Librivox Audiobooks

The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution (Pt. 1)

William Cooper Nell (1816 - 1874)
A study of the black patriots of the American Revolution, with introductions by Harriet Beecher Stowe and Wendell Phillips.
Genre(s): War & Military, Biography & Autobiography
Language: English
Keyword(s): revolution (58)

As that heavenly bit of chocolate melts in our mouths, we give little thought as to where it came from, the arduous work that went in to its creation, and the complex process of its maturation from a bean to the delicacy we all enjoy. This "little book" details everything you have ever wanted to know (and some things you never knew you wanted to know) about cocoa and chocolate from how the trees are planted and sustained to which countries produce the most cacao beans. Do cacao beans from various countries differ? What makes some types of chocolate higher quality than other kinds? Are there any health benefits to eating chocolate? Read on to learn the answers to these and many other questions about that wondrous little treat we call chocolate. (Summary by Allyson Hester)
Genre(s): *Non-fiction, History, Cooking
Language: English
Keyword(s): history (910), cooking (77), food (51)

Translated by Evelyn Underhill (1875 - 1941)
The Cloud of Unknowing (Middle English: The Cloude of Unknowyng) is an anonymous work of Christian mysticism written in Middle English in the latter half of the 14th century. The text is a spiritual guide on contemplative prayer in the late Middle Ages. The book counsels a young student to seek God, not through knowledge and intellection (faculty of the human mind), but through intense contemplation, motivated by love, and stripped of all thought. This is brought about by putting all thoughts and desires under a "cloud of forgetting", and thereby piercing God's cloud of unknowing with a "dart of longing love" from the heart. This form of contemplation is not directed by the intellect, but involves spiritual union with God through the heart. (Summary by Wikipedia)
Genre(s): Christianity - Other
Language: English
Keyword(s): religion (744), Christianity (382), mediaeval (4), Christian mysticism (1)

Chronicles of Canada Volume 03 - Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain
Charles W. Colby (1867 - 1955)
For Canada, Champlain is not alone a heroic explorer of the seventeenth century, but the founder of Quebec; and it is a rich part of our heritage that he founded New France in the spirit of unselfishness, of loyalty, and of faith.
Genre(s): Early Modern
Language: English
Keyword(s): Canada (188), Canadian History (21), chronicles of Canada (16), Champlain (2)
Group: Chronicles of Canada Series

The miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is a cold-hearted man of business and has little time for the good humor and charity of the Christmas season. But that's about to change. A visit from his deceased business partner sets in motion a night in which Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. Will his listen to their messages? Will he heed their warnings? Ebenezer Scrooge is about to take a Christmas journey that he won't soon forget. (Summary by Kyle Munley)
Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Language: English
Keyword(s): literature (1959), romance (1092), adventure (1062), religion (744), short stories (730), fairy tales (283), instruction (124), ghost stories (49)