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Poems i - ix
Read by Kevin W. Davidson
Hafiz and Hafez
In Poems from the Divan of Hafiz
Hafiz was a Persian poet. His collected works (Divan) are regarded as a pinnacle of Persian literature. While influenced by Islam, his mysti…
On Stephen Duck
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One
Sit back and listen to these light-hearted witty rhymes and see the world Jonathan Swift saw -- and maybe recognize your own. Think there is…
Lot No. 249, Part 1
Read by Peter John Keeble
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
This is a collection of short stories focusing on the problems that present themselves to physicians and surgeons in the course of their wor…
A Time To Talk
Read by KevinS
Robert Frost
In Selected Poems
These are poems selected by the publisher, Henry Holt & Company reprinted from "Mountain Interval" "North of Boston"…
A Dane in the Dike
Read by Mike Pelton
Richard Doddridge Blackmore
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 05
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
The Novelette Reader
Read by Newgatenovelist
Tom Maguire
In Machine-Room Chants
Tom Maguire was a trade union organiser from Yorkshire of Irish descent whose poetry reflects his socialist beliefs. This volume was publish…
The Beginning
Read by Kevin Green
Henry Hasse
In Short Science Fiction Collection 045
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
Extract from the Life of Adam Martindale
Read by Patrick Wallace
Adam Martindale
In Coffee Break Collection 010 - War and Conflict
This is the tenth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in leng…
Editor's Note
Read by KevinS
Various
In The Anzac Book
A collection of prose, poetry, jokes, special orders, et cetera written by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps combatants of the Galli…
The K Factor
Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)
Harry Harrison
In Short Science Fiction Collection 010
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…
Section 3
Read by KevinS
Enid Blyton
In Child Whispers
Enid Blyton's first published book; a short collection of poetry (28 poems and a short introduction.) - Summary by Peter Why
Gideon
Read by David Wales
Alexander Jessup (editor) and Wells Hastings
In The Best American Humorous Short Stories
Eighteen short stories by famous and little known authors compassing the period 1839 - 1914. The editor's very extensive introduction is omi…
Reading a Letter
Read by Bruce Kachuk
D. H. Lawrence
In New Poems
This is an exceptional collection of superb and introspectively distinct poems from the pen of master author D. H. Lawrence. Never failing t…
Over Back
Read by KevinS
Robert Frost
In West-Running Brook
A collection of 38 of Robert Frost's early poems apparently compiled in 1923 but not published until 1928. This was not Frost's most popular…
The Philosopher Toad by Rebecca S. Nichols
Read by Sonia
Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 4: The Higher Life (Part 1)
The fourth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, incl…
Drunk
Read by Tomas Peter
D. H. Lawrence
In Amores: Poems
Amores is one of D. H. Lawrence's earliest works of poetry, published in 1916, was a precursor to his delving in free verse in later collect…
London by John Davidson
Read by Sonia
Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 2)
The seventh of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, co…
To Marion
Read by KevinS
George Gordon, Lord Byron
In Hours of Idleness
Hours of Idleness was Byron's first book of poems published when he was only 19. In it he experiments with various poetic styles and provid…
K. L. H.
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Paul Bewsher
In The Dawn Patrol, and Other Poems of an Aviator
Paul Bewsher writes poems of a wartime aviator from his heart and soul. His heart longs for an end to the perils of war and the forced destr…
Simple Simon
Read by Jared Scott
A. E. Coppard
In The Black Dog and Other Stories
Coppard was renowned for his influence on the English short story and here we present a collection, first published in 1923, featuring 18 of…