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== LibriVox Staff Picks 2013 ==
== LibriVox Staff Picks 2013 ==
=== September 2013: [http://librivox.org/2013/08/31/unreadable/ Unreadable] ===
===== Fiction =====
[http://librivox.org/black-beauty-by-anna-sewell/ Black Beauty] by Anna Sewell, group recording  <!-- 161448  -->
[http://librivox.org/candide-by-voltaire/ Candide] by Voltaire, read by Ted Delorme <!-- 155041 -->
[http://librivox.org/call-of-the-wild-by-jack-london/ The Call of the Wild] by Jack London, group recording <!-- 402483 -->
[http://librivox.org/fanny-hill-memoirs-of-a-woman-of-pleasure-by-john-cleland/ Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure] by John Cleland, group recording  <!-- 159690 -->
[http://librivox.org/lassommoir-by-emile-zola/ L'Assommoir] by Emíle Zola, group recording <!-- 10775  -->
===== Non-Fiction =====
[http://librivox.org/the-social-contract-by-jean-jacques-rousseau/ The Social Contract] by Jean Jacques Rousseau, group recording <!-- 64882 -->
[http://librivox.org/areopagitica-by-john-milton/ Areopagitica] by John Milton, read by Moira Fogarty <!-- 9403 -->
[http://librivox.org/the-wealth-of-nations-book-1-by-adam-smith/ The Wealth of Nations] by Adam Smith, read by Stephen Escalera <!-- 149907 -->
===== Drama =====
[http://librivox.org/1601-by-mark-twain/ 1601] by Mark Twain, dramatic reading <!-- 317921 -->
===== Poetry =====
[http://librivox.org/jerusalem-delivered-by-torquato-tasso/ Jerusalem Delivered], by Torquato Tasso, read by Thomas A. Copeland <!-- 909 -->
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=== August 2013: [http://librivox.org/2013/07/31/librivox-languages/ Librivox Languages] ===  
=== August 2013: [http://librivox.org/2013/07/31/librivox-languages/ Librivox Languages] ===  
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===== Fiction =====  
===== Fiction =====  
   
   
''Ukranian:'' [http://librivox.org/fables-by-glibov/ Fables] by Leonid Glibov, read by radar  <!-- 648 -->
''Ukranian:'' [http://librivox.org/fables-by-glibov/ Fables] by Leonid Glibov, read by radar   


''Hebrew:'' [http://librivox.org/etsel-by-gnessin-uri-nissan/ Etsel] by Uri Nissan Gnessin, read by Omri Lernau <!-- 797 -->
''Hebrew:'' [http://librivox.org/etsel-by-gnessin-uri-nissan/ Etsel] by Uri Nissan Gnessin, read by Omri Lernau  


''Bulgarian:'' [http://librivox.org/staroplaninski-legendi-by-yordan-yovkov-0812/ Staroplanisnski Legendi] by Yordan Yovkov, read by Euthymius <!-- 6066 -->
''Bulgarian:'' [http://librivox.org/staroplaninski-legendi-by-yordan-yovkov-0812/ Staroplanisnski Legendi] by Yordan Yovkov, read by Euthymius  


''Polish:'' [http://librivox.org/na-wzgorzu-roz-by-stefan-grabinski/ Na Wzgorzu Roz] by Stefan Grabinski, read by Piotr Nater <!-- 1718 -->
''Polish:'' [http://librivox.org/na-wzgorzu-roz-by-stefan-grabinski/ Na Wzgorzu Roz] by Stefan Grabinski, read by Piotr Nater  


''Bisaya:'' [http://librivox.org/unang-sugilanon-gikan-sa-librong-by-vicente-rama/ Si Amboy ang Palahubog] by Vicente Rama, read by April Gonzalez <!-- 362  -->
''Bisaya:'' [http://librivox.org/unang-sugilanon-gikan-sa-librong-by-vicente-rama/ Si Amboy ang Palahubog] by Vicente Rama, read by April Gonzalez  


===== Non-Fiction =====  
===== Non-Fiction =====  


''Arabic:'' [http://librivox.org/kitab-adab-al-dunya-wal-din-the-ethics-of-religion-and-of-this-world-by-abu-al-hasan-ali-ibn-muhammad-ibn-habib-al-mawardi/ Kitab Adab Al Dunya Wal Din] by Al Mawardi, read by Youssef Safiljil <!-- 8772 -->
''Arabic:'' [http://librivox.org/kitab-adab-al-dunya-wal-din-the-ethics-of-religion-and-of-this-world-by-abu-al-hasan-ali-ibn-muhammad-ibn-habib-al-mawardi/ Kitab Adab Al Dunya Wal Din] by Al Mawardi, read by Youssef Safiljil  


''Swedish:'' [http://librivox.org/fran-barnaar-till-silfverhar-forsta-afdelningen-by-anders-ramsay/ Från barnaår till silfverhår] by Anders Ramsay, read by Måns Broo <!-- 16758 -->
''Swedish:'' [http://librivox.org/fran-barnaar-till-silfverhar-forsta-afdelningen-by-anders-ramsay/ Från barnaår till silfverhår] by Anders Ramsay, read by Måns Broo


''Russian:'' [http://librivox.org/jews-and-russia-by-vladimir-jabotinsky/ Jews and Russia] by Vladimir Jabotinsky, read by Mark Chulsky <!-- 823 -->
''Russian:'' [http://librivox.org/jews-and-russia-by-vladimir-jabotinsky/ Jews and Russia] by Vladimir Jabotinsky, read by Mark Chulsky


===== Drama =====  
===== Drama =====  


''Italian:'' [http://librivox.org/la-locandiera-by-carlo-goldoni/ La Locandiera] by Carlo Goldoni, drama <!-- 4341 -->
''Italian:'' [http://librivox.org/la-locandiera-by-carlo-goldoni/ La Locandiera] by Carlo Goldoni, drama


===== Poetry =====  
===== Poetry =====  


''Tamil:'' [http://librivox.org/tiruppavai-by-andal/ Tiruppavai], by Andal, read by Neeru Iyer <!-- 20039 -->
''Tamil:'' [http://librivox.org/tiruppavai-by-andal/ Tiruppavai], by Andal, read by Neeru Iyer  




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'''Note:''' The books from this selection got downloaded 2113 times in August 2013.
   
   
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=== July 2013: [http://librivox.org/2013/07/01/through-time-and-space/ Through Time and Space] ===  
=== July 2013: [http://librivox.org/2013/07/01/through-time-and-space/ Through Time and Space] ===  



Revision as of 05:40, 1 September 2013

Introduction

The audiobooks which feature as Staff Picks in 2013 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 2013

September 2013: Unreadable

Fiction

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, group recording

Candide by Voltaire, read by Ted Delorme

The Call of the Wild by Jack London, group recording

Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland, group recording

L'Assommoir by Emíle Zola, group recording

Non-Fiction

The Social Contract by Jean Jacques Rousseau, group recording

Areopagitica by John Milton, read by Moira Fogarty

The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, read by Stephen Escalera

Drama

1601 by Mark Twain, dramatic reading

Poetry

Jerusalem Delivered, by Torquato Tasso, read by Thomas A. Copeland



August 2013: Librivox Languages

Fiction

Ukranian: Fables by Leonid Glibov, read by radar

Hebrew: Etsel by Uri Nissan Gnessin, read by Omri Lernau

Bulgarian: Staroplanisnski Legendi by Yordan Yovkov, read by Euthymius

Polish: Na Wzgorzu Roz by Stefan Grabinski, read by Piotr Nater

Bisaya: Si Amboy ang Palahubog by Vicente Rama, read by April Gonzalez

Non-Fiction

Arabic: Kitab Adab Al Dunya Wal Din by Al Mawardi, read by Youssef Safiljil

Swedish: Från barnaår till silfverhår by Anders Ramsay, read by Måns Broo

Russian: Jews and Russia by Vladimir Jabotinsky, read by Mark Chulsky

Drama

Italian: La Locandiera by Carlo Goldoni, drama

Poetry

Tamil: Tiruppavai, by Andal, read by Neeru Iyer


Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 2113 times in August 2013.


July 2013: Through Time and Space

Fiction

Tourmalin's Time Cheques by F. Anstey, group recording

The Time Traders by Andre Norton, read by R. J. Davis

Police Operation by H. Beam Piper, group recording

Deathworld by Harry Harrison, read by Gregg Margarite

The Creature from Beyond Infinity by Henry Kuttner, read by Mark Nelson

Non-Fiction

The Concept of Nature by Alfred North Whitehead, group recording

On the Heavens by Aristotle, read by Geoffrey Edwards

Is Mars Habitable? by Alfred Russel Wallace, read by Caliban

Drama

Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum, dramatic reading

Poetry

Poems: Series One, by Emily Dickinson, read by Shurtagal


Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 19963 times in July 2013.


June 2013: Underneath

Fiction

The Sacred Fount by Henry James, read by skoval

Niels Klim's Journey under the Ground by Baron Ludvig Holberg, read by Alan Winterrowd

Diary of a U-Boat Commander by Sir Stephen King-Hall, read by Kaffen

The Girl in the Golden Atom by Ray Cummings, read by Richard Kilmer

Miss Pim's Camouflage by Lady Dorothy Tennant, read by Grant Hurlock

Non-Fiction

The Underground Railroad (Part 1) by William Still, group recording

Psychotherapy by Hugo Muensterberg, group recording

Within the Deep by R. Cadwallader Smith, read by Laura Victoria

Drama

Vera and the Nihilists by Oscar Wilde, dramatic reading

Poetry

On the Nature of Things, by Titus Lucretius Carus, group recording

Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 5854 times in June 2013.


May 2013: Love and Marriage

Fiction

The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett, read by tabithat -->

That Mother in Law of Mine by Anonymous, read by Carolin Kaiser

Daniel Deronda by George Eliot, read by Becky Miller

Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu, read by Elizabeth Klett

The Pastor's Wife by Elizabeth von Arnim, read by James E. Carson

Non-Fiction

Sex - Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English by Henry Stanton, group recording

The Spinster Book by Myrtle Reed, group recording

The Love Letters of Abelard and Heloise by Abelard and Heloise, read by icyjumbo and Laura Koskinen

Drama

The LIfe and Amours of the Beautiful and Dashing Kate Percival by Kate Percival, dramatic reading

Poetry

Aucassin and Nicolette, by Unknown, read by Leonard Wilson


Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 11138 times in May 2013.


April 2013: Mother Nature

Fiction

Freckles by Gene Statton-Porter, group recording

Little Tales of the Desert by Ethel Twycross Foster, read by BellonaTimes

The Blazed Trail by Stewart Edward White, read by Tom Weiss

The Book of Nature Myths by Forence Holbrook, read by Raybrite

Elizabeth and her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim, read by ashleighjane

Non-Fiction

The World's Lumber Room by Selina Gaye, read by Ruth Golding

Meteology or Weather Explained by J.G. M'Pherson, group recording

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin, group recording

Drama

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, dramatic reading

Poetry

The River Duddon - A Series of Sonnets, by William Wordsworth, read by Phil Benson


Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 10441 times in April 2013.


March 2013: Like Day and Night

Fiction

The Poor Little Rich Girl by Eleanor Gates, read by Susan Umpleby

The Day Boy and the Night Girl by George MacDonald, read by Laurie Anne Walden

Tempest and Sunshine by Mary Jane Holmes, group recording

The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, read by Euthymius

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, group recording

Non-Fiction

Robin Hood by J. Walker McSpadden, read by Barry Eads

Sketches New and Old by Mark Twain, read by John Greenman

The Life of God in the Soul of Man by Henry Scougal, read by J. L. Raimundo

Drama

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, drama

Poetry

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, by William Blake, read by Nick Duncan


Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 14701 times in March 2013.


February 2013: The Color Black

Fiction

The Marrow of Tradition by Charles Waddell Chesnutt, read by James K. White

J. Poindexter, Colored by Irvin S. Cobb, read by Grant Hurlock

The Sport of the Gods by Paul Laurence Dunbar, group recording

Passing by Nella Larsen, read by Elizabeth Klett

Clotel, or, The President's Daughter by William Wells Brown, group recording

Non-Fiction

Toussaint L'Ouverture, A Biography and Autobiography by John Relly Beard, read by James K. White

Meditations from the Pen by Maria W. Stewart, read by James K. White

The Colored Cadet at West Point by Henry Ossian Flipper, read by James K. White

Drama

Othello by William Shakespeare, drama

Poetry

The Tar Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus, by Joel Chandler Harris, read by Phil Chenevert


Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 7359 times in February 2013.


January 2013: After the Apocalypse

Fiction

The Master Knot of Human Fate by Ellis Meredith, read by Roger Melin

The Iron Heel by Jack London, read by Matt Soar

The Edge of the Knife by H. Beam Piper, read by jfmarchini

The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, group recording

Omega: The Last Days of the World by Camille Flammarion, group recording

Non-Fiction

Notes on Nursing by Florence Nightingale, read by Cori Samuel

The Esperanto Teacher by Helen Fryer, group recording

Food Preparedness by Dr. Albert Philip Sy, read by TriciaG

Drama

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, dramatic reading

Poetry

The Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri, group recording


Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 21937 times in January 2013.