Classic Audiobook Collection

Nine Unlikely Tales by E. Nesbit audiobook. Genre: fantasy Nine Unlikely Tales is a sparkling collection of nine offbeat fairy stories from E. Nesbit, where the ordinary rules of everyday life are cheerfully overturned and logic is treated as just another plaything. In one tale, practical little Matilda and her no-nonsense nurse, Pridmore, take a wrong turn and tumble into a village of impossible surprises, complete with a bewitched royal court and a wonderfully troublesome bird called the Cockatoucan. Elsewhere, a living bouncing ball named Whereyouwantogoto ricochets through wishes and consequences, while other stories introduce an arithmetic fairy who insists sums can change the world, a prince whose fate is tangled up with two mice and a busy kitchen, and a town hidden inside a library that becomes more real the deeper you look. With quick wit, sly moral twists, and a fondness for children who question grown-up certainty, Nesbit invites listeners into miniature worlds where transformation is always one misunderstanding away and imagination is the most powerful kind of magic. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:37:06) Chapter 2 (01:06:47) Chapter 3 (01:39:44) Chapter 4 (02:08:39) Chapter 5 (02:38:07) Chapter 6 (03:10:37) Chapter 7 (03:32:45) Chapter 8 (04:00:06) Chapter 9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Last Trail by Zane Grey audiobook. Genre: adventure In the raw, river-laced wilderness of the Ohio Valley after the Revolutionary War, survival depends on sharp eyes, steady nerves, and trust that is never guaranteed. A lone family group, led by pioneer George Sheppard, pushes toward the tenuous safety of Fort Henry - only to discover that the greatest dangers are not always the ones that move through the trees. When a young woman is seized from the fort and carried into contested territory by a brutal mix of renegades and hostile warriors, two legendary border fighters, Jonathan Zane and the feared scout Lewis Wetzel, take up the pursuit. Their chase becomes a grim test of endurance across dark forests and winding trails where every footprint can be a trap and every campfire a beacon. Along the way, loyalties fracture, old frontier hatreds flare, and a fragile romance begins to form under the pressure of constant threat. Gritty, atmospheric, and steeped in the peril of early American settlement, The Last Trail follows a last, desperate venture into the unknown - with the promise that only the strongest will return unchanged. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:12:31) Chapter 02 (00:36:51) Chapter 03 (00:56:23) Chapter 04 (01:26:51) Chapter 05 (01:40:59) Chapter 06 (02:10:42) Chapter 07 (02:33:20) Chapter 08 (02:50:57) Chapter 09 (03:09:28) Chapter 10 (03:22:23) Chapter 11 (03:41:27) Chapter 12 (04:15:26) Chapter 13 (04:38:07) Chapter 14 (04:59:14) Chapter 15 (05:12:33) Chapter 16 (05:23:49) Chapter 17 (05:45:10) Chapter 18 (06:06:07) Chapter 19 (06:24:47) Chapter 20 (06:51:21) Chapter 21 (07:05:55) Chapter 22 (07:25:52) Chapter 23 (07:37:08) Chapter 24 (07:51:20) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins audiobook. Genre: mystery The Woman in White is an epistolary novel written by Wilkie Collins in 1859, serialized in 1859-1860, and first published in book form in 1860. It is considered to be to the first mystery novel, and is widely regarded as one of the first (and finest) in the genre of ’sensation novels’…. The Woman in White is also an early example of a particular type of Collins narrative in which several characters in turn take up the telling of the story. This creates a complex web in which readers are unsure which narrator can, and cannot, be trusted. Collins used this technique in his other novels, including The Moonstone. This technique was copied by other novelists, including Bram Stoker, author of Dracula (1897), although by the end of the 19th century the technique was considered “old-fashioned”. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:51:55) Chapter 02 (01:31:57) Chapter 03 (02:22:45) Chapter 04 (03:21:33) Chapter 05 (03:55:47) Chapter 06 (04:38:43) Chapter 07 (05:32:37) Chapter 08 (06:14:00) Chapter 09 (06:51:06) Chapter 10 (07:29:19) Chapter 11 (08:04:36) Chapter 12 (08:48:16) Chapter 13 (09:31:35) Chapter 14 (10:05:42) Chapter 15 (10:35:04) Chapter 16 (11:36:20) Chapter 17 (12:15:44) Chapter 18 (12:49:52) Chapter 19 (13:38:07) Chapter 20 (13:48:32) Chapter 21 (14:58:37) Chapter 22 (15:39:32) Chapter 23 (16:29:06) Chapter 24 (16:58:43) Chapter 25 (17:44:10) Chapter 26 (18:31:55) Chapter 27 (19:04:49) Chapter 28 (19:35:19) Chapter 29 (20:08:56) Chapter 30 (20:37:24) Chapter 31 (21:17:37) Chapter 32 (22:06:08) Chapter 33 (22:43:23) Chapter 34 (23:14:25) Chapter 35 (23:53:42) Chapter 36 (24:25:57) Chapter 37 (25:05:28) Chapter 38 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Frog Prince and Other Stories by Walter Crane audiobook. Genre: folklore In The Frog Prince and Other Stories, celebrated Victorian artist and storyteller Walter Crane brings a handful of beloved fairy tales to life with a clear-eyed, lyrical simplicity and a painter's sense of wonder. At the heart of the collection is the classic Frog Prince: a proud young princess makes an impulsive promise to a strange, speaking frog, only to discover that a careless word can become a binding oath. Around this central tale, Crane's other stories explore the timeless logic of folklore - where ordinary homes and quiet forests can hide enchantment, where kindness can be tested, and where selfishness carries a price. Each episode turns on a sharp moral question: Will a character keep their promise when it becomes inconvenient? Will they choose compassion over disgust, honesty over pride, courage over comfort? With brisk pacing, vivid imagery, and a gentle but firm sense of consequence, these stories invite listeners of all ages into a world of transformations, riddles, and hard-won wisdom - and remind us that magic often begins the moment someone chooses to do the right thing. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:09:47) Chapter 2 (00:29:18) Chapter 3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Last Plainsmen by Zane Grey audiobook. Genre: adventure Often listed as The Last of the Plainsmen, this Zane Grey classic follows the author on a rugged 1907 expedition across the Arizona desert and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in the company of Charles 'Buffalo' Jones - a larger-than-life frontiersman famous not for killing, but for capturing wild animals alive. As the old West begins to vanish, Jones undertakes what feels like a final, defining mission: to track and take living cougars and other untamed creatures from a country of painted cliffs, deep canyons, and towering pines. Grey turns the journey into a vivid, boots-on-the-ground adventure, detailing brutal miles, makeshift camps, narrow escapes, and the tense, physical work of roping and handling dangerous animals without turning the hunt into slaughter. Along the way, the party faces the relentless demands of wilderness travel and uneasy encounters with the people and powers that still shape the frontier. Part travel narrative, part character portrait, the book asks what it means to master nature, and what it costs when an era - and its wildlife - is slipping away. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:03:40) Chapter 01 (00:39:50) Chapter 02 (01:13:51) Chapter 03 (01:41:39) Chapter 04 (02:14:24) Chapter 05 (02:27:34) Chapter 06 (02:45:52) Chapter 07 (03:10:08) Chapter 08 (03:25:37) Chapter 09 (03:46:16) Chapter 10 (04:17:10) Chapter 11 (04:48:19) Chapter 12 (05:16:08) Chapter 13 (05:44:33) Chapter 14 (06:13:06) Chapter 15 (06:28:47) Chapter 16 (07:05:54) Chapter 17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mohawk Valley by W. Max Reid audiobook. Genre: history W. Max Reid's The Mohawk Valley is a sweeping, scene-by-scene history of New York's great river corridor from the first sustained European contacts in the early 1600s through the upheavals of the late 1700s. Moving along the valley between Schenectady and Rome, Reid traces how a landscape of forests, waterways, and frontier settlements became a crossroads of diplomacy, trade, mission work, and war. At the heart of the narrative are the Native nations who shaped the region's fate - especially the Mohawks and the wider Iroquois world - alongside Dutch traders, French rivals, and later British and American forces competing for alliances and territory. Blending documented episodes with the valley's long-lived local tales, the book brings forward the human texture behind maps and dates: shifting loyalties, hard choices in isolated communities, and the constant pressure of raids, fort-building, and retaliation. What emerges is not just a timeline of conflicts, but an account of how cultures met, clashed, and adapted in a place whose legends and history are tightly entwined. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:04:14) Chapter 01 (00:12:37) Chapter 02 (00:37:39) Chapter 03 (01:37:34) Chapter 04 (02:08:43) Chapter 05 (02:18:17) Chapter 06 (02:41:16) Chapter 07 (03:05:01) Chapter 08 (03:19:24) Chapter 09 (04:06:16) Chapter 10 (04:39:23) Chapter 11 (04:57:10) Chapter 12 (05:21:58) Chapter 13 (06:19:22) Chapter 14 (06:58:04) Chapter 15 (07:26:23) Chapter 16 (08:14:15) Chapter 17 (08:55:04) Chapter 18 (09:38:08) Chapter 19 (10:20:29) Chapter 20 (11:19:43) Chapter 21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Beast With Five Fingers by W. F. Harvey audiobook. Genre: horror Eustace Borlsover is a cool-headed English scholar, more comfortable with heredity charts and specimen drawers than with grief. But when his eccentric, blind uncle Adrian dies, Eustace inherits more than an enormous library. A strange, ventilated box arrives at Borlsover Conyers carrying an object that should be inert, yet is unmistakably alive: Adrian's severed right hand, preserved and restless. Years earlier, Adrian had developed a disturbing talent for automatic writing, his hand scribbling messages that sounded like a sly, separate personality speaking from behind the veil. Now that same clever hand is loose in Eustace's home, slipping from confinement, defying locks, and turning ordinary corridors, desks, and safes into stages for quiet terror. With only his wary secretary, Saunders, to help him, Eustace tries to approach the phenomenon as a solvable problem - something to study, restrain, and control. But the longer the hand survives, the more intimate its intrusions become, and the more Eustace must face a question that threatens his rational world: what, exactly, has Eustace invited into his house, and what does it want from him? For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:16:02) Chapter 02 (00:31:51) Chapter 03 (00:51:58) Chapter 04 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey audiobook. Genre: adventure The year is 1871, and wealthy ranch owner Jane Withersteen is in trouble. She has incurred the displeasure of her Mormon church leaders by refusing to marry a church elder and by befriending Gentiles (non-Mormons). In rides Lassiter, the quintessential Western hero: mysterious, purposeful, a deadly gunslinger, but with an unexpected streak of gentleness. While Lassiter is assisting Jane at the ranch, her friend and rider Bern Venters is having an adventure of his own in the Utah canyonlands. Riders of the Purple Sage is a story of heroism, love, brave men and strong women, good dogs and fast horses. And who is that Masked Rider? For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:20:53) Chapter 02 (00:43:03) Chapter 03 (01:07:15) Chapter 04 (01:34:15) Chapter 05 (01:59:26) Chapter 06 (02:33:13) Chapter 07 (02:54:01) Chapter 08 (03:23:24) Chapter 09 (03:54:23) Chapter 10 (04:25:40) Chapter 11 (05:00:57) Chapter 12 (05:33:38) Chapter 13 (06:01:57) Chapter 14 (06:22:27) Chapter 15 (07:03:01) Chapter 16 (07:25:26) Chapter 17 (08:00:46) Chapter 18 (08:34:06) Chapter 19 (09:01:35) Chapter 20 (09:26:55) Chapter 21 (10:03:24) Chapter 22 (10:18:48) Chapter 23 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Majesty of Calmness by William George Jordan audiobook. Genre: self help In The Majesty of Calmness, William George Jordan offers a timeless guide to cultivating inner steadiness in a noisy, reactive world. Through short, pointed chapters, he argues that calmness is not passivity but a form of strength - a practiced self-command that clarifies judgment, steadies emotion, and influences others without force. Drawing on vivid examples from everyday conflicts, public life, and private worry, Jordan explores how irritability, haste, and fear can quietly sabotage character, relationships, and work. He invites the listener to treat serenity as a discipline: to pause before speaking, to meet criticism without being ruled by it, and to turn setbacks into training for the mind. Along the way, he examines themes of self-control, courage under pressure, and the moral power of composure, presenting calmness as a kind of personal leadership that radiates outward. Practical in tone and inspirational in aim, this classic of character-building encourages anyone facing stress, ambition, or uncertainty to reclaim attention, simplify the inner life, and live from a centered place where clear purpose can take root. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:09:11) Chapter 2 (00:19:14) Chapter 3 (00:29:17) Chapter 4 (00:40:43) Chapter 5 (00:53:05) Chapter 6 (01:07:58) Chapter 7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abandoned by William Clark Russell audiobook. Genre: adventure On the morning she is meant to become Mrs. Reynolds, Miss Lucretia Lane walks down the aisle with a secret dread she cannot explain, and the ceremony ends in scandalous silence. Captain Francis Reynolds, a hard-tested officer of the British Merchant Service, is certain his new wife loves him - yet she refuses to speak to him or live with him, leaving both families stunned and humiliated. When word arrives that Reynolds has been grievously injured and wishes to see Lucretia one last time before sailing, she rushes to the ship in a storm of duty, anger, and confusion - only to be caught in a decision that cannot be undone. What begins as a desperate attempt to hold a marriage together turns into an extended, globe-spanning ordeal: long passages at sea, harsh shipboard discipline, perilous weather, and the relentless pressure of isolation. As years pass and reputations, identities, and loyalties strain under the weight of the ocean, Lucretia and Reynolds are forced to confront what they truly fear in each other - and what, if anything, can be rebuilt after betrayal and captivity. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:28:33) Chapter 02 (00:56:31) Chapter 03 (01:32:12) Chapter 04 (02:06:23) Chapter 05 (02:47:57) Chapter 06 (03:25:20) Chapter 07 (03:58:40) Chapter 08 (04:31:01) Chapter 09 (05:05:56) Chapter 10 (05:37:57) Chapter 11 (06:17:52) Chapter 12 (06:50:56) Chapter 13 (07:25:39) Chapter 14 (08:03:46) Chapter 15 (08:52:37) Chapter 16 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians (Spartans) by Xenophon audiobook. Genre: history The Polity of the Lacedaemonians talks about the laws and institutions created by Lycurgus, which train and develop Spartan citizens from birth to old age. It only because of Xenophon that we have most of our knowledge about the Spartans. Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens which may explain why he is so negative and sarcastic when describing the Athenian democracy. Sparta gave him land and property in Scillus, where he lived for many years before having to move once more, to settle in Corinth. He died in 354 B.C For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:37:59) Chapter 02 (01:09:44) Chapter 03 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bhagavad Gita by Vyasa audiobook. Genre: religion The content of the text is a conversation between Krishna and Arjuna taking place on the battlefield of Kurukshetra just prior to the start of a climactic war. Responding to Arjuna's confusion and moral dilemma, Krishna explains to Arjuna his duties as a warrior and Prince and elaborates on a number of different Yogic and Vedantic philosophies, with examples and analogies. This has led to the Gita often being described as a concise guide to Hindu philosophy and also as a practical, self-contained guide to life. During the discourse, Krishna reveals his identity as the Supreme Being Himself (Bhagavan), blessing Arjuna with an awe-inspiring glimpse of His divine absolute form. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:03:04) Chapter 2 (00:12:46) Chapter 3 (00:30:45) Chapter 4 (00:39:46) Chapter 5 (00:49:30) Chapter 6 (00:57:07) Chapter 7 (01:07:06) Chapter 8 (01:13:37) Chapter 9 (01:19:30) Chapter 10 (01:29:10) Chapter 11 (01:39:22) Chapter 12 (02:00:04) Chapter 13 (02:05:04) Chapter 14 (02:12:52) Chapter 15 (02:18:51) Chapter 16 (02:25:14) Chapter 17 (02:31:10) Chapter 18 (02:36:57) Chapter 19 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf audiobook. Genre: drama 'Mrs. Dalloway' recounts a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway in the middle of June 1923. Clarissa Dalloway is a high society London lady. On that day, she is hosting a party, meeting people, going to the park, and reflecting on her choices. Where would she have been if she married Peter Walsh and not Richard Dalloway? What if she would not invite this or that person to her party? Her feelings about Peter Walsh grow because on that particular day he returns from India to settle some affairs in London. Other people also reflect on their choices. Mr. Smith who cannot move on from the horrors he saw in battle, his Italian born wife, members of Clarissa's family and friends. This book is considered a classic. It appears on many lists of best novels including the 100 best novels list by the Guardian. Indeed, some of the them are timeless and touch all of us. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:14:08) Chapter 02 (00:28:08) Chapter 03 (00:41:37) Chapter 04 (00:55:24) Chapter 05 (01:06:22) Chapter 06 (01:18:28) Chapter 07 (01:31:03) Chapter 08 (01:44:07) Chapter 09 (01:56:15) Chapter 10 (02:08:54) Chapter 11 (02:21:22) Chapter 12 (02:35:06) Chapter 13 (02:46:12) Chapter 14 (02:59:03) Chapter 15 (03:11:06) Chapter 16 (03:24:42) Chapter 17 (03:38:22) Chapter 18 (03:52:11) Chapter 19 (04:05:05) Chapter 20 (04:17:45) Chapter 21 (04:30:27) Chapter 22 (04:43:07) Chapter 23 (04:54:55) Chapter 24 (05:07:04) Chapter 25 (05:21:59) Chapter 26 (05:36:00) Chapter 27 (05:47:21) Chapter 28 (05:59:47) Chapter 29 (06:12:12) Chapter 30 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Men in the Walls by William Tenn audiobook. Genre: scifi There are giant, technologically superior aliens who have conquered Earth. People live like vermin in holes in the insulation material of the walls of the homes the monsters have built, sneaking out to steal food and other items from the aliens. A complex social and religious order has evolved, with women preserving knowledge and working as healers, while men serve as warriors and thieves. For the aliens, men and women are just a nuisance, neither civilized nor intelligent, and are generally regarded as vermin to be exterminated. This story begins 'Mankind consisted of 128 people. The sheer population pressure of so vast a horde had long ago filled over a dozen burrows.' For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:26:31) Chapter 02 (01:05:45) Chapter 03 (01:30:16) Chapter 04 (01:59:08) Chapter 05 (02:20:45) Chapter 06 (02:40:37) Chapter 07 (03:07:44) Chapter 08 (03:23:19) Chapter 09 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo audiobook. Genre: drama In medieval Paris, the great cathedral of Notre Dame towers over a city of pageantry, poverty, and fear. Hidden among its bells lives Quasimodo, the cathedral's isolated bell ringer, whose appearance has made him an object of cruelty and superstition. His guardian, the severe archdeacon Claude Frollo, believes order and devotion can master every human impulse, but the city beyond the cloister walls teems with temptations and unrest. When Quasimodo's life collides with Esmeralda, a captivating young dancer who moves between the worlds of commoners and outcasts, a chain of obsession, mercy, and violence is set in motion. As festivals turn to riots and private desires become public dangers, Quasimodo must navigate loyalty and conscience while Esmeralda struggles to survive a web of prejudice, power, and false accusation. With Notre Dame itself as a living presence, Victor Hugo weaves a sweeping tale of fate and choice, exposing how institutions can shelter both sanctity and brutality, and how love can emerge in the least expected places. Rich in atmosphere and moral intensity, the novel confronts beauty and ugliness, justice and spectacle, and the fragile line between salvation and ruin. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:39:40) Chapter 02 (01:03:21) Chapter 03 (01:21:11) Chapter 04 (01:44:18) Chapter 05 (02:01:56) Chapter 06 (02:07:33) Chapter 07 (02:14:35) Chapter 08 (02:20:54) Chapter 09 (02:47:10) Chapter 10 (02:58:29) Chapter 11 (03:04:09) Chapter 12 (03:52:27) Chapter 13 (04:16:15) Chapter 14 (04:39:09) Chapter 15 (05:45:53) Chapter 16 (05:55:06) Chapter 17 (06:08:36) Chapter 18 (06:29:19) Chapter 19 (06:32:45) Chapter 20 (06:50:43) Chapter 21 (06:53:09) Chapter 22 (07:20:33) Chapter 23 (08:02:20) Chapter 24 (08:31:27) Chapter 25 (08:42:27) Chapter 26 (09:36:53) Chapter 27 (10:01:26) Chapter 28 (10:03:28) Chapter 29 (10:40:41) Chapter 30 (11:03:45) Chapter 31 (11:10:04) Chapter 32 (11:46:26) Chapter 33 (12:01:47) Chapter 34 (12:12:40) Chapter 35 (12:33:22) Chapter 36 (12:54:53) Chapter 37 (13:19:23) Chapter 38 (13:32:28) Chapter 39 (13:41:13) Chapter 40 (14:20:40) Chapter 41 (14:34:11) Chapter 42 (15:18:16) Chapter 43 (15:47:36) Chapter 44 (15:57:49) Chapter 45 (16:05:34) Chapter 46 (16:34:07) Chapter 47 (16:39:36) Chapter 48 (16:47:25) Chapter 49 (17:13:12) Chapter 50 (17:18:40) Chapter 51 (17:38:59) Chapter 52 (18:28:02) Chapter 53 (19:20:51) Chapter 54 (19:46:44) Chapter 55 (19:49:09) Chapter 56 (19:54:21) Chapter 57 (20:30:19) Chapter 58 (21:22:23) Chapter 59 (21:45:58) Chapter 60 (21:48:21) Chapter 61 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Swift and the Visitor From Planet X by Victor Appleton audiobook. Genre: scifi Tom Swift Jr. and his associates at Swift Enterprises wait breathlessly for what may well be the most important scientific event in history—the arrival of the visitor from Planet X—a visitor in the form of energy. But there are factions at work determined to snatch the energy, which Tom has named Exman, from the young scientist-inventor's grasp. First, a series of unexplainable, devastating earthquakes threaten to destroy a good portion of the earth, and Tom suspects the Brungarian rebels who obviously would like to capture Exman and use the space visitor to further their own evil purposes. With the security of Enterprises and Exman at stake, Tom creates two of his greatest inventions—a Quakelizor to counteract the simulated earth tremors, and a container or 'body' to house the energy from outer space. If the earthquakes cannot be stopped, the entire world will be threatened by destruction, and the Brungarian forces will conquer the earth. How Tom utilizes all his scientific knowledge to produce swift-action results and outwit the Brungarians makes one of the most exciting Tom Swift adventures to date. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:12:09) Chapter 2 (00:22:45) Chapter 3 (00:39:21) Chapter 4 (00:52:07) Chapter 5 (01:01:10) Chapter 6 (01:14:21) Chapter 7 (01:27:14) Chapter 8 (01:39:43) Chapter 9 (01:52:54) Chapter 10 (02:06:05) Chapter 11 (02:14:28) Chapter 12 (02:24:58) Chapter 13 (02:37:31) Chapter 14 (02:52:23) Chapter 15 (03:08:57) Chapter 16 (03:20:46) Chapter 17 (03:33:44) Chapter 18 (03:51:06) Chapter 19 (04:06:09) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Return of Clubfoot by Valentine Williams audiobook. Genre: thriller Whilst spending a holiday in a small Central American Republic, Desmond Okewood, of the Secret Service, learns from a dying beachcomber of a hidden treasure. With the assistance of a millionaire, he sets out for Cock Island, in the Pacific. To his astonishment he discovers that the Man with the Clubfoot, whom he had regarded as dead, has anticipated him. It is obvious to Okewood that his old enemy is also in search of the hidden gold, and there ensues a thrilling sequence of adventures, in which the millionaire's pretty daughter takes a prominent part. Okewood has the cipher, and the Man with the Clubfoot determines to secure it, for without that cipher it is impossible to discover the hiding-place of the treasure; but there is something that the Man with the Clubfoot does not know, whereas Okewood does. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:13:41) Chapter 02 (00:40:07) Chapter 03 (01:03:29) Chapter 04 (01:17:45) Chapter 05 (01:43:12) Chapter 06 (01:56:14) Chapter 07 (02:10:30) Chapter 08 (02:25:14) Chapter 09 (02:46:13) Chapter 10 (03:10:48) Chapter 11 (03:27:14) Chapter 12 (03:41:36) Chapter 13 (03:58:23) Chapter 14 (04:15:23) Chapter 15 (04:27:39) Chapter 16 (04:42:00) Chapter 17 (04:53:06) Chapter 18 (05:02:30) Chapter 19 (05:18:30) Chapter 20 (05:44:20) Chapter 21 (05:58:14) Chapter 22 (06:08:39) Chapter 23 (06:17:42) Chapter 24 (06:35:23) Chapter 25 (06:49:19) Chapter 26 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man with the Clubfoot by Valentine Williams audiobook. Genre: thriller 'The Man with the Clubfoot' is one of the most ingenious and sinister secret agents in Europe. It is to him that the task is assigned of regaining possession of an indiscreet letter written by the Kaiser. Desmond Okewood, a young British officer with a genius for secret service work, sets out to thwart this man and, incidentally, discover the whereabouts of his brother. He penetrates into Germany disguised, and meets with many thrilling adventures before he finally achieves his mission. In 'The Man with the Clubfoot,' Valentine Williams has written a thrilling romance of mystery, love and intrigue, that in every sense of the word may be described as 'breathless.' For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:08:38) Chapter 02 (00:21:15) Chapter 03 (00:34:19) Chapter 04 (00:56:24) Chapter 05 (01:16:39) Chapter 06 (01:43:26) Chapter 07 (02:04:29) Chapter 08 (02:30:51) Chapter 09 (02:57:03) Chapter 10 (03:21:09) Chapter 11 (03:42:45) Chapter 12 (04:07:45) Chapter 13 (04:27:29) Chapter 14 (04:50:01) Chapter 15 (05:05:35) Chapter 16 (05:30:44) Chapter 17 (05:45:09) Chapter 18 (06:04:21) Chapter 19 (06:19:33) Chapter 20 (06:46:32) Chapter 21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clubfoot the Avenger by Valentine Williams audiobook. Genre: thriller When a dead man is found in a purple cabriolet on a rain-swept London street, the case looks like a simple suicide - until the details refuse to fit. For Major Desmond Okewood, once a star of the British Secret Service, the incident has the unmistakable scent of an old enemy: Dr. Adolf Grundt, the brilliant German mastermind known in Intelligence files as The Man with the Clubfoot. Okewood and his brother Francis have tried to bury that chapter of their lives, but whispers that Clubfoot has survived - and is settling scores - drag them back into a world of coded messages, false identities, and carefully staged deaths. As the brothers trace a chain of seemingly unrelated mysteries from fashionable drawing rooms to shadowed wharves and foreign corridors of power, they uncover a campaign of vengeance aimed straight at the heart of Britain’s wartime secrets. Fast, sharp, and steeped in post-World War I intrigue, Clubfoot the Avenger blends classic spycraft with detective tension, as the Okewoods race to unmask a foe who always seems one step ahead. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:05:17) Chapter 01 (00:18:00) Chapter 02 (00:40:16) Chapter 03 (00:54:00) Chapter 04 (01:10:28) Chapter 05 (01:25:52) Chapter 06 (01:43:05) Chapter 07 (01:54:33) Chapter 08 (02:19:35) Chapter 09 (02:36:40) Chapter 10 (02:51:57) Chapter 11 (03:04:41) Chapter 12 (03:18:23) Chapter 13 (03:28:32) Chapter 14 (03:43:22) Chapter 15 (03:57:50) Chapter 16 (04:22:04) Chapter 17 (04:41:24) Chapter 18 (04:56:47) Chapter 19 (05:08:25) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair audiobook. Genre: drama When young immigrant Jurgis Rudkus arrives in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century, America looks like a promise he can finally grasp: steady work, a home of his own, and a future for the family he has brought from Lithuania. But the city he enters is a machine that runs on poverty and desperation, and its beating heart is the stockyards and packinghouses of Packingtown. As Jurgis struggles to keep his household afloat, he confronts brutal labor, dangerous conditions, predatory landlords, corruption that reaches from the street to the courthouse, and a culture that treats working people as disposable. Each setback tightens the vise, pushing him toward choices he never imagined he would face and forcing him to question what survival costs. Told with relentless detail and moral urgency, The Jungle is both a gripping personal story and a searing indictment of industrial capitalism, exposing how power, profit, and politics shape everyday life. It is a landmark novel that asks whether dignity is possible in a system designed to grind it down - and what it takes to fight back. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:57:13) Chapter 02 (01:25:01) Chapter 03 (01:58:16) Chapter 04 (02:31:48) Chapter 05 (02:59:28) Chapter 06 (03:26:08) Chapter 07 (03:56:26) Chapter 08 (04:17:24) Chapter 09 (04:42:55) Chapter 10 (05:10:09) Chapter 11 (05:36:51) Chapter 12 (05:57:01) Chapter 13 (06:19:44) Chapter 14 (06:40:04) Chapter 15 (07:15:53) Chapter 16 (07:40:45) Chapter 17 (08:07:04) Chapter 18 (08:34:19) Chapter 19 (08:59:51) Chapter 20 (09:27:38) Chapter 21 (09:53:43) Chapter 22 (10:23:54) Chapter 23 (10:51:17) Chapter 24 (11:22:36) Chapter 25 (12:14:03) Chapter 26 (12:59:01) Chapter 27 (13:37:03) Chapter 28 (14:18:00) Chapter 29 (14:42:58) Chapter 30 (15:16:34) Chapter 31 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Book of Life by Upton Sinclair audiobook. Genre: self help Written as a candid, practical guide for ordinary people, Upton Sinclair's The Book of Life gathers the questions he received from readers and turns them into a wide-ranging blueprint for living with more clarity, health, and purpose. Speaking directly and often provocatively, Sinclair argues that many of the things people most need to know are not taught by schools, newspapers, or churches, and he sets out to fill that gap with plain talk and hard-won lessons. Across its two-part structure, he moves from the life of the mind - faith and reason, morals, habits, fear and hope, and the hidden motives that shape behavior - to the life of the body, weighing everyday choices about food, work, rest, and the claims of popular cures. He then widens the lens to love and society, asking what makes relationships endure, what responsibilities we owe to family and community, and how to think honestly amid politics, money, and social pressure. Part manifesto, part handbook, and part personal reckoning, this is Sinclair at his most direct: urging readers to test ideas in lived experience and to build a life that is both kinder and more deliberate. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:11:57) Chapter 01 (00:35:41) Chapter 02 (00:59:37) Chapter 03 (01:29:38) Chapter 04 (01:59:29) Chapter 05 (02:31:02) Chapter 06 (03:11:58) Chapter 07 (03:52:30) Chapter 08 (04:21:17) Chapter 09 (04:55:11) Chapter 10 (05:22:24) Chapter 11 (05:43:52) Chapter 12 (06:16:32) Chapter 13 (06:47:51) Chapter 14 (07:17:17) Chapter 15 (07:52:24) Chapter 16 (08:25:27) Chapter 17 (09:10:14) Chapter 18 (09:42:47) Chapter 19 (10:20:46) Chapter 20 (10:50:35) Chapter 21 (11:30:54) Chapter 22 (12:03:40) Chapter 23 (12:36:37) Chapter 24 (13:12:19) Chapter 25 (13:32:40) Chapter 26 (14:06:07) Chapter 27 (14:37:34) Chapter 28 (15:17:23) Chapter 29 (15:41:31) Chapter 30 (16:11:13) Chapter 31 (16:46:32) Chapter 32 (17:19:33) Chapter 33 (17:48:07) Chapter 34 (18:19:12) Chapter 35 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unidentified Flying Objects by United States Federal Bureau of Investigation audiobook. Genre: science Through the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) this series of communications has been de-classified and made public. Most names have been omitted, however much information of the sightings of UFOs in 1947 can be gleaned from these communications which were primarily between the FBI and other U.S. Government and military organizations. It should be noted that the U.S. Air Force only became a separate entity in 1947, having split from the U.S. Army at that time. And they became very busy times for the fledgling military organization. The slant of this de-classified material is chiefly written communications between the FBI and the military machine in 1947. Correspondence herein spans July and August of 1947 which will forever remain as the beginning of serious first-hand UFO experience in the annals of history. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:14:15) Chapter 2 (00:26:01) Chapter 3 (00:34:42) Chapter 4 (00:46:09) Chapter 5 (00:57:17) Chapter 6 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Space Prison by Tom Godwin audiobook. Genre: scifi When the colony ship Constellation flees a newly declared interstellar war, its 8,000 passengers believe salvation lies ahead on Athena, a green world beyond the reach of the expanding Gern Empire. Then the Gerns find them. With the ship crippled and air running out, surrender is forced, and the invaders sort human lives with cold efficiency: the skilled become Acceptables, taken onward as slave labor, while the rest are branded Rejects and dumped on the nearest so-called Earth-type planet. Irene Lois Humbolt and her five-year-old son, Billy, are among those abandoned on Ragnarok, a world of punishing gravity, scarce metals, predatory wildlife, and a swift, lethal fever that can erase hard-won progress overnight. Cut off from technology and from the loved ones stolen away to Athena, the survivors must forge shelter, tools, and rules from whatever the planet allows, while grief and anger threaten to splinter them from within. Spanning years and then generations, Space Prison follows a people remade by an unforgiving planet as they fight to stay human, stay alive, and keep a single, dangerous hope burning: that one day the Gerns will answer for what they have done. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:31:11) Chapter 02 (01:00:46) Chapter 03 (01:32:18) Chapter 04 (02:04:00) Chapter 05 (02:31:49) Chapter 06 (03:02:50) Chapter 07 (03:30:05) Chapter 08 (03:56:03) Chapter 09 (04:21:05) Chapter 10 (04:50:03) Chapter 11 (05:25:43) Chapter 12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Adventures of Reddy Fox by Thornton W. Burgess audiobook. Genre: adventure The Adventures of Reddy Fox is another in the series of children’s stories by conservationist Thornton W. Burgess. In this story, Reddy and Granny Fox must outsmart Farmer Brown’s Boy who is out to get Reddy for stealing his pet chicken. Along the way, Reddy encounters many of the citizens of the Green Meadows and the Green Forest and with him we learn little lessons about life such as: the perils of being a show off; the importance of using all of one’s senses; that it is a fine thing to show sympathy and kindness to others – even our enemies; and that the value of a grandmother’s wisdom is inestimable. We also learn that after you’ve stolen a boy’s pet chicken and he is coming your way with a gun, a shovel and a hound dog, it may be time to beat a hasty retreat. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:19:01) Chapter 02 (00:34:34) Chapter 03 (00:48:38) Chapter 04 (01:06:30) Chapter 05 (01:22:26) Chapter 06 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack by Thornton W. Burgess audiobook. Genre: fantasy 'Hello, Jerry Muskrat! We'd forgotten all about you,' said Mrs. Quack. 'What was that you said?' Jerry good-naturedly repeated what he had said. Mrs. Quack's face brightened. 'Do you really mean it?' she asked eagerly. 'Do you really mean that you know of a pond where we could live and not be likely to be seen by these two-legged creatures called men?' 'That's what I said,' replied Jerry briefly. 'Oh, Jerry, you're not joking, are you? Tell me you're not joking,' begged Mrs. Quack. 'Of course I'm not joking,' returned Jerry just a little bit indignantly, 'I am not the kind of a fellow to joke people who are in such trouble as you and Mr. Quack seem to be in.' For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:05:59) Chapter 02 (00:10:10) Chapter 03 (00:15:32) Chapter 04 (00:21:56) Chapter 05 (00:27:08) Chapter 06 (00:32:43) Chapter 07 (00:38:11) Chapter 08 (00:43:40) Chapter 09 (00:49:27) Chapter 10 (00:55:34) Chapter 11 (01:02:23) Chapter 12 (01:07:31) Chapter 13 (01:12:30) Chapter 14 (01:18:03) Chapter 15 (01:23:04) Chapter 16 (01:28:26) Chapter 17 (01:33:13) Chapter 18 (01:38:43) Chapter 19 (01:43:39) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Adventures of Buster Bear by Thornton W. Burgess audiobook. Genre: family Buster Bear is big, strong, and far too curious for his own good - and in the Green Forest and the Green Meadows, curiosity has a way of attracting trouble. While Old Mother Bear warns her young cub to stay out of danger, Buster cannot resist testing his strength, sniffing out easy meals, and wandering where he does not belong. His prowling brings him into uneasy contact with the watchful forest neighbors who know his reputation: nimble Peter Rabbit, sharp-eyed Johnny Chuck, sneaky Reddy Fox, and other familiar creatures who must decide whether to hide, outwit him, or stand their ground. But the wild has threats even a bear must respect, and the farms at the forest's edge offer temptations that come with real risks. As rumors of Buster's movements ripple through the woods, a lively chain of chases, narrow escapes, and clever warnings unfolds, mixing humor with gentle lessons about caution, responsibility, and respecting other creatures' homes. Thornton W. Burgess turns a simple bear's misadventures into a warm, fast-moving tale that invites listeners to see the natural world as a community full of voices, rules, and surprises. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:18:33) Chapter 02 (00:36:56) Chapter 03 (00:54:19) Chapter 04 (01:11:05) Chapter 05 (01:31:11) Chapter 06 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science by Thomas Troward audiobook. Genre: self help Thomas Troward was a divisional Judge in British-administered India. His avocation was the study of comparative religion. Influences on his thinking, as well as his later writing, included the teachings of Christ, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. After his retirement from the judiciary in 1896, Troward set out to apply logic and a judicial weighing of evidence in the study of matters of cause and effect. The philosopher William James characterized Troward’s Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science as 'far and away the ablest statement of philosophy I have met, beautiful in its sustained clearness of thought and style, a really classic statement.' According to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) archivist Nell Wing, early AA members were strongly encouraged to read Thomas Troward's Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science. In the opening of the 2006 film The Secret , introductory remarks credit Troward's philosophy with inspiring the movie and its production. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:11:03) Chapter 02 (00:23:41) Chapter 03 (00:29:43) Chapter 04 (00:41:32) Chapter 05 (00:57:44) Chapter 06 (01:04:59) Chapter 07 (01:20:40) Chapter 08 (01:31:49) Chapter 09 (01:43:46) Chapter 10 (01:48:13) Chapter 11 (02:01:00) Chapter 12 (02:17:27) Chapter 13 (02:37:23) Chapter 14 (02:50:42) Chapter 15 (03:02:48) Chapter 16 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann audiobook. Genre: drama Set in the prosperous port city of Lubeck in the 19th century, Buddenbrooks follows four generations of a respected merchant family as they fight to preserve their name, fortune, and standing in a rapidly changing world. At the center are the family patriarchs and heirs who inherit not only a business but a code of duty - and the quiet pressure to sacrifice personal desire for public respectability. As new marriages are arranged, partnerships tested, and rival firms rise, the Buddenbrooks must navigate shifting markets, politics, and social expectations that threaten the stability their ancestors built. Within the family, differing temperaments pull them in opposing directions: practicality versus sensitivity, ambition versus conscience, tradition versus the lure of art and inward life. Thomas Mann traces how private choices echo through boardrooms and drawing rooms alike, revealing the cost of success and the fragility beneath bourgeois certainty. Rich with period detail and psychological insight, this sweeping novel examines legacy, identity, and the slow, intimate drama of a family confronting decline without ever fully admitting it. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 001 (00:16:36) Chapter 002 (00:25:07) Chapter 003 (00:31:11) Chapter 004 (00:44:31) Chapter 005 (00:55:53) Chapter 006 (01:02:06) Chapter 007 (01:07:15) Chapter 008 (01:18:39) Chapter 009 (01:23:10) Chapter 010 (01:36:58) Chapter 011 (01:56:42) Chapter 012 (02:09:46) Chapter 013 (02:18:04) Chapter 014 (02:31:25) Chapter 015 (02:44:22) Chapter 016 (02:54:25) Chapter 017 (03:12:03) Chapter 018 (03:31:20) Chapter 019 (03:48:00) Chapter 020 (03:59:49) Chapter 021 (04:08:36) Chapter 022 (04:26:36) Chapter 023 (04:37:09) Chapter 024 (04:48:47) Chapter 025 (05:05:54) Chapter 026 (05:15:07) Chapter 027 (05:21:37) Chapter 028 (05:33:09) Chapter 029 (05:39:43) Chapter 030 (05:48:16) Chapter 031 (06:01:38) Chapter 032 (06:09:57) Chapter 033 (06:24:08) Chapter 034 (06:34:29) Chapter 035 (07:02:14) Chapter 036 (07:10:07) Chapter 037 (07:19:53) Chapter 038 (07:39:51) Chapter 039 (08:02:17) Chapter 040 (08:22:45) Chapter 041 (08:27:53) Chapter 042 (08:55:46) Chapter 043 (09:08:11) Chapter 044 (09:29:14) Chapter 045 (09:47:45) Chapter 046 (10:06:19) Chapter 047 (10:13:47) Chapter 048 (10:27:29) Chapter 049 (10:35:38) Chapter 050 (10:44:26) Chapter 051 (11:02:22) Chapter 052 (11:16:09) Chapter 053 (11:28:07) Chapter 054 (11:41:33) Chapter 055 (11:59:09) Chapter 056 (12:24:53) Chapter 057 (12:43:13) Chapter 058 (13:17:55) Chapter 059 (13:36:14) Chapter 060 (13:50:02) Chapter 061 (14:09:52) Chapter 062 (14:38:24) Chapter 063 (14:49:37) Chapter 064 (15:09:34) Chapter 065 (15:19:16) Chapter 066 (15:34:17) Chapter 067 (15:46:53) Chapter 068 (16:07:10) Chapter 069 (16:20:26) Chapter 070 (16:30:34) Chapter 071 (16:34:49) Chapter 072 (17:05:17) Chapter 073 (17:26:29) Chapter 074 (17:39:32) Chapter 075 (18:06:05) Chapter 076 (18:48:09) Chapter 077 (19:20:12) Chapter 078 (19:56:15) Chapter 079 (20:23:59) Chapter 080 (20:55:54) Chapter 081 (21:07:45) Chapter 082 (21:38:55) Chapter 083 (22:18:31) Chapter 084 (22:31:28) Chapter 085 (23:09:47) Chapter 086 (23:29:40) Chapter 087 (23:55:13) Chapter 088 Max Character Limit reached Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Theodore Roosevelt - An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt audiobook. Genre: biography In Theodore Roosevelt - An Autobiography, the 26th president of the United States tells his own story in a brisk, energetic voice that mirrors the life he led. Beginning with his youth and early battles to overcome frail health, Roosevelt traces the making of his character through intense self-discipline, public service, and a restless appetite for challenge. He recounts formative years in New York politics, the crucible of reform-minded leadership, and the defining moments that carried him onto the national stage, from wartime command to the sudden responsibilities of the presidency. Along the way, he explains the convictions that drove his agenda: honest government, a stronger national role in regulating powerful interests, stewardship of the natural world, and an American presence abroad shaped by realism and resolve. Part personal memoir and part defense of a political philosophy, this autobiography invites listeners inside Roosevelt's decision-making, his sense of duty, and the costs of pursuing large goals in a turbulent public life. It is a vivid portrait of ambition, civic courage, and the era that Roosevelt helped remake. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:03:33) Chapter 01 (01:03:19) Chapter 02 (01:26:26) Chapter 03 (01:43:07) Chapter 04 (02:02:43) Chapter 05 (02:25:46) Chapter 06 (02:52:34) Chapter 07 (03:20:39) Chapter 08 (03:44:26) Chapter 09 (04:08:05) Chapter 10 (04:37:39) Chapter 11 (05:15:43) Chapter 12 (05:41:42) Chapter 13 (06:07:19) Chapter 14 (06:29:36) Chapter 15 (06:51:37) Chapter 16 (07:21:08) Chapter 17 (07:48:36) Chapter 18 (08:31:41) Chapter 19 (09:09:43) Chapter 20 (09:44:41) Chapter 21 (10:19:25) Chapter 22 (10:52:35) Chapter 23 (11:19:35) Chapter 24 (11:41:53) Chapter 25 (12:16:02) Chapter 26 (12:34:52) Chapter 27 (12:58:56) Chapter 28 (13:24:57) Chapter 29 (13:47:16) Chapter 30 (14:06:02) Chapter 31 (14:30:26) Chapter 32 (14:54:52) Chapter 33 (15:16:42) Chapter 34 (15:34:29) Chapter 35 (16:00:14) Chapter 36 (16:27:06) Chapter 37 (16:50:38) Chapter 38 (17:16:33) Chapter 39 (17:43:48) Chapter 40 (18:11:41) Chapter 41 (18:35:47) Chapter 42 (18:56:17) Chapter 43 (19:11:28) Chapter 44 (19:36:59) Chapter 45 (20:17:47) Chapter 46 (20:41:19) Chapter 47 (20:58:18) Chapter 48 (21:18:58) Chapter 49 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lifted Masks by Susan Glaspell audiobook. Genre: drama First published in 1912, Lifted Masks is Susan Glaspell's keen-edged collection of 13 short stories about the faces people present to the world and what happens when those performances crack. In Paris, a young American woman named Virginia is pulled into an awkward, unexpectedly tender afternoon helping a loud, well-meaning countryman buy gifts for the wife he cannot quite reach anymore. Back in the United States, Glaspell moves through small towns, workplaces, and political backrooms, introducing men and women trapped between reputation and conscience: an idealistic immigrant father watching his son's idea of America harden into ambition, a weary laborer fighting to stay sober long enough to finish a task that feels like his last chance, and citizens who discover how quickly public virtue can be traded for power. With humor, compassion, and a reporter's eye for detail, Glaspell probes class, gender, patriotism, and moral compromise, asking what we owe to our dreams, to one another, and to the selves we keep hidden. Each story offers its own reckoning, and together they form a portrait of a society learning, uncomfortably, what it has been pretending not to see. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:32:52) Chapter 02 (00:52:03) Chapter 03 (01:12:46) Chapter 04 (01:31:44) Chapter 05 (02:13:26) Chapter 06 (02:40:20) Chapter 07 (03:00:58) Chapter 08 (03:17:59) Chapter 09 (03:50:06) Chapter 10 (04:12:06) Chapter 11 (04:45:10) Chapter 12 (05:16:20) Chapter 13 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Art of War by Sun Tzu audiobook. Genre: history Composed as a compact manual of strategy and leadership, The Art of War presents Sun Tzu's principles for prevailing in conflict through preparation, intelligence, and disciplined execution. Rather than celebrating brute force, the book argues for winning with minimal cost by understanding both your own capabilities and an opponent's intentions. Across concise chapters, Sun Tzu explores how to evaluate conditions before acting, organize forces, manage momentum, and use terrain, timing, and deception to shape outcomes. He emphasizes clear command, reliable communication, and the careful balance between strictness and flexibility in leading people under pressure. Along the way, the listener encounters enduring ideas about adapting to changing circumstances, avoiding predictable patterns, and choosing battles that can actually be won. Though rooted in ancient warfare, the lessons extend naturally to modern competition in business, politics, and personal decision-making, making the work as much a study of strategic thinking as of combat. With its aphoristic style and practical focus, The Art of War offers a framework for planning, assessing risk, and acting decisively when stakes are high. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:35:33) Chapter 02 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conjuror's House, a Romance of the Free Forest by Stewart Edward White audiobook. Genre: romance In the far northern Canadian wilderness, Conjuror's House stands as a lonely trading post where the Hudson Bay Company rules by distance, tradition, and fear. Virginia Albret has grown up inside that small, whitewashed outpost, the daughter of Galen Albret, the stern Factor who considers the forest, the river routes, and every competing trader to be under his control. Each brief summer brings a rush of brigades, voyageurs, and Indigenous families come to trade, and then the long winter closes in again. When a young free trader named Ned Trent arrives by canoe, he brings more than furs and bold talk: he challenges Albret's authority and awakens Virginia's hunger for a life beyond the post's rigid order. As rivalry flares between Company men and those who live by their own rules, the wilderness itself becomes an unforgiving judge, with perilous journeys, narrow margins of survival, and the constant threat of punishment known as the Long Traverse. Sweeping, atmospheric, and charged with romantic tension, Stewart Edward White's classic tale pits duty against desire and power against freedom at the edge of the known world. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:13:25) Chapter 02 (00:25:17) Chapter 03 (00:38:34) Chapter 04 (00:52:29) Chapter 05 (01:13:55) Chapter 06 (01:19:11) Chapter 07 (01:32:32) Chapter 08 (01:44:32) Chapter 09 (01:57:59) Chapter 10 (02:18:41) Chapter 11 (02:47:21) Chapter 12 (02:57:46) Chapter 13 (03:10:02) Chapter 14 (03:21:04) Chapter 15 (03:35:32) Chapter 16 (03:51:48) Chapter 17 (04:11:21) Chapter 18 (04:26:57) Chapter 19 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Soaked in Seaweed and 7 other Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock audiobook. Genre: comedy 8 great spoofs of 'types' of fiction by the premier Canadian humorist Leacock, taken from his book Nonsense Novels. The title of each parody gives away its genre: Soaked in Seaweed or, Upset in the Ocean; Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective Detective; 'Q.' A Psychic Pstory of the Psupernatural; Guido the Gimlet of Ghent: A Romance of Chivalry; The Man in Asbestos: an Allegory of the Future; Sorrows of a Super Soul: or, The Memoirs of Marie Mushenough; A Hero in Homespun: or, The Life Struggle of Hezekiah Hayloft and Caroline's Christmas: or, The Inexplicable Infant. If you enjoy take offs and parodies, the stories in this collection are for you. See how many types you recognize as you listen and laugh. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:22:48) Chapter 2 (00:39:59) Chapter 3 (01:03:20) Chapter 4 (01:18:01) Chapter 5 (01:45:20) Chapter 6 (02:04:25) Chapter 7 (02:23:26) Chapter 8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Spiritual Exercises by St. Ignatius Loyola audiobook. Genre: religion These are the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, a plan of contemplation to be carried out over about a month. St. Ignatius of Loyola (1419-1556) was the founder of the Jesuits, and was canonized by Pope Gregory XV in 1622. He published the Spiritual Exercises in 1548. The Exercises were intended for use by someone who would be conducting a retreat and are a series of notes on methods and things to cover. As such they read more like a manual and overview than a devotional book that one can look to for edification. They presume the person conducting the retreat or the exercises has already been through them. They are a central part of the first year training of Jesuit novitiates. However, one does not have to be a Jesuit-in-training to take advantage of the Exercises: Increasingly, lay people and even non-Catholics follow this path (1491 - 1556) For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:06:48) Chapter 02 (00:25:33) Chapter 03 (01:02:45) Chapter 04 (01:47:41) Chapter 05 (02:03:30) Chapter 06 (02:09:16) Chapter 07 (02:14:11) Chapter 08 (02:23:51) Chapter 09 (03:05:54) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Autobiography of St. Ignatius by St. Ignatius Loyola audiobook. Genre: biography This account of the life of St. Ignatius, dictated by himself to Father Gonzalez, is a most valuable record of the great Founder of the Society of Jesus. It, more than any other work, gives an insight into the spiritual life of St. Ignatius. Few works in ascetical literature, except the writings of St. Teresa and St. Augustine, impart such a knowledge of the soul.The saint in his narrative always refers to himself in the third person, and this mode of speech has here been retained. Many persons who have neither the time, nor, perhaps, the inclination, to read larger works, will read, we trust, with pleasure and profit this autobiography. Ignatius, as he lay wounded in his brother's house, read the lives of the saints to while away the time. Touched by grace, he cried, 'What St. Francis and St. Dominic have done, that, by God's grace, I will do.' May this little book, in like manner, inspire its readers with the desire of imitating St. Ignatius. This autobiography is a valuable key for the understanding of his Spiritual Exercises. It was kept in the archives for about 150 years For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 0 (00:07:39) Chapter 1 (00:17:32) Chapter 2 (00:33:49) Chapter 3 (00:51:40) Chapter 4 (01:02:24) Chapter 5 (01:16:12) Chapter 6 (01:31:56) Chapter 7 (01:48:44) Chapter 8 (02:02:47) Chapter 9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrift on an Ice-Pan by Sir Wilfred Grenfell audiobook. Genre: biography In Adrift on an Ice-Pan, Sir Wilfred Grenfell, the famed doctor and medical missionary of northern Newfoundland and Labrador, recounts a single harrowing journey that became one of the defining stories of his life. On Easter Sunday in 1908, a desperate call pulls him from St. Anthony into the white expanse: a young patient needs urgent help, and Grenfell sets out fast with a komatik and a team of trusted dogs. Trying to save time by cutting across a bay, he is suddenly betrayed by spring ice that fractures and moves underfoot, leaving man and animals soaked, stranded, and drifting seaward on a floating pan as wind and current open the water around them. With supplies lost, visibility failing, and cold closing in, Grenfell must improvise shelter, warmth, and a plan from whatever remains, making split-second decisions that test endurance, ingenuity, and conscience. Told with vivid detail and plainspoken intensity, this short memoir blends survival narrative with Grenfell's deep faith and his lifelong commitment to isolated coastal communities, revealing what it costs to keep going when help feels impossibly far away. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:11:36) Chapter 02 (00:52:11) Chapter 03 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott audiobook. Genre: adventure Set amid the dust, heat, and rivalries of the Third Crusade, Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman follows Sir Kenneth of Scotland, a weary but unbending knight who arrives in the crusader camp as alliances fray and tempers flare. King Richard the Lionheart burns with ambition and illness in equal measure, while jealous princes, scheming counselors, and factions within the army threaten to undo the entire holy venture from within. When a mysterious act of sabotage endangers the crusaders' fragile unity, Kenneth is drawn into a perilous web of suspicion, secret errands, and courtroom-like trials of honor. His path intersects with Edith Plantagenet, a noblewoman caught between duty and desire, and with figures from the opposing side whose intelligence and generosity complicate the simple labels of friend and foe. From tense councils to daring rides across hostile ground, the novel explores chivalry under pressure, the cost of pride, and the uneasy space where faith, politics, and personal loyalty collide. Scott blends romance, intrigue, and vivid historical spectacle into a tale where a single mistake can ignite a war within a war. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:26:32) Chapter 01 (00:45:09) Chapter 02 (01:20:06) Chapter 03 (01:52:51) Chapter 04 (02:18:15) Chapter 05 (02:54:56) Chapter 06 (03:07:57) Chapter 07 (03:39:00) Chapter 08 (04:11:35) Chapter 09 (04:41:20) Chapter 10 (05:14:59) Chapter 11 (05:38:57) Chapter 12 (05:59:07) Chapter 13 (06:25:57) Chapter 14 (06:46:26) Chapter 15 (07:08:52) Chapter 16 (07:30:55) Chapter 17 (07:52:36) Chapter 18 (08:06:57) Chapter 19 (08:28:51) Chapter 20 (09:05:51) Chapter 21 (09:36:55) Chapter 22 (10:13:09) Chapter 23 (10:33:41) Chapter 24 (11:04:55) Chapter 25 (11:29:09) Chapter 26 (12:02:56) Chapter 27 (12:24:19) Chapter 28 (12:54:24) Chapter 29 (13:16:45) Chapter 30 (13:39:01) Chapter 31 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Red Headed League by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle audiobook. Genre: mystery 'The Adventure of the Red-Headed League' is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It first appeared in The Strand Magazine in August 1891. Conan Doyle ranked 'The Red-Headed League' second in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. In this story, Holmes is presented with a perplexing mystery involving a league set up to aid and benefit men with especially vivid red hair who live in London. Is this a crime? Of course not, but even the brilliant Holmes needs 'three pipefulls' of meditation time to penetrate the nefarious plots hidden beneath this seemingly innocuous fraternal aid society. Listen and enjoy the beautiful way in which only the great Sherlock Holmes deals with the situation. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:22:48) Chapter 2 (00:37:57) Chapter 3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle audiobook. Genre: mystery When a terrified young woman arrives at Baker Street in the dead of night, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are drawn into a mystery steeped in fear, inheritance, and a sinister household on the English countryside. Helen Stoner believes her life is in danger: her twin sister died suddenly two years earlier under baffling circumstances, and now Helen is being forced to sleep in the very room where that death occurred. Strange sounds in the walls, a locked room with an oddly placed bell-pull, and a ventilator leading to the adjoining chamber all point to something carefully arranged - and terribly wrong. The sisters' volatile stepfather, Dr. Grimesby Roylott, rules their decaying estate with intimidation, violent temper, and a taste for exotic animals, and Helen is certain he is hiding the truth behind her sister's last moments. Determined to prevent another tragedy, Holmes insists on inspecting the estate and setting a trap to uncover the method behind the menace. As night falls and the house seems to hold its breath, Holmes and Watson must rely on keen observation and nerve to face a threat that is both cunning and close at hand. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:31:44) Chapter 02 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Adventure of the Copper Beeches by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle audiobook. Genre: mystery When a highly paid governess position comes with baffling rules and unsettling secrecy, Violet Hunter turns to the one man in London who never dismisses a puzzle. In The Adventure of the Copper Beeches, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson meet a young woman offered an extraordinary salary by the stern Jephro Rucastle, but the work at his remote country house comes with conditions that make no sense: cut your hair, wear a particular dress, and spend hours sitting at a window as though performing for an unseen audience. As Violet settles into life at the Copper Beeches, odd details pile up - a menacing dog, locked doors, sudden restrictions, and the uneasy behavior of the household. Holmes follows the trail from the city to the countryside, using sharp observation and quiet daring to uncover what lies behind the governess role and why someone is so determined to control what Violet sees and does. Tense, atmospheric, and filled with questions of identity, power, and confinement, this classic case shows Holmes at his most relentless as a simple job offer turns into a dangerous investigation. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:17:18) Chapter 02 (00:40:27) Chapter 03 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Silver Blaze by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle audiobook. Genre: mystery On a cold English moor, a celebrated racehorse named Silver Blaze vanishes on the eve of a major event, and its trainer is found dead under mysterious circumstances. With reputations, fortunes, and a tightly knit rural community on edge, Scotland Yard turns to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson to untangle a case that seems to defy ordinary logic. As Holmes moves between quiet stables, anxious owners, and wary servants, he listens for what people say - and what they avoid saying. Every detail matters: a peculiar injury, an uneasy timeline, and small observations that others dismiss as trivial. Yet the deeper Holmes looks, the clearer it becomes that the greatest clue may be an absence rather than a presence, and that the truth is hidden in plain sight among the routines of men and animals. Blending tense investigation with the atmosphere of the countryside, Silver Blaze is a classic Holmes tale about perception, motive, and the razor-thin line between accident and design - where one missing horse could expose a carefully guarded secret. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:34:04) Chapter 02 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Scandal in Bohemia by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle audiobook. Genre: mystery When a nervous visitor arrives at 221B Baker Street under cover of darkness, Sherlock Holmes senses that the case will test more than his powers of observation. The client is a powerful European monarch on the verge of a politically vital marriage, and he fears that a compromising photograph from his past could be used to destroy his reputation and derail an alliance. The photograph is in the hands of Irene Adler, a brilliant and independent woman whose intelligence and nerve make her far more than a conventional adversary. With Dr. John Watson at his side, Holmes traces Adler through Londons drawing rooms and back streets, studies her habits, and constructs an intricate plan to locate the evidence without igniting a public scandal. But in a contest where pride, secrecy, and social rank all collide, every assumption becomes a risk. A Scandal in Bohemia is a sharp, fast moving tale of disguise and deduction that explores the limits of logic, the power of perception, and the rare respect Holmes reserves for an opponent who can match him move for move. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:23:58) Chapter 02 (00:48:47) Chapter 03 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Japanese Boy by Shigemi Shiukichi audiobook. Genre: biography In A Japanese Boy, Shiukichi Shigemi (sometimes listed as Shigemi Shiukichi) invites you into the coastal town of Imabari in the late 19th century, recounting his childhood with the clarity of memory and the curiosity of a boy watching his world take shape. Moving from his grandfather's home and neighborhood shrines to the routines of old-fashioned schooling, Shigemi paints daily life in intimate detail: the discipline of penmanship lessons, the bustle of kitchens and family meals, the small triumphs and embarrassments of play, and the comforts of evenings at home. As festivals, theatre, music, bathing customs, and New Year observances unfold, each episode becomes a window onto a Japan balancing long-held traditions with the early pressures of Western influence. More than a history lesson, this is a warm, observant coming-of-age memoir about belonging, learning, and the quiet forces that shape identity. Listeners who love cultural detail and personal storytelling will find a vivid, ground-level portrait of a time and place rarely described from the inside. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:13:56) Chapter 02 (00:22:46) Chapter 03 (00:33:45) Chapter 04 (00:47:59) Chapter 05 (01:09:50) Chapter 06 (01:32:31) Chapter 07 (01:51:24) Chapter 08 (02:05:36) Chapter 09 (02:26:32) Chapter 10 (02:42:38) Chapter 11 (02:58:33) Chapter 12 (03:11:16) Chapter 13 (03:26:57) Chapter 14 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vampires of Space by Sewell Peaslee Wright audiobook. Genre: scifi Veteran Space Patrol commander John Hanson has heard every bright young officer insist that space has been tamed - until a quiet stretch of sky starts swallowing passenger ships without a trace. When Hanson and his patrol vessel are sent to investigate, what begins as a routine search turns into a claustrophobic fight for survival against a threat no textbook prepared them for: the Electites, strange, crescent-shaped entities that drift in the void like living embers. They do not hunt with claws or cannons. They cling to hull plating, sap energy, and seem to feed on the very substance that keeps a ship intact, turning the pride of human engineering into a slowly failing shell.Trapped far from help, Hanson must keep discipline as fear spreads through his crew and every decision carries a lethal cost. With systems failing and the enemy impossible to negotiate with, the only chance lies in observation, nerve, and the quick thinking of a junior officer who dares to propose an untested countermeasure. Vampires of Space is classic pulp science fiction: brisk, tense, and driven by the idea that in the cold unknown, survival belongs to the crew that can think faster than it can run. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:27:31) Chapter 02 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bat Wing by Sax Rohmer audiobook. Genre: mystery When private detective Paul Harley thinks he is wrapping up routine work for the Home Office, a fearful visitor walks into his London office with a tale that sounds like superstition. Colonel Juan Menendez, a wealthy exile from the Spanish West Indies, is convinced an old enemy has followed him to England - and that a bat wing nailed to his door is not a prank but a death-sign from a secret cult. Harley, joined by his plainspoken associate Mr. Knox, travels to the Colonel's country house, Cray's Folly, to untangle a knot of midnight trespassers, ominous warnings, and a household thick with secrets. The local police, led by Inspector Aylesbury, want practical explanations, yet each new incident pushes the case deeper into rumors of voodoo, vampirism, and colonial vengeance. As fear spreads through the estate and the body count threatens to rise, Harley must separate staged terror from real violence - and expose the very human motive hiding behind the mask of the uncanny. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (01:00:58) Chapter 02 (01:46:52) Chapter 03 (02:40:09) Chapter 04 (03:38:08) Chapter 05 (04:27:13) Chapter 06 (05:13:14) Chapter 07 (05:58:40) Chapter 08 (06:41:55) Chapter 09 (07:16:39) Chapter 10 (07:51:43) Chapter 11 (08:42:39) Chapter 12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Flood Tide by Sara Ware Bassett audiobook. Genre: romance On the windswept edge of Cape Cod, the village of Wilton has learned to make room for Willie Spence - a gentle, eccentric old inventor whose cottage has become a maze of strings, wires, and homemade contraptions. Kept (mostly) in order by his long-suffering housekeeper, Celestina, Willie spends his days chasing bright ideas and dreaming that one day his luck will finally turn. When a capable young outsider, Robert Morton, comes into Willie's orbit, the old man's latest project begins to look less like harmless tinkering and more like an opportunity - one that could bring prosperity, or invite trouble. At the same time, Wilton's attention fixes on Delight Hathaway, a young woman of rare spirit and quiet strength whose future is complicated by family pride, small-town expectations, and the sudden interest of people who know how to turn dreams into profit. As friendship deepens into romance and the community's humor and kindness collide with ambition and greed, Willie, Robert, and Delight must decide what is worth protecting when the tide begins to rise. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:31:46) Chapter 02 (00:57:46) Chapter 03 (01:20:17) Chapter 04 (01:47:21) Chapter 05 (02:15:55) Chapter 06 (02:32:09) Chapter 07 (02:55:53) Chapter 08 (03:12:39) Chapter 09 (03:27:38) Chapter 10 (03:47:40) Chapter 11 (04:17:15) Chapter 12 (04:42:34) Chapter 13 (05:03:27) Chapter 14 (05:20:04) Chapter 15 (05:40:23) Chapter 16 (05:59:43) Chapter 17 (06:18:34) Chapter 18 (06:51:12) Chapter 19 (07:04:35) Chapter 20 (07:20:37) Chapter 21 (07:42:16) Chapter 22 (08:02:59) Chapter 23 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Imperialist by Sara Jeannette Duncan audiobook. Genre: romance “The Imperialist,” a novel by Sara Jeannette Duncan, published in 1904, is a portrait of life in small-town Ontario at the beginning of the 20th century. At that time, English Canada was torn between affectionate loyalty for the “mother country” (Britain), and, on the other side, hard-headed respect for the demands of life in the shadow of the dynamic American economy. (In a by-election, one party pushes for establishing a preferred trading relationship between Canada and Britain: this is the “imperialist” position referred to by the book’s title.) Main characters find themselves in problematic love stories that unfold against the backdrop of a society that is working out its national identity. These national issues would continue to vex Canada for decades to come. The author is ambivalent about the larger debates, but offers richly specific, subtle, and entertaining observations of manners and morals. In the decades since publication, “The Imperialist” has been increasingly appreciated as a landmark in Canadian fiction. Critic and scholar Peter Allen has written: “Duncan is an eloquent and important witness to the ambiguity of [Canada’s] developing national identity in the years before World War I.” NOTE: In this novel, a brief depiction of Native Canadians uses what we today recognize as offensive stereotypes. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:29:26) Chapter 02 (00:49:44) Chapter 03 (01:14:20) Chapter 04 (01:35:27) Chapter 05 (01:56:51) Chapter 06 (02:18:30) Chapter 07 (02:41:57) Chapter 08 (03:01:23) Chapter 09 (03:21:25) Chapter 10 (03:41:17) Chapter 11 (03:57:49) Chapter 12 (04:22:49) Chapter 13 (04:35:39) Chapter 14 (04:52:20) Chapter 15 (05:08:09) Chapter 16 (05:29:34) Chapter 17 (05:58:29) Chapter 18 (06:18:55) Chapter 19 (06:34:23) Chapter 20 (06:55:34) Chapter 21 (07:18:49) Chapter 22 (07:42:45) Chapter 23 (08:03:24) Chapter 24 (08:24:07) Chapter 25 (08:54:51) Chapter 26 (09:18:56) Chapter 27 (09:42:25) Chapter 28 (10:04:29) Chapter 29 (10:45:08) Chapter 30 (11:04:38) Chapter 31 (11:19:08) Chapter 32 (11:47:54) Chapter 33 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Secret of Lonesome Cove by Samuel Hopkins Adams audiobook. Genre: mystery A body is found on the beach not far from a New England town one morning. Curiously, nobody recognizes the dead woman, and nobody in or near the town seems to be a suspect in a possible murder, therefore most of them assume that she simply washed ashore from a passing vessel. Only problem is vessels didn't pass that stretch of the coast because of it's peculiar tides and eddies; hence its name, Lonesome Cove. Following the finding of the body, the officials of the town start acting a bit peculiar towards how to handle the dead body. The sheriff, the attorney in the town, the village gossip, and even the town doctor all seem to want the identification of the body hushed up. And therefore the body is immediately buried, and the officials hope all will be forgotten and done with. Cause of death: drowning. Enter Chester Kent, who isn't convinced in the same way that the townspeople are, and is willing to pull at his ear lobe in an effort to determine the identity of the body, and how it came to it's demise. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:22:50) Chapter 02 (01:12:24) Chapter 03 (01:27:51) Chapter 04 (01:56:17) Chapter 05 (02:06:39) Chapter 06 (02:13:46) Chapter 07 (02:26:11) Chapter 08 (02:39:36) Chapter 09 (03:01:00) Chapter 10 (03:14:43) Chapter 11 (03:29:33) Chapter 12 (03:34:47) Chapter 13 (04:04:18) Chapter 14 (04:17:06) Chapter 15 (04:48:00) Chapter 16 (05:01:42) Chapter 17 (05:24:45) Chapter 18 (05:56:30) Chapter 19 (06:25:13) Chapter 20 (07:09:04) Chapter 21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Loving God by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux audiobook. Genre: religion In On Loving God, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, the great 12th-century Cistercian abbot and preacher, offers a clear, searching guide to the heart of Christian life: learning to love God truly and steadily. Written as a practical spiritual treatise rather than a lofty abstraction, the book asks two disarming questions: Why should we love God, and how do we do it when our hearts are divided by fear, habit, and self-interest? Bernard answers with Scripture, vivid images, and a pastor's realism about human weakness. He traces a gradual transformation of desire through distinct 'degrees' of love, beginning with the self's instinct to seek its own good and moving toward a freer, more generous love that delights in God for God's own sake. Along the way he explores gratitude, humility, prayer, and the role of grace, insisting that love is not merely an emotion but a disciplined orientation of the whole person. Accessible, fervent, and unsentimental, On Loving God invites listeners into an honest examination of what they most desire and offers a hopeful path toward a deeper, more joyful communion with God. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:02:02) Chapter 01 (00:05:56) Chapter 02 (00:16:09) Chapter 03 (00:24:53) Chapter 04 (00:33:49) Chapter 05 (00:40:29) Chapter 06 (00:43:12) Chapter 07 (00:57:23) Chapter 08 (01:03:38) Chapter 09 (01:07:26) Chapter 10 (01:14:30) Chapter 11 (01:24:02) Chapter 12 (01:29:39) Chapter 13 (01:33:07) Chapter 14 (01:36:57) Chapter 15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Silver Princess in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson audiobook. Genre: fantasy Young King Randy of Regalia is doing his best to act royal, but the duties of a crown can feel like a cage. So when Kabumpo, the Elegant Elephant of Pumperdink, arrives with a plan for travel and excitement, Randy cannot resist. Their destination is the glittering Land of Ev, where their friend Jinnicky the Red Jinn should be living in comfort and splendor. But the road to Ev rarely stays simple in the Oz universe. Along the way, Randy and Kabumpo encounter Planetty, a mysterious silver princess from Anuther Planet, and her astonishing companion Thun, a colt with a dangerous talent for breathing fire. When the travelers finally reach Jinnicky's palace, the welcome they expect is nowhere to be found: Jinnicky has been overthrown and trapped by enchantment, and the court has fallen into the hands of someone who cannot be trusted. To set things right, Randy and his unlikely allies must navigate strange customs, tricky magic, and their own doubts, discovering what it really means to lead when the stakes are bigger than a throne. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:13:17) Chapter 02 (00:29:20) Chapter 03 (00:42:42) Chapter 04 (00:53:42) Chapter 05 (01:11:33) Chapter 06 (01:27:15) Chapter 07 (01:42:46) Chapter 08 (01:59:58) Chapter 09 (02:16:34) Chapter 10 (02:30:54) Chapter 11 (02:45:57) Chapter 12 (03:01:10) Chapter 13 (03:08:28) Chapter 14 (03:25:43) Chapter 15 (03:38:51) Chapter 16 (03:49:11) Chapter 17 (04:00:40) Chapter 18 (04:05:18) Chapter 19 (04:16:47) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices