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What is Man? and Other Essays

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


"What Is Man?", published by Mark Twain in 1906, is a dialogue between a young man and an older man jaded to the world. It involve…

Chapters from my Autobiography

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) began writing his autobiography long before the 1906 publications of these Chapters from my Autobiography. He or…

Tom Sawyer, Detective

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


Tom Sawyer, Detective is an 1896 novel by Mark Twain. It is a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn …

Tales of the Left Hand, Book One

Read by John Meagher


John Meagher


In the tropical-island region known as the Frees, magic is growing stronger, and gunpowder is becoming less reliable. Amid this world of &qu…

The Adventures of Paddy Beaver

Read by John Lieder


Thornton W. Burgess


The Adventures of Paddy Beaver is another in the long list of children’s books by the conservationist, Thornton W. Burgess. In this book, th…

The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk

Read by John Lieder


Thornton W. Burgess


The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk is another in the long list children's books by the conservationist, Thornton W. Burgess. In this book, Jimmy …

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


Following the Equator (American English title) or More Tramps Abroad (English title) is a non-fiction travelogue published by American autho…

1601: Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors…

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


Please note: this recording contains strong language. Also known simply as "1601", this is a humorously risque work by Mark Twain,…

The Adventures of Johnny Chuck

Read by John Lieder


Thornton W. Burgess


The Adventures of Johnny Chuck is another in the long list of children's books by conservationist Thornton W. Burgess. In this story, it is …

Tales of the Left Hand, Book Two

Read by John Meagher


John Meagher


The “swashbuckling, intrigue, and a dash of magic” continues in Book Two of Tales of the Left Hand, as the Duke of Kohaya gives Tesca and Ka…

A Modest Proposal

Read by John Gonzalez


Jonathan Swift


Jonathan Swift almost defines satire in this biting and brutal pamphlet in which he suggests that poor (Catholic) Irish families should fatt…

The Adventures of Old Man Coyote

Read by John Lieder


Thornton W. Burgess


The Adventures of Old Man Coyote is another in the long list of children's books by conservationist Thornton W. Burgess. In this book, the …

A Double Barreled Detective Story

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


A Double Barrelled Detective Story is a novel by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), in which Sherlock Holmes finds himself in the American west.At…

Fried Green Zombies

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John Allen


Chett and Harry are two recently unemployed construction workers on their way to a weekend of beer, Southern Comfort, and frog gigging at th…

The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad

Read by John Lieder


Thornton W. Burgess


The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad is another in the long line of children's books by conservationist Thornton W. Burgess. In this book, we foll…

The Adventures of Bob White

Read by John Lieder


Thornton W. Burgess


The Adventures of Bob White is another in the long line of children's books by conservationist Thornton W. Burgess. In this book, Bob White…

The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Version 2)

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


It was published in 1893–1894 by Century Magazine in seven installments, and is a detective story with some racial themes. The plot of this …

Get A Life!

Read by John Dodds


John Dodds


Are you getting as much as you want out of your life? Are you dissatisfied, downhearted, depressed or distressed? Well, why don’t you just G…

The Gilded Age, A Tale of Today (version 2)

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


Originally published in 1873, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is the only novel Twain co-wrote (C.D. Warner was a good friend and neighbor o…

The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories (version 2)

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


The Mysterious Stranger-A Romance- is the final novel attempted by Mark Twain. It was worked on periodically from roughly 1890 up until 1910…

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