The Brethren by H. Rider Haggard audiobook. Genre: adventure Set in the days of the Crusaders, this books tells of a young maiden named Rosamund, and her twin cousins. Godwin is the grey eyed thoughtful man, and Wulf is the blue eyed warrior. They are both knights of England and they are both in love with their fair cousin. But the riddle of the story is which does Rosamund love? The adventure begins when Rosamund is taken from England and carried to the East. The plot thickens as the two young ...
Jul 20, 2023•15 hr 44 min
The Chouans by Honore de Balzac audiobook. Genre: history Set in the wild, hedgerowed countryside of Brittany in 1799, The Chouans throws the listener into the last violent aftershocks of the French Revolution. The Republic is fighting to stamp out a Royalist guerrilla uprising, and every road, inn, and village chapel can hide an ambush. Into this tense landscape comes Marie de Verneuil, a captivating young woman tied to the Parisian authorities and sent on a delicate mission: to draw close to t...
Jul 20, 2023•16 hr 9 min
Eugenie Grandet by Honore de Balzac audiobook. Genre: drama Eugenie Grandet, first published in 1833, is one of Honore de Balzac's finest novels, and one of the first works in what would become his large novel series titled La Comedie Humaine. Set in a provincial town in post-Revolutionary France, the story deals with money, avarice, love, and obsession. A wealthy old miser must manage the passion of his innocent daughter, who later has to navigate on her own the treacherous ways of a world in w...
Jul 19, 2023•7 hr 30 min
Walking by Henry David Thoreau audiobook. Genre: philosophy In Walking, Henry David Thoreau invites listeners out of the study and into the fields, arguing that a daily walk is not mere exercise but a necessary act of freedom. Speaking from the woods and roads around Concord, Massachusetts, Thoreau celebrates the art of 'sauntering' - wandering with attention, purpose, and a readiness to be changed by what the land reveals. As fences rise, property lines tighten, and workdays compress the hours,...
Jul 19, 2023•1 hr 30 min
The Burglars Club by Henry Augustus Hering audiobook. Genre: mystery In Edwardian England, respected Manchester merchant Sir John Carder sits alone in his warehouse office, ruined by bad speculation and staring at a loaded revolver, when an unexpected visitor climbs in through the window: a burglar with the manners of a clubman and the calm assurance of a man following a set of rules. The intruder does not just come to steal Sir John's cherished cigars - he comes to explain the existence of an a...
Jul 19, 2023•6 hr 14 min
Faery Lands of the South Seas by Hall-Nordhoff audiobook. Genre: adventure First published in 1921, Faery Lands of the South Seas follows writing partners James Norman Hall and Charles Nordhoff as they trade post-World War I Europe for the far side of the world, chasing a rumor of island life that feels like a waking dream. Beginning with their departure and slow approach by sea, the narrative draws listeners into a South Pacific of trading schooners, reef-ringed lagoons, and small communities s...
Jul 19, 2023•10 hr 39 min
The Ancient Allan by H. Rider Haggard audiobook. Genre: adventure In quiet, late-Victorian England, Allan Quatermain is trying to live out his days far from peril when a summons from the formidable Lady Luna Ragnall draws him back into mysteries older than history. Lady Ragnall is convinced that an ancient Egyptian substance called Taduki can unlock the mind and reveal the truth behind recurring dreams, strange recognitions, and a haunting sense of unfinished destiny. When they dare to breathe i...
Jul 18, 2023•9 hr 10 min
The Colour Out of Space by H. P. Lovecraft audiobook. Genre: horror In rural New England, surveyors arrive to measure a quiet stretch of land for a new reservoir, but one place stands out as wrong: a blasted, lifeless area the locals avoid and refuse to explain. The outsider sent to ask questions is drawn into the story of the Gardner family, farmers whose isolation only deepened after a strange meteorite fell on their property. What begins as a curiosity for the nearby scientists becomes a cree...
Jul 18, 2023•1 hr 25 min
Tales of Space and Time by H. G. Wells audiobook. Genre: scifi In Tales of Space and Time, H. G. Wells gathers a set of swift, idea-driven stories that fling everyday people against immensities: distant planets, deep time, and the unsettling power of scientific possibility. A curious observer studies an uncanny object that seems to open a window onto other worlds. A quiet clerk discovers that wishing for miracles is far more dangerous than it sounds. Ordinary citizens watch the skies as an astro...
Jul 18, 2023•8 hr 36 min
The Search by Grace Livingston Hill audiobook. Genre: romance Against the uneasy backdrop of World War I, The Search follows John Cameron, a plainspoken young soldier carrying questions he cannot shake: how does a person find God, and how can faith hold steady when life is stripped down to drills, danger, and doubt? Far from the camps and marching columns, Ruth Macdonald lives in comfort as the protected daughter of a wealthy family, surrounded by parties, expectations, and the invisible rules o...
Jul 17, 2023•6 hr 8 min
The Man of the Desert by Grace Livingston Hill audiobook. Genre: romance Fleeing from an aggressive suitor, Hazel Radcliffe becomes hopelessly lost in the Arizona desert. Exhausted, she falls unconscious from her pony. Soon she is found by John Brownleigh, a handsome missionary who lives nearby. As he cares for her, a strong and true love grows between them. She was raised in luxury, he was raised to serve God. They part knowing very little about each other except for the love they feel. Back ho...
Jul 17, 2023•5 hr 52 min
The Big Blue Soldier by Grace Livingston Hill audiobook. Genre: romance In a quiet village still catching its breath after the Great War, gentle, hopeful Miss Marilla Chadwick prepares a grand homecoming dinner for her celebrated nephew, Lieutenant Richard (Dick) Chadwick, certain that his uniform and heroism will brighten her lonely household and even bring romance to her beautiful young neighbor, Mary Amber. But when a brusque telegram shatters her plans, Marilla refuses to waste the feast or ...
Jul 17, 2023•2 hr 34 min
Dawn of the Morning by Grace Livingston Hill audiobook. Genre: romance Set in 1824 in a proud Hudson Valley community between Schenectady and Albany, Dawn of the Morning follows Dawn Van Rensselaer, a spirited girl trapped in a grand house where appearances matter more than tenderness. Her stern father, Hamilton Van Rensselaer, has driven Dawn's mother, Mary Montgomery, from the home and replaced her with an ambitious stepmother who demands obedience, even down to the name Dawn refuses to surren...
Jul 15, 2023•9 hr 22 min
Agincourt - A Romance by George Payne Rainsford James audiobook. Genre: romance Set in England and northern France on the eve of the Battle of Agincourt, this sweeping historical romance follows Richard of Woodville, a young squire raised on ideals of honor and chivalry, as a single night ride changes the course of his life. When Richard meets Hal of Hadnock, a witty, enigmatic traveler with a soldier's instincts and secrets of his own, the two form an unlikely bond and seek shelter with Richard...
Jul 14, 2023•16 hr 56 min
Black Oxen by Gertrude Atherton audiobook. Genre: mystery In post-World War I New York, a young artist named Lee Clavering finds himself drawn into a glittering, unsettling circle where money, modern art, and bold new ideas collide. When he meets the radiant Mary Zattiany - a woman of striking presence and mysterious background - Lee is captivated by her beauty, her confidence, and the rumor-haunted past that seems to follow her through salons and studios. As Lee's fascination deepens, he is pul...
Jul 14, 2023•13 hr 24 min
The Duke of Chimney Butte by George W. Ogden audiobook. Genre: adventure Jeremiah (Jerry) Lambert comes to the Bad Lands on a battered bicycle with a suitcase of All-in-One kitchen gadgets and a plan to sell his way into a better life. The country is harsher than any sales pitch, and Jerry is close to giving up when he blunders into a cow camp, wins a meal, and then shocks seasoned riders by staying aboard Whetstone, an outlaw horse no one else will handle. Overnight, a drifting peddler becomes ...
Jul 14, 2023•7 hr 7 min
Arabella Stuart by George Payne Rainsford James audiobook. Genre: history Set in the dangerous glare of the Jacobean court, George Payne Rainsford James' Arabella Stuart reimagines the fate of a young noblewoman whose bloodline makes her a political problem and a prize. Lady Arabella Stuart is brilliant, poised, and keenly aware that her royal descent places her uncomfortably close to the English throne - close enough to attract whispers, schemes, and watchful eyes. As King James I consolidates ...
Jul 13, 2023•16 hr 22 min
An Unwilling Guest by Grace Livingston Hill audiobook. Genre: romance Evelyn Rutherford has everything New York society is supposed to want: beauty, polish, and a calendar full of glittering invitations. But when she is sent to the country for a summer visit with her aunt, the trip feels like exile from the life she knows best. Then her aunt falls ill, and Evelyn finds herself staying, almost against her will, with the neighboring Greys - a warm, steady family whose quiet joy is rooted in a fait...
Jul 13, 2023•9 hr 13 min
The Mind And Its Education by George Herbert Betts audiobook. Genre: science 'We are to study the mind and its education; but how? It is easy to understand how we may investigate the great world of material things about us; for we can see it, touch it, weigh it, or measure it. But how are we to discover the nature of the mind, or come to know the processes by which consciousness works? For mind is intangible; we cannot see it, feel it, taste it, or handle it. Mind belongs not to the realm of mat...
Jul 13, 2023•10 hr 34 min
Olga Romanoff by George Griffith audiobook. Genre: scifi In a near-future world reshaped by revolution, the skies belong to the Aerians, a brotherhood whose mastery of unprecedented flying machines has ended old empires and imposed a hard, watchful peace across the globe. But history is not so easily buried. From the wreckage of the Russian dynasty rises Olga Romanoff, proud, charismatic, and relentless, determined to reclaim a throne the world has declared extinct. With her kinsman Serge at her...
Jul 13, 2023•14 hr 49 min
A Mayfair Magician by George Griffith audiobook. Genre: scifi On a storm-lashed Christmas Eve in the Scottish border hills, a visiting researcher is snowed in at H. M. Prison at Nether-moor. Over supper, the prison's brilliant medical officer - a devoted student of criminal psychology - points out a singular inmate: a cultivated man forced to wear a mask and motoring goggles, not to shield his eyes, but to shield others from them. To explain why, the doctor begins a tale that reaches from bleak ...
Jul 12, 2023•8 hr 49 min
The Splendid Outcast by George Gibbs audiobook. Genre: romance _What else?_—What else had happened? Something to do with the remarkable likeness between himself and Harry? The likeness,—so strong that only their own mother had been able to tell them apart. Memory came to him with a rush. He remembered now what had happened in the darkness, what he had done. Taken Harry’s lieutenant’s uniform, giving the coward his own corporal’s outfit. Then he, Jim Horton, had gone on and carried out the Major’...
Jul 12, 2023•12 hr 9 min
The Incredulity of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton audiobook. Genre: mystery In The Incredulity of Father Brown, G. K. Chesterton returns to his unlikely sleuth: Father Brown, a quiet Catholic priest whose plain clothes and unassuming manner invite underestimation. Moving through drawing rooms, country lanes, and shadowed city streets, Father Brown encounters baffling crimes that leave sharper minds chasing elaborate theories. What sets him apart is not laboratory science or official authority,...
Jul 12, 2023•7 hr 13 min
Fancies Versus Fads by G. K. Chesterton audiobook. Genre: philosophy In Fancies Versus Fads, G. K. Chesterton turns his exuberant wit on the passing crazes and grand theories of the early twentieth century, arguing that the newest ideas often become the narrowest prisons. This lively collection of short essays moves restlessly from poetry and free verse to psychoanalysis, prohibition, modern journalism, feminism, film, legal reforms, popular history, and even debates about evolution, treating ea...
Jul 12, 2023•7 hr 47 min
The Golden Canyon by G. A. Henty audiobook. Genre: adventure In August, 1856, times were hard in San Diego. Dick, who worked on the ship, 'Northampton', was attacked by a ruthless gang - the next morning he found that his ship had sailed off without him. In no time, his closest friends came to him and nursed him back to health. In talking about the events, they decided it was time for a change, to make a better life for themselves, and that meant they would plan to leave and travel together in t...
Jul 11, 2023•2 hr 6 min
Billy Whiskers, the Autobiography of a Goat by Frances Trego Montgomery audiobook. Genre: family Told with mischievous charm in the voice of its unlikely hero, Billy Whiskers, the Autobiography of a Goat follows a bold young goat whose curiosity is always one nibble away from trouble. When Billy is separated from the comfortable rhythms of farm life, he finds himself plunged into a wider world of wagons and roads, strange barns and backyards, and humans who are by turns helpful, baffled, or down...
Jul 11, 2023•3 hr 18 min
The Amethyst Cross by Fergus Hume audiobook. Genre: mystery On a soft May afternoon by the Thames, Lesbia Hale and George Walker dream aloud of a life they are not yet allowed to live. Their engagement, tender and hard-won, is threatened by Lesbia's formidable father, Walter Hale, who refuses to sanction the match and seems consumed by a strange fixation on an heirloom Lesbia has inherited from her late mother: a costly amethyst cross. When violence shatters the lovers' quiet plans and the cross...
Jul 11, 2023•8 hr 43 min
Ada Merton by Francis J. Finn audiobook. Genre: religion In Ada Merton, Francis J. Finn, S.J. tells a compact, emotionally charged tale of a comfortable couple whose lives have drifted far from the faith they once knew. The Mertons are respected and self-sufficient, but religion has become a polite afterthought - until their home is shaken by the sudden loss of their only child, Ada. In the quiet aftermath of grief, ordinary routines turn hollow, old certainties crumble, and questions they have ...
Jul 11, 2023•3 hr 39 min
Thus Spake Zarathustra - A Book for All and None by Friedrich Nietzsche audiobook. Genre: philosophy Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844–1900) was a nineteenth-century German philosopher. He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, using a distinctive German language style and displaying a fondness for aphorism. Nietzsche's influence remains substantial within and beyond philosophy, notably in existentialism and postmodernism. Thus Spake Zarathustra...
Jul 10, 2023•15 hr 49 min
A Superfluous Woman by Emma Francis Brooke audiobook. Genre: drama Published anonymously in 1894 at the height of the New Woman debate, A Superfluous Woman follows Jessamine Halliday, a beautiful young aristocrat who seems to be wasting away in the velvet air of London society. Her family, fearing a breakdown, summons the unconventional Dr. Cornerstone, who offers a startling diagnosis: Jessamine is not truly ill - she is starving for purpose. Pushed to examine how wealth, idleness, and the marr...
Jul 10, 2023•11 hr 20 min
