Classic Audiobook Collection

She by H. Rider Haggard audiobook. Genre: adventure When Cambridge scholar Horace Holly becomes guardian to a newborn boy, Leo Vincey, he also inherits a locked iron box and an ominous instruction: on Leo's twenty-fifth birthday, open it and follow where it leads. Inside lies a mysterious shard of ancient pottery and a letter pointing toward a lost African kingdom and an extraordinary woman who may be tied to Leo's bloodline across millennia. Years later, Holly, the grown Leo, and their steadfast servant Job set out on a perilous expedition into unmapped territory, driven by curiosity, duty, and a pull that feels like fate. Their journey brings them into the hands of the Amahagger people and toward the hidden realm of Kôr, where the legendary ruler Ayesha - called She-who-must-be-obeyed - reigns with hypnotic beauty, terrifying power, and a long memory of betrayal. As fascination turns to dread, the travelers are caught between imperial ambition, forbidden love, and the crushing weight of immortality, forced to ask what it costs to defy time, desire, and death itself. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:13:14) Chapter 01 (00:33:07) Chapter 02 (00:47:04) Chapter 03 (01:27:35) Chapter 04 (01:49:03) Chapter 05 (02:13:42) Chapter 06 (02:45:19) Chapter 07 (03:12:04) Chapter 08 (03:33:53) Chapter 09 (03:51:15) Chapter 10 (04:17:22) Chapter 11 (04:42:01) Chapter 12 (05:06:04) Chapter 13 (05:33:09) Chapter 14 (05:52:48) Chapter 15 (06:12:28) Chapter 16 (06:35:56) Chapter 17 (07:04:16) Chapter 18 (07:28:43) Chapter 19 (07:51:49) Chapter 20 (08:25:30) Chapter 21 (08:47:48) Chapter 22 (09:17:32) Chapter 23 (09:39:24) Chapter 24 (10:04:33) Chapter 25 (10:37:01) Chapter 26 (10:59:55) Chapter 27 (11:19:49) Chapter 28 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anticipations by H. G. Wells audiobook. Genre: science Wells considered this book one of his most important, a natural follow-up to such works as his Man of the Year Million and The Time Machine. His goal was to get people to think and act in new ways. The book starts with a look at how humans get along socially and how they carry out their business ventures. It then discusses how these elements influence others, such as politics, the world of work, and education. H. G. tried to make clear how the current social order was disintegrating without preparing another to take its place. He then traced the roots of democracy, which in its present state he saw as unworkable. Instead, he proposed a new republic. He also critiqued modern warfare. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:30:33) Chapter 02 (00:51:44) Chapter 03 (01:19:01) Chapter 04 (01:42:58) Chapter 05 (02:12:44) Chapter 06 (02:44:24) Chapter 07 (03:16:45) Chapter 08 (03:48:05) Chapter 09 (04:29:29) Chapter 10 (04:43:48) Chapter 11 (05:18:15) Chapter 12 (05:46:57) Chapter 13 (06:19:40) Chapter 14 (06:32:13) Chapter 15 (06:53:17) Chapter 16 (07:25:10) Chapter 17 (08:03:32) Chapter 18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio audiobook. Genre: history In plague-stricken Florence, a group of ten young nobles-seven women and three men-flee the city for the countryside, hoping to outlast the terror and grief consuming their world. To keep fear and boredom at bay, they agree on a daily ritual: each person will tell a story, and each day will follow a guiding theme chosen by the day's leader. Over ten days, their hundred tales range from bawdy farce to tender romance, from moral fables to biting social satire, revealing a society where wit can be a weapon, desire can upend fortunes, and luck can crown the clever or punish the vain. Merchants, monks, lovers, tricksters, and rulers all take turns at center stage, while the storytellers themselves form a lively chorus that argues about virtue, pleasure, hypocrisy, and the surprising ways people survive hardship. By framing exuberant storytelling against a backdrop of catastrophe, The Decameron becomes both an escape and a mirror: a celebration of human appetite and ingenuity, and a sharp-eyed look at the values that endure when the world feels uncertain. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 000 (00:07:24) Chapter 001 (00:55:24) Chapter 002 (01:29:04) Chapter 003 (01:40:43) Chapter 004 (01:48:41) Chapter 005 (01:58:27) Chapter 006 (02:06:09) Chapter 007 (02:12:18) Chapter 008 (02:24:04) Chapter 009 (02:30:36) Chapter 010 (02:34:14) Chapter 011 (02:44:58) Chapter 012 (02:53:16) Chapter 013 (02:55:15) Chapter 014 (03:08:50) Chapter 015 (03:24:21) Chapter 016 (03:51:45) Chapter 017 (04:03:46) Chapter 018 (04:36:04) Chapter 019 (05:05:58) Chapter 020 (06:03:02) Chapter 021 (06:44:07) Chapter 022 (07:18:49) Chapter 023 (07:37:42) Chapter 024 (07:45:23) Chapter 025 (07:54:03) Chapter 026 (08:09:15) Chapter 027 (08:26:44) Chapter 028 (08:50:11) Chapter 029 (09:03:52) Chapter 030 (09:20:24) Chapter 031 (09:41:54) Chapter 032 (10:20:24) Chapter 033 (10:44:30) Chapter 034 (11:09:26) Chapter 035 (11:23:43) Chapter 036 (11:32:13) Chapter 037 (11:50:56) Chapter 038 (12:17:56) Chapter 039 (12:48:53) Chapter 040 (13:05:42) Chapter 041 (13:20:07) Chapter 042 (13:30:04) Chapter 043 (13:50:02) Chapter 044 (13:59:35) Chapter 045 (14:14:35) Chapter 046 (14:22:36) Chapter 047 (14:43:11) Chapter 048 (14:50:28) Chapter 049 (14:53:10) Chapter 050 (15:22:47) Chapter 051 (15:36:19) Chapter 052 (15:55:15) Chapter 053 (16:07:39) Chapter 054 (16:23:43) Chapter 055 (16:42:47) Chapter 056 (16:59:32) Chapter 057 (17:14:40) Chapter 058 (17:31:47) Chapter 059 (17:52:01) Chapter 060 (17:58:36) Chapter 061 (18:04:32) Chapter 062 (18:08:41) Chapter 063 (18:20:42) Chapter 064 (18:25:42) Chapter 065 (18:32:57) Chapter 066 (18:39:07) Chapter 067 (18:45:08) Chapter 068 (18:51:59) Chapter 069 (18:55:43) Chapter 070 (19:02:11) Chapter 071 (19:22:06) Chapter 072 (19:37:50) Chapter 073 (19:41:45) Chapter 074 (19:51:42) Chapter 075 (20:02:38) Chapter 076 (20:17:13) Chapter 077 (20:27:56) Chapter 078 (20:47:59) Chapter 079 (21:01:11) Chapter 080 (21:16:13) Chapter 081 (21:38:18) Chapter 082 (22:05:54) Chapter 083 (22:15:20) Chapter 084 (22:22:21) Chapter 085 (22:24:16) Chapter 086 (22:32:08) Chapter 087 (22:46:54) Chapter 088 (23:09:55) Chapter 089 (23:21:31) Chapter 090 Max Character Limit reached Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The House of the Vampire by George Sylvester Viereck audiobook. Genre: horror In early-20th-century New York and its salons of artists, critics, and social climbers, aspiring writer Ernest Fielding is hungry for recognition and a place among the brilliant and the powerful. When he is welcomed into the circle of the refined and unnervingly charismatic Reginald Clarke, Ernest believes he has found a patron with unmatched taste and influence. Clarke offers introductions, encouragement, and an intoxicating vision of greatness - but his attention comes with an unsettling cost. As Ernest's confidence and creative fire begin to ebb, he notices the same pattern among other gifted people drawn into Clarke's orbit: a strange weariness, a dimming of will, and a dependence that feels less like friendship than possession. The more Ernest tries to understand the force at work, the more he is pulled between ambition and self-preservation, between the desire to be shaped by a master and the fear of being consumed by him. Blending psychological menace with gothic atmosphere, The House of the Vampire explores artistic exploitation, social manipulation, and the terrifying possibility that some predators feed not on blood, but on talent itself. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:10:55) Chapter 02 (00:21:58) Chapter 03 (00:33:10) Chapter 04 (00:41:23) Chapter 05 (00:52:17) Chapter 06 (01:01:58) Chapter 07 (01:11:34) Chapter 08 (01:22:56) Chapter 09 (01:36:03) Chapter 10 (01:45:40) Chapter 11 (01:59:10) Chapter 12 (02:11:19) Chapter 13 (02:21:28) Chapter 14 (02:35:02) Chapter 15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Light Princess by George MacDonald audiobook. Genre: fantasy In a whimsical kingdom where magic and mischief mingle with real consequence, a newborn princess is cursed by a spiteful aunt so that she has no gravity - not only in body, but in spirit. She floats, drifts, and laughs at everything, unable to take life seriously or feel its ordinary weight. Courtiers invent elaborate contraptions to keep her from bobbing into the rafters, physicians offer solemn nonsense, and the king and queen grow desperate for a cure that might make their daughter truly present in the world. Across the mountains, a young prince from a neighboring land encounters the strange, bright girl and becomes entangled in the mystery of her condition. As drought threatens one kingdom and a magical lake becomes the focus of power, peril, and possibility, the princess and prince are drawn toward choices that test courage, compassion, and the meaning of responsibility. By turns playful and poignant, George MacDonald's classic fairy tale explores what it costs to love, what it means to be 'grounded,' and how a heart learns to carry both joy and sorrow. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:02:04) Chapter 2 (00:06:37) Chapter 3 (00:10:32) Chapter 4 (00:14:39) Chapter 5 (00:20:44) Chapter 6 (00:26:11) Chapter 7 (00:35:52) Chapter 8 (00:44:27) Chapter 9 (00:57:08) Chapter 10 (01:03:58) Chapter 11 (01:13:56) Chapter 12 (01:19:10) Chapter 13 (01:25:50) Chapter 14 (01:39:05) Chapter 15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith audiobook. Genre: comedy For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:00:51) Chapter 2 (00:08:14) Chapter 3 (00:21:21) Chapter 4 (00:34:10) Chapter 5 (00:46:04) Chapter 6 (01:02:33) Chapter 7 (01:12:58) Chapter 8 (01:24:13) Chapter 9 (01:36:05) Chapter 10 (01:43:33) Chapter 11 (01:50:41) Chapter 12 (02:05:59) Chapter 13 (02:14:10) Chapter 14 (02:27:01) Chapter 15 (02:42:20) Chapter 16 (02:50:29) Chapter 17 (02:57:19) Chapter 18 (03:02:54) Chapter 19 (03:18:55) Chapter 20 (03:27:59) Chapter 21 (03:38:33) Chapter 22 (03:50:09) Chapter 23 (04:08:49) Chapter 24 (04:19:58) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter audiobook. Genre: drama Set in rural Indiana at the edge of the mysterious Limberlost swamp, A Girl of the Limberlost follows Elnora Comstock, a bright, determined teenager aching for an education and a life larger than the hard poverty and silence of her home. Her widowed mother, Katharine, is sharp with grief and refuses to spend money on schooling, forcing Elnora to find her own way. With the help of kind neighbors and a growing knowledge of the natural world, Elnora begins collecting rare moths and specimens from the swamp to sell, turning long, risky days among the trees and marshes into a plan for independence. As her confidence grows, so do the pressures: gossip in a small town, the sting of social class, and the painful question of why her mother seems unable to love her openly. At school, Elnora meets people who challenge her assumptions and awaken new hopes, including the possibility of first love. Rich with vivid nature writing and emotional realism, this coming-of-age story explores resilience, reconciliation, and the price of becoming yourself. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:35:33) Chapter 2 (00:55:17) Chapter 3 (01:18:28) Chapter 4 (01:53:51) Chapter 5 (02:14:10) Chapter 6 (02:43:13) Chapter 7 (03:26:22) Chapter 8 (03:38:03) Chapter 9 (04:03:20) Chapter 10 (04:40:09) Chapter 11 (05:09:39) Chapter 12 (05:54:16) Chapter 13 (06:25:32) Chapter 14 (06:45:35) Chapter 15 (07:08:36) Chapter 16 (07:31:09) Chapter 17 (08:02:59) Chapter 18 (08:23:31) Chapter 19 (08:47:26) Chapter 20 (09:02:47) Chapter 21 (09:32:18) Chapter 22 (10:06:16) Chapter 23 (10:29:49) Chapter 24 (10:51:50) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky audiobook. Genre: philosophy The extraordinary child-adult Prince Myshkin, confined for several years in a Swiss sanatorium suffering from severe epilepsy, returns to Russia to claim his inheritance and to find a place in healthy human society. The teeming St Petersburg community he enters is far from receptive to an innocent like himself, despite some early successes and relentless pursuit by grotesque fortune-hunters. His naive gaucheries give rise to extreme reactions among his new acquaintance, ranging from anguished protectiveness to mockery and contempt. But even before reaching the city, during the memorable train journey that opens the novel, he has encountered the demonic Rogozhin, the son of a wealthy merchant who is in thrall to the equally doomed Natasha Filippovna: beautiful, capricious and destructively neurotic, she joins with the two weirdly contrasted men in a spiralling dance of death... For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:29:43) Chapter 02 (00:58:33) Chapter 03 (01:34:11) Chapter 04 (02:14:49) Chapter 05 (03:00:29) Chapter 06 (03:29:17) Chapter 07 (04:06:06) Chapter 08 (04:44:20) Chapter 09 (05:08:07) Chapter 10 (05:28:32) Chapter 11 (05:48:53) Chapter 12 (06:20:31) Chapter 13 (06:49:03) Chapter 14 (07:18:36) Chapter 15 (07:46:16) Chapter 16 (08:23:19) Chapter 17 (08:52:23) Chapter 18 (09:34:01) Chapter 19 (10:17:06) Chapter 20 (10:34:00) Chapter 21 (11:14:40) Chapter 22 (11:56:15) Chapter 23 (12:24:19) Chapter 24 (13:18:31) Chapter 25 (13:56:36) Chapter 26 (14:40:37) Chapter 27 (15:23:53) Chapter 28 (15:44:49) Chapter 29 (16:20:23) Chapter 30 (16:50:26) Chapter 31 (17:26:21) Chapter 32 (18:00:18) Chapter 33 (18:29:32) Chapter 34 (19:06:05) Chapter 35 (19:37:47) Chapter 36 (20:10:01) Chapter 37 (20:38:46) Chapter 38 (20:54:50) Chapter 39 (21:22:58) Chapter 40 (21:44:19) Chapter 41 (22:11:19) Chapter 42 (22:41:13) Chapter 43 (23:25:06) Chapter 44 (24:02:43) Chapter 45 (24:45:24) Chapter 46 (25:31:51) Chapter 47 (26:01:56) Chapter 48 (26:34:45) Chapter 49 (27:08:45) Chapter 50 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Wisdom of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton audiobook. Genre: mystery For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:33:59) Chapter 2 (01:15:18) Chapter 3 (01:51:01) Chapter 4 (02:31:04) Chapter 5 (03:07:24) Chapter 6 (03:45:07) Chapter 7 (04:17:49) Chapter 8 (05:03:01) Chapter 9 (05:37:54) Chapter 10 (06:09:41) Chapter 11 (06:46:27) Chapter 12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton audiobook. Genre: mystery In The Innocence of Father Brown, G. K. Chesterton introduces an unlikely detective: Father Brown, a quiet Catholic priest with a shabby umbrella, a round face, and a disarming manner that makes criminals underestimate him. Moving through English villages, country houses, and city streets, Father Brown is repeatedly drawn into baffling crimes - stolen jewels, sudden disappearances, impossible murders, and deceptions staged with theatrical flair. While others chase evidence, reputation, or spectacle, he listens patiently, notices what vanity hides, and uses a deep understanding of human weakness to see through lies. Alongside him appears the elegant and notorious thief Flambeau, whose encounters with the priest become a tense contest of wits and conscience. Each case is a compact puzzle, but the stories also explore larger questions about pride, temptation, forgiveness, and the thin line between respectability and wrongdoing. Wry, philosophical, and richly atmospheric, this classic collection invites listeners into mysteries where the smallest detail - or the smallest act of mercy - can change everything. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:56:44) Chapter 2 (01:58:03) Chapter 3 (02:56:49) Chapter 4 (03:38:57) Chapter 5 (04:28:42) Chapter 6 (05:11:34) Chapter 7 (06:06:22) Chapter 8 (07:08:04) Chapter 9 (07:59:26) Chapter 10 (08:50:25) Chapter 11 (09:42:46) Chapter 12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche audiobook. Genre: philosophy In Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche launches a provocative investigation into the hidden motives behind moral beliefs and the cultural assumptions people treat as timeless truths. Written as a series of sharp, energetic sections rather than a single linear argument, the book challenges readers to question ideas such as objective morality, absolute truth, and the comforting stories societies tell themselves about virtue and vice. Nietzsche targets the legacy of traditional European philosophy and religion, arguing that many 'higher' ideals can mask deeper drives: the will to interpret, to rank, to control, and to give life a meaning that favors certain types of people. Along the way he examines the psychology of philosophers, the social power of moral language, the tension between individual creativity and herd conformity, and the costs of intellectual honesty. With aphorisms that move from biting critique to visionary calls for new values, Nietzsche invites readers to look past familiar categories of good and evil and confront the unsettling possibility that moral systems are human creations, shaped by history, temperament, and struggle. The central conflict is the reader's own: whether to cling to inherited certainties or risk a harder freedom of thought. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:06:02) Chapter 01 (01:05:30) Chapter 02 (01:45:35) Chapter 03 (02:29:39) Chapter 04 (02:53:09) Chapter 05 (03:50:42) Chapter 06 (04:44:18) Chapter 07 (05:54:20) Chapter 08 (06:56:06) Chapter 09 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer audiobook. Genre: biography A detailed biography of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of such things as the telephone, the microphone, the electric motor, the storage battery, and the electric light. In the words of the authors, 'It is designed in these pages to bring the reader face to face with Edison; to glance at an interesting childhood and a youthful period marked by a capacity for doing things, and by an insatiable thirst for knowledge; then to accompany him into the great creative stretch of forty years, during which he has done so much. This book shows him plunged deeply into work for which he has always had an incredible capacity, reveals the exercise of his unsurpassed inventive ability, his keen reasoning powers, his tenacious memory, his fertility of resource; follows him through a series of innumerable experiments, conducted methodically, reaching out like rays of search-light into all the regions of science and nature, and finally exhibits him emerging triumphantly from countless difficulties bearing with him in new arts the fruits of victorious struggle.' For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:05:39) Chapter 2 (00:19:23) Chapter 3 (00:41:07) Chapter 4 (01:26:59) Chapter 5 (01:57:01) Chapter 6 (02:48:57) Chapter 7 (03:13:31) Chapter 8 (03:57:40) Chapter 9 (04:55:12) Chapter 10 (06:03:17) Chapter 11 (06:50:36) Chapter 12 (07:42:05) Chapter 13 (08:35:03) Chapter 14 (09:05:05) Chapter 15 (10:03:23) Chapter 16 (11:08:00) Chapter 17 (12:04:14) Chapter 18 (13:03:22) Chapter 19 (13:52:01) Chapter 20 (14:37:52) Chapter 21 (15:13:41) Chapter 22 (16:06:29) Chapter 23 (16:46:14) Chapter 24 (17:23:16) Chapter 25 (18:10:53) Chapter 26 (18:56:17) Chapter 27 (19:40:25) Chapter 28 (20:32:35) Chapter 29 (21:42:49) Chapter 30 (22:53:14) Chapter 31 (22:55:31) Chapter 32 (23:10:18) Chapter 33 (23:42:32) Chapter 34 (24:01:26) Chapter 35 (24:31:55) Chapter 36 (24:41:18) Chapter 37 (24:51:20) Chapter 38 (24:56:38) Chapter 39 (25:11:37) Chapter 40 (25:24:38) Chapter 41 (25:56:47) Chapter 42 (26:12:46) Chapter 43 (26:23:12) Chapter 44 (26:41:01) Chapter 45 (26:47:01) Chapter 46 (26:55:39) Chapter 47 (27:13:56) Chapter 48 (27:23:41) Chapter 49 (27:39:15) Chapter 50 (27:48:43) Chapter 51 (28:54:18) Chapter 52 (29:42:21) Chapter 53 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Grell Mystery by Frank Froest audiobook. Genre: mystery On a rain-swept London night, American millionaire-adventurer Robert Grell leaves the comfort of his club for a secret appointment, just days before his society wedding to Lady Eileen Meredith. By morning, Grell is at the center of a scandalous puzzle: a man has been found murdered in the study of Grell's home, yet the dead man is not who the household insists he is. As whispers spread from drawing rooms to back alleys, Scotland Yard is called in to prevent a high-profile case from turning into a public humiliation. Leading the inquiry is Chief Inspector Heldon Foyle, a patient, relentless investigator who quickly realizes that every straightforward explanation falls apart under scrutiny. Grell himself has vanished, a veiled woman seems to hover at the edge of events, and a missing foreign valet deepens the sense that someone has staged the scene with care. With aristocratic reputations on the line and the criminal underworld offering its own shadowy truths, Foyle must sort genuine clues from deliberate misdirection and answer the question that drives the case: is this murder the work of chance, revenge, or a plan close to perfection? For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:08:03) Chapter 02 (00:15:01) Chapter 03 (00:24:04) Chapter 04 (00:28:40) Chapter 05 (00:33:54) Chapter 06 (00:40:14) Chapter 07 (00:46:59) Chapter 08 (00:54:12) Chapter 09 (00:59:17) Chapter 10 (01:05:11) Chapter 11 (01:13:46) Chapter 12 (01:20:57) Chapter 13 (01:29:52) Chapter 14 (01:36:53) Chapter 15 (01:42:22) Chapter 16 (01:51:52) Chapter 17 (01:59:28) Chapter 18 (02:05:41) Chapter 19 (02:14:18) Chapter 20 (02:20:06) Chapter 21 (02:30:25) Chapter 22 (02:35:40) Chapter 23 (02:44:30) Chapter 24 (02:54:30) Chapter 25 (03:02:01) Chapter 26 (03:10:18) Chapter 27 (03:17:58) Chapter 28 (03:28:34) Chapter 29 (03:36:23) Chapter 30 (03:40:48) Chapter 31 (03:47:53) Chapter 32 (03:53:07) Chapter 33 (04:01:48) Chapter 34 (04:07:31) Chapter 35 (04:14:39) Chapter 36 (04:25:26) Chapter 37 (04:33:46) Chapter 38 (04:43:15) Chapter 39 (04:47:51) Chapter 40 (04:56:44) Chapter 41 (05:06:05) Chapter 42 (05:19:20) Chapter 43 (05:31:21) Chapter 44 (05:39:13) Chapter 45 (05:49:53) Chapter 46 (06:02:24) Chapter 47 (06:12:30) Chapter 48 (06:24:17) Chapter 49 (06:29:34) Chapter 50 (06:43:01) Chapter 51 (06:50:55) Chapter 52 (07:06:23) Chapter 53 (07:13:11) Chapter 54 (07:24:27) Chapter 55 (07:33:02) Chapter 56 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cathay by Ezra Pound audiobook. Genre: poetry The Cathay poems appeared in a slim volume in 1915. They are, in effect, Ezra Pound’s English translations/interpretations from notebooks written by the Japanese scholar Ernest Fenollosa. Pound, not knowing any Chinese or Japanese at all, promptly created a new and somewhat complex style of translation, as he had done with words from several other languages. The Cathay poems are primarily written by the Chinese poet Li Po, referred to throughout these translations as Rihaku, the Japanese form of his name. These poems came to have a profound influence on 20th Century poetry, spawning, among other things, the Imagist movement, and helped in the generation of widespread interest in Asian literature and thought. Also included in this collection are two poems from Pound’s 1912 collection Ripostes. “The Seafarer” is another of Pound’s experiments in translation, this one from the Anglo-Saxon. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:02:24) Chapter 02 (00:03:32) Chapter 03 (00:06:52) Chapter 04 (00:09:06) Chapter 05 (00:11:36) Chapter 06 (00:12:57) Chapter 07 (00:15:01) Chapter 08 (00:20:55) Chapter 09 (00:23:44) Chapter 10 (00:25:01) Chapter 11 (00:26:28) Chapter 12 (00:28:00) Chapter 13 (00:29:30) Chapter 14 (00:31:49) Chapter 15 (00:34:19) Chapter 16 (00:41:27) Chapter 17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Flatland - A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott audiobook. Genre: scifi In the perfectly ordered world of Flatland, everything and everyone is a geometric shape, and your place in society is literally defined by the number of sides you have. A Square, a respectable middle-class professional, lives a predictable life governed by rigid rules, sharp prejudices, and an unquestioned faith in the dimensions he can see. But on the eve of the centennial celebration, his routine is interrupted by unsettling encounters that hint at realities beyond length and width. When a mysterious visitor from a higher dimension appears, the Square is drawn into a mind-bending journey that challenges his understanding of space, logic, and even the limits of imagination. As he struggles to communicate what he has learned to a society terrified of the unknown, Flatland becomes both a playful mathematical thought experiment and a pointed satire of social hierarchy, conformity, and intellectual censorship. By blending wit with wonder, Edwin Abbott Abbott crafts a story that invites listeners to reconsider how easily 'common sense' can become a cage - and how daring it is to see the world from a different angle. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:22:55) Chapter 2 (00:50:48) Chapter 3 (01:15:58) Chapter 4 (01:46:01) Chapter 5 (02:06:29) Chapter 6 (02:34:13) Chapter 7 (03:10:04) Chapter 8 (03:54:33) Chapter 9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe audiobook. Genre: horror When young Arthur Gordon Pym, a restless teenager in Nantucket, convinces his friend Augustus Barnard to help him stow away on a whaling voyage, he expects adventure - not a descent into terror. Hidden in the cramped hold of the Grampus, Pym is plunged into darkness, hunger, and delirium as the ship lurches into crisis. When disaster erupts above deck, he and a handful of survivors are forced into uneasy alliances, facing mutiny, brutal violence, and the thin line between courage and desperation. Cast adrift on an indifferent ocean, their struggle becomes a grim test of endurance as they chase uncertain rescue and reckon with what people will do to live. Yet survival only opens the door to stranger horizons. As Pym's journey carries him farther south into unknown seas, the familiar rules of navigation, nature, and human behavior begin to warp, and the expedition turns into an eerie exploration of the boundaries between fact and nightmare. Poe blends sea tale realism with mounting dread, building a voyage that is as much about the mind's extremes as the world's edge. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:05:06) Chapter 01 (00:27:09) Chapter 02 (01:06:05) Chapter 03 (01:27:25) Chapter 04 (01:45:44) Chapter 05 (02:03:00) Chapter 06 (02:23:18) Chapter 07 (02:38:57) Chapter 08 (02:55:56) Chapter 09 (03:14:35) Chapter 10 (03:26:16) Chapter 11 (03:42:04) Chapter 12 (04:05:35) Chapter 13 (04:27:38) Chapter 14 (04:48:42) Chapter 15 (05:00:18) Chapter 16 (05:11:59) Chapter 17 (05:24:24) Chapter 18 (05:39:38) Chapter 19 (05:52:48) Chapter 20 (06:08:37) Chapter 21 (06:20:42) Chapter 22 (06:35:01) Chapter 23 (06:45:41) Chapter 24 (07:00:43) Chapter 25 (07:13:05) Chapter 26 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last Days of Pompeii by Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton audiobook. Genre: history Last Days of Pompeii is a novel written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834. Once a very widely read book and now relatively neglected, it culminates in the cataclysmic destruction of the city of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The novel uses its characters to contrast the decadent culture of first-century Rome with both older cultures and coming trends. The protagonist, Glaucus, represents the Greeks who have been subordinated by Rome, and his nemesis Arbaces the still older culture of Egypt. Olinthus is the chief representative of the nascent Christian religion, which is presented favorably but not uncritically. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:06:32) Chapter 02 (00:32:39) Chapter 03 (01:13:11) Chapter 04 (01:34:44) Chapter 05 (01:51:20) Chapter 06 (02:18:59) Chapter 07 (02:39:43) Chapter 08 (03:10:38) Chapter 09 (03:30:54) Chapter 10 (03:42:28) Chapter 11 (03:56:29) Chapter 12 (04:26:41) Chapter 13 (04:40:45) Chapter 14 (04:54:54) Chapter 15 (05:06:26) Chapter 16 (05:35:46) Chapter 17 (06:04:15) Chapter 18 (06:17:25) Chapter 19 (06:37:25) Chapter 20 (06:57:36) Chapter 21 (07:22:23) Chapter 22 (07:36:30) Chapter 23 (07:52:28) Chapter 24 (08:06:36) Chapter 25 (08:20:48) Chapter 26 (08:45:18) Chapter 27 (09:03:49) Chapter 28 (09:20:47) Chapter 29 (09:26:57) Chapter 30 (09:48:01) Chapter 31 (10:18:06) Chapter 32 (10:31:16) Chapter 33 (10:46:14) Chapter 34 (11:13:07) Chapter 35 (11:37:58) Chapter 36 (11:54:23) Chapter 37 (12:00:11) Chapter 38 (12:12:07) Chapter 39 (12:21:58) Chapter 40 (12:32:18) Chapter 41 (12:48:25) Chapter 42 (12:54:00) Chapter 43 (13:10:50) Chapter 44 (13:27:06) Chapter 45 (14:01:54) Chapter 46 (14:27:40) Chapter 47 (15:05:51) Chapter 48 (15:10:57) Chapter 49 (15:32:54) Chapter 50 (15:42:22) Chapter 51 (15:53:24) Chapter 52 (16:05:43) Chapter 53 (16:14:38) Chapter 54 (16:26:04) Chapter 55 (16:32:29) Chapter 56 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit audiobook. Genre: fantasy In The Book of Dragons, Edith Nesbit gathers a sparkling set of fantasy tales in which dragons are not distant legends but troublesome, tempting, and often very funny neighbors to the human world. Across these stories, curious children, stubborn adults, would-be heroes, and unlucky families stumble into encounters with beasts that breathe fire, freeze rivers, hoard treasure, or slip into everyday life in startling disguises. Each adventure begins with a small decision - a broken rule, a careless wish, a plan to be brave, or the belief that magic can be managed - and then follows the consequences as dragons upset households, kingdoms, and expectations. With her trademark blend of wit and warmth, Nesbit turns classic fairy-tale ingredients into something sharper and more surprising: courage is tested, cleverness matters as much as strength, and kindness can be as powerful as any sword. By turns mischievous and suspenseful, these stories invite listeners to delight in wonder while recognizing the hard truths beneath the enchantment: magic always has a price, and growing up often means learning which bargains to refuse. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:28:14) Chapter 2 (01:00:42) Chapter 3 (01:29:43) Chapter 4 (02:07:23) Chapter 5 (02:38:14) Chapter 6 (03:09:10) Chapter 7 (03:39:13) Chapter 8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Trail of the Axe by Ridgwell Cullum audiobook. Genre: adventure Dave ran a lumber mill in western Canada. There are some workers within his organization who he trusts implicitly, some who he doesn't trust at all, and some who he is unsure about. But Dave is basically a trusting soul. Most of the folks in Malkern liked him, as he had been a major factor in shaping the village and in providing employment for a lot of the folks who lived in the area. Dave was not a pleasant site to look at; ungainly, not very attractive, yet he had a heart that was the antithesis of his lack of physical attractiveness. Dave was a good friend to Betty, who had promised her hand in marriage to Jim Truscott, who was on leave from Malkern searching for gold in the Yukon territory to secure a future for himself and his bride-to-be. Truscott had asked Dave to watch over Betty during his absence, but when he returned from his fortune seeking expedition in the Yukon, Truscott was a changed man. He didn't seem the same personable Jim Truscott that Betty had promised herself to, and Dave was a bit suspicious of his personality alterations as well. Now, Betty had to decide whether to hold herself to her promise, and Dave had to determine whether or not he should also keep himself to the promise he had made to his friend. There is plenty of action, suspense, and personal introspection combined with a love story in The Trail of the Axe, and many a surprise awaits every turn. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:21:27) Chapter 02 (00:53:58) Chapter 03 (01:17:52) Chapter 04 (01:36:06) Chapter 05 (01:59:19) Chapter 06 (02:20:23) Chapter 07 (02:48:56) Chapter 08 (03:18:46) Chapter 09 (03:48:24) Chapter 10 (04:12:31) Chapter 11 (04:30:54) Chapter 12 (04:52:54) Chapter 13 (05:08:58) Chapter 14 (05:25:15) Chapter 15 (05:52:25) Chapter 16 (06:14:40) Chapter 17 (06:40:24) Chapter 18 (07:01:59) Chapter 19 (07:21:41) Chapter 20 (07:46:47) Chapter 21 (08:12:50) Chapter 22 (08:32:23) Chapter 23 (09:04:42) Chapter 24 (09:32:58) Chapter 25 (09:54:01) Chapter 26 (10:04:12) Chapter 27 (10:19:14) Chapter 28 (10:52:59) Chapter 29 (11:07:15) Chapter 30 (11:37:49) Chapter 31 (11:53:39) Chapter 32 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Five Children and It by E. Nesbit audiobook. Genre: fantasy When Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother are sent to the countryside for a quiet holiday, they expect ordinary days of picnics, sandy lanes, and small adventures. Instead, a chance discovery in a gravel pit introduces them to a strange, grumpy creature with long whiskers and extraordinary powers: a Psammead, an ancient sand fairy that can grant one wish each day. Delighted, the five children begin wishing for exciting changes - beauty, wealth, thrilling surprises, and more - only to learn that magic rarely works the way you imagine. Each wish brings unexpected complications, forcing the siblings to think quickly, stick together, and face the consequences of their own choices before sunset erases the day's enchantment. As the children juggle secrecy, rivalry, and growing responsibility, they discover that the best parts of an adventure are not the wishes themselves, but the lessons earned while trying to set things right. Witty, warm, and full of inventive mishaps, E. Nesbit's classic tale explores childhood imagination, family loyalty, and the tricky gap between what you want and what you truly need. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:26:17) Chapter 02 (01:04:25) Chapter 03 (01:46:29) Chapter 04 (02:26:21) Chapter 05 (02:42:28) Chapter 06 (03:09:59) Chapter 07 (03:31:34) Chapter 08 (04:09:38) Chapter 09 (04:31:59) Chapter 10 (04:58:39) Chapter 11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

32 Caliber by Donald McGibeny audiobook. Genre: mystery In Donald McGibeny's brisk, pulp-era thriller 32 Caliber, attorney Warren Thompson (called Bupps by his friends) expects an easy life of club lunches, court appointments, and quiet evenings with the Indianapolis set. That calm shatters when his closest friend and law partner, Jim Felderson, is blindsided by his wife Helen's sudden decision to leave him for the charming and well-funded Frank Woods. What begins as a private scandal hardens into something far more dangerous when an apparent accident exposes the shadow of murder and a single, nagging detail: a 32 caliber bullet that should not exist in an honest man's story. Forced to choose between discretion and duty, Warren steps out of the courtroom and into the role of investigator, following Jim's suspicions into rooms where money talks, marriages fracture, and reputations are bought and sold. The search for the truth propels him from manicured country clubs to stranger haunts and hidden networks, where every new lead threatens to implicate someone he knows. Part detective yarn, part social drama, 32 Caliber turns betrayal into a case file and asks how far loyalty can stretch before it breaks. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:16:25) Chapter 02 (00:27:17) Chapter 03 (00:50:48) Chapter 04 (01:09:22) Chapter 05 (01:27:27) Chapter 06 (01:41:46) Chapter 07 (01:54:09) Chapter 08 (02:12:37) Chapter 09 (02:23:24) Chapter 10 (02:36:33) Chapter 11 (02:55:33) Chapter 12 (03:05:47) Chapter 13 (03:15:05) Chapter 14 (03:29:29) Chapter 15 (03:41:24) Chapter 16 (03:57:49) Chapter 17 (04:03:57) Chapter 18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ghost Breaker by Charles Goddard audiobook. Genre: mystery A fast-talking blend of thrills, laughs, and old-world romance, The Ghost Breaker follows Warren Jarvis, a Kentucky gentleman who has brought a dangerous feud with him all the way to Manhattan. After a predawn gunfight in a hotel corridor, Warren finds himself hiding in the suite of Maria Theresa, a proud Spanish princess with troubles of her own. Instead of turning him in, Maria offers a bargain: she will help Warren slip past the law if he will become her sworn protector and travel with her to her ancestral estate abroad - a crumbling castle rumored to be haunted by a relentless spirit. With Warren's sharp instincts and his loyal (and often hilarious) servant Rusty at his side, the journey turns from a daring escape into a battle of nerves as strange noises, shadowy figures, and midnight warnings stalk the halls. But in a place steeped in secrets, Warren soon suspects the haunting may be more than superstition - and that someone very human could be using fear as a weapon. As danger closes in, courage, loyalty, and growing affection are tested in every darkened corridor. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:23:56) Chapter 02 (00:43:31) Chapter 03 (00:56:57) Chapter 04 (01:10:14) Chapter 05 (01:25:10) Chapter 06 (01:40:03) Chapter 07 (02:00:12) Chapter 08 (02:22:45) Chapter 09 (02:38:13) Chapter 10 (03:02:45) Chapter 11 (03:24:14) Chapter 12 (03:42:38) Chapter 13 (04:04:07) Chapter 14 (04:29:11) Chapter 15 (04:41:15) Chapter 16 (04:59:34) Chapter 17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Witch Shall Be Born by Robert E. Howard audiobook. Genre: fantasy The kingdom of Khauran is admittedly a small one, nestled between the vast desert and the plains, but it is blessed with an abundance of rich soil, hard working devoted inhabitants and much gold but most of all by a sweet young queen who is as wise and beneficent as she is beautiful. But then from out of nowhere, disaster strikes. A horrible witch (her evil twin sister) secretly replaces her and introduces devil worship, human sacrifice and other things too repulsive to mention. Conan, who was the captain of her guard is captured and crucified in the desert. From there the incomparable story telling skill of Robert E. Howard takes us on a spiral of exciting intrigue, battle, blood, demons, and final retribution For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:22:12) Chapter 2 (00:48:44) Chapter 3 (01:12:17) Chapter 4 (01:25:58) Chapter 5 (01:43:44) Chapter 6 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

October Vagabonds by Richard le Gallienne audiobook. Genre: poetry Richard and his friend Colin must sadly return from their distant hermitage to New York City at summer's end. However, rather than take the train on the 430 mile trip to the city, the two decide to walk the route, for as Richard stated: 'Don't you hate the idea of being hurled along in a train, and suddenly shot into the city again, like a package through a tube?' Certainly a lengthy walk it would be, but the two decide that the trip itself can be the most rewarding, and their trek begins. Along the way, they meet people they never would have met; they witness landscape, nature and habitat which they wouldn't have otherwise seen; and they learn about themselves and their place in the world which they may not have otherwise comprehended. A clever travelogue of two artistic types from first person point of view. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:21:00) Chapter 2 (00:48:12) Chapter 3 (01:26:05) Chapter 4 (02:13:08) Chapter 5 (02:44:50) Chapter 6 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dhammapada by Buddha audiobook. Genre: religion The Dhammapada is a compact, powerful collection of verses attributed to the Buddha and preserved within the Buddhist tradition as a guide to living with clarity, restraint, and compassion. Arranged in thematic chapters, its short teachings move from the inner landscape of thought and intention to the outward consequences of speech and action, showing how suffering arises and how it can be eased. Through vivid images and memorable aphorisms, the text follows the path from confusion to understanding: training the mind, meeting anger without hatred, loosening attachment, and cultivating mindful attention in everyday life. Rather than telling a single story, it offers a steady voice of counsel that speaks to common human struggles - fear, desire, pride, grief, and restlessness - and points toward freedom through ethical conduct, meditation, and wisdom. Listeners will encounter recurring themes such as karma, impermanence, and the disciplined life of the awakened person, along with practical encouragement for householders and seekers alike. Whether approached as spiritual poetry or as a handbook for practice, the Dhammapada invites reflection and personal application, verse by verse. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:14:39) Chapter 02 (00:25:33) Chapter 03 (00:44:52) Chapter 04 (00:58:25) Chapter 05 (01:15:29) Chapter 06 (01:32:16) Chapter 07 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell audiobook. Genre: philosophy The Problems of Philosophy is one of Bertrand Russell's attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of philosophy. Focusing on problems he believes will provoke positive and constructive discussion, Russell concentrates on knowledge rather than metaphysics. Russell guides the reader through his famous distinction between 'knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description' and introduces important theories of Plato, Aristotle, René Descartes, David Hume, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, Georg Hegel and others to lay the foundation for philosophical inquiry by general readers and scholars alike. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:17:53) Chapter 02 (00:37:50) Chapter 03 (00:57:53) Chapter 04 (01:14:05) Chapter 05 (01:42:24) Chapter 06 (01:59:08) Chapter 07 (02:16:07) Chapter 08 (02:32:14) Chapter 09 (02:53:21) Chapter 10 (03:13:10) Chapter 11 (03:34:06) Chapter 12 (03:51:50) Chapter 13 (04:13:38) Chapter 14 (04:34:41) Chapter 15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Studies in Pessimism by Arthur Schopenhauer audiobook. Genre: philosophy Arthur Schopenhauer, an early 19th century philosopher, made significant contributions to metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics. His work also informed theories of evolution and psychology, largely through his theory of the will to power – a concept which Nietzsche famously adopted and developed. Despite this, he is today, as he was during his life, overshadowed by his contemporary, Hegel. Schopenhauer's social/psychological views, put forth in this work and in others, are directly derived from his metaphysics, which was strongly influenced by Eastern thought. His pessimism forms an interesting and perhaps questionable contrast with his obvious joy in self-expression, both in the elegance of his prose and in his practice of playing the flute nightly. His brilliance, poetry, and crushing pessimism can be seen immediately in this work, as for example in this claim from the first chapter: 'The pleasure in this world, it has been said, outweighs the pain; or, at any rate, there is an even balance between the two. If the reader wishes to see shortly whether this statement is true, let him compare the respective feelings of two animals, one of which is engaged in eating the other.' We see also, in this work, his misogyny, as for example in his claim that 'as lions are provided with claws and teeth, and elephants and boars with tusks, . . . so Nature has equipped woman, for her defence and protection, with the arts of dissimulation; and all the power which Nature has conferred upon man in the shape of physical strength and reason, has been bestowed upon women in this form.' Given his opening comment, the translator, T.B. Saunders, seems to have been at least somewhat sympathetic to this perspective. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:02:03) Chapter 2 (00:35:42) Chapter 3 (00:48:29) Chapter 4 (01:02:38) Chapter 5 (01:13:52) Chapter 6 (02:06:33) Chapter 7 (02:24:58) Chapter 8 (03:01:26) Chapter 9 (03:14:07) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter audiobook. Genre: family Step into the green and bustling countryside of Beatrix Potter's England in Treasury of Beatrix Potter, a beloved collection of classic tales where animals wear coats, take tea, and get into very human trouble. Here you will meet the mischievous Peter Rabbit as he tests the boundaries of safety and obedience, the determined Jemima Puddle-Duck as she searches for a secure place to nest, and the sharp-witted woodland creatures who must navigate vanity, appetite, and danger. Each story unfolds like a miniature drama: a simple errand becomes an adventure, a quiet garden turns into a perilous maze, and a cozy home is never far from the wildness just beyond the hedgerow. Potter's gentle humor and keen observations bring to life a world governed by manners and consequences, where courage can be small but meaningful and where cleverness does not always guarantee an easy escape. Perfect for listening together or returning to alone, this treasury celebrates curiosity, comfort, and the timeless thrill of a good story told softly but with real stakes. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:06:49) Chapter 02 (00:24:13) Chapter 03 (00:33:05) Chapter 04 (00:39:39) Chapter 05 (00:47:08) Chapter 06 (00:56:21) Chapter 07 (01:05:50) Chapter 08 (01:12:01) Chapter 09 (01:14:48) Chapter 10 (01:16:54) Chapter 11 (01:22:08) Chapter 12 (01:38:02) Chapter 13 (01:57:25) Chapter 14 (02:05:39) Chapter 15 (02:13:40) Chapter 16 (02:23:33) Chapter 17 (03:03:19) Chapter 18 (03:32:06) Chapter 19 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buried Alive by Arnold Bennett audiobook. Genre: drama The hero is Mr Priam Farll, a painter of considerable ability. He is, however, extremely shy – so shy that when his valet, Henry Leek, dies suddenly, the doctor believes the dead man to be Priam Farll and the live man the valet. The artist does not try to disabuse him. After the funeral (in Westminster Abbey), Priam Farll marries a widow and lives a happy life until the loss of his wife’s money means he has to take up painting again. A connoisseur of art recognises his style but thinks the paintings are by an imposter. He makes a fortune by buying his works through a small dealer and selling them in America as genuine. Meanwhile Priam Farll refuses through his obstinate shyness to prove his own identity. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:31:19) Chapter 02 (01:01:02) Chapter 03 (01:32:12) Chapter 04 (02:00:23) Chapter 05 (02:28:58) Chapter 06 (03:01:32) Chapter 07 (03:25:06) Chapter 08 (03:52:56) Chapter 09 (04:24:22) Chapter 10 (04:53:17) Chapter 11 (05:24:23) Chapter 12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adeline Mowbray by Amelia Opie audiobook. Genre: tragedy In Amelia Opie's Adeline Mowbray, a brilliant, warm-hearted young woman comes of age under the influence of bold new ideas about reason, independence, and marriage. Raised by a mother who prizes enlightened principles over convention, Adeline is encouraged to question the social rules that govern love and respectability. When she encounters the charismatic writer and thinker Glenmurray, Adeline is drawn into a relationship that seems to promise moral sincerity without the constraints of law or ceremony. But the world beyond the salon is less forgiving than the world of theory. As Adeline tries to live honestly according to her beliefs, she faces gossip, legal vulnerability, and the quiet cruelty of polite society - pressures that test her pride, her compassion, and her sense of self. Moving between intimate domestic scenes and public scrutiny, the novel follows Adeline's shifting friendships, painful reckonings, and hard-won insight into the gap between ideals and lived experience. At once a critique of hypocrisy and a portrait of a woman struggling to define her own life, Opie's story asks what it costs to defy custom, and who pays the price when principle collides with prejudice. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:11:30) Chapter 02 (00:27:16) Chapter 03 (00:44:32) Chapter 04 (00:55:13) Chapter 05 (01:12:13) Chapter 06 (01:32:10) Chapter 07 (01:44:12) Chapter 08 (02:06:57) Chapter 09 (02:31:37) Chapter 10 (02:40:15) Chapter 11 (02:51:17) Chapter 12 (03:00:52) Chapter 13 (03:19:48) Chapter 14 (03:42:59) Chapter 15 (04:06:49) Chapter 16 (04:28:37) Chapter 17 (05:17:42) Chapter 18 (05:58:05) Chapter 19 (06:42:05) Chapter 20 (07:16:38) Chapter 21 (08:03:58) Chapter 22 (08:28:31) Chapter 23 (08:41:43) Chapter 24 (08:54:32) Chapter 25 (09:10:16) Chapter 26 (09:24:41) Chapter 27 (09:32:59) Chapter 28 (09:43:56) Chapter 29 (10:12:26) Chapter 30 (10:24:15) Chapter 31 (10:33:00) Chapter 32 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog, Too by Alfred Elwes audiobook. Genre: family Told as the autobiography of a streetwise dog named Job, The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog, Too begins in the curious city of Caneville, where dogs have their own society, rivalries, and rules. Job grows up hungry and unwanted, learning to scavenge, avoid bullies, and survive rough treatment without letting bitterness harden him. Framed by an introduction from the feline editor Miss Minette Gattina, Job's plainspoken account follows him through a string of trials - quarrels over food, fights he never sought but cannot always escape, sudden changes of fortune, and moments when courage means choosing restraint instead of revenge. Along the way, Job discovers how easily strength can become cruelty, and how difficult it is to stay honest when the world rewards swagger and violence. As danger rises in Caneville, including a sweeping natural emergency that tests every creature's instincts, Job is pushed toward a life defined not by luck but by duty. Part animal adventure, part moral fable, this 19th century tale celebrates loyalty, compassion, and the hard-earned dignity of being good when no one is watching. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:16:29) Chapter 01 (00:48:17) Chapter 02 (01:18:47) Chapter 03 (01:38:28) Chapter 04 (02:00:27) Chapter 05 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mind and the Brain by Alfred Binet audiobook. Genre: science In The Mind and the Brain, pioneering psychologist Alfred Binet explores one of the most enduring questions in human inquiry: how does the inner life of thoughts, feelings, and will relate to the physical organ of the brain? Writing at a moment when experimental psychology and neurology were rapidly reshaping medicine and philosophy, Binet guides listeners through the major debates of his era, weighing materialist explanations against views that defend the autonomy of mental life. He examines perception, memory, attention, and personality, asking what can be measured, what can be inferred, and where scientific description reaches its limits. Along the way, Binet introduces key clinical and laboratory observations, including cases of brain injury and disorders of consciousness, to show how changes in the nervous system can illuminate the structure of experience. Clear, argumentative, and often surprisingly modern in its caution about easy answers, the book offers a thoughtful framework for anyone curious about the origins of consciousness and the methods we use to study it. This is a brisk, idea-driven work that connects early psychology, philosophy of mind, and emerging brain science into a single, provocative investigation. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:08:21) Chapter 02 (00:30:18) Chapter 03 (00:52:40) Chapter 04 (01:02:56) Chapter 05 (01:10:06) Chapter 06 (01:36:29) Chapter 07 (01:53:17) Chapter 08 (02:05:18) Chapter 09 (02:17:53) Chapter 10 (02:45:52) Chapter 11 (02:56:00) Chapter 12 (03:09:24) Chapter 13 (04:10:20) Chapter 14 (04:30:41) Chapter 15 (04:46:41) Chapter 16 (05:19:40) Chapter 17 (05:33:41) Chapter 18 (06:15:30) Chapter 19 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Red House Mystery by A. A. Milne audiobook. Genre: mystery When a quiet weekend at an English country estate turns violent, the calm facade of Red House is shattered by a murder that seems to defy common sense. Mark Ablett, newly returned from overseas and eager to settle into his family home, is drawn into a web of suspicion when the wealthy and unpopular Cayley is found dead inside a locked room, and a mysterious visitor has vanished without a trace. With the household rattled and the local police following the most obvious leads, Mark turns for help to his close friend Antony Gillingham, an amiable, sharp-minded amateur sleuth with a taste for puzzles and a talent for seeing what others overlook. Together they sift through contradictory statements, hidden motives, and the estate's geography, testing each theory against the stubborn facts of time, space, and opportunity. As the investigation deepens, the pair must separate coincidence from design and decide whom to trust before panic and accusation destroy the household from within. Clever, playful, and classically structured, The Red House Mystery invites listeners to match wits with its investigators in a quintessentially British whodunit where every detail matters. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:16:53) Chapter 02 (00:36:49) Chapter 03 (00:56:01) Chapter 04 (01:14:36) Chapter 05 (01:34:02) Chapter 06 (01:50:08) Chapter 07 (02:06:02) Chapter 08 (02:28:34) Chapter 09 (02:49:00) Chapter 10 (03:07:33) Chapter 11 (03:25:12) Chapter 12 (03:40:25) Chapter 13 (03:58:45) Chapter 14 (04:17:23) Chapter 15 (04:36:50) Chapter 16 (04:57:22) Chapter 17 (05:27:57) Chapter 18 (05:43:54) Chapter 19 (06:04:06) Chapter 20 (06:17:07) Chapter 21 (06:42:07) Chapter 22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Under the Andes by Rex Stout audiobook. Genre: mystery Under the Andes was written by Rex Stout years before his creation of the immensely popular Nero Wolfe series of novels, and while perhaps his future writing style is still blossoming, certainly his knack for weaving a fantastic tale of mystery and adventure will have most readers anxious for the next phase of adventure at every turn. The story finds two brothers and a pretty female companion on a journey which eventually takes them to a series of underground caves under the Andes of South America, where they encounter a lost tribe of Incas who have apparently survived hundreds of years oblivious of the outside world. The apparent 'king' of the tribe has become infatuated with the fair-skinned female intruder of the group and, well, suffice it to say there's a lot of action, attempted escapes, heroism, and peculiar interactions between all, reminiscent of H. Rider Haggard with a touch of Edgar Rice Burroughs. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:23:16) Chapter 02 (00:43:10) Chapter 03 (01:07:54) Chapter 04 (01:36:04) Chapter 05 (01:57:49) Chapter 06 (02:24:11) Chapter 07 (02:43:36) Chapter 08 (03:12:35) Chapter 09 (03:43:10) Chapter 10 (04:12:23) Chapter 11 (04:41:24) Chapter 12 (05:10:42) Chapter 13 (05:40:36) Chapter 14 (06:11:56) Chapter 15 (06:42:56) Chapter 16 (07:11:10) Chapter 17 (07:41:06) Chapter 18 (08:11:26) Chapter 19 (08:40:09) Chapter 20 (09:08:59) Chapter 21 (09:38:42) Chapter 22 (10:07:52) Chapter 23 (10:38:24) Chapter 24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People Minus X by Raymond Z. Gallun audiobook. Genre: scifi When young Ed Dukas sits down to write a simple letter, he notices something impossible: faint words forming on the page as if an unseen hand is writing beside him. The incident cracks open a lifetime of buried fear and wonder, all tracing back to his uncle, Dr. Mitchell Prell, the brilliant scientist blamed for an experiment that shattered the Moon and helped trigger catastrophe on Earth. In the aftermath, Prell's most controversial breakthrough spreads through the Solar System: living artificial flesh that can rebuild bodies and, paired with recorded memories and personality patterns, restore the dead as humanlike androids. To some, the restored are humanity's second chance. To others, they are For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (01:04:20) Chapter 02 (01:40:29) Chapter 03 (02:11:30) Chapter 04 (02:31:35) Chapter 05 (03:07:36) Chapter 06 (03:43:25) Chapter 07 (04:16:54) Chapter 08 (04:44:10) Chapter 09 (05:18:23) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wandl the Invader by Ray Cummings audiobook. Genre: scifi There were nine major planets in the Solar System and it was within their boundaries that man first set up interplanetary commerce and began trading with the ancient Martian civilization. And then they discovered a tenth planet--a maverick! This tenth world, if it had an orbit, had a strange one, for it was heading inwards from interstellar space, heading close to the Earth-Mars spaceways, upsetting astronautic calculations and raising turmoil on the two inhabited worlds. But even so none suspected then just how much trouble this new world would make. For it was WANDL THE INVADER and it was no barren planetoid. It was a manned world, manned by minds and monsters and traveling into our system with a purpose beyond that of astronomical accident! For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:14:15) Chapter 02 (00:41:09) Chapter 03 (00:59:20) Chapter 04 (01:24:52) Chapter 05 (01:51:24) Chapter 06 (02:05:53) Chapter 07 (02:29:56) Chapter 08 (02:41:52) Chapter 09 (02:59:15) Chapter 10 (03:16:26) Chapter 11 (03:30:04) Chapter 12 (03:39:50) Chapter 13 (03:52:34) Chapter 14 (04:15:14) Chapter 15 (04:32:19) Chapter 16 (04:44:50) Chapter 17 (04:56:17) Chapter 18 (05:09:45) Chapter 19 (05:15:03) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unwise Child by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifi In a future New York where street gangs carry vibroblades and advanced electronics are as common as cigarettes, power designer Michael Raphael Gabriel, known on the job as Mike the Angel, expects danger to come with the territory. What he does not expect is to be targeted twice in a single morning, then abruptly reassigned as engineering officer aboard an experimental spacecraft with one secret mission: get an extraordinary machine off Earth before it becomes an existential threat. That machine is Snookums, a super-robot with a childlike personality and a terrifying new talent for invention, and he travels under the anxious supervision of Dr. Fitzhugh, his creator, and Leda Crannon, a child psychologist pressed into the role of nursemaid. Once the ship is underway, a string of frightening incidents turns the voyage into a locked-room puzzle in zero gravity: systems fail, nerves fray, and a crew member is murdered, with suspicion falling where no one wants it to fall. Caught between official duty and personal survival, Mike must untangle sabotage, motive, and machine logic before fear, secrecy, and a brilliant 'child' of metal doom them all. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:08:04) Chapter 02 (00:17:13) Chapter 03 (00:29:56) Chapter 04 (00:40:53) Chapter 05 (00:51:06) Chapter 06 (01:07:31) Chapter 07 (01:26:35) Chapter 08 (01:50:11) Chapter 09 (02:08:52) Chapter 10 (02:21:51) Chapter 11 (02:39:53) Chapter 12 (03:02:27) Chapter 13 (03:27:37) Chapter 14 (03:42:54) Chapter 15 (04:01:10) Chapter 16 (04:08:16) Chapter 17 (04:18:13) Chapter 18 (04:35:19) Chapter 19 (04:48:03) Chapter 20 (04:55:59) Chapter 21 (05:16:41) Chapter 22 (05:19:13) Chapter 23 (05:38:30) Chapter 24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man Who Hated Mars by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifi Ron Clayton has spent fifteen bitter years in exile on Mars - a punishment sold as 'freedom' for criminals Earth no longer wants. Trapped in the thin air, dependent on oxidation pills, and driven half-mad by the planet's relentless cold, Clayton storms into the Terran Rehabilitation Service and begs Lieutenant Phoebe Harris for the one thing he never expected to want: a prison cell back on Earth. She refuses, and Clayton is forced to accept that the system is designed to keep men like him off-world forever. citeturn1view0 When a Space Transport Service ship drops in, opportunity arrives in the form of Herbert 'Parks' Parkinson, a talkative crewman with a nose oxygen rig and a careless streak. One desperate night later, Clayton gambles everything on a stolen uniform, a borrowed identity, and a plan to slip past steel walls, security routines, and suspicious officers. citeturn3view1turn3view2 But survival aboard the ship demands more than hiding his name: Clayton must work, improvise, and keep his fear in check while Mars' harsh rules echo in his muscles and his mind. Tight, tense, and morally thorny, Randall Garrett's classic tale asks what exile does to a man - and whether escape is ever the same as redemption. citeturn0search1 For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:36:23) Chapter 02 (01:26:05) Chapter 03 (01:53:09) Chapter 04 (02:04:31) Chapter 05 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

That Sweet Little Old Lady by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: mystery Randall Garrett had this story first published in Astounding Science Fiction September and October of 1959. His twisted sense of humor and gift for the bizarre situation with believable characters shines here. In the not too distant future, Ken Malone, young but promising FBI agent , is given the most important and difficult assignment of his career: find a spy who is stealing information from the Ultra Top Absolute Secret project to develop a non-rocket space ship at Yucca Flats Labs in Nevada. But this is not a normal spy, this spy laughs at the FBI and all attempts to find him or her because they use an unknown new method to steal the information directly from the minds of the scientists. And then of course, there is the Sweet Little Old Lady who is immortal and the stunning nurse and the Las Vegas gangsters and ... well, you had better listen to the story to find out the details For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:29:19) Chapter 2 (00:59:53) Chapter 3 (01:48:52) Chapter 4 (02:14:38) Chapter 5 (02:46:07) Chapter 6 (03:24:30) Chapter 7 (03:44:30) Chapter 8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Quest of the Golden Ape by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifi A lonely, forbidden mansion hidden in the backwoods has repelled curious visitors for a century, guarded by uncanny psychological barriers that feel stronger than iron. But John Pride, a steady middle-aged lawyer bound by an old family promise, forces his way through on the one night the barriers weaken and finds an impossibly ancient man clinging to life, desperate for a final duty to be fulfilled. Far across space on the planet Tarth, rival nations converge on the empty Plains of Ofrid to witness the end of a legend: an indestructible tower built by Portox, the vanished scientist of a slaughtered people, and a great clock counting down one hundred years to an awakening and an avenger. When the clock tolls, violence and politics ignite at once, and the shockwave reaches Pride's secret vault on Earth, where a powerful young man rises with a perfect body, a fractured mind, and only echoes of terror and vengeance where a past should be. Pulled between two worlds, he must piece together who he is, why he was hidden, and what price Tarth will demand when old crimes come due. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:05:33) Chapter 02 (00:14:15) Chapter 03 (00:22:16) Chapter 04 (00:31:59) Chapter 05 (00:45:47) Chapter 06 (00:56:08) Chapter 07 (01:04:44) Chapter 08 (01:25:10) Chapter 09 (01:33:45) Chapter 10 (01:44:06) Chapter 11 (01:58:22) Chapter 12 (02:15:51) Chapter 13 (02:45:10) Chapter 14 (03:00:59) Chapter 15 (03:15:08) Chapter 16 (03:37:48) Chapter 17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nor Iron Bars A Cage. by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifi In a near-future New York where hypoguns and inertia-drive aircraft are everyday tools, Inspector Royall faces a problem no amount of manpower can solve: the repeat violent offender who cycles through the courts until someone gets hurt again. Royall is part of a controversial pilot program that offers an alternative to iron bars - not by locking criminals away, but by reshaping what they fear. Under the guidance of Dr. Brownlee and his team, convicted predators, arsonists, and reckless killers can be diverted from prison into psychiatric therapy that installs powerful, specific inhibitions: a firebug who cannot bear the sight of flame, a brawler who is terrified his fists will shatter, a drunk whose first sip of alcohol becomes unthinkable. When Chief Inspector Acrington, a visiting British aristocrat and senior lawman, comes to investigate the program, Royall must defend its spotless record while a brutal child-murder case and a newly captured offender force the city to confront the hardest questions. Is preventing harm worth tampering with a mind? And when safety depends on conditioning, who decides how much of a person can be taken away in the name of justice? For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:18:09) Chapter 2 (00:39:42) Chapter 3 (00:58:03) Chapter 4 (01:17:21) Chapter 5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Damned If You Don’t by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifi We've all heard of the wonderful invention that the Big Corporation or the Utilities suppressed? The one that would revolutionize society with it's simplicity? Well usually, that Wonderful Invention won't work, actually. But what if there really was one or two like that? Would the oil industry, or the power conglomerates, or the auto monopolies actually be nasty enough to suppress something that would help the rest of the world just so they could go on making profits? Well of course they would, silly! But then there is another possibility, one that is explored in the uniquely wonderful way of Randall Garrett. And one that you may not suspect. And one that may even change your opinions just a bit so watch out. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:39:17) Chapter 02 (01:10:05) Chapter 03 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

But, I Don’t Think by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifi The title is obscure and a bit unsettling I admit; what could it possible mean? Randall Garrett wrote a story here that had me blissfully going in the wrong direction until he quietly yanked the rug from under my feet and made me fume a bit with irritation and amazement. I loved it and hated it because it did not end the way I wanted it to but the way it obviously should. The society and culture in the galaxy he has presupposed is as fascinating as the story itself and I can only hope he expanded on it in other books somewhere. The publisher quotes another story by R. Phillip Dachboden to indicate what he meant 'As every thinking man knows, every slave always yearns for the freedom his master denies him... But, gentlemen,' said the Physician, 'I really don't think we can consider any religion which has human sacrifice as an integral part as a humane religion.' 'At least,' added the Painter with a chuckle, 'not as far as the victim is concerned.' The Philosopher looked irritated. 'Bosh! What if the victim likes it that way?' For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:27:11) Chapter 02 (00:50:12) Chapter 03 (01:18:05) Chapter 04 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anything You Can Do by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifi When a damaged alien craft crashes into the Siberian tundra, the survivor is not a little green diplomat but the Nipe - a centipede-like being with terrifying strength, speed, and a mindset that treats humanity as both obstacle and resource. citeturn2view0 The first witness, forester Wang Kulichenko, can only watch in horror as the incident becomes the opening move in a global emergency. citeturn2view0 As the Nipe slips away and leaves a trail of panic, Earth's leaders face a grim calculation: killing the intruder might be easy, but letting it live could unlock knowledge that would reshape human science. citeturn0search2 Their solution is as audacious as it is ethically fraught - build a human who can match the alien. Inside a tightly controlled Institute, a handpicked candidate is pushed through extreme conditioning and biological enhancement, only to discover that becoming humanity's answer to the Nipe comes with unsettling gaps in memory, shifting loyalties, and the creeping fear that the project is changing more than just muscle and reflexes. citeturn2view0 As the world waits for its engineered champion to be ready, the central question sharpens: how far can humans remake themselves to win, without losing what makes them human in the first place? For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:09:41) Chapter 02 (00:22:08) Chapter 03 (00:29:07) Chapter 04 (00:52:44) Chapter 05 (01:13:26) Chapter 06 (01:42:19) Chapter 07 (01:54:51) Chapter 08 (02:14:54) Chapter 09 (02:32:32) Chapter 10 (02:35:48) Chapter 11 (02:51:17) Chapter 12 (03:04:52) Chapter 13 (03:18:42) Chapter 14 (03:23:25) Chapter 15 (03:47:13) Chapter 16 (04:10:29) Chapter 17 (04:16:15) Chapter 18 (04:34:15) Chapter 19 (05:05:23) Chapter 20 (05:19:18) Chapter 21 (05:27:38) Chapter 22 (05:53:31) Chapter 23 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anchorite by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifi Randall Garrett sticks a sharp needle into our government and society in this wonderful story. He projects the current trends towards paternalistic government into the future. Yes, we have attained a world government and everyone is equal whether they want to be or not; everyone is taken care of no matter how incompetent, stupid or sleazy they are and everyone is out to undermine everyone else. The author predicts (sadly only too well) what the trends of today will eventually produce if allowed to continue. But wait! there is hope in the asteroid belt where jerks and incompetents are weeded out by hard physical laws and only those who possess common sense and the ability to actually survive are allowed to govern. But will the Earth government allow this to continue? Of course not. Listen to this great story to have a peek into the future. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:43:19) Chapter 02 (01:27:57) Chapter 03 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Spaceship Named McGuire by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifi Can a spaceship go crazy? Well, yes it can if it has a brain. And the new MG (magnetogravitic drive) experimental robot space ship does indeed have a 'brain'. Completely bewildered as to why the first six models of their supposedly perfect new ship model, the MG-YR, nicknamed the McGuire, have gone totally bonkers after activation and before they could ever be used, the company has called in the services of Daniel Oak. They suspect sabotage of course. Daniel Oak is the hard boiled private investigator with nerves of steel and a mind of the same substance. He is extremely expensive to hire but gets results; and he knows his way around crime, space ships and especially women. What he finds out is surprising! For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:19:04) Chapter 2 (00:40:30) Chapter 3 (01:01:36) Chapter 4 (01:21:20) Chapter 5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Tune With The Infinite by Ralph Waldo Trine audiobook. Genre: self help In Tune With The Infinite is Ralph Waldo Trine's classic New Thought guide to living with greater peace, power, and purpose by aligning the inner life with a larger spiritual reality. Written in clear, uplifting language, it invites listeners to consider how thoughts, beliefs, and habitual attitudes shape health, work, relationships, and the quality of everyday experience. Trine argues that a calm, centered mind can become receptive to an infinite source of strength and wisdom, and he offers practical reflections on cultivating faith, courage, gratitude, and goodwill. Along the way, he challenges fear, worry, resentment, and self-doubt as forces that pull us out of harmony, replacing them with the steady discipline of constructive thinking and compassionate action. Part inspirational philosophy and part daily-life manual, the book weaves together spiritual principle and practical application, urging listeners to test its ideas in the ordinary moments where character is formed. The central conflict is internal: whether we will be ruled by reactive emotions and limiting beliefs, or learn to live from a deeper, steadier center that opens the door to clearer judgment, stronger resilience, and a more generous life. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:03:14) Chapter 01 (00:05:40) Chapter 02 (00:12:32) Chapter 03 (00:48:29) Chapter 04 (01:49:55) Chapter 05 (02:12:36) Chapter 06 (02:52:20) Chapter 07 (03:13:14) Chapter 08 (03:45:55) Chapter 09 (04:08:59) Chapter 10 (04:20:22) Chapter 11 (04:31:41) Chapter 12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man from Glengarry by Ralph Connor audiobook. Genre: adventure With international book sales in the millions, Ralph Connor was the best-known Canadian novelist of the first two decades of the Twentieth Century. The Man from Glengarry was his most popular and accomplished work. Immediately after its publication in 1901, the novel spent several months in the top ranks of the New York Times 'Books in Demand' list. We follow the story of Ranald Macdonald, who is shaped by family and community in rural eastern Ontario in the early decades after Canadian confederation. This is a book about the making of men, but also, ultimately, about the making of a nation, as the mature Ranald moves west to take a leadership role in the fledgling province of British Columbia. The Man from Glengarry features adventure and romance, and is, above all, a work of serious moral purpose. 'Ralph Connor' was the pen-name of the Reverend Charles Gordon, a prominent Canadian minister, and his stories are woven through with his religious convictions. His is a two-fisted Christianity — or, as he said in his autobiography, a religion that can appeal to 'red-blooded' people who aren't afraid to engage in physical conflict for causes that they know are right. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:02:31) Chapter 01 (00:33:56) Chapter 02 (00:54:14) Chapter 03 (01:08:04) Chapter 04 (01:17:51) Chapter 05 (01:43:44) Chapter 06 (02:11:32) Chapter 07 (02:29:18) Chapter 08 (02:54:31) Chapter 09 (03:48:44) Chapter 10 (04:17:39) Chapter 11 (04:49:34) Chapter 12 (05:08:43) Chapter 13 (05:50:55) Chapter 14 (06:20:01) Chapter 15 (06:59:35) Chapter 16 (07:24:02) Chapter 17 (08:13:49) Chapter 18 (08:39:55) Chapter 19 (09:04:31) Chapter 20 (09:35:11) Chapter 21 (10:10:15) Chapter 22 (10:57:27) Chapter 23 (11:37:57) Chapter 24 (12:05:58) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glengarry School Days by Ralph Connor audiobook. Genre: drama Set in the rugged Scottish-Canadian community of Glengarry, Ralph Connor's Glengarry School Days follows the arrival of a young, idealistic schoolmaster determined to bring order, learning, and a larger sense of purpose to a one-room country school. He soon discovers that the classroom is only the beginning: rivalries between farm boys, family feuds, prideful clan loyalties, and the rough demands of frontier life spill into every lesson and every game. At the center are the students themselves - bright, stubborn, and fiercely independent - who test their teacher's patience while quietly needing his guidance. As the school year unfolds, friendships harden under pressure, a few spirited leaders emerge, and the community is forced to confront what it truly values: strength or character, tradition or growth, winning or fairness. Told with humor, warmth, and a strong moral backbone, Connor paints a vivid portrait of youth on the edge of adulthood, where courage is measured as much by kindness as by grit, and where a small schoolhouse can become the proving ground for an entire generation. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:13:23) Chapter 02 (00:36:37) Chapter 03 (01:19:09) Chapter 04 (02:02:23) Chapter 05 (02:15:37) Chapter 06 (02:39:39) Chapter 07 (02:55:35) Chapter 08 (03:25:23) Chapter 09 (04:08:37) Chapter 10 (04:43:05) Chapter 11 (04:57:35) Chapter 12 (05:12:12) Chapter 13 (05:21:28) Chapter 14 (06:06:32) Chapter 15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bacon by R. W. Church audiobook. Genre: biography In this concise, vivid volume from the English Men of Letters series, Victorian scholar and churchman R. W. Church traces the extraordinary contradictions of Francis Bacon (1561-1626): philosopher of a new science, master of English prose, and ambitious servant of power in the volatile world of Elizabethan and Jacobean politics. Church follows Bacon from a brilliant, restless youth and early legal promise into the rivalries of court, where patronage, strategy, and survival often clash with principle. Along the way, he makes Bacon's big intellectual wager feel urgent and human: that knowledge should be rebuilt from the ground up through disciplined observation and experiment, so that humanity might gain practical command of nature. With clear explanations of Bacon's major writings and aims, and a steady eye for the pressures that shaped his choices, Church examines how a mind devoted to public good and intellectual reform could also accept compromises that darken its legacy. The result is both an accessible introduction to Bacon's ideas and a probing character study of greatness tested by temptation, ambition, and the costs of living at the center of power. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:02:27) Chapter 01 (00:33:37) Chapter 02 (00:53:22) Chapter 03 (01:21:14) Chapter 04 (01:52:24) Chapter 05 (02:10:23) Chapter 06 (02:36:34) Chapter 07 (02:54:27) Chapter 08 (03:13:22) Chapter 09 (03:30:57) Chapter 10 (03:56:49) Chapter 11 (04:22:09) Chapter 12 (04:53:25) Chapter 13 (05:06:52) Chapter 14 (05:29:32) Chapter 15 (05:56:21) Chapter 16 (06:25:35) Chapter 17 (06:38:39) Chapter 18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices