Archive for the 'Weekly Picks' Category

New staff picks

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

A new selection of recordings for you to try!
The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
2009 is the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth. This is a vivid and exciting travel memoir as well as a detailed scientific field journal, read by various readers.
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Different characters (and readers) in [...]

More listening choices

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Here are this week’s ideas for listening:
A House-Boat on the Styx by John Kendrick Bangs
The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith
Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter
Memoir of Jane Austen by James Edward Austen-Leigh
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens
The Awful German Language by Mark Twain
The [...]

Our picks for your listening pleasure

Friday, January 9th, 2009

Every week or so, we will be selecting a number of recordings that we think you may enjoy, including classics and less well-known items.
The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo
Howards End by E. M. Forster
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume
A Lady’s Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 by [...]

New Year’s Picks

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

For our worldwide community, here are our New Year’s picks for your cold winter evenings or hot sunny days:
Old and New Year Ditties by Christina Rossetti
The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope
Love Among the Chickens by P. G. Wodehouse
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Die Elixiere des Teufels by E.T.A. Hoffmann
The Man Who [...]

Christmas Choices

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

We have selected a few seasonal recordings for your holiday enjoyment! :D
Christmas Short Works Collection 2008 (multilingual)
Christmas Short Works Collection 2007
Christmas Short Works Collection 2006
Nussknacker und Mausekönig
The Spirit of Christmas
A Christmas Carol
Santa Claus’s Partner
The Seven Poor Travellers
The Story of the Other Wise Man
The Birds’ Christmas Carol
I hope you enjoy them, and wish you all [...]

Weekly Picks: War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

Solo read by Rebecca.
Collaborative read by Stephan Möbius, Chris Goringe, Peter Yearsley, Joseph Morris, Kara Shallenberg, Mike Shapiro, Tony Gray, Kristin Luoma, Chip, Kathleen (Kathy) P. King, and Jean Crevier.
NOTE: “War of the Worlds” is under copyright until 2016 in the UK and EU. If you are in these juristictions, then downloading the LibriVox audio [...]

Weekly Picks: The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

Friday, October 27th, 2006

Read by Barbara Bear and Mama Bear.
You haven’t fully experienced the diversity of LibriVox until you have listened to some of the recordings by our younger readers. This recording is a duet by mother and daughter reading one of the classic children’s stories. These two readers bring the book to life together.
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Weekly Picks: Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children by James Baldwin

Friday, October 13th, 2006

Read by Denny Sayers.
Denny’s reading of “Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children” is a great introduction to some of our children’s literature at LibriVox. He does a great job drawing the listener into the story. This classic story has been adapted for children and Denny’s love of children comes through in how he tells the [...]

Weekly Picks: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Friday, October 6th, 2006

Read by Kristin LeMoine (Luoma).
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad has been interperted many different ways since its publication in 1899. It has been the inspiration for T.S. Eliot’s “The Hollow Men” and Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocolypse Now. Given the varying reactions to the text, this reading by Kristin avoids the potential pitfalls of over-interpertation, [...]

Weekly Picks: Call of the Wild by Jack London

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

Read by Gordon Mackenzie, Kristen McQuillin, Jean O’Sullivan, and Miette.
A considerable portion of projects in our catalog here at LibriVox are what we call collaborative works. These are completed works that have been read by multiple people, often one person to each chapter or two. If you’re unfamiliar with these collaborative works, Call of the [...]