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The audiobooks which feature as Staff Picks in 2012 will be added here. More details of these selections may be found on the linked blog posts. For more information and a list of Staff Picks in previous years, have a look at the main [[Staff Picks]] page |
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== LibriVox Staff Picks 2012 == |
== LibriVox Staff Picks 2012 == |
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Latest revision as of 04:26, 20 February 2023
Introduction
The audiobooks which feature as Staff Picks in 2012 will be added here. More details of these selections may be found on the linked blog posts. For more information and a list of Staff Picks in previous years, have a look at the main Staff Picks page
Suggestions for future Staff Picks on the LibriVox home page and the Internet Archive LibriVox index page are always welcome. Please post your suggestions in this thread.
LibriVox Staff Picks 2012
January 2012: Improve Yourself!
Fiction
Little Lord Fountleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett, group reading
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling, read by Mark F. Smith
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, read by Peter Bobbe
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, group recording
Tip Lewis and His Lamp by Pansy, read by Tricia G
Non-Fiction
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day by Arnold Bennett, read by Mark F. Smith
The Book of Household Management, by Mrs. Isabella Beeton, group recording
Habits that Handicap by Charles B. Towns, group recording
Drama
Everyman by Unknown, drama
Poetry
The Goop Directory by Gelett Burgess, read by Andrea L.
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 19332 times in January 2012.
February 2012: LibriVox World Tour 2012: EUROPE
Fiction
Ireland: The Gambler by Katherine Thursdon, read by Tom Weiss
Hungary: Eyes Like the Sea by Mór Jókai, read by MaryAnn
The Netherlands: Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge, read by Mark F. Smith
Sweden: The Story of Gösta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf, read by Lars Rolander
Russia: The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy, read by Dorlene and Larry Caplan
Non-Fiction
France: Five Years of My Life 1894 - 1899 by Alfred Dreyfus, read by Sue Anderson
Greece: Histories, by Herodotus, group recording
Switzerland: Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860--69 by Edward Whymper, read by Nicholas Clifford
Drama
Italy: Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello, drama
Poetry
Portugal: The Lusiads by Luis Vaz de Camões, read by Leni
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 3048 times in February 2012.
March 2012: Mighty Women
Fiction
The Awakening by Kate Chopin, group recording
The Sturdy Oak, group recording
The Third Miss Symons by F. M. Mayor, read by Rachel Lintern
The Devil's Pool by George Sand, read by J. M. Smallheer
The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox, group recording
Non-Fiction
Eighty Years and More - Reminiscences 1815 - 1897 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, group recording
Woman in Science, by John Augustine Zahm, group recording
A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy by Ida Laura Pfeiffer, read by Sibella Denton
Drama
Miss Sara Sampson by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, drama
Poetry
Selected Works: Poems by Voltairine de Cleyre, group recording
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 5373 times in March 2012.
April 2012: LibriVox World Tour 2012: ASIA
Fiction
Afghanistan: The Man Who Would be King by Rudyard Kipling, read by Philippa
Burma: On the Irrawaddy by G. A. Henty, read by Mike Harris
China: The Tribulations of a Chinaman in China by Jules Verne, group recording
Philippines: Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal, read by Availle
Non-Fiction
Turkey: Ambassador Morgenthau's Story by Henry Morgenthau, read by Margaret Espillat
India: Sadhana, by Rabindranath Tagore, group recording
Siam: The English Governess at the Siamese Court by Anna H. Leonowens, duet
Russia/Mongolia/China: Beasts, Men and Gods by Ferdinand Ossendowski, read by Mark F. Smith
Drama
Persia: Tamburlaine the Great by Christopher Marlowe, drama
Poetry
Japan: One Hundred Verses from Old Japan by Fujiwara no Teika, read by Kevin Steinbach
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 4447 times in April 2012.
May 2012: The Fine Arts
Fiction
The Moving Picture Girls by Laura Lee Hope, read by Cori Samuel
The Street of Seven Stars by Mary Roberts Rinehart, read by Mary Ann
The Pagan Madonna by Harold MacGrath, read by Don W. Jenkins
Sarrasine by Honoré de Balzac, read by Chip
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, group recording
Non-Fiction
The Seven Lamps of Architecture, by John Ruskin, read by Todd Ulbrich
How to Sing by Lilli Lehmann, read by Ruth Golding
How to Appreciate Music by Gustav Kobbé, group recording
Drama
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, dramatic reading
Poetry
Poems of William Blake, read by Sam Stinson
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 9753 times in May 2012.
June 2012: LibriVox World Tour 2012: AUSTRALIA & OCEANIA
Fiction
New Zealand: Maori Land Fairy Tales by Edith Howes, read by Mareab
Tahiti: Omoo by Herman Melville, read by TriciaG
New Zealand: Prelude by Katherine Mansfield, read by iremonger
Samoa: Rain by W. Somerset Maugham, read by Bellona Times
Australia: The Pioneers by Katharine S. Prichard, read by kirstyl
Non-Fiction
Tonga: The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty, by Sir John Barrow, group recording
The Solomon Islands, Fiji, Bora Bora...: The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London, group recording
Australia: Robert O'Hara Burke and the Australian Exploring Expedition 1860 by Andrew Jackson, group recording
Drama
Penzance (well, it's about pirates, that must count...): The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan, musical
Poetry
Australia: Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, by C. J. Dennis, read by Algy Pug
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 3522 times in June 2012.
July 2012: Pulp (Non-) Fiction
Fiction
The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 by Eugene Sue, group recording
The Curse of Capistrano by Johnston McCulley, read by Barry Eads
Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper, read by tabithat
Red Nails by Robert E. Howard, read by Gregg Margarite
Way of the Lawless by Max Brand, read by Richard Kilmer
Non-Fiction
National Geographic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 by various, group recording
Simple Sabotage Field Manual by the US OSS, read by James Christopher
Chapters from my Autobiography by Mark Twain, read by John Greenman
Drama
The Inventions of the Idiot by John Kendrick Bangs, drama
Poetry
A London Plane Tree and Other Verse, by Amy Levy, duet
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 3655 times in July 2012.
August 2012: LibriVox World Tour 2012: NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA
Fiction
Barbados: Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, group recording
Honduras: Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders by Victor Appleton, read by Kevin McAsh
Cuba: A Prisoner of Morro by Upton Sinclair, read by Tom Weiss
Barbados: Dog Watches at Sea by Stanton H. King, read by Peter Kelleher
Non-Fiction
Jamaica: The Atrocities of the Pirates by Aaron Smith, read by James K. White
Bermuda: Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion by Mark Twain, read by John Greenman
Mexico: History of the Conquest of Mexico by William H. Prescott, group recording
Belize and Guatemala: Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan (Vol. 1) by John Lloyd Stephens, read by Sue Anderson
Drama
United States: Inheritors by Susan Glaspell, drama
Poetry
Canada: Selections from Ballads of a Cheechako, by Robert W. Service, read by Heidi Preuss
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 7079 times in August 2012.
September 2012: LibriVox World Tour 2012: SOUTH AMERICA
Fiction
Brazil: Brazilian Tales by Various, read by Leni Ribeiro
Chile: Benito Cereno by Herman Melville, group recording
Guyana: Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest by W. H. Hudson, read by Mark F. Smith
Venezuela: The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, group recording
Antarctica: A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by James de Mille, group recording
Non-Fiction
Argentina: Far Away and Long Ago by W. H. Hudson, group recording
Peru: Inca Lands by Hiram Bingham, group recording
Ecuador and Brazil: The Andes and the Amazon by James Orton, group recording
Drama
Garden of Eden: A Drama of Exile by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, drama
Poetry
South America: Chocolate: Or an Indian Drinke, by Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma, group recording
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 6632 times in September 2012.
October 2012: Animals
Fiction
Lady into Fox by David Garnett, group recording
The Biography of a Grizzly by Ernest Thompson Seton, read by Mike Vendetti
Penguin Island by Anatole France, read by Michael Sirois
Told Under a White Oak Tree by Bill Hart's Pinto Pony, read by Chuck Williamson
Dot and the Kangaroo by Ethel C. Pedley, group recording
Non-Fiction
Our Vanishing Wildlife by William T. Hornaday, group recording
The Bird Study Book by Thomas Gilbert Pearson, read by J. M. Smallheer
On the Hive and the Honey Bee by L. L. Langstroth, read by LivelyHive
Drama
Barks and Purrs by Colette, drama
Poetry
Fables for the Frivolous, by Guy Wetmore Carryl, group recording
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 5174 times in October 2012.
November 2012: LibriVox World Tour 2012: AFRICA
Fiction
Algeria: Tartarin of Tarascon by Alphonse Daudet, group recording
South Africa: The Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner, read by SallyMC
Zulu Kingdom: Black Heart and White Heart by H. Rider Haggard, read by Vira Denton
Tanzania: Zanzibar Tales by George W. Bateman, group recording
East Africa: Black Ivory by Michael Ballantyne, read by Tom Weiss
Non-Fiction
Uganda: The Man Eaters of Tsavo and other East African adventures by John Henry Patterson, group recording
Sudan: The River War by Winston Churchill, read by Mark F. Smith
Cameroon and others: Travels in West-Africa by Mary Kingsley, read by Kehinde
Drama
Egypt: Anthony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare, drama
Poetry
Congo: The Congo, by Vachel Lindsay, read by Laura Fox
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 5163 times in November 2012.
December 2012: Children Only
Fiction
Viking Tales by Jenny Hall, group recording
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett, read by as101
Heidi by Johanna Spyri, read by Kara Shallenberg
A little Bush Maid by Mary Grant Bruce, read by Bellona Times
The Enchanted Castle by Edith Nesbit, read by Peter Eastman
Non-Fiction
Indian Child Life by Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa), group recording
Mighty Animals by Jennie Irene Mix, group recording
The Story of Mankind by Hendrik van Loon, group recording
Drama
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, dramatic reading
Poetry
Struwwelpeter: Merry Tales and Funny Pictures, by Heinrich Hoffman, read by Catharine Eastman
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 20919 times in December 2012.
