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=== April 2012: [ LibriVox World Tour 2012: ASIA] === |
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Afghanistan: [http://librivox.org/the-man-who-would-be-king-by-rudyard-kipling/ The Man Who Would be King] by Rudyard Kipling, read by Philippa <!-- 206 --> |
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Burma/Myanmar: [http://librivox.org/on-the-irrawaddy-a-story-of-the-first-burmese-war1897-by-g-a-henty/ On the Irrawaddy] by G. A. Henty, read by Mike Harris <!-- 701 --> |
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Siam/Thailand: [http://librivox.org/the-english-governess-at-the-siamese-court-by-anna-h-leonowens/ The English Governess at the Siamese Court] by Anna H. Leonowens, duet <!-- 11027 --> |
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China: [http://librivox.org/the-tribulations-of-a-chinaman-in-china-by-jules-verne/ The Tribulations of a Chinaman in China] by Jules Verne, group recording <!-- 4930 --> |
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Philippines: [http://librivox.org/noli-me-tangere-by-jose-rizal/ Noli Me Tangere] by Jose Rizal, read by Availle <!-- 88379 --> |
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Turkey: [http://librivox.org/ambassador-morgenthaus-story-by-henry-morgenthau/ Ambassador Morgenthau's Story] by Henry Morgenthau, read by Margaret Espillat <!-- 346 --> |
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India: [http://librivox.org/sadhana-by-rabindranath-tagore/ Sadhana], by Rabindranath Tagore, group recording <!-- 1310 --> |
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Russia/Mongolia/China:[http://librivox.org/beasts-men-and-gods-by-ferdinand-ossendowski/ Beasts, Men and Gods] by Ferdinand Ossendowski, read by Mark F. Smith <!-- 19469 --> |
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Persia: [http://librivox.org/tamburlaine-the-great-part-1-by-christopher-marlowe/ Tamburlaine the Great] by Christopher Marlowe, drama <!-- 553 --> |
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[http://librivox.org/selected-works-poems-by-voltairine-de-cleyre/ Selected Works: Poems] by Voltairine de Cleyre, group recording <!-- 676 --> |
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=== March 2012: [http://librivox.org/2012/03/01/mighty-women/ Mighty Women] === |
=== March 2012: [http://librivox.org/2012/03/01/mighty-women/ Mighty Women] === |
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Revision as of 19:00, 31 March 2012
Introduction
The audiobooks which feature as Staff Picks in 2011 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
If you prefer to download m4b files, all our staff picks have been converted to this format. A current list of the staff picks can be found on the main page of the M4B Catalog.
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
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
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 collection got downloaded 3048 times in February 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 collection got downloaded 19332 times in January 2012.
