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Betty has graduated from the Pines and is now with her parents at their new home on Long Island. When Betty finds out that her father is having trouble paying the mortgage, she decides to spread her entrepreneurial wings and help with the family finances. But can a young girl in 1907 earn enough money to make a difference? Does Betty have the spirit and determination to stick with her plans, even when others try to discourage her? ( Holly Jenson)

As Russia goes to war against Japan, Tolstoy urges those at all levels of society, from the Tsar down to the common soldier, to consider their actions in the light of Christ's teaching. "However strange this may appear, the most effective and certain deliverance of men from all the calamities which they inflict upon themselves and from the most dreadful of all—war—is attainable, not by any external general measures, but merely by that simple appeal to the consciousness of each separate man which, nineteen hundred years ago, was proposed by Jesus—that every man bethink himself, and ask ...

This novel was perhaps the most daring and affirmative LGBT literature of the first two decades of the 20th century in America. In this story, Bertram Cope is a young college instructor, about twenty-four years old ("certainly not a day over twenty-five"), who is pursued by men and women, both younger and older than himself. In writing this novel, Fuller had to carefully craft his plot schemes so as not to offend the sensibilities of publishers. As a result, today's reader is left somewhat, but not entirely, confused about the precise feelings that characters develop for one another by the end...

The death of a larger than life woman leaves behind an equally huge hole in the hearts of those who knew her, a hole only made deeper and darker by the unanswered questions and mystery surrounding her sudden death. This sudden event causes those closest to her to question just how well they really knew Bernice. A drama that explores grief and the social criticism of its time - Summary by InkellCast List:Mr. Allen, Bernice’s Father: BeeswaxcandleAbbie: Claudia CaldiCraig Norris, Bernice’s Husband: Larry WilsonLaura (Mrs. Kirby), Craig’s Sister: rrushmeMargaret Pierce, Bernice’s Friend: ...

Betty Wales returns to Harding College as a more knowledgeable sophomore living in the Belden House. Betty matures over the course of the year through many social escapades. - Summary by thechapterbrook

In this book are over 30 stories by various people about men and women who have done extraordinary things during and often before the time when similar products were invented. It is suitable for bedtime reading. Summary by Lynda Marie Neilson

A sci-fi horror tale in which alien monsters skulk about in human form! William Chester and his comrades find themselves alone in being able to recognize this malevolence. Discover what happens when a handful of brave people pit their forces against the might of Earth's secret masters and the governments they control! You will find romance, action, and daring speculation in this lost classic. - Summary by Adam Benckeser

LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of Bettesworth's Exultation Upon hearing that his name would be transmitted to posterity in Dr. Swift's works, by William Dunkin by Jonathan Swift.This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 15, 2019. ------Jonathan Swift, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. He is regarded by the Encyclopædia Britannica as the foremost prose satirist in the English language and is less well known for his poetry. - Summary by Wikipedia

This is a short but beautiful book, and the Gummere translation really captures the feel of the Old English. Beowulf tells the story of a mysterious young warrior who saves the Spear-Danes from the terrible monster Grendel and his venomous mother. Long a mainstay of English Literature 101 courses at universities around the world, it is not only one of the oldest, but one of the most exciting English folktales ever invented. (Summary by Caeristhiona)

One of the most famous Italian books in history, The Betrothed was written by Alessandro Manzoni in 1827. The two main characters, Renzo and Lucy, are engaged to be married when Lucy tragically disappears. Little does Renzo know that Lucy has been kidnapped by a criminal, The Unnamed, feared by all the people of Northern Italy, where the story is set. Despite the threat of death and the fear of never laying eyes on one another again, Renzo and Lucy maintain a deep love for each other throughout the book that displays the true sacrifice and commitment of marriage. The book was recommended by ...

Dans la moitié du 18e siècle une bête féroce terrorisait la population du Gévaudan. Le mythe de la bête du Gévaudan fascine les gens encore aujourd'hui, le mystère n'ayant jamais été découvert conclusivement. Un siècle après ces incidents tragiques, Élie Berthet (1815-1891) auteur populaire qui a plus de 100 romans sous son nom, écrivit sa version romanesque des faits qui s'étaient produits. Qui était coupable, un loup, un homme ou bien un loup-garou, on va le découvrir dans cette histoire. - Summary by Sonia

This 1871 revision of The Psalms by the American Bible Union is based on the "Common Version," another name for the 1833 revision of the King James Version of The Bible by Noah Webster. (Summary by Mark Penfold)

Ces cinq premiers livres de la Bible nous rapportent la relation de Dieu avec l'humanité et le peuple d'Israël, depuis ses balbutiements jusqu'à son arrivée aux portes de la terre promise. « Souviens-toi des jours d’autrefois, considérez les années de génération en génération ; interroge ton père, et il te le déclarera, tes anciens, et ils te le diront. Quand le Très-haut partageait l’héritage aux nations, quand il séparait les fils d’Adam, il établit les limites des peuples selon le nombre des fils d’Israël. » (De 32:7-8) - Résumé par Ezwa

This book, all of which has been written at the Front within sound of the German guns and for the most part within shell and rifle range, is an attempt to tell something of the manner of struggle that has gone on for months between the lines along the Western Front, and more especially of what lies behind and goes to the making of those curt and vague terms in the war communiqués. I think that our people at Home will be glad to know more, and ought to know more, of what these bald phrases may actually signify, when, in the other sense, we read 'between the lines.' (Summary by Boyd Cable)

Charles Hanson Towne was a well known editor, author and poet. He was a popular New York celebrity who was considered by many as being the quintessential New Yorker. Besides being the editor at such magazines as Smart Set, Delineator, McClure’s, Designer, and Harper’s Bazaar, Towne also taught poetry at Columbia University. His most notable student was author J.D. Salinger. At the age of 63, Town joined the company of the Broadway hit, Life with Father, and at 68 wrote his autobiography, So Far, So Good. - Summary by Nemo

Beyond the Horizon is a 1920 play written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. It was O'Neill's first full-length work, and the winner of the 1920 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play focuses on the portrait of a family, and particularly two brothers Andrew and Robert. In the first act of the play, Robert is about to go off to sea with their uncle Dick, a sea captain while Andrew looks forward to marrying his sweetheart Ruth and working on the family farm as he starts a family. (Summary by Wikipedia)CastJames Mayo: Delmar H. DolbierKate Mayo: Amy L. GramourCaptain Dick Scott: Algy PugAndrew ...

LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of The Best Friend by Meribah Abbott.This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 24, 2020. ------Abbott's description of the empathic characteristics of a dog, taken from J. Earl Clauson's Collection, "The Dogs Book of Verse". - Summary by Ambsweet13

The Darby Bible consists of a translation of the New Testament by John Nelson Darby, originally published in 1867, and a translation of the Old Testament, included in later editions of the text, completed by Darby's students after his death. - Summary by Aaron Hultstrand

The Song of Songs (Hebrew title שיר השירים, Shir ha-Shirim), is a book of the Hebrew Bible—Tanakh or Old Testament—one of the five megillot (scrolls). It is also known as the Song of Solomon or as Canticles, the latter from the shortened and anglicized Vulgate title Canticum Canticorum, "Song of Songs" in Latin. It is known as Aisma in the Septuagint, which is short for Αισμα ᾀσμτων, Aisma aismatôn, "Song of Songs" in Greek. (From Wikipedia)

The Epistle to the Galatians is a book of the New Testament. It is a letter from Paul of Tarsus to a number of early Christian communities in the Roman province of Galatia in central Anatolia. It is principally concerned with the controversy surrounding Gentile Christians and the Mosaic Law within Early Christianity. Along with the Epistle to the Romans, it is the most theologically significant of the Pauline epistles, and has been particularly influential in Protestant thought.(Summary from Wikipedia)