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Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds
This book is a popular science book written in the late 1600s. It is written as a series of conversations between a gallant philosopher and a countess, while walking in her garden and gazing at the stars. The philosopher explains the heliocentric (sun as the centre) model of the solar system and also muses on the possibility of extraterrestrial life. While it explains the heliocentric model, unlike other astronomy works of the time, it did not attract the attention of the Church. (Summary by TriciaG, modified from Wikipedia)
Conversion
Among the twelve hundred poems which have emanated from my too prolific pen there are some forty or fifty which treat entirely of that emotion which has been denominated “the grand passion”?love. A few of those are of an extremely fiery character. (from the Preface to Love and Passion by the authoress)
Convict B 14: A Novel by R. K. Weekes
When men shall say, Peace, and all things are safe, then shall sudden destruction come upon them, as sorrow cometh upon a woman travailing with child, and they shall not escape.
Cookie ‘n’ Cracker Cookin’
This is a short recipe book published by the United Biscuit Company of America, later to become the Keebler Company. Each recipe features one or more of their products the best known of which are Club Crackers, Town House Crackers, Honey Grahams, and Saltine Crackers. Categories range from appetizers through desserts. – Summary by Larry Wilson
Coppertop
The story is about a little girl who meets all manner of strange gnomes, fairies and creatures after she goes to sleep at night. She also has two invisible brothers whom she created so as to not be alone while her parents travel for the Crown. The author here produces an alternative version of fairyland to the more traditional European form, that is bizarre, entertaining and funny at the same time. – Summary by phil chenevert and Wikipedia
Coptic Homilies in the Dialect of Upper Egypt
The present work contains the Coptic versions of ten Greek Homilies on fasting, repentance, the end of the world, the Incarnation, etc., which are attributed to John the Faster, Athanasius of Alexandria, Proclus of Cyzicus, Eusebius and Basil of Caesarea, and Archbishop Theophilus. The texts, written in the dialect of Upper Egypt. Linguistically the texts are of great importance, and they form a mass of material which is of the highest value to Egyptologists generally. From the theological point of view they are no less interesting, for they illustrate Egyptian Theology in its Christian form, and reveal the opinions which were current among the dwellers in monasteries on the essentials of faith and works. (Summary from the preface)
Coriolanus
Shakespeare was passionately interested in the history of Rome, as is evident from plays like Titus Andronicus, Julius Caesar, and Antony and Cleopatra. His tragedy Coriolanus was probably written around 1605-07, and dramatizes the rise and fall of a great Roman general, Caius Martius (later surnamed Coriolanus because of his military victory at Corioli). This play is unusual in that it provides a strong voice for the ordinary citizens of Rome, who begin the play rioting about the high price of food, and who continually clash with Coriolanus because of his contempt for plebians. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) Cast Caius Martius Coriolanus: thebicyclethief Citizen: Patti Cunningham First Citizen/Second Officer/Second Patrician: Chuck Williamson Cominius: Bob Gonzalez Fifth Citizen: Availle First Conspirator/First Officer/Lieutenant/Second Senator/Second Servingman: Todd First Lord/Sixth Citizen: Tricia G First Senator: DublinGothic First Servingman: Leonard Wilson First Soldier/Herald: John Fricker Gentlewoman/Second Soldier/Third Lord/Young Coriolanus: Martin Geeson Junius Brutus: Ron Altman Menenius Agrippa: Algy Pug Roman/Second Conspirator/Seventh Citizen: Kristingj Second Citizen: Peter Makus Second Lord: Chuck Donovan Sicinius Velutus: Ric F Third Citizen: Joshua Letchford Third Conspirator: Heather Phillips Third Roman: Lucy Perry Titus Lartius/Aedile: Delmar H. Dolbier Tullus Aufidius: Arielle Lipshaw Valeria: Tiffany Halla Colonna Virgilia: Amy L. Gramour Volsce: Max Korlinge Volumnia: Elizabeth Klett Narrator: Diana Majlinger Other roles (crowd voices, etc) read by members of the company. Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett
Cornelli
Cornelli lives in Iller-Stream with her widowed father, who calls on two Ladies of Culture to come spend time with Cornelli during one of his business trips, hoping that their influence will refine and improve his daughter. Instead, the ladies prove to have no real love for Cornelli, and she, being a sensitive soul, turns inward and becomes sullen and uncooperative. A boy who comes on a visit to Iller-Stream for his health befriends her, and this begins a chain of events that turn Cornelli’s life right-side up again. (Summary by Jael Baldwin)
Cornhuskers
Carl Sandburg’s collection of 103 poems that earned a Pulitzer Prize Special Letters Award in 1919.
Coronakaal Ki Sachchi Kahaniyan by Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
चारों तरफ खौफ छा गया। कुछ लोग तो दुबककर कमरों में लिहाफ के अंदर घुस गए, कुछ निडर प्रकार के लोग मोबाइल कैमरे से छिपकर वीडियो बनाने का प्रयास करने लगे।
एंबुलेंस से बाहर उतरे लोग इधर-उधर के घरों का जायजा ले ही रहे थे कि पीछे से सायरन बजाती हुई पुलिस की एक जिप्सी भी आ धमकी। जिप्सी से भी उसी प्रकार के पारदर्शी आवरण में खाकी वर्दीधारी लोग उतरे और सामने के गेट की कॉल बैल दबाई।
‘अरे मिसेज दत्ता के घर?’, हर परिवार के लोग आपस में कानाफूसी करने लगे।
‘कौन बीमार हुआ होगा?’
‘कौन होना है? वही होगी, अकेले वही तो है इस घर में!’ लोग खौफ में थे। एक-दूसरे को फोन कॉल करके पूछ रहे थे किंतु बाहर निकलकर पुलिस से या एंबुलेंस वालों से पूछने की किसी को हिम्मत न हो पा रही थी। कोरोना का खौफ इस कदर था कि मानो अगर उन्होंने थोड़ा सा भी दरवाजा खोला तो झिर्री के रास्ते ही कोरोना उनके घर के अंदर भी घुस जाएगा।
—इसी कहानी संग्रह से
देश, समाज और अपने इर्द-गिर्द घटनेवाली घटनाओं पर पैनी नजर रखनेवाले कथाकार रमेश पोखरियाल ‘निशंक’ ने कोरोनाकाल में घटित अनेक मार्मिक घटनाओं को अपनी कहानियों में पिरोकर कोरोना जैसी महामारी से उपजे हालातों के मध्य मानव, मानवता, मानव मूल्यों और मानवीय संवेदनाओं का गहन विश्लेषण किया है। विपरीत परिस्थितियों, कठिनाइयों और संघर्षों के बीच ये कहानियाँ मन-मस्तिष्क को धैर्य, साहस और सुकून का बोध कराती हैं।
Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police – A Tale of the Macleod Trail
Cameron, a young man from Edinburgh, is a university student who is a rising star on the football team. When the big day comes and he nearly fails his team, he doubts he’ll ever be good for anything ever again. Things soon take a turn downward and Cameron is forced to face the fact that his only option may be leaving all he’s ever known and going to Canada for a new start. Summary by Adele de Pignerolles
Corporate Governance by Dr. Vandna Dangi
The book makes an attempt to explain and appraise the concept of corporate governance with a broader approach which goes beyond committee reports and legal framework, towards the actual issues and problems faced in complying with the Corporate Governance Standards not only in letter but also in spirit. Suitable examples and case studies are given to enhance the understanding of the critical issues that require a delicate balance of what ought to be and what not. The book hopes to make a significant contribution in its own way by looking at the whole concept of corporate governance with a balanced perspective and makes a sincere effort to discuss the whole issue in an entirely new, innovative, interesting and thought provoking manner. The author hopes that the book shall be useful not only for the professionals and students but also for anyone one who has a stake in the corporate world.
Corporate Yogi by Dr. Arvind Lal
एक गोली ने एक की जिंदगी छीनी और तीन को तबाह कर दिया। उनमें से एक जिंदगी मेरी भी थी। ‘मेरे भाई ने मेरे पिता को गोली मार दी। मेरी माँ ने गोली की आवाज सुनी।’ करीब 1,400 किलोमीटर दूर, पुणे के आर्म्ड फोर्सेज मेडिकल कॉलेज में, जहाँ मैं हॉस्टल में असिस्टेंट वार्डन की नौकरी करते हुए पैथोलॉजी में पोस्टग्रैजुएट कोर्स कर रहा था, टेलीफोन की घंटी बज उठी। ये 4 दिसंबर, 1977 की रात थी, जिसने मुझे हमेशा-हमेशा के लिए बदल दिया।
—इसी पुस्तक से
यह किताब एक आध्यात्मिक साधक और आकस्मिक उद्यमी के रूप में डॉ. अरविंद लाल के सफर को दिखाती है। हिमालय की गोद में बसे हैड़ाखान नाम के एक सुदूर गाँव के संत ने अरविंद के जीवन को कैसे बदल दिया? कैसे डॉ. लाल पैथलैब्स भारत के घर-घर में मशहूर ब्रांड बन गया? अध्यात्म ने किस प्रकार एक उद्यमी के रूप में उनके विचारों को आकार दिया? क्या कर्म और आध्यात्मिकता एक-दूसरे में ढलकर कर्मयोग का रूप ले सकते हैं, जैसा कि प्राचीन धर्मग्रंथों में बताया गया है?
डॉ. लाल के जीवन के इर्द-गिर्द बुनी गई यह किताब उनके उद्यम, कर्मशीलता और दूरदर्शिता के साथ-साथ कर्म, जीवन और आध्यात्मिकता के अनेक प्रश्नों के उत्तर देती है।
इस पुस्तक में डॉ. लाल ने न केवल अपनी आध्यात्मिक साधना का वर्णन किया है, बल्कि कर्मयोग और जपयोग सहित, अपने गुरु हैड़ाखान बाबा की शिक्षा से भी परिचित कराया है, जो अध्यात्म की खोज करनेवालों के लिए काफी दिलचस्प होगी।
—डॉ. कर्ण सिंह
चेयरमैन, ऑरोविल फाउंडेशन
डॉ. लाल की तरह मैं भी चिकित्सा जगत से हूँ और हमारी पृष्ठभूमि के लोगों के लिए जीवित भगवान में विश्वास करना आसान नहीं होता। अपने गुरु के मार्गदर्शन में, आध्यात्मिक साधक के रूप में डॉ. लाल का विकास उल्लेखनीय है। इस देश को उन्होंने विश्वस्तरीय लैबोरेटरी डायग्नोस्टिक की जैसी सेवा उपलब्ध कराई,
वह असाधारण और प्रशंसनीय है।
—डॉ. प्रणव पंड्या, एम.डी.
प्रमुख, ऑल वर्ल्ड गायत्री परिवार
Correct English Usage by Prashant Gupta
Correct English Usage is a unique and peerless book for those who are interested in having a written and spoken command of the English language. The fascination of this international language is unmatched. But it is replete with pitfalls which must be carefully avoided if one does not want to become a butt of laughter either in written or spoken English. Let us quote from the book itself, “A student of the English language ought to know the difference between ‘English’ and ‘the English’.”
This book is a treasure house of modern and current usage in English. As one flips through the pages of the book, one gains in knowledge and confidence. The mystery of the English language unfolds itself in every page of this wonderful treatise.
Cosmic Castaway
“Within a year Earth would be a vassal world, with the Sirian invaders triumphant. Only Standish, Earth’s Defense Engineer, could halt that last victorious onslaught?and he was helpless, the lone survivor of a prison ship wrecked in uncharted space.” – Summary by publishers blurb
Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of The Universe: Introduction
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a Prussian geographer, naturalist, explorer, and influential proponent of romantic philosophy. Many consider him to be the last of the great polymaths. After his death in 1859, the scientific world began to divide into separate disciplines, each with its own knowledgeable but narrowly defined experts. Humboldt?s mind encompassed all that was then known of nature in one great whole. He could well be considered the father of modern ecology and earth studies. His great scientific and literary achievement was the multi-volume Cosmos, twenty years in the writing, in which he attempted to describe the known physical world. Humboldt?s lyrical style of writing influenced the subsequent genre of nature writing as well as many of the towering figures of the Romantic movement. This LibriVox recording is of the Introduction to Cosmos. The Introduction gives a good measure of breadth of Humboldt?s mind and is a pleasure to read or hear because of its literary felicity. This reading omits the copious footnotes in favor of maintaining the flow of thought of the body of the text. Also included are the translator?s preface which contains a short biography of Humboldt as well as the author?s own preface. – Summary by Wikipedia and david wales
Cossack Fairy Tales
This is a volume of fairy tales and folk tales from the Cossack people, compiled and translated by Robert Nisbet Bain. The tales are special as most children will not have heard them a hundred times before, and as they take listeners into a different region of the realm of the fairy tale. The Cossacks are a group of people living mostly in what is now Ukraine and Russia. The fairy and folk tales contained in this volume allow a glimpse into both the cultural traditions of the Cossack people, as well as into how this culture was perceived by others. – Summary by Carolin
Cottage Cheese Recipe Book
This short recipe book from the Borden Company has a full range of recipes including Appetizers, Salads, Salad Dressings, Breads, Main Dishes, and Desserts. – Summary by Larry Wilson
Cottage Economy
How can you tell when your pig is fat enough? Why should you never buy mustard? What’s wrong with eating potatoes? Which is better, beer or tea? And what type of straw makes the best bonnets? William Cobbett is the man to ask. Here is his book of practical advice to the rural labouring ‘cottager’ (first published as a part-work in 1821-22), the precursor in many ways to the handbooks on self-sufficiency that today entice so many city-dwellers. A champion of the rural working class at a time of huge social and industrial change, a radical politician and a prolific writer, Cobbett is opinionated, passionate and enlightening, making ‘Cottage Economy’ a fascinating and entertaining window on daily life for the smallholders of his day, and still inspirational, almost 200 years later, to those who seek ‘a good living’ as the foundation of happiness. (Introduction by Philippa) The figures referred to in the section on ice houses can be viewed here
Cottage On The Curve by Mary Lamers
This story was written in time of war, in the memory of peace. Once upon a time there were happy times like these. There were trips and steaks and tennis balls, and even double-decker ice-cream cones. But the children who played on the shores of Oak Lake have sailed away. In jungle heat they remember her cool depths. In the hot blare of battle they remember the quiet just as the moon rose over the tamarack swamp. Come back, long-legged little boys! Come back to the summer days we used to know. -Preface by the author
Cottage Poems
Patrick Bront? (father of the famous Bront? sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anna) is mainly remembered as a father, reverend and teacher, but he also was a poet and a novelist. Cottage Poems, his first published work, he gives gentle spiritual advice and guidance to the community, colleagues and members of his congregation in the form of lyrical letters. Even if one is simply interested in his daughters’ works, it is still interesting to see where the sisters’ inspiration to write may have come from. (Summary by Mary Kay)
Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV
Part five of Francis Parkman’s multi-volume series France and England in North America is but one of the masterful narratives that have earned him the reputation as one of the most notable American historians. Preface excerpt: The events recounted in this book group themselves in the main about a single figure, that of Count Frontenac, the most remarkable man who ever represented the crown of France in the New World. From strangely unpromising beginnings, he grew with every emergency, and rose equal to every crisis. His whole career was one of conflict, sometimes petty and personal, sometimes of momentous consequence, involving the question of national ascendancy on this continent. NOTE: This audio recording does not include footnotes which mostly refer to the original French sources. They can be found at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6875. (Summary by Celine Major) Part 1: Pioneers of France in the New World Part 2: The Jesuits in North America in the 17th Century Part 4: The Old R?gime in Canada Part 5: Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV Part 6: Montcalm and Wolfe Part 7: A Half Century of Conflict
Countdown
The first flight to outer space became an actual fact ? Mars would be the first stop. But before the spaceship took off, two insane enemies almost succeeded in preventing the departure. This science fiction story for teens was written by a Catholic priest. (Summary from the original jacket and Maria Therese)
Countess Erika’s Apprenticeship
The baron is busy building ventures which are doomed to fail. He thinks the next one would be better, and mourns the absence of his wife who went to beg for money from rich friends for his failing ventures. To this world of love, anger and disappointment, Erika is born, now a keen girl of 14. This story is about her way to fit in, solve her complicated relationships with her parents, and find love. Ossip Schubin is the pseudonym of Aloisia Kirschner, a popular Austrian novelist. – Summary by Stav Nisser
Countess Julie
August Strindberg’s naturalistic one-act drama has only three characters: Julie, a passionate young noblewoman; Jean, her father’s ambitious valet; and Kristin, the cook, who is also Jean’s fiancee. The play is set on Midsummer Eve, when everyone is reveling, and Julie and Jean get a bit too intimate – with tragic results. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) Characters: Julie – Elizabeth Klett Jean – mb Kristin – Miriam Esther Goldman Narration – Availle Audio edited by mb
Courage (Dramatic Reading)
Courage follows the story of Courage, a young 12-year-old orphaned girl, who adapts to to meeting and living with new people. She lives up to her name . . . but, what becomes of her in the end? – Summary by bhavya Courage: Elsie Selwyn Larry: Larry Wilson Sylvia: LikeManyWaters Miss Julia: Beth Thomas Mary Duff: Foon Gentleman/David/Mr. Everett: TriciaG John: Josh Kibbey Celia Thaxter: Leanne Yau Big Bob: Campbell Schelp Man, Captain, Man 2: Bhavya Boy: William White Dick, Father, Bruce: Elijah Fisher Mrs. Everett: Anita Sloma-Martinez Big Girl: Evie Maria Small Girl: Zoe Trang Irishman: ChadH94 Narrator: Aaron White and Chuck Williamson Edited by bhavya, Larry Wilson, and Linny Proof-listened by Elijah Fisher and Lynette Caulkins
Cousin Betty
Cousin Betty (La Cousine Bette), published in serial format in 1846, was one of the last and greatest of Balzac’s works. It was part of his long novel collection titled La Com?die Humaine. Set in mid-19th-century France, it tells the story of a woman who resents her position as a “poor relation.” As we follow her schemes to bring ruin upon the more privileged members of her family, we see a society in transition. The stability and idealism of the old order give way to a new bourgeois world in which virtue is strangled in the struggle for power and money. In this novel, Balzac searchingly probes the psychology and motivations of his characters: his work influenced the development of literary realism, as practised by writers such as Dickens, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert, Proust, and Henry James. – Summary by Bruce Pirie
Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac
In this most paradoxical of all novels, Destiny takes revenge on the ungrateful cousin Betty. It is a tale of unfaithfulness, deception, betrayal, lust, and hatred, set in nineteenth century Paris, a world of high finance and politics. The Hulots are a wealthy family, and Hortense — Betty’s cousin — has made a fortunate marriage . . . to Betty’s beloved. Hortense is good to her cousin, bringing her to live with them in a beautiful house. The Hulots are good to her, but Betty wants only revenge. Betty tries with all her wiles to destroy the family. Certainly she has many opportunities to do it, because the Hulots are flawed, and intrigue is Betty’s favorite sport, intrigue with meanness and cruelty. But no good comes from bad deeds, and life, always ironic, will not allow Betty’s deeds to accomplish her revenge.
Cousin Henry
Indefer Jones struggles to name an heir to his estate. Will he choose his favorite niece, Isabel, or a male heir? The story turns on the trouble that arises when Indefer fails to tell anyone his final decision before passing away. ( Summary by Jean Bascom )
Cousin Maude
When Matilda’s husband James dies, she marries rich Dr. Kennedy thinking he will provide a good home for her daughter Maude. However, the doctor is a miser and assumes that Matty will be his housekeeper. They have a little boy who is crippled and the doctor ignores him. Maude is totally devoted to him and on her mother’s deathbed promises to look after him always. The story then evolves with Maude meeting her stepsister Nellie’s cousins JC and James. Nellie has set her sights on JC who is after her money while Maude develops strong feelings towards James. JC begins to fall for Maude and when he learns that she has come into an inheritance bequeathed to her by her mother’s former servant/nurse Janet he proposes to her. The complications that follow along with the arrival of a new stepmother add just the right amount of drama to this sweet romance. – Summary by Celine Major
Cousin Phillis
Cousin Phillis (1864) is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell about Paul Manning, a youth of seventeen who moves to the country and befriends his mother’s family and his second cousin Phillis Holman, who is confused by her own placement at the edge of adolescence. Most critics agree that Cousin Phillis is Gaskell’s crowning achievement in the short novel. The story is uncomplicated; its virtues are in the manner of its development and telling. (Summary by Wikipedia)
Cousin Pons
Cousin Pons is one of the final works in Balzac’s long novel series titled The Human Comedy. It was published in 1847, along with Cousin Betty, as one of a complementary pair of novels, collectively titled Poor Relations. While Cousin Betty tells the story of a bitter woman who seeks revenge on her wealthier relations, in Cousin Pons, Balzac turns to the story of an timid, innocent man who is exploited and victimized by the wealthier members of his extended family. Balzac offers probing character portraits and an indictment of greed and materialism in this detailed portrait of mid-19th-century French life. He is considered one of the finest European novelists of his century and a significant influence on the development of literary realism. (Summary by Bruce Pirie)
Cousin Pons by Honoré de Balzac
He was even more desperate as a collector and fancier of ez’ee/ofs than he was as a speculator; and while the one mania was nearly as responsible for his pecuniary troubles and his need to overwork himself as the other, it certainly gave him more constant and more comparatively harmless satisfactions. His connoisseurship has, of course, been questioned one connoisseur would be nothing if he did not question the competence of another, if not of all others. It seems certain that Balzac frequently bought things for what they were not and probable that his own acquisitions went, in his own eyes, through that succession of stages which Charles Lamb described inimitably.
Covid-19 : Sabhyata Ka Sankat Aur Samadhan by KAILASH SATYARTHI
इस पुस्तक में मैंने कोविड-19 महामारी से उपजे ‘सभ्यता के संकट’ के कारणों, परिणामों और समाधानों की विवेचना करने का प्रयास किया है। मेरा जोर, महामारी से उपजे संकट के तात्कालिक उपायों के अलावा मुख्य रूप से स्थायी समाधानों पर है। ये समाधान करुणा, कृतज्ञता, उत्तरदायित्व और सहिष्णुता के सार्वभौमिक मूल्यों पर आधारित हैं। मैं मानता हूँ कि इन मूल्यों को व्यवहार में लाने के आसान तरीके खोजे जाने चाहिए। उपदेश और उपचार का अलग-अलग महत्त्व होता है। उपदेश आसान होते हैं और उपचार मुश्किल। कोरोना वायरस की वैक्सीन तो देर-सवेर ढूँढ़ ही ली जाएगी और इस महामारी का अंत भी हो जाएगा। लेकिन, समाज की चेतना में लगी बीमारियों को दूर करने के लिए ठीक-ठीक उपचार ढूँढ़कर उन्हें उपयुक्त ढंग से लागू करना होगा। इस पुस्तक में मैंने ऐसे ही कुछ उपचार और समाधान ढँूढ़ने का कोशिश की है।
—कैलाश सत्यार्थी
Cow: a Celestial Being by S. Balakrishnan And K.M. Shukla
Ifyou have not given much I thought as to what an amazing gift of God, a cow is, this book is a great place to start! So it is, if cows have always been close to your heart. This unique work of heart, effortlessly explores the intricate and deeply interwoven relationship man shares with these bovine beauties! India perhaps, is the only country in the world, where this bond is so very sacred and special, yet complex and complicated!
This book grazes you through the heart, body and soul of a cow, breezing through various complex issues related to it, ranging from Science to Spirituality, history to the present troubled times. But in all this, what lingers in the reader’s mind, is the beautiful flavour and fragrance of the deep rooted love of the authors, towards these lovable, affectionate, emotional, at the same time smart and intelligent bovine creatures!
Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack
Frank Benton, himself a wealthy rancher, provides a series of first-hand sketches of cowboy life of the late 19th and early 20th century from stories gathered from the “sidetrack.” These were working cowpunchers with a subculture of their own who did the day-to-day work of the ranches. This is an important part of American history preserved for us in these stories. – Summary by Larry Wilson
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John Avery Lomax is a towering figure in the field of early American musicology and folklore. Through intensive field work, Lomax built up the core body of work for the Library of Congress Archive. “Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads” is his collection that propelled him to the forefront of his field and ignited new interest in American folklore, inspiring many to continue research. For his contributions to the field of cowboy music, Locas was inducted into the Western Music Hall of Fame in 2010. Many of the verses here are accompanied by musical scores, and some may be more familiar in their musical form such as “A Home on the Range.” A wide array of characters and life across the western United States is represented here. – Summary by Larry Wilson
Coyote
“He went with his widowed mother to California in 1854, and was thrown as a young man into the hurly-burly which he more than any other writer has made real to distant and later people. He was by turns a miner, school-teacher, express messenger, printer, and journalist. The types which live again in his pages are thus not only what he observed, but what he himself impersonated in his own experience.” (from the BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH (introduction to) COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS By Bret Harte)
Cradock Nowell Vol. 1
Cradock Nowell: a Tale of the New Forest is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1866. Set in the New Forest and in London, it follows the fortunes of Cradock Nowell who is thrown out of his family home by his father following the suspicious death of Cradock’s twin brother Clayton. It was Blackmore’s second novel, and the novel he wrote prior to his most famous work Lorna Doone. ( Wikipedia) *Warning: Some listeners may be offended by some of the language. Words that were considered acceptable in the nineteenth century are not always politically correct today. It is LibriVox policy to leave the original wording as the author intended. Other volumes in the series: Cradock Nowell, volume 2 Cradock Nowell, volume 3
Cradock Nowell Vol. 2
Cradock Nowell: a Tale of the New Forest is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1866. Set in the New Forest and in London, it follows the fortunes of Cradock Nowell who, at the end of Volume 1, is thrown out of his family home by his father following the suspicious death of Cradock’s twin brother Clayton. It was Blackmore’s second novel, and the novel he wrote prior to his most famous work Lorna Doone. ( Wikipedia) *Warning: Some listeners may be offended by some of the language. Words that were considered acceptable in the nineteenth century are not always politically correct today. It is LibriVox policy to leave the original wording as the author intended. – Summary by Lynne Thompson Other volumes in the series: Cradock Nowell, volume 1 Cradock Nowell, volume 3
Cradock Nowell Vol. 3
Cradock Nowell: a Tale of the New Forest is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1866. Set in the New Forest and in London, it follows the fortunes of Cradock Nowell who, at the end of Volume 1, is thrown out of his family home and disowned by his father following the suspicious death of Cradock’s twin brother Clayton, their father’s favorite. In Volume 2, the story picks up with those left behind at Nowelhurst and the question of who is now heir apparent to the Nowell fortune. Meanwhile, Cradock discovers life independent of the Nowell name and fortune is not easy. At the end of volume 2, we leave Cradock fighting for his life and his beloved Amy rushing to be with him. It was Blackmore’s second novel, and the novel he wrote prior to his most famous work Lorna Doone. *Warning: Some listeners may be offended by some of the language. Words that were considered acceptable in the nineteenth century are not always politically correct today. It is LibriVox policy to leave the original wording as the author intended. – Summary by Lynne Thompson Other volumes in the series: Cradock Nowell, volume 1 Cradock Nowell, volume 2
Cranford
Cranford is the best-known novel of the 19th century English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. It was first published in 1851 as a serial in the magazine Household Words, which was edited by Charles Dickens. The fictional town of Cranford is closely modelled on Knutsford in Cheshire, which Mrs Gaskell knew well. The book has little in the way of plot and is more a series of episodes in the lives of Mary Smith and her friends, Miss Matty and Miss Deborah, two spinster sisters. The “major” event in the story is the return to Cranford of their long-lost brother, Peter, which in itself is only a minor portion of the work… (Summary by Wikipedia)
Cranford (version 2)
Cranford is set in a small market town populated largely by a number of respectable ladies. It tells of their secrets and foibles, their gossip and their romances as they face the challenges of dealing with new inhabitants to their society and innovations to their settled existence. It was first published between 1851 and 1853 as episodes in Charles Dickens? Journal Household Words. Appended to this recording is a short sequel, The Cage at Cranford, written ten years later and published in the journal All the Year Round. In a letter to Mrs. Gaskell, Charlotte Bronte wrote: ?Thank you for your letter, it was as pleasant as a quiet chat, as welcome as spring showers, as reviving as a friend?s visit; in short, it was very like a page of Cranford.?… Cranford is a genteel and humorous look at Victorian society by Elizabeth Gaskell, and is quite a change from her more gritty novels like Mary Barton or North and South. (Summary by Noel Badrian)
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Cranford ladies have only an occasional little quarrel, spirited out in a few peppery words and angry jerks of the head; just enough to prevent the even tenor of their lives from becoming too flat. Their dress is very independent of fashion; as they observe, “What does it signify how we dress here at Cranford, where everybody knows us?” And if they go from home, their reason is equally cogent, “What does it signify how we dress here, where nobody knows us?” The materials of their clothes are, in general, good and plain, and most of them are nearly as scrupulous as Miss Tyler, of cleanly memory; but I will answer for it, the last gigot, the last tight and scanty petticoat in wear in England, was seen in Cranford—and seen without a smile.
Cratylus
Cratylus (????????) discusses whether things have names by mere convention or have true names which can only be correctly applied to the object named and may have originated from God. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards)
Creating a Livable Planet by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
A nation’s capability of self-sustainability is seen as the foremost marker for it to be considered a developed nation. Its self-sufficiency in agriculture, economy, health and education facilities for its citizens builds its sustainability. An ideal nation should be able to fulfil the basic needs for each of its citizen on its own. To achieve this level of self-sufficiency was one of India’s former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s major aspirations for the country.
Creating A Livable Planet is a volume especially compiled with an aim to preserve and spread Dr. Kalam’s enlightening and informative ideas on the usage of right technology to benefit and improve India’s agriculture, economy, atmosphere and health of citizens. He, through these articles, educates the citizens, both young and old, on how using inexpensive, conventional and nature-friendly techniques can help us enrich our agriculture, environment and health. He also advocates the adoption of necessary modern technologies that could help our society evolve.