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Companionable Books
Read by MaryAnn
Henry van Dyke
Many books are dry and dusty, there is no juice in them; and many are soon exhausted, you would no more go back to them than to a squeezed o…
Prejudices, First Series
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H. L. Mencken
Mencken sharpens his pen and in a collection of short essays delivers acerbic opinions on issues and persons of the time. Among his targets…
The Wonderful Visit
Read by Mary Bard
H. G. Wells
An other-worldly creature visits a small English village, and H. G. Wells uses humour and satire to convey some of the imperfections of Vict…
The Man Whom the Trees Loved
Read by Amy Gramour
Algernon Blackwood
The story of a man’s deep connection with nature and his wife’s fear of it. –Summary by Amy Larch Gramour
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3: The Viaticum and Other Stories
Read by James K. White
Guy de Maupassant
This is volume is a collection of 50 of de Maupassant's short stories. Summary by James K. White.
Pipefuls
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Christopher Morley
A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course a…
Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 043
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Various
Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.Eine Liste weiterer kurzer Aufnahmen (Erzählungen, Gedichte…
The Professor's House
Read by Amy Dunkleberger
Willa Sibert Cather and Willa Cather
A portrait of Americas many social groups with the chief interest centered on a university professor and his family - Summary by Publishers …
Ten Minute Stories
Read by Ben Tucker
Algernon Blackwood
Noted author of weird fiction Algernon Blackwood brings us a collection of shorter stories than some of his more well-known tales of terror.…
The Hampdenshire Wonder
Read by Phil Benson
J. D. Beresford
By the age of three, Victor Stott's intellectual powers exceed those of any known human. He is the Hampdenshire Wonder, son of an extraordin…
The Brothers Karamazov (version 2)
Read by Tony Addison
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Described as the Great Book of Wonders by Arthur Miller, this everyday tale of fraternal affection, sibling rivalry, obsession, lust, parric…
Arizona Nights
Read by A. E. Maroney
Stewart Edward White
Arizona Nights is a collection of tales from the American West as told by those who took part in them. (Summary by Adam E. Maroney)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Study In Scarlet
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A Study in Scarlet By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Dramatised for radio by Michael Hardwick With: Carleton Hobb…
Eminent Victorians
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Giles Lytton Strachey
On Modern Library's list of 100 Best Non-Fiction books, "Eminent Victorians" marked an epoch in the art of biography; it also help…
The Martian
Read by Paul Harvey
Alec Rowley Hilliard
The water was evaporated by the ever-shining sun until there was none left for the thirsty plants. Every year more workers died in misery. A…
The Golden Bough
Read by Tony Oliva
George Gibbs
The eyes of the Légionnaire, now grown accustomed to the glow of the light, made sure that the figure had not moved, nor was aware of…
Anecdotes of Big Cats and Other Beasts
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David Alec Wilson
Although David Alec Wilson is best known for his writings about Thomas Carlyle, he was a Scottish civil servant who spent much time in India…
The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
Read by Peter Yearsley
H. G. Wells
A collection of Wells' short stories, with a short introductory essay by the author- "Essentially it is a miscellany of inventions, man…
Devotional Hours with the Bible, Vol 2
Read by MaryAnn
James Russell Miller
One way of studying the Bible is to get from it practical lessons from our daily life. This is the purpose that is in mind in this book. It …
Modern Essays
Read by David Wales
Christopher Morley
Thirty three essays by more or less well-known authors of Britain, the United States, and Canada, each fronted by an introductory paragraph.…