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Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 by Charles F. Horne (1870 - 1942)

This project is now complete. All recordings can be found on the catalog page here:
https://librivox.org/great-men-and-famous-women-vol-3-by-charles-f-horne/

A collection of writings about a variety of men and women from history who were some of the most prominent people around at the time. Alfred the Great, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Elizabeth Queen of England, Isabella of Castile are just some of the contenders. This is volume three of eight volumes. (Summary by Michele Eaton )
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26423

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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/History; *Non-fiction/Biography & Autobiography
Keywords that describe the book: history, great leaders, men and women, famous men and women
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs

Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

Say:
"Section # of Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 by Charles F. Horne. Section Title."
End of recording:
Say:
"End of section #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:
"End of Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 by Charles F. Horne."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: greatmenfamouswomen3_##_horne_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. greatmenfamouswomen3_01_horne_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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Last edited by wib66 on October 23rd, 2021, 5:01 am, edited 2 times in total.
Michele
When you're having what you feel like is a 'bad day' and then someone comes along out of nowhere and extends to you the simplest of kind gestures, you feel it so deeply within your heart.” ―Miya Yamanouchi
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I will also be DPL on this project thanks
Michele
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I'm happy to MC this for you, but I'll set this up tomorrow. OK?
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Availle wrote: October 23rd, 2021, 4:54 am I'm happy to MC this for you, but I'll set this up tomorrow. OK?
That's great thankyou
Michele
When you're having what you feel like is a 'bad day' and then someone comes along out of nowhere and extends to you the simplest of kind gestures, you feel it so deeply within your heart.” ―Miya Yamanouchi
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Looks good! Over to you - have fun! :D
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Post by JHedrick »

Getting in early on this one.

I would like Calvin, Cromwell, and Queen Elizabeth, please.
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Hi Michele,

May I please read Alfred the Great?

My best,

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JHedrick wrote: October 23rd, 2021, 3:57 pm Getting in early on this one.

I would like Calvin, Cromwell, and Queen Elizabeth, please.
Hi happy to sign you up to Calvin and Cromwell but I have already chosen Elizabeth for myself thanks
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pnagami wrote: October 23rd, 2021, 7:16 pm Hi Michele,

May I please read Alfred the Great?

My best,

Pam
Thanks I will sign you up
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Post by RuthP »

Sections 1 and 2 - King David and Solomon please!
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I'd like to read Moses please
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RuthP wrote: October 24th, 2021, 12:17 pm Sections 1 and 2 - King David and Solomon please!
Thank you I will sign you up
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ChipDoc wrote: October 24th, 2021, 12:34 pm I'd like to read Moses please
Thank you I will sign you up
Michele
When you're having what you feel like is a 'bad day' and then someone comes along out of nowhere and extends to you the simplest of kind gestures, you feel it so deeply within your heart.” ―Miya Yamanouchi
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Interesting selection in this one!

Could I read sections 11, 24, 30 for now? I have my eye on a few more, but let's give others a chance too. :D
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Availle wrote: October 24th, 2021, 7:23 pm Interesting selection in this one!

Could I read sections 11, 24, 30 for now? I have my eye on a few more, but let's give others a chance too. :D
Thank you I will sign you up
Michele
When you're having what you feel like is a 'bad day' and then someone comes along out of nowhere and extends to you the simplest of kind gestures, you feel it so deeply within your heart.” ―Miya Yamanouchi
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