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The Heath Hover Mystery
Read by Roger Melin
Bertram Mitford
A stranger appears in the middle of the night at Heath Hover while John Seward Mervyn is tending the modest location in a wooded area near a…
Discoveries: Essays in Literary Criticism
Read by Jim Locke
John Middleton Murry
Introductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the titl…
Quilt, Book and Bard
Read by Bryna Chalmer
Bryna Chalmer
For years the picture of the man with the oxcart has hung on the wall of her Aunt and Uncle's house. It never occurred to Tory that one day …
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 17
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Various
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
The Position of Peggy Harper
Read by Anna Simon
Leonard Merrick
Novel set in the shabby world of British (third-rate) theaters circa 1900. Christopher Tatham tries to survive by going from bit part to bit…
The Court and Character of King James whereunto Is Now Added the Court of King …
Read by Patrick Wallace
Anthony Weldon
Gossipy exposés of shenanigans at the heart of government are nothing new. The author, Sir Anthony Weldon (1583–1648), was a courtier…
The Book of Wonder
Read by Greg Elmensdorp
Lord Dunsany
"Come with me, ladies and gentlemen who are in any wise weary of London: come with me: and those that tire at all of the world we know:…
Flemington
Read by Nan Dodge
Violet Jacob
This adventure historical fiction novel is set in Angus, Scotland during the Jacobite rebellion of 1745. It has all the elements of a good w…
Glengarry School Days
Read by Bruce Pirie
Ralph Connor
With international book sales in the millions, Ralph Connor was the best-known Canadian novelist of the first two decades of the Twentieth C…
Walpole
Read by Pamela Nagami
John Morley
Robert Walpole, 1st Duke of Orford (1676-1745), is generally regarded as the first prime minister of Great Britain. This is a short biograph…
Travels in Lancashire
Read by Phil Benson
Various,William Roscoe
A collection of fiction, non-fiction and poetry on travels in Lancashire, England, with occasional sorties into adjacent counties. - Summary…
John MacNab
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John Buchan
Sir Edward Leithen and his friends Lord Lamancha, Palliser-Yeates, and Archie Roylance are bored of life. After Leithen's doctor recommends …
Aurora Leigh
Aurora Leigh Aurora Leigh is a talented young poet. Determined not to conform to society's expectations and instead pursue literary ambition…
First From the Front
Read by Steve C
Harold Ashton
In this brief book I have lifted a very small corner of the curtain of war, to tell of my adventures — a week in the North Sea, and a breath…
John Keats: Selected Poems
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
John Keats
John Keats is perhaps the most talented poet of the English Romantic Period. Although his life was cut short by disease at the age of 25, he…
The Awakening of Europe
Read by Laura Caldwell
M. B. Synge
The Awakening of Europe by M. B. Synge is the third book in the series, Story of the World. Included in this history is a myriad of interest…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 083
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Various
“Oh, mother, I would like to know everything.” “You can never know everything, my child, but you can learn many things from books.” Accordin…
Petticoat Government, Volume 3
Read by Mark Leder
Frances Milton Trollope
The adventures--in society, in love--of Judith Maitland conclude.
Sir Dominick Ferrand
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
"Levity" is not a word often applied to Henry James, but this story has about it an attractively lighthearted quality. It tells of…