Classic Audiobook Collection

Kidnapped in London by Sun Yat-sen audiobook. Genre: biography In Kidnapped in London, revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen recounts a tense, true-life episode that turned his political exile into an international incident. Living abroad while plotting the downfall of the Qing dynasty, Sun finds himself shadowed by agents determined to silence him. What begins as an ordinary day in London abruptly narrows into a confined struggle for time, nerve, and survival as he is seized and hidden away, cut off from friends and the public. With calm clarity and mounting urgency, Sun details the methods used to isolate him, the psychological pressure meant to force his compliance, and the improvised strategies he uses to keep hope alive. Around him, a web of diplomats, police, journalists, and sympathetic allies must decide what to do when an act of political coercion unfolds on British soil. More than a personal escape narrative, the book reveals how publicity, law, and international opinion can become weapons for the powerless, and how one man s determination can ignite a cause far beyond a locked door. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:30:32) Chapter 02 (01:01:45) Chapter 03 (01:31:23) Chapter 04 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Seven Temporary Moons by Murray Leinster audiobook. Genre: scifi When seven strange objects take up station around Earth like brand-new moons, panic spreads fast: are they a freak of astronomy, or an enemy's first move? Dr. Murfree, a practical scientist with too many urgent problems and too little time, turns to the one person who keeps producing impossible answers - Bud Gregory, a backwoods tinkerer whose homespun manner hides a terrifying intuition for high technology. Bud has already shocked the respectable world with inventions that can do the unthinkable: pull specific materials from a distance, turn raw physics into profitable industry, and even stop incoming fire in its tracks. Now, with the so-called temporary moons looming overhead and world authorities demanding certainty, Bud and Murfree must figure out what the objects really are, what they are designed to do, and how to keep Earth from being bullied - or blasted - into submission. Fast, funny, and packed with pulp-era ingenuity, The Seven Temporary Moons is a high-stakes science-fiction adventure about unconventional genius, scientific improvisation, and the thin line between a bright idea and a world-changing weapon. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:19:07) Chapter 02 (00:40:58) Chapter 03 (00:59:56) Chapter 04 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Grandfather's War by Murray Leinster audiobook. Genre: scifi On the interstellar frontier, war is supposed to be obsolete. Distance, physics, and modern technology have made the old-style clash of fleets and armies effectively impossible. So when the Med Service receives an urgent call from the colony world Phaedra II, warning of casualties from a war about to erupt, the request sounds like a misunderstanding - until Dr. Calhoun is dispatched in a small Med Ship to find out what is really happening. Traveling with his sharp-eyed, furred companion Murgatroyd, Calhoun expects to solve a public health problem, not enter a political minefield. But Phaedra II is a society splitting along a frightening fault line: a conflict of generations where children and parents are lining up as enemies, each side convinced the other is destroying their future. As tensions harden into open violence, Calhoun must do what the Med Service does best - treat the wounded, trace the true cause of the crisis, and outthink forces that prefer panic to cure. In a story that blends action, invention, and social commentary, Leinster turns a medical mission into a race to prevent a world from tearing itself apart. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:18:44) Chapter 02 (00:44:51) Chapter 03 (01:04:54) Chapter 04 (01:28:14) Chapter 05 (01:45:34) Chapter 06 (02:05:43) Chapter 07 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ribbon in the Sky by Murray Leinster audiobook. Genre: scifi Calhoun is a Med Service man, trained to carry medicine and public health to far-flung human worlds, and he is proud of doing a job where mistakes can cost lives. Then a simple human blunder in the navigation system punches his small ship off course into uncharted space, leaving him and his sharp-tempered, tree-climbing companion Murgatroyd with no clear route home. Their forced landing drops them onto a bleak colony world where a strange, glowing ribbon stretches across the sky, warming a narrow band of habitable land like an artificial sunrise. The settlers below are not united by their miracle of survival: they are split into rival communities, sealed off by terror of infection and obsessed with keeping outsiders away. As Calhoun investigates, he finds that the real danger is not only physical illness but a creeping social sickness born of isolation, rumor, and panic. When a desperate young couple tries to cross forbidden boundaries, Calhoun is pulled into a volatile clash of fear, medicine, and politics, and must use science, empathy, and nerve to keep a fragile world from breaking apart. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:20:35) Chapter 02 (00:50:25) Chapter 03 (01:23:40) Chapter 04 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If You Was a Moklin by Murray Leinster audiobook. Genre: scifi Forty years after the first Earth ship settled the lush world called Moklin, the tiny human colony thinks it has won the jackpot of first contacts: the Moklins are friendly, helpful, and openly fascinated by everything human. They admire Earthmen so much that they copy our clothes, our speech, our habits, even our ideas about business and trade. And on Moklin, imitation is not just a hobby. Their strange biology lets each new generation change with startling speed toward whatever traits their people most strongly want.For Brooks and the other long-term colonists, it is flattering at first, then unsettling. A new trading post appears with suspicious efficiency. Human mannerisms spread too perfectly, too quickly. When an off-world investigator, Inspector Caldwell, arrives to look into rumors of unethical competition, the colony is forced to ask a question no one wants to voice: what if the Moklins are not only learning from humans, but becoming them? As friendship shades into fear, the settlers must untangle what the Moklins truly intend and decide how to protect a civilization that might be copied right out from under them. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:23:45) Chapter 02 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Be Young Again by Murray Leinster audiobook. Genre: scifi In Be Young Again!, Murray Leinster blends a fast-talking con game with a startling scientific gamble when a streetwise teenage narrator gets pulled into one of old Jode's biggest schemes yet. Jode, a seasoned swindler with a taste for big scores and bigger risks, teams up with the cash-strapped Professor Henry Barr, who claims to have recreated an ancient alchemical process that produces an actual Elixir of Youth. Their target is Mr. Vachti, an aging bootleg king with money, muscle, and a hobby of collecting proof that every confidence trick can be punished. If the elixir is fake, Vachti wants the satisfaction of watching the pitchmen go down. If it is real, he wants the chance to buy back his future. As the trio circles each other in wary negotiations, the narrator is sent to handle the practical details and verify what the professor can really do, setting off a chain of tests, close calls, and escalating pressure. With danger tightening by the hour, the story becomes a lively chase through greed, hope, and the high price of cheating time. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:14:19) Chapter 02 (00:33:53) Chapter 03 (00:47:52) Chapter 04 (01:01:20) Chapter 05 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Serious Family by Morris Barnett audiobook. Genre: comedy Set in the drawing rooms of Victorian society, The Serious Family is a sharp comedy of manners that punctures the respectable facade of the Torrens household. Mr. Charles Torrens prides himself on order, propriety, and the image of unimpeachable domestic virtue, but the atmosphere in his home is already brittle, crowded with watchful relatives, eager advisers, and a steady hum of judgment from the outside world. Into this carefully managed scene strides Captain Murphy Maguire, a charmingly reckless visitor whose presence threatens to turn polite conversation into open scandal. As the family scrambles to control what is said, seen, and suspected, the house becomes a stage for hurried cover stories, shifting alliances, and moral posturing that says more about social ambition than genuine principle. With a lively cast that includes the smooth-talking Mr. Amindab Sleek, the observant Emma Torrens, and the formidable Mrs. Ormsby Delmaine, Barnett builds a fast-moving tangle of misunderstandings and pressures, asking what respectability is worth when it is mainly a performance. The result is a spirited satire of hypocrisy, reputation, and the absurd lengths people will go to in order to appear serious. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:39:45) Chapter 2 (01:07:39) Chapter 3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dread Apache - That Early-Day Scourge of the Southwest by Merrill Pingree Freeman audiobook. Genre: history Written by Arizona pioneer and local historian Merrill Pingree Freeman, The Dread Apache - That Early-Day Scourge of the Southwest is a brisk, episode-driven look at life on the late-19th-century frontier, when travel, ranching, and mining in southern Arizona could turn deadly in an instant. Freeman strings together vivid vignettes of raids, ambushes, and narrow escapes, drawing on incidents that circulated through newspapers, military posts, and settler memory. Soldiers, scouts, stage passengers, judges, and ranch families move through a harsh landscape of mountain passes and desert waterholes where danger can arrive without warning. Along the way, Freeman spotlights notorious figures such as the Apache Kid and recounts cases that became touchstones for frontier fear and retaliation. Told in a direct, moralizing voice typical of its era, the book captures not only the violence of the Apache wars as settlers experienced them, but also how rumor, trauma, and local storytelling helped shape Arizona's early identity. It is a short, intense listening experience and a revealing artifact of how one community recorded its past. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:06:04) Chapter 02 (00:11:04) Chapter 03 (00:16:43) Chapter 04 (00:24:09) Chapter 05 (00:28:50) Chapter 06 (00:36:27) Chapter 07 (00:44:22) Chapter 08 (00:50:44) Chapter 09 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

101 Mexican Dishes by May E. Southworth audiobook. Genre: cooking 101 Mexican Dishes by May E. Southworth is a practical, recipe-driven introduction to the flavors and everyday techniques of Mexican cooking, designed for home cooks who want reliable results without guesswork. Organized as a generous collection of clearly presented dishes, the book guides listeners through the building blocks that give the cuisine its character, from chiles and spices to tortillas, beans, rice, and fresh garnishes. Across soups, sauces, savory mains, and satisfying sides, Southworth emphasizes approachable preparation and straightforward instructions, helping you move from simple staples to fuller meals you can serve for family dinners or casual gatherings. Along the way, the recipes encourage confidence with essential methods like simmering, roasting, and balancing heat with acidity, so you can adjust flavors to your own table. Whether you are looking for weeknight favorites, crowd-pleasing platters, or new ways to bring warmth and color to your cooking, 101 Mexican Dishes offers a structured path to building a personal repertoire of Mexican-inspired meals. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:04:00) Chapter 02 (00:06:34) Chapter 03 (00:17:00) Chapter 04 (00:22:09) Chapter 05 (00:33:20) Chapter 06 (00:36:38) Chapter 07 (00:40:10) Chapter 08 (00:47:22) Chapter 09 (00:54:32) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Fixed Flight by Maurice Renard audiobook. Genre: scifi When Archibald Clarke receives an urgent telegram, he rushes to his sister Ethel's home outside Philadelphia and finds the Corbett household on edge. Ethel's husband, the brilliant but ailing engineer Corbett, is determined to prove a breakthrough that sounds like madness: the Aerofix, a slim, sealed craft designed not to fly forward, but to hold itself motionless in the air while the Earth turns beneath it. If the machine can truly maintain its fixity against winds and the planet's spinning atmosphere, then a passenger could 'travel' enormous distances without traditional propulsion, simply by waiting as oceans and continents slide past below. Drawn by loyalty, curiosity, and dread, Archibald joins Ethel and their taciturn assistant Jim for the first full-scale trial. Inside the cramped, humming vessel, wonder quickly tangles with claustrophobia and rising stakes, as delicate mechanisms, risky improvisations, and the unforgiving physics of the sky test the limits of human control. Maurice Renard blends rigorous speculation with mounting suspense in a story about invention, hubris, and the terrifying beauty of a world in motion. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:20:38) Chapter 02 (00:35:39) Chapter 03 (00:54:36) Chapter 04 (01:12:09) Chapter 05 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The After House by Mary Roberts Rinehart audiobook. Genre: mystery Ralph Leslie is newly out of medical school and newly out of money, still weakened from a serious illness and hungry for anything that feels like life again. When a berth opens on the private yacht Ella, he signs on as a steward and expects hard work, sea air, and a clean escape from expectations ashore. Instead, the voyage turns sinister almost at once. A sudden death aboard the yacht leaves the crew and a handful of passengers trapped together on open water, with no easy way to summon help and no clear way to trust appearances. As suspicion spreads through the cramped corridors and locked cabins, Ralph is pulled into a dangerous role he never trained for: trying to make sense of conflicting stories, shifting loyalties, and the strange behavior of those around him, including the distant, compelling Miss Elsa Lee. With fear rising and the sea itself cutting off every safe retreat, Ralph must decide what kind of man he is willing to be when danger is not in a textbook, but standing on the other side of a cabin door. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:12:30) Chapter 02 (00:23:45) Chapter 03 (00:41:31) Chapter 04 (01:01:26) Chapter 05 (01:12:16) Chapter 06 (01:23:58) Chapter 07 (01:38:14) Chapter 08 (01:52:56) Chapter 09 (02:04:32) Chapter 10 (02:18:37) Chapter 11 (02:33:27) Chapter 12 (02:48:42) Chapter 13 (02:57:39) Chapter 14 (03:11:27) Chapter 15 (03:25:52) Chapter 16 (03:40:27) Chapter 17 (03:55:53) Chapter 18 (04:06:24) Chapter 19 (04:20:26) Chapter 20 (04:34:38) Chapter 21 (04:53:47) Chapter 22 (05:12:45) Chapter 23 (05:25:31) Chapter 24 (05:47:52) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sight Unseen by Mary Roberts Rinehart audiobook. Genre: mystery In an orderly, respectable neighborhood just before the Great War, a small circle of friends meets for Monday dinners, arguing politics, literature, and the modern world. The group - a lawyer narrator and his wife, the sharp-tongued newspaper man Herbert Robinson and his sister Alice, the brilliant heart specialist Dr. Sperry, and warm, observant Mrs. Dane - calls itself the Neighborhood Club. One autumn night, Mrs. Dane surprises them with a seance led by a visiting medium, Miss Jeremy. The sitting is meant to be an evening's novelty, but it takes a chilling turn when the trance hints at dark truths connected to their nearby acquaintances, the Wellses, and to the sudden death of Arthur Wells. Skeptical by nature yet shaken by what they have heard, the club members begin to compare notes, test alibis, and replay small, troubling details they once dismissed as ordinary: a lightless house, strained social appearances, and the private pressures inside a young family's elegant home. As their amateur investigation tightens, the friends must decide what to believe about the supernatural, and what to admit about the far more unsettling capacity of the human mind for secrecy and self-deception. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:11:31) Chapter 02 (00:29:48) Chapter 03 (00:47:50) Chapter 04 (01:00:06) Chapter 05 (01:10:54) Chapter 06 (01:25:25) Chapter 07 (01:52:10) Chapter 08 (02:07:50) Chapter 09 (02:26:54) Chapter 10 (02:37:36) Chapter 11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lady Rose's Daughter by Mary Augusta Ward audiobook. Genre: drama In Edwardian London, Julie Le Breton arrives with impeccable manners, quick intelligence, and a past she cannot afford to advertise: she is the daughter of the beautiful, rebellious Lady Rose, and her uncertain birth leaves her vulnerable in a world that lives on pedigree and whisper. Taking a position as companion and secretary to the formidable Lady Henry Delafield, Julie is drawn into a glittering circle of salons, political talk, and country house weekends - only to discover that Lady Henry's patronage comes with a price, and that admiration can turn to suspicion overnight. citeturn0search2turn0search1 As Julie's popularity rises, so does the strain between the young woman determined to stand on her own worth and the older aristocrat determined to control her sphere. citeturn0search2turn0search5 Caught between competing loyalties and two very different suitors - one dazzling, one steadfast - Julie must decide what she will risk for love, for honor, and for a name she has never been allowed to claim outright. citeturn0search1turn0search13 Lady Rose's Daughter is a sharp, emotionally intimate portrait of class, reputation, and a woman's struggle to shape her own future inside a society built to judge her. citeturn0search12 For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:29:11) Chapter 02 (01:00:03) Chapter 03 (01:22:58) Chapter 04 (01:51:57) Chapter 05 (02:17:48) Chapter 06 (02:37:21) Chapter 07 (03:04:29) Chapter 08 (03:32:42) Chapter 09 (03:57:33) Chapter 10 (04:25:47) Chapter 11 (04:51:50) Chapter 12 (05:26:41) Chapter 13 (06:00:36) Chapter 14 (06:36:42) Chapter 15 (07:13:20) Chapter 16 (07:39:35) Chapter 17 (08:14:24) Chapter 18 (08:47:48) Chapter 19 (09:14:41) Chapter 20 (09:44:28) Chapter 21 (10:37:08) Chapter 22 (11:16:32) Chapter 23 (11:53:55) Chapter 24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tall Tales Of Cape Cod by Marillis Bittinger audiobook. Genre: folklore Tall Tales Of Cape Cod gathers a spirited handful of legends, yarns, and half-remembered histories that Cape Codders might tell when the wind is up and the tide is turning. Marillis Bittinger blends local color with playful exaggeration, introducing a shoreline where strict Sabbath manners collide with human stubbornness, where buried loot and sudden gold fever tempt the hopeful, and where old superstitions still cling to the dunes. Across these episodes, you will meet sailors and sweethearts, practical townsfolk and notorious eccentrics, plus more than a few uncanny presences: a feared woman rumored to be a witch, salvagers turned mooncussers who lure ships toward disaster, and larger-than-life figures and creatures that make the Cape feel both familiar and mythic. Some tales lean into romance, others into humor, and others into eerie wonder, but all of them circle the same core question: what makes a place feel like home, and what do its stories reveal about the people who live there? With its quick pacing and strong storytelling voice, this collection invites you to listen in like a guest by the harbor fire. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:02:53) Chapter 02 (00:43:15) Chapter 03 (01:25:26) Chapter 04 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Five Little Peppers at School by Margaret Sidney audiobook. Genre: family In Five Little Peppers at School, Margaret Sidney sends the beloved Pepper children beyond their cozy 'Little Brown House' and into the larger world of lessons, rules, and new temptations. With their mother, Mamsie, still the heart of the family, the Pepper siblings - capable Polly, high-spirited Jasper, steady Ben, thoughtful Joel, little Davie, and sunny Phronsie - face what growing up really costs when school and opportunity pull them in different directions. Jasper and Ben must navigate demanding teachers, rivalries, and the pressure to prove they belong, while Polly balances pride, responsibility, and her fierce hope that the family will rise without losing what makes them whole. Along the way, small choices become big tests: whether to stand by a friend, tell the truth when it is hard, and keep faith when money, misunderstanding, and mischief threaten to spoil the progress they have fought for. Warm, lively, and full of bustling scenes, this classic continues the Peppers' story with humor, heart, and the enduring strength of family. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:01:41) Chapter 01 (00:17:55) Chapter 02 (00:29:55) Chapter 03 (00:44:59) Chapter 04 (00:57:22) Chapter 05 (01:14:06) Chapter 06 (01:30:32) Chapter 07 (01:48:11) Chapter 08 (02:05:24) Chapter 09 (02:20:24) Chapter 10 (02:41:47) Chapter 11 (03:01:28) Chapter 12 (03:15:02) Chapter 13 (03:36:28) Chapter 14 (04:05:03) Chapter 15 (04:19:43) Chapter 16 (04:35:07) Chapter 17 (04:54:47) Chapter 18 (05:16:42) Chapter 19 (05:40:11) Chapter 20 (06:05:06) Chapter 21 (06:27:53) Chapter 22 (06:49:20) Chapter 23 (07:18:54) Chapter 24 (07:37:24) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emilys Quest by Lucy Maud Montgomery audiobook. Genre: drama In Emily's Quest, Lucy Maud Montgomery brings Emily Byrd Starr to the brink of adulthood, where talent and ambition collide with family expectations, heartbreak, and the demands of real life. Now living at New Moon on Prince Edward Island, Emily is determined to become a writer, chasing publication with the same fierce honesty that shapes her poems, stories, and private journal. But as her world widens beyond childhood, so do the complications: strained relationships within the Murray clan, the pressure to choose a practical future, and the lingering shadow of past secrets that still echo through the old house and its people. At the same time, Emily finds herself caught between competing visions of love and partnership, as old bonds deepen and new attachments test her sense of loyalty and purpose. With humor, sharp observation, and moments of quiet intensity, Montgomery follows Emily through setbacks and small triumphs, asking what it costs to stay true to a calling. This final chapter of Emily's coming-of-age journey is a portrait of creativity, resilience, and the hard-won courage to claim a life of her own. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:18:29) Chapter 02 (00:36:38) Chapter 03 (00:52:56) Chapter 04 (01:08:47) Chapter 05 (01:19:38) Chapter 06 (01:55:24) Chapter 07 (02:06:08) Chapter 08 (02:22:58) Chapter 09 (02:50:09) Chapter 10 (03:08:01) Chapter 11 (03:23:11) Chapter 12 (03:35:45) Chapter 13 (03:51:07) Chapter 14 (04:05:31) Chapter 15 (04:11:34) Chapter 16 (04:20:29) Chapter 17 (04:41:02) Chapter 18 (04:58:58) Chapter 19 (05:13:50) Chapter 20 (05:21:31) Chapter 21 (05:42:34) Chapter 22 (05:51:58) Chapter 23 (06:02:44) Chapter 24 (06:27:11) Chapter 25 (06:53:10) Chapter 26 (07:07:10) Chapter 27 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Silver Pitchers - and Independence, A Centennial Love Story by Louisa May Alcott audiobook. Genre: romance In Silver Pitchers: and Independence, A Centennial Love Story, Louisa May Alcott gathers nine lively tales that move from parlor conversations to country roads, mixing moral resolve, comedy, and quietly daring romance. The opening novella, Silver Pitchers, follows three close friends - dignified Portia, fiery Pauline, and gentle but determined Priscilla - after a holiday celebration is spoiled by the careless drinking of the young men they know. Refusing to shrug it off, the girls turn their anger into action, testing their friendships, their reputations, and the patience of a community that would rather treat temperance as a private matter than a public responsibility. In the title romance, Independence, the frenzy of the American Centennial brings a skeptical young artist to an ancient house in search of Washington-era relics, only to meet a spirited young woman known as Miss Dolly and stumble into a dispute over family pride, historic inheritance, and who gets to define a womans worth. Across the collection, Alcott explores self-respect, social pressure, and the cost of choosing principle when the world expects compliance. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:24:59) Chapter 02 (00:50:45) Chapter 03 (01:17:10) Chapter 04 (01:42:10) Chapter 05 (02:07:03) Chapter 06 (02:26:01) Chapter 07 (02:48:34) Chapter 08 (03:16:19) Chapter 09 (03:32:38) Chapter 10 (03:51:59) Chapter 11 (04:15:24) Chapter 12 (04:38:18) Chapter 13 (04:59:43) Chapter 14 (05:14:41) Chapter 15 (05:33:14) Chapter 16 (05:49:15) Chapter 17 (06:18:40) Chapter 18 (06:33:27) Chapter 19 (06:56:47) Chapter 20 (07:11:11) Chapter 21 (07:32:52) Chapter 22 (08:04:24) Chapter 23 (08:32:54) Chapter 24 (08:46:35) Chapter 25 (09:05:39) Chapter 26 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley by Louis Tracy audiobook. Genre: mystery On a bright June morning in 1912, young artist John Trenholme expects nothing more demanding than an easy commission: travel to a quiet Hertfordshire village and sketch its threatened old-world charm. Instead, a moment of idyllic calm - a young woman, Sylvia, emerging from her dawn swim on the estate of wealthy financier Mortimer Fenley - is shattered by a rifle shot. Fenley is found dead near his own house, and Trenholme, uncomfortably close to the scene, becomes a crucial witness in a case that soon grips London society as much as it unsettles the countryside. As suspicion ripples through the household and the village, every glance, footprint, and half-spoken remark takes on weight, and the question of whether danger can be sensed before it strikes hangs in the air. Scotland Yard sends an unlikely pair to untangle the truth: the solid, methodical Chief Superintendent Winter and the mercurial Inspector Furneaux, whose probing questions and sudden intuitions expose hidden nerves. Caught between attraction, doubt, and the tightening logic of detection, Trenholme must navigate a web of secrets where respectability masks motive and a single shot demands an explanation. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:31:15) Chapter 02 (01:05:34) Chapter 03 (01:39:36) Chapter 04 (02:13:12) Chapter 05 (02:52:51) Chapter 06 (03:30:54) Chapter 07 (04:11:11) Chapter 08 (04:48:27) Chapter 09 (05:30:23) Chapter 10 (06:08:19) Chapter 11 (06:38:29) Chapter 12 (07:08:06) Chapter 13 (07:43:55) Chapter 14 (08:19:23) Chapter 15 (08:52:19) Chapter 16 (09:23:47) Chapter 17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Number Seventeen by Louis Tracy audiobook. Genre: mystery On a wet London night, young writer Frank Theydon leaves the theater and cannot forget the sight of a poised, striking girl and the stern older man who escorts her. Hours later, back in his apartment block, Frank spots that same man entering the building and paying a brief, secretive visit to the flat next door - Number Seventeen, home of the widow Edith Lester. By morning, Edith is dead, and what Frank heard on the stairs becomes the first thread in a case that tightens around him. Scotland Yard sends two sharply contrasted investigators, the bluff, methodical Winter and the small, disconcertingly intuitive Furneaux, whose bickering hides an alarming skill for seeing through lies. As Frank is drawn into the inquiry, his fascination with the girl, Evelyn, and his uncertainty about her fathers role tempt him into dangerous half-truths at the worst possible time. Clues arrive in unsettling forms, strangers begin to watch the building, and the murder proves to be only the doorway into a wider scheme of deception, menace, and international intrigue. In Number Seventeen, Louis Tracy blends classic detective work with breathless pursuit, moral dilemmas, and a touch of romance, all set against the foggy, electric tension of Edwardian London. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:37:42) Chapter 02 (01:08:33) Chapter 03 (01:42:34) Chapter 04 (02:16:47) Chapter 05 (02:50:10) Chapter 06 (03:23:17) Chapter 07 (03:55:36) Chapter 08 (04:28:01) Chapter 09 (05:00:04) Chapter 10 (05:33:18) Chapter 11 (06:06:06) Chapter 12 (06:36:35) Chapter 13 (07:10:16) Chapter 14 (07:40:00) Chapter 15 (08:10:13) Chapter 16 (08:39:21) Chapter 17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Beggars of Paris by Louis Paulian audiobook. Genre: history In The Beggars of Paris, Louis Paulian turns a hard, clear eye on a side of the city most polite society prefers not to see: begging as an organized trade. Writing from firsthand investigation, Paulian explains how he was drawn into the question of mendicity and then follows his inquiry into the streets, doorways, and church porches where appeals for alms are staged. He distinguishes the truly destitute from the practiced impostor, showing how convincing costumes, rehearsed stories, and carefully chosen locations can turn pity into steady income. With a reporter's attention to detail, he maps the working life of the professional beggar, from the roaming 'active service' to the fixed posts of the 'sedentary service,' and sketches the recurring 'mendicant types' the public is trained to recognize - and misread. The book's central tension is practical as much as moral: how can ordinary people help suffering without financing exploitation? Paulian critiques charitable societies and proposes concrete reforms, including replacing coins with tickets, organizing aid through work, and reshaping the role of police and poor-law administration. Part social anatomy, part policy argument, this is a provocative study of compassion, deception, and responsibility in modern city life. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:01:39) Chapter 01 (00:50:04) Chapter 02 (01:20:27) Chapter 03 (02:16:33) Chapter 04 (03:04:21) Chapter 05 (04:08:29) Chapter 06 (05:01:40) Chapter 07 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Adriaan by Louis Couperus audiobook. Genre: drama Set a decade after the earlier novels in Louis Couperus' Small Souls cycle, Dr. Adriaan returns to the dwindling Van Lowe clan as they try to build a livable future inside a dark, overfull country house at Driebergen. Constance van der Welcke and her husband Henri preside over a household crowded with dependents and memories: the aging Mamma van Lowe, restless younger relatives, and Mathilde, whose remarriage has brought a new center of gravity into the family. Everyone awaits the arrival of Mathilde's husband Addie, now Dr. Adriaan - a handsome, fashionable physician with a demanding practice and an unnerving talent for probing the mind as well as the body. As Adriaan moves between sickrooms and drawing rooms, he becomes confidant, healer, and catalyst, drawing out the quiet despairs and unspoken longings that good breeding insists be hidden. The novel follows marriages under strain, children on the cusp of adulthood, and a young womans fragile nerves, all against the wintery stillness of a society edging into a new century. With psychological intensity and social precision, Couperus asks what it costs to be respectable, and what it means to be well - in love, in family, and in soul. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:00:49) Chapter 2 (01:01:07) Chapter 3 (01:18:06) Chapter 4 (01:32:17) Chapter 5 (01:43:06) Chapter 6 (02:05:26) Chapter 7 (02:13:54) Chapter 8 (02:26:40) Chapter 9 (02:37:26) Chapter 10 (03:11:13) Chapter 11 (03:38:00) Chapter 12 (03:53:11) Chapter 13 (04:22:20) Chapter 14 (04:45:17) Chapter 15 (05:01:50) Chapter 16 (05:12:17) Chapter 17 (05:29:14) Chapter 18 (05:44:40) Chapter 19 (06:04:10) Chapter 20 (06:20:40) Chapter 21 (06:28:18) Chapter 22 (06:43:27) Chapter 23 (06:57:34) Chapter 24 (07:02:39) Chapter 25 (07:35:02) Chapter 26 (07:56:36) Chapter 27 (08:08:31) Chapter 28 (08:18:29) Chapter 29 (08:29:08) Chapter 30 (08:42:28) Chapter 31 (09:09:25) Chapter 32 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Twilight of the Souls by Louis Couperus audiobook. Genre: drama In fin-de-siecle The Hague, the once-formidable Van Lowe clan is coming apart at the seams. The Twilight of the Souls, the third novel in Louis Couperus' four-book cycle The Books of the Small Souls, returns to a family that has drifted from its old rituals of Sunday gatherings and shared certainties. Constance Van der Welcke tries to build a quieter, steadier life with her husband Henri, yet the family atmosphere remains charged with unspoken resentments, fading status, and spiritual fatigue. The focus shifts to Constance's brothers: Gerrit, outwardly hearty and practical but privately weighed down by dread and responsibility, and the fragile, brilliant Ernst, whose worsening mental crisis threatens to expose everything the family has tried to keep respectable and controlled. Meanwhile, younger relatives test the limits of duty and desire, fleeing into a more dazzling European life even as scandal and disappointment follow close behind. With psychological precision and lush, melancholy detail, Couperus traces how love, pride, and obligation can tighten into a trap, and how a family's inherited patterns can feel like destiny when the light begins to fail. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:01:13) Chapter 01 (00:58:18) Chapter 02 (01:14:31) Chapter 03 (01:32:46) Chapter 04 (02:09:14) Chapter 05 (02:32:47) Chapter 06 (02:48:02) Chapter 07 (03:01:06) Chapter 08 (03:15:28) Chapter 09 (03:58:27) Chapter 10 (04:20:04) Chapter 11 (04:39:34) Chapter 12 (04:53:42) Chapter 13 (05:06:06) Chapter 14 (05:17:05) Chapter 15 (05:41:23) Chapter 16 (05:51:04) Chapter 17 (06:08:47) Chapter 18 (06:26:36) Chapter 19 (06:53:04) Chapter 20 (07:07:35) Chapter 21 (07:41:33) Chapter 22 (07:53:01) Chapter 23 (08:04:29) Chapter 24 (08:12:54) Chapter 25 (08:24:07) Chapter 26 (08:45:44) Chapter 27 (08:55:10) Chapter 28 (09:05:49) Chapter 29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Later Life by Louis Couperus audiobook. Genre: drama Set among the rigid gentility of turn-of-the-century The Hague, The Later Life follows the Van der Welckes as they try to rebuild an ordinary existence under the long shadow of an old scandal. Constance van der Welcke has returned from years abroad, hoping time will soften judgment, but the price of respectability is isolation: family ties are strained, doors in their former circle stay closed, and every visit can feel like a test. Her husband, Henri, drifts through his days with a restless boredom that even his beloved son Addie cannot fully dispel, and the household settles into a quiet that is anything but peaceful. When new relationships begin to form - Henri drawn toward Constance's young niece Marianne, and Constance intrigued by Henri's eccentric friend Max Brauws - the couple is forced to confront what they still want from each other, and from themselves, after youth and ambition have faded. With acute psychological insight, Couperus explores marriage, reputation, and the ache of second chances, asking whether a carefully arranged life can ever feel truly lived. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:01:07) Chapter 01 (00:08:29) Chapter 02 (00:27:48) Chapter 03 (00:35:43) Chapter 04 (00:44:28) Chapter 05 (00:54:45) Chapter 06 (01:08:20) Chapter 07 (01:17:17) Chapter 08 (01:28:54) Chapter 09 (01:43:40) Chapter 10 (02:01:43) Chapter 11 (02:10:43) Chapter 12 (02:23:19) Chapter 13 (02:31:19) Chapter 14 (02:40:48) Chapter 15 (02:50:44) Chapter 16 (02:57:46) Chapter 17 (03:11:36) Chapter 18 (03:50:25) Chapter 19 (04:19:32) Chapter 20 (04:41:16) Chapter 21 (05:04:30) Chapter 22 (05:30:22) Chapter 23 (05:49:46) Chapter 24 (05:59:21) Chapter 25 (06:19:01) Chapter 26 (06:45:26) Chapter 27 (06:59:16) Chapter 28 (07:17:32) Chapter 29 (07:33:50) Chapter 30 (07:58:44) Chapter 31 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Small Souls by Louis Couperus audiobook. Genre: drama In late-19th-century The Hague, the dignified Van Lowe household lives by routine, reputation, and the weekly Sunday gathering presided over by the formidable Mrs. van Lowe. Into this carefully maintained world returns her daughter Constance, absent for years after a scandal that polite society has never truly forgiven: a divorce, a forbidden love, and a second marriage to the diplomat Henri van der Welcke that cost them both status and security. Now Constance and Henri come home with their sensitive son, Adriaan (Addie), hoping time has softened old judgments. Instead, they step into a web of half-welcomes, sharp smiles, and whispered stories that travel faster than any official invitation. As relatives close ranks, alliances shift and petty cruelties surface, Constance must decide what reconciliation really means - and what it costs to demand it. Meanwhile Addie, hearing fragments of gossip he cannot understand, feels the chill of inherited shame and begins to question who his parents are in the eyes of others. With psychological insight and biting social observation, Couperus exposes the smallness of a world that calls itself respectable. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:02:50) Chapter 01 (00:16:53) Chapter 02 (00:47:57) Chapter 03 (00:59:28) Chapter 04 (01:27:47) Chapter 05 (01:54:26) Chapter 06 (02:03:22) Chapter 07 (02:19:24) Chapter 08 (02:27:49) Chapter 09 (02:34:12) Chapter 10 (02:57:04) Chapter 11 (03:13:50) Chapter 12 (03:21:45) Chapter 13 (03:31:46) Chapter 14 (03:51:03) Chapter 15 (04:24:21) Chapter 16 (04:41:14) Chapter 17 (04:55:34) Chapter 18 (05:07:08) Chapter 19 (05:24:35) Chapter 20 (05:41:10) Chapter 21 (06:01:52) Chapter 22 (06:20:28) Chapter 23 (06:38:07) Chapter 24 (07:07:35) Chapter 25 (07:20:50) Chapter 26 (07:33:59) Chapter 27 (07:55:34) Chapter 28 (08:04:01) Chapter 29 (08:33:18) Chapter 30 (08:43:18) Chapter 31 (08:55:52) Chapter 32 (09:06:02) Chapter 33 (09:21:57) Chapter 34 (09:37:52) Chapter 35 (09:45:42) Chapter 36 (10:04:00) Chapter 37 (10:27:23) Chapter 38 (10:41:40) Chapter 39 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte Volume 06 by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne audiobook. Genre: biography In Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte Volume 06, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - Napoleon's longtime associate and former private secretary - continues his insider chronicle of the astonishing ascent of a man who remade France and unsettled all of Europe. Writing as both participant and observer, Bourrienne draws readers behind the curtains of power, where proclamations and battlefield victories are only part of the story. This volume follows the rhythms of an expanding regime: urgent councils, shifting alliances, rivalries among ministers and generals, and the practical machinery required to feed armies, manage intelligence, and keep a nation focused on a single dominating will. Alongside Napoleon's public image, Bourrienne emphasizes the private habits, strategic instincts, and personal relationships that shaped decisions at critical moments. As ambitions grow and pressures multiply, the narrative highlights a central tension: how far discipline, loyalty, and political theater can carry a leader - and what the costs become for friends, institutions, and the country itself. Rich with anecdote and detail, this installment explores the intoxicating momentum of power and the fragile human networks that sustain it. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:20:13) Chapter 02 (00:53:30) Chapter 03 (01:16:33) Chapter 04 (01:43:13) Chapter 05 (02:01:30) Chapter 06 (02:20:41) Chapter 07 (02:45:01) Chapter 08 (03:16:23) Chapter 09 (03:27:06) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte Volume 05 by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne audiobook. Genre: biography In Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 05, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, one of Napoleon's early companions and a longtime secretary, continues his intimate chronicle of a man who remade France and unsettled the old order of Europe. Writing with the confidence of an insider, Bourrienne moves through the machinery of power: the daily routines of the leader at the center of events, the private conversations that shape public decisions, and the shifting loyalties of ministers, marshals, and courtiers who must guess which way the wind is turning. Alongside portraits of figures who orbit Napoleon, from family members to diplomats and rivals, the narrative reveals how ambition is translated into policy, how information is controlled, and how personal relationships can become political weapons. This volume deepens the central tension that runs through the memoirs: the collision between Napoleon's relentless drive and the practical limits imposed by war, governance, and human nature. Part eyewitness record, part character study, Bourrienne's account invites listeners to weigh charisma against calculation, and legend against the messy realities behind it. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:22:35) Chapter 02 (00:44:38) Chapter 03 (01:16:40) Chapter 04 (01:41:15) Chapter 05 (02:05:11) Chapter 06 (02:31:19) Chapter 07 (02:51:04) Chapter 08 (03:02:45) Chapter 09 (03:33:56) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte Volume 04 by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne audiobook. Genre: history In Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte Volume 04, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, Napoleon's boyhood schoolmate and later trusted insider, follows the general's return to Paris and the precarious first steps of the Consulate. France is still at war, Europe watches the new regime with suspicion, and every public gesture must balance promise and threat: overtures of peace to foreign powers, careful appointments at home, and the constant need to appear as the restorer of order. Bourrienne takes listeners behind the official proclamations into the private calculations of power, where diplomacy with England and Austria becomes a test of both patience and ambition, and where the polished, elusive Talleyrand enters as a decisive instrument of policy. At the same time, unsettling reports from Egypt surface - letters and accusations that challenge the heroic narrative and force Napoleon's circle to manage reputation as fiercely as armies. Blending eyewitness detail with sharp commentary, this volume captures the tense moment when a revolutionary republic begins to harden into personal rule, and when loyalty, propaganda, and strategy collide in the making of a modern state. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:14:34) Chapter 02 (00:54:09) Chapter 03 (01:29:43) Chapter 04 (02:02:09) Chapter 05 (02:17:42) Chapter 06 (02:37:24) Chapter 07 (03:14:14) Chapter 08 (03:43:24) Chapter 09 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte Volume 03 by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne audiobook. Genre: biography Written by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, Napoleon Bonaparte's schoolmate at Brienne and later his private secretary, Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte Volume 03 offers a ground-level, insider account of a campaign where ambition collides with distance, disease, and politics. Picking up amid the French occupation of Egypt, Bourrienne chronicles Napoleon's efforts to impose order on an unfamiliar land through new administrations, uneasy local alliances, and relentless military demands. From councils and proclamations in Cairo to hard decisions driven by supply shortages and wavering morale, the narrative follows a commander trying to project certainty while absorbing unsettling news and mounting pressures. Bourrienne's strength is not only in recounting events, but in capturing the atmosphere: rivalries among officers, the careful management of reputation, the constant flow of dispatches, and the private conversations that reveal how strategy, emotion, and calculation intertwine. More than a battle narrative, this volume explores how power is built and maintained when circumstances refuse to cooperate, and how a single leader's choices can ripple outward through an army and an empire-in-waiting. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:14:54) Chapter 02 (00:50:23) Chapter 03 (01:22:46) Chapter 04 (01:52:44) Chapter 05 (02:25:28) Chapter 06 (02:50:12) Chapter 07 (03:14:10) Chapter 08 (03:35:31) Chapter 09 (04:05:43) Chapter 10 (04:32:04) Chapter 11 (04:59:39) Chapter 12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte Volume 02 by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne audiobook. Genre: biography In Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte Volume 02, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne continues his vivid, close-quarters portrait of Napoleon as France convulses through revolution and war. Writing as a longtime confidant and insider, Bourrienne traces the young general's accelerating rise from ambitious officer to national figure, showing how strategy, politics, and personality collide behind the public victories. Through conversations, letters, and scenes from military headquarters and government corridors, the narrative highlights Napoleon's relentless work habits, sharp memory, and instinct for turning uncertainty into advantage, even as rival factions and shifting loyalties threaten to undo him. Volume 02 deepens the human story as well: friendships tested by power, reputations made and broken, and the private calculations that accompany public glory. Part eyewitness testimony, part character study, these memoirs invite listeners to weigh the costs of ambition and the machinery of empire in the making, while keeping the reader close to the decisions and pressures that shaped one of history's most consequential lives. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:12:51) Chapter 02 (00:33:50) Chapter 03 (01:03:59) Chapter 04 (01:28:49) Chapter 05 (01:47:29) Chapter 06 (02:09:34) Chapter 07 (02:41:50) Chapter 08 (03:09:14) Chapter 09 (03:40:15) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte Volume 01 by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne audiobook. Genre: biography Written by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, a schoolmate of Napoleon and later one of his closest secretaries, Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte Volume 01 opens the door on the private workshops of power behind the most talked-about soldier-statesman of his age. From the early days when a brilliant, intense young Corsican fights for recognition, to the first rungs of influence climbed amid Revolution-era turbulence, Bourrienne recounts conversations, habits, and calculations that official histories often smooth away. This first volume follows Napoleon as ambition hardens into strategy, friendships are tested by politics, and Europe begins to sense the rise of a new kind of leader, one who treats war, administration, and public image as parts of a single design. Bourrienne writes not as a distant chronicler but as an eyewitness, balancing admiration with unease as he watches loyalty, rivalry, and necessity collide in the making of an empire-in-waiting. What emerges is a portrait of a man and a moment when personal will could reshape nations, and when every letter, meeting, and rumor might tip the future. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:31:58) Chapter 01 (00:56:27) Chapter 02 (01:29:45) Chapter 03 (01:53:03) Chapter 04 (02:10:27) Chapter 05 (02:31:14) Chapter 06 (02:55:52) Chapter 07 (03:15:25) Chapter 08 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Charwomans Shadow by Lord Dunsany audiobook. Genre: fantasy In a fairy-tale Spain of proud towers, dusty roads, and old church bells, young Ramon Alonzo is sent away by his impoverished father, Gonsalvo, Lord of the Tower, with one urgent task: learn enough sorcery to turn lead into gold and save the family's honor with a proper dowry. His destination is a secluded magician whose house is as unsettling as it is wondrous, and whose servants include a bent old charwoman with one impossible absence: she has no shadow. The villagers fear her, the magician owns what she lost, and the price of learning the Black Art proves higher than Ramon ever imagined. When the wizard demands payment that touches the soul as well as the body, Ramon must navigate bargains, deception, and the strict judgments of priests and nobles alike, all while his sister's fate and a dangerous experiment in love-magic draw powerful strangers into the family's orbit. As Ramon struggles to set right what the magician has stolen, Dunsany spins a luminous fable about conscience, social rank, and what a person is worth when the light falls at the wrong hour. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:20:58) Chapter 02 (00:40:12) Chapter 03 (00:53:32) Chapter 04 (01:10:25) Chapter 05 (01:27:37) Chapter 06 (01:42:22) Chapter 07 (01:54:33) Chapter 08 (02:05:21) Chapter 09 (02:19:17) Chapter 10 (02:30:52) Chapter 11 (02:47:33) Chapter 12 (02:59:09) Chapter 13 (03:10:54) Chapter 14 (03:31:34) Chapter 15 (03:46:56) Chapter 16 (03:57:55) Chapter 17 (04:16:28) Chapter 18 (04:31:52) Chapter 19 (04:48:04) Chapter 20 (05:00:12) Chapter 21 (05:12:02) Chapter 22 (05:23:38) Chapter 23 (05:43:00) Chapter 24 (06:01:45) Chapter 25 (06:16:18) Chapter 26 (06:27:06) Chapter 27 (06:50:47) Chapter 28 (07:04:32) Chapter 29 (07:30:00) Chapter 30 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clean Break by Lionel White audiobook. Genre: thriller Fresh out of prison and living on borrowed time, Johnny Clay believes he has designed the perfect score: rob a New York racetrack on its busiest day, when the cash is piled high and the crowd provides cover. Johnny is no dreamer, though. He knows the biggest risk is people, so he builds his crew from seemingly ordinary men with money troubles and quiet desperation: Marvin Unger, a court stenographer who can bankroll the operation; Big Mike, a racetrack bartender with access and nerve; Randy Kennan, a cop squeezed by debts and bad bets; and George Peatty, a cashier whose unhappy home life makes him dangerously vulnerable. Around them, Johnny arranges a series of precise distractions, timed to the minute, meant to pull guards and police in the wrong direction just long enough for the takedown. Told in tight, shifting viewpoints, Clean Break turns preparation into suspense, tracing how greed, pride, and mistrust ripple through a plan that depends on everyone staying silent and steady. It is classic hard-boiled noir: lean, relentless, and obsessed with the cost of one clean escape. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:33:43) Chapter 02 (01:05:58) Chapter 03 (01:33:05) Chapter 04 (01:59:58) Chapter 05 (02:29:40) Chapter 06 (02:51:02) Chapter 07 (03:24:53) Chapter 08 (03:49:21) Chapter 09 (04:15:53) Chapter 10 (04:32:25) Chapter 11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Land of Enchantment - From Pikes Peak to the Pacific by Lilian Whiting audiobook. Genre: history In The Land of Enchantment - From Pike's Peak to the Pacific, journalist and travel writer Lilian Whiting invites listeners on an early 20th century journey through the American Southwest at a moment when rail travel and grand hotels were opening vast new horizons. Setting out beneath the high skies of Colorado, she lingers in Denver's growing elegance and the dramatic country around Pike's Peak, weaving scenic impressions with stories of settlement, frontier enterprise, and the larger forces shaping the region. From there the route turns to New Mexico, where Whiting explores the layered legacy of Spanish colonial life, the enduring presence of Indigenous cultures, and the storied streets and plazas of Santa Fe. Crossing into Arizona, the narrative widens into a pageant of desert light and geological wonder: ancient ruins, extraordinary stone forests, and the stark, otherworldly landscapes that seem to rewrite the map of imagination itself. A final sweep toward Southern California and the Grand Canyon frames the West as both a place of beauty and a test of perception, asking what it means to truly see a country still being defined. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:15:15) Chapter 02 (01:00:56) Chapter 03 (01:27:55) Chapter 04 (01:57:53) Chapter 05 (02:24:31) Chapter 06 (02:51:04) Chapter 07 (03:19:26) Chapter 08 (03:50:44) Chapter 09 (04:22:33) Chapter 10 (04:49:57) Chapter 11 (05:14:11) Chapter 12 (05:46:08) Chapter 13 (06:21:33) Chapter 14 (06:38:25) Chapter 15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The History of the Popes During the Last Four Centuries- Volume 1 by Leopold von Ranke audiobook. Genre: history In The History of the Popes During the Last Four Centuries - Volume 1, Leopold von Ranke launches a sweeping, source-driven study of the papacy as a political, diplomatic, and spiritual power in early modern Europe. Writing with the cool precision that helped define modern historical scholarship, Ranke follows the Vatican not as a backdrop to great events, but as an engine that shapes them: choosing allies, funding wars, negotiating with emperors and kings, and answering the challenges of reform at home and abroad. Volume 1 introduces the reader to a world where religion and statecraft are inseparable, where the authority of Rome is contested by new movements and rival courts, and where the internal life of the Church becomes a battlefield of ideas, discipline, and renewal. Popes, cardinals, ambassadors, and reformers move through a dense network of intrigue and conviction, while the Papal States and the wider Catholic world struggle to preserve influence in a changing age. Grounded in archival research and vivid accounts of personalities and institutions, this opening volume sets the stage for a long conflict over legitimacy, unity, and power that will echo through the centuries. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:19:05) Chapter 01 (00:38:22) Chapter 02 (00:55:28) Chapter 03 (01:15:55) Chapter 04 (01:33:22) Chapter 05 (01:57:56) Chapter 06 (02:06:02) Chapter 07 (02:30:03) Chapter 08 (02:37:47) Chapter 09 (02:56:58) Chapter 10 (03:09:06) Chapter 11 (03:28:35) Chapter 12 (03:45:51) Chapter 13 (04:03:48) Chapter 14 (04:28:35) Chapter 15 (04:50:50) Chapter 16 (05:10:37) Chapter 17 (05:26:46) Chapter 18 (05:43:04) Chapter 19 (06:00:14) Chapter 20 (06:16:24) Chapter 21 (06:33:35) Chapter 22 (06:51:19) Chapter 23 (07:11:29) Chapter 24 (07:31:42) Chapter 25 (07:54:51) Chapter 26 (08:14:01) Chapter 27 (08:30:50) Chapter 28 (08:47:57) Chapter 29 (09:05:13) Chapter 30 (09:25:17) Chapter 31 (09:38:35) Chapter 32 (09:58:41) Chapter 33 (10:22:28) Chapter 34 (10:38:39) Chapter 35 (10:57:58) Chapter 36 (11:13:27) Chapter 37 (11:28:55) Chapter 38 (11:50:13) Chapter 39 (12:10:27) Chapter 40 (12:25:16) Chapter 41 (12:45:09) Chapter 42 (13:03:16) Chapter 43 (13:18:11) Chapter 44 (13:38:39) Chapter 45 (13:47:38) Chapter 46 (14:04:48) Chapter 47 (14:23:03) Chapter 48 (14:45:53) Chapter 49 (15:03:33) Chapter 50 (15:20:41) Chapter 51 (15:37:14) Chapter 52 (15:57:26) Chapter 53 (16:13:48) Chapter 54 (16:26:55) Chapter 55 (16:37:14) Chapter 56 (16:59:11) Chapter 57 (17:14:51) Chapter 58 (17:31:35) Chapter 59 (17:57:15) Chapter 60 (18:16:11) Chapter 61 (18:29:55) Chapter 62 (18:42:33) Chapter 63 (18:59:31) Chapter 64 (19:17:02) Chapter 65 (19:37:21) Chapter 66 (19:56:08) Chapter 67 (20:17:37) Chapter 68 (20:39:16) Chapter 69 (20:45:29) Chapter 70 (21:01:53) Chapter 71 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

War and Peace, Volume 4 by Leo Tolstoy audiobook. Genre: history In War and Peace, Volume 4, Leo Tolstoy brings the great sweep of the Napoleonic era to its most intense and intimate stage, as Russia faces the full force of the 1812 invasion and its shattering aftermath. Amid battles, retreats, and the burning pressures of national crisis, the novel follows the intertwined fates of Pierre Bezukhov, searching for purpose beyond privilege; Natasha Rostova, struggling with guilt, love, and the cost of hard-won maturity; Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, confronting suffering and the limits of ambition; and the Rostov and Bolkonsky families as war intrudes on every private hope. While generals and emperors argue over strategy, Tolstoy shifts the focus to the human reality behind history: ordinary soldiers, frightened civilians, sudden acts of courage, and quiet moral choices that change lives. As Moscow looms and the old social order trembles, the characters must decide what loyalty, faith, and freedom mean when the world around them is collapsing. Volume 4 deepens Tolstoy's blend of psychological insight and historical vision, turning the chaos of war into a searching meditation on meaning, responsibility, and survival. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 001 (00:09:58) Chapter 002 (00:16:29) Chapter 003 (00:23:28) Chapter 004 (00:35:39) Chapter 005 (00:44:11) Chapter 006 (00:54:25) Chapter 007 (01:05:39) Chapter 008 (01:15:39) Chapter 009 (01:21:17) Chapter 010 (01:30:53) Chapter 011 (01:40:07) Chapter 012 (01:53:59) Chapter 013 (02:01:33) Chapter 014 (02:14:51) Chapter 015 (02:25:32) Chapter 016 (02:40:03) Chapter 017 (02:47:58) Chapter 018 (02:53:29) Chapter 019 (03:00:39) Chapter 020 (03:05:57) Chapter 021 (03:10:00) Chapter 022 (03:18:54) Chapter 023 (03:24:51) Chapter 024 (03:30:21) Chapter 025 (03:39:30) Chapter 026 (03:48:04) Chapter 027 (03:58:41) Chapter 028 (04:05:44) Chapter 029 (04:14:20) Chapter 030 (04:25:54) Chapter 031 (04:32:11) Chapter 032 (04:38:57) Chapter 033 (04:46:42) Chapter 034 (04:51:32) Chapter 035 (04:57:06) Chapter 036 (05:04:59) Chapter 037 (05:11:33) Chapter 038 (05:18:32) Chapter 039 (05:27:14) Chapter 040 (05:36:02) Chapter 041 (05:41:59) Chapter 042 (05:51:07) Chapter 043 (05:57:16) Chapter 044 (06:05:17) Chapter 045 (06:15:52) Chapter 046 (06:23:14) Chapter 047 (06:31:12) Chapter 048 (06:39:22) Chapter 049 (06:43:21) Chapter 050 (06:49:52) Chapter 051 (06:54:13) Chapter 052 (06:58:47) Chapter 053 (07:03:33) Chapter 054 (07:14:49) Chapter 055 (07:25:12) Chapter 056 (07:31:12) Chapter 057 (07:38:33) Chapter 058 (07:46:28) Chapter 059 (07:55:40) Chapter 060 (08:03:31) Chapter 061 (08:09:50) Chapter 062 (08:19:19) Chapter 063 (08:25:29) Chapter 064 (08:39:14) Chapter 065 (08:43:32) Chapter 066 (08:51:33) Chapter 067 (09:04:41) Chapter 068 (09:10:38) Chapter 069 (09:18:59) Chapter 070 (09:26:06) Chapter 071 (09:39:48) Chapter 072 (09:53:16) Chapter 073 (09:58:19) Chapter 074 (10:02:34) Chapter 075 (10:10:24) Chapter 076 (10:15:17) Chapter 077 (10:27:19) Chapter 078 (10:34:08) Chapter 079 (10:42:11) Chapter 080 (10:53:01) Chapter 081 (11:01:35) Chapter 082 (11:10:58) Chapter 083 (11:24:41) Chapter 084 (11:36:55) Chapter 085 (11:45:41) Chapter 086 (11:57:48) Chapter 087 (12:06:37) Chapter 088 Max Character Limit reached Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

War and Peace, Volume 3 by Leo Tolstoy audiobook. Genre: history In War and Peace, Volume 3, Leo Tolstoy deepens his sweeping portrait of Russia at war and in turmoil, following several intertwined families as private lives collide with the grinding forces of history. Prince Andrei Bolkonsky returns to the center of events, pulled between duty, disillusionment, and the fragile hope of renewed purpose. Pierre Bezukhov, wealthy and restless, searches for moral clarity as he watches political ambition and social fashion crumble under the pressure of Napoleon's advance. Meanwhile, young Natasha Rostova faces the lasting consequences of earlier choices, and the Rostov household struggles to keep its warmth and identity intact as the world grows harsher. Against the backdrop of military councils, shifting alliances, and the vast machinery of armies on the move, Tolstoy asks what truly drives events: the plans of great men, or the countless decisions of ordinary people. Volume 3 intensifies both the battlefield drama and the intimate emotional stakes, exploring love, honor, faith, and the cost of survival as Russia approaches a decisive turning point. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:11:41) Chapter 02 (00:21:18) Chapter 03 (00:30:18) Chapter 04 (00:40:36) Chapter 05 (00:46:36) Chapter 06 (01:04:11) Chapter 07 (01:12:39) Chapter 08 (01:28:17) Chapter 09 (01:46:27) Chapter 10 (01:55:29) Chapter 11 (02:08:43) Chapter 12 (02:19:01) Chapter 13 (02:26:29) Chapter 14 (02:34:16) Chapter 15 (02:42:28) Chapter 16 (02:49:53) Chapter 17 (02:58:48) Chapter 18 (03:12:37) Chapter 19 (03:22:13) Chapter 20 (03:36:52) Chapter 21 (03:49:58) Chapter 22 (04:04:02) Chapter 23 (04:08:56) Chapter 24 (04:22:38) Chapter 25 (04:34:02) Chapter 26 (04:40:53) Chapter 27 (05:06:25) Chapter 28 (05:24:33) Chapter 29 (05:35:24) Chapter 30 (05:44:06) Chapter 31 (06:06:29) Chapter 32 (06:18:48) Chapter 33 (06:32:25) Chapter 34 (06:39:36) Chapter 35 (06:45:21) Chapter 36 (06:55:12) Chapter 37 (07:07:21) Chapter 38 (07:23:15) Chapter 39 (07:32:46) Chapter 40 (07:44:16) Chapter 41 (07:56:54) Chapter 42 (08:09:27) Chapter 43 (08:18:43) Chapter 44 (08:30:15) Chapter 45 (08:39:40) Chapter 46 (08:44:23) Chapter 47 (08:52:04) Chapter 48 (09:11:20) Chapter 49 (09:21:29) Chapter 50 (09:29:36) Chapter 51 (09:36:41) Chapter 52 (09:44:01) Chapter 53 (09:51:55) Chapter 54 (10:10:29) Chapter 55 (10:15:08) Chapter 56 (10:23:02) Chapter 57 (10:34:56) Chapter 58 (10:45:10) Chapter 59 (10:57:37) Chapter 60 (11:05:23) Chapter 61 (11:13:48) Chapter 62 (11:20:50) Chapter 63 (11:29:28) Chapter 64 (11:38:04) Chapter 65 (11:44:54) Chapter 66 (11:54:10) Chapter 67 (12:00:51) Chapter 68 (12:10:10) Chapter 69 (12:20:30) Chapter 70 (12:25:45) Chapter 71 (12:33:39) Chapter 72 (12:42:16) Chapter 73 (12:47:48) Chapter 74 (12:57:23) Chapter 75 (13:06:04) Chapter 76 (13:13:18) Chapter 77 (13:21:42) Chapter 78 (13:33:30) Chapter 79 (13:45:03) Chapter 80 (13:53:09) Chapter 81 (14:04:14) Chapter 82 (14:10:32) Chapter 83 (14:17:00) Chapter 84 (14:23:03) Chapter 85 (14:33:23) Chapter 86 (14:43:08) Chapter 87 (15:06:30) Chapter 88 (15:20:04) Chapter 89 (15:30:20) Chapter 90 (15:37:42) Chapter 91 (16:02:08) Chapter 92 (16:06:54) Chapter 93 Max Character Limit reached Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

War and Peace, Volume 2 by Leo Tolstoy audiobook. Genre: history In War and Peace, Volume 2, Leo Tolstoy deepens his sweeping portrait of Russia as private lives and public events tighten their grip on one another. The glittering salons of St. Petersburg and Moscow still pulse with gossip, ambition, and court politics, but the aftershocks of the early Napoleonic campaigns reach into every household. Young officers return from the front marked by disillusionment and hard-won experience, while families such as the Rostovs and the Bolkonskys confront the cost of pride, duty, and expectation. Pierre Bezukhov, newly wealthy and painfully uncertain of his purpose, is pulled between social pressures and his own longing for a meaningful life. Prince Andrei wrestles with what honor and achievement can possibly mean when set against the chaos of battle and the fragility of happiness. Meanwhile, Natasha Rostova stands on the threshold between childhood and adulthood, discovering how quickly affection, reputation, and fate can change. Moving from intimate conversations to the vast machinery of war, this volume explores how love, class, and conscience collide in a world that feels increasingly unstable. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:20:39) Chapter 02 (00:35:22) Chapter 03 (00:47:59) Chapter 04 (01:00:54) Chapter 05 (01:07:29) Chapter 06 (01:19:33) Chapter 07 (01:28:20) Chapter 08 (01:38:59) Chapter 09 (01:45:22) Chapter 10 (01:54:25) Chapter 11 (02:01:04) Chapter 12 (02:09:13) Chapter 13 (02:17:20) Chapter 14 (02:24:50) Chapter 15 (02:33:55) Chapter 16 (02:43:03) Chapter 17 (02:52:01) Chapter 18 (03:07:51) Chapter 19 (03:25:36) Chapter 20 (03:34:58) Chapter 21 (03:39:39) Chapter 22 (03:50:30) Chapter 23 (03:54:40) Chapter 24 (04:04:53) Chapter 25 (04:17:55) Chapter 26 (04:28:56) Chapter 27 (04:48:51) Chapter 28 (04:58:19) Chapter 29 (05:08:26) Chapter 30 (05:14:10) Chapter 31 (05:24:42) Chapter 32 (05:37:30) Chapter 33 (05:46:14) Chapter 34 (05:53:06) Chapter 35 (06:02:49) Chapter 36 (06:12:21) Chapter 37 (06:23:54) Chapter 38 (06:25:22) Chapter 39 (06:31:47) Chapter 40 (06:38:45) Chapter 41 (06:44:52) Chapter 42 (06:52:25) Chapter 43 (07:05:25) Chapter 44 (07:13:18) Chapter 45 (07:24:15) Chapter 46 (07:32:16) Chapter 47 (07:38:45) Chapter 48 (07:51:57) Chapter 49 (08:01:11) Chapter 50 (08:07:20) Chapter 51 (08:16:41) Chapter 52 (08:25:34) Chapter 53 (08:32:46) Chapter 54 (08:41:44) Chapter 55 (08:46:56) Chapter 56 (08:58:11) Chapter 57 (09:03:03) Chapter 58 (09:10:59) Chapter 59 (09:18:23) Chapter 60 (09:28:03) Chapter 61 (09:43:12) Chapter 62 (09:50:51) Chapter 63 (10:00:10) Chapter 64 (10:09:00) Chapter 65 (10:20:06) Chapter 66 (10:25:16) Chapter 67 (10:32:25) Chapter 68 (10:46:00) Chapter 69 (10:56:54) Chapter 70 (11:13:04) Chapter 71 (11:34:35) Chapter 72 (11:42:29) Chapter 73 (11:52:01) Chapter 74 (12:13:00) Chapter 75 (12:23:02) Chapter 76 (12:30:54) Chapter 77 (12:38:29) Chapter 78 (12:51:10) Chapter 79 (13:00:28) Chapter 80 (13:13:58) Chapter 81 (13:20:28) Chapter 82 (13:32:08) Chapter 83 (13:40:13) Chapter 84 (13:49:18) Chapter 85 (13:59:15) Chapter 86 (14:11:41) Chapter 87 (14:20:20) Chapter 88 (14:26:29) Chapter 89 (14:34:54) Chapter 90 (14:42:55) Chapter 91 Max Character Limit reached Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

War and Peace, Volume 1 by Leo Tolstoy audiobook. Genre: history In War and Peace, Volume 1, Leo Tolstoy opens a sweeping portrait of Russian society as Europe trembles under the rise of Napoleon. In the glittering salons of St. Petersburg and the grand estates of the countryside, families maneuver for influence, affection, and security while rumors of war harden into orders. Young, idealistic Pierre Bezukhov is suddenly thrust into a new social position and searches for purpose amid temptation and scrutiny. Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, restless with domestic life and hungry for meaning, turns toward the army and the promises of glory. Meanwhile, the warm-hearted Rostov family experiences the intoxicating pull of youth, romance, and duty, as Nikolai Rostov faces the realities of service and Natashas lively spirit begins to collide with the expectations placed upon her. As politics, class, and personal desires intertwine, Tolstoy tracks how private choices are shaped by vast historical forces, revealing the fragile boundary between drawing-room conversation and battlefield consequence. Volume 1 sets the stage for an epic conflict of nations and a deeply intimate struggle within each character: how to live honorably when the world is changing overnight. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:14:32) Chapter 2 (00:23:32) Chapter 3 (00:33:31) Chapter 4 (00:43:22) Chapter 5 (00:56:27) Chapter 6 (01:05:47) Chapter 7 (01:13:01) Chapter 8 (01:21:38) Chapter 9 (01:35:47) Chapter 10 (01:47:21) Chapter 11 (01:53:22) Chapter 12 (02:02:32) Chapter 13 (02:07:57) Chapter 14 (02:18:22) Chapter 15 (02:28:40) Chapter 16 (02:41:01) Chapter 17 (02:46:12) Chapter 18 (03:01:25) Chapter 19 (03:09:13) Chapter 20 (03:22:59) Chapter 21 (03:41:18) Chapter 22 (03:52:41) Chapter 23 (04:03:59) Chapter 24 (04:14:59) Chapter 25 (04:37:22) Chapter 26 (04:49:45) Chapter 27 (05:00:12) Chapter 28 (05:21:53) Chapter 29 (05:32:56) Chapter 30 (05:50:33) Chapter 31 (06:06:13) Chapter 32 (06:26:13) Chapter 33 (06:34:49) Chapter 34 (06:41:05) Chapter 35 (06:52:30) Chapter 36 (07:13:27) Chapter 37 (07:25:16) Chapter 38 (07:39:16) Chapter 39 (07:45:39) Chapter 40 (07:59:05) Chapter 41 (08:13:15) Chapter 42 (08:20:52) Chapter 43 (08:34:13) Chapter 44 (08:40:12) Chapter 45 (08:51:44) Chapter 46 (09:02:27) Chapter 47 (09:15:25) Chapter 48 (09:29:21) Chapter 49 (09:47:46) Chapter 50 (10:08:56) Chapter 51 (10:30:43) Chapter 52 (10:51:12) Chapter 53 (11:10:29) Chapter 54 (11:24:39) Chapter 55 (11:39:28) Chapter 56 (12:00:22) Chapter 57 (12:11:47) Chapter 58 (12:26:49) Chapter 59 (12:39:02) Chapter 60 (12:49:12) Chapter 61 (13:04:42) Chapter 62 (13:18:32) Chapter 63 (13:31:08) Chapter 64 (13:45:21) Chapter 65 (13:55:01) Chapter 66 (14:07:11) Chapter 67 (14:23:34) Chapter 68 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stars of the Desert by Laurence Hope audiobook. Genre: poetry Stars of the Desert is a turn-of-the-20th-century poetry collection by Laurence Hope (the pen name of Adela Florence Nicolson) that invites listeners into a world of heat, distance, and longing. Written in a lush, musical voice, these lyrics move between starlit sands and shadowed gardens, between the restless pull of travel and the private ache of desire. A recurring speaker stands at the center of the book: sometimes a lover, sometimes a wanderer, sometimes an observer of desert life, always alert to beauty that feels both perilous and irresistible. Around that voice gather impressions of nights under vast skies, marches and camps, whispered stories, and encounters with people shaped by harsh landscapes and strict codes. The collection is less a single narrative than a sequence of emotional journeys, where passion and pride contend with fate, duty, and the knowledge that nothing vivid can be held forever. Rich in atmosphere and sensation, Stars of the Desert explores love as enchantment and trial, and the desert as both setting and metaphor - immense, seductive, and unforgiving. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:01:50) Chapter 02 (00:03:03) Chapter 03 (00:07:47) Chapter 04 (00:08:42) Chapter 05 (00:11:11) Chapter 06 (00:14:45) Chapter 07 (00:16:10) Chapter 08 (00:18:57) Chapter 09 (00:20:18) Chapter 10 (00:25:18) Chapter 11 (00:26:57) Chapter 12 (00:28:51) Chapter 13 (00:29:32) Chapter 14 (00:37:51) Chapter 15 (00:40:04) Chapter 16 (00:43:19) Chapter 17 (00:45:41) Chapter 18 (00:52:26) Chapter 19 (00:54:20) Chapter 20 (00:56:02) Chapter 21 (00:58:17) Chapter 22 (01:00:35) Chapter 23 (01:09:40) Chapter 24 (01:11:04) Chapter 25 (01:14:08) Chapter 26 (01:15:49) Chapter 27 (01:20:42) Chapter 28 (01:24:03) Chapter 29 (01:24:42) Chapter 30 (01:27:47) Chapter 31 (01:31:48) Chapter 32 (01:35:59) Chapter 33 (01:41:05) Chapter 34 (01:43:44) Chapter 35 (01:45:25) Chapter 36 (01:48:21) Chapter 37 (01:50:45) Chapter 38 (01:51:35) Chapter 39 (01:54:09) Chapter 40 (01:55:48) Chapter 41 (01:59:55) Chapter 42 (02:01:36) Chapter 43 (02:06:54) Chapter 44 (02:08:28) Chapter 45 (02:10:30) Chapter 46 (02:21:44) Chapter 47 (02:23:17) Chapter 48 (02:25:30) Chapter 49 (02:28:10) Chapter 50 (02:32:04) Chapter 51 (02:34:56) Chapter 52 (02:36:42) Chapter 53 (02:37:44) Chapter 54 (02:40:35) Chapter 55 (02:41:48) Chapter 56 (02:43:40) Chapter 57 (02:44:18) Chapter 58 (02:48:45) Chapter 59 (02:50:02) Chapter 60 (02:54:45) Chapter 61 (02:56:35) Chapter 62 (02:57:30) Chapter 63 (02:58:33) Chapter 64 (03:04:10) Chapter 65 (03:07:12) Chapter 66 (03:09:45) Chapter 67 (03:11:55) Chapter 68 (03:16:29) Chapter 69 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bobbsey Twins Keeping House by Laura Lee Hope audiobook. Genre: family In The Bobbsey Twins Keeping House, Laura Lee Hope sends the four lively siblings into a new kind of adventure - one that happens right at home in Lakeport. Bert and Nan, the older twins, and little Freddie and Flossie are used to fun and mischief, but when an unexpected family emergency pulls the adults away, the children find themselves stepping into grown-up responsibilities. Keeping the furnace going, managing meals, and looking after the house sounds simple until small problems start piling up: a frightening accident in the snowy yard, a misunderstanding that points blame at Bert, and a few uneasy mysteries that make Nan wonder what is really happening around them. As winter weather closes in, the Bobbseys must rely on teamwork, quick thinking, and the everyday courage of doing the right thing when no one else can do it for them. Warm, humorous, and briskly paced, this classic installment blends domestic challenges with gentle suspense, celebrating sibling loyalty, resourcefulness, and the pride that comes from earning trust. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:11:24) Chapter 02 (00:24:24) Chapter 03 (00:36:38) Chapter 04 (00:47:34) Chapter 05 (01:00:02) Chapter 06 (01:12:45) Chapter 07 (01:23:48) Chapter 08 (01:37:01) Chapter 09 (01:47:47) Chapter 10 (02:00:05) Chapter 11 (02:15:19) Chapter 12 (02:26:51) Chapter 13 (02:38:06) Chapter 14 (02:52:25) Chapter 15 (03:03:09) Chapter 16 (03:14:15) Chapter 17 (03:26:41) Chapter 18 (03:39:14) Chapter 19 (03:51:31) Chapter 20 (04:04:41) Chapter 21 (04:20:19) Chapter 22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bobbsey Twins at Home by Laura Lee Hope audiobook. Genre: family In The Bobbsey Twins at Home, Laura Lee Hope brings readers back to the warm, bustling household of the Bobbseys, where twins Nan and Bert, along with their younger twin siblings Flossie and Freddie, rarely have a quiet day. Settled in their familiar town and surrounded by friends, neighbors, and visiting relatives, the children turn ordinary routines into lively adventures. A string of small puzzles and misunderstandings begins to ripple through the house: things go missing, strange noises and secrets seem to hide in plain sight, and the twins' curiosity leads them into corners of home and neighborhood they thought they knew. As the family works to keep peace and order, the children must learn when to follow their instincts, when to ask for help, and how to take responsibility for their choices. Full of gentle humor, cozy domestic scenes, and kid-sized suspense, this classic story celebrates teamwork, honesty, and the everyday excitement of growing up in a close-knit family. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:12:45) Chapter 02 (00:24:55) Chapter 03 (00:37:43) Chapter 04 (00:47:16) Chapter 05 (00:58:59) Chapter 06 (01:08:13) Chapter 07 (01:18:53) Chapter 08 (01:28:30) Chapter 09 (01:40:37) Chapter 10 (01:50:37) Chapter 11 (02:00:14) Chapter 12 (02:13:20) Chapter 13 (02:22:50) Chapter 14 (02:37:29) Chapter 15 (02:46:46) Chapter 16 (02:56:20) Chapter 17 (03:05:49) Chapter 18 (03:16:37) Chapter 19 (03:28:47) Chapter 20 (03:41:33) Chapter 21 (04:00:37) Chapter 22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bobbsey Twins at Cloverbank by Laura Lee Hope audiobook. Genre: adventure Summer begins with a secret in the Bobbsey household in Lakeport: Bert, Nan, Flossie, and Freddie are all sneaking packages past one another as they plan a surprise for their father. Then a mysterious box arrives, and the twins' curiosity is instantly hooked. Before long, an invitation pulls the family away from town and out to Cloverbank, a busy country farm where long sunny days promise freedom, fresh air, and plenty of chances to prove they are useful. But Cloverbank is not all simple chores and picnics. Strange noises in the night, an isolated cabin, and a sudden storm turn travel into a test of courage, and once the Bobbseys settle in, small troubles keep piling up. The twins help with orchard work, explore streams and glens, and chase answers to odd mysteries that seem to follow them wherever they roam, including rumors of a pirate's cave that may be more than just a story. With each adventure, the four siblings must rely on quick thinking and teamwork to keep themselves and their new friends safe. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:16:54) Chapter 02 (00:29:15) Chapter 03 (00:46:07) Chapter 04 (01:00:15) Chapter 05 (01:13:54) Chapter 06 (01:28:10) Chapter 07 (01:38:18) Chapter 08 (01:53:36) Chapter 09 (02:07:07) Chapter 10 (02:23:13) Chapter 11 (02:34:05) Chapter 12 (02:47:45) Chapter 13 (03:04:34) Chapter 14 (03:16:14) Chapter 15 (03:27:57) Chapter 16 (03:38:28) Chapter 17 (03:47:08) Chapter 18 (03:59:17) Chapter 19 (04:05:08) Chapter 20 (04:14:21) Chapter 21 (04:24:42) Chapter 22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Blythe Girls - Margys Queer Inheritence by Laura Lee Hope audiobook. Genre: mystery Helen, Margy, and Rose Blythe have already learned how hard it is to be young, alone, and responsible for one another in New York City. Their small apartment and tight budget leave no room for mistakes, and every new bill feels like a fresh test of courage. Then Margy receives surprising news: an aunt she barely knew, living far away in the Midwest, has left her an inheritance. For three sisters who have been counting every penny, it sounds like the answer to their prayers. But when the package arrives, their hopes sink. Instead of money, there is an odd assortment of everyday items: an old clock, battered furniture, and even a large box of flour. The more the girls look, the more they suspect their late aunt has hidden something inside this strange bequest - and that she intended Margy to find it. With bills mounting and disappointment close at hand, the Blythe girls follow a trail of peculiar hints that turns their problem into a real-life treasure hunt. Along the way, Margy must balance work, pride, and trust, and the sisters must decide what the inheritance is truly worth. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:12:26) Chapter 02 (00:22:35) Chapter 03 (00:30:44) Chapter 04 (00:37:54) Chapter 05 (00:50:30) Chapter 06 (01:03:33) Chapter 07 (01:11:11) Chapter 08 (01:21:05) Chapter 09 (01:29:44) Chapter 10 (01:41:02) Chapter 11 (01:47:18) Chapter 12 (01:56:29) Chapter 13 (02:08:04) Chapter 14 (02:18:09) Chapter 15 (02:32:29) Chapter 16 (02:44:44) Chapter 17 (03:01:44) Chapter 18 (03:10:45) Chapter 19 (03:22:41) Chapter 20 (03:37:44) Chapter 21 (03:51:15) Chapter 22 (04:03:19) Chapter 23 (04:13:49) Chapter 24 (04:23:41) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Blythe Girls - Helen, Margy and Rose by Laura Lee Hope audiobook. Genre: family Left suddenly to make their own way, three sisters from the country step into the noise and promise of New York City with little more than courage and each other. Helen Blythe, quiet but determined, dreams of earning a living through her art. Practical, ambitious Margy, fresh from business school, hunts for a position that will keep their small apartment afloat. And plain-spoken Rose, ready to tackle any honest work, finds a foothold in a bustling department store. But the great metropolis is not gentle with newcomers. Weeks of disappointment and thin budgets test the sisters' resolve, and when success finally seems close, trouble follows: workplace rivalries flare, reputations are threatened, and an accusation of theft puts Rose's hard-won job at risk. Margy, meanwhile, is drawn into the strange household of an eccentric employer where a spoiled nephew's schemes can ruin an honest girl with a single trick. As setbacks pile up, Helen, Margy, and Rose must learn whom to trust, how to stand up for themselves, and how to keep hope alive when the city seems determined to push them down. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:12:27) Chapter 02 (00:20:00) Chapter 03 (00:27:46) Chapter 04 (00:35:12) Chapter 05 (00:54:17) Chapter 06 (01:05:08) Chapter 07 (01:15:45) Chapter 08 (01:26:55) Chapter 09 (01:37:18) Chapter 10 (01:46:52) Chapter 11 (01:56:22) Chapter 12 (02:10:28) Chapter 13 (02:28:43) Chapter 14 (02:37:24) Chapter 15 (02:47:53) Chapter 16 (02:56:17) Chapter 17 (03:05:06) Chapter 18 (03:20:46) Chapter 19 (03:26:47) Chapter 20 (03:41:35) Chapter 21 (03:52:17) Chapter 22 (04:03:49) Chapter 23 (04:13:21) Chapter 24 (04:21:03) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Devotions of Bishop Andrewes by Lancelot Andrewes audiobook. Genre: religion The Devotions of Bishop Andrewes gathers the private prayers and meditations of Lancelot Andrewes, one of the most influential Anglican churchmen of the early seventeenth century. Shaped for personal use rather than public display, these devotions invite the listener into a disciplined spiritual life ordered by the hours and seasons of Christian worship. Moving from adoration and thanksgiving to confession, petition, and intercession, Andrewes crafts a richly textured language of prayer that balances humility with bold trust in divine mercy. Scriptural echoes and liturgical rhythms run throughout, creating a steady cadence suited to slow listening and repeated return. Along the way, Andrewes wrestles with enduring questions: how to pray when the heart is distracted, how to examine oneself without despair, how to seek holiness amid ordinary duties, and how to hold together reverence, repentance, and hope. Both intimate and theologically weighty, The Devotions of Bishop Andrewes offers a guide for anyone drawn to traditional Christian prayer, as well as a window into the devotional mind of a major figure in English religious history. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:04:36) Chapter 02 (00:10:55) Chapter 03 (00:17:10) Chapter 04 (00:33:53) Chapter 05 (00:42:07) Chapter 06 (00:52:05) Chapter 07 (01:03:36) Chapter 08 (01:10:46) Chapter 09 (01:19:17) Chapter 10 (01:26:40) Chapter 11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Worlds of the Imperium by Keith Laumer audiobook. Genre: scifi American diplomat Brion Bayard thinks he knows Stockholm well enough to spot trouble, but one shadowed street is all it takes to pull him out of his life and into a reality that should not exist. His captors are impeccably polite, unmistakably Imperial, and absolutely certain that Bayard has a role to play in a war spanning countless parallel Earths. In their world, the American Revolution never happened, London sits at the heart of a disciplined global Imperium, and a perilous cross-time drive has opened doors to alternate histories that should have stayed sealed. Now the Imperium is being struck by devastating raids from a savage sister-world, and the enemy's mastermind is a name Bayard cannot escape: Brion Bayard. Trained to infiltrate that shattered timeline by impersonating his own double, Bayard is thrust into a maze of competing loyalties, political maneuvering, and hard choices where duty and decency do not always point the same way. Fast, tense, and concept-driven, Worlds of the Imperium blends alternate history with dimension-hopping intrigue to ask what makes a man himself when every world offers a different answer. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:08:02) Chapter 02 (00:42:35) Chapter 03 (01:10:48) Chapter 04 (01:18:52) Chapter 05 (01:42:53) Chapter 06 (01:52:27) Chapter 07 (02:21:10) Chapter 08 (02:59:44) Chapter 09 (03:22:17) Chapter 10 (03:36:02) Chapter 11 (03:49:14) Chapter 12 (04:09:28) Chapter 13 (04:20:58) Chapter 14 (04:33:59) Chapter 15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Garden Party, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield audiobook. Genre: drama Katherine Mansfield's The Garden Party, and Other Stories gathers a vivid selection of her most celebrated short fiction, capturing ordinary moments that suddenly sharpen into revelations. Moving between sunlit lawns, cramped boarding houses, bustling city streets, and quiet family rooms, these stories follow children on the edge of adulthood, young women testing the roles set for them, and families whose polite routines hide tenderness, envy, grief, and longing. In the title story, an affluent household prepares an elegant garden party, but an unexpected death in the nearby working-class neighborhood forces a young woman to confront the fragile boundary between privilege and suffering. Across the collection, Mansfield's characters navigate social expectations, class divisions, and private inner lives that rarely match the faces they show the world. With precise detail and an unmistakable musicality, Mansfield turns small incidents - a conversation at breakfast, a new hat, a passing encounter - into charged dramas of perception. These stories invite listeners to linger in the unspoken, where meaning gathers in pauses, gestures, and fleeting thoughts that can change everything. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:40:14) Chapter 02 (01:22:40) Chapter 03 (01:55:28) Chapter 04 (02:38:44) Chapter 05 (02:58:41) Chapter 06 (03:11:58) Chapter 07 (03:26:38) Chapter 08 (03:50:29) Chapter 09 (04:09:36) Chapter 10 (04:21:22) Chapter 11 (04:36:53) Chapter 12 (04:51:25) Chapter 13 (05:18:31) Chapter 14 (05:26:38) Chapter 15 (05:41:41) Chapter 16 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a German Pension by Katherine Mansfield audiobook. Genre: drama In a German Pension is a sharp, early collection of linked short stories by Katherine Mansfield, unified by the wry perspective of a young Englishwoman staying in a boardinghouse at a German spa. From the dining room table to the stuffy parlor, she watches the pension's residents perform their daily rituals: a self-important husband holding court, anxious mothers and boastful patriots, a flirtation that turns brittle, a sickroom that exposes what politeness tries to hide. As an outsider, the narrator translates each scene through her own assumptions, only to find those assumptions tested by unfamiliar customs, blunt conversation, and the constant pressure to fit in. Mansfield turns small moments - a remark about food, a lullaby, a stroll, an argument over manners - into unsettling revelations about intimacy, power, and the stories people tell to protect themselves. By moving between comedy, discomfort, and sudden tenderness, the book builds a portrait of belonging and estrangement, and of a keen mind learning, one encounter at a time, how complicated sympathy can be. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:08:40) Chapter 02 (00:16:49) Chapter 03 (00:27:57) Chapter 04 (00:41:28) Chapter 05 (00:55:11) Chapter 06 (01:16:37) Chapter 07 (01:31:59) Chapter 08 (01:39:23) Chapter 09 (02:01:32) Chapter 10 (02:18:29) Chapter 11 (02:39:29) Chapter 12 (03:03:00) Chapter 13 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bible Book by Book by Josiah Blake Tidwell audiobook. Genre: religion Written by Baylor University Bible professor Josiah Blake Tidwell, The Bible Book by Book is a practical handbook for readers who want to understand Scripture with clarity, structure, and confidence. Designed for classrooms, church study groups, and serious individual learners, this early-20th-century guide begins by laying foundations for informed Bible study: why Christians trust the Bible, how the Bible is organized, major ages and periods of biblical history, and key themes such as the names of God and the institutions that shape the biblical story. From there, Tidwell walks through the Old and New Testaments one book at a time, offering concise introductions that highlight each book's setting and purpose, along with organized outlines that map major sections and ideas. Study notes and end-of-section questions turn reading into active learning, helping listeners track recurring themes, follow the development of redemption across the canon, and see how individual books connect to the larger narrative. Clear, methodical, and built for teaching, this book is both a roadmap through Scripture and a training course in how to study it well. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:05:42) Chapter 01 (00:15:40) Chapter 02 (00:20:54) Chapter 03 (00:29:23) Chapter 04 (00:37:57) Chapter 05 (00:41:53) Chapter 06 (00:46:43) Chapter 07 (00:55:19) Chapter 08 (01:09:13) Chapter 09 (01:15:51) Chapter 10 (01:20:45) Chapter 11 (01:27:13) Chapter 12 (01:31:36) Chapter 13 (01:35:49) Chapter 14 (01:43:48) Chapter 15 (01:52:18) Chapter 16 (01:58:38) Chapter 17 (02:05:50) Chapter 18 (02:11:05) Chapter 19 (02:21:56) Chapter 20 (02:30:09) Chapter 21 (02:42:33) Chapter 22 (02:51:48) Chapter 23 (03:03:55) Chapter 24 (03:12:48) Chapter 25 (03:26:38) Chapter 26 (03:39:05) Chapter 27 (03:45:03) Chapter 28 (03:54:34) Chapter 29 (04:00:27) Chapter 30 (04:06:02) Chapter 31 (04:13:53) Chapter 32 (04:35:34) Chapter 33 (04:52:56) Chapter 34 (05:14:43) Chapter 35 (05:35:43) Chapter 36 (05:44:15) Chapter 37 (06:00:35) Chapter 38 (06:18:42) Chapter 39 (06:36:37) Chapter 40 (06:51:20) Chapter 41 (07:00:12) Chapter 42 (07:09:42) Chapter 43 (07:17:10) Chapter 44 (07:32:41) Chapter 45 (07:42:52) Chapter 46 (07:55:32) Chapter 47 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Madam Crowls Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu audiobook. Genre: mystery In Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu gathers a set of Victorian chillers that blend Gothic atmosphere with unnerving psychological realism. Linked by the shadowy figure of Dr. Martin Hesselius, a physician who studies strange disorders of mind and spirit, the stories unfold as case histories: a young woman takes a post in a gloomy country house where a dead mistress still seems to rule; a respectable clergyman finds his faith and health eroded by a presence only he can perceive; a hardened traveler encounters a relentless figure who follows too closely to be coincidence; and men of status and learning discover that old sins, buried secrets, and private obsessions can summon public ruin. Le Fanu's suspense lies less in sudden shocks than in the slow tightening of dread, where ordinary rooms, familiar faces, and polite conversations begin to feel subtly wrong. Moving between folklore and modern doubt, these tales explore guilt, inheritance, repression, and the porous boundary between supernatural visitation and human breakdown, inviting listeners to decide what is haunting the characters most: ghosts, or themselves. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:29:41) Chapter 02 (01:36:20) Chapter 03 (01:58:11) Chapter 04 (02:18:35) Chapter 05 (02:43:54) Chapter 06 (03:31:44) Chapter 07 (04:30:19) Chapter 08 (04:59:27) Chapter 09 (05:32:37) Chapter 10 (06:25:33) Chapter 11 (06:54:24) Chapter 12 (07:18:21) Chapter 13 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices