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Egyptian stories translated from ancient, often incomplete, documents. - Summary by Timothy Ferguson

Fifteen short stories of 1919, winners of a rigorous competition. The extensive Introduction is omitted from this recording. ( david wales)

A milestone in Librivox short story collection history! It is edition 100 and to celebrate, we have some wonderful stories. Old favorites, such as W. Somerset Maugham, P. G. Wodehouse and Ernest Hemingway are joined by less familiar authors, such as Franklin P. Harry, W. H. H. Murray and Dick Purcell. As always, you are invited to sit back and enjoy!

A relatively brief history of the life and conquests of Alexander the Great. - Summary by KevinS

Griffin Rowe explores television's most enduring shows as modern mythology, revealing how classic series tap into humanity's deepest archetypes. Each episode examines why certain programs transcend their era to become permanent cultural touchstones, functioning as rituals connecting generations. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai

Religion has fascinated people for centuries. But with so many faiths practiced by so many followers, it can be difficult to understand why one religion believes one thing while another believes something entirely different. This guide gives you everything you need to know to sort through the...

The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC, the Histories tell the story of the war between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states in the 5th century BC. Herodotus traveled extensively around the ancient world, conducting interviews and collecting stories for his book. The rise of the Persian Empire is chronicled, and the causes for the conflict with Greece. Herodotus treats the conflict as an ideological one, frequently contrasting the absolute power of the Persian king with the democratic government of...

Explore the remarkable and often contradictory life of one of America's most unconventional political figures on Dean Phillips Biography Flash, hosted by Marc Ellery. This show goes beyond the headlines to deliver a thoroughly researched, fact-based biography of Dean Phillips, the Minnesota congressman who went from inheriting a gelato empire and a vodka brand to winning a long-held Republican congressional seat, and then made national news by becoming the first sitting Democratic House member to publicly challenge President Joe Biden's reelection bid. Born Dean Benson Pfefer on Inauguration ...

From breaking his shoulder in early martial arts training to becoming an undefeated world champion, Chuck Norris transformed repeated defeats into legendary success. This deep-dive chronicles his journey from struggling Air Force enlistee to martial arts innovator, Hollywood action star, and cultural phenomenon whose real achievements rival any internet myth. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.aiThis show includes AI-generated content.

The writings of J. B. Bury, on subjects ranging from ancient Greece to the 19th-century papacy, are at once scholarly and accessible to the layman. This work covers the period from the beginning of the Roman Empire until Gibbon begins; from Augustus through Marcus Aurelius and the Antoinine Emporers. (Summary by kmerline)

The Waning of the Middle Ages (also known as The Autumn of the Middle Ages, or Autumntide of the Middle Ages), subtitled A study of the forms of life, thought and art in France and the Netherlands in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, is Johan Huizinga's most famous work. It was published in 1919 as Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen and first translated into English in 1924. Huizinga defends the idea that the exaggerated formality and romanticism of late medieval court society was a defense mechanism against the constantly increasing violence and brutality of life. The break off between Middle ...

History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria is the masterwork of one of the fathers of modern egyptology. This work, in twelve volumes, was translated from the French original by M. L. McClure (d1918), “Histoire ancienne des peuples de l’Orient classique” and published in 1903-1904. Maspero was a largely self-taught master of hieroglyphic translation. In November 1880, he was placed at the head of a French archeological mission, which developed later into the Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale. Maspero then succeeded Mariette as director-general of excavations ...

A vast, sweeping survey on the origin of creation, its expansion, contraction, maintenance and instructions for humanity in the contexts of 19th century science and ancient texts thousands of years old such as the Puranas, Upanishads, Vedas and Kabbalah.- Summary by Czandra

The British historian, George W. Cox writes that the "whole duration of the Athenian empire extends over little more than two generations." This confederation of Greek city states with Athens at its head was an attempt to present a unified front to the Persian Empire. But ultimately, the strife between democratic and oligarchic factions within each polis, combined with the tangle of alliances between the various city states, led to the ruinous and protracted Peloponnesian War. In this short work, Cox describes the battles on land and sea, and such personalities as the Athenian general, Nikias,...

In the darkest days of the Persian War when the armies of Xerxes were overrunning northern Greece, Athens faced destruction. The desperate Athenians consulted the oracle at Delphi, who answered, "For thus saith Zeus, that when all else within the land of Cecrops is wasted, the wooden wall alone shall not be taken." The British historian, George Cox agrees with many other authorities that the Greek statesman, Themistocles, bribed the oracle. Realizing that their survival depended upon a strong navy, he declared that the prophesy meant that the Persians would be defeated, not by fortifying ...

Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (c. 236-c.183 B.C.) was one of the greatest military tacticians and strategists of all time. Only in his mid-twenties, he was given command of the Roman forces in Spain after his father and uncle had been killed there in battle. Tactically brilliant and innovative, he was also a master of grand strategy, winning key Spanish and African allies by his integrity and diplomatic skill. After defeating Hannibal's brothers in Spain, he was victorious over Hannibal in Africa at the Battle of Zama, famously funneling the Carthaginian war elephants through gaps between...

A collection of mindful ancient Chinese poetry by Li Po, Wan Ts’u, Mei Chang and other masters set in English prose by anonymous translators. (summary by Frédéric Surget)

The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri, as it was originally known in Italian, is a series of artist biographies written by 16th-century Italian painter and architect Giorgio Vasari, which is considered "perhaps the most famous, and even today the most-read work of the older literature of art", "some of the Italian Renaissance's most influential writing on art", and "the first important book on art history". The title is often ...

The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC, the Histories tell the story of the war between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states in the 5th century BC. Herodotus traveled extensively around the ancient world, conducting interviews and collecting stories for his book. The rise of the Persian Empire is chronicled, and the causes for the conflict with Greece. Herodotus treats the conflict as an ideological one, frequently contrasting the absolute power of the Persian king with the democratic government of...

Griffin Rowe unearths forgotten television series through the lens of ancient mythology and archetypal storytelling. With documentary-style intensity, he reveals how overlooked shows connect to timeless human narratives, transforming cultural casualties into sacred texts worthy of rediscovery. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai