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	U.S. Historical Documents - United States Read for librivox.org by Michael Scherer. Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature Downloads: 18,697 Average rating: (0 review)
	Udana - Exalted Utterances - Anandajoti Bhikkhu A reading of my translation of the Pali Canonical book Udana, entitled Exalted Utterances. Keywords: Buddhism; Buddhist doctrine; Dhamma; Dharma; Sutta Downloads: 4
	Udvalgte Danske Eventyr 001 - H. C. Andersen Librivox recording of Udvalgte Danske Eventyr 001 by Hans Christian Andersen. Read in Danish by Hedvig and Kristoffer Hunsdahl. "H. C. Andersen opfattes af de fleste mennesker først og fremmest som en børnebogsforfatter. Det er samtidig meget typisk for hans eventyr, at fortællingerne også rummer passager, der taler til den voksne læsers forståelse. Derfor kan såvel børn som voksne have glæde af at opleve - eller genopleve - historierne... Keywords: librivox; audiobooks; Danish; fairy tales; eventyr; Danske; Hans Christian Andersen Downloads: 1,589 Average rating: (0 review)
	Uh, Uh... - Krayzie Timon this is a song co written with, Soul Zero of all poetry (allpoetry.com) produced by me and all vocals by me. peace out u beeziez!! Downloads: 164
	Uit het leven van Dik Trom - Cornelis Johannes Kieviet LibriVox opname van Uit het leven van Dik Trom, door Cornelis Johannes Kieviet. Gelezen door bart. Dit is het eerste van zes boeken over Dik Trom, een ondeugende, dikke jongen, waarvan zijn vader altijd zegt: “Het is een bijzonder kind, en dat is-ie”. This is the first of six books about Dik Trom, a naughty, fat boy, about whom his father always says: "He's a special child, and that's what he is"... Keywords: Librivox; audioboek; Nederlands; Dik Trom Downloads: 312 Average rating: (0 review)
	Uller Uprising - H. Beam Piper Uller Uprising is the story of a confrontation between a human overlord and alien servants, with an ironic twist at the end. Like most of Piper's best work, Uller Uprising is modeled after an actual event in human history; in this case the Sepoy Mutiny (a Bengal uprising in British-held India brought about when rumors were spread to native soldiers that cartridges being issued by the British were coated with animal fat... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; science fiction; piper Downloads: 2,300 Average rating: (1 review)
	Ultima Thule - Mack Reynolds LibriVox recording of Ultima Thule by Mack Reynolds. Read by Karen Savage. Ronny Bronston has dreamed all his life of getting a United Planets job that would take him off-world. He finally gets the opportunity when he is given a provisional assignment with Bureau of Investigation, Section G. But will he be able to complete his assignment and find the elusive Tommy Paine? Keywords: librivox; audiobook; scifi; sci-fi sci fi; interplanetary travel; mystery
	Ulysses - James Joyce Librivox recording of Ulysses, by James Joyce. Still considered one of the most radical works of fiction of the 20th Century, James Joyce's Ulysses ushered in the era of the modern novel. Loosely based on Homer's Odyssey, the narrative follows Leopold Bloom and a number of other characters through an ordinary day, twenty four hours, in Dublin, on June 16, 1904. The text is dense and difficult, but perfectly suited to an oral reading, filled with language tricks, puns and jokes, stream of conscio... Downloads: 137,628 Average rating: (8 reviews)
	Umbrellas and Their History - William Sangster LibriVox recording of Umbrellas and Their History, by William Sangster. A whimsically serious look at the umbrella and society. (summary by Clarica) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org. Keywords: non fiction; history; umbrellas; sangster; audio books; librivox Downloads: 1,046 Average rating: (0 review)
	Uncertainty - drew Roberts Recording of Uncertainty by drew Roberts on October 5th. 2004. Uncertainty was written by drew Roberts in 1998. Keywords: Spoken Word Downloads: 484 Average rating: (1 review)
	Uncle Remus, by Joel Chandler Harris - Joel Chandler Harris LibriVox recording of Uncle Remus, by Joel Chandler Harris. Read by Mark F. Smith. Many readers will already be familiar with Uncle Remus’ favorite animal characters – Br’er Rabbit and Br’er Fox among them – and some of the popular tales concerning them. (To this day, “tar baby” as an expression for a particularly sticky situation that is almost impossible to solve, has passed into the English language and common use.) Even people who have never read any of these tales will know ex... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; children; remus; harris; folktales; animals Downloads: 55,900 Average rating: (1 review)
	Uncle Silas - J. Sheridan Le Fanu LibriVox recording of Uncle Silas, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Read by Great Plains. Uncle Silas is a Victorian Gothic mystery/thriller novel by the Anglo-Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. It is notable as one of the earliest examples of the locked room mystery subgenre. It is not a novel of the supernatural (despite a few creepily ambiguous touches), but does show a strong interest in the occult and in the ideas of Swedenborg... Keywords: librivox; literature; Sheridan Le Fanu; Gothic mystery; Uncle Silas
	Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe Librivox recording of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Read by John Greenman. Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is a novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe which treats slavery as a central theme. Stowe was a Connecticut-born teacher at the Hartford Female Academy and an active abolitionist. The novel is believed to have had a profound effect on the North's view of slavery... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; stowe; uncle tom Downloads: 178,717 Average rating: (6 reviews)
	Under the Greenwood Tree - Thomas Hardy LibriVox recording of Under the Greenwood Tree, by Thomas Hardy. Read by Rachel Lintern. This novel is subtitled The Mellstock Quire, A Rural Painting of the Dutch School. The Quire is the group of musicians who accompany the hymns at the local church and we follow the fortunes of one member, Dick Dewy, who falls in love with the new school mistress, Fancy Day. Another element of the book is the battle between the traditional musicians of the Quire and the local vicar, Parson Maybold, who instal... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; fiction; romance; pastoral; choir; quire; music Downloads: 1,819 Average rating: (1 review)
	Under the Lilacs - Louisa May Alcott LibriVox recording of Under the Lilacs, by Louisa May Alcott. "When two young girls decide to have a tea party with their dolls and a mysterious dog comes and eats their prized cake, they end up finding a circus run-away, Ben Brown. Ben is a horse master, and loves horses, so when the Moss' take the young boy in they decide to give him work at the neighbors house driving cows (on a horse, of course)... Keywords: librivox; literature; Alcott; Under the Lilacs
	Understood Betsy (Version 2) - Dorothy Canfield Fisher LibriVox recording of Understood Betsy, by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Read by Lee Ann Howlett. Understood Betsy is a 1916 novel for children by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. The story tells of Elizabeth Ann, a 9-year-old orphan who goes from a sheltered existence with her father's aunt Harriet and cousin Frances in the city, to living on a Vermont farm with her mother's family, the Putneys, whose child-rearing practices had always seemed suspect to Harriet and her daughter... Keywords: dorothy; canfield; fisher; librivox; publicdomain; audio book; betsy; understood Downloads: 1,582 Average rating: (0 review)
	Understood Betsy (version 2) - Dorothy Canfield Fisher LibriVox recording of Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Elizabeth Ann is a timid, sickly little girl who lives with her Aunt Frances and her Great-Aunt Harriet. When Great-Aunt Harriet becomes ill, poor little Elizabeth Ann is sent to live with the much-feared Putney cousins, whom, as Great-Aunt Harriet said “Such lack of sympathy, such perfect indifference to the sacred sensitiveness of child-life, such a starving of the child-heart … No, I shall never forget it! They had chores ... Keywords: betsy; fisher; children; fiction; sudio books; librivox Downloads: 536 Average rating: (0 review)
	Undine - Friedrich de La Motte-Fouque LibriVox recording of Undine by Friedrich de La Motte-Fouqué. Read by Pete Williams, Pittsburgh, PA. Undine is a novel by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué concerning Undine, a water spirit who marries a Knight named Huldebrand in order to gain a soul. It is an early German romance, which has been translated into English and other languages. The novel served as inspiration for two operas in the romantic style by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann and Albert Lortzing, respectively, and two ballets: the ... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; undine Downloads: 1,380 Average rating: (0 review)
	Uneasy Money - P. G. Wodehouse Librivox recording of Uneasy Money by P. G. Wodehouse. Read by Tim Bulkeley. Uneasy Money is a romantic comedy by P.G. Wodehouse, published during the First World War, it offers light escapism. More romantic but only a little less humorous that his mature works, it tells of the vicissitudes of poor Lord Dawlish, who inherits five million dollars, but becomes a serially disappointed groom.When the story opens Bill (Lord Dawlish, a thoroughly pleasant man) is engaged to a demanding actress... Keywords: librivox; audiobooks; fiction; humor; romance Downloads: 53
	United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection LibriVox United Kingdom House of Commons speeches collection. This collection comprises recordings of 17 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1628 and 1956. Readings are of speeches origninally given by parliamentarians including Oliver Cromwell, Edmund Burke, William Wilberforce, William Gladstone, Keir Hardie, Winston Churchill and Aneurin Bevan. (Summary by Carl Manchester) Keywords: politics; parliament; audiobook; librivox; labour; conservative; liberal Downloads: 2,416 Average rating: (0 review)
	United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume two - Various LibriVox United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 2. This is the second LibriVox collection of speeches given in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The collection comprises recordings of 14 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1756 and 1956. Readings are of speeches origninally given by parliamentarians including William Pitt the Elder, John Stuart Mill, Dadabhai Naoroji, Lady Astor, Stanley Baldwin, Clement Attlee, Aneurin Bevan and Tony Benn... Keywords: britain; politics; speeches; commons; librivox
	United Kingdom House of Lords Speeches Collection LibriVox collection of speeches given in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. This collection comprises recordings of 7 historic speeches given to the UK House of Lords between 1641 and 1945. Readings are of speeches origninally given by the 1st Earl of Strafford (Thomas Wentworth), the 1st Earl of Chatham (William Pitt the Elder), the 6th Baron Byron (the poet Lord Byron), the 1st Duke of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley), the 3rd Earl of Lucan (George Lord Bingham) and the 3rd Earl Russell (t... Downloads: 1,022 Average rating: (0 review)
	United States Bill of Rights - James Madison The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. They were introduced as a series of amendments in 1789 in the First United States Congress by James Madison. Ten of the amendments were ratified and became the Bill of Rights in 1791. These amendments limit the powers of the federal government, protecting the rights of all citizens, residents and visitors on United States territory.(Summary from Wikipedia) Keywords: Bill of Rights; Constitution; United States; Independence; History; Madison; Free Speech; Amendments; Bear Arms; Amendment Downloads: 17,124 Average rating: (1 review)
	Universal Declaration of Human Rights - United Nations LibriVox recording of The United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in the public domain. The LibriVox catalog page for this work lists the LibriVox readers and has links to the text in each language. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was ratified in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly. It defines the fundamental rights of individuals, and exhorts all governments to protect these rights... Downloads: 35,108 Average rating: (0 review)
	Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Volume 02 - United Nations 42 LibriVox recordings of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 39 languages. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (10 December 1948 at Palais de Chaillot, Paris). The Guinness Book of Records describes the UDHR as the "Most Translated Document" in the world. It consists of 30 articles which outline the view of the General Assembly on the human rights guaranteed to all people.(Summary adapted from Wikipedia) This ... Keywords: Librivox; audiobook; multilingual; languages; United Nations; human rights Downloads: 320
	Unreality of Time, The - John McTaggart John McTaggart was a British metaphysician and philosophical idealist. In this famous article for the periodical Mind, he introduced the notion of the A, B and C series, which was to become a leading theory in explaining the nature of time. Downloads: 3,954 Average rating: (0 review)
	Unrequited Verses in Bubbling Raag Bageshree - Adam Papadolias Fusion of ambient and Hindustani music with poetry about being stuck on someone (the images you dropped, i picked them up and can't let go) Keywords: Sitar; Bageshree; Trance; Poetry Downloads: 309 Average rating: (1 review)
	Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Dies ist eine LibriVox Aufname von Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten, von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Gelesen von Redaer. Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten ist eine Erzählungssammlung von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, erschienen (1795). Das Konzept der Rahmenhandlung dieser Novelle hat Goethe von Boccaccios Decamerone übernommen (eine Erzählwelt wird der realen Situation der Flüchtlinge entgegenges... Keywords: LibriVox; audio book; Literature; Literatur; German; Deutsch; Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Downloads: 324
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	Untitled Poem - Matt Redman A poem about motivation and courage in the face of darkness, literal or not. Written and recorded in Oslo, Norway. Keywords: poem; word; spoken; poetry; Matt; Redman; Untitled; art; contemporary; Oslo; Norway; Scandinavia; Nordic; light; dark; sun; motivation; energy Downloads: 1,014 Average rating: (0 review)
	Unto this Last: Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy - John Ruskin LibriVox recording of Unto This Last by John Ruskin. John Ruskin (1819 – 1900) is best known for his work as an art critic and social critic, but is remembered as an author, poet and artist as well. Unto This Last is an important work of political economic though that influenced Gandhi, among others. (Hugh McGuire/Wikipedia) Keywords: librivox; ruskin; economics; audiobook Downloads: 2,446 Average rating: (0 review)
	Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys - Amelia B. Edwards Amelia B. Edwards wrote this historical travelogue in in 1873. The book describes her travels through a relatively un-visited area in the South Tyrol district of Italy. The Dolomites are a part of that most famous of mountain chains, the Alps. In this book, the Writer and her friend and companion, L., travel from Southern Italy, having over-wintered there, to visit the Dolomite district. Her chatty style, dry sense of humor, accuracy of facts, and sympathy for humanity set her works apart... Keywords: travel; edwards; librivox; non fiction; untrodden peaks Downloads: 11,090 Average rating: (0 review)
	Up from Slavery - Booker T. Washington LibriVox recording of Up from Slavery, by Booker T. Washington. Up From Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton University, to his work establishing vocational schools—most notably the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama—to help black people and other disadvantaged minorities learn useful, marketable skills and work to pu... Keywords: librivox; booker washington; autobiography; civil war; slavery; african americans; native americans; education Downloads: 789 Average rating: (1 review)
	Utilitarianism - John Stuart Mill LibriVox recording of Utilitarianism, by John Stuart Mill. Read by D. E. Wittkower. John Stuart Mill's book Utilitarianism is one of the most influential and widely-read philosophical defenses of utilitarianism in ethics. The essay first appeared as a series of three articles published in Fraser's Magazine in 1861; the articles were collected and reprinted as a single book in 1863. It went through four editions during Mill's lifetime with minor additions and revisions... Keywords: Philosophy; utilitarianism; John Stuart Mill; Librivox; audiobook Downloads: 6,827 Average rating: (0 review)
	Utopia - Sir Thomas More LibriVox recording of Utopia, by Thomas More. Read by Jenilee. This book is all about the fictional country called Utopia. It is a country with an ‘ideal’ form of communism, in which everything really does belong to everybody, everyone does the work they want to, and everyone is alright with that. This country uses gold for chamber pots and prison chains, pearls and diamonds for children’s playthings, and requires that a man and a woman see each other exactly as they are, naked, before get... Keywords: LibriVox; literature; audiobook; more; society; philosophy Downloads: 25,544 Average rating: (0 review)