Science of Getting Rich ch 4 First Principle in the Science Of Getting Reach Free Audiobook

Science of Getting Rich ch 4 First Principle in the Science Of Getting Reach Free Audiobook

Carmen by Prosper Mérimée 2:2 Novella Free Audiobook Downloads Tale Teller Club.
chapter 2 part 2 of carmen this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org carmen by prosper mary may translated by mary lloyd 1853-1936 chapter two part two i very much doubt whether senorita carmen was a pure-blooded gypsy at all events she was infinitely prettier than any other woman of her race i have ever seen for a woman to be beautiful they say in spain she must fulfill 30 ifs or if it please you better you must be able to define her appearance by ten adjectives applicable to three portions of her person for instance three things about her must be black her eyes her eyelashes and her eyebrows three must be dainty her fingers her lips her hair and so forth for the rest of this inventory si batrome my gypsy girl could lay no claim to so many perfections her skin though perfectly smooth was almost of a copper hue her eyes were set obliquely in her head but they were magnificent and large her lips a little full but beautifully shaped revealed a set of teeth as white as newly skinned almonds her hair a trifle course perhaps was black with blue lights in it like a raven's wing long and glossy not to weary my readers with two prologues of description i will merely add that to every blemish she united some advantage which was perhaps all the more evident by contrast there was something strange and wild about her beauty her face astonished you at first sight but nobody could forget it her eyes especially had an expression of mingled sensuality and fierceness which i have never seen in any other human glance gypsy's eyes wolf's eyes it's a spanish saying which denotes close observation if my readers have no time to go to the jadhander plant to study a wolf's expression they will do well to watch the ordinary cat when it is lying in wait for a sparrow it will be understood that i should have looked ridiculous if i had proposed to go have my fortune told in a cafe i therefore begged the pretty witch's leave to go home with her she made no difficulties about consenting but she wanted to know what a clock it was again and requested me to make my repeater strike once more is it really gold she said gazing at it with wrapped attention when we started off again it was quite dark most of the shops were shut and the streets were almost empty we crossed the bridge over the guadalupe and at the far end of the suburb we stopped in front of a house of anything but palatial appearance the door was opened by a child to whom the gypsy spoke a few words in a language unknown to me which i afterward understood to be romani or chile kale the gypsy idiom the child instantly disappeared leaving us in sole possession of a tolerable spacious room furnished with a small table two stools and a chest i must not forget to mention a jar of water a pile of oranges and a bunch of onions as soon as we were left alone the gypsy produced out of her chest a pack of cards bearing signs of constant usage a magnet a dried chameleon and a few other indispensable adjuncts of her art then she made me cross my left hand with a silver coin and the magic ceremonies duly began it is unnecessary to chronicle her predictions and as for the style of her performance it proved her to be no mean sorceress unluckily we were soon disturbed the door was suddenly burst open and a man shrouded to the eyes and a brown cloak entered the room apostrophizing the gypsy in anything but gentle terms what he said i could not catch but the tone of his voice revealed the fact that he was in a very evil temper the gypsy betrayed neither surprise nor anger at his advent but she ran to meet him and with a most striking vulnerability she poured out several sentences in the mysterious language she had already used my presence the word palo frequency reiterated was the only one i understood i knew that the gypsies used...

Carmen by Prosper Mérimée 2:2 Novella Free Audiobook Downloads Tale Teller Club.
chapter 2 part 2 of carmen this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org carmen by prosper mary may translated by mary lloyd 1853-1936 chapter two part two i very much doubt whether senorita carmen was a pure-blooded gypsy at all events she was infinitely prettier than any other woman of her race i have ever seen for a woman to be beautiful they say in spain she must fulfill 30 ifs or if it please you better you must be able to define her appearance by ten adjectives applicable to three portions of her person for instance three things about her must be black her eyes her eyelashes and her eyebrows three must be dainty her fingers her lips her hair and so forth for the rest of this inventory si batrome my gypsy girl could lay no claim to so many perfections her skin though perfectly smooth was almost of a copper hue her eyes were set obliquely in her head but they were magnificent and large her lips a little full but beautifully shaped revealed a set of teeth as white as newly skinned almonds her hair a trifle course perhaps was black with blue lights in it like a raven's wing long and glossy not to weary my readers with two prologues of description i will merely add that to every blemish she united some advantage which was perhaps all the more evident by contrast there was something strange and wild about her beauty her face astonished you at first sight but nobody could forget it her eyes especially had an expression of mingled sensuality and fierceness which i have never seen in any other human glance gypsy's eyes wolf's eyes it's a spanish saying which denotes close observation if my readers have no time to go to the jadhander plant to study a wolf's expression they will do well to watch the ordinary cat when it is lying in wait for a sparrow it will be understood that i should have looked ridiculous if i had proposed to go have my fortune told in a cafe i therefore begged the pretty witch's leave to go home with her she made no difficulties about consenting but she wanted to know what a clock it was again and requested me to make my repeater strike once more is it really gold she said gazing at it with wrapped attention when we started off again it was quite dark most of the shops were shut and the streets were almost empty we crossed the bridge over the guadalupe and at the far end of the suburb we stopped in front of a house of anything but palatial appearance the door was opened by a child to whom the gypsy spoke a few words in a language unknown to me which i afterward understood to be romani or chile kale the gypsy idiom the child instantly disappeared leaving us in sole possession of a tolerable spacious room furnished with a small table two stools and a chest i must not forget to mention a jar of water a pile of oranges and a bunch of onions as soon as we were left alone the gypsy produced out of her chest a pack of cards bearing signs of constant usage a magnet a dried chameleon and a few other indispensable adjuncts of her art then she made me cross my left hand with a silver coin and the magic ceremonies duly began it is unnecessary to chronicle her predictions and as for the style of her performance it proved her to be no mean sorceress unluckily we were soon disturbed the door was suddenly burst open and a man shrouded to the eyes and a brown cloak entered the room apostrophizing the gypsy in anything but gentle terms what he said i could not catch but the tone of his voice revealed the fact that he was in a very evil temper the gypsy betrayed neither surprise nor anger at his advent but she ran to meet him and with a most striking vulnerability she poured out several sentences in the mysterious language she had already used my presence the word palo frequency reiterated was the only one i understood i knew that the gypsies used...

John and Sebastian Cabot's Voyages Discoverers and Explorers by Edward R. Shaw 6

chapter 6 of discoverers and explorers this librivox recording is in the public domain discoverers and explorers by edward r shaw chapter 6 amerigo vespucci amerigo vespucci was a native of florence italy and a friend of columbus he was an educated man and very fond of study at the time in which he lived it was difficult to find the latitude and longitude of places and few people were able to calculate either correctly vespucci was skillful in the work of computing longitude and he was also well versed in the history of all the voyages that had been made he was familiar with the facts of astronomy and geography then known and was well able to conduct the sailing of a ship into strange waters it is believed that vespucci made six voyages he did not command his own vessels as columbus did but he went with the expedition as assistant or advisor to the captain keeping records of the voyage and making maps and charts in his first voyage made in 1497 vespucci reached the coast of honduras and sailed into the gulf of mexico here he found probably on the coast of yucatan a queer little sea village which reminded him of the great city of venice near his home the houses in this little village were made of wood and were built on piles running out into the water these houses were connected with the shore by bridges which were constructed in such a manner that they could be drawn up thus cutting off all connection with the land in one house vespucci found 600 people a very large family was it not continuing the voyage around the gulf of mexico vespucci saw many strange and wonderful things the natives roasted and ate frightful animals which from the description given us we now know to have been alligators they also made cakes or patties out of fish and bake them on red-hot coals the spaniards were invited to taste these dainties and those of the sailors who did so found the strange food very palatable after sailing around the coast of florida the ships headed northeast landing every now and then for the purpose of trading with the indians the spaniards finding but little gold and none of the rich spices for which they were looking at last decided to return home just before sailing some friendly indians helped the spaniards to make an attack upon a cannibal island the attack was successful and about 200 cannibals were taken prisoners and carried to spain where they were sold as slaves vespucci made a second voyage in 1499 in which he sailed down the african coast to the cape verde islands and then headed his ship almost directly west he cited land at cape saint rouge and then sailed northwest exploring the north coast of south america then called the pearl coast after this he returned to spain shortly after the return of vespucci to spain he accepted an offer to take service under the portuguese flag in 1501 he set sail from lisbon with three caravals under this flag he reached the coast of south america near cape stroke and sailed south as far as the south georgia islands as he proceeded southward he found the country was inhabited by fierce indians who ate their fellow creatures he did not like the natives as you may suppose but he thought the country was beautiful with the wonderful verger and foliage of the tropics and the queer animals and bright-colored birds great was the joy of vespucci when he discovered in the forest large quantities of a sort of red dyewood which was prized very highly by europeans this wood which had hitherto been found only in eastern countries was called brazilwood and because of its abundance there he gave the name brazil to that part of the country the expedition sailed slowly on and at length lost sight of land it is thought that vespucci headed the ship's southeast because he wished to find out whether there was land or not in the antarctic ocean as they sailed farther and farther south the climate became very...

John and Sebastian Cabot's Voyages Discoverers and Explorers by Edward R. Shaw 6

chapter 6 of discoverers and explorers this librivox recording is in the public domain discoverers and explorers by edward r shaw chapter 6 amerigo vespucci amerigo vespucci was a native of florence italy and a friend of columbus he was an educated man and very fond of study at the time in which he lived it was difficult to find the latitude and longitude of places and few people were able to calculate either correctly vespucci was skillful in the work of computing longitude and he was also well versed in the history of all the voyages that had been made he was familiar with the facts of astronomy and geography then known and was well able to conduct the sailing of a ship into strange waters it is believed that vespucci made six voyages he did not command his own vessels as columbus did but he went with the expedition as assistant or advisor to the captain keeping records of the voyage and making maps and charts in his first voyage made in 1497 vespucci reached the coast of honduras and sailed into the gulf of mexico here he found probably on the coast of yucatan a queer little sea village which reminded him of the great city of venice near his home the houses in this little village were made of wood and were built on piles running out into the water these houses were connected with the shore by bridges which were constructed in such a manner that they could be drawn up thus cutting off all connection with the land in one house vespucci found 600 people a very large family was it not continuing the voyage around the gulf of mexico vespucci saw many strange and wonderful things the natives roasted and ate frightful animals which from the description given us we now know to have been alligators they also made cakes or patties out of fish and bake them on red-hot coals the spaniards were invited to taste these dainties and those of the sailors who did so found the strange food very palatable after sailing around the coast of florida the ships headed northeast landing every now and then for the purpose of trading with the indians the spaniards finding but little gold and none of the rich spices for which they were looking at last decided to return home just before sailing some friendly indians helped the spaniards to make an attack upon a cannibal island the attack was successful and about 200 cannibals were taken prisoners and carried to spain where they were sold as slaves vespucci made a second voyage in 1499 in which he sailed down the african coast to the cape verde islands and then headed his ship almost directly west he cited land at cape saint rouge and then sailed northwest exploring the north coast of south america then called the pearl coast after this he returned to spain shortly after the return of vespucci to spain he accepted an offer to take service under the portuguese flag in 1501 he set sail from lisbon with three caravals under this flag he reached the coast of south america near cape stroke and sailed south as far as the south georgia islands as he proceeded southward he found the country was inhabited by fierce indians who ate their fellow creatures he did not like the natives as you may suppose but he thought the country was beautiful with the wonderful verger and foliage of the tropics and the queer animals and bright-colored birds great was the joy of vespucci when he discovered in the forest large quantities of a sort of red dyewood which was prized very highly by europeans this wood which had hitherto been found only in eastern countries was called brazilwood and because of its abundance there he gave the name brazil to that part of the country the expedition sailed slowly on and at length lost sight of land it is thought that vespucci headed the ship's southeast because he wished to find out whether there was land or not in the antarctic ocean as they sailed farther and farther south the climate became very...

John and Sebastian Cabot's Voyages Discoverers and Explorers by Edward R. Shaw 5

chapter 5 of discoverers and explorers this librivox recording is in the public domain discoverers and explorers by edward r shaw chapter 5 john and sebastian cabot's voyages john cabot was a venetian merchant and a bold seafaring man for purposes of trade he had taken up his home in bristol england bristol at that time was the most important seaport of england and carried on a large fishing trade with iceland when the news of the voyage of columbus reached bristol cabot begged the english king henry vii to let him go and see if he could find a shorter route to the indies the king gave his consent and told cabot to take possession of any land he might discover for england cabot fitted out his vessel and taking his son sebastian and a crew of 18 men with him set sail in 1497. he headed his ship westward hoping to reach the spice islands and that part of asia which was so rich in gold and which columbus had failed to find at last one sunny morning in june land was sighted in the distance this land which was probably a part of nova scotia proved to be a lonely shore with dense forests cabot called it land first scene it was entirely deserted not a human being nor a hud of any kind being in sight here cabot and his son sebastian and some of his crew went ashore and were the first white men accepting the norsemen to step upon the mainland of america up to this time columbus had discovered only islands of the west indies a year later than this he discovered the continent of south america cabot and his companions erected a large cross on the shore and planted two flagpoles in the ground from which they unfurled the english and venetian flags then they returned to their ships and after sailing about the gulf of saint lawrence went back to england king henry and the people received john cabot with great honor everybody thought that cabot had reached asia and he also believed that he had he was called the great admiral and the people of bristol ran after him on the street shouting his name and trying in every way to show him how much they admired and honored him the king gave him fifty dollars in money which seems to us in these days a small sum for so long and dangerous a voyage besides this the king urged him to undertake another voyage about a year later sebastian cabot made the second voyage and this time the gloomy shore of labrador was reached sebastian on his voyage sailed far north passing many icebergs and seeing many strange and wonderful sights on great blocks of ice that floated past the ship he saw immense white bears these bears were fine swimmers and would often leap into the water and bring out fish which they would devour greedily the waters were filled with fish and as the ship neared the shore they grew so numerous as almost to [ __ ] the sailing of the vessel now said cabot the english will not have to go to iceland anymore for fish but cabot knew that the lands he was seeking were warm lands so he turned his vessel south hoping to reach some opening which would lead to them to his great surprise he found the coast very long and without any opening and he sailed on and on as far as maryland taking possession of the land for england at places along this shore were seen indians clad in skins and furs of wild animals fishing from little canoes stags much larger than any in england were seen in great numbers and wild turkeys and game of all sorts abounded then sebastian cabot began to think that this was a part of asia never known before and he set sail for home to tell the wonderful news when he reached bristol he found everybody still interested in india it was a water route to india that was wanted and not a new country people cared more about reaching golden cathay than about finding new barren lands so although king henry was proud to know that the new land belonged to england it was 11 years before he made any further...

John and Sebastian Cabot's Voyages Discoverers and Explorers by Edward R. Shaw 5

chapter 5 of discoverers and explorers this librivox recording is in the public domain discoverers and explorers by edward r shaw chapter 5 john and sebastian cabot's voyages john cabot was a venetian merchant and a bold seafaring man for purposes of trade he had taken up his home in bristol england bristol at that time was the most important seaport of england and carried on a large fishing trade with iceland when the news of the voyage of columbus reached bristol cabot begged the english king henry vii to let him go and see if he could find a shorter route to the indies the king gave his consent and told cabot to take possession of any land he might discover for england cabot fitted out his vessel and taking his son sebastian and a crew of 18 men with him set sail in 1497. he headed his ship westward hoping to reach the spice islands and that part of asia which was so rich in gold and which columbus had failed to find at last one sunny morning in june land was sighted in the distance this land which was probably a part of nova scotia proved to be a lonely shore with dense forests cabot called it land first scene it was entirely deserted not a human being nor a hud of any kind being in sight here cabot and his son sebastian and some of his crew went ashore and were the first white men accepting the norsemen to step upon the mainland of america up to this time columbus had discovered only islands of the west indies a year later than this he discovered the continent of south america cabot and his companions erected a large cross on the shore and planted two flagpoles in the ground from which they unfurled the english and venetian flags then they returned to their ships and after sailing about the gulf of saint lawrence went back to england king henry and the people received john cabot with great honor everybody thought that cabot had reached asia and he also believed that he had he was called the great admiral and the people of bristol ran after him on the street shouting his name and trying in every way to show him how much they admired and honored him the king gave him fifty dollars in money which seems to us in these days a small sum for so long and dangerous a voyage besides this the king urged him to undertake another voyage about a year later sebastian cabot made the second voyage and this time the gloomy shore of labrador was reached sebastian on his voyage sailed far north passing many icebergs and seeing many strange and wonderful sights on great blocks of ice that floated past the ship he saw immense white bears these bears were fine swimmers and would often leap into the water and bring out fish which they would devour greedily the waters were filled with fish and as the ship neared the shore they grew so numerous as almost to [ __ ] the sailing of the vessel now said cabot the english will not have to go to iceland anymore for fish but cabot knew that the lands he was seeking were warm lands so he turned his vessel south hoping to reach some opening which would lead to them to his great surprise he found the coast very long and without any opening and he sailed on and on as far as maryland taking possession of the land for england at places along this shore were seen indians clad in skins and furs of wild animals fishing from little canoes stags much larger than any in england were seen in great numbers and wild turkeys and game of all sorts abounded then sebastian cabot began to think that this was a part of asia never known before and he set sail for home to tell the wonderful news when he reached bristol he found everybody still interested in india it was a water route to india that was wanted and not a new country people cared more about reaching golden cathay than about finding new barren lands so although king henry was proud to know that the new land belonged to england it was 11 years before he made any further...

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Discoverers and Explorers
by Edward R. Shaw

Publication date 2009-01-26
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Topics librivox, audiobook, children, history, explorers, edward r. shaw
LibriVox recording of Discoverers and Explorers, by Edward R. Shaw. Read by Laura Caldwell.

Tales of the brave and daring explorers that ventured into the unknown "Sea of Darkness" where it was thought monsters and angry gods lived. They dared to sail near the equator which was thought to have such intense heat that it would boil the ocean water. It was also commonly thought at the time that the world was flat, and the ships would fall off the face of the earth. These men overcame these fears to explore and discover new lands. (Summary by Laura Caldwell)
chapter 4 of discoverers and explorers this librivox recording is in the public domain discoverers and explorers by edward r shaw chapter 4 vasco de gama both the spaniards and the portuguese were cut off from the trade with the east because the turks had taken possession of constantinople in consequence of this the navigators of both countries were making earnest efforts to find a water route to india spain as you know had faith in columbus and helped him in his plan of trying to reach india by sailing westward but the portuguese had a different idea they spent their time and money in trying to sell around the african coast in the belief that india could be reached by means of a southeast passage this southeast passage could be found only by crossing the burning zone as the part of the earth near the equator was called and all sailors feared to make the attempt it was thought almost impossible to cross this burning zone and the few navigators who had ventured as far as the equator had turned back in fear of steaming whirlpools and a fiery belts of heat in 1486 six years before columbus discovered america the king of portugal sent bartholomew diaz a bold and daring navigator to find the end of the african coast bartholomew diaz sailed through the fiery zone without meeting any of the dreadful misfortunes which the sailors so feared when he had sailed beyond the tropic of capricorn a severe storm arose the wind blew his three vessels directly south for 13 days during which time he lost sight of land when the sun shone again diaz headed his vessels eastward but as no land appeared he again changed the direction this time heading them toward the north after sailing northward a short time land was reached about 200 miles east of the cape of good hope diaz now pushed on 400 miles farther along the coast of africa and saw the wide expanse of the indian ocean before him here the sailors refused to go any farther and diaz although he wanted very much to go ahead and try to reach india was obliged to return on the way home the vessels passed close to the cape which projects from the south coast of africa and diaz named it stormy cape in memory of the frightful storm which hid it from the view on the way down when they reached lisbon however king john said that it should be called the cape of good hope because they now had hope that the southern route to india was found diaz won much praise for his bravery and patience in making this voyage he had proved that the stories about the fiery zone were false and that the african coast had an end it remained however for vasco de gama then a young man of about 20 years of age to prove that india could be reached in this way in 1497 dagama sailed from lisbon to the cape of good hope doubled the cape and proceeded to cross the indian ocean to hindustan he returned to lisbon in 1499 his ships loaded with the rich products of the east including cloves spices pepper ginger and nutmeg he also brought with him rich robes of silk and satin costly gems and many articles made of carved ivory ore of gold and of silver the king of portugal was greatly pleased with what dagama had accomplished and...

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Discoverers and Explorers
by Edward R. Shaw

Publication date 2009-01-26
Usage Public DomainCreative Commons Licensepublicdomain
Topics librivox, audiobook, children, history, explorers, edward r. shaw
LibriVox recording of Discoverers and Explorers, by Edward R. Shaw. Read by Laura Caldwell.

Tales of the brave and daring explorers that ventured into the unknown "Sea of Darkness" where it was thought monsters and angry gods lived. They dared to sail near the equator which was thought to have such intense heat that it would boil the ocean water. It was also commonly thought at the time that the world was flat, and the ships would fall off the face of the earth. These men overcame these fears to explore and discover new lands. (Summary by Laura Caldwell)
chapter 4 of discoverers and explorers this librivox recording is in the public domain discoverers and explorers by edward r shaw chapter 4 vasco de gama both the spaniards and the portuguese were cut off from the trade with the east because the turks had taken possession of constantinople in consequence of this the navigators of both countries were making earnest efforts to find a water route to india spain as you know had faith in columbus and helped him in his plan of trying to reach india by sailing westward but the portuguese had a different idea they spent their time and money in trying to sell around the african coast in the belief that india could be reached by means of a southeast passage this southeast passage could be found only by crossing the burning zone as the part of the earth near the equator was called and all sailors feared to make the attempt it was thought almost impossible to cross this burning zone and the few navigators who had ventured as far as the equator had turned back in fear of steaming whirlpools and a fiery belts of heat in 1486 six years before columbus discovered america the king of portugal sent bartholomew diaz a bold and daring navigator to find the end of the african coast bartholomew diaz sailed through the fiery zone without meeting any of the dreadful misfortunes which the sailors so feared when he had sailed beyond the tropic of capricorn a severe storm arose the wind blew his three vessels directly south for 13 days during which time he lost sight of land when the sun shone again diaz headed his vessels eastward but as no land appeared he again changed the direction this time heading them toward the north after sailing northward a short time land was reached about 200 miles east of the cape of good hope diaz now pushed on 400 miles farther along the coast of africa and saw the wide expanse of the indian ocean before him here the sailors refused to go any farther and diaz although he wanted very much to go ahead and try to reach india was obliged to return on the way home the vessels passed close to the cape which projects from the south coast of africa and diaz named it stormy cape in memory of the frightful storm which hid it from the view on the way down when they reached lisbon however king john said that it should be called the cape of good hope because they now had hope that the southern route to india was found diaz won much praise for his bravery and patience in making this voyage he had proved that the stories about the fiery zone were false and that the african coast had an end it remained however for vasco de gama then a young man of about 20 years of age to prove that india could be reached in this way in 1497 dagama sailed from lisbon to the cape of good hope doubled the cape and proceeded to cross the indian ocean to hindustan he returned to lisbon in 1499 his ships loaded with the rich products of the east including cloves spices pepper ginger and nutmeg he also brought with him rich robes of silk and satin costly gems and many articles made of carved ivory ore of gold and of silver the king of portugal was greatly pleased with what dagama had accomplished and...