Walden, Read Aloud
Walden, Part 1: Economy
- Speaker
- Henry David Thoreau, read by a LibriVox volunteer
- Length
- 2 min
Thoreau explains why he went to the woods - and what a simple life really costs.
Walden, Part 2: Where I Lived
- Speaker
- Henry David Thoreau, read by a LibriVox volunteer
- Length
- 2 min
On choosing a place to live and living deliberately.
Walden, Part 3: Reading
- Speaker
- Henry David Thoreau, read by a LibriVox volunteer
- Length
- 2 min
Why the classics are worth the effort.
Great American Words
The Declaration of Independence
- Speaker
- Thomas Jefferson et al., read by a LibriVox volunteer
- Length
- 2 min
The opening of the Declaration of 1776.
The Gettysburg Address
- Speaker
- Abraham Lincoln, read by a LibriVox volunteer
- Length
- 3 min
Lincoln's 1863 address, in under three minutes.
We Choose to Go to the Moon
- Speaker
- John F. Kennedy (1962)
- Length
- 3 min
An excerpt from President Kennedy's address at Rice University.
Fables for Families
Industry and Sloth
- Speaker
- Aesop, read by a LibriVox volunteer
- Length
- 3 min
A fable about hard work and its rewards.
The Two Crabs
- Speaker
- Aesop, read by a LibriVox volunteer
- Length
- 3 min
A mother crab learns that example teaches better than advice.