Archive for the 'Books' Category

Underneath

Saturday, June 1st, 2013

The summer is almost here, a perfect time to hunt for treasures. Go on a search for the things that are hidden from view with 10 gems from our catalog. Very hidden from view is a young lady who, because of an accident, is now invisible, at times at least. The British government is eager [...]

Mother Nature

Monday, April 1st, 2013

Mother Earth is celebrated wordwide on Earth Day, April 22nd. Have a great party with 10 gems from our catalogue! No feat(ure) of nature is so widely discussed, praised and condemmed as – the weather. J. G. M’Pherson explains all its details in his 1905 science book Meteorology. Mostly monotone weather is expected by Mary, [...]

Like Day and Night

Friday, March 1st, 2013

On the equinox both day and night are 12 hours long. The following 10 gems from our catalog are concerned with differences – and equality. Photogen is a boy who never saw the moon. Nycteris is a girl who never saw the sun. Find out what happens when The Day Boy and the Night Girl [...]

The Color Black

Friday, February 1st, 2013

Slavery – a black chapter in human history. Find out what it meant for those involved, even after its abolishment, from 10 gems of our catalog. Clotel, the President’s Daughter, lived a quite comfortable life – until the death of her father. Still legally a slave, she and her mother and sister end up at [...]

After the Apocalypse

Tuesday, January 1st, 2013

Happy New Year! And happy it is indeed, as we have just survived the latest apocalypse of 21. December 2012… However, it’s never too early to prepare for the next one – with 10 gems from our catalog. The major problem of people predicting the End of the World is that hardly anyone believes them. [...]

Children Only

Saturday, December 1st, 2012

It’s that time of the year again: the holidays are coming up! To ease your kid’s anxiety (and your own), try the following 10 gems from our catalog. There is nothing worse than having to stay at school during the holidays! The boring time expected by Gerald, James and Kathleen turns into a series of [...]

LibriVox World Tour 2012: AFRICA

Thursday, November 1st, 2012

Welcome to the sixth and last leg of our World Tour, where we return to the cradle of mankind and make a roundtour with 10 gems from our catalog. Let’s start our journey in Algeria, where we meet Tartarin of Tarascon who is in search of nothing less than lions. Read the funny novel by [...]

Animals

Sunday, September 30th, 2012

October 4th is World Animal Day. That’s a perfect excuse to get your critters an extra treat and celebrate with 10 gems from our catalog. Imagine taking a walk with your partner, and all of a sudden she turns into an animal. This is what happens to Richard Tebrick in David Garnett’s book Lady into [...]

LibriVox World Tour 2012: SOUTH AMERICA

Friday, August 31st, 2012

Welcome to the fifth leg of our Librivox World Tour, where we are taking a trip through South America with 10 gems from our catalog. We are coming from the North into South America, just like the cocoa plant. Chocolate: or An Indian Drinke, our recording of the 17th century book by Antonio Colmenero des [...]

LibriVox World Tour 2012: NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA

Tuesday, July 31st, 2012

Welcome to the fourth leg of our LibriVox World Tour! Enjoy our trip through the New World with 10 gems from our catalog. Perfectly suited to us cheechako’s – newcomers – in these lands are the Selections from Ballads of a Cheechako by Robert W. Service, one of the best known Canadian poets. Newcomers also [...]