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Rudyard Kipling (1868 - 1936)

Barrack-Room Ballads is a collection of poems by Rudyard Kipling which describe life in the British Army, particularly in India, in his time. The poems are written in the voice and language of soldiers of that time. The collection includes some of his best known poems. 

Genre(s): Single author

Language: English

“The device on his shield was a young oak tree pulled up by the roots, with the Spanish word Desdichado, signifying Disinherited.” The novel opens with Mrs. Murray walking with two of her grandchildren along the banks of Loch Arroch in the Scottish border country. They appear to be well-to-do and distinguished, but all is not well within the family and sacrifices are necessary. 

Genre(s): Published 1800 -1900

Margaret O. Oliphant (1828 - 1897)

Frederick Adams Woods (1873 - 1939) and Alexander Baltzly

A study In the prevalence of war in Europe from 1400 to the present day. This small book summarises historical periods of peace compared to periods of war, as concluded by consultation with other historians, and seeks to answer the question as to if the incidence and duration of periods of national conflict were becoming more intense or not, and how the periods of war may correlate to other social trends.

Genre(s): War & Military, History

B. M. Bower (1871 - 1940)

This is an action-packed tale of the old west with richly drawn characters including the notorious Butch Cassidy, most of them upstanding but some decidedly not. A cashier is murdered during a bank robbery. The loot and the thieves are sought with dark concerns about who may be guilty. Family ties, ranch life, humor, and romance are interwoven throughout. B. M. Bower was one of the first women to write novels and short stories about the American Old West, of which more than 10 were adapted as films. 

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction

Jack London (1876 - 1916)

This is a political play which is set in Washington DC. Howard Knox is a congressman and believes that there are corrupt practices going on at the firm of a very wealthy industrialist. Knox is being helped by the industrialists daughter who is helping him to locate documents that will support his claims. 

Genre(s): Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers, Drama

Language: English

Lucian of Samosata (c. 125 - c. 180)

Dialogues of the Dead are 30 miniature dialogues mocking the Homeric conception of the Greek gods, originally written in Attic Greek by Syrian author Lucian of Samosata. Almost 1900 years old, these dialogues still retain a lot of their original humor and wit.

Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble (1809 - 1893)

These are 28 recordings of Faith by Fanny Kemble.

Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

Christopher Morley (1890 - 1957)

The great Canadian journalist and humorist ruminates and reflects upon his life and calling in this 1924 little gem. 

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works, Memoirs

H. Rider Haggard (1856 - 1925)

Rachel Dove is a British missionary's daughter in the wilds of Africa. Her life is turned around when fellow teenager Richard Darrien rescues her from a flash flood; their common initials alone may clue the reader in that these two are another pair of Haggard's predestined lovers. Some years later, after not having seen Richard in the meantime, Rachel runs afoul of one of the author's patented lustful villains, Ishmael, a renegade Englishman who plots with the Zulu king to have Rachel for his own. The rest of the story you'll have to listen to discover. 

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Fantastic Fiction

Arthur Young (1741 - 1820)

Arthur Young, an English agriculturist, set out to write a travelogue on the state of agriculture in France and found himself in the midst of the French Revolution. His report on life in the capital and in the countryside in the years 1787, 1788, and 1789, replete with droll traveler's mishaps, becomes an eyewitness account of a society on the brink of catastrophe. From the court scene at Versailles to backroads villages comes this astonishing record of unfolding events, conspiracy theories about the queen, jubilation, and mass hysteria. 

Genre(s): Travel & Geography, Memoirs, Early Modern