessed By An American Hospital Nurse
Ellen Newbold La Motte (1873–1961) was an American nurse, journalist and author. … and in 1915 volunteered as one of the first American war …
A Touch of the Sun and Other Stories
A Touch of the Sun presents a collection of four evocative short stories by Mary Hallock Foote, an author renowned for her vivid portrayals …
An Apache Campaign In The Sierra Madre
An account of the expedition [of the U.S. Army] in pursuit of the hostile Chiricahua Apaches in the spring of 1883. (Book subtitle) Bourke w…