Classic Audiobook Collection

Eleven years a drunkard by Thomas Doner audiobook. Genre: biography He tells of the shame, misery and pain which alcohol brought on him, and will bring to anyone whosoever be tempted by the pleasant feeling it produces at the time of drinking. It doesn't bring one home to shelter but drives them away. It leads one to forget the evil it brings and tempts one to pursue more for the pleasant feeling it produces. This 'pleasant feeling' produces many murderers in our land. It doesn't push the sufferer to ask for help but to lie about the drinking. Once Satan has a foothold he wants an even tighter grasp. He exhorts - you boys, to learn this lesson, 'If you do not take the first drink, you will not be tempted to take the second.' And if you take the first drink do not take the second or the monster will have done its work and will surely lead you to a third and a fourth and to associate with the inmates of taverns until you are committed to prison, executed in the gallows, a cripple (like Doner) or to a drunkard's grave. Filth, drunkenness, crime and blasphemy, Doner writes, are the rewards for stepping in this Snare of the Devil. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 0 (00:01:02) Chapter 1 (00:08:46) Chapter 2 (00:43:36) Chapter 3 (01:07:13) Chapter 4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Crook in the Lot by Thomas Boston audiobook. Genre: religion In The Crook in the Lot, Scottish Presbyterian pastor Thomas Boston turns a single piercing question from Ecclesiastes 7:13 into a steady guide for anyone living with burdens they cannot simply fix: if God has made something crooked in your life, who can make it straight? Boston calls the unchosen trials of daily life the 'crook' and the overall shape of a person's circumstances the 'lot.' With the directness of a preacher and the tenderness of a counselor, he argues that afflictions are not random intrusions but belong to God's wise providence, and that peace begins when the sufferer learns to see the crook as the work of God rather than a mistake to be fought at all costs. Drawing from Scripture and lived pastoral experience, Boston explores why certain troubles strike the most sensitive places in our hearts, how impatience and pride harden the soul, and what it looks like to respond with humility, repentance, prayer, and persevering faith. The book reads like a series of sermons meant to steady trembling hands and reframe suffering as a severe mercy that can shape holiness. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:08:29) Chapter 02 (00:40:22) Chapter 03 (01:24:19) Chapter 04 (01:44:05) Chapter 05 (02:20:42) Chapter 06 (02:40:03) Chapter 07 (03:14:39) Chapter 08 (03:49:04) Chapter 09 (04:07:39) Chapter 10 (04:52:23) Chapter 11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elizabethan Demonology by Thomas Alfred Spalding audiobook. Genre: history Written as a scholarly essay, Elizabethan Demonology investigates what educated and ordinary people in England believed about devils, witches, possession, and unseen spiritual forces during the Reformation and the decades that followed. Thomas Alfred Spalding argues that to read Elizabethan drama clearly, especially the plays of William Shakespeare, modern readers must recover the religious assumptions and folk ideas that shaped daily life and public imagination. Moving between theology, popular superstition, and literary evidence, Spalding traces how older pagan or foreign gods were reinterpreted as lesser spirits, how fear of diabolic agency found support in sermons and pamphlets, and how these convictions surfaced on the stage in vivid scenes of temptation, prophecy, and haunting. Along the way he pays particular attention to Shakespeare's handling of the supernatural, using close readings to show how an audience that took demons seriously would have heard certain words, symbols, and moral stakes differently than we do today. Expanded from papers first delivered to the New Shakespeare Society, this compact work is both a window into early modern belief and a guide for readers who want to understand why the devil felt so real in Elizabethan literature. citeturn0search1turn0search7turn0search0 For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:19:09) Chapter 02 (00:42:53) Chapter 03 (01:01:28) Chapter 04 (01:26:45) Chapter 05 (01:53:36) Chapter 06 (02:18:31) Chapter 07 (02:44:28) Chapter 08 (02:59:38) Chapter 09 (03:25:28) Chapter 10 (03:48:14) Chapter 11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Characters Of Theophrastus by Theophrastus audiobook. Genre: philosophy Written in the lively streets and marketplaces of classical Athens, The Characters offers a gallery of sharply observed human types that still feel familiar today. Attributed to Theophrastus, successor to Aristotle, this compact classic presents a sequence of brief sketches, each one isolating a single vice, folly, or social habit and then showing how it plays out in daily life. You will meet the Flatterer who lives by borrowed praise, the Gossip who cannot keep a confidence, the Superstitious Man who reads omens into every coincidence, the Boor who misses every cue, and many more. Rather than telling a continuous story, the book builds its power through accumulation: scene by scene, it invites listeners to recognize patterns of behavior in neighbors, leaders, friends, and themselves. At once ethical inquiry and social satire, these portraits ask what makes a person trustworthy, civic minded, and self controlled, and what happens when small failings harden into a way of life. The result is a witty, unsettling mirror held up to human nature across time. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:34:18) Chapter 01 (00:53:06) Chapter 02 (01:11:42) Chapter 03 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Brothers by Terence audiobook. Genre: comedy In The Brothers (Adelphoe), Terence sets a sharply observed domestic comedy in Athens where two very different men try to raise the next generation. Demea is severe, hardworking, and convinced that discipline is the only path to virtue. His brother Micio is relaxed, affluent, and proud of the trust-based freedom he gives his adopted son, Aeschinus. When a scandal erupts in the city and Aeschinus is blamed for behavior that looks reckless and cruel, the brothers' philosophies collide in public and in private. As rumors spread and tempers flare, Demea becomes certain that leniency has bred corruption, while Micio insists that harshness only teaches young men to lie. Meanwhile, the quieter Ctesipho, Demea's natural son raised under strict rules, is pulled into the same tangle of desire, loyalty, and fear of exposure. Through quick dialogue, clever servants, and anxious lovers, Terence turns family conflict into a debate about love, authority, and what it means to truly know your children. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:14:33) Chapter 2 (00:33:00) Chapter 3 (00:55:33) Chapter 4 (01:21:47) Chapter 5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Actress in High Life - An Episode in Winter Quarters by Susan Petigru King-Bowen audiobook. Genre: romance Portugal, 1812: while the Peninsular War grinds on, a British brigade settles into winter quarters at Elvas, where officers and their families try to turn boredom, uncertainty, and old-world etiquette into something like a season. Into this charged half-peacetime steps Lady Mabel Stewart, newly arrived from Scotland at her father Lord Strathern's summons. Young, observant, and suddenly surrounded by uniforms, rank, and rumor, Mabel must learn the unwritten rules of camp society - and decide which ones are worth obeying. The arrival of the captivating Spaniard Colonel l'Isle brings glamour and danger in equal measure, stirring talk of allegiance, reputation, and forbidden attachment. But romance here is never private: every glance is witnessed, every kindness interpreted, and jealousies flare as quickly as flirtations. As theatricals, dinners, and petty rivalries play out against a landscape marked by marching armies, Mabel finds herself caught between duty and desire, family expectations and personal judgment. Part courtship tale, part social portrait, this episode asks what love can mean when war is only a few miles away. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:17:48) Chapter 02 (00:43:16) Chapter 03 (01:09:28) Chapter 04 (01:33:12) Chapter 05 (01:54:38) Chapter 06 (02:19:17) Chapter 07 (02:56:13) Chapter 08 (03:07:59) Chapter 09 (03:30:23) Chapter 10 (04:01:37) Chapter 11 (04:45:20) Chapter 12 (05:02:03) Chapter 13 (05:36:48) Chapter 14 (06:05:51) Chapter 15 (06:50:39) Chapter 16 (07:07:52) Chapter 17 (07:41:24) Chapter 18 (08:28:31) Chapter 19 (08:49:22) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Above the French Lines by Stuart Walcott audiobook. Genre: history Above the French Lines presents World War I through the intimate, immediate voice of Stuart Walcott, a young American who crosses the Atlantic in 1917 to learn to fly and serve with the French aviation forces. Told as a sequence of letters written between July 4 and December 8, 1917, the book traces his transformation from eager trainee to combat-ready pilot, capturing the routines and hazards of early airfields: punishing instruction, mechanical troubles, weather that can turn lethal in minutes, and the constant pressure to prove yourself in a brand-new kind of warfare. Walcott writes to friends and family with a mix of humor, longing, and hard-earned seriousness, painting vivid scenes of barracks life, friendships among fellow fliers, and the tightening suspense as he nears the front. As patrols begin to carry him above the trenches and into enemy-held skies, the letters become a record of courage under uncertainty, where ideals of service collide with the stark realities of combat. Part personal testimony and part wartime document, this is a moving portrait of youth, duty, and the cost of taking flight when the world is at war. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:07:30) Chapter 01 (00:14:48) Chapter 02 (00:51:52) Chapter 03 (01:30:05) Chapter 04 (01:31:22) Chapter 05 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane audiobook. Genre: history In Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage, a young farm boy named Henry Fleming leaves home to enlist in the Union Army, convinced that battle will reveal the heroic version of himself he has always imagined. But when his regiment is suddenly thrown into combat, Henry discovers that courage is not a simple, shining certainty - it is a shifting struggle of fear, pride, shame, and survival. As smoke, noise, and confusion swallow the battlefield, Henry measures himself against the reactions of other soldiers: the steady veterans, the frightened newcomers, and the blunt, relentless officers who drive men forward. Haunted by the question of whether he will stand firm or break, he becomes obsessed with earning proof of bravery - a 'red badge' that would silence doubt. Crane's stark, immersive style turns war into an intense psychological landscape, capturing how rumor, panic, and fleeting moments of resolve can reshape a person in an instant. More than a battle story, it is a coming-of-age journey under fire, tracing one soldier's fight to define honor and identity when nothing feels certain and the cost of self-deception can be as dangerous as the enemy. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:22:33) Chapter 02 (00:40:09) Chapter 03 (00:58:16) Chapter 04 (01:05:12) Chapter 05 (01:18:43) Chapter 06 (01:32:17) Chapter 07 (01:40:46) Chapter 08 (01:51:56) Chapter 09 (02:03:24) Chapter 10 (02:12:46) Chapter 11 (02:26:36) Chapter 12 (02:39:47) Chapter 13 (02:51:34) Chapter 14 (03:02:27) Chapter 15 (03:09:36) Chapter 16 (03:21:10) Chapter 17 (03:30:50) Chapter 18 (03:40:05) Chapter 19 (03:51:29) Chapter 20 (04:02:51) Chapter 21 (04:14:51) Chapter 22 (04:25:23) Chapter 23 (04:36:05) Chapter 24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

English Men of Science - Their Nature and Nurture by Sir Francis Galton audiobook. Genre: science In English Men of Science - Their Nature and Nurture, Sir Francis Galton turns his trademark appetite for measurement toward a bold question that still echoes today: what makes a scientist? Writing in Victorian Britain, Galton gathers firsthand testimony from prominent men of science and uses it to probe the relative roles of inherited ability and personal environment in shaping intellectual achievement. Through questionnaires, comparative summaries, and pointed reflections, he examines family background, education, health, temperament, habits of work, and the early experiences that helped spark curiosity and perseverance. The result is part social survey, part early psychology of talent, and part argument about how a society might recognize and cultivate exceptional minds. Along the way, Galton reveals the assumptions of his era as clearly as its ambitions, inviting listeners to weigh his evidence, his reasoning, and his controversial conclusions. Clear, methodical, and often provocative, this short but influential work offers a revealing window into the origins of individual differences research and the long-running debate over nature versus nurture. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:05:00) Chapter 01 (00:45:59) Chapter 02 (01:23:28) Chapter 03 (02:33:05) Chapter 04 (03:17:15) Chapter 05 (04:08:35) Chapter 06 (04:31:23) Chapter 07 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Valley of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle audiobook. Genre: mystery In The Valley of Fear, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle returns to Victorian London with one of Sherlock Holmes' most perilous cases. A mysterious cipher and a chilling warning reach Baker Street, drawing Holmes and Dr. Watson into the investigation of a country-house murder that seems at once straightforward and impossible. As Holmes pieces together the victim's hidden connections, the trail widens beyond drawing rooms and railway timetables into a web of secret codes, surveillance, and violent loyalties. The story then opens onto an earlier life lived under an assumed name, where a lone man enters a tight-knit community shaped by fear and bound by an oath to a ruthless brotherhood. In this parallel narrative of infiltration and survival, every gesture is measured, every friendship risky, and every mistake potentially fatal. With Holmes' razor logic on one side and a brutal secret society on the other, the novel explores how power thrives in shadows and how the past can reach across an ocean to settle old debts. Taut, atmospheric, and morally charged, it is a tale of deduction, disguise, and the cost of standing alone against organized cruelty. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:21:19) Chapter 02 (00:38:47) Chapter 03 (01:00:06) Chapter 04 (01:23:52) Chapter 05 (01:49:09) Chapter 06 (02:17:44) Chapter 07 (02:53:29) Chapter 08 (03:12:59) Chapter 09 (03:48:42) Chapter 10 (04:25:03) Chapter 11 (04:47:44) Chapter 12 (05:17:08) Chapter 13 (05:38:01) Chapter 14 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Trail of the Hawk by Sinclair Lewis audiobook. Genre: comedy Trail of the Hawk, narrated by Mike Vendetti aka Miketheauctioneer, is Sinclair Lewis’ second novel published under his own name. It was not at the time of release a smashing success as his later works, Babbitt, Elmer Gantry, and others, but his style and immense talent are certainly evident. We travel with The Hawk, or Carl Ericson, son of Norwegian immigrants, born at the end of the 19th century through the first three adventurous periods of the young man’s life. We see him as an adventurous boy, running away with Gertie Cowels, the girl that lives in the big house in the better part of town, only to be rescued by Bone Stillman, a backwoods philosopher and influence on Carl. We travel with him as he leaves his childhood, Gertie and Joralemon behind, for a short attempt at higher education, then to pursue the hobo life, a Bowery bartender, an engineer in Panama and an aviator. It is during the aviator phase that he becomes Hawk Ericson barnstorming his way across America, an exciting but dangerous lifestyle. Leaving aviation after too many close calls, and the loss of his best friend, he becomes an automobile man, and moves into phase three. It is in phase three, love adventure, that we find The Hawk in New York, mingling with polite society quite by accident. He is smitten by Ruth Winslow, while riding on a streetcar after a fight with Gertie, and follows Ruth to a party which he crashes. I truly enjoyed narrating this novel, and believe the listener will enjoy it, a trip into post Victorian, pre-Jazz Age America. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:25:15) Chapter 02 (00:46:02) Chapter 03 (01:05:01) Chapter 04 (01:26:29) Chapter 05 (01:51:49) Chapter 06 (02:17:29) Chapter 07 (02:31:03) Chapter 08 (02:47:39) Chapter 09 (03:15:58) Chapter 10 (03:27:17) Chapter 11 (03:45:47) Chapter 12 (04:05:11) Chapter 13 (04:20:47) Chapter 14 (04:42:20) Chapter 15 (05:02:59) Chapter 16 (05:15:58) Chapter 17 (05:25:57) Chapter 18 (05:40:45) Chapter 19 (05:51:11) Chapter 20 (06:06:04) Chapter 21 (06:36:16) Chapter 22 (06:51:44) Chapter 23 (07:15:21) Chapter 24 (07:28:42) Chapter 25 (07:50:44) Chapter 26 (08:03:26) Chapter 27 (08:30:28) Chapter 28 (08:47:54) Chapter 29 (09:12:55) Chapter 30 (09:27:24) Chapter 31 (09:47:30) Chapter 32 (10:07:01) Chapter 33 (10:37:37) Chapter 34 (10:55:28) Chapter 35 (11:13:24) Chapter 36 (11:34:00) Chapter 37 (11:54:50) Chapter 38 (12:06:13) Chapter 39 (12:28:47) Chapter 40 (12:45:28) Chapter 41 (13:13:43) Chapter 42 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis audiobook. Genre: comedy In the booming Midwestern city of Zenith, George F. Babbitt seems to have everything a successful American businessman should want: a solid home, a respectable family, a wide circle of civic-minded friends, and a thriving career selling real estate. He prides himself on being practical, optimistic, and up to date, repeating the slogans of prosperity and progress that surround him. But beneath the confident talk and the carefully maintained routines, Babbitt feels a nagging restlessness - a sense that his life is being lived according to rules he never chose. As the demands of business, social clubs, and public opinion tighten around him, he begins to question the values that once felt unquestionable. Drawn toward people and ideas labeled improper by Zenith's guardians of respectability, Babbitt tests the limits of conformity and discovers how quickly a community can reward obedience and punish deviation. With sharp wit and piercing observation, Sinclair Lewis turns one man's unease into a sweeping satire of status, consumer culture, and the cost of fitting in. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:26:39) Chapter 02 (00:47:31) Chapter 03 (01:16:47) Chapter 04 (01:42:34) Chapter 05 (02:17:57) Chapter 06 (03:05:54) Chapter 07 (03:30:47) Chapter 08 (04:10:11) Chapter 09 (04:30:17) Chapter 10 (05:00:35) Chapter 11 (05:13:09) Chapter 12 (05:21:25) Chapter 13 (05:59:27) Chapter 14 (06:30:06) Chapter 15 (06:55:26) Chapter 16 (07:15:20) Chapter 17 (07:37:49) Chapter 18 (08:01:17) Chapter 19 (08:30:51) Chapter 20 (08:44:11) Chapter 21 (08:56:43) Chapter 22 (09:07:04) Chapter 23 (09:27:19) Chapter 24 (09:52:29) Chapter 25 (10:09:03) Chapter 26 (10:25:43) Chapter 27 (10:43:10) Chapter 28 (11:04:58) Chapter 29 (11:41:40) Chapter 30 (12:04:59) Chapter 31 (12:20:38) Chapter 32 (12:42:33) Chapter 33 (13:03:15) Chapter 34 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis audiobook. Genre: drama Sinclair Lewis' Arrowsmith follows Martin Arrowsmith, a restless young man from the American Midwest who is determined to become the kind of doctor who serves truth before comfort. From medical school lectures and small town practice to big city hospitals and elite research laboratories, Martin keeps running into the same question: is medicine a calling, a business, or a science? Guided and challenged by mentors, colleagues, and rivals - including the uncompromising researcher Max Gottlieb - he is pulled between competing worlds: the pressure to please patients, the lure of professional status, and the lonely discipline of laboratory work. At the same time, his marriage to the spirited and steadfast Leora provides both refuge and a mirror for his ambitions. As public health crises and institutional politics close in, Martin must decide what he is willing to sacrifice for discovery, and whether integrity can survive inside systems built on money, reputation, and power. Sharp, funny, and unsettling, Arrowsmith is a classic portrait of idealism tested by the modern world. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:13:26) Chapter 02 (00:46:01) Chapter 03 (01:19:08) Chapter 04 (01:37:50) Chapter 05 (02:05:28) Chapter 06 (02:56:19) Chapter 07 (03:26:48) Chapter 08 (03:49:34) Chapter 09 (04:26:50) Chapter 10 (04:51:52) Chapter 11 (05:07:24) Chapter 12 (05:38:51) Chapter 13 (06:01:32) Chapter 14 (06:22:31) Chapter 15 (06:54:16) Chapter 16 (07:18:52) Chapter 17 (07:47:27) Chapter 18 (08:05:09) Chapter 19 (08:49:17) Chapter 20 (09:18:14) Chapter 21 (09:54:30) Chapter 22 (10:24:06) Chapter 23 (10:44:30) Chapter 24 (11:18:16) Chapter 25 (11:32:09) Chapter 26 (12:13:00) Chapter 27 (12:51:26) Chapter 28 (13:26:19) Chapter 29 (13:50:03) Chapter 30 (14:16:08) Chapter 31 (14:35:09) Chapter 32 (15:09:59) Chapter 33 (15:41:53) Chapter 34 (16:13:09) Chapter 35 (16:41:10) Chapter 36 (17:03:25) Chapter 37 (17:25:21) Chapter 38 (17:45:55) Chapter 39 (18:24:32) Chapter 40 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Daughter of Today by Sara Jeannette Duncan audiobook. Genre: drama In late-Victorian London and Paris, Elfrida Bell is determined to become more than a well-bred ornament. Brilliant, restless, and fiercely self-aware, she styles herself a modern woman of letters and art, chasing recognition in magazines, salons, and studios while measuring herself against the people who seem effortlessly at home in the world she wants to conquer. As Elfrida forms intense friendships and rivalries with writers, artists, and patrons, she learns that ambition comes with a cost: money is scarce, reputations are fragile, and the line between sincerity and performance can blur in the very circles that promise freedom. Sara Jeannette Duncan follows Elfrida through cramped rooms, glittering parties, and hard-won professional opportunities, capturing the hunger to create, the sting of criticism, and the complicated negotiations of love, independence, and belonging. Sharp, observant, and emotionally incisive, A Daughter of Today is a portrait of a young woman testing the limits of her talent and her era, as she tries to decide what success should look like - and what she is willing to sacrifice to claim it. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:18:30) Chapter 02 (00:42:30) Chapter 03 (01:07:24) Chapter 04 (01:28:30) Chapter 05 (01:40:30) Chapter 06 (02:00:06) Chapter 07 (02:16:47) Chapter 08 (02:32:54) Chapter 09 (02:47:22) Chapter 10 (03:07:47) Chapter 11 (03:36:52) Chapter 12 (03:57:20) Chapter 13 (04:18:25) Chapter 14 (04:39:45) Chapter 15 (04:51:55) Chapter 16 (05:11:59) Chapter 17 (05:30:04) Chapter 18 (05:36:18) Chapter 19 (05:53:35) Chapter 20 (06:03:43) Chapter 21 (06:18:01) Chapter 22 (06:35:45) Chapter 23 (06:51:28) Chapter 24 (07:19:12) Chapter 25 (07:37:32) Chapter 26 (07:55:12) Chapter 27 (08:13:06) Chapter 28 (08:27:42) Chapter 29 (08:32:43) Chapter 30 (08:58:05) Chapter 31 (09:18:52) Chapter 32 (09:27:34) Chapter 33 (09:42:01) Chapter 34 (10:02:10) Chapter 35 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prayers and Meditations by Samuel Johnson audiobook. Genre: religion Prayers and Meditations offers an intimate look into the private spiritual life of Samuel Johnson, the towering English writer and moralist best known for his essays, criticism, and dictionary. Drawn from his personal papers, these entries trace years of self-examination as Johnson faces recurring illness, grief, temptation, loneliness, and the relentless pressure of time. In plain yet powerful language, he records prayers for guidance and discipline, meditations on sin and mercy, and vows to reorder his days toward charity, study, and honest labor. The book is not a polished devotional manual so much as a candid diary of the soul: a brilliant, anxious mind wrestling with faith in the middle of ordinary obligations and extraordinary sorrow. As Johnson measures resolutions against failures, he returns again and again to themes of repentance, perseverance, and dependence on God, asking what it means to live well when strength and certainty falter. The result is a moving companion for listeners who value spiritual candor, moral seriousness, and the human struggle to align belief with daily life. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:11:43) Chapter 01 (00:18:48) Chapter 02 (00:26:49) Chapter 03 (00:35:56) Chapter 04 (00:47:35) Chapter 05 (00:53:08) Chapter 06 (01:04:44) Chapter 07 (01:11:39) Chapter 08 (01:22:46) Chapter 09 (01:33:44) Chapter 10 (01:45:48) Chapter 11 (02:00:04) Chapter 12 (02:12:19) Chapter 13 (02:21:33) Chapter 14 (02:27:36) Chapter 15 (02:37:48) Chapter 16 (02:45:21) Chapter 17 (02:53:25) Chapter 18 (02:58:05) Chapter 19 (03:09:58) Chapter 20 (03:22:01) Chapter 21 (03:28:56) Chapter 22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An American Robinson Crusoe by Samuel B. Allison audiobook. Genre: adventure Samuel B. Allison's An American Robinson Crusoe is a brisk, child-friendly retelling of Daniel Defoe's classic survival story, reshaped for American classrooms and young readers. It begins in New York City, where a restless boy named Robinson Crusoe would rather roam the streets and watch the ships on the Hudson than study for the future his parents imagine for him. Drawn by tales of distant coasts and strange creatures, he chases adventure at sea, only to be swept into disaster when the voyage turns deadly. Cast onto a deserted island with little more than his wits, Robinson must learn to make shelter, find food, protect himself from the elements, and turn loneliness into routine. Each hard-won solution becomes a lesson in ingenuity and perseverance, tracing, step by step, how a careless, rebellious youth can be remade by responsibility and work. Part adventure, part quiet study of self-reliance, this adaptation emphasizes practical problem-solving, the gradual building of tools and habits, and the long fight to remain hopeful when the world has gone silent. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:14:12) Chapter 02 (00:30:12) Chapter 03 (00:49:06) Chapter 04 (01:06:39) Chapter 05 (01:26:40) Chapter 06 (01:46:31) Chapter 07 (02:10:17) Chapter 08 (02:43:09) Chapter 09 (03:04:47) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Benson Murder Case - A Philo Vance Story by S. S. Van Dine audiobook. Genre: mystery When a powerful New York financier is found shot to death in his own mansion, the crime looks at first like a straightforward killing in a house full of money, secrets, and resentments. But the clues do not line up, the motives overlap, and every witness seems to be hiding something. Called in to assist the investigation is Philo Vance, an urbane aesthete with an unsettling gift for seeing what others overlook. Working alongside District Attorney Markham and the dogged Sergeant Heath, Vance studies the crime scene with a connoisseur's eye and a psychologist's patience, weighing everything from a missing object to a stray remark at a dinner table. As suspects multiply among family members, servants, business associates, and social rivals, the case becomes a tense contest between appearances and truth. The Benson Murder Case is a classic puzzle mystery that blends high-society manners with relentless deduction, drawing listeners into a world where privilege protects lies, and a single overlooked detail can change the entire shape of the hunt. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:28:03) Chapter 02 (00:56:31) Chapter 03 (01:20:46) Chapter 04 (01:45:03) Chapter 05 (02:07:39) Chapter 06 (02:33:51) Chapter 07 (03:05:50) Chapter 08 (03:34:42) Chapter 09 (03:56:00) Chapter 10 (04:17:22) Chapter 11 (04:43:32) Chapter 12 (05:01:51) Chapter 13 (05:21:28) Chapter 14 (05:38:31) Chapter 15 (06:04:11) Chapter 16 (06:32:41) Chapter 17 (06:56:19) Chapter 18 (07:17:50) Chapter 19 (07:46:11) Chapter 20 (08:09:54) Chapter 21 (08:36:14) Chapter 22 (09:09:02) Chapter 23 (09:40:09) Chapter 24 (10:10:39) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Actions And Reactions by Rudyard Kipling audiobook. Genre: adventure Rudyard Kipling's Actions And Reactions is a wide-ranging collection of stories in which private choices collide with public forces - empire, technology, class, and the stubborn pull of the past. From English countryside homes shadowed by old histories to far-flung outposts where duty and survival test the limits of loyalty, Kipling follows soldiers, engineers, travelers, and ordinary men and women caught in moments when a single decision sets larger consequences in motion. The collection moves between grounded realism and imaginative speculation, pairing intimate dramas of marriage, inheritance, and belonging with tales that look forward to new machines and new kinds of conflict. Across these different settings, Kipling returns to recurring questions: what do people owe to tradition, to family, and to the systems that employ them? How do communities respond when change arrives - slowly through custom, or suddenly through disaster? Written with sharp observation, brisk narrative energy, and a keen ear for professional life and social ritual, these stories invite listeners to watch cause and effect unfold, sometimes quietly and sometimes with explosive force. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (01:12:36) Chapter 02 (01:14:00) Chapter 03 (01:49:38) Chapter 04 (01:51:26) Chapter 05 (02:29:59) Chapter 06 (02:32:26) Chapter 07 (03:49:08) Chapter 08 (03:53:32) Chapter 09 (04:27:07) Chapter 10 (04:28:43) Chapter 11 (04:56:23) Chapter 12 (04:58:13) Chapter 13 (05:43:14) Chapter 14 (05:46:34) Chapter 15 (06:36:00) Chapter 16 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Across Mongolian Plains - A Naturalists Account of China's Great Northwest by Roy Chapman Andrews audiobook. Genre: adventure In Across Mongolian Plains: A Naturalists Account of Chinas Great Northwest, famed explorer and naturalist Roy Chapman Andrews invites listeners into the vast, wind-scoured spaces beyond the Great Wall, where grasslands fade into desert and the horizon seems to run forever. Traveling by cart, horseback, and camel caravan, Andrews chronicles the daily realities of field science in the early 20th century: securing supplies, negotiating routes, enduring punishing weather, and pushing onward when water, fuel, and luck run thin. Along the way, he sketches a vivid portrait of Mongolian life and the borderlands of northern China, from remote encampments and trading posts to the rituals of the steppe and the hard-earned expertise of local guides. With a naturalists eye, he watches wildlife, reads the land for signs of change, and reflects on how geography and climate shape the people who live there. Part travelogue, part expedition journal, this classic account captures the tension between curiosity and risk, and the stubborn determination required to study nature at the edge of the map. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:07:52) Chapter 01 (00:27:30) Chapter 02 (00:48:19) Chapter 03 (01:04:36) Chapter 04 (01:21:56) Chapter 05 (01:43:48) Chapter 06 (02:32:38) Chapter 07 (03:05:16) Chapter 08 (03:42:46) Chapter 09 (04:10:14) Chapter 10 (04:25:56) Chapter 11 (04:52:33) Chapter 12 (05:14:37) Chapter 13 (05:29:16) Chapter 14 (06:03:07) Chapter 15 (06:26:31) Chapter 16 (06:44:09) Chapter 17 (07:01:50) Chapter 18 (07:28:37) Chapter 19 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Maker of Moons, and Other Short Stories by Robert W. Chambers audiobook. Genre: horror In this eerie early collection from Robert W. Chambers, the everyday world keeps cracking open to reveal hidden rooms of dread, enchantment, and obsession. The stories range from shadowed city streets to lonely country houses, from moonlit gardens to back rooms where forbidden crafts are practiced, and they share a single question: what happens when curiosity draws ordinary people too close to the impossible? Artists, amateurs, and hardheaded witnesses find their assumptions tested by strange rites, uncanny artifacts, and figures who seem to step out of legend but leave very real consequences behind. Chambers writes with a painter's eye for atmosphere, layering sumptuous detail with sudden, unsettling turns, so that beauty and menace arrive hand in hand. Some tales lean toward dreamlike fantasy, others toward supernatural suspense, but all explore the same fragile boundary between what can be explained and what can only be endured. The result is a set of short fictions that invites you to wander, cautiously, into worlds where the moon might be made, remade, or taken away. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:13:28) Chapter 02 (00:24:01) Chapter 03 (00:35:29) Chapter 04 (00:46:11) Chapter 05 (01:03:08) Chapter 06 (01:21:50) Chapter 07 (01:31:07) Chapter 08 (02:03:50) Chapter 09 (02:16:30) Chapter 10 (02:28:46) Chapter 11 (02:37:16) Chapter 12 (02:46:15) Chapter 13 (02:47:40) Chapter 14 (02:54:49) Chapter 15 (03:02:17) Chapter 16 (03:20:13) Chapter 17 (03:28:08) Chapter 18 (03:47:01) Chapter 19 (04:08:26) Chapter 20 (04:24:55) Chapter 21 (04:36:06) Chapter 22 (04:51:56) Chapter 23 (04:59:43) Chapter 24 (05:07:13) Chapter 25 (05:14:53) Chapter 26 (05:29:50) Chapter 27 (05:41:22) Chapter 28 (05:53:30) Chapter 29 (06:03:24) Chapter 30 (06:19:39) Chapter 31 (06:33:59) Chapter 32 (06:55:21) Chapter 33 (07:09:52) Chapter 34 (07:22:16) Chapter 35 (07:34:54) Chapter 36 (07:49:42) Chapter 37 (08:03:31) Chapter 38 (08:30:41) Chapter 39 (08:53:01) Chapter 40 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dog Crusoe and His Master by Robert Ballantyne audiobook. Genre: adventure In The Dog Crusoe and His Master, Robert Michael Ballantyne spins a brisk, sea-salted tale of hardship, loyalty, and hard-won hope. Set against the vast, unforgiving Atlantic and the rugged coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador, the story follows a young sailor and fisherman who is swept into a chain of misfortunes that strips him of comfort and certainty. Beside him stands his most steadfast companion: Crusoe, a tough, intelligent dog whose courage and devotion become the difference between despair and survival. As storms, hunger, and isolation test them, master and dog must learn to read the moods of wind and water, to labor for every scrap of safety, and to trust each other when no one else is near. Along the way, Ballantyne folds in vivid details of seafaring life, the perilous work of coastal communities, and the moral question of what it means to endure without losing your humanity. At its heart, this is a survival story powered by friendship, resilience, and the fierce will to keep going when the world turns cruel. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:17:18) Chapter 02 (00:37:27) Chapter 03 (00:56:44) Chapter 04 (01:09:09) Chapter 05 (01:33:34) Chapter 06 (01:51:17) Chapter 07 (02:24:03) Chapter 08 (02:49:29) Chapter 09 (03:09:10) Chapter 10 (03:35:05) Chapter 11 (03:58:39) Chapter 12 (04:11:28) Chapter 13 (04:27:24) Chapter 14 (04:39:31) Chapter 15 (05:07:59) Chapter 16 (05:28:05) Chapter 17 (05:42:33) Chapter 18 (06:04:15) Chapter 19 (06:23:51) Chapter 20 (07:00:57) Chapter 21 (07:25:27) Chapter 22 (07:36:42) Chapter 23 (08:02:58) Chapter 24 (08:24:05) Chapter 25 (08:40:03) Chapter 26 (08:53:52) Chapter 27 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My Doggie and I by Robert Ballantyne audiobook. Genre: family In Victorian London, young medical student John Mellon prides himself on being practical, but his life is quietly transformed the moment he takes home a small, shaggy dog with a comically unglamorous look and an outsized spirit. John names him Dumps (also called Pompey), and the pair become inseparable as John makes his rounds in the struggling streets around Whitechapel, where illness, poverty, and loneliness press in on every doorstep. What begins as a light, affectionate portrait of a man and his dog soon widens into a chain of encounters: a fiercely independent street waif with a sharp tongue, an elderly woman who needs more than medicine, and a handful of ordinary people trying to do right in a hard city. Through mishaps, narrow escapes, and small acts of courage, Dumps proves to be more than a pet. He becomes the living thread that draws wounded lives together and tests what John believes about duty, kindness, and faith in action. Warm, humorous, and earnest, this classic tale celebrates companionship and the surprising ways compassion can travel on four muddy paws. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:19:19) Chapter 02 (00:38:38) Chapter 03 (00:57:31) Chapter 04 (01:15:04) Chapter 05 (01:36:04) Chapter 06 (01:52:55) Chapter 07 (02:11:21) Chapter 08 (02:28:59) Chapter 09 (02:49:00) Chapter 10 (03:09:28) Chapter 11 (03:28:57) Chapter 12 (03:46:28) Chapter 13 (04:05:41) Chapter 14 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall by Plunkitt audiobook. Genre: history Part memoir, part political primer, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall captures the voice of George Washington Plunkitt, a colorful, plainspoken power broker from New York City's Tammany Hall machine. In a series of candid conversations and speeches, Plunkitt lays out how ward politics really works - from turning out votes and settling neighborhood disputes to rewarding loyalty with jobs and favors. He proudly explains his famous idea of 'honest graft,' arguing that there is a practical difference between profiting from inside knowledge and outright theft, and he dares the reader to decide where the line should be drawn. As reformers, reporters, and rival factions circle, Plunkitt defends the machine as a force that feeds families, keeps order, and gives immigrants a foothold in American life, even as its methods raise urgent questions about corruption and democracy. Witty, blunt, and unexpectedly shrewd, this short classic offers an unvarnished look at patronage, persuasion, and the everyday bargaining that shaped urban politics at the turn of the twentieth century. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:05:28) Chapter 01 (00:12:58) Chapter 02 (00:21:16) Chapter 03 (00:32:22) Chapter 04 (00:39:49) Chapter 05 (00:47:10) Chapter 06 (00:55:06) Chapter 07 (01:02:56) Chapter 08 (01:11:17) Chapter 09 (01:18:13) Chapter 10 (01:25:26) Chapter 11 (01:34:22) Chapter 12 (01:41:02) Chapter 13 (01:46:47) Chapter 14 (01:54:28) Chapter 15 (02:02:04) Chapter 16 (02:07:50) Chapter 17 (02:15:12) Chapter 18 (02:22:57) Chapter 19 (02:29:32) Chapter 20 (02:35:04) Chapter 21 (02:41:57) Chapter 22 (02:45:41) Chapter 23 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Many-Sided Franklin by Paul Leicester Ford audiobook. Genre: biography A fast-paced, somewhat racey look into the life, accomplishments and idiosyncrasies of Benjamin Franklin. Acclaimed biographer Paul L. Ford uses Franklin’s letters, papers and journals to step us through Franklin's many adventures, to reveal intimate details of his personal life - relations with siblings, wife, children, friends, business partners; his physique, health, illnesses, schooling, personal habits and goals; his opinions on education, philosophy, religion, friendship, industry; his library; his career as printer and publisher, writer and journalist, politician and diplomat, scientist, humorist, jack of all trades; and his relations at home and abroad with the “fairer sex“. Goes beyond the official Autobiography. A must read for Franklin devotees. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:25:24) Chapter 02 (00:53:10) Chapter 03 (01:12:06) Chapter 04 (01:35:52) Chapter 05 (01:58:56) Chapter 06 (02:26:14) Chapter 07 (02:56:16) Chapter 08 (03:16:28) Chapter 09 (03:38:52) Chapter 10 (03:59:51) Chapter 11 (04:29:18) Chapter 12 (05:00:46) Chapter 13 (05:25:22) Chapter 14 (05:52:32) Chapter 15 (06:10:35) Chapter 16 (06:34:00) Chapter 17 (06:55:45) Chapter 18 (07:20:35) Chapter 19 (07:41:34) Chapter 20 (07:57:22) Chapter 21 (08:21:20) Chapter 22 (08:45:47) Chapter 23 (09:10:50) Chapter 24 (09:36:53) Chapter 25 (09:58:14) Chapter 26 (10:19:28) Chapter 27 (10:42:42) Chapter 28 (11:06:22) Chapter 29 (11:28:08) Chapter 30 (11:50:29) Chapter 31 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Patanjali audiobook. Genre: philosophy A foundational text of classical yoga, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali distills the path of inner mastery into brief, potent aphorisms meant to be contemplated, practiced, and lived. Attributed to the sage Patanjali, this compact work maps the workings of the mind and the sources of human suffering, then offers a disciplined method for steadiness, clarity, and liberation. Through its four sections, listeners encounter the central problem of restless thought, the ethical and practical commitments that support change, and a systematic framework for meditation that includes attention, breath, posture, and the deepening stages of concentration. Patanjali also explores the obstacles that disrupt practice, the habits that keep us entangled, and the kinds of insight that arise when awareness becomes unwavering. Rather than presenting yoga as exercise, the sutras present it as a rigorous philosophy and psychology of transformation: a guide for anyone seeking to quiet inner turbulence, cultivate compassion and self-control, and experience reality with greater freedom. Whether approached as a spiritual manual, a meditative roadmap, or a philosophical study, this audiobook invites repeated listening and reflection, turning concise lines into a lifelong practice. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:40:51) Chapter 02 (01:35:12) Chapter 03 (02:45:19) Chapter 04 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christie's Christmas by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religion Twelve-year-old Christie Tucker has been counting the days until Christmas, which is also her birthday. On their modest farm, every penny matters, but a new railroad line has finally made a dream possible: Christie's parents can save enough to send her on a one-day trip to visit her well-to-do Uncle Daniel and his family in the city. For Christie, the journey itself feels like a grand adventure - her first time away from home, her first time on a train, and her first glimpse of a faster, louder world. But the day refuses to unfold according to her careful plans. Unexpected delays, uncomfortable encounters, and one memorable run-in with an intimidating dog test her courage and her manners, and force her to decide what sort of girl she wants to be when no one from home is watching. As Christie moves through train cars and unfamiliar streets, she meets people from different walks of life, each carrying private worries into the holiday. With warmth and gentle humor, Pansy builds a Christmas story about choices, compassion, and the quiet ripple effects of doing the right thing. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:21:51) Chapter 02 (00:40:37) Chapter 03 (00:59:49) Chapter 04 (01:18:32) Chapter 05 (01:36:01) Chapter 06 (02:00:49) Chapter 07 (02:29:34) Chapter 08 (02:45:28) Chapter 09 (03:03:40) Chapter 10 (03:20:36) Chapter 11 (03:39:53) Chapter 12 (04:00:37) Chapter 13 (04:21:00) Chapter 14 (04:41:34) Chapter 15 (05:01:42) Chapter 16 (05:23:52) Chapter 17 (05:43:19) Chapter 18 (06:07:16) Chapter 19 (06:31:39) Chapter 20 (06:53:31) Chapter 21 (07:16:57) Chapter 22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Inimitable Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse audiobook. Genre: comedy When either Bertie Wooster or his friends found themselves in the soup or in dangerous proximity to the tureen, the instinct of one and all was to turn to Jeeves - Bertie's Man. He understood human nature, especially that of gilded youth. It did not matter if the hope of an ancient house had fallen in love with a waitress, or if Bertie's cousins Claude and Eustace had been playing dido; Jeeves never failed. His was a sound brain. The only thing in which Jeeves failed, that is in his master's eyes, was that he could not always go the whole way with him in the matter of spats, socks and ties, particularly in the Spring - Jeeves was a purist. In this volume are told some of Jeeves more remarkable achievements For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:18:48) Chapter 02 (00:35:45) Chapter 03 (00:50:35) Chapter 04 (01:14:34) Chapter 05 (01:31:52) Chapter 06 (01:45:03) Chapter 07 (01:57:14) Chapter 08 (02:16:22) Chapter 09 (02:36:09) Chapter 10 (02:58:57) Chapter 11 (03:21:50) Chapter 12 (03:38:57) Chapter 13 (04:16:54) Chapter 14 (04:54:17) Chapter 15 (05:37:24) Chapter 16 (06:17:33) Chapter 17 (06:34:14) Chapter 18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carry On, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse audiobook. Genre: comedy 'Leave it to Jeeves' was Bertie's motto, be the question one of a colour of a tie, the style of a hat, the cut of a coat. Jeeves was always right. There was no one like him to placate rich uncles or indignant mammas. He said just the right thing at just the right moment. What did it matter that Jeeves was somewhat of a tyrant, and that without his approval Bertie could not grow so much as a moustache? Was he not always there to lean on in moments of stress? And moments such as these were frequent in the life of Bertie and his friends. Jeeves service was extended to them all. 'Carry On, Jeeves' is a collection of ten short stories, many of which had previously appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, and some were rewritten versions of stories in the collection My Man Jeeves. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:49:20) Chapter 02 (01:27:47) Chapter 03 (02:18:50) Chapter 04 (03:00:13) Chapter 05 (03:43:41) Chapter 06 (04:24:04) Chapter 07 (05:16:25) Chapter 08 (05:57:51) Chapter 09 (06:55:23) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Age of the Condottieri - A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1409-1530 by Oscar Browning audiobook. Genre: history Italy from 1409 to 1530 is synonymous with the Renaissance, but this was also the age of the condottieri, Italian captains of mercenary companies and multinational armies who fought in the service of city states, monarchs, and the Pope. Some like Ludovico Sforza in Milan seized power and founded dynasties in their own right. The merchant princes of the Medici family reached their apogee in Lorenzo the Magnificent in Florence, but faltered in the Papacy; Leo X proved no match for Martin Luther and Clement VII was powerless to avert the sack of Rome in 1527. Venice lost her overseas empire to the Turks, while proud King Francis I, defeated by the Emperor Charles and a prisoner in Madrid, was eventually forced to relinquish all hope of Italian conquest. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:16:22) Chapter 02 (00:27:37) Chapter 03 (00:43:47) Chapter 04 (01:02:19) Chapter 05 (01:18:21) Chapter 06 (01:39:07) Chapter 07 (01:55:07) Chapter 08 (02:06:46) Chapter 09 (02:25:11) Chapter 10 (02:39:22) Chapter 11 (02:57:32) Chapter 12 (03:12:40) Chapter 13 (03:28:03) Chapter 14 (03:43:25) Chapter 15 (03:55:15) Chapter 16 (04:13:31) Chapter 17 (04:30:33) Chapter 18 (04:50:22) Chapter 19 (05:01:06) Chapter 20 (05:13:37) Chapter 21 (05:28:08) Chapter 22 (05:45:10) Chapter 23 (06:03:38) Chapter 24 (06:22:27) Chapter 25 (06:40:51) Chapter 26 (06:57:32) Chapter 27 (07:15:35) Chapter 28 (07:28:08) Chapter 29 (07:41:04) Chapter 30 (07:59:53) Chapter 31 (08:12:10) Chapter 32 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Iron Will by Orison Swett Marden audiobook. Genre: self help In An Iron Will, Orison Swett Marden, one of the founding voices of the modern success movement, makes a spirited case that the strongest force a person can cultivate is not luck, talent, or circumstance, but a trained and steadfast will. Through brisk chapters packed with vivid examples, memorable maxims, and stories of ordinary people facing extraordinary pressures, Marden explores how determination is built, tested, and strengthened. He examines the quiet moments when character is formed: resisting discouragement, refusing excuses, mastering habits, and holding to a purpose when comfort and fear pull the other way. Along the way, he challenges readers to replace drifting with decision, to turn setbacks into fuel, and to practice daily self-command in work, study, and relationships. Direct, motivating, and intensely practical, this book invites you to see willpower as a skill you can forge through discipline and moral courage. For anyone who feels stuck, tempted to quit, or overwhelmed by obstacles, An Iron Will offers a blueprint for becoming the kind of person who finishes what they start. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:13:21) Chapter 2 (00:28:30) Chapter 3 (00:38:08) Chapter 4 (00:52:05) Chapter 5 (01:12:51) Chapter 6 (01:33:13) Chapter 7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cupid's Cyclopedia by Oliver Herford audiobook. Genre: comedy In Cupid's Cyclopedia, humorist and illustrator Oliver Herford (with fellow artist John Cecil Clay) turns the most unpredictable human subject - love - into a mock reference book that is equal parts dictionary, satire, and valentine. Framed as Cupid's own guide to romance, the book trots through the alphabet, offering brisk entries on everything from affection and adoration to jealousy, jilt, and kiss, each definition sharpened into a punchline or a sly bit of wisdom. Herford treats letters like zodiac signs, imagines origins for words with straight-faced absurdity, and skewers courtship rituals with a light touch that stays playful even when it gets pointed. The wit is joined by illustrations that act like visual asides, amplifying the jokes and giving the whole volume the feel of an old-fashioned gift book. After the A-to-Z tour, the mischief expands into Amoria, a tongue-in-cheek travelogue to an invented land where the customs of love are observed like anthropology. The result is a charming, quotable audiobook perfect for listeners who enjoy clever language, social comedy, and a whimsical take on the eternal complications of the heart. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:01:31) Chapter 01 (00:46:18) Chapter 02 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Bachelor's Dream by Mrs. Hungerford audiobook. Genre: romance In late-Victorian London, Dr. George Brudenell has built a quiet, ordered life around his practice, his books, and the capable management of his housekeeper, Mrs. Jessop. Then a letter upends everything: his sister, delayed abroad, is sending her children ahead to live with him. With three lively youngsters about to invade his calm household, Brudenell turns for advice to the warm, bustling Mrs. Leslie at Petersham Villa and finds himself drawn into a small circle of sharp observation, teasing opinions, and unspoken hopes - especially from Mrs. Leslie's younger sister, Kate Merritt, who has long imagined a future that Brudenell does not even suspect. Desperate for a sensible solution, he seeks a governess, and the arrival of Miss Alexia Boucheafen changes the atmosphere of the house at once. As Brudenell struggles to balance duty and domestic chaos with the demands of his profession, he must also face the unsettling truth that his carefully protected heart is not as untouched as he believed. By turns witty and tender, A Bachelor's Dream explores responsibility, family, and the surprising ways love can enter a life that thought it was complete. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:24:08) Chapter 02 (00:44:00) Chapter 03 (01:13:00) Chapter 04 (01:41:26) Chapter 05 (02:10:31) Chapter 06 (02:46:40) Chapter 07 (02:59:57) Chapter 08 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Adventure of the Broad Arrow - An Australian Romance by Morley Roberts audiobook. Genre: adventure When a few men decide to go for looking for gold in the outback of Australia, days of extreme heat with no water and no rain in sight, make them turn back and give up the trip; all but two of them that is, Smith and Mandeville, aka the 'Baker. Smith and Baker decide to tough it out and go after their dreams, chancing their lives to find 'their luck'. Little do they realize, they will put their lives in grave danger, and this quest for gold will turn into a nightmare. Life threatening food and water deprivation is a constant issue, and they had no idea they would stumble upon an unknown tribe of prehistoric white men that are head hunters and cannibals. Will they survive the harsh bush conditions, the fierce inferno of the desert, and a deadly tribe? And what about the gold? Is there gold to be found, and if so, will it ever be their reality? An incredible adventure with lots of twists and turns awaits... For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:09:09) Chapter 02 (00:17:52) Chapter 03 (00:28:44) Chapter 04 (00:37:47) Chapter 05 (00:51:10) Chapter 06 (01:03:31) Chapter 07 (01:16:21) Chapter 08 (01:26:47) Chapter 09 (01:38:18) Chapter 10 (01:56:17) Chapter 11 (02:10:11) Chapter 12 (02:18:52) Chapter 13 (02:30:44) Chapter 14 (02:44:28) Chapter 15 (03:07:53) Chapter 16 (03:17:02) Chapter 17 (03:32:43) Chapter 18 (03:50:40) Chapter 19 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Clock Strikes Thirteen by Mildred A. Wirt Benson audiobook. Genre: mystery Penny Parker is a teen-aged sleuth and amateur reporter who has an uncanny knack for uncovering and solving unusual, sometimes bizarre mysteries. The only daughter of widower Anthony Parker, publisher of the 'Riverview Star,' Penny has been raised to be self-sufficient, outspoken, innovative, and extraordinarily tenacious. Her cheerful, chatty manner belies a shrewd and keenly observant mind. Penny was the creation of Mildred A. Wirt, who was also the author of the original Nancy Drew series (under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene). Wirt became frustrated when she was pushed to 'tone down' Nancy Drew and make her less independent and daring. With Penny Parker, Wirt had a freer hand and received full credit. Wirt once said, ' 'I always thought Penny Parker was a better Nancy Drew than Nancy is.' In 'The Clock Strikes Thirteen,' Penny is confronted by two mysteries that ultimately converge. First there is the odd extra chime from the Hubell Clock Tower at midnight and the inexplicable replacement of the dedicated old clock tower caretaker by a shiftless friend of a real estate developer. Then there is a series of terrorizing attacks of local farmers, including a barn burning. The attacks appear to be the work of a band of thugs known as the 'Night Riders.' With the help of her friend Louise, Penny works to solve the dual mystery before an another attack and to save an innocent man from jail. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:13:36) Chapter 02 (00:25:12) Chapter 03 (00:35:03) Chapter 04 (00:48:07) Chapter 05 (01:02:29) Chapter 06 (01:11:18) Chapter 07 (01:21:48) Chapter 08 (01:33:21) Chapter 09 (01:42:34) Chapter 10 (01:57:02) Chapter 11 (02:06:56) Chapter 12 (02:18:09) Chapter 13 (02:30:44) Chapter 14 (02:40:21) Chapter 15 (02:49:50) Chapter 16 (02:58:21) Chapter 17 (03:12:13) Chapter 18 (03:22:33) Chapter 19 (03:32:55) Chapter 20 (03:41:47) Chapter 21 (03:51:37) Chapter 22 (04:01:48) Chapter 23 (04:12:02) Chapter 24 (04:26:05) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Wishing Well by Mildred A. Wirt Benson audiobook. Genre: mystery PENNY PARKER is a teen-aged sleuth and amateur reporter with an uncanny knack for uncovering and solving unusual, sometimes bizarre mysteries. The only daughter of widower Anthony Parker, publisher of the 'Riverview Star,' Penny has been raised to be self-sufficient, outspoken, innovative, and extraordinarily tenacious. Her cheerful, chatty manner belies a shrewd and keenly observant mind. Penny was the creation of Mildred A. Wirt, who was also the author of the original Nancy Drew series (under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene). Wirt became frustrated when she was pushed to 'tone down' Nancy Drew and make her less independent and daring. With Penny Parker, Wirt had a freer hand and received full credit. Wirt once said, ' 'I always thought Penny Parker was a better Nancy Drew than Nancy is.' In THE WISHING WELL, the once-grand, now abandoned Marborough Estate and its legendary stone wishing well have become the center of odd happenings. The reclusive owner unexpectedly returns, only to lock herself secretively away in the mansion. Soon after, an ancient stone is unearthed on the estate, upon which is carved a 400-year-old message. Or is it a hoax? Who are the two strangers who repeatedly visit the wishing well in the dead of night? Penny boldly investigates, certain that danger threatens her new friend Rhoda, a gifted, but poverty-stricken artist. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:11:57) Chapter 02 (00:27:36) Chapter 03 (00:35:14) Chapter 04 (00:51:24) Chapter 05 (01:00:12) Chapter 06 (01:10:30) Chapter 07 (01:20:33) Chapter 08 (01:30:44) Chapter 09 (01:42:22) Chapter 10 (01:51:16) Chapter 11 (02:02:18) Chapter 12 (02:12:38) Chapter 13 (02:24:38) Chapter 14 (02:35:50) Chapter 15 (02:45:44) Chapter 16 (02:58:42) Chapter 17 (03:09:43) Chapter 18 (03:22:07) Chapter 19 (03:34:05) Chapter 20 (03:47:34) Chapter 21 (03:58:08) Chapter 22 (04:12:06) Chapter 23 (04:25:41) Chapter 24 (04:34:58) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alice of Old Vincennes by Maurice Thompson audiobook. Genre: history This entertaining book of adventure, love and war was a Bestseller in 1900 and 1901. The heroine Alice Roussillon is a brave young woman who grew up in a small town on the Wabash River in Indiana during the revolutionary war. The characters are all distinctive and compelling. It gives a great insight into the frontier life of that era and includes true historical accounts and personages such as the wicked Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton and George Rogers Clarke who was responsible for expelling the British from Fort Sackville in Vincennes in 1779. From the foreword: ' 'Accept, then, this book, which to those who care only for history will seem but an idle romance, while to the lovers of romance it may look strangely like the mustiest history.' For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:03:43) Chapter 01 (00:28:24) Chapter 02 (00:54:29) Chapter 03 (01:17:02) Chapter 04 (01:46:34) Chapter 05 (02:13:21) Chapter 06 (02:41:04) Chapter 07 (03:07:40) Chapter 08 (03:39:28) Chapter 09 (04:08:47) Chapter 10 (04:38:58) Chapter 11 (05:09:21) Chapter 12 (05:39:35) Chapter 13 (06:12:49) Chapter 14 (06:39:39) Chapter 15 (07:04:40) Chapter 16 (07:37:29) Chapter 17 (08:04:34) Chapter 18 (08:33:12) Chapter 19 (09:02:52) Chapter 20 (09:34:18) Chapter 21 (10:07:46) Chapter 22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dead Men's Shoes by Mary Elizabeth Braddon audiobook. Genre: mystery In Victorian England, Sybil Secretan is a gentlewoman with a precarious future: she has breeding and pride, but not the money that protects a woman from hard choices. When she is offered the post of housekeeper to her wealthy, eccentric uncle, the arrangement seems like salvation. In a comfortable household, treated with unexpected kindness, Sybil can finally imagine security, and the unspoken promise of inheritance begins to shape every plan she makes. But a new attachment pulls her off the safe path. Drawn to a man whose charm masks danger, Sybil discovers how quickly romance can become a liability in a world that judges women by rumor and outcome. When her uncle suddenly sickens and dies under suspicious circumstances, whispered accusations harden into public scrutiny, and Sybil finds herself trapped between loyalty, fear, and the need to protect her name. As questions tighten around the household and hidden motives surface among family and neighbors, Sybil must navigate deception, shifting alliances, and the brutal arithmetic of money and reputation to learn what truly happened and whether innocence can be proven once doubt takes hold. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:27:02) Chapter 02 (00:45:05) Chapter 03 (00:54:23) Chapter 04 (01:08:50) Chapter 05 (01:45:33) Chapter 06 (01:57:56) Chapter 07 (02:12:36) Chapter 08 (02:28:49) Chapter 09 (02:38:40) Chapter 10 (02:51:42) Chapter 11 (03:13:44) Chapter 12 (03:45:54) Chapter 13 (04:03:37) Chapter 14 (04:20:01) Chapter 15 (04:52:50) Chapter 16 (05:27:21) Chapter 17 (05:44:33) Chapter 18 (06:03:43) Chapter 19 (06:40:30) Chapter 20 (06:54:31) Chapter 21 (07:08:10) Chapter 22 (07:27:37) Chapter 23 (08:01:38) Chapter 24 (08:28:04) Chapter 25 (08:42:11) Chapter 26 (08:59:54) Chapter 27 (09:20:52) Chapter 28 (09:43:13) Chapter 29 (09:56:23) Chapter 30 (10:42:06) Chapter 31 (11:00:25) Chapter 32 (11:23:19) Chapter 33 (11:33:50) Chapter 34 (11:56:49) Chapter 35 (12:19:56) Chapter 36 (12:33:53) Chapter 37 (12:49:29) Chapter 38 (13:09:46) Chapter 39 (13:22:50) Chapter 40 (13:47:28) Chapter 41 (14:04:05) Chapter 42 (14:26:42) Chapter 43 (14:46:07) Chapter 44 (15:03:27) Chapter 45 (15:15:59) Chapter 46 (15:40:21) Chapter 47 (16:25:39) Chapter 48 (16:41:23) Chapter 49 (16:58:59) Chapter 50 (17:32:55) Chapter 51 (17:58:36) Chapter 52 (18:18:29) Chapter 53 (18:48:18) Chapter 54 (19:02:37) Chapter 55 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Boy, The Wandering Dog by Marshall Saunders audiobook. Genre: adventure Told with wit, grit, and a keen eye for human folly, 'Boy, The Wandering Dog' follows Boy, a bold fox-terrier with a mind of his own, as he tries to make his place in a city that can be thrilling one moment and merciless the next. Newly arrived in New York after a stretch of roaming, Boy quickly learns that a dog survives on more than luck: he needs allies, street sense, and a clear set of rules for navigating parks, apartment houses, and the shifting politics of the local dog world. Along the way he meets hard-bitten veterans of city life, forms uneasy friendships, and discovers just how easily a dog can be misunderstood, exploited, or stolen when people see animals as property instead of companions. As Boy is drawn into rescues, close calls, and unexpected detours beyond the city streets, his adventures become a test of loyalty and identity: Is he a wanderer by nature, or a devoted home-dog fighting to return to the life he chose? Marshall Saunders blends heart, humor, and social conscience into a fast-moving animal tale about belonging, courage, and the price of freedom. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:14:14) Chapter 02 (00:34:56) Chapter 03 (00:50:32) Chapter 04 (01:06:06) Chapter 05 (01:15:13) Chapter 06 (01:34:04) Chapter 07 (01:40:12) Chapter 08 (01:55:32) Chapter 09 (02:06:03) Chapter 10 (02:26:58) Chapter 11 (03:09:09) Chapter 12 (03:51:36) Chapter 13 (04:04:02) Chapter 14 (04:19:13) Chapter 15 (04:44:40) Chapter 16 (04:51:28) Chapter 17 (05:08:35) Chapter 18 (05:24:11) Chapter 19 (05:34:54) Chapter 20 (05:53:53) Chapter 21 (06:20:17) Chapter 22 (06:34:52) Chapter 23 (07:00:16) Chapter 24 (07:26:43) Chapter 25 (07:47:53) Chapter 26 (08:00:01) Chapter 27 (08:34:02) Chapter 28 (08:48:46) Chapter 29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beautiful Joe by Marshall Saunders audiobook. Genre: family Told in the plainspoken voice of a dog, Beautiful Joe follows a gentle, bighearted mutt whose early life is defined by fear. After suffering brutal treatment at the hands of an owner who sees animals as disposable, Joe escapes and is taken in by the Morris family, a warm household where children and parents alike believe that kindness is a daily practice, not a slogan. In their care, Joe begins the slow work of learning to trust again - and of discovering what a safe home feels like. But peace is not guaranteed. As Joe settles into his new life, he encounters other animals still trapped in neglect, and he watches how quickly human thoughtlessness can turn into cruelty. Loyal, observant, and quietly brave, Joe becomes both witness and participant in the Morris family's efforts to protect the vulnerable, challenge harmful habits, and prove that compassion can be taught. By blending suspense, tenderness, and moral clarity, Beautiful Joe offers an enduring story about healing after trauma and the responsibility people carry toward the creatures who depend on them. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:23:06) Chapter 02 (00:42:07) Chapter 03 (01:19:37) Chapter 04 (01:37:37) Chapter 05 (02:05:50) Chapter 06 (02:39:44) Chapter 07 (03:16:20) Chapter 08 (03:53:39) Chapter 09 (04:18:31) Chapter 10 (05:02:50) Chapter 11 (05:32:54) Chapter 12 (06:07:05) Chapter 13 (06:43:08) Chapter 14 (07:20:56) Chapter 15 (08:02:27) Chapter 16 (08:36:21) Chapter 17 (09:11:21) Chapter 18 (09:45:15) Chapter 19 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Young Diana by Marie Corelli audiobook. Genre: scifi In The Young Diana: An Experiment of the Future, Marie Corelli blends social satire with speculative science to ask a dangerous question: what would you trade for youth? Diana May is a well-bred Englishwoman who has done everything society told her to do and is rewarded with quiet humiliation - jilted after years of faithful waiting, dismissed as a burden by her self-satisfied parents, and treated as though a woman past her first bloom has no meaningful future. When a strange opportunity appears, Diana breaks from her comfortable prison and travels to Switzerland to work for Dr. Feodor Dimitrius, an eccentric scientist whose private research promises a kind of rejuvenation the world is not prepared to understand. The experiment succeeds too well. As Diana's body is remade into startling youthful beauty, her place in society changes overnight - and so do the expectations, temptations, and predators that gather around her. Caught between the doctor who sees her as proof of his genius and a culture that prizes women chiefly for appearance, Diana must confront what remains of the self she fought so hard to build, and what might be lost when nature is forcibly rewritten. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:40:03) Chapter 02 (01:18:00) Chapter 03 (01:56:25) Chapter 04 (02:39:04) Chapter 05 (03:04:36) Chapter 06 (03:28:54) Chapter 07 (04:12:22) Chapter 08 (04:49:23) Chapter 09 (05:25:10) Chapter 10 (05:53:44) Chapter 11 (06:33:10) Chapter 12 (07:04:18) Chapter 13 (07:39:13) Chapter 14 (08:09:34) Chapter 15 (08:39:11) Chapter 16 (09:09:33) Chapter 17 (09:31:30) Chapter 18 (09:52:53) Chapter 19 (10:27:22) Chapter 20 (10:58:45) Chapter 21 (11:18:16) Chapter 22 (11:43:07) Chapter 23 (12:14:46) Chapter 24 (12:38:15) Chapter 25 (13:07:31) Chapter 26 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew the Glad by Maria Thompson Daviess audiobook. Genre: romance 'There are some women who will brew mystery from the decoction of even a very simple life. Matilda is one of them, remarked the major to himself as he filled his pipe and settled himself before his high-piled, violet-flamed logs...' A sweet, heartfelt, old-fashioned romance. The middle-aged adults take a kindly interest in the affairs of the young people, with many having friendships across generations in a way not often seen today. Experience life with Phoebe, David, Caroline, Andrew, and the Buchanans in a small town in the Harpeth Valley, Tennessee in the early 1900s. This book reflects many of the feelings and attitudes prevalent at the time of its original publication. It may contain references that reflect mores and opinions that directly conflict with today’s prevailing sentiments. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:01:41) Chapter 01 (00:34:37) Chapter 02 (00:59:19) Chapter 03 (01:38:45) Chapter 04 (02:05:13) Chapter 05 (02:37:14) Chapter 06 (03:04:14) Chapter 07 (03:31:02) Chapter 08 (04:03:20) Chapter 09 (04:31:30) Chapter 10 (05:05:46) Chapter 11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson audiobook. Genre: family The Able McLaughlins won the Pulitzer Prize for a novel in 1924 in Margaret Wilson's debut work. Aptly described as 'Little House on the Prairie - but for adults' the novel follows a group of Scottish families who pioneer the Iowa prairie in the 1860’s. The main storyline concerns Wully, the eldest McLaughlin son, who returns home from the Civil War to find that his sweetheart, Chirstie, has experienced an unspeakable tragedy that will profoundly affect the couple's lives. Their story is one of shame and honor, secrets and guilt, fear and loathing, revenge and forgiveness. But perhaps the stars of the novel are the strong older women such as Wully’s mother, Isobel, whose love and matriarchal strength keeps the family together as well as Chirstie’s stepmother, Barbara, who finds ways to make her good-for-nothing husband keep his promises. Interlaced with the plots are richly detailed descriptions of frontier prairie life, the love that families share, and the relationships within the Scottish immigrant community. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:33:13) Chapter 02 (01:03:42) Chapter 03 (01:34:38) Chapter 04 (02:06:27) Chapter 05 (02:40:58) Chapter 06 (03:04:14) Chapter 07 (03:33:09) Chapter 08 (04:07:40) Chapter 09 (04:34:34) Chapter 10 (05:02:11) Chapter 11 (05:26:20) Chapter 12 (05:57:10) Chapter 13 (06:27:22) Chapter 14 (07:00:18) Chapter 15 (07:21:23) Chapter 16 (07:39:18) Chapter 17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beethoven - The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words by Ludwig van Beethoven audiobook. Genre: biography Beethoven - The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words invites listeners into Ludwig van Beethoven's inner world through a carefully arranged selection of his own letters, notes, and remarks. Rather than a distant overview of dates and premieres, this book lets Beethoven speak for himself, revealing a mind that burns with artistic purpose while wrestling with practical realities, friendships, patronage, illness, and the daily strain of making a living as a composer. Across candid reflections and sharp observations, you hear his fierce standards for music, his impatience with compromise, and his compassion and humor when the mask drops. Familiar milestones take on new meaning as Beethoven describes what he believes music can accomplish, what he demands from performers, and what he fears may silence him. The result is an intimate portrait of genius in motion: proud and vulnerable, stubborn and tender, endlessly driven to transform personal struggle into sound. For anyone who loves Beethoven's works, or wants to understand how a great artist thinks and suffers and persists, these pages offer a direct, human encounter with the man behind the music. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:10:58) Chapter 02 (00:23:53) Chapter 03 (00:44:37) Chapter 04 (01:10:49) Chapter 05 (01:38:54) Chapter 06 (02:15:26) Chapter 07 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery audiobook. Genre: romance In a small Ontario town, 29-year-old Valancy Stirling lives under the thumb of her sharp-tongued mother and a clan of proper, disapproving relatives who have trained her to be quiet, grateful, and afraid. Her days are a procession of dull duties and stifled wishes, relieved only by her secret devotion to the vivid, escapist nature writings of John Foster and by an imagined refuge she calls the Blue Castle - a private dream of freedom and belonging. When Valancy receives unexpected news that shakes her sense of time and obligation, she makes a daring decision: to stop living for other people's approval and start living for herself. Her break from convention draws scandal, gossip, and a hard reckoning with everything her family values, but it also leads her toward friendship, work with real purpose, and an unlikely connection with Barney Snaith, a man the town distrusts and misunderstands. As Valancy steps into the wider world of Muskoka woods, lakes, and small communities, she must decide what courage looks like, what love might cost, and whether she can build a life that feels like her own. Warm, witty, and quietly rebellious, this story explores self-respect, second chances, and the joy of choosing your own path. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:23:02) Chapter 02 (00:31:41) Chapter 03 (00:43:09) Chapter 04 (00:48:13) Chapter 05 (00:57:03) Chapter 06 (01:10:26) Chapter 07 (01:22:12) Chapter 08 (01:38:57) Chapter 09 (01:46:51) Chapter 10 (02:03:11) Chapter 11 (02:27:33) Chapter 12 (02:32:04) Chapter 13 (02:38:10) Chapter 14 (02:51:31) Chapter 15 (02:57:06) Chapter 16 (03:03:50) Chapter 17 (03:12:19) Chapter 18 (03:22:50) Chapter 19 (03:34:15) Chapter 20 (03:54:05) Chapter 21 (04:09:35) Chapter 22 (04:15:15) Chapter 23 (04:22:56) Chapter 24 (04:30:10) Chapter 25 (04:39:54) Chapter 26 (04:51:06) Chapter 27 (05:12:23) Chapter 28 (05:20:42) Chapter 29 (05:30:04) Chapter 30 (05:37:36) Chapter 31 (05:52:06) Chapter 32 (06:01:40) Chapter 33 (06:07:10) Chapter 34 (06:15:17) Chapter 35 (06:24:34) Chapter 36 (06:28:38) Chapter 37 (06:36:29) Chapter 38 (06:59:36) Chapter 39 (07:07:32) Chapter 40 (07:23:06) Chapter 41 (07:28:41) Chapter 42 (07:50:38) Chapter 43 (07:53:53) Chapter 44 (07:56:16) Chapter 45 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christmas With Lucy Maud Montgomery - A Selection Of Stories by Lucy Maud Montgomery audiobook. Genre: family Christmas With Lucy Maud Montgomery - A Selection Of Stories gathers a sparkling handful of the beloved Canadian author s seasonal tales into one cozy listening experience. Set against snow-softened lanes, lamplit parlors, and windswept island shores, these stories follow ordinary people at a moment when the year feels both hardest and most hopeful. Montgomery introduces spirited young women hungry for independence, children determined to create magic on a tight budget, neighbors drawn together by storms and circumstance, and families learning what it really means to welcome someone home. Across shifting points of view and settings, the collection blends gentle humor with tender poignancy, capturing the bustle of preparations, the ache of old regrets, and the sudden grace of unexpected kindness. While each story stands alone, together they form a portrait of community life where small choices carry big emotional weight. With Montgomery s hallmark lyricism and clear-eyed warmth, these Christmas narratives explore generosity, belonging, faith in second chances, and the quiet courage it takes to keep your heart open in winter. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:19:31) Chapter 02 (00:40:44) Chapter 03 (00:56:49) Chapter 04 (01:03:57) Chapter 05 (01:22:56) Chapter 06 (01:36:14) Chapter 07 (01:50:08) Chapter 08 (02:08:32) Chapter 09 (02:24:32) Chapter 10 (02:42:16) Chapter 11 (02:56:14) Chapter 12 (03:13:34) Chapter 13 (03:24:42) Chapter 14 (03:36:14) Chapter 15 (03:52:51) Chapter 16 (04:09:55) Chapter 17 (04:22:47) Chapter 18 (04:35:34) Chapter 19 (04:57:28) Chapter 20 (05:06:38) Chapter 21 (05:15:31) Chapter 22 (05:29:45) Chapter 23 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

England and Yesterday by Louise Imogen Guiney audiobook. Genre: poetry England and Yesterday is a compact, finely wrought poetry collection by American poet Louise Imogen Guiney, shaped by her deep love of English place, history, and literary tradition. The book opens with a London sequence of sonnets (written in 1889) that moves through iconic spaces and moods: Westminster Abbey and the Tower, city fog and river stairs, museum reading rooms and dockside labor, where splendor and hardship stand side by side. A second sonnet sequence turns to Oxford (written between 1890 and 1895), tracing tow-paths, college gardens, old dials, and church stones, as the speaker listens for the undertones of faith, scholarship, and time itself. Beyond these travel-grounded poems, Guiney broadens into lyrics and brief occasional pieces that invoke ballad and song, meditate on saints and poets, and linger over ruins, landscapes, and memorials. Throughout, the central tension is between the living present and the weight of what came before: how a city or a countryside can feel crowded with centuries, and how a modern observer can love a place without ignoring its sorrows. The result is a luminous portrait of England seen through memory, conscience, and music. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:01:07) Chapter 02 (00:02:16) Chapter 03 (00:03:32) Chapter 04 (00:04:52) Chapter 05 (00:06:03) Chapter 06 (00:07:14) Chapter 07 (00:08:24) Chapter 08 (00:09:34) Chapter 09 (00:10:45) Chapter 10 (00:12:07) Chapter 11 (00:13:19) Chapter 12 (00:14:25) Chapter 13 (00:15:38) Chapter 14 (00:16:52) Chapter 15 (00:18:11) Chapter 16 (00:19:29) Chapter 17 (00:20:46) Chapter 18 (00:22:05) Chapter 19 (00:23:36) Chapter 20 (00:24:46) Chapter 21 (00:25:54) Chapter 22 (00:27:19) Chapter 23 (00:28:27) Chapter 24 (00:29:52) Chapter 25 (00:32:28) Chapter 26 (00:36:18) Chapter 27 (00:37:28) Chapter 28 (00:38:41) Chapter 29 (00:39:45) Chapter 30 (00:41:01) Chapter 31 (00:42:33) Chapter 32 (00:43:54) Chapter 33 (00:45:16) Chapter 34 (00:47:13) Chapter 35 (00:48:43) Chapter 36 (00:49:38) Chapter 37 (00:50:32) Chapter 38 (00:51:41) Chapter 39 (00:52:53) Chapter 40 (00:53:43) Chapter 41 (00:55:24) Chapter 42 (00:57:07) Chapter 43 (00:59:20) Chapter 44 (01:00:35) Chapter 45 (01:02:21) Chapter 46 (01:04:09) Chapter 47 (01:06:23) Chapter 48 (01:07:18) Chapter 49 (01:08:04) Chapter 50 (01:09:19) Chapter 51 (01:10:07) Chapter 52 (01:11:07) Chapter 53 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mind The Paint Girl by Louis Tracy audiobook. Genre: comedy In The 'Mind the Paint' Girl, Louis Tracy adapts Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's hit stage comedy into a glittering, behind-the-curtain tale of sudden fame and the price it demands. When Lily Upjohn escapes the London slums and lands a hard-won place in the chorus at the Pandora Theatre, she expects long rehearsals, small pay, and smaller respect. One mishap during practice - a splash of paint from a scene painter's scaffold - sparks a moment the show's composer turns into a catchy number, and Lily becomes the unexpected voice of a song that London cannot stop humming. Overnight, she is promoted from anonymous chorus girl to celebrated star, and the theater world that once ignored her now feeds on her every gesture. With success come dangerous admirers and conflicting promises: earnest Nicholas Jeyes offers devotion at any cost, while the polished Lord Francombe dangles wealth, status, and a place in society that Lily has only ever watched from afar. As managers, friends, and rivals pull at her loyalties, Lily must decide what she truly wants - and how much of herself she is willing to trade for applause. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:24:47) Chapter 02 (00:49:59) Chapter 03 (01:15:44) Chapter 04 (01:40:38) Chapter 05 (02:04:14) Chapter 06 (02:35:41) Chapter 07 (02:58:06) Chapter 08 (03:27:40) Chapter 09 (04:00:32) Chapter 10 (04:25:12) Chapter 11 (04:48:18) Chapter 12 (05:12:27) Chapter 13 (05:39:52) Chapter 14 (06:08:51) Chapter 15 (06:34:07) Chapter 16 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bartlett Mystery by Louis Tracy audiobook. Genre: mystery This is a fast-paced mystery, set in New York City, has two or three really interesting ('round') characters, a solid plot, no cheap plot-twists, two full-fledged sub/urban battles and some real surprises. Winifred Bartlett, a beautiful and poor orphan, suddenly finds herself homeless and out of a job. Prince Charming (nee Rex Carshaw) comes on to her by accident and begins to take an interest. As strange, apparently unconnected disasters continue to batter poor Winnie, Rex and two police detectives (the most interesting characters in the book) probe the causes and forces threatening the dear girl's well-being and, ultimately, her very life and liberty. It turns out that it is Winifred's close resemblance to her mother, who died long ago in Vermont, that threatens certain powerful interests in contemporary (1913) New York. An unusually large cast of bad guys - each with a different motive for getting rid of Winifred - includes a US Senator, and unsuccessful book binding supervisor, an influential NY society belle, and gun-slinging Western gangster 'Mick the Wolf.” The mystery becomes increasingly complex with every new assault on the girl's well-being, and the efforts of the NY police and the ever-faithful Rex. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:16:07) Chapter 02 (00:33:15) Chapter 03 (00:54:35) Chapter 04 (01:15:40) Chapter 05 (01:35:58) Chapter 06 (01:58:30) Chapter 07 (02:15:35) Chapter 08 (02:32:12) Chapter 09 (02:53:13) Chapter 10 (03:13:51) Chapter 11 (03:32:03) Chapter 12 (03:48:40) Chapter 13 (04:07:43) Chapter 14 (04:23:42) Chapter 15 (04:36:12) Chapter 16 (04:51:56) Chapter 17 (05:08:41) Chapter 18 (05:28:56) Chapter 19 (05:46:34) Chapter 20 (06:03:03) Chapter 21 (06:18:32) Chapter 22 (06:36:19) Chapter 23 (06:55:57) Chapter 24 (07:12:47) Chapter 25 (07:33:41) Chapter 26 (07:50:57) Chapter 27 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Dreamer's Tales by Lord Dunsany audiobook. Genre: fantasy A Dreamer's Tales by Lord Dunsany is a spellbinding collection of short fantasies that reads like a cabinet of midnight wonders, each story opening onto a world ruled less by logic than by longing, omen, and dream. In these jewel-like tales, Dunsany guides you through misty cities and far kingdoms where prophets bargain with fate, sailors pursue impossible horizons, and proud gods watch mortals with amused indifference. Some stories unfold as fables with a sting in the tail, others as lyrical travelogues to places that feel remembered rather than discovered, but all share an uncanny sense that the border between waking life and myth is thin as paper. Voices shift from wry and mischievous to solemn and incantatory, and familiar human desires - glory, love, revenge, escape - are refracted through strange laws and stranger landscapes. Whether you are drawn to timeless parable or pure imaginative atmosphere, this book offers a series of brief, haunting journeys that invite you to surrender to wonder, and to question what a dream can demand from the one who dares to follow it. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:27:10) Chapter 02 (00:38:28) Chapter 03 (00:48:21) Chapter 04 (01:00:36) Chapter 05 (01:10:42) Chapter 06 (01:50:28) Chapter 07 (02:04:34) Chapter 08 (02:18:03) Chapter 09 (02:30:49) Chapter 10 (02:43:40) Chapter 11 (02:51:11) Chapter 12 (03:22:22) Chapter 13 (03:30:48) Chapter 14 (03:39:02) Chapter 15 (03:46:06) Chapter 16 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Loss of the S.S. Titanic by Lawrence Beesley audiobook. Genre: history Written by Titanic survivor Lawrence Beesley and published soon after the disaster, The Loss of the S.S. Titanic is a clear-eyed, intimate account of the ship's final voyage and the human choices that unfolded alongside it. Beesley, a quiet, observant passenger traveling in second class, reconstructs the days at sea with a scientist's attention to detail and a witness's humility: the routines of life aboard an enormous new liner, the subtle shift from comfort to uncertainty, and the sudden transformation of a modern marvel into a scene of urgent improvisation. As the night of the collision arrives, he focuses less on sensationalism and more on what he actually saw and heard - crew procedures, passenger reactions across different classes, the atmosphere on deck, and the difficult problem of decision-making when information is scarce and minutes matter. Beyond the narrative, Beesley examines broader questions of technology, safety assumptions, and institutional readiness, offering measured reflections on how such a catastrophe could occur. The result is both a gripping firsthand chronicle and a thoughtful early investigation into one of the twentieth century's defining maritime tragedies. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:17:56) Chapter 02 (00:57:27) Chapter 03 (01:38:10) Chapter 04 (02:17:24) Chapter 05 (02:38:11) Chapter 06 (03:32:31) Chapter 07 (04:07:55) Chapter 08 (04:31:56) Chapter 09 (05:04:01) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices