Classic Audiobook Collection

The Romance of Modern Locomotion by Archibald Williams audiobook. Genre: history In the following pages we shall peep into the history of typical companies in Great Britain, the United States, and elsewhere; consider the various forms of traction, signals, and other mechanical appliances connected with the working of a railway; notice the effects of railway communication on a country for its peaceful development, or its conquest in war; and make the tour of a typical locomotive factory. These and other matters have been treated as simply as may be, but with sufficient fullness to give the reader a fair idea of what the railway really is, how it has been made, and what the future may have in store for it. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:10:24) Chapter 01 (00:35:35) Chapter 02 (01:01:11) Chapter 03 (01:28:33) Chapter 04 (01:51:57) Chapter 05 (02:12:49) Chapter 06 (02:41:52) Chapter 07 (03:19:23) Chapter 08 (03:58:35) Chapter 09 (04:20:47) Chapter 10 (04:41:43) Chapter 11 (05:07:38) Chapter 12 (05:25:27) Chapter 13 (05:48:17) Chapter 14 (06:26:00) Chapter 15 (06:45:35) Chapter 16 (07:17:35) Chapter 17 (07:49:55) Chapter 18 (08:07:50) Chapter 19 (08:46:20) Chapter 20 (09:08:20) Chapter 21 (09:26:52) Chapter 22 (09:43:55) Chapter 23 (10:02:25) Chapter 24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Romance of Mining by Archibald Williams audiobook. Genre: history Any writer on mining in its general aspect is, when casting about for a starting-point, driven to express what others have said before him-that the history of mining is the history of civilization. The following pages, while touching on the chief branches of the mining industry, must necessarily omit reference to many of the great treasure-houses of the world. Special prominence has been given to the precious metals, because their discovery and working has witnessed the most stirring scenes in mining life. We have the whole world to roam over; so excursions are made into those spots where typical or prominent instances of mining of various minerals are to be found. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:23:36) Chapter 02 (00:46:23) Chapter 03 (01:31:54) Chapter 04 (02:00:25) Chapter 05 (02:19:19) Chapter 06 (02:44:14) Chapter 07 (03:21:24) Chapter 08 (03:58:58) Chapter 09 (04:57:23) Chapter 10 (05:11:13) Chapter 11 (05:25:46) Chapter 12 (05:49:16) Chapter 13 (06:13:05) Chapter 14 (06:54:47) Chapter 15 (07:15:03) Chapter 16 (07:44:31) Chapter 17 (08:22:03) Chapter 18 (09:00:37) Chapter 19 (09:31:28) Chapter 20 (09:43:16) Chapter 21 (10:03:29) Chapter 22 (10:17:34) Chapter 23 (10:34:59) Chapter 24 (10:47:56) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clergymen of the Church of England by Anthony Trollope audiobook. Genre: history In Clergymen of the Church of England, Anthony Trollope turns his sharp eye from the drawing rooms of his novels to the pulpits, parsonages, and corridors of power that shaped Victorian religious life. Across ten connected essays, he sketches a living map of the Church's hierarchy and its working realities: the modern archbishop no longer a political prince, bishops balancing dignity with administration, deans and archdeacons guarding tradition, and parish clergy trying to do daily pastoral labor with limited means and rising public scrutiny. Trollope moves from rural parsons to overburdened town incumbents, from the college fellow who has taken orders to the underpaid curate in a crowded parish, and outward to Ireland where a beneficed clergyman faces isolation and hostility. Witty, candid, and sometimes cutting, these portraits are less about private saints than about systems: status, income, ambition, reform, and the moral pressure of serving a national church in an age that is changing faster than its institutions. The final essay, touching the storm around Bishop Colenso, places doctrine and controversy alongside the human costs of ecclesiastical politics. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:19:21) Chapter 02 (00:37:59) Chapter 03 (00:51:43) Chapter 04 (01:05:25) Chapter 05 (01:20:14) Chapter 06 (01:34:46) Chapter 07 (01:50:32) Chapter 08 (02:05:39) Chapter 09 (02:23:13) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nerves and common sense by Annie Payson Call audiobook. Genre: self help In Nerves and Common Sense, Annie Payson Call offers a calm, practical guide for anyone worn down by worry, overstimulation, and the exhausting feeling of living on edge. Writing with the voice of a trusted counselor, Call explores how nervous strain can creep into ordinary days through hurried habits, tense muscles, restless thoughts, and the constant pressure to do more. Rather than treating 'nerves' as a personal failing, she reframes them as a condition that can be eased through attention, patience, and sensible training. Across a series of short, focused reflections, she invites listeners to notice the small ways they waste strength - bracing against discomfort, arguing with reality, or trying to control what cannot be controlled - and to replace those patterns with steadier routines. Her central conflict is simple but urgent: how to live with clearer judgment and healthier energy when modern life encourages tension and distraction. With gentle humor and firm common sense, Call emphasizes relaxation, self-command, and the quiet power of choosing responses instead of reacting. The result is a timeless companion for anyone seeking steadier nerves, better habits, and a more balanced inner life. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:04:18) Chapter 02 (00:23:59) Chapter 03 (00:40:24) Chapter 04 (00:56:49) Chapter 05 (01:12:55) Chapter 06 (01:29:44) Chapter 07 (01:42:01) Chapter 08 (01:49:18) Chapter 09 (01:58:13) Chapter 10 (02:14:13) Chapter 11 (02:27:54) Chapter 12 (02:36:09) Chapter 13 (02:44:05) Chapter 14 (02:51:31) Chapter 15 (03:00:06) Chapter 16 (03:17:25) Chapter 17 (03:26:12) Chapter 18 (03:32:42) Chapter 19 (03:42:09) Chapter 20 (03:46:21) Chapter 21 (03:57:22) Chapter 22 (04:04:33) Chapter 23 (04:11:08) Chapter 24 (04:19:18) Chapter 25 (04:36:07) Chapter 26 (04:57:55) Chapter 27 (05:17:39) Chapter 28 (05:37:09) Chapter 29 (05:55:07) Chapter 30 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Astrophel and Other Poems by Algernon Charles Swinburne audiobook. Genre: poetry Astrophel and Other Poems is a late-Victorian collection in which Algernon Charles Swinburne turns his lush, musical lyricism toward memory, landscape, and the lives of writers and heroes who shaped the English imagination. The opening sequence, 'Astrophel', is sparked by reading Sir Philip Sidneys Arcadia in the garden of an old manor, and it sets the tone for a book that moves between private reverie and public address. Across sea-coast meditations and Highland scenes, Swinburne evokes wind, surf, heather, and starlight with a painterly intensity, then pivots into ceremonial pieces that test how poetry can speak for a nation or a school, as in the ringing odes to England and Eton. Threaded through the volume are elegiac tributes and formal laments for prominent figures, including poems on the deaths of Richard Burton and Robert Browning, as well as a tombeau for Banville, where admiration meets grief and artistry becomes an act of remembrance. Myth and pagan afterglow also surface in visionary passages and ballad forms, giving the collection a restless sweep from the intimate to the monumental. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:09:32) Chapter 02 (00:32:33) Chapter 03 (00:45:55) Chapter 04 (01:02:34) Chapter 05 (01:10:25) Chapter 06 (01:20:10) Chapter 07 (01:30:33) Chapter 08 (01:34:37) Chapter 09 (01:40:23) Chapter 10 (01:48:23) Chapter 11 (01:52:10) Chapter 12 (01:54:20) Chapter 13 (01:56:07) Chapter 14 (01:58:38) Chapter 15 (02:02:48) Chapter 16 (02:13:36) Chapter 17 (02:22:16) Chapter 18 (02:23:55) Chapter 19 (02:27:01) Chapter 20 (02:30:12) Chapter 21 (02:33:32) Chapter 22 (02:34:47) Chapter 23 (02:37:44) Chapter 24 (02:40:20) Chapter 25 (02:41:45) Chapter 26 (02:43:04) Chapter 27 (02:52:08) Chapter 28 (02:59:31) Chapter 29 (03:00:49) Chapter 30 (03:03:20) Chapter 31 (03:04:34) Chapter 32 (03:08:53) Chapter 33 (03:15:16) Chapter 34 (03:16:38) Chapter 35 (03:17:53) Chapter 36 (03:21:32) Chapter 37 (03:22:47) Chapter 38 (03:27:25) Chapter 39 (03:31:05) Chapter 40 (03:38:24) Chapter 41 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Spirit of the Cure of Ars by Alfred Monnin audiobook. Genre: religion In The Spirit of the Cure of Ars, Alfred Monnin gathers the living voice of St. John Mary Vianney, the famed parish priest of Ars, whose plain speech and relentless charity drew crowds of penitents to a tiny French village in the 1800s. Rather than a conventional biography, this work presents Vianney as his people knew him: a pastor teaching catechism, preaching short sermons, offering exhortations, and answering the everyday fears and questions of ordinary believers. Across these pages, his guidance returns again and again to the inner battleground of the soul: resisting temptation, recognizing sin without despair, and rebuilding a life around prayer, the sacraments, and trust in God's mercy. Vianney's words are simple, vivid, and urgent, shaped by long hours in the confessional and a conviction that holiness is possible for anyone who begins again. Readers will also find reflections on the Holy Spirit, devotion to the Blessed Virgin, the meaning of suffering, and the practical habits that keep faith from growing cold. The result is a compact treasury of Catholic spiritual counsel, aimed at awakening conscience and strengthening hope. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:05:09) Chapter 01 (00:51:11) Chapter 02 (01:44:34) Chapter 03 (02:44:23) Chapter 04 (03:21:31) Chapter 05 (03:53:00) Chapter 06 (04:47:46) Chapter 07 (05:28:33) Chapter 08 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Lost Oases by Ahmed Hassanein audiobook. Genre: adventure In 1923, Egyptian diplomat and explorer Ahmed Hassanein sets out with a small caravan of guides, attendants, and stubborn camels on a gamble that borders on obsession: to cross the Libyan Desert and confirm the rumored whereabouts of oases that exist, for most of the world, only in fragments of tradition and the half-finished notes of earlier expeditions. First published in 1925, The Lost Oases is Hassanein's firsthand account of the miles of sand and stone, the brutal arithmetic of water and direction, and the delicate human negotiations that make survival possible when maps become guesses. As the journey pushes farther from the familiar, Hassanein must balance scientific purpose with the realities of desert life: tribal custom, wary local powers, and the ever-present threat of exhaustion, illness, and a single wrong decision. Vivid scenes of night camps, wind-scoured horizons, and hard-won companionship are paired with reflections on faith, fatalism, and the strange clarity that solitude can bring. Part expedition record, part spiritual travel narrative, this is an intimate portrait of endurance and discovery at the edge of the known world. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:12:55) Chapter 02 (00:22:02) Chapter 03 (00:39:42) Chapter 04 (00:54:04) Chapter 05 (01:15:43) Chapter 06 (01:29:02) Chapter 07 (01:41:37) Chapter 08 (01:57:48) Chapter 09 (02:30:15) Chapter 10 (02:59:36) Chapter 11 (03:36:47) Chapter 12 (03:57:26) Chapter 13 (04:18:33) Chapter 14 (04:44:06) Chapter 15 (05:06:51) Chapter 16 (05:29:08) Chapter 17 (06:01:36) Chapter 18 (06:29:12) Chapter 19 (06:52:39) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three Midnight Stories by Alexander W. Drake audiobook. Genre: horror Alexander W. Drake was a well-regarded illustrator and engraver, spending much of his career at the vaunted Scribner's Monthly magazine (which would become The Century magazine eventually). What many were not aware of is that Drake also produced three short stories, printed in The Century over the course of a couple months, that captured a strange and otherworldly beauty in the human condition. A man obsessed with designing the perfect haunted house. A curious vehicle built to capture a most exquisite fleeting moment of beauty. A songbird in a cage that takes flight through happenstance but to arrive later a miracle. These stories show a true talent that never fully realized his potential. Still what we are left with are odd and entrancing pieces suitable to strike an atmosphere of mystery and wonder. Also included in this collection are appreciations by peers of Drake as well as two poems he published during roughly the same time as the stories included. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:06:41) Chapter 01 (00:25:27) Chapter 02 (00:26:24) Chapter 03 (01:01:33) Chapter 04 (01:02:32) Chapter 05 (01:15:38) Chapter 06 (01:24:36) Chapter 07 (01:34:27) Chapter 08 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bucking the Tiger by Achmed Abdullah audiobook. Genre: mystery A group of down-and-outers decide on the ultimate gamble: they will bankroll one of themselves, chosen by lot, to live well for a year. Then the one chosen must commit suicide after that year, so that the others can cash in on his life insurance policy. Complications arise when the 'lucky winner' finds an unexpected turn in his fortunes. How can he get out of it with his honor intact, or will he 'welch' on the deal? 'Bucking the tiger' refers to the game of Faro, one of the most popular card games played in saloons and gambling halls in the 1800s. The name is thought to have come from early card backs that featured a drawing of a Bengal tiger. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:11:17) Chapter 02 (00:35:36) Chapter 03 (00:51:23) Chapter 04 (01:08:18) Chapter 05 (01:32:19) Chapter 06 (01:49:04) Chapter 07 (02:07:44) Chapter 08 (02:29:39) Chapter 09 (02:50:26) Chapter 10 (03:07:02) Chapter 11 (03:27:28) Chapter 12 (03:47:41) Chapter 13 (04:01:58) Chapter 14 (04:18:32) Chapter 15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl, the Man who lost his Shadow by Adelbert von Chamisso audiobook. Genre: folklore In early 19th-century Europe, a shy young wanderer named Peter Schlemihl arrives in a prosperous town hoping to secure a place in respectable society. His fortunes seem to change overnight when he meets a mysterious, well-dressed stranger who offers him a bargain: in exchange for Peter's shadow, he will receive a bottomless purse that produces unlimited gold. At first the deal feels like a miracle, but Peter soon learns that wealth cannot purchase the one thing his missing shadow exposes: ordinary belonging. As whispers spread and doors close, he is forced to flee from polite drawing rooms and crowded streets alike, pursued by suspicion, ridicule, and the chilling persistence of the man who brokered the exchange. With nowhere to hide from the sun or from human judgment, Peter must decide what kind of life is worth living when the simplest mark of humanity has been traded away. Blending folktale simplicity with sharp moral insight, Chamisso's classic novella explores temptation, identity, alienation, and the true cost of wishing to shortcut fate. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:09:26) Chapter 01 (00:25:07) Chapter 02 (00:40:40) Chapter 03 (00:50:31) Chapter 04 (01:10:26) Chapter 05 (01:27:03) Chapter 06 (01:44:32) Chapter 07 (01:55:40) Chapter 08 (02:10:02) Chapter 09 (02:18:46) Chapter 10 (02:26:03) Chapter 11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Adventuress by Arthur B. Reeve audiobook. Genre: mystery When a revolver shot shatters the quiet of Columbia Universitys chemistry building, scientist-detective Craig Kennedy and his journalist companion Walter Jameson find themselves drawn into a case that reeks of both money and modern warfare. Their shaken visitor is Maxwell Hastings, attorney for munitions titan Marshall Maddox, whose body has just been found in Westport Bay after a tense family conference aboard the yacht Sybarite. With a fortune at stake, heirs at one anothers throats, and a separated wife with allies inside the family, the death could be murder, suicide, or something far more calculated. Adding fuel to the scandal is Paquita, a mesmerizing Mexican cabaret dancer seen near the Maddox circle, and whispers that the family feud masks darker motives. The most dangerous prize, however, is not the inheritance but a revolutionary invention: the telautomaton, a system of wireless control with the power to transform industry and warfare - and to attract spies, blackmailers, and saboteurs. As Kennedy applies his trademark laboratory methods and cutting-edge devices to trace lies and hidden signals, Jameson watches society glamour curdle into a chase for the truth before the next strike lands. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:19:25) Chapter 02 (00:39:33) Chapter 03 (00:56:53) Chapter 04 (01:10:48) Chapter 05 (01:29:27) Chapter 06 (01:44:14) Chapter 07 (02:06:43) Chapter 08 (02:22:23) Chapter 09 (02:42:55) Chapter 10 (02:57:36) Chapter 11 (03:16:50) Chapter 12 (03:31:09) Chapter 13 (03:45:50) Chapter 14 (04:00:58) Chapter 15 (04:16:32) Chapter 16 (04:35:10) Chapter 17 (04:52:56) Chapter 18 (05:12:35) Chapter 19 (05:30:29) Chapter 20 (05:48:45) Chapter 21 (06:07:54) Chapter 22 (06:28:02) Chapter 23 (06:48:09) Chapter 24 (07:06:51) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friends and Cousins by Abbie Farwell Brown audiobook. Genre: family Brother and sister, Kenneth and Rose, love to go to the Island where where their summer home is, and they are eager to see all their favorite places. This time, it's going to be even more fun when they meet their neighbors and make friends with the Prout children. Charlie, their cousin comes for a visit too. The children (even sometimes with the playful parents and Aunt Clare) are having exciting adventures, share stories, and play the best games in the best places on the island. But even when one is having so much fun, sometimes things can go very wrong. Along with all the fun to share, there is a gentle lesson to be learned too. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:09:32) Chapter 02 (00:17:42) Chapter 03 (00:26:32) Chapter 04 (00:36:03) Chapter 05 (00:46:05) Chapter 06 (01:01:49) Chapter 07 (01:12:39) Chapter 08 (01:23:45) Chapter 09 (01:31:41) Chapter 10 (01:40:14) Chapter 11 (01:51:08) Chapter 12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now We Are Six by A. A. Milne audiobook. Genre: poetry Now We Are Six is A. A. Milne's beloved collection of children's poems that captures the bright, odd, and perfectly serious logic of being young. Framed by the milestone of turning six, these verses wander through a child's daily world of games, pretend adventures, small worries, and sudden wonders, where a bear can be a companion, a shadow can become a mystery, and the simplest question deserves a grand investigation. With Milne's gentle wit and musical language, each poem offers a tiny story: a moment of mischief, a burst of bravery, a fit of sulking, or a quiet bedtime thought. The child at the center of these pieces (often associated with Christopher Robin) meets grown-up rules with curiosity and cheerful rebellion, while parents, animals, and toys drift in and out as co-stars. Warm, funny, and unexpectedly tender, Now We Are Six explores imagination, family life, and the bittersweet feeling of getting bigger while still wanting the world to stay enchanted. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:03:23) Chapter 02 (00:04:01) Chapter 03 (00:08:23) Chapter 04 (00:10:27) Chapter 05 (00:12:11) Chapter 06 (00:14:27) Chapter 07 (00:15:31) Chapter 08 (00:19:44) Chapter 09 (00:20:42) Chapter 10 (00:22:02) Chapter 11 (00:24:02) Chapter 12 (00:26:50) Chapter 13 (00:27:36) Chapter 14 (00:28:21) Chapter 15 (00:29:14) Chapter 16 (00:31:13) Chapter 17 (00:33:25) Chapter 18 (00:34:12) Chapter 19 (00:35:32) Chapter 20 (00:36:33) Chapter 21 (00:39:12) Chapter 22 (00:40:04) Chapter 23 (00:41:28) Chapter 24 (00:41:57) Chapter 25 (00:46:07) Chapter 26 (00:46:41) Chapter 27 (00:48:36) Chapter 28 (00:50:31) Chapter 29 (00:51:11) Chapter 30 (00:52:04) Chapter 31 (00:53:32) Chapter 32 (00:54:59) Chapter 33 (00:55:52) Chapter 34 (00:58:10) Chapter 35 (00:59:48) Chapter 36 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Winning His Game by Ralph Henry Barbour audiobook. Genre: adventure When shy, thoughtful Dudley 'Dud' Baker arrives as a new boy at Grafton School, he quickly learns that fitting in can feel as hard as any exam. Dorm life has its own rules, reputations are made at the dining table as much as in the classroom, and Dud is painfully aware of how easily a quiet newcomer can be overlooked. Fortunately, his lively, good-humored roommate, Jimmy Logan, decides Dud is worth a little pushing and pulling into the currents of school society. Dud has one private hope: to earn a place on the baseball nine as a pitcher. As tryouts and practice games begin, he throws himself into the work of improving his control, mastering new deliveries, and keeping his nerve under the watchful eyes of coaches and older players. But the diamond is only part of the battle. A tangle of jokes, pride, and rivalries draws Dud into conflict with a self-important school favorite, and suddenly every decision seems to test his courage and character. Set in an early 20th-century boarding school, this is a story of friendship, confidence, and learning what it really means to win your game. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:14:43) Chapter 02 (00:29:51) Chapter 03 (00:43:23) Chapter 04 (00:59:29) Chapter 05 (01:10:52) Chapter 06 (01:23:17) Chapter 07 (01:38:26) Chapter 08 (01:52:37) Chapter 09 (02:05:48) Chapter 10 (02:23:32) Chapter 11 (02:40:04) Chapter 12 (02:49:46) Chapter 13 (03:02:09) Chapter 14 (03:16:51) Chapter 15 (03:32:14) Chapter 16 (03:47:35) Chapter 17 (03:57:46) Chapter 18 (04:17:29) Chapter 19 (04:33:01) Chapter 20 (04:46:51) Chapter 21 (04:59:39) Chapter 22 (05:15:59) Chapter 23 (05:29:02) Chapter 24 (05:42:22) Chapter 25 (05:57:58) Chapter 26 (06:16:32) Chapter 27 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dream of the Red Chamber Book II by Xueqin Cao audiobook. Genre: drama The Dream of the Red Chamber Book II continues Cao Xueqin's monumental portrait of the Jia clan at the height of its splendor, even as quiet signs of strain begin to show beneath the lacquered surface. At the center is Jia Baoyu, a sensitive heir who chafes against the rigid expectations of scholarship, status, and marriage that define elite life. Within the women-filled world of the Grand View Garden, Baoyu's closest bonds deepen and fray as he is drawn between the fragile, poetic Lin Daiyu and the steady, capable Xue Baochai, while a brilliant circle of cousins, maids, and matrons navigate jealousy, loyalty, ambition, and love. As household rituals, festivals, lessons, and performances unfold in rich detail, the novel reveals how power operates through etiquette and gossip as much as through official rank. Beyond the garden walls, debts, rivalries, and bureaucratic pressures threaten the family's security, forcing its members to make choices that test their values and relationships. By turns comic and heartbreaking, Book II expands the cast and raises the stakes in a story about desire, duty, and the cost of living inside a beautiful, vanishing world. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:27:57) Chapter 02 (00:50:22) Chapter 03 (01:14:24) Chapter 04 (01:39:47) Chapter 05 (02:01:55) Chapter 06 (02:27:24) Chapter 07 (03:06:27) Chapter 08 (03:37:51) Chapter 09 (04:11:09) Chapter 10 (04:43:36) Chapter 11 (05:01:36) Chapter 12 (05:26:39) Chapter 13 (05:54:53) Chapter 14 (06:17:24) Chapter 15 (06:35:49) Chapter 16 (06:57:48) Chapter 17 (07:34:02) Chapter 18 (07:58:37) Chapter 19 (08:24:09) Chapter 20 (08:52:01) Chapter 21 (09:21:56) Chapter 22 (09:47:58) Chapter 23 (10:17:05) Chapter 24 (10:55:04) Chapter 25 (11:33:35) Chapter 26 (12:00:29) Chapter 27 (12:25:03) Chapter 28 (12:52:46) Chapter 29 (13:17:36) Chapter 30 (13:52:37) Chapter 31 (14:25:40) Chapter 32 (14:48:35) Chapter 33 (15:10:44) Chapter 34 (15:39:42) Chapter 35 (16:09:03) Chapter 36 (16:36:20) Chapter 37 (17:04:23) Chapter 38 (17:29:20) Chapter 39 (17:56:17) Chapter 40 (18:27:25) Chapter 41 (18:57:11) Chapter 42 (19:30:46) Chapter 43 (19:59:27) Chapter 44 (20:20:42) Chapter 45 (20:48:17) Chapter 46 (21:12:09) Chapter 47 (21:38:26) Chapter 48 (22:05:51) Chapter 49 (22:32:57) Chapter 50 (22:56:47) Chapter 51 (23:26:09) Chapter 52 (23:47:59) Chapter 53 (24:15:32) Chapter 54 (24:45:12) Chapter 55 (25:12:04) Chapter 56 (25:42:27) Chapter 57 (26:14:23) Chapter 58 (26:42:31) Chapter 59 (27:15:54) Chapter 60 (27:46:33) Chapter 61 (28:17:03) Chapter 62 (28:50:59) Chapter 63 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dream of the Red Chamber Book I by Xueqin Cao audiobook. Genre: drama The Dream of the Red Chamber Book I opens the door to the splendid yet fragile world of the Jia clan, an aristocratic family whose mansions overflow with wealth, ceremony, and whispered rivalries. Framed by a mystical prologue about a sentient stone and a piece of jade, the story turns to Jia Baoyu, the family's unconventional heir, who resists the path mapped for him by status and exams. When his delicate, sharp-tongued cousin Lin Daiyu arrives to live with the Jias, Baoyu finds a kindred spirit, and their bond deepens amid an intricate household of cousins, maids, matriarchs, and scheming relatives. As the family builds a private garden paradise for its young women, daily life becomes a tapestry of poetry gatherings, secret tears, flirtations, jealousies, and quiet acts of loyalty. Beneath the elegance, Book I reveals the pressure of duty, the vulnerability of women within rigid hierarchies, and the first tremors of a fortune that may not last. Part romance, part social portrait, it invites listeners into a world where love and obligation collide, and every luxury carries a shadow. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:17:39) Chapter 02 (00:45:56) Chapter 03 (01:01:13) Chapter 04 (01:22:48) Chapter 05 (01:48:02) Chapter 06 (02:14:37) Chapter 07 (02:34:01) Chapter 08 (02:53:37) Chapter 09 (03:20:42) Chapter 10 (03:38:50) Chapter 11 (03:57:16) Chapter 12 (04:18:11) Chapter 13 (04:41:00) Chapter 14 (05:05:30) Chapter 15 (05:29:28) Chapter 16 (05:51:48) Chapter 17 (06:14:43) Chapter 18 (06:36:48) Chapter 19 (06:54:51) Chapter 20 (07:18:31) Chapter 21 (07:35:43) Chapter 22 (07:58:00) Chapter 23 (08:18:21) Chapter 24 (08:35:10) Chapter 25 (08:49:18) Chapter 26 (09:07:07) Chapter 27 (09:23:41) Chapter 28 (09:49:03) Chapter 29 (10:04:14) Chapter 30 (10:24:25) Chapter 31 (10:45:25) Chapter 32 (11:05:33) Chapter 33 (11:22:24) Chapter 34 (11:42:24) Chapter 35 (11:59:21) Chapter 36 (12:18:50) Chapter 37 (12:36:58) Chapter 38 (12:54:40) Chapter 39 (13:12:05) Chapter 40 (13:31:06) Chapter 41 (13:47:03) Chapter 42 (14:04:55) Chapter 43 (14:26:06) Chapter 44 (14:44:55) Chapter 45 (15:09:54) Chapter 46 (15:28:43) Chapter 47 (15:44:50) Chapter 48 (16:06:38) Chapter 49 (16:31:37) Chapter 50 (16:50:34) Chapter 51 (17:09:49) Chapter 52 (17:26:47) Chapter 53 (17:45:46) Chapter 54 (18:08:02) Chapter 55 (18:28:44) Chapter 56 (18:46:56) Chapter 57 (19:04:30) Chapter 58 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Secret Play by Ralph Henry Barbour audiobook. Genre: family At Clearfield High, football season arrives with a crisis: the coach is suddenly gone, the schedule is unforgiving, and the town is sure the team is headed for humiliation. Seventeen-year-old Dick Lovering loves the game as fiercely as any player, but a physical disability keeps him on the sidelines - and makes him an unlikely choice to lead anyone. When Dick and his quick-witted friend Fudge Shaw realize no savior is coming, Dick steps into the chaos to steady the boys, win the trust of captain Lanny White and the rest of the squad, and prove that brains and backbone can matter as much as brawn. Practices become a test of patience and pride as critics circle, rival schools loom, and small mistakes threaten to splinter the locker room. But Dick has an idea: a carefully designed, closely guarded trick of strategy - a secret play that could change how Clearfield attacks, conceals its intentions, and protects its backfield. Keeping that plan hidden, keeping the team united, and getting them ready for the season's defining showdown becomes Dick's toughest contest yet. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:25:10) Chapter 02 (00:40:35) Chapter 03 (00:58:15) Chapter 04 (01:27:38) Chapter 05 (01:43:00) Chapter 06 (02:00:32) Chapter 07 (02:29:24) Chapter 08 (02:39:21) Chapter 09 (03:05:06) Chapter 10 (03:21:40) Chapter 11 (03:50:14) Chapter 12 (04:10:58) Chapter 13 (04:28:09) Chapter 14 (04:48:04) Chapter 15 (05:04:31) Chapter 16 (05:21:58) Chapter 17 (05:38:44) Chapter 18 (06:04:31) Chapter 19 (06:23:54) Chapter 20 (06:48:36) Chapter 21 (07:10:41) Chapter 22 (07:25:56) Chapter 23 (07:40:00) Chapter 24 (08:04:25) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The American Diary of a Japanese Girl by Yone Noguchi audiobook. Genre: drama Told as a lively series of diary entries, The American Diary of a Japanese Girl follows Morning Glory, a young Japanese woman who arrives in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century full of curiosity, ambition, and sharp opinions. Recording each day with wit and candor, she navigates the thrill and confusion of a new country - its bustling streets, social rituals, food, fashion, and ideas about love and independence. As Morning Glory tries to shape a modern identity far from home, she encounters admirers, skeptics, would-be benefactors, and fellow immigrants, each forcing her to test what she believes about art, romance, and the meaning of being 'American.' Beneath the playful tone, the diary becomes a pointed portrait of cultural misunderstanding and the pressures placed on women, especially those seen as exotic outsiders. Moving between comedy and quiet ache, Noguchi's novel explores performance versus authenticity: how much of oneself must be edited to survive, and what is lost when a person becomes a story other people want to tell. Morning Glory's voice remains the heart of the book - restless, observant, and determined to write her own life. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:01:41) Chapter 01 (00:20:45) Chapter 02 (00:30:59) Chapter 03 (00:48:36) Chapter 04 (01:05:08) Chapter 05 (01:22:05) Chapter 06 (01:36:40) Chapter 07 (01:49:57) Chapter 08 (02:10:11) Chapter 09 (02:27:02) Chapter 10 (02:39:47) Chapter 11 (02:54:41) Chapter 12 (03:07:19) Chapter 13 (03:22:40) Chapter 14 (03:37:59) Chapter 15 (03:52:17) Chapter 16 (04:03:34) Chapter 17 (04:17:41) Chapter 18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roman History - The Early Empire, from the Assassination of Julius Caesar to that of Domitian by William Wolfe Capes audiobook. Genre: history In Roman History - The Early Empire, W. W. Capes traces the turbulent birth of imperial Rome, beginning in the chaos after Julius Caesar's assassination and following the long struggle to replace a shattered Republic with a durable new order. Moving from the rise of Augustus and the creation of principate to the volatile reigns of the Julio-Claudian emperors, Capes shows how personalities, patronage, and the legions shaped politics as much as law or tradition. Along the way, famous crises - court intrigues, succession disputes, and outbreaks of violence in the capital - are set beside the slower transformations that made the Empire work: the spread of Roman citizenship, the management of provinces, the growth of trade and urban life, and the pressures of defending long frontiers. The narrative culminates in the Flavian era and the reign of Domitian, asking what stability cost a society that still remembered freedom. Clear, compact, and attentive to both institutions and everyday realities, this book offers a guided tour of how Rome learned to rule itself - and the Mediterranean world - under emperors. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:11:04) Chapter 02 (00:37:40) Chapter 03 (01:03:28) Chapter 04 (01:27:30) Chapter 05 (01:50:01) Chapter 06 (02:09:17) Chapter 07 (02:27:07) Chapter 08 (02:46:09) Chapter 09 (03:07:16) Chapter 10 (03:23:09) Chapter 11 (03:35:06) Chapter 12 (03:54:34) Chapter 13 (04:09:30) Chapter 14 (04:20:30) Chapter 15 (04:28:52) Chapter 16 (04:45:45) Chapter 17 (05:01:36) Chapter 18 (05:15:04) Chapter 19 (05:32:55) Chapter 20 (05:50:32) Chapter 21 (05:57:45) Chapter 22 (06:08:00) Chapter 23 (06:31:39) Chapter 24 (06:45:50) Chapter 25 (06:57:38) Chapter 26 (07:12:02) Chapter 27 (07:30:16) Chapter 28 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finnish Legends by R. Eivind audiobook. Genre: folklore On a dark winter day in northern Finland, a wandering merchant named Father Mikko finds shelter with an isolated family as a storm gathers outside. When the evening meal is finished and the fire is burning low, the family's daughter asks for the oldest tales he knows - stories from the very beginning of the world. What follows is a vivid journey through Finnish myth and legend, where the boundaries between nature and magic blur and the past feels alive in every tree, wind, and song. Through Father Mikko's storytelling, listeners meet figures drawn from the Kalevala tradition: the wise and world-shaping Vainamoinen, powerful spirits and gods such as Ukko, and a cast of challengers, helpers, and mysterious beings who test courage, craft, and character. Each tale carries the rhythm of oral folklore, mixing wonder with earthy humor and hard-earned wisdom, while quietly revealing what a people values: resilience, honor, ingenuity, and respect for the forces that cannot be tamed. Finnish Legends is both an inviting doorway into a lesser-known mythic world and a cozy fireside frame story that makes ancient epics feel personal and immediate. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:09:22) Chapter 02 (00:13:44) Chapter 03 (00:19:26) Chapter 04 (00:27:17) Chapter 05 (00:38:00) Chapter 06 (00:42:49) Chapter 07 (00:48:24) Chapter 08 (00:54:59) Chapter 09 (01:06:56) Chapter 10 (01:17:39) Chapter 11 (01:24:25) Chapter 12 (01:30:23) Chapter 13 (01:35:23) Chapter 14 (01:39:41) Chapter 15 (01:51:11) Chapter 16 (02:02:14) Chapter 17 (02:11:43) Chapter 18 (02:20:14) Chapter 19 (02:27:14) Chapter 20 (02:36:20) Chapter 21 (02:42:51) Chapter 22 (02:50:34) Chapter 23 (02:55:53) Chapter 24 (03:04:17) Chapter 25 (03:11:56) Chapter 26 (03:18:38) Chapter 27 (03:23:43) Chapter 28 (03:31:01) Chapter 29 (03:35:25) Chapter 30 (03:39:20) Chapter 31 (03:49:36) Chapter 32 (03:56:22) Chapter 33 (04:01:51) Chapter 34 (04:06:47) Chapter 35 (04:13:47) Chapter 36 (04:21:29) Chapter 37 (04:28:02) Chapter 38 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare audiobook. Genre: drama In Vienna, public morals have grown lax, and the laws meant to curb vice have fallen into disuse. When Duke Vincentio abruptly hands authority to the severe and unbending Angelo, the city is jolted into a harsh new order. Angelo moves swiftly to make an example of Claudio, a young gentleman condemned for breaking a long-ignored statute. Desperate to save her brother, Claudio's sister Isabella - a novice preparing to enter a convent - is drawn into the corridors of power to plead for mercy. Her appeal sets off a tense struggle between justice and compassion, private desire and public duty, as Angelo's rigid virtue is tested in ways that expose the human cost of absolute rule. With the Duke absent but not necessarily gone, a web of disguises, secret bargains, and uneasy negotiations spreads from courtrooms to prisons to the city's underworld. By turns darkly funny and morally unsettling, Measure for Measure explores hypocrisy, authority, sexuality, and the limits of law, asking what fairness really means when human weakness and political control collide. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 0 (00:02:17) Chapter 1 (00:25:41) Chapter 2 (01:07:50) Chapter 3 (01:40:03) Chapter 4 (02:10:39) Chapter 5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Greenstone Door by William Satchell audiobook. Genre: history In William Satchell's The Greenstone Door, an older Cedric Tregarthen looks back on a youth shaped by violence and belonging in mid-19th-century New Zealand. After his family is swept away in frontier conflict, Cedric is taken in by the trader Purcell and grows up under the protection of a powerful Maori community, sharing a wild, close-knit childhood with his foster sister Puhi-Huia and his fierce, complicated friend Rangiora. Deep in a hidden limestone cave, the children bind themselves to a vow of peace - the tatau pounamu, the greenstone door - a symbol meant to close the way to bloodshed forever. But as Cedric is sent to Auckland to be schooled in Pakeha society, the world widens and hardens: colonial politics tighten their grip, loyalties split along race and land, and war begins to press in on every relationship he values. Torn between the people who raised him, the culture he is expected to serve, and a growing love that ties him to the halls of power, Cedric must decide what honor, home, and peace can possibly mean when history itself is marching toward battle. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:01:26) Chapter 01 (00:28:42) Chapter 02 (00:56:20) Chapter 03 (01:35:45) Chapter 04 (02:10:20) Chapter 05 (02:42:55) Chapter 06 (03:12:27) Chapter 07 (03:46:58) Chapter 08 (04:19:49) Chapter 09 (04:46:12) Chapter 10 (05:19:21) Chapter 11 (05:57:56) Chapter 12 (06:32:26) Chapter 13 (07:03:42) Chapter 14 (07:48:16) Chapter 15 (08:10:21) Chapter 16 (08:40:22) Chapter 17 (09:18:48) Chapter 18 (09:46:52) Chapter 19 (10:14:26) Chapter 20 (10:48:28) Chapter 21 (11:29:33) Chapter 22 (11:53:59) Chapter 23 (12:36:45) Chapter 24 (13:09:01) Chapter 25 (13:54:32) Chapter 26 (14:30:20) Chapter 27 (14:47:23) Chapter 28 (14:52:21) Chapter 29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Silent Witness by R. Austin Freeman audiobook. Genre: mystery On a wet midnight walk near Hampstead, newly qualified physician Dr. Humphrey Jardine comes upon what seems to be the body of an elderly man lying in Millfield Lane. When he returns with the police, the corpse has vanished without a trace. The authorities doubt his story, but Jardine cannot forget the bloodstain, the disturbed ground leading toward the woods, and a small octagonal gold reliquary that feels like the one solid clue in a night that makes no sense. Soon, odd coincidences tighten into something far more alarming: unsettling strangers appear at the edges of his new life, a shadowy woman named Mrs. Samway turns up where she should not be, and Jardine finds himself the target of carefully engineered danger. Out of his depth and running out of time, he turns to his former teacher, Dr. John Thorndyke, a barrister-physician whose calm logic and forensic expertise can make evidence speak when people will not. As Thorndyke reconstructs what happened to the missing man, Jardine is drawn into a London mystery of hidden identities, calculated deception, and science used both to conceal and to reveal the truth. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:19:18) Chapter 02 (00:33:56) Chapter 03 (00:46:32) Chapter 04 (01:18:01) Chapter 05 (01:51:26) Chapter 06 (02:18:49) Chapter 07 (02:39:54) Chapter 08 (03:07:59) Chapter 09 (03:25:44) Chapter 10 (03:44:43) Chapter 11 (04:18:27) Chapter 12 (04:47:24) Chapter 13 (05:25:18) Chapter 14 (06:01:23) Chapter 15 (06:37:14) Chapter 16 (07:27:16) Chapter 17 (08:03:46) Chapter 18 (08:28:46) Chapter 19 (08:56:24) Chapter 20 (09:26:10) Chapter 21 (10:02:59) Chapter 22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Walter Terence Stace audiobook. Genre: philosophy A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Walter Terence Stace is a clear, rigorous guide to the thinkers who shaped the Western tradition of reasoned inquiry. Moving from the early cosmologists who first asked what the world is made of, through the moral revolution of Socrates, and into the grand systems of Plato and Aristotle, Stace explains not only what these philosophers argued but why their problems still matter. With a teacher's instinct for the central point, he traces how ideas about knowledge, reality, ethics, and the good life developed under the pressures of politics, science, and religious change. The story continues into the Hellenistic era, where Stoics, Epicureans, Skeptics, and later currents respond to a world that feels less stable and more personal. Throughout, Stace offers critical commentary that tests each doctrine for coherence and consequences, helping listeners see Greek philosophy as a living debate rather than a museum of names and quotations. This is an accessible road map for newcomers and a sharpening companion for readers who want a disciplined, big-picture understanding of what Greek philosophy tried to achieve. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:12:52) Chapter 01 (00:46:21) Chapter 02 (00:53:55) Chapter 03 (01:01:07) Chapter 04 (01:06:02) Chapter 05 (01:07:52) Chapter 06 (01:26:02) Chapter 07 (01:32:54) Chapter 08 (01:52:07) Chapter 09 (02:09:07) Chapter 10 (02:33:45) Chapter 11 (02:51:23) Chapter 12 (03:01:01) Chapter 13 (03:15:59) Chapter 14 (03:40:18) Chapter 15 (04:22:17) Chapter 16 (04:42:46) Chapter 17 (05:03:20) Chapter 18 (05:15:20) Chapter 19 (05:20:22) Chapter 20 (05:23:53) Chapter 21 (05:49:45) Chapter 22 (06:00:26) Chapter 23 (06:22:23) Chapter 24 (06:50:39) Chapter 25 (07:15:30) Chapter 26 (07:42:10) Chapter 27 (07:48:59) Chapter 28 (08:11:59) Chapter 29 (08:20:54) Chapter 30 (08:25:13) Chapter 31 (08:55:15) Chapter 32 (09:26:35) Chapter 33 (09:48:50) Chapter 34 (10:26:58) Chapter 35 (10:46:03) Chapter 36 (11:00:32) Chapter 37 (11:14:33) Chapter 38 (11:23:13) Chapter 39 (11:28:01) Chapter 40 (11:34:04) Chapter 41 (11:45:36) Chapter 42 (11:52:22) Chapter 43 (11:57:11) Chapter 44 (12:04:36) Chapter 45 (12:08:32) Chapter 46 (12:11:50) Chapter 47 (12:19:21) Chapter 48 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The War Trail by Thomas Mayne Reid audiobook. Genre: adventure On the uneasy borderlands of the Rio Bravo, not long after the Mexican War, Captain Warfield leads a hard-riding troop of American rangers assigned to keep a fragile peace: protect isolated settlements, guard uneasy allies, and face the constant threat of raiders and guerrilla bands. From the rooftop of a dusty frontier village, Warfield glimpses the nearby hacienda of Don Ramon de Vargas and soon meets the Don's spirited daughter, Isolina, a young woman whose pride and courage match the wild country around her. But politics and personal grudges ride alongside romance. A bitter enemy, the dangerous Rafael Ijurra, moves in the shadows, and old scores within the ranger troop threaten to flare when duty demands ruthless choices.When talk turns to a legendary mustang - the snow-white 'white steed of the prairies' - Warfield joins a reckless hunt across open savannah and thorny chaparral. The chase becomes more than sport: it pulls the rangers onto a perilous trail where every hoofprint may lead to ambush, betrayal, or a fight for survival. Sweeping, vivid, and relentlessly suspenseful, The War Trail blends frontier action with questions of honor, loyalty, and love in a land still at war with itself. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 001 (00:08:44) Chapter 002 (00:18:54) Chapter 003 (00:33:40) Chapter 004 (00:45:37) Chapter 005 (00:54:21) Chapter 006 (01:11:53) Chapter 007 (01:28:07) Chapter 008 (01:38:56) Chapter 009 (01:52:58) Chapter 010 (02:07:02) Chapter 011 (02:25:48) Chapter 012 (02:38:08) Chapter 013 (02:55:44) Chapter 014 (03:05:13) Chapter 015 (03:16:47) Chapter 016 (03:30:51) Chapter 017 (03:37:14) Chapter 018 (03:51:00) Chapter 019 (04:00:53) Chapter 020 (04:10:53) Chapter 021 (04:21:53) Chapter 022 (04:37:02) Chapter 023 (04:46:52) Chapter 024 (05:00:11) Chapter 025 (05:14:34) Chapter 026 (05:26:51) Chapter 027 (05:43:17) Chapter 028 (05:58:38) Chapter 029 (06:12:24) Chapter 030 (06:25:04) Chapter 031 (06:34:34) Chapter 032 (06:45:13) Chapter 033 (07:01:49) Chapter 034 (07:13:06) Chapter 035 (07:22:20) Chapter 036 (07:33:38) Chapter 037 (07:43:59) Chapter 038 (07:55:12) Chapter 039 (08:12:13) Chapter 040 (08:21:35) Chapter 041 (08:30:07) Chapter 042 (08:40:01) Chapter 043 (08:54:31) Chapter 044 (09:04:40) Chapter 045 (09:21:54) Chapter 046 (09:35:04) Chapter 047 (09:51:05) Chapter 048 (10:00:49) Chapter 049 (10:12:42) Chapter 050 (10:27:18) Chapter 051 (10:35:15) Chapter 052 (10:48:52) Chapter 053 (11:01:06) Chapter 054 (11:10:44) Chapter 055 (11:19:40) Chapter 056 (11:30:27) Chapter 057 (11:40:13) Chapter 058 (11:47:08) Chapter 059 (11:55:37) Chapter 060 (12:02:43) Chapter 061 (12:11:02) Chapter 062 (12:18:30) Chapter 063 (12:28:27) Chapter 064 (12:37:45) Chapter 065 (12:47:05) Chapter 066 (12:54:19) Chapter 067 (13:05:14) Chapter 068 (13:14:49) Chapter 069 (13:23:15) Chapter 070 (13:31:40) Chapter 071 (13:43:58) Chapter 072 (13:51:31) Chapter 073 (14:00:41) Chapter 074 (14:09:25) Chapter 075 (14:20:55) Chapter 076 (14:31:53) Chapter 077 (14:40:39) Chapter 078 (14:49:53) Chapter 079 (15:02:38) Chapter 080 (15:14:18) Chapter 081 (15:24:05) Chapter 082 (15:33:40) Chapter 083 (15:41:05) Chapter 084 (15:53:13) Chapter 085 (16:01:43) Chapter 086 Max Character Limit reached Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Follies of a Day by Pierre Beaumarchais audiobook. Genre: comedy This is Thomas Holcroft's English translation, obtained by attending Pierre Beaumarchais' French play nine times in Paris during its original official staging in 1784. Beaumarchais' play was the basis for Mozart's 1796 opera, and is a satire about lovers' misdoings and French society. Because of its rebellious themes, presented during the troubling times leading up to the French Revolution, Beaumarchais had a very difficult time getting his play past the censors. Once staged, the play was enormously popular with audiences, including the aristocracy despite their understanding of the underlying themes. It was shocking that an commoner could contend directly with a nobleman. Louis XVI was not amused with Beaumarchais and imprisoned him for a few days. In our play, staged in London in 1785, Figaro is engaged to be married to Susan, who has caught the eye of Count Almaviva . . . (Holcroft Anglicized Suzanne's name so that English audiences would better accept her.) The Marriage is part of a trilogy, following The Barber of Seville and preceding The Guilty Mother. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:08:29) Chapter 01 (00:46:20) Chapter 02 (01:34:00) Chapter 03 (02:07:58) Chapter 04 (02:34:49) Chapter 05 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Art of Dying Well by St. Robert Bellarmine audiobook. Genre: religion In The Art of Dying Well, St. Robert Bellarmine - a leading Catholic theologian and pastor of souls - offers a clear, steady guide to facing lifes most unavoidable moment with faith rather than fear. Written for ordinary Christians as well as clergy and caregivers, the book treats death not as a taboo subject but as a spiritual reality that can be met wisely through daily preparation. Bellarmine leads the listener through the habits that shape a peaceful conscience: prayer, repentance, humility, detachment from passing goods, and a renewed focus on the last things - judgment, eternity, and the hope of salvation. Along the way, he explores the inner obstacles that make death frightening, including anxiety, unfinished sins, and misplaced confidence, and he proposes practical remedies drawn from Scripture, the saints, and the Churchs sacramental life. Both bracing and consoling, this work invites a reordering of priorities now so that the final hour is not ruled by panic or regret. It is a concise spiritual companion for anyone seeking to live more deliberately by remembering that how one lives is inseparable from how one dies. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:14:44) Chapter 01 (00:19:38) Chapter 02 (00:34:30) Chapter 03 (00:49:02) Chapter 04 (01:07:59) Chapter 05 (01:19:15) Chapter 06 (01:33:20) Chapter 07 (01:54:59) Chapter 08 (02:11:26) Chapter 09 (02:33:00) Chapter 10 (02:47:04) Chapter 11 (02:55:22) Chapter 12 (03:07:37) Chapter 13 (03:21:52) Chapter 14 (03:35:37) Chapter 15 (03:51:36) Chapter 16 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anne of Geierstein, Volume 1 by Sir Walter Scott audiobook. Genre: history In Anne of Geierstein, Volume 1, Sir Walter Scott transports listeners to late-15th-century Europe, where the clash between the rising Swiss Confederacy and the power of Burgundy turns travel into peril and diplomacy into a game of survival. A young English traveler, Arthur Philipson, and his older companion and guide, Dr. Hendrik, set out across the Alps on a journey that is part pilgrimage, part secret errand, and wholly dangerous in a continent fractured by war, shifting loyalties, and suspicious borders. Their path leads them to the rugged stronghold of Geierstein and to Anne, the Baron's remarkable daughter, whose courage and enigmatic reputation draw Arthur into a world where local custom, fierce independence, and whispered legends carry real political weight. As Arthur and his mentor seek safe passage and trustworthy allies, they must navigate hostile soldiers, wary towns, and the long reach of Burgundian ambition, all while guarding their own purpose from prying eyes. Volume 1 lays the groundwork for a sweeping historical romance and adventure about identity, honor, and the price of freedom. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:38:55) Chapter 02 (01:24:13) Chapter 03 (02:20:00) Chapter 04 (02:41:08) Chapter 05 (03:20:45) Chapter 06 (03:47:24) Chapter 07 (04:22:22) Chapter 08 (04:38:04) Chapter 09 (05:14:58) Chapter 10 (05:54:46) Chapter 11 (06:36:15) Chapter 12 (07:19:14) Chapter 13 (07:50:39) Chapter 14 (08:31:19) Chapter 15 (09:13:42) Chapter 16 (10:02:29) Chapter 17 (11:06:27) Chapter 18 (11:53:46) Chapter 19 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gertrude's Diary, and The Cube by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religion Gertrude's Diary, and The Cube gathers two spirited tales for young listeners from beloved Christian author Pansy (Isabella Macdonald Alden). In Gertrude's Diary, sensible, outspoken Gertrude Morrison agrees to a challenge set by her pastor, Mr. Neale: she and her closest friends, Ruth, Namie, and Prissy, will keep daily journals and measure their choices against a new Bible 'golden text' each month. What begins as a curious assignment quickly turns searching and personal, as Gertrude's honest entries expose careless words, small selfish habits, and the quiet struggles of trying to be a doer of the Word at home, at school, and with friends. In The Cube, a lively circle of twenty-seven cousins and companions forms a society for 'entertainment and improvement,' staging short scenes and tableaux that the rest must identify from history. Planning costumes, keeping secrets, and working together under pressure, the young performers discover that learning can be both playful and humbling, and that character matters as much as cleverness. Together, these stories offer warmth, humor, and gentle conviction about faith lived in everyday life. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:12:08) Chapter 02 (00:20:25) Chapter 03 (00:26:02) Chapter 04 (00:35:52) Chapter 05 (00:45:01) Chapter 06 (00:53:41) Chapter 07 (01:04:42) Chapter 08 (01:14:35) Chapter 09 (01:20:50) Chapter 10 (01:28:41) Chapter 11 (01:37:26) Chapter 12 (01:45:20) Chapter 13 (01:53:21) Chapter 14 (01:59:44) Chapter 15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

His Wisdom, the Defender - A Story by Simon Newcomb audiobook. Genre: scifi Set in a near-future America imagined from the turn of the 20th century, His Wisdom, the Defender is presented as a later historical account of how the world was pushed toward an uneasy peace. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, the brilliant and intensely private Professor Campbell makes a breakthrough that promises effectively limitless power, then withdraws from academia and becomes the wealthiest man alive almost overnight. But money is only a tool for his real ambition: ending war itself. When Campbell unveils a second, even more astonishing discovery that makes controlled flight possible, he begins building fast aerial craft and, in absolute secrecy, a disciplined corps of young recruits trained to operate them. Their most startling equipment is a protective, human-shaped flying rig: part vehicle, part armor, and wholly unprecedented. As governments, militaries, and newspapers react with suspicion, awe, and fear, Campbell is forced to defend his inventions from theft and weaponization while deciding how far one man should go to impose peace on the world. Blending techno-wonder with political tension, Newcomb's novel explores the seduction of benevolent power, the fragility of international order, and the price of a utopia enforced from the skies. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:02:31) Chapter 02 (00:21:32) Chapter 03 (00:42:30) Chapter 04 (00:56:51) Chapter 05 (01:24:02) Chapter 06 (01:33:44) Chapter 07 (01:55:08) Chapter 08 (02:07:08) Chapter 09 (02:29:15) Chapter 10 (02:59:10) Chapter 11 (03:25:40) Chapter 12 (03:52:40) Chapter 13 (04:16:56) Chapter 14 (04:35:13) Chapter 15 (04:59:24) Chapter 16 (05:18:01) Chapter 17 (05:41:27) Chapter 18 (06:02:58) Chapter 19 (06:16:21) Chapter 20 (06:28:03) Chapter 21 (06:41:59) Chapter 22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Lying by Saint Augustine of Hippo audiobook. Genre: philosophy In On Lying, Saint Augustine of Hippo tackles a question as practical as it is unsettling: can a lie ever be justified? Writing as a pastor, teacher, and philosopher, Augustine examines the everyday ways people bend the truth and the serious spiritual and social consequences that follow. With a careful, step-by-step method, he defines what counts as a lie, explores the role of intention and speech, and tests common excuses: protecting someone from harm, avoiding shame, helping a friend, or defending the faith. Along the way, he presents vivid scenarios drawn from family life, civic affairs, and religious controversy, asking listeners to weigh mercy against integrity and short-term outcomes against the formation of character. More than a list of rules, this concise treatise is a disciplined inquiry into conscience, responsibility, and the meaning of truthful communication. Augustine challenges the listener to consider how truth shapes trust, how habits of deception distort the self, and what it means to live with a steady heart when the cost of honesty feels too high. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:53:13) Chapter 02 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Brownies and Prince Florimel by Palmer Cox audiobook. Genre: fantasy When King Florimel's father dies, the rightful heir discovers that a ruthless uncle is ready to take the throne and erase him from the story for good. There is one problem the court cannot ignore: Florimel is brave, clever, and noble, but he is also very small, and the grown rulers around him treat his size as a reason to deny his claim. Forced to flee, Florimel carries the strange legacy of a fairy godmother: hints of second sight and a gift meant to protect him when ordinary strength is not enough. His escape draws him beyond human roads into the hidden night-world of the Brownies, the mischievous, warmhearted sprites who work in secret and travel everywhere. Among them he finds unexpected allies, new rules of courage, and a foster-king whose lessons are as practical as they are magical. But the deeper Florimel is pulled into Brownieland, Fairyland, and darker realms, the more he must face enchantments, traps, and an ill-tempered power who would bend both humans and magical folk to his will. Told in Cox's lively, illustrated style, this is a fairy adventure about dignity, loyalty, and refusing to be measured by size alone. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:14:20) Chapter 02 (00:25:28) Chapter 03 (00:39:19) Chapter 04 (00:52:40) Chapter 05 (01:04:03) Chapter 06 (01:16:59) Chapter 07 (01:30:19) Chapter 08 (01:42:12) Chapter 09 (01:56:04) Chapter 10 (02:10:37) Chapter 11 (02:23:32) Chapter 12 (02:37:36) Chapter 13 (02:51:45) Chapter 14 (03:03:36) Chapter 15 (03:16:12) Chapter 16 (03:29:13) Chapter 17 (03:41:46) Chapter 18 (03:54:44) Chapter 19 (04:06:33) Chapter 20 (04:17:07) Chapter 21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Island Nights Entertainments by Robert Louis Stevenson audiobook. Genre: adventure In Island Nights Entertainments, Robert Louis Stevenson gathers three vivid tales that blend the heat and color of the South Pacific with sharp moral tension and a taste for the uncanny. In The Beach of Falesa, a principled trader arrives on a remote island to build an honest life, only to find himself tangled in local rivalries, colonial exploitation, and a marriage arranged under troubling misunderstandings. In The Bottle Imp, a restless young man acquires a mysterious bottle said to grant wishes, but the gift carries a perilous condition that turns every desire into a gamble with the soul. In The Isle of Voices, an islander newly married into a strange family is drawn into a secret world of hidden wealth and whispered dangers, where greed and loyalty pull in opposite directions. Across these stories, Stevenson explores ambition, temptation, cultural collision, and the uneasy line between bravery and folly, all rendered with brisk storytelling, atmospheric settings, and characters forced to reckon with what they truly value when paradise proves anything but simple. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:30:20) Chapter 02 (01:21:15) Chapter 03 (01:54:42) Chapter 04 (02:41:14) Chapter 05 (03:15:15) Chapter 06 (03:55:54) Chapter 07 (04:49:58) Chapter 08 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Purgatory by Rev. Francois Xavier Schouppe audiobook. Genre: religion Purgatory by FX Schouppe, SJ, a french Catholic theologian who died in November, 1904 details the place where saved souls go before Heaven. Think of it as a temporary cleaning or purging place for those who aren't going to Hell. Fire, burning and intense pain for various lengths of time make up the experience of Purgatory. The author details eyewitness accounts and blood chilling stories from the perspective of a number of saints who went through it. We can pray, give alms and have Masses said for the souls in Purgatory to shorten their and our time there. This book really turned me around! Purgatory will scare the Hell out of you! For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 000 (00:06:47) Chapter 001 (00:08:54) Chapter 002 (00:13:29) Chapter 003 (00:16:36) Chapter 004 (00:22:09) Chapter 005 (00:28:58) Chapter 006 (00:41:38) Chapter 007 (00:49:16) Chapter 008 (01:00:56) Chapter 009 (01:10:38) Chapter 010 (01:17:20) Chapter 011 (01:26:57) Chapter 012 (01:35:57) Chapter 013 (01:45:04) Chapter 014 (01:54:45) Chapter 015 (02:01:26) Chapter 016 (02:09:21) Chapter 017 (02:15:28) Chapter 018 (02:24:40) Chapter 019 (02:32:53) Chapter 020 (02:43:13) Chapter 021 (02:53:19) Chapter 022 (03:00:20) Chapter 023 (03:11:30) Chapter 024 (03:22:18) Chapter 025 (03:29:12) Chapter 026 (03:37:33) Chapter 027 (03:43:01) Chapter 028 (03:48:56) Chapter 029 (03:56:17) Chapter 030 (04:00:00) Chapter 031 (04:09:43) Chapter 032 (04:14:24) Chapter 033 (04:23:03) Chapter 034 (04:27:08) Chapter 035 (04:34:35) Chapter 036 (04:40:02) Chapter 037 (04:45:16) Chapter 038 (04:50:25) Chapter 039 (04:55:52) Chapter 040 (05:05:04) Chapter 041 (05:12:01) Chapter 042 (05:23:44) Chapter 043 (05:28:49) Chapter 044 (05:35:06) Chapter 045 (05:40:02) Chapter 046 (05:43:42) Chapter 047 (05:49:37) Chapter 048 (06:01:51) Chapter 049 (06:05:51) Chapter 050 (06:13:22) Chapter 051 (06:19:57) Chapter 052 (06:26:02) Chapter 053 (06:32:14) Chapter 054 (06:41:27) Chapter 055 (06:48:33) Chapter 056 (06:57:35) Chapter 057 (07:02:50) Chapter 058 (07:11:12) Chapter 059 (07:17:25) Chapter 060 (07:25:14) Chapter 061 (07:32:01) Chapter 062 (07:36:29) Chapter 063 (07:41:52) Chapter 064 (07:47:30) Chapter 065 (07:53:42) Chapter 066 (07:58:58) Chapter 067 (08:05:16) Chapter 068 (08:10:19) Chapter 069 (08:14:21) Chapter 070 (08:22:20) Chapter 071 (08:26:46) Chapter 072 (08:35:27) Chapter 073 (08:42:46) Chapter 074 (08:52:15) Chapter 075 (08:59:26) Chapter 076 (09:06:01) Chapter 077 (09:12:18) Chapter 078 (09:18:05) Chapter 079 (09:25:06) Chapter 080 (09:32:58) Chapter 081 (09:43:29) Chapter 082 (09:50:12) Chapter 083 (09:56:09) Chapter 084 (10:03:59) Chapter 085 (10:10:18) Chapter 086 (10:16:33) Chapter 087 (10:24:07) Chapter 088 (10:30:58) Chapter 089 (10:37:19) Chapter 090 (10:46:35) Chapter 091 (10:52:24) Chapter 092 (10:58:07) Chapter 093 (11:06:42) Chapter 094 (11:17:39) Chapter 095 (11:25:04) Chapter 096 (11:30:59) Chapter 097 (11:40:59) Chapter 098 (11:46:43) Chapter 099 (11:54:15) Chapter 100 (12:03:13) Chapter 101 (12:11:44) Chapter 102 (12:17:06) Chapter 103 (12:22:39) Chapter 104 Max Character Limit reached Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Broken Bond by Nicholas Carter audiobook. Genre: mystery In A Broken Bond: Or, The Man Without Morals, a fortune made in a South American mining venture turns two longtime partners into enemies overnight. When Winthrop Crawford survives what looks like a carefully planned ambush in the mountains, the attack raises a terrifying question: who would risk everything to see him dead, and why now, just as the partners are poised to cash out? Rumors of jealousy and treachery swirl around Crawford's associate, James Stone, a man whose behavior suggests both ruthless calculation and a mind slipping its moorings. As danger follows Crawford across borders and new attempts close in, the case draws the attention of master detective Nick Carter and his trusted team, who begin pulling at a tangled thread of suspicious letters, money trails, and convenient alibis. The deeper Nick digs, the less this feels like a simple business dispute, and the more it resembles a deliberate campaign to ruin a man and erase the past. Fast, twisty, and charged with moral ambiguity, the story pits loyalty against greed and asks what can happen when conscience finally breaks. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:09:59) Chapter 02 (00:20:50) Chapter 03 (00:31:22) Chapter 04 (00:41:46) Chapter 05 (00:50:13) Chapter 06 (00:57:56) Chapter 07 (01:06:14) Chapter 08 (01:15:26) Chapter 09 (01:21:51) Chapter 10 (01:27:11) Chapter 11 (01:36:48) Chapter 12 (01:41:12) Chapter 13 (01:48:09) Chapter 14 (01:56:07) Chapter 15 (02:01:15) Chapter 16 (02:07:25) Chapter 17 (02:13:00) Chapter 18 (02:21:57) Chapter 19 (02:29:14) Chapter 20 (02:37:19) Chapter 21 (02:45:31) Chapter 22 (02:51:44) Chapter 23 (02:58:24) Chapter 24 (03:05:14) Chapter 25 (03:11:30) Chapter 26 (03:16:33) Chapter 27 (03:22:50) Chapter 28 (03:30:22) Chapter 29 (03:38:19) Chapter 30 (03:47:15) Chapter 31 (03:58:08) Chapter 32 (04:04:24) Chapter 33 (04:11:01) Chapter 34 (04:18:56) Chapter 35 (04:30:26) Chapter 36 (04:36:41) Chapter 37 (04:45:49) Chapter 38 (04:55:09) Chapter 39 (05:01:55) Chapter 40 (05:11:18) Chapter 41 (05:19:39) Chapter 42 (05:27:59) Chapter 43 (05:34:49) Chapter 44 (05:43:59) Chapter 45 (05:49:36) Chapter 46 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another Brownie Book by Palmer Cox audiobook. Genre: fantasy In Another Brownie Book, illustrator and poet Palmer Cox invites listeners back into the moonlit world of the Brownies - tiny, quick-witted sprites who slip out while townsfolk sleep to turn ordinary places into stages for mischief, teamwork, and secret good deeds. Told in lively rhyming verse and originally paired with Cox's own drawings, these episodic tales follow the Brownies as they tackle one nighttime scheme after another: shaping winter snow into a village surprise, organizing bustling make-believe enterprises, and testing their ingenuity in barns, orchards, classrooms, and grand public spaces where a small band can cause a very large commotion. But their fun is never only for fun's sake - each adventure becomes a contest of creativity, coordination, and clever problem-solving, with the Brownies balancing prankish impulses against a curious kind of responsibility to the human world they cannot fully join. Playful, energetic, and packed with vivid set pieces, this classic collection blends humor and wonder while celebrating the joy of hard work, the thrill of secrecy, and the magic that might be happening just out of sight. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:05:49) Chapter 02 (00:10:14) Chapter 03 (00:15:10) Chapter 04 (00:20:34) Chapter 05 (00:24:56) Chapter 06 (00:29:47) Chapter 07 (00:33:36) Chapter 08 (00:38:48) Chapter 09 (00:41:24) Chapter 10 (00:44:17) Chapter 11 (00:50:21) Chapter 12 (00:55:11) Chapter 13 (01:06:15) Chapter 14 (01:15:19) Chapter 15 (01:22:01) Chapter 16 (01:26:52) Chapter 17 (01:32:42) Chapter 18 (01:38:26) Chapter 19 (01:43:02) Chapter 20 (01:48:12) Chapter 21 (01:53:12) Chapter 22 (01:56:56) Chapter 23 (02:04:05) Chapter 24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amends for Ladies by Nathan Field audiobook. Genre: comedy Amends for Ladies falls within the genre of Jacobean city comedy. Three women debate which has the better lot: a maid, a wife, or a widow. Lady Honour, the maid, is loved by her servant, Ingen, and disguises herself as a boy to become servant to him. Lady Perfect, the wife, is suspected by her husband, Love-all, of infidelity; Love-all tries to trap his wife by having his devious friend, Subtle, seduce her. A young citizen, Bold, disguises himself as an old woman to enter into the service of the widow, Lady Bright, in the hopes of gaining access to her bed. Amends for Ladies also features a duel-gone-wrong, bawdy jokes aplenty, and a guest appearance by the 'Roaring Girl' herself, Moll Cutpurse For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:02:11) Chapter 01 (00:31:42) Chapter 02 (00:58:26) Chapter 03 (01:24:58) Chapter 04 (01:54:20) Chapter 05 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Pirates by Morgan Robertson audiobook. Genre: adventure When Ensign William Denman stays aboard a brand-new U.S. Navy destroyer for one quiet night, he expects nothing more dangerous than paperwork and a watchman's round. Instead, a dozen escaped prisoners slip through the fog, silence the sentries, and steal the fastest ship afloat, a turbine-driven grayhound fitted with torpedoes, searchlights, and a crackling new wireless set. Their leader, the hard-handed Herbert Jenkins, offers Denman a stark choice: parole and cooperation, or confinement in irons. Denman gives his word not to interfere, but honor does not make him safe. As the stolen destroyer surges into the Atlantic and warships begin to close in, Denman discovers an even more personal threat among the fugitives: John Forsythe, his boyhood rival, carrying an old grievance that time and uniforms have not erased. Trapped on a vessel that can outrun almost anything but cannot outrun consequences, Denman must weigh duty against survival, read the shifting loyalties of desperate men, and decide how far a naval officer can bend before he breaks. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:13:27) Chapter 02 (00:25:21) Chapter 03 (00:36:38) Chapter 04 (00:46:51) Chapter 05 (00:57:38) Chapter 06 (01:09:51) Chapter 07 (01:24:21) Chapter 08 (01:34:24) Chapter 09 (01:51:01) Chapter 10 (02:03:13) Chapter 11 (02:18:37) Chapter 12 (02:33:04) Chapter 13 (02:44:13) Chapter 14 (02:56:07) Chapter 15 (03:05:35) Chapter 16 (03:15:09) Chapter 17 (03:28:31) Chapter 18 (03:41:35) Chapter 19 (03:48:40) Chapter 20 (04:04:20) Chapter 21 (04:16:30) Chapter 22 (04:26:41) Chapter 23 (04:38:38) Chapter 24 (04:49:48) Chapter 25 (05:01:18) Chapter 26 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don Quixote Vol. 2 by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra audiobook. Genre: adventure Don Quixote is an early novel written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Cervantes created a fictional origin for the story in the character of the Morisco historian, Cide Hamete Benengeli, whom he claims to have hired to translate the story from an Arabic manuscript he found in Toledo's bedraggled old Jewish quarter. The protagonist, Alonso Quixano, is a minor landowner who has read so many stories of chivalry that he descends into fantasy and becomes convinced he is a knight errant. Together with his companion Sancho Panza, the self-styled Don Quixote de la Mancha sets out in search of adventures. His 'lady' is Dulcinea del Toboso, an imaginary object of his courtly love crafted from a neighbouring farmgirl by the illusion-struck 'knight' (her real name is Aldonza Lorenzo, and she is totally unaware of his feelings for her. In addition, she never actually appears in the novel). Published in two volumes a decade apart, Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish Golden Age and perhaps the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature, it regularly appears at or near the top of lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:11:35) Chapter 01 (00:36:35) Chapter 02 (00:47:16) Chapter 03 (01:04:10) Chapter 04 (01:15:31) Chapter 05 (01:29:31) Chapter 06 (01:42:10) Chapter 07 (01:57:41) Chapter 08 (02:14:11) Chapter 09 (02:22:46) Chapter 10 (02:42:20) Chapter 11 (02:56:14) Chapter 12 (03:10:33) Chapter 13 (03:23:22) Chapter 14 (03:47:39) Chapter 15 (03:52:47) Chapter 16 (04:13:55) Chapter 17 (04:36:35) Chapter 18 (04:54:50) Chapter 19 (05:11:04) Chapter 20 (05:29:46) Chapter 21 (05:44:11) Chapter 22 (06:01:18) Chapter 23 (06:23:49) Chapter 24 (06:37:24) Chapter 25 (06:57:11) Chapter 26 (07:14:57) Chapter 27 (07:30:00) Chapter 28 (07:41:23) Chapter 29 (07:55:06) Chapter 30 (08:06:00) Chapter 31 (08:23:50) Chapter 32 (08:54:38) Chapter 33 (09:10:12) Chapter 34 (09:26:33) Chapter 35 (09:42:07) Chapter 36 (09:55:03) Chapter 37 (09:59:50) Chapter 38 (10:14:34) Chapter 39 (10:21:13) Chapter 40 (10:33:33) Chapter 41 (10:55:37) Chapter 42 (11:07:27) Chapter 43 (11:20:51) Chapter 44 (11:41:14) Chapter 45 (11:56:16) Chapter 46 (12:05:25) Chapter 47 (12:23:41) Chapter 48 (12:42:30) Chapter 49 (13:06:52) Chapter 50 (13:25:55) Chapter 51 (13:45:49) Chapter 52 (14:02:26) Chapter 53 (14:16:05) Chapter 54 (14:33:54) Chapter 55 (14:50:20) Chapter 56 (15:02:33) Chapter 57 (15:10:51) Chapter 58 (15:36:39) Chapter 59 (15:55:17) Chapter 60 (16:24:08) Chapter 61 (16:30:59) Chapter 62 (16:57:42) Chapter 63 (17:19:18) Chapter 64 (17:29:28) Chapter 65 (17:41:59) Chapter 66 (17:53:20) Chapter 67 (18:04:36) Chapter 68 (18:16:00) Chapter 69 (18:28:04) Chapter 70 (18:44:27) Chapter 71 (18:57:26) Chapter 72 (19:08:11) Chapter 73 (19:18:54) Chapter 74 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don Quixote Vol. 1 by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra audiobook. Genre: adventure Don Quixote is an early novel written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Cervantes created a fictional origin for the story in the character of the Morisco historian, Cide Hamete Benengeli, whom he claims to have hired to translate the story from an Arabic manuscript he found in Toledo's bedraggled old Jewish quarter. The protagonist, Alonso Quixano, is a minor landowner who has read so many stories of chivalry that he descends into fantasy and becomes convinced he is a knight errant. Together with his companion Sancho Panza, the self-styled Don Quixote de la Mancha sets out in search of adventures. His 'lady' is Dulcinea del Toboso, an imaginary object of his courtly love crafted from a neighbouring farm girl by the illusion-struck 'knight' (her real name is Aldonza Lorenzo, and she is totally unaware of his feelings for her. In addition, she never actually appears in the novel). Published in two volumes a decade apart, Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish Golden Age and perhaps the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature, it regularly appears at or near the top of lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:10:50) Chapter 02 (00:27:40) Chapter 03 (00:39:59) Chapter 04 (00:53:57) Chapter 05 (01:08:34) Chapter 06 (01:23:12) Chapter 07 (01:32:51) Chapter 08 (01:48:31) Chapter 09 (02:00:11) Chapter 10 (02:17:57) Chapter 11 (02:30:24) Chapter 12 (02:42:25) Chapter 13 (02:55:59) Chapter 14 (03:09:22) Chapter 15 (03:30:33) Chapter 16 (03:49:26) Chapter 17 (04:06:36) Chapter 18 (04:24:09) Chapter 19 (04:43:32) Chapter 20 (05:08:15) Chapter 21 (05:25:11) Chapter 22 (05:55:45) Chapter 23 (06:22:16) Chapter 24 (06:47:02) Chapter 25 (07:13:52) Chapter 26 (07:35:14) Chapter 27 (08:11:52) Chapter 28 (08:29:01) Chapter 29 (09:07:49) Chapter 30 (09:42:16) Chapter 31 (10:09:16) Chapter 32 (10:32:48) Chapter 33 (10:53:59) Chapter 34 (11:09:27) Chapter 35 (11:57:12) Chapter 36 (12:43:14) Chapter 37 (13:03:55) Chapter 38 (13:26:55) Chapter 39 (13:51:23) Chapter 40 (14:01:40) Chapter 41 (14:21:12) Chapter 42 (14:49:45) Chapter 43 (15:35:00) Chapter 44 (15:51:52) Chapter 45 (16:14:22) Chapter 46 (16:33:36) Chapter 47 (16:51:16) Chapter 48 (17:10:44) Chapter 49 (17:33:04) Chapter 50 (17:50:14) Chapter 51 (18:06:25) Chapter 52 (18:21:11) Chapter 53 (18:33:34) Chapter 54 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Broken Barriers by Meredith Nicholson audiobook. Genre: romance When college junior Grace Durland is abruptly summoned home to Indianapolis, she expects a temporary family setback. Instead, she finds the Durlands shaken by financial ruin and simmering tensions: her proud father has been pushed out of the business he helped build, her brother Roy is protected and indulged, and Grace is told to trade campus freedom for duty and practicality. Refusing to be reduced to a household problem to be managed, Grace steps into unfamiliar territory - paid work, public scrutiny, and the hard arithmetic of respectability. Then an unexpected connection with Ward Trenton, a charming man whose life is already entangled by marriage and social obligations, draws Grace toward a love that promises escape and threatens disgrace. As whispers spread and loyalties fracture, Grace must decide what she owes her family, what she owes herself, and whether a young woman can claim independence without paying an unbearable price. A story of ambition, reputation, and desire in a changing America, Broken Barriers explores the personal costs of breaking rules that were never meant to bend. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:56:29) Chapter 02 (01:12:07) Chapter 03 (01:50:10) Chapter 04 (02:33:09) Chapter 05 (03:21:43) Chapter 06 (04:01:57) Chapter 07 (04:50:21) Chapter 08 (05:32:09) Chapter 09 (06:17:09) Chapter 10 (07:00:27) Chapter 11 (07:29:33) Chapter 12 (08:17:56) Chapter 13 (08:46:12) Chapter 14 (09:35:38) Chapter 15 (10:07:38) Chapter 16 (10:51:48) Chapter 17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Eight Strokes of the Clock by Maurice Leblanc audiobook. Genre: mystery In The Eight Strokes of the Clock, Maurice Leblanc sends Arsene Lupin, France's legendary gentleman-thief, into a different kind of game: not a heist, but a sequence of puzzles where time itself seems to set the rules. When the daring and newly widowed Countess of Cagliostro crosses paths with Lupin, she is drawn into an unusual arrangement - eight promised adventures, each marked by a stroke of a clock and each leading toward a larger, hidden design. From country houses and lonely roads to seaside towns and shadowed estates, the pair follow cryptic clues, coded messages, and seemingly impossible coincidences. Lupin, charming and unreadable as ever, must balance gallantry with suspicion, because every mystery offers two dangers: the trap laid by an enemy and the trap laid by desire. As the cases unfold, the countess discovers that Lupin's greatest talent is not merely stealing valuables, but stealing certainty - turning suspects into allies, victims into accomplices, and straightforward crimes into intricate riddles. Fast, elegant, and suspenseful, this collection blends romance, wit, and classic detective intrigue into a race against the next chime. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:51:49) Chapter 02 (01:40:19) Chapter 03 (02:25:10) Chapter 04 (03:12:43) Chapter 05 (04:01:16) Chapter 06 (04:47:08) Chapter 07 (05:38:37) Chapter 08 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Shakespeare Dead by Mark Twain audiobook. Genre: history A short, semi-autobiographical work by American humorist Mark Twain. It explores the controversy over the authorship of the Shakespearean literary canon via satire, anecdote, and extensive quotation of contemporary authors on the subject. In the book, Twain expounds the view that Shakespeare of Stratford was not the author of the canon, and lends tentative support to the Baconian theory. The book opens with a scene from his early adulthood, where he was trained to be a steamboat pilot by an elder who often argued with him over the controversy. Twain's arguments include the following points: That little was known about Shakespeare's life, and the bulk of his biographies were based on conjecture. That a number of eminent British barristers and judges found Shakespeare's plays permeated with precise legal thought, and that the author could only have been a veteran legal professional. That in contrast, Shakespeare of Stratford had never held a legal position or office, and had only been in court over petty lawsuits late in life. That small towns lionize and celebrate their famous authors for generations, but this had not happened in Shakespeare's case. He described his own fame in Hannibal as a case in point. Twain draws parallels and analogies from the pretensions of modern religious figures and commentators on the nature of Satan. He compares the believers in Shakespeare to adherents of Arthur Orton and Mary Baker Eddy. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:22:30) Chapter 02 (00:41:39) Chapter 03 (01:02:14) Chapter 04 (01:28:26) Chapter 05 (02:01:59) Chapter 06 (02:29:58) Chapter 07 (02:44:12) Chapter 08 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Thing in the Woods by Margery Williams audiobook. Genre: fantasy Dr. Haverill is asked to fill in as local physician for the skittish Dr. Lennox in a small Pennsylvania town. The locals seem to be a superstitious bunch, prone to fearing traveling in the woods at night and with good reason. It seems a series of vicious attacks have occurred by what appears to be some kind of large animal. As the bodies begin to pile up, Dr. Haverill starts to question whether the responsible party could be something beyond humanity. Writer Margery Williams Bianco (writing here under the pseudonym Harper Williams) is perhaps better known for writing the children's classic 'The Velveteen Rabbit', but this dark slice of mystery horror fiction was found to be admired by none other than H. P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft scholars have noted in particular a distinct influence that this book had on his famous story 'The Dunwich Horror'. Also please note that this book is of its time and features racially insensitive language in the early chapters. Those who are concerned with such language should be advised. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:14:17) Chapter 02 (00:25:09) Chapter 03 (00:47:46) Chapter 04 (01:03:53) Chapter 05 (01:16:23) Chapter 06 (01:25:32) Chapter 07 (01:43:53) Chapter 08 (02:04:54) Chapter 09 (02:17:00) Chapter 10 (02:27:04) Chapter 11 (02:36:49) Chapter 12 (02:45:24) Chapter 13 (02:56:35) Chapter 14 (03:07:54) Chapter 15 (03:25:50) Chapter 16 (03:36:54) Chapter 17 (03:48:14) Chapter 18 (04:07:06) Chapter 19 (04:32:18) Chapter 20 (04:54:47) Chapter 21 (05:17:56) Chapter 22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill by Margaret Vandercook audiobook. Genre: adventure Fifteen-year-old Betty Ashton has everything a girl in Woodford, New Hampshire, is supposed to want-except a sense of purpose. Restless in her old family home, she is stunned when her mother brings in Esther Clark, a blunt, big-hearted girl from the local orphan asylum, to serve as Betty's companion. Esther carries something Betty has never tried before: the Camp Fire Girls' ideals of work, health, and love, along with the practical courage to build a fire, learn outdoor skills, and earn hard-won honors. Soon Betty, Esther, and their friends - including the bright, loyal Polly O'Neill - trade drawing rooms for pine woods and create a summer camp at beautiful Sunrise Hill under the steady guidance of their guardian, Miss McMurtry. But camp life is more than songs and ceremonies. Old grudges and new jealousies follow the girls into the woods, a troubled outsider tests the group's compassion, and rumors of a reckless plan by local boys threaten the safety and unity of the camp. As the season deepens, Betty must decide what kind of leader - and friend - she truly wants to be. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:19:51) Chapter 02 (00:36:20) Chapter 03 (00:53:37) Chapter 04 (01:03:26) Chapter 05 (01:15:09) Chapter 06 (01:27:44) Chapter 07 (01:55:39) Chapter 08 (02:15:48) Chapter 09 (02:42:49) Chapter 10 (03:01:19) Chapter 11 (03:12:35) Chapter 12 (03:35:45) Chapter 13 (03:53:17) Chapter 14 (04:05:08) Chapter 15 (04:22:08) Chapter 16 (04:33:19) Chapter 17 (04:49:52) Chapter 18 (04:57:04) Chapter 19 (05:12:05) Chapter 20 (05:23:09) Chapter 21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Baseball Joe in the Big League by Lester Chadwick audiobook. Genre: adventure 'Baseball Joe' Matson's great ambition is to become a professional baseball pitcher. The Baseball Joe series follows his career as he seeks to attain his goal. In this fifth volume, Joe is drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the major leagues. A successful season of pitching is marred by mishaps beginning with a request for a loan by a has-been ball player and ending with the kidnapping of our hero. Lester Chadwick is one of dozens of house pseudonyms created by the Stratemeyer Syndicate in the early to mid 1900's, to 'author' children's series. Contract writers (whose identities were to remain unknown under tight secrecy) were hired to write the books in the series under the various names, usually multiple writers contributing volumes to a particular series. Howard R. Garis (1873-1962) is thought to have ghost-written most, if not all (sources vary), of the 14-volume Baseball Joe series. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:13:24) Chapter 02 (00:23:07) Chapter 03 (00:36:15) Chapter 04 (00:46:55) Chapter 05 (00:57:27) Chapter 06 (01:07:38) Chapter 07 (01:16:24) Chapter 08 (01:28:22) Chapter 09 (01:36:42) Chapter 10 (01:49:07) Chapter 11 (02:01:24) Chapter 12 (02:08:48) Chapter 13 (02:19:39) Chapter 14 (02:31:50) Chapter 15 (02:40:22) Chapter 16 (02:53:16) Chapter 17 (03:02:59) Chapter 18 (03:09:13) Chapter 19 (03:20:13) Chapter 20 (03:36:08) Chapter 21 (03:45:32) Chapter 22 (03:56:17) Chapter 23 (04:08:31) Chapter 24 (04:17:20) Chapter 25 (04:28:27) Chapter 26 (04:35:41) Chapter 27 (04:43:42) Chapter 28 (04:50:14) Chapter 29 (04:57:50) Chapter 30 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Shall We Do by Leo Tolstoy audiobook. Genre: philosophy A vivid description of wealth and poverty in Russia in Tolstoy's day, an inquiry into the root causes of economic inequality, and a vision of a more just way of living. Tolstoy recounts his own disturbing encounters with extreme poverty in Moscow, his initial idea of making the problem disappear by generous financial contributions, and his subsequent realization that the problem of poverty was much more intractable than he had imagined. He concludes that poverty is fundamentally linked with the luxurious lifestyle to which he and his class were accustomed, and that both are detrimental both to the rich and to the poor. He goes on to investigate the roots of power imbalances, both in the state and in markets, and to make suggestions for a fundamental social and economic reform in the interest of justice and well-being. Both his social critique and his proposed reforms are grounded in a deeply held and somewhat unorthodox religious faith, as well as in a vigorously applied but somewhat unconventional view of science. Unfortunately he also expresses some views on the role and duties of women and the use of birth control which some readers may find offensive. This material is mostly contained in Chapter 40, the last chapter. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:02:59) Chapter 01 (00:11:34) Chapter 02 (00:26:02) Chapter 03 (00:39:32) Chapter 04 (00:46:08) Chapter 05 (00:55:13) Chapter 06 (01:02:15) Chapter 07 (01:08:47) Chapter 08 (01:21:29) Chapter 09 (01:27:34) Chapter 10 (01:39:39) Chapter 11 (01:46:30) Chapter 12 (01:56:06) Chapter 13 (02:12:19) Chapter 14 (02:26:31) Chapter 15 (02:40:26) Chapter 16 (02:51:38) Chapter 17 (03:12:41) Chapter 18 (03:42:49) Chapter 19 (03:56:53) Chapter 20 (04:25:25) Chapter 21 (05:02:03) Chapter 22 (05:13:44) Chapter 23 (05:21:47) Chapter 24 (05:49:46) Chapter 25 (06:10:42) Chapter 26 (06:28:00) Chapter 27 (06:46:00) Chapter 28 (06:57:29) Chapter 29 (07:14:56) Chapter 30 (07:35:30) Chapter 31 (07:50:05) Chapter 32 (08:00:44) Chapter 33 (08:07:02) Chapter 34 (08:30:44) Chapter 35 (08:34:22) Chapter 36 (08:54:21) Chapter 37 (09:10:06) Chapter 38 (09:55:07) Chapter 39 (10:31:12) Chapter 40 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin audiobook. Genre: family Orphaned young but brimming with imagination, Rebecca Rowena Randall is sent from her quiet country home in Maine to live with her two aunts in the village of Riverboro. Aunt Miranda rules her household with strict economy and firm expectations, while Aunt Jane offers gentleness and quiet support. Rebecca, determined to be useful and to win affection without losing her sparkle, must learn the rhythms of a new home where rules feel sharper and approval is hard-earned. At school she meets spirited friends, faces embarrassing missteps, and discovers the pleasures and perils of being noticed for her quick mind and expressive ways. As she grows, Rebecca finds outlets for her creativity in writing, recitation, and performance, and she begins to imagine a future beyond what her circumstances seem to allow. Warm, funny, and heartfelt, this classic coming-of-age story follows a bright girl's struggle to balance duty and dreams, independence and belonging, as she works to shape a life of her own in a world that keeps trying to shape her first. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:02:58) Chapter 01 (00:30:54) Chapter 02 (00:42:37) Chapter 03 (00:59:52) Chapter 04 (01:06:14) Chapter 05 (01:25:59) Chapter 06 (01:41:05) Chapter 07 (01:54:51) Chapter 08 (02:06:15) Chapter 09 (02:20:08) Chapter 10 (02:33:17) Chapter 11 (02:45:35) Chapter 12 (03:04:00) Chapter 13 (03:15:45) Chapter 14 (03:28:40) Chapter 15 (03:41:48) Chapter 16 (03:59:20) Chapter 17 (04:13:06) Chapter 18 (04:29:04) Chapter 19 (04:43:10) Chapter 20 (04:57:01) Chapter 21 (05:16:34) Chapter 22 (05:37:37) Chapter 23 (05:50:32) Chapter 24 (06:05:15) Chapter 25 (06:23:32) Chapter 26 (06:37:43) Chapter 27 (06:54:39) Chapter 28 (07:13:45) Chapter 29 (07:26:45) Chapter 30 (07:37:20) Chapter 31 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Trial of a New Society by Justus Ebert audiobook. Genre: philosophy In 1912 textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, mostly immigrants, went on strike in response to a pay cut, speedups, and unsafe working conditions. Representatives from the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW/Wobblies) came in to help organize the strike. The city declared martial law and a tense standoff went on for weeks. National newspapers provided breathless coverage of the strike and painted drastically different pictures of what was happening and who was to blame. When a woman was shot in ambiguous circumstances, strike leaders were tried for murder--not for shooting her, but for purportedly inciting mob violence leading to her death. They were acquitted. This book by an ardent IWW member, which seems to have been written in haste as well as in great enthusiasm, gives a vivid journalistic account of labor conditions, of the strike which was afterward known as the Bread and Roses strike, of the trial of strike leaders Joseph Ettor and Arturo Giovanitti, and of the general strike organized to support them. The linked text includes reproductions of various cartoons, posters, and leaflets from the strike, which have not been read aloud. It also includes many footnotes, detailed citations of sources for quotes, which also have not been read aloud--only those footnotes required to explain quotes which had no attribution in the main text have been included For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:05:32) Chapter 01 (00:37:27) Chapter 02 (00:57:40) Chapter 03 (01:45:57) Chapter 04 (02:10:57) Chapter 05 (02:45:40) Chapter 06 (03:19:46) Chapter 07 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu audiobook. Genre: horror In a lonely Styrian castle, sheltered young Laura lives a quiet life with her father, attended only by servants and the hush of surrounding woods. Everything changes when a carriage accident brings a mysterious girl to their doorstep: Carmilla, elegant, languid, and strangely familiar. As the two form an intense friendship, Laura is drawn into a world of whispered confidences, unsettling dreams, and a growing sense that something in the house is not what it seems. Nearby villages speak of an illness that leaves its victims pale and weakened, and a local investigation begins to circle ever closer to Laura's home. With the help of a blunt-spoken doctor and a determined former soldier, Laura's family must piece together fragments of folklore, half-remembered encounters, and disturbing clues that point to an ancient, predatory secret. Told with a lingering, gothic atmosphere and a steady rise of dread, Carmilla explores desire, identity, and the peril that can hide behind tenderness. As Laura's strength fades, the question becomes whether anyone can name the danger in time - and whether love itself may be part of the trap. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:02:13) Chapter 01 (00:14:11) Chapter 02 (00:31:26) Chapter 03 (00:49:03) Chapter 04 (01:13:33) Chapter 05 (01:22:46) Chapter 06 (01:33:03) Chapter 07 (01:46:10) Chapter 08 (01:54:36) Chapter 09 (02:06:03) Chapter 10 (02:12:54) Chapter 11 (02:22:55) Chapter 12 (02:33:07) Chapter 13 (02:43:56) Chapter 14 (02:53:51) Chapter 15 (03:02:22) Chapter 16 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices