Classic Audiobook Collection

A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen audiobook. Genre: drama In A Doll's House, Henrik Ibsen draws listeners into the warm, carefully arranged home of Nora Helmer, a lively young wife devoted to her husband, Torvald, and proud of the comfortable life they are building. But beneath the cheerful routines and pet names, Nora carries a private burden: years earlier, she made a risky choice to protect her family, and the consequences of that decision return just as Torvald begins a new position at the bank. When the desperate clerk Nils Krogstad threatens to expose Nora's secret unless she intervenes on his behalf, her domestic world turns into a pressure cooker of fear, persuasion, and moral compromise. As old friends reappear, including the steady Kristine Linde and the ailing Dr. Rank, Nora is forced to examine the true foundations of her marriage and the roles society has written for her. With sharp dialogue and mounting tension, Ibsen explores love and power, appearances and reality, and what it costs to be seen as a person rather than a possession. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (01:15:32) Chapter 02 (02:16:00) Chapter 03 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The World I Live In by Helen Keller audiobook. Genre: biography The World I Live In by Helen Keller is a collection of essays that poignantly tells of her impressions of the world, through her sense of touch, smell, her imagination and dreams. My hand is to me what your hearing and sight together are to you. In large measure we travel the same highways, read the same books, speak the same language, yet our experiences are different. All my comings and goings turn on the hand as on a pivot. It is the hand that binds me to the world of men and women. The hand is my feeler with which I reach through isolation and darkness and seize every pleasure, every activity that my fingers encounter. With the dropping of a little word from another's hand into mine, a slight flutter of the fingers, began the intelligence, the joy, the fullness of my life. Helen Keller, quoted from her essay, The Seeing Hand For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:02:25) Chapter 01 (00:14:30) Chapter 02 (00:24:17) Chapter 03 (00:33:09) Chapter 04 (00:45:46) Chapter 05 (00:56:07) Chapter 06 (01:07:57) Chapter 07 (01:13:18) Chapter 08 (01:20:48) Chapter 09 (01:29:57) Chapter 10 (01:38:08) Chapter 11 (01:45:56) Chapter 12 (01:56:35) Chapter 13 (02:15:55) Chapter 14 (02:24:34) Chapter 15 (02:39:15) Chapter 16 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Repairman by Harry Harrison audiobook. Genre: scifi In a sleek, automated future where machines run nearly everything, the people who can still fix those machines have become an afterthought. The Repairman follows one of the last true troubleshooters, a working-class specialist who spends his days crawling through service ducts, hunting down faults in systems that most citizens no longer understand and no longer want to think about. When a critical breakdown ripples outward from a seemingly minor failure, he is pulled from routine calls into the bright, bureaucratic world that depends on uninterrupted technology. There, corporate rules, spotless control rooms, and complacent managers collide with the messy reality of maintenance: things wear out, connections fail, and somebody has to get their hands dirty. As pressure mounts to restore operations quickly and quietly, the repairman must rely on his practical ingenuity, hard-won instincts, and a stubborn sense of professional pride to navigate a society that values convenience over competence. Witty, sharp, and unsettlingly plausible, Harry Harrison's story explores status, responsibility, and what happens when progress leaves essential people behind. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:19:14) Chapter 2 (00:34:55) Chapter 3 (00:46:31) Chapter 4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Misplaced Battleship by Harry Harrison audiobook. Genre: scifi Something the size of a battleship should be hard to misplace. In interstellar space, it is just another missing object with the potential to start a war. When a powerful warship goes unaccounted for in a supposedly peaceful region, the Special Corps sends its most unusual investigator: James Bolivar diGriz, better known as Slippery Jim, the Stainless Steel Rat, a master thief who now uses his talents on the side of the law. Jim follows a trail of quiet rumors and carefully hidden paperwork to the planet Cittanuvo, where an illegal shipbuilding project may be underway behind a mask of respectability. The deeper he digs, the more he runs into professional-grade misdirection, a web of bribes and false fronts, and the unsettling possibility that someone plans to steal the battleship and sell its firepower to the highest bidder. Facing the criminal genius Pepe Nero and aided and hindered by the brilliant and unpredictable Angelina, Jim must rely on charm, nerve, and a thief's instincts to find the ship before it becomes the spark for galaxy-wide chaos. Fast, witty, and twisty, this caper blends crime, adventure, and classic space opera suspense. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:16:41) Chapter 2 (00:38:45) Chapter 3 (00:54:11) Chapter 4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The K-Factor by Harry Harrison audiobook. Genre: scifi In Harry Harrison's The K-Factor, humanity has tried to make war obsolete by turning it into a measurable, manageable risk. The key tool is Societics, a hard-nosed, data-driven science that treats whole cultures like systems and watches for the smallest shift that can trigger a runaway chain reaction. When the frontier planet Himmel begins showing a sudden, inexplicable rise in its k-factor - the war factor - veteran field operative Neel Sidorak is pulled from routine work and sent to find out why. Working under the weary guidance of Societics' aging founder and partnered with his assistant Adao Costa, Neel is dropped into a tense colonial society where independence movements, political pride, and old resentments are building pressure by the hour. But the numbers do not lie, and they hint at something worse than local unrest: someone may be feeding dangerous knowledge to the wrong hands, pushing Himmel toward a catastrophic point of no return. As Neel races to map the real forces shaping the planet, he must decide how far a supposedly peaceful civilization should go to prevent a war before it starts. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:16:05) Chapter 2 (00:29:09) Chapter 3 (00:46:01) Chapter 4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison audiobook. Genre: scifi On the ice-bound world of Anvhar, society survives a brutal climate by channeling ambition into the Twenties - a planet-wide contest that crowns the most capable mind and body of a generation. Brion Brandd has just won, and he expects rest, acclaim, and a quiet recovery. Instead, a former champion named Ihjel pulls him into an off-world emergency: on the desert planet Dis, the ruling magter have provoked a crisis so extreme that neighboring Nyjord is preparing to stop them with nuclear force. With millions of lives poised on a countdown, Brion is recruited for a mission no diplomat or soldier has been able to solve. His edge is unusual: an amplified empathy that lets him read people and situations with unsettling clarity - a gift that becomes as dangerous as it is useful once he is trapped amid Dis's heat, scarcity, and violence. To prevent catastrophe, Brion must navigate blockades, hostile factions, and the alien logic of a world that seems to reward only aggression, while racing to understand what is really driving Dis toward self-destruction. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:12:04) Chapter 02 (00:21:30) Chapter 03 (00:56:01) Chapter 04 (01:10:29) Chapter 05 (01:25:34) Chapter 06 (01:40:32) Chapter 07 (02:10:37) Chapter 08 (02:38:38) Chapter 09 (03:06:23) Chapter 10 (03:27:44) Chapter 11 (03:49:50) Chapter 12 (04:06:29) Chapter 13 (04:32:16) Chapter 14 (04:55:42) Chapter 15 (05:20:18) Chapter 16 (05:36:52) Chapter 17 (06:01:18) Chapter 18 (06:16:06) Chapter 19 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arm of the Law by Harry Harrison audiobook. Genre: scifi On the dusty margins of Mars, Nineport is a place people pass through, not a place they build. Its police station reflects that truth: a bored, graft-friendly chief, a couple of unreliable patrolmen, and one seasoned sergeant trying to keep the town from sliding completely into chaos. Then a coffin-sized crate arrives from Earth, addressed to the department with no warning and a promise of 'field testing.' Inside is Ned, a police experimental robot in a crisp, blue-painted uniform and armed with a literal-minded zeal for duty. At first, Ned is treated like expensive maintenance equipment, sweeping floors and sorting paperwork while the human cops get on with surviving Nineport. But when an armed robbery call comes in and the chief takes the lazy way out, Ned is sent into the street to do a cop's job. In a town where criminals operate under protection and everyone knows the name China Joe, one perfectly efficient machine is enough to upset every fragile arrangement. As violence flares and authority is challenged, the sergeant must decide what law enforcement means when the 'arm of the law' is made of metal, wiring, and unbreakable logic. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:13:48) Chapter 2 (00:28:51) Chapter 3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Brand of Silence by Harrington Strong audiobook. Genre: mystery Harrington Strong was a pseudonym used by author Johnston McCulley, creator of the character Zorro and many others. The Brand of Silence - A Detective Story finds Sidney Prale returning to New York after ten years during which he sought his fortune. But he finds New York a very changed place, and even more distressing, he finds that his old friends are now turning their backs on him, his old haunts no longer welcome him, and there seems to be a conspiracy against him. Why can't he receive service in hotels, restaurants, and theaters that he once frequented? Who is working against him? And just as importantly, why? And what is the meaning of the notes he receives which remind him of 'retribution'? For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:16:50) Chapter 02 (00:29:00) Chapter 03 (00:47:37) Chapter 04 (01:02:42) Chapter 05 (01:16:58) Chapter 06 (01:36:36) Chapter 07 (01:55:42) Chapter 08 (02:14:45) Chapter 09 (02:31:00) Chapter 10 (02:52:52) Chapter 11 (03:11:06) Chapter 12 (03:26:39) Chapter 13 (03:42:36) Chapter 14 (03:57:38) Chapter 15 (04:11:51) Chapter 16 (04:20:10) Chapter 17 (04:33:56) Chapter 18 (04:53:08) Chapter 19 (05:02:59) Chapter 20 (05:19:10) Chapter 21 (05:36:38) Chapter 22 (05:53:37) Chapter 23 (06:11:30) Chapter 24 (06:24:07) Chapter 25 (06:42:03) Chapter 26 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Janet of the Dunes by Harriet T. Comstock audiobook. Genre: family Known primarily for her children's books, Harriet T. Comstock would occasionally depart from that genre and showcase her writing talent in adult prose as well. Janet of the Dunes is one such departure wherein she masterfully takes us into the lives of the bold men and women who tended those life saving stations along the seaboard which many a ship relied upon for their safety. They were simple people, large of heart and as close-knit as a tiny community can and must ever be, and they, above all else, took their duties very seriously. The story revolves primarily around Janet and her 'Cap'n Billy Daddy' and how their lives and their devotion to one another are touched by the others within the small circle of people of the dunes, the hills, and the light. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:26:25) Chapter 02 (00:42:52) Chapter 03 (01:07:57) Chapter 04 (01:39:21) Chapter 05 (02:11:08) Chapter 06 (02:40:00) Chapter 07 (03:31:40) Chapter 08 (03:57:36) Chapter 09 (04:24:45) Chapter 10 (04:51:02) Chapter 11 (05:20:11) Chapter 12 (06:04:13) Chapter 13 (07:05:59) Chapter 14 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Wailing Octopus by Harold L. Goodwin audiobook. Genre: adventure Rick Brant and his best friend, Don 'Scotty' Scott, expect an easygoing trip to the Caribbean: sunshine, diving, and a shot at a legend. Off Clipper Cay in the Virgin Islands lies the wreck of a pirate ship rumored to have gone down with a priceless prize - a golden Spanish statue lost for centuries. Joining the boys are two very different scientists: archaeologist Dr. Tony Briotti, eager to explore submerged artifacts, and physicist Dr. Hobart Zircon, who would be perfectly happy to fish and relax. But the moment they arrive, a chance meeting with JANIG security agent Steve Ames hints that someone else is watching the island and the waters around it. Soon, strange harassment escalates into real danger, fueled by whispers of a terrifying 'wailing octopus' that drives people away from the cay. As Rick and Scotty press on with their underwater search, they find themselves caught between science, treasure hunters, and shadowy foreign operatives - and with a hurricane brewing, time and safety are running out. Fast, clever, and packed with hands-on tech and diving detail, this installment tests how far bravery and clear thinking can go when the sea turns hostile. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:18:20) Chapter 02 (00:34:12) Chapter 03 (00:55:37) Chapter 04 (01:10:11) Chapter 05 (01:21:05) Chapter 06 (01:32:54) Chapter 07 (01:51:30) Chapter 08 (02:09:46) Chapter 09 (02:30:18) Chapter 10 (02:50:18) Chapter 11 (03:08:38) Chapter 12 (03:18:31) Chapter 13 (03:27:44) Chapter 14 (03:46:32) Chapter 15 (03:56:06) Chapter 16 (04:06:49) Chapter 17 (04:12:39) Chapter 18 (04:20:25) Chapter 19 (04:41:22) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet by Harold L. Goodwin audiobook. Genre: scifi 'Foster, Lieutenant, R. I. P.,' blared the voice horn, and five minutes later Rip Foster was off into space on an assignment more exciting than any he had ever imagined. He could hardly believe his ears. Could a green young Planeteer, just through his training, possibly carry out orders like these? Sunny space, what a trick it would be! From the moment Rip boards the space ship Scorpius there is a thrill a minute. He and his nine daring Planeteers must cope with the merciless hazing of the spacemen commanding the ship, and they must outwit the desperate Connies, who threaten to plunge all of space into war. There are a thousand dangers to be faced in high vacuum—and all of this while carrying out an assignment that will take every reader's breath away. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:18:33) Chapter 02 (00:38:28) Chapter 03 (00:57:19) Chapter 04 (01:15:31) Chapter 05 (01:33:11) Chapter 06 (01:53:50) Chapter 07 (02:13:55) Chapter 08 (02:32:38) Chapter 09 (02:52:37) Chapter 10 (03:13:17) Chapter 11 (03:34:29) Chapter 12 (03:46:28) Chapter 13 (04:02:37) Chapter 14 (04:17:56) Chapter 15 (04:35:30) Chapter 16 (04:45:45) Chapter 17 (05:00:58) Chapter 18 (05:23:33) Chapter 19 (05:30:56) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen audiobook. Genre: folklore The Little Mermaid' (Danish: Den lille havfrue, literally: 'the little sea lady') is a very well known fairy tale by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince. The tale was first published in 1837 and has been adapted to various media including musical theatre and animated film. But this tale is not the Disney version, all cleaned up and made pretty. This is the way Andersen wrote it. The Little Mermaid is indeed at the happy wedding of her beloved prince, but she is not the bride. And then she becomes a big bubble. Curious? Listen and find out what happens. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:21:20) Chapter 02 (00:45:26) Chapter 03 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Protector by Harold Bindloss audiobook. Genre: adventure Harold Bindloss, while born in England, based most of his novels in western Canada, and The Protector is based primarily in and around Vancouver and Victoria. There is often danger involved in the mining and timber industries north of Vancouver, and there is also danger in the trust given to people who own and operate these mines and timber lands. And finding one's way in locating them can be equally as difficult as well. Wallace Vane and his trusted friend Carroll seemed to encounter these dangers in a seemingly endless journey both for business purposes and for adventure in their search for adequate timber land which they had inadvertently heard of. What is the driving force behind Wallace Vane? Did he regret leaving his home country and the people he knew when he left England, therefore had something to prove, but didn't even realize it himself? Was it simply a secret joy that he received whenever he observed the beauty of his adopted country with its mountains, forests, and crystal clear water? Perhaps it was his reasonable success in the lumber industry? Or was it something deeper within him? Something, perhaps, that he didn't even recognize himself? For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:22:20) Chapter 02 (00:45:13) Chapter 03 (01:01:12) Chapter 04 (01:19:32) Chapter 05 (01:34:48) Chapter 06 (01:54:13) Chapter 07 (02:13:11) Chapter 08 (02:29:28) Chapter 09 (02:42:11) Chapter 10 (03:05:48) Chapter 11 (03:28:40) Chapter 12 (03:42:44) Chapter 13 (04:00:17) Chapter 14 (04:11:57) Chapter 15 (04:26:42) Chapter 16 (04:43:00) Chapter 17 (04:54:38) Chapter 18 (05:11:42) Chapter 19 (05:26:49) Chapter 20 (05:38:34) Chapter 21 (06:00:47) Chapter 22 (06:17:36) Chapter 23 (06:37:37) Chapter 24 (07:00:36) Chapter 25 (07:20:38) Chapter 26 (07:32:51) Chapter 27 (07:59:40) Chapter 28 (08:23:12) Chapter 29 (08:49:39) Chapter 30 (09:08:43) Chapter 31 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Northwest! by Harold Bindloss audiobook. Genre: adventure Jimmy Leyland is a young Englishman with expensive habits and too much confidence in his luck, until one uneasy day in western Canada turns his life inside out. After a reckless hunting trip leaves him unsure whether he has shot a man from the Northwest Mounted Police, Jimmy realizes that uncertainty can be as dangerous as guilt. With officials searching for answers and friends offering conflicting advice, he runs for the one place that might hide him and test him at the same time: the hard, beautiful country of Alberta and British Columbia. Guided and challenged by seasoned men like Stannard and the ever-watchful Deering, and thrown off balance by the steady presence of Margaret Jardine, Jimmy is forced to trade clubroom bravado for grit, judgment, and restraint. The farther he pushes into the back country, the more the wilderness strips away his old assumptions about class, courage, and what it means to be honorable. Part chase story, part survival tale, Northwest! follows a spoiled drifter trying to become someone worth trusting before the past catches up to him. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:13:33) Chapter 02 (00:30:45) Chapter 03 (00:48:41) Chapter 04 (01:04:40) Chapter 05 (01:20:44) Chapter 06 (01:36:03) Chapter 07 (01:55:42) Chapter 08 (02:14:16) Chapter 09 (02:30:57) Chapter 10 (02:50:08) Chapter 11 (03:07:35) Chapter 12 (03:23:32) Chapter 13 (03:39:49) Chapter 14 (03:57:07) Chapter 15 (04:13:32) Chapter 16 (04:29:44) Chapter 17 (04:49:04) Chapter 18 (05:05:39) Chapter 19 (05:26:24) Chapter 20 (05:41:23) Chapter 21 (05:59:34) Chapter 22 (06:14:58) Chapter 23 (06:33:23) Chapter 24 (06:50:01) Chapter 25 (07:06:42) Chapter 26 (07:23:00) Chapter 27 (07:40:11) Chapter 28 (07:56:53) Chapter 29 (08:17:05) Chapter 30 (08:30:15) Chapter 31 (08:42:59) Chapter 32 (08:58:25) Chapter 33 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen audiobook. Genre: folklore On a bitter New Year's Eve in a snowy city, a poor little girl wanders the streets with a bundle of matches to sell. Barefoot, hungry, and afraid to go home without money, she drifts from doorway to doorway as crowds hurry past, too busy to notice her. To keep her hands from freezing, she dares to strike a match, and in its small, wavering light she sees comforting visions: warmth, food, and the kind of tenderness she rarely receives in the waking world. Each flare of light offers a brief refuge from the cold and a glimpse of what she longs for most, even as the night deepens and her situation grows more desperate. Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little Match Girl' is a stark, luminous tale about poverty and indifference, the fragile power of imagination, and the human need for mercy. Simple in language but profound in feeling, it invites listeners to look closely at those society overlooks and to consider what a single act of kindness might mean. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:07:40) Chapter 02 (00:18:40) Chapter 03 (00:22:03) Chapter 04 (00:26:56) Chapter 05 (00:47:39) Chapter 06 (01:00:58) Chapter 07 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen audiobook. Genre: folklore This is a collection of a few of my personal favorite stories by Hans Christian Andersen that I most loved as a child and still enjoy as an adult. The Emperor's New Clothes was funny from my earliest years because even then I could see that it poked fun at adults and their silly pretensions; The Ugly Duckling I think, was enjoyable because the bullied little one turned out so well and it had a happy ending although I thought even as a child that the protagonist should have gone back and brought those mean barnyard fowl down a peg or two. Little Tiny or Thumbellina is just a sweet story with adventure thrown in and The Brave Little Tin Soldier was and is a tribute to bravery and steadfastness. The last story, There Is No Doubt About It ! was so obviously silly and fun even to a young child and frankly, I just love the way the animals talk in this story. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:11:28) Chapter 02 (00:36:14) Chapter 03 (01:05:17) Chapter 04 (01:17:01) Chapter 05 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Spirit of Sweetwater by Hamlin Garland audiobook. Genre: drama In the mountain West, Richard Clement arrives in the mining country with little money and a stubborn resolve to make his way. A few hard years later, he is no longer an anonymous prospector but the sole owner of a wildly profitable mine called The Witch, a fortune that brings power, suspicion, and a grinding loneliness he did not expect. Seeking rest and a return to ordinary human company, Clement takes leave from his operations and goes to Sweetwater Springs, a small resort village built around mineral waters long believed to restore health. There, amid summer visitors, music, gossip, and the quiet rituals of people hoping to be healed, he meets Ellice Ross, a young woman weakened by illness but marked by uncommon courage. Clement is drawn to her and begins to believe that devotion, will, and the force of his own vitality might help her recover. As their bond deepens, Clement must confront what his sudden wealth has made of him, what he truly owes to those who helped him rise, and whether love can redeem a life shaped by risk, ambition, and the harsh arithmetic of the mines. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:16:52) Chapter 02 (00:38:58) Chapter 03 (00:59:39) Chapter 04 (01:10:48) Chapter 05 (01:45:59) Chapter 06 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Green World by Hal Clement audiobook. Genre: scifi The planet was an enigma. Among the thousands of inhabitable planets that had been discovered and visited, Veridis alone seemed to defy the laws of planetary development and evolution. It was extremely young, barely 10 million years had passed since it was completely molten and yet now it was covered with life of all kinds; kinds that should have not had a chance to even begin to develop, much less reach their current stage. To investigate this anomaly among the stars, a team of experienced specialists was sent out to delve further into the mystery and if possible, solve it. Other than the obvious fields of planetology and geology, other specialties were included like paleontology and archaeology. The highly dangerous flora and fauna of the planet do not help at all. So, what is the cause? It lies deeper in the Green Planet than anyone thinks and is much more dangerous than they can ever imagine. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:22:35) Chapter 02 (00:49:47) Chapter 03 (01:12:31) Chapter 04 (01:34:45) Chapter 05 (01:54:51) Chapter 06 (02:08:49) Chapter 07 (02:30:05) Chapter 08 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Attitude by Hal Clement audiobook. Genre: scifi They had been captured, but by whom? And why where they allowed to build anything they wanted to escape? The space cruiser was powerful and built to fight anything in the galaxy, but somehow, in the empty rift between galaxies, they had been rendered helpless and brought to this prison. Even stranger was that their captors had not harmed any of them at all, used no weapons and allowed them to use all equipment brought from their ship inside the prison. And did not utter a sound. Stranger and stranger. Where were they, and how could they escape? And where could they go if they did? Follow these space men as they match wits with an utterly unknown life form For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:23:41) Chapter 02 (00:47:06) Chapter 03 (01:09:58) Chapter 04 (01:31:35) Chapter 05 (01:54:38) Chapter 06 (02:15:47) Chapter 07 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft audiobook. Genre: horror In Providence and beyond, a young man named Francis Wayland Thurston inherits a box of unsettling papers from his late uncle, a professor of languages who had been investigating a strange cult. What begins as a curious family mystery becomes a widening inquiry into scattered accounts: a gruesome police raid in the Louisiana bayous, the ravings of artists haunted by the same impossible dream, and the testimony of sailors who encountered an uncharted island after a catastrophic storm. As Thurston stitches these fragments together, he confronts a chilling possibility - that ancient powers older than humanity are not myths but dormant realities, and that certain symbols and chants serve as keys to their return. With each document he reads, the world he thought he understood grows more fragile, replaced by a vision of cosmic indifference where human reason is a thin shield against the unknown. The Call of Cthulhu is a landmark tale of dread and discovery, blending investigative suspense with a mounting sense of existential terror as one man tries to decide what to believe and what must remain buried. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:20:55) Chapter 02 (00:54:26) Chapter 03 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Herbert West - Re-Animator by H. P. Lovecraft audiobook. Genre: horror In Herbert West - Re-Animator, H. P. Lovecraft delivers a brisk, grisly tale of scientific ambition unmoored from morality. The story is told by an unnamed medical student who becomes the reluctant confidant and assistant of Herbert West, a brilliant, coldly driven researcher convinced that death is not a final boundary but a technical problem waiting for the right solution. From their early days in medical school at Miskatonic University, West pursues a single obsession: a reanimation serum that can restore life to the dead. Each experiment demands fresher subjects, stricter secrecy, and greater compromises, drawing the narrator deeper into a clandestine world of graveyards, dissecting rooms, and midnight trials. As West pushes beyond accepted medicine into forbidden territory, the results are never simply triumph or failure, but something far more unsettling - forcing both men to confront what remains of a person when the body is compelled to move again. Tense, episodic, and steeped in dread, this classic of weird fiction explores hubris, guilt, and the terrifying cost of treating the human soul as just another variable. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:15:16) Chapter 2 (00:30:05) Chapter 3 (00:44:37) Chapter 4 (00:58:57) Chapter 5 (01:14:08) Chapter 6 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacqueline of Golden River by H. M. Egbert audiobook. Genre: folklore Jacqueline seems to have contracted a touch of amnesia, as she is found in an apartment with a dead man, and with a weapon in her hand. But she remembers nothing of any incident, remembers not her name nor where she comes from, not even why she is where she was found. She only remembers her father, and that he is in danger. Action and adventure soon follow, as Paul Hewlett and Jacqueline attempt to get answers to her questions, taking them on a journey into Quebec and points northward, and Paul knows that they are being followed during their trip. What secrets are both Jacqueline and Paul unaware of? What will they uncover following their northbound journey? Who is Jacqueline? H. M. Egbert was one of multiple pseudonyms used by author Victor Rousseau Emanuel. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:22:35) Chapter 02 (00:39:57) Chapter 03 (00:56:36) Chapter 04 (01:16:23) Chapter 05 (01:39:38) Chapter 06 (02:00:54) Chapter 07 (02:18:12) Chapter 08 (02:38:50) Chapter 09 (02:57:44) Chapter 10 (03:12:49) Chapter 11 (03:37:04) Chapter 12 (03:47:20) Chapter 13 (04:04:58) Chapter 14 (04:23:59) Chapter 15 (04:40:24) Chapter 16 (04:57:27) Chapter 17 (05:13:55) Chapter 18 (05:28:25) Chapter 19 (05:45:25) Chapter 20 (05:59:27) Chapter 21 (06:17:24) Chapter 22 (06:36:59) Chapter 23 (06:52:06) Chapter 24 (07:07:23) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Half-Past Bedtime by H. H. Bashford audiobook. Genre: comedy Ah, the wonderful adventures of Marian after she meets the strange Mr. Jugg. 'And who are you, Mr Jugg?' she inquired. 'I'm the King of the Bumpies,' he replied. When Marian was puzzled there came a little straight line, exactly in the middle, between her two eyebrows. 'What are bumpies?' she said. 'My hat!' he gasped. 'Haven't you ever heard of bumpies?' Marian shook her head. 'Oh dear, oh dear!' he sighed. 'Have you ever heard of angels?' 'Well, of course,' said Marian. 'Everybody's heard of angels.' 'Well then, bumpies,' said Mr Jugg, 'are baby angels. They're called bumpies till they've learned to fly.' 'I see,' said Marian, 'but why are they called bumpies?' 'Because they bump,' said Mr Jugg, 'not knowing how.' For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:18:50) Chapter 02 (00:37:50) Chapter 03 (01:00:03) Chapter 04 (01:17:51) Chapter 05 (01:34:38) Chapter 06 (01:55:04) Chapter 07 (02:13:05) Chapter 08 (02:33:51) Chapter 09 (02:50:54) Chapter 10 (03:09:59) Chapter 11 (03:30:01) Chapter 12 (03:52:02) Chapter 13 (04:11:11) Chapter 14 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Passionate Friends by H. G. Wells audiobook. Genre: romance H. G. Wells is best known for his science fiction, but some of his greatest works were in other genres. The Passionate Friends is a love story. It also is a story about dreams, despair, jealousy, sex, the struggle against social convention, the future of civilization, and much much more. It is written by a father to his son, 'not indeed to the child you are now, but to the man you are going to be.' He writes it so that one day, perhaps when he is dead, his grown son can read it and rediscover him as a friend and equal. In the process, he tries to make sense of a lifetime's experiences and distill some kind of wisdom from them. It is quite simply a beautiful book, both inspiring and heartbreaking. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:26:59) Chapter 02 (00:52:09) Chapter 03 (01:19:50) Chapter 04 (01:52:09) Chapter 05 (02:29:45) Chapter 06 (02:56:59) Chapter 07 (03:28:19) Chapter 08 (04:01:23) Chapter 09 (04:34:08) Chapter 10 (05:13:11) Chapter 11 (06:00:00) Chapter 12 (06:54:00) Chapter 13 (07:17:51) Chapter 14 (07:45:02) Chapter 15 (08:08:55) Chapter 16 (08:42:16) Chapter 17 (09:19:18) Chapter 18 (09:53:45) Chapter 19 (10:23:56) Chapter 20 (10:54:38) Chapter 21 (11:15:16) Chapter 22 (12:02:23) Chapter 23 (12:38:32) Chapter 24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Discovery Of The Future by H. G. Wells audiobook. Genre: philosophy The Discovery of the Future is a 1902 philosophical lecture by H. G. Wells that argues for the knowability of the future. It was originally delivered to the Royal Institution on January 24, 1902. Wells begins by distinguishing between 'two divergent types of mind,' one that judges and attaches importance principally to what has happened in the past and one that judges and attaches importance principally to what will happen in the future. To the former he attributes the adjectives 'legal or submissive,' 'passive,' and 'oriental,' and to the latter the adjectives 'legislative, creative, organizing, or masterful,' and 'active,' calling it 'a more modern and much less abundant type of mind.'... Confessing himself to be among 'those who believe entirely in the forces behind the individual' rather than in individuals themselves as determining causes, Wells argues that there is 'no reason why we should not aspire to, and discover and use, safe and serviceable, generalizations upon countless issues in the human destiny.' Wells devotes the last part of his text to speculations about 'the question what is to come after man,' considering it 'the most persistently fascinating and the most insoluble question in the whole world.' He concludes with a statement of personal faith 'in the coherency and purpose in the world and in the greatness of human destiny.' For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:22:07) Chapter 2 (00:44:11) Chapter 3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ann Veronica by H. G. Wells audiobook. Genre: drama Set in Edwardian England, Ann Veronica follows a bright, restless young woman who has been raised to be obedient, sheltered, and grateful, yet feels a mounting hunger for education, independence, and a life shaped by her own convictions. Chafing under the strict authority of her father and the narrow expectations placed on women, Ann pushes beyond the safe boundaries of her comfortable home and into the charged world of London, where new ideas about politics, science, and women's rights collide with old social rules. As she encounters reformers, intellectuals, and would-be guardians, Ann must weigh what freedom truly costs: financial security, family approval, reputation, and even her sense of who she is. Love and desire complicate her resolve, forcing her to question whether intimacy can coexist with self-determination. With sharp social observation and urgent moral energy, H. G. Wells traces Ann's awakening as she tests the limits of convention and searches for a life that feels honest, equal, and fully her own. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:55:34) Chapter 02 (01:28:37) Chapter 03 (02:20:53) Chapter 04 (02:34:29) Chapter 05 (03:10:25) Chapter 06 (03:43:07) Chapter 07 (04:34:11) Chapter 08 (05:20:11) Chapter 09 (06:22:47) Chapter 10 (06:58:32) Chapter 11 (07:17:42) Chapter 12 (07:45:20) Chapter 13 (08:25:51) Chapter 14 (09:02:10) Chapter 15 (09:24:28) Chapter 16 (10:05:01) Chapter 17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man Who Lost Himself by H. De Vere Stacpoole audiobook. Genre: comedy When Victor Jones, a hard-luck businessman from Philadelphia, arrives in London chasing a contract that could save his future, he instead finds himself broke, cornered by creditors, and wondering who he has become. One desperate drink at a hotel bar brings an unbelievable encounter: a charismatic English aristocrat, Rochester, who looks exactly like Victor. A night of reckless camaraderie turns into a waking nightmare when Victor finds himself in a grand house, addressed as the Earl of Rochester by servants who will not accept any explanation. Suddenly Victor is living another man's life - complete with money, influence, and a reputation tangled in old scandals, strained relationships, and dangerous expectations. As London society closes in and every word risks exposure, Victor must navigate a world of titles and traps while trying to reclaim his own name and conscience. Part satire of class and manners, part breathless chase, The Man Who Lost Himself follows a decent man pushed into an indecent masquerade, asking how much of identity is choice, and how much is simply the role others insist you play. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:08:39) Chapter 02 (00:15:59) Chapter 03 (00:19:00) Chapter 04 (00:52:20) Chapter 05 (00:58:04) Chapter 06 (01:11:05) Chapter 07 (01:27:12) Chapter 08 (01:50:09) Chapter 09 (02:07:52) Chapter 10 (02:23:18) Chapter 11 (02:41:06) Chapter 12 (03:08:10) Chapter 13 (03:12:23) Chapter 14 (03:21:48) Chapter 15 (03:30:49) Chapter 16 (03:51:03) Chapter 17 (04:08:52) Chapter 18 (04:18:07) Chapter 19 (04:44:18) Chapter 20 (05:22:58) Chapter 21 (05:43:59) Chapter 22 (06:01:06) Chapter 23 (06:14:05) Chapter 24 (06:21:22) Chapter 25 (06:32:58) Chapter 26 (07:12:53) Chapter 27 (07:30:24) Chapter 28 (07:45:36) Chapter 29 (07:55:18) Chapter 30 (08:04:33) Chapter 31 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Time Crime by H. Beam Piper audiobook. Genre: scifi On a quiet plantation in the Esaron Sector, guard-captain Kiro Soran notices something that should be impossible: a shipment of slaves whose language, customs, and origins do not match the world where they are being sold. His discovery pulls back the curtain on the Paratime Secret, and the Paratime Police move in fast, led by hard-edged professionals who can travel between probability lines but must keep their existence hidden from every timeline they touch. Special Assistant Verkan Vall and Police Chief Tortha Karf face a case that is bigger than a single kidnapping: an organized slave ring operating across worlds, a trail that runs through multiple levels of civilization, and enemies willing to use disguise, hypnosis, and assassination to protect the operation. As the investigation widens, Vall must balance procedure with urgency, because every step taken across time risks contaminating entire histories. Part police procedural and part high-concept adventure, Time Crime explores the moral cost of treating whole realities as resources, and the brutal logic of criminals who believe infinity means no one will ever find them. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:24:34) Chapter 02 (00:57:08) Chapter 03 (01:24:55) Chapter 04 (01:39:27) Chapter 05 (01:58:59) Chapter 06 (02:20:34) Chapter 07 (02:44:24) Chapter 08 (02:59:44) Chapter 09 (03:21:45) Chapter 10 (03:48:29) Chapter 11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Temple Trouble by H. Beam Piper audiobook. Genre: scifi On a parallel Earth stuck in a Bronze-to-early-medieval age, the Transtemporal Mining Corporation is quietly extracting valuable ores from behind the safest disguise imaginable: religion. Their outpost is the Temple of Yat-Zar, complete with priests, rituals, and a fearsome six-armed idol - all designed to keep local eyes away from the true miracle hidden inside the sanctuary: a paratime conveyor that can jump between probability lines. Resident agent Stranor Sleth has learned to play theologian, diplomat, and company man at once, but his careful balance begins to crack when a local ruler flirts with a rival cult and the priests of a crocodile god, Muz-Azin, start turning popular anger into political power. When sacred animals begin dying and holy authority shifts overnight, the corporation's cover story risks collapsing - and if this timeline learns the truth about paratime travel, the consequences could ripple across countless worlds. Enter Verkan Vall of the Paratime Police, a hard-nosed troubleshooter tasked with protecting the Paratime Secret, even if it means engineering a few miracles of his own. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:14:38) Chapter 2 (00:29:49) Chapter 3 (00:44:54) Chapter 4 (00:58:43) Chapter 5 (01:11:09) Chapter 6 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Space Viking by H. Beam Piper audiobook. Genre: scifi The war is over, and the worlds of the Phoenix Cluster are paying the price. Lucas Trask returns home to the planet Tanith to find his people broken by occupation and his wife dead. Refusing to accept a future of quiet ruin, he rallies Tanith's survivors into a hard-edged brotherhood of raiders - the so-called Space Vikings - and launches a campaign across the shattered interstellar frontier. But Trask's crusade is more than vengeance. As he strikes at former enemies and opportunistic rivals, he hunts for the resources, allies, and lost technology that could give Tanith a chance to rebuild in a galaxy where law is fragile and power belongs to whoever can take and hold it.Part military adventure, part political chess match, Space Viking follows Trask as he negotiates uneasy alliances, confronts the ethics of survival by force, and navigates a crumbling civilization still living off the relics of a brighter age. With starship battles, planetfall intrigue, and the constant tension between justice and conquest, Piper delivers a sweeping tale of leadership and the cost of forging a new order from the ashes of the old. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:35:22) Chapter 2 (01:19:38) Chapter 3 (02:13:29) Chapter 4 (02:56:47) Chapter 5 (03:41:21) Chapter 6 (04:33:56) Chapter 7 (05:31:04) Chapter 8 (06:29:16) Chapter 9 (07:13:59) Chapter 27 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oomphel in the Sky by H. Beam Piper audiobook. Genre: scifi On the colonial world of Kwannon, Terran administrators and a fragile local government try to keep order with paperwork, committees, and tired slogans. Out beyond the capital, however, the native People measure power in spells, spirits, and the authority of the shoonoon. To them, Terran machines are not technology at all but oomphel, a mysterious force that teaches, makes, and performs wonders. When an old prophecy about the Last Hot Time spreads from village to village, fear turns into certainty, and certainty turns into a mass movement that no one in the bureaucracy can slow down. Miles Gilbert, a hard-nosed reporter for the Kwannon Planetwide News Service, arrives to cover what looks like another flare-up of superstition and politics. Instead he finds a powder keg of cultural misunderstanding, economic resentment, and dangerously persuasive storytelling. Caught between soldiers trying to prevent bloodshed, officials who cannot act fast enough, and natives who believe the sky itself is about to change, Miles must decide what kind of truth can actually stop a disaster - and what happens when facts are no match for faith. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:35:40) Chapter 02 (01:13:12) Chapter 03 (01:31:00) Chapter 04 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Naudsonce by H. Beam Piper audiobook. Genre: scifi Naudsonce? What does THAT mean? Well, to find out you will need to listen to this story where Piper's unique mind explores what we mean by 'communication' and how it happens. The joint Space Navy-Colonial Office expedition was looking for new planets suitable for colonization; they had been out, now, for four years, which was close to maximum for an exploring expedition. They had entered eleven systems, and made landings on eight planets. Three had been reasonably close to Terra-type but were all disqualified by terrible animals or warlike inhabitants. Now, finally here was an ideal world; their last chance before returning in disgrace. Now the only thing was to get an agreement from the local king or whatever to the colonization. Easy, right? Well first, you've got to talk to them ...... and there the trouble starts. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:21:54) Chapter 2 (00:48:40) Chapter 3 (01:11:49) Chapter 4 (01:31:57) Chapter 5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ministry of Disturbance by H. Beam Piper audiobook. Genre: scifi Science Fiction at it humorous best written in the golden age of all the greats and published in Astounding Science Fiction December 1958. Piper can't be matched for sardonic comment on human nature. The Empire is stagnant; thousands of planets spread around Earth but nothing new is allowed to happen and disturb the static situation. Our emperor Paul knows this but is powerless to make a dent in the centuries old hide bound bureaucracy of intergalactic politics. But is there a plot to overthrow him? It certainly looks like it. Follow this story closely as it builds to an excellent and exciting climax. Piper's talent and creativity shine through in this story. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:21:58) Chapter 02 (00:42:25) Chapter 03 (01:04:31) Chapter 04 (01:26:39) Chapter 05 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lone Star Planet by H. Beam Piper audiobook. Genre: scifi Ambassador Stephen Silk expects routine interstellar diplomacy until he is assigned to New Texas, a rough-and-ready colony world settled largely by Texans who are fiercely allergic to outside authority. The Solar League wants New Texas in line, but Silk arrives to find his predecessor, Ambassador Silas Cumshaw, has been murdered - and the locals seem to consider that sort of political housecleaning not only normal, but healthy. While Silk quietly tries to untangle who wanted Cumshaw dead and why, he is also tasked with selling an unpopular message: a dangerous alien power, the z'Srauff, may be closing in, and New Texas might need allies whether it likes it or not. Between cattle the size of boxcars, larger-than-life ranchers, and a political culture built on radical local freedom, Silk must survive long enough to do his job - and figure out whether the biggest threat is off-world, or buried in the planet's own proud, trigger-happy traditions. Part frontier romp, part murder investigation, and part sharp satire of bureaucracy, Lone Star Planet pokes at power, patriotism, and the price of independence. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:14:19) Chapter 02 (00:36:12) Chapter 03 (00:56:32) Chapter 04 (01:18:13) Chapter 05 (01:34:25) Chapter 06 (01:58:20) Chapter 07 (02:16:28) Chapter 08 (02:24:35) Chapter 09 (02:43:41) Chapter 10 (03:07:49) Chapter 11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last Enemy by H. Beam Piper audiobook. Genre: scifi In Last Enemy, H. Beam Piper drops the listener into a polished, tradition-bound society where reincarnation is more than faith - it is the foundation of law, status, and power. Dallona of Hadron, a gifted psychic researcher, is on the verge of a breakthrough that could turn that foundation into something measurable, provable, and therefore dangerously disruptive. Her test is set to unfold at an elegant dinner party hosted by Garnon of Roxor, a gathering that is not a celebration at all but a carefully staged discarnation feast: a voluntary death meant to serve science. When the moment arrives, a trained sensitive in hypnotic trance becomes a living conduit, and the after-death testimony that follows threatens to make death itself a solved problem. But in a world where belief systems are political weapons, proof can be as lethal as any lie. As factions maneuver to control, suppress, or exploit what Dallona has uncovered, she finds herself forced to weigh truth against the human cost of revealing it - and to consider what happens to a civilization when its oldest fear loses its teeth. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:34:55) Chapter 2 (01:09:37) Chapter 3 (01:40:08) Chapter 4 (02:14:34) Chapter 5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Four Day Planet by H. Beam Piper audiobook. Genre: scifi On Fenris, a world where a single 'day' lasts 2,000 hours and a whole year is only four such days, human life survives by hiding from blistering heat and murderous cold in a few hard-bitten settlements. The planet has one prize worth exporting: tallow-wax, a rare, high-value substance taken from enormous sea creatures by daring monster hunters who ride heavy flying-subs that are part aircraft, part submarine, and part whaling boat. Seventeen-year-old Walter 'Walt' Boyd, a cub reporter at the Port Sandor Times, expects his job to be mostly weather, arrivals, and small-town disputes. Instead, a ship's landing, an unexpected visitor, and a sudden shift in the politics of tallow-wax pricing pull him into a struggle that could break Fenris's only industry. As rumors spread and tempers flare, Walt and his father follow money trails, crooked deals, and backroom alliances, trying to expose who is profiting while ordinary hunters risk their lives for less and less. Four-Day Planet blends frontier survival, investigative legwork, and mounting political tension into a classic mid-century tale of integrity versus corruption on the edge of civilization. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:26:51) Chapter 02 (00:50:42) Chapter 03 (01:10:38) Chapter 04 (01:30:45) Chapter 05 (01:52:12) Chapter 06 (02:08:59) Chapter 07 (02:25:22) Chapter 08 (02:42:47) Chapter 09 (02:56:06) Chapter 10 (03:13:33) Chapter 11 (03:29:07) Chapter 12 (03:41:17) Chapter 13 (03:52:26) Chapter 14 (04:04:56) Chapter 15 (04:28:21) Chapter 16 (04:43:40) Chapter 17 (05:02:42) Chapter 18 (05:21:19) Chapter 19 (05:53:45) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fables for the Frivolous by Guy Wetmore Carryl audiobook. Genre: poetry In Fables for the Frivolous, Guy Wetmore Carryl turns the familiar shape of the classic fable inside out, delivering a brisk collection of witty verse tales that end not with solemn instruction, but with sly punchlines and upside-down morals. Each short poem introduces a small cast of recognizable characters - vain social climbers, stubborn fools, self-satisfied experts, and a menagerie of animals who behave with all the charming pettiness of polite society. With a narrator who is equal parts storyteller and conspirator, Carryl sketches quick scenes of temptation, pride, miscommunication, and misplaced certainty, then snaps them shut with a concluding couplet that skewers the lesson you thought you were about to learn. The central conflict in these miniatures is almost always the same: a character's tidy worldview colliding with reality, and losing. Written with nimble rhyme and a satirist's eye for human habits, the book invites listeners to laugh at pretension, question easy wisdom, and enjoy language that lands like a well-timed wink. Light, sharp, and endlessly quotable, these fables are built for replay. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:02:57) Chapter 2 (00:05:38) Chapter 3 (00:08:20) Chapter 4 (00:10:23) Chapter 5 (00:12:45) Chapter 6 (00:15:05) Chapter 7 (00:17:03) Chapter 8 (00:19:12) Chapter 9 (00:21:58) Chapter 10 (00:23:51) Chapter 11 (00:26:04) Chapter 12 (00:28:30) Chapter 13 (00:30:35) Chapter 14 (00:33:06) Chapter 15 (00:35:38) Chapter 16 (00:37:57) Chapter 17 (00:40:16) Chapter 18 (00:42:31) Chapter 19 (00:44:29) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The British Barbarians by Grant Allen audiobook. Genre: comedy After Civil Servant Philip Christy crosses paths with the mysterious Bertram Ingledew in the respectable suburb of Brackenhurst, Philip and his sister Frida, married to the wealthy Scot Robert Monteith, become friends with the stranger. Bertram has some unconventional concepts about society, and as the story unfolds, his beliefs and actions cause much disruption in the family and the neighbourhood. Who is Bertram? Where does he come from? Allen explores some interesting ideas about society, some of which are curiously relevant today. The story is preceded by an introduction which, although it may appear to have no connection with the story itself, the reader is earnestly besought by the author to read. The introduction begins as a diatribe against publishers, and develops into a philosophical justification of Allen's writing, and may, if desired, be omitted by the listener who is only interested in the story. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:23:17) Chapter 01 (00:50:44) Chapter 02 (01:19:17) Chapter 03 (01:28:11) Chapter 04 (02:06:58) Chapter 05 (02:34:38) Chapter 06 (02:54:10) Chapter 07 (03:11:14) Chapter 08 (03:44:20) Chapter 09 (04:04:58) Chapter 10 (04:30:03) Chapter 11 (04:45:43) Chapter 12 (04:53:09) Chapter 13 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Story of the Pony Express by Glenn D. Bradley audiobook. Genre: history The Story of the Pony Express offers an in depth account behind the need for a mail route to connect the eastern U.S. with the rapidly populating west coast following the gold rush of California, the springing up of lumber camps, and all incidental needs arising from the settling of the western frontier. Here we learn of the inception of the Pony Express, its formation, successes, failures, facts, statistics, combined with many anecdotes and names of the people who were an integral part of this incredible entity which lasted but less than two years, yet was instrumental in the successful settlement of two thirds of the land mass comprising the expanding country. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:10:23) Chapter 2 (00:29:23) Chapter 3 (00:56:28) Chapter 4 (01:20:33) Chapter 5 (01:46:06) Chapter 6 (02:07:44) Chapter 7 (02:25:25) Chapter 8 (02:55:09) Chapter 9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Orthodoxy by Gilbert K. Chesterton audiobook. Genre: religion In Orthodoxy, G. K. Chesterton sets out to explain how he arrived at Christian belief, not through inherited convention, but through a hard-won sense that the world is both stranger and more meaningful than modern cynicism allows. Framed as a personal intellectual adventure, the book follows Chesterton as he tests the fashionable ideas of his age - skepticism, materialism, and self-made philosophies - and finds them unable to account for everyday experience: joy and duty, wonder and reason, sin and virtue, freedom and constraint. With wit, paradox, and vivid imagery, he argues that Christian orthodoxy is not a dull set of rules but a daring balance of opposites that protects the color and sanity of life. Along the way he reflects on imagination, humility, morality, and the peril of making the self the measure of truth. Both a defense of faith and a critique of modern assumptions, Orthodoxy invites listeners to reconsider what seems obvious, and to see belief as a living, dynamic response to the real world. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:11:32) Chapter 2 (00:56:00) Chapter 3 (01:38:08) Chapter 4 (02:35:26) Chapter 5 (03:17:24) Chapter 6 (04:15:57) Chapter 7 (05:18:58) Chapter 8 (06:04:21) Chapter 9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Equation of Doom by Gerald Vance audiobook. Genre: thriller A world weary space pilot on the lam from earth for crimes unspecified; the most beautiful (earthly) tri-D woman in the universe who is determined to be the most powerful too; a planet of crafty and unscrupulous giant frogs intent on kicking out all aliens; and finally beings who live outside of time. Mix them all together and some very interesting things happen. Very interesting. And disastrous. But there's more! Why did 3000 worlds across the galaxy suddenly blossom almost simultaneously with very similar life and intelligence? Could there have been a common ancestor? Well, give or take a million years, simultaneously. The answer to all these questions is in this story. Listen and find out what happens in Equation of Doom. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:27:20) Chapter 02 (00:57:14) Chapter 03 (01:27:10) Chapter 04 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stoicism by George Stock audiobook. Genre: philosophy This short book is part of the Philosophies Ancient and Modern series, which attempts to make Western philosophy more accessible to the general public. In this volume, George Stock provides a concise primer on Stoicism, the ancient philosophy that maintained that the universe is governed entirely by fate, and that humans can achieve happiness only by cultivating a calm acceptance of the vicissitudes of life. Among the Stoics of the Greek and Roman world were its founder, Zeno, the former slave Epictetus, and the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. George Stock discusses not only the Stoic ethics, but also less well-known aspects of Stoicism, such as its division of the branches of philosophy, its account of logic, and its natural philosophy. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:12:40) Chapter 02 (00:18:28) Chapter 03 (00:44:41) Chapter 04 (01:34:32) Chapter 05 (01:58:20) Chapter 06 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

QRM-Interplanetary by George O. Smith audiobook. Genre: scifi Far from Earth, where the Sun can turn a simple transmission into silence, the Venus Equilateral Relay Station keeps three worlds talking. Built from an asteroid and parked sixty degrees ahead of Venus in its orbit, the spinning cylinder is a self-contained city of nearly three thousand people - engineers, technicians, and families whose daily work makes interplanetary civilization possible. Don Channing, one of the station's best electronics men, lives for the clean logic of beam circuits and relay schedules. Then the Interplanetary Communications Commission appoints a new Director: Francis Burbank, a cost-cutting administrator who treats a lifeline like a ledger. As Burbank clamps down on personal freedoms, dismantles long-standing procedures, and meddles with systems he does not understand, resentment simmers and the station's delicate balance begins to wobble. When routine maintenance and bureaucratic shortcuts collide, Channing and his colleagues - including beam-control expert Walt Franks and sharp-tongued Arden Westland - must keep communications stable while racing to prevent a life-support disaster that could turn Venus Equilateral into a drifting tomb. QRM-Interplanetary is classic, idea-driven science fiction about competence under pressure and the deadly interference of bad leadership. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:37:15) Chapter 02 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Lifted Veil by George Eliot audiobook. Genre: horror In Victorian England, sensitive and solitary Latimer drifts through life with a mind he does not fully control. After a strange illness in his youth, he becomes cursed - or gifted - with sudden flashes of the future and an unnerving ability to hear the secret thoughts of those around him. What first seems like a way to understand people more deeply quickly turns into a relentless assault of petty motives, hidden cruelties, and banal desires, leaving Latimer increasingly detached from ordinary human warmth. When he meets the poised and enigmatic Bertha, he hopes love might anchor him to the living world and quiet the din inside his head. Instead, his visions and impressions intensify, tightening into a private dread that he cannot name and cannot escape. As marriage, family expectations, and medical ambition intersect with Latimer's frightening perceptions, George Eliot crafts a chilling, intimate study of isolation and the danger of seeing too much. The Lifted Veil is a darkly psychological tale about knowledge without comfort, intimacy without trust, and the thin barrier between rational life and the uncanny. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:32:01) Chapter 02 (01:02:32) Chapter 03 (01:33:42) Chapter 04 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Silas Marner by George Eliot audiobook. Genre: drama Silas Marner (originally published in 1861): Betrayed by a beloved friend and accused of a crime he didn’t commit, awkward Silas Marner is expelled from his beloved religious community — the only community he has ever known. He exiles himself in the remote village of Raveloe. Friendless and without family, set apart from the villagers by their superstition and fear of him, he plies his weaving trade day after day, storing up gold which becomes his idol. When his gold is stolen, he is rescued from despair by the arrival on his lonely hearth of a beautiful little girl, whom he adopts, and through whom he and the other people of the village learn that loving relationships are more fulfilling than material wealth. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:25:24) Chapter 2 (00:44:11) Chapter 3 (01:09:46) Chapter 4 (01:26:06) Chapter 5 (01:37:52) Chapter 6 (01:59:50) Chapter 7 (02:11:38) Chapter 8 (02:30:16) Chapter 9 (02:45:08) Chapter 10 (03:18:32) Chapter 11 (04:01:43) Chapter 12 (04:16:22) Chapter 13 (04:33:27) Chapter 14 (05:01:39) Chapter 15 (05:04:43) Chapter 16 (05:37:15) Chapter 17 (05:59:58) Chapter 18 (06:07:55) Chapter 19 (06:28:44) Chapter 20 (06:33:48) Chapter 21 (06:41:23) Chapter 22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Middlemarch by George Eliot audiobook. Genre: drama Set in the English Midlands in the years just before the Reform Act of 1832, Middlemarch follows the intertwined lives of the residents of a provincial town where ambition, idealism, and gossip travel quickly through drawing rooms, churches, and counting houses. At its center is Dorothea Brooke, a young woman determined to live for something larger than comfort, whose choices pull her into a marriage and a social world she only partly understands. Around her move the newly arrived doctor Tertius Lydgate, hungry to modernize medicine and build a meaningful career, and the earnest banker Fred Vincy and practical Mary Garth, whose relationship is tested by debt, duty, and pride. As elections stir local politics and old families reckon with new money, private longings collide with public expectations. George Eliot renders love and marriage, vocation and compromise, faith and skepticism, and the quiet heroism of everyday endurance with psychological depth and sharp humor. In Middlemarch, the smallest decisions can reshape a whole life, and a town's moral climate can be as decisive as any fate. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:26:30) Chapter 2 (00:47:11) Chapter 3 (01:18:13) Chapter 4 (01:37:47) Chapter 5 (02:01:21) Chapter 6 (02:30:10) Chapter 7 (02:41:27) Chapter 8 (02:55:28) Chapter 9 (03:21:44) Chapter 10 (03:51:13) Chapter 11 (04:15:53) Chapter 12 (05:00:00) Chapter 13 (05:24:17) Chapter 14 (05:46:07) Chapter 15 (06:23:26) Chapter 16 (06:59:10) Chapter 17 (07:23:30) Chapter 18 (07:54:13) Chapter 19 (08:04:47) Chapter 20 (08:36:49) Chapter 21 (08:58:12) Chapter 22 (09:35:22) Chapter 23 (10:07:32) Chapter 24 (10:37:53) Chapter 25 (10:54:38) Chapter 26 (11:07:25) Chapter 27 (11:30:14) Chapter 28 (11:43:09) Chapter 29 (12:03:47) Chapter 30 (12:20:52) Chapter 31 (12:46:31) Chapter 32 (13:17:45) Chapter 33 (13:31:58) Chapter 34 (13:51:20) Chapter 35 (14:20:36) Chapter 36 (15:00:08) Chapter 37 (15:54:38) Chapter 38 (16:14:37) Chapter 39 (16:43:31) Chapter 40 (17:16:41) Chapter 41 (17:30:04) Chapter 42 (18:01:56) Chapter 43 (18:19:28) Chapter 44 (18:27:05) Chapter 45 (19:12:11) Chapter 46 (19:34:40) Chapter 47 (19:49:23) Chapter 48 (20:12:21) Chapter 49 (20:22:12) Chapter 50 (20:49:10) Chapter 51 (21:21:05) Chapter 52 (21:43:49) Chapter 53 (22:17:27) Chapter 54 (22:46:49) Chapter 55 (22:58:11) Chapter 56 (23:46:00) Chapter 57 (24:10:11) Chapter 58 (24:57:40) Chapter 59 (25:05:28) Chapter 60 (25:32:57) Chapter 61 (26:09:37) Chapter 62 (26:38:12) Chapter 63 (26:57:12) Chapter 64 (27:40:11) Chapter 65 (27:53:24) Chapter 66 (28:17:57) Chapter 67 (28:38:19) Chapter 68 (28:59:11) Chapter 69 (29:24:51) Chapter 70 (29:57:20) Chapter 71 (30:39:45) Chapter 72 (30:50:05) Chapter 73 (31:01:27) Chapter 74 (31:28:38) Chapter 75 (31:48:00) Chapter 76 (32:12:42) Chapter 77 (32:31:30) Chapter 78 (32:42:35) Chapter 79 (33:04:39) Chapter 80 (33:29:51) Chapter 81 (33:40:12) Chapter 82 (34:00:20) Chapter 83 (34:23:39) Chapter 84 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Man of Honor by George Eggleston audiobook. Genre: drama In the uneasy calm after the Civil War, Robert Pagebrook, a young New Yorker with a proud streak and a wounded heart, finds himself unmoored. A professional setback and a romantic disappointment have left him restless and self-critical, so when an invitation arrives from Virginia kin he barely knows, he takes it as a chance to begin again. At Shirley, an old family place shaped by memory, custom, and Reconstruction-era change, Pagebrook is welcomed into a world where lineage still matters, manners conceal sharp judgments, and every neighbor seems to have a theory about what a man owes to his name. As Robert navigates cousins, country characters, and the quiet pressures of Southern society, he discovers that hospitality can come with expectations, and affection can test pride. Then an abrupt financial shock from home leaves him stranded and indebted, forcing him to choose between easy evasions and the harder work of living up to the standard he admires most: honor. With keen observation and moral tension, Eggleston turns a visit into a trial of character, where love, loyalty, and self-respect all hang in the balance. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:16:57) Chapter 02 (00:24:41) Chapter 03 (00:42:02) Chapter 04 (00:55:29) Chapter 05 (01:07:12) Chapter 06 (01:17:56) Chapter 07 (01:27:03) Chapter 08 (01:34:36) Chapter 09 (01:42:49) Chapter 10 (01:55:52) Chapter 11 (02:04:52) Chapter 12 (02:21:57) Chapter 13 (02:30:08) Chapter 14 (02:42:54) Chapter 15 (02:55:06) Chapter 16 (03:04:24) Chapter 17 (03:12:15) Chapter 18 (03:23:45) Chapter 19 (03:30:22) Chapter 20 (03:38:31) Chapter 21 (03:51:49) Chapter 22 (04:03:05) Chapter 23 (04:11:55) Chapter 24 (04:18:03) Chapter 25 (04:34:44) Chapter 26 (04:45:08) Chapter 27 (04:57:46) Chapter 28 (05:12:35) Chapter 29 (05:23:00) Chapter 30 (05:29:57) Chapter 31 (05:45:54) Chapter 32 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw audiobook. Genre: drama Pygmalion (1913) is a play by George Bernard Shaw based on the Greek myth of the same name. It tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics (based on phonetician Henry Sweet), who makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can successfully pass off a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, as a refined society lady by teaching her how to speak with an upper class accent and training her in etiquette. In the process, Higgins and Doolittle grow close, but she ultimately rejects his domineering ways and declares she will marry Freddy Eynsford-Hill – a young, poor, gentleman. - The play was later the basis for the successful movie adaptation 'My Fair Lady' with Audrey Hepburn as Eliza and Rex Harrison as Prof. Higgins. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:10:18) Chapter 2 (00:25:23) Chapter 3 (01:09:20) Chapter 4 (01:32:34) Chapter 5 (01:46:36) Chapter 6 (02:24:48) Chapter 7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mrs. Warren’s Profession by George Bernard Shaw audiobook. Genre: drama In Mrs. Warren's Profession, George Bernard Shaw turns a drawing-room visit into a razor-sharp confrontation with the economics of respectability. Vivie Warren is young, brilliant, and determined to build an independent life through hard work and clear thinking. But when she finally spends time with her mother, Kitty Warren, the polished story of success that has always hovered at the edge of their relationship begins to crack. A few well-placed acquaintances gather around them - including the charming, unreliable Frank Gardner; his prudent father, the Reverend Samuel Gardner; and the wealthy, predatory Sir George Crofts - and each brings a different version of what society calls virtue, ambition, and survival. As secrets are forced into the open, Vivie must decide what kind of adult she will be, and what she owes to family, money, and a world built on double standards. Bold, witty, and unsettling, Shaw's play examines how poverty, power, and hypocrisy can shape lives, especially for women, and asks whether moral judgment is ever separable from the conditions that make certain choices seem inevitable. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:40:11) Chapter 02 (01:31:02) Chapter 03 (02:07:05) Chapter 04 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arms and The Man by George Bernard Shaw audiobook. Genre: comedy Arms and the Man is a comedy by George Bernard Shaw that takes place in 1885, during the Serbo-Bulgarian War. Raina Petkoff is engaged to the gallant Sergius Saranoff, hero of the recent Bulgarian victory over the Serbs. But she is distracted by the abrupt arrival of Captain Bluntschli, a Swiss mercenary who fought for the Serbian army. He takes refuge in her bedroom after the battle and although he is initially threatening, reveals that he carries chocolate creams instead of bullets. Will Raina marry the posturing Sergius or the chocolate cream soldier? Extra intrigue is provided by saucy servant girl Louka, her dour fiance Nicola, and Raina's hand-wringing parents. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:47:31) Chapter 02 (01:41:52) Chapter 03 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices