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	Alarms and Discursions - G. K. Chesterton Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox." He wrote in an off-hand, whimsical prose studded with startling formulations. Chesterton wrote about 4000 essays on various subjects, and "Ararms and Discursions is one of his collections... Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; Chesterton; G. K. Chesterton; essays; humor Downloads: 5,714 Average rating: (0 review)
	All I Survey - G K Chesterton Keywords: GENERALITIES Downloads: 214
	All Things Considered - G.K. Chesterton LibriVox recording of All Things Considered by G. K. Chesterton. Read by Ray Clare Another delightful and sharply pointed excursion into the topics of the day, and of this day as well, with Gilbert Keith Chesterton. These reprinted magazine articles are filled with his good natured wit, his masterful use of paradox, and devastating ability to use reductio ad absurdum to destroy the popular myths that drive a society driving full-speed into secular humanism... Keywords: essays; chesterton; audio books; librivox Downloads: 6,317 Average rating: (0 review)
	The Appetite of Tyranny - G. K. Chesterton LibriVox recording of "The Appetite of Tyranny" by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. “Unless we are all mad, there is at the back of the most bewildering business a story: and if we are all mad, there is no such thing as madness. If I set a house on fire, it is quite true that I may illuminate many other people's weaknesses as well as my own. It may be that the master of the house was burned because he was drunk; it may be that the mistress of the house was burned because she was stingy, an... Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; essays; Chesterton; G. K. Chesterto Downloads: 1,783 Average rating: (0 review)
	The Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens - G. K. Chesterton LibriVox recording of The Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. “These papers were originally published as prefaces to the separate books of Dickens in one of the most extensive of those cheap libraries of the classics which are one of the real improvements of recent times. Thus they were harmless, being diluted by, or rather drowned in Dickens... Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; Chesterton; G. K. Chesterton; essays; Dickens; Charles Dickens; literary criticism Downloads: 1,226 Average rating: (0 review)
	The Autobiogrphy Of G K Chesterton - G. K. Chesterton Downloads: 503
	The Ballad of the White Horse - G.K. Chesterton LibriVox recording of The Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton. Read by Joshua B. Christensen An English epic poem that follows the exploits of Alfred the Great in his defense of Christian civilization in England from the heathen nihilism of the North. Following a string of defeats at the hands of the invading Danes, a vision from heaven in the river island of Athelney fills Alfred with joy and hope... Keywords: librivox; audiobooks; chesterton; poem; epic; ballad; whitehorse Downloads: 6,924 Average rating: (0 review)
	Charles Dickens - G. K. Chesterton Downloads: 150 Average rating: (0 review)
	Charles Dickens - G. K. Chesterton LibriVox recording of "Charles Dickens" by G. K. Chesterton, read by LibriVox volunteers. G. K. Chesterton was a great admirer of Charles Dickens, and wrote a noted critique of Dickens' works expressing his opinion in his own inimitable style. (Summary by Karen Merline) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; Chesterton; G. K. Chesterton; Dickens; Charles Dickens Downloads: 7,404 Average rating: (0 review)
	The Club of Queer Trades - G. K. Chesterton Librivox recording of The Club of Queer Trades by G. K. Chesterton. Read by David Barnes A collection of six wonderfully quirky detective stories, featuring the 'mystic' former judge Basil Grant. Each story reveals a practitioner of an entirely new profession, and member of the Club of Queer Trades. (Summary by David Barnes) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org. Keywords: librivox; literature; short stories; detective; mystery Downloads: 10,249 Average rating: (5 reviews)
	The Crimes of England - G. K. Chesterton "Second, when telling such lies as may seem necessary to your international standing, do not tell the lies to the people who know the truth. Do not tell the Eskimos that snow is bright green; nor tell the negroes in Africa that the sun never shines in that Dark Continent. Rather tell the Eskimos that the sun never shines in Africa; and then, turning to the tropical Africans, see if they will believe that snow is green... Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; essays; England; history; politics Downloads: 1,478 Average rating: (0 review)
	The Defendant - G. K. Chesterton LibriVox recording of "The Defendant" by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. A collection of reprinted articles on a wide-range of subject, all in the unique style of G. K. Chesterton. Using wit, paradox, and good humor he “defends” a series of seeming harmless things that need no defense, and in so doing he exposes many of the broken assumptions and dogmatic notions of secular humanism and other trends of his age and of ours... Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; essays; Chesterton; G. K. Chesterton Downloads: 1,929 Average rating: (0 review)
	Eugenics and Other Evils - G. K. Chesterton LibriVox recording of Eugenics and Other Evils by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. Most Eugenists are Euphemists. I mean merely that short words startle them, while long words soothe them. And they are utterly incapable of translating the one into the other, however obviously they mean the same thing. Say to them "The persuasive and even coercive powers of the citizen should enable him to make sure that the burden of longevity in the previous generation does not become disproportionate and i... Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; essays; religion; eugenics; Chesterton; G. K. Chesterton Downloads: 5,949 Average rating: (0 review)
	The Everlasting Man - G.K. Chesterton What was the state of the world and the human race right before Jesus' birth? What were people thinking about the gods and each other? Was Jesus just another rabbi or philosopher? Or was he weirder than our culture tends to remember? G.K. Chesterton, English newspaper columnist, literary reviewer, and general character knew all about eccentricity and going against the mainstream. This 1925 book, the latest in a line of many previous portraits of great artists and famous historical figures, is hi... Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; essays; Religion; History Downloads: 15,550 Average rating: (1 review)
	George Bernard Shaw - G. K. Chesterton LibriVox recording of George Bernard Shaw by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. Chesterton and Shaw were famous friends and enjoyed their arguments and discussions. Although rarely in agreement, they both maintained good-will towards and respect for each other. However, in his writing, Chesterton expressed himself very plainly on where they differed and why. In Heretics he writes of Shaw: “After belabouring a great many people for a great many years for being unprogressive, Mr... Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; essays; Chesterton; G. K. Chesterton Downloads: 1,924 Average rating: (0 review)
	"Christmas" - G.K. Chesterton Essay on the proper way to celebrate Christmas, the eating of turkeys, and other fun topics. This essay, from the 1908 collection All Things Considered, was originally printed in Chesterton's column in the Illustrated London News. Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; essays; comedy; Holidays; Christmas Downloads: 1,382 Average rating: (1 review)
	"The Nightmare" - G.K. Chesterton A short essay by G.K. Chesterton on horror's proper place. Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction Downloads: 1,151 Average rating: (0 review)
	Heretics - G. K. Chesterton LibriVox recording of "Heretics" by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. The Author Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere "rollicking journalist," he was actually a prolific and gifted writer in virtually every area of literature. A man of strong opinions and enormously talented at defending them, his exuberant personality nevertheless allowed him to maintain warm friendships with people--such as George Bernard Shaw and... Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; essays; apologetics; Christianity; religion; Chesterton; G. K. Chesterton Downloads: 16,663 Average rating: (0 review)
	The Innocence of Father Brown - G. K. Chesterton Librivox recording of The Innocence of Father Brown, by G. K. Chesteron. Read by Brian Roberg. The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) is the first of five collections of mystery stories by G. K. Chesterton starring an unimposing but surprisingly capable Roman Catholic priest. Father Brown's ability to uncover the truth behind the mystery continually surpasses that of the "experts" around him, who are fooled into underestimation by the priest's unimpressive outward appearance and, often, by their o... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature Downloads: 39,200 Average rating: (0 review)
	Irish Impressions - G. K. Chesterton LibriVox recording of Irish Impressions by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. “For the Irish Question has never been discussed in England. Men have discussed Home Rule; but those who advocated it most warmly, and as I think wisely, did not even know what the Irish meant by Home. Men have talked about Unionism; but they have never even dared to propose Union. A Unionist ought to mean a man who is not even conscious of the boundary of the two countries; who can walk across the frontier of fair... Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; essays; Ireland Downloads: 563
	"Lepanto" - G.K. Chesterton "Lepanto" was written when Chesterton was still in school. It tells about the Battle of Lepanto, in which the vastly outnumbered Holy League, led by an illegimately born prince, beat the Ottoman Empire's galleys, thus helping change the course of history. It also refers to the historical fact that Cervantes, once a prisoner in the Ottoman galleys, fought in the great and chivalrous Battle of Lepanto..... Keywords: Audiobook - Poetry; Sea Downloads: 1,126 Average rating: (0 review)
	Lord Kitchener - G. K. Chesterton LibriVox recording of "Lord Kitchener" by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare, proofed and produced by Karen Merline. “The paradox of all this part of his life lies in this--that, destined as he was to be the greatest enemy of Mahomedanism, he was quite exceptionally a friend of Mahomedans.” (Summary quoted from Gilbert Keith Chesterton) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org Downloads: 502
	Manalive - G. K. Chesterton LibriVox recording of Manalive by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. The flying blast struck London just where it scales the northern heights, terrace above terrace, as precipitous as Edinburgh. It was round about this place that some poet, probably drunk, looked up astonished at all those streets gone skywards, and (thinking vaguely of glaciers and roped mountaineers) gave it the name of Swiss Cottage, which it has never been able to shake off... Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; Chesterton; G. K. Chesterton; mystery Downloads: 2,169 Average rating: (0 review)
	The Man Who was Thursday, A Nightmare - G.K. Chesterton LibriVox recording of The Man who was Thursday, a Nightmare, by G.K. Chesterton. Read by Zachary Brewster-Geisz. In a surreal turn-of-the-century London, Gabriel Syme, a poet, is recruited to a secret anti-anarchist taskforce at Scotland Yard. Lucian Gregory, an anarchist poet, is the only poet in Saffron Park, until he loses his temper in an argument over the purpose of poetry with Gabriel Syme, who takes the opposite view... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobooks; chesterton Downloads: 114,409 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	Miscellaneous Essays - G. K. Chesterton LibriVox recording of miscellaneous essays by G. K. Chesterton, read for LibriVox by students of G. K. Cleveland These nine files are miscellaneous short essays or stories from G.K. Chesterton. They were chosen for not only their brevity but also for being shining exemplars of Chesterton's wit and whimsy. A fun but powerful introduction into the mind of the man that is G.K. Chesterton. (Written by G... Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; G. K, Chesterton; Chesterton; humor Downloads: 10,271 Average rating: (0 review)
	A Miscellany of Men - G. K. Chesterton Librivox recording of A Miscellany of Men by G. K. Chesterton. Read by Ray Clare. Gilbert Keith Chesterton was among the world's most prolific writers who incorporated relentless logic, wonderful humor, and a clear view of truth into an amazing tool for exposing the foolishness of the policies of the world around him through the device of paradox. It is always great fun, and certainly always a learning experience to read Chesterton... Keywords: librivox; audiobooks; essays; Chesterton; nonfiction Downloads: 3,059 Average rating: (0 review)
	The Napoleon of Notting Hill - G. K. Chesterton LibriVox recording of "The Napoleon of Notting Hill" by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. While the novel is humorous (one instance has the King sitting on top of an omnibus and speaking to it as to a horse: "Forward, my beauty, my Arab," he said, patting the omnibus encouragingly, "fleetest of all thy bounding tribe"), it is also an adventure story: Chesterton is not afraid to let blood be drawn in his battles, fought with sword and halberd in the London streets, and Wayne thinks up a few in... Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; G. K. Chesterton; novel Downloads: 2,825 Average rating: (0 review)
	The New Jerusalem - G. K. Chesterton LibriVox recording of "The New Jerusalem" by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of anyone involved in the production of this book, and are not the views of LibriVox. "On the road to Cairo one may see twenty groups exactly like that of the Holy Family in the pictures of the Flight into Egypt; with only one difference. The man is riding on the ass." "The real mistake of the Muslims is something much more modern in its application than any particula... Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; essays; Jerusalem; Palestine; Chesterton Downloads: 2,176 Average rating: (1 review)
	On Running After One S Hat And Other Whimsies - G. K. Chesterton Downloads: 335
	Orthodoxy - G.K. Chesterton With his typical wit and erudition Chesterton presents Christianity as the best answer to a series of interlocking riddles that live in every human heart. (Summary by Pleonic) Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; chesterton; orthodoxy Downloads: 18,436 Average rating: (0 review)
	San_Francisco_De_Asis - G.K.Chesterton Downloads: 190
	San Francisco De Asis - G.K. Chesterton Downloads: 414
	Shilling For My Thoughts - G K Chesterton Downloads: 209
	A Short History of England - G. K. Chesterton Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a prolific writer on many topics. His views of history were always from the standpoint of men and their interactions, and it may fairly be said he saw all of history as a battle between civilization and barbarism. So it has always been, and that remains true even today."But it is especially in the matter of the Middle Ages that the popular histories trample upon the popular traditions... Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; history; England; essays; Chesterton; G. K. Chesterton Downloads: 15,151 Average rating: (0 review)
	A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND - G.K. CHESTERTON Downloads: 175
	A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND - G.K. CHESTERTON Downloads: 143
	A_Short_History_Of_England - G.K.Chesterton Keywords: - Downloads: 91
	The Donkey - G K Chesterton G K Chesterton's the Donkey. Read by Your Teacher. Keywords: poem; poetry Downloads: 990 Average rating: (0 review)
	Tremendous Trifles - G. K. Chesterton LibriVox recording of Tremendous Trifles by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. “None of us think enough of these things on which the eye rests. But don't let us let the eye rest. Why should the eye be so lazy? Let us exercise the eye until it learns to see startling facts that run across the landscape as plain as a painted fence. Let us be ocular athletes. Let us learn to write essays on a stray cat or a coloured cloud... Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; essays; Chesterton Downloads: 1,399 Average rating: (0 review)
	A Utopia of Usurers - G. K. Chesterton LibriVox recording of Utopia of Usurers, by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. “Now I have said again and again (and I shall continue to say again and again on all the most inappropriate occasions) that we must hit Capitalism, and hit it hard, for the plain and definite reason that it is growing stronger. Most of the excuses which serve the capitalists as masks are, of course, the excuses of hypocrites... Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; essays; Chesterton Downloads: 1,053 Average rating: (0 review)
	Varied Types - G. K. Chesterton LibriVox recording of Varied Types by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare Another delightful and sharply pointed excursion into the topics of the day, and of our day as well, with Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Here he uses his wit and mastery of paradox to bring into focus a number of historical persons who in many ways typify the people who presently shape our world and who in their own right have already shaped Western civilization... Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; essays; Chesterton Downloads: 3,674 Average rating: (0 review)
	The_Victorian_Age_In_Literature - G_K_Chesterton Keywords: GENERALITIES Downloads: 110
	A Vowals And Denials A Book Essays - G. K. Chesterton Downloads: 236
	What I Saw in America - G. K. Chesterton LibriVox recording of What I Saw in America by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. “Let me begin my American impressions with two impressions I had before I went to America. One was an incident and the other an idea; and when taken together they illustrate the attitude I mean. The first principle is that nobody should be ashamed of thinking a thing funny because it is foreign; the second is that he should be ashamed of thinking it wrong because it is funny.” (Quotation from Gilbert Keith Ch... Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; essays; America Downloads: 1,276 Average rating: (0 review)
	What's Wrong With the World - G.K. Chesterton LibriVox recording of What's Wrong With the World, by GK Chesterton. Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) has been called the "prince of paradox". Time magazine observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out." His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction... Downloads: 2,005 Average rating: (0 review)
	The Wisdom of Father Brown - G. K. Chesterton Librivox recording of The Wisdom of Father Brown, by G. K. Chesterton Read by Martin Clifton This is the second of five books of short stories about G. K. Chestertons fictional detective, first published in 1914. Father Brown is a short, nondescript Catholic Priest with shapeless clothes and a large umbrella who has an uncanny insight into human evil. His methods, unlike those of his near contemporary Sherlock Holmes, although based on observation of details often unnoticed by others, tended to ... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; recording; the wisdom of father brown Downloads: 23,883 Average rating: (1 review)
	The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (Volume 2) - Charles Dickens, G . K. Chesterton Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Downloads: 16
	The Return of Christendom - Bishop Gore, G. K . Chesterton Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Downloads: 38
	Robert Browning - G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936 LibriVox recording of "Robert Browning" by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. There is an old anecdote, probably apocryphal, which describes how a feminine admirer wrote to Browning asking him for the meaning of one of his darker poems, and received the following reply: "When that poem was written, two people knew what it meant--God and Robert Browning. And now God only knows what it means. (Summary by Gilbert Keith Chesterton) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit L... Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; Robert Browning; G. K. Chesterton; literary criticism Downloads: 1,234 Average rating: (0 review)