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On Union with God

Read by David Barnes


Blessed Albert The Great


Surely the most deeply-rooted need of the human soul, its purest aspiration, is for the closest possible union with God. As one turns over t…

Sheriff Larrabee's Prisoner

Read by David Wales


Max Brand


The stranger rode up in the pouring rain to the lonely ranch house. Before dawn he was riding quickly away. Who had killed old Mr. Benton?…

The Long, Long Trail

Read by David Wales


Max Brand


A willful flirtatious girl; a morose family; a dark, mysterious, and (to some) alluring man; lots of horses, guns, honor, love, courage, and…

The Best British Short Stories of 1922

Read by David Wales


Various and Walter de la Mare


Twenty-four short stories by famous and not-so-famous British authors. (Summary by David Wales) Note: A shortened section 21 was replaced on…

Werewolf -- Five Pieces

Read by David Wales


Saki


Five stories and essays about werewolves. - Summary by david wales

Bible (KJV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Additions to Daniel

Read by David Shamp


King James Version


The Additions to Daniel comprise three chapters not found in the Hebrew/Aramaic text of Daniel. The text of these chapters is found in the G…

Life's Little Ironies; A Set Of Tales With Some Colloquial Sketches Entitled A …

Read by David Wales


Thomas Hardy


Eighteen short stories by a master story teller. - Summary by david wales

Tales Of Lonely Trails

Read by David Wales


Zane Grey


Western novelist Zane Grey (1872-1939) also wrote nonfiction books about the American West and its country. This 1922 tribute to country he…

Day And Night Stories

Read by David Wales


Algernon Blackwood


Fifteen short stories by Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (1869 – 1951), an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific w…

Into the Woods

Read by David Wood


David Wood


Set against the backdrop of colonial America, Into the Woods is the story of pioneer and patriot Jonathan Wood. Straining against the bonds …

Miscellaneous Pieces

Read by David Barnes


John Bunyan


John Bunyan (November 28, 1628 – August 31, 1688), a Christian writer and preacher, was born at Harrowden (one mile south-east of Bedford), …

Recollections of a Missionary in the Great West

Read by David Wales


Cyrus Townsend Brady


Brady was a journalist, historian, adventure writer, and Episcopal priest. As a priest he spent some time on the American frontier as a miss…

A Desert Drama: Being the Tragedy Of The Korosko

Read by David Wales


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Also published under the title The Tragedy of the Korosko (1898). A group of European tourists are enjoying their trip to Egypt in the year …

Days with the Great Composers

Read by David Wales


May Gillington Byron


An imagined day in the life of each composer gives the anonymous author scope to describe each one's work and life, sketchily, of course, bu…

The Luck Of Roaring Camp And Other Sketches

Read by David Wales


Bret Harte


Bret Harte (1836 – 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California.... He moved to …

The New Swiss Family Robinson

Read by David Wales


Owen Wister


A parody of its famous predecessor, this short piece was written by Owen Wister for the Harvard Lampoon (Summary by David Wales)

Bible (KJV) NT 16: 2 Timothy

Read by David Lawrence


King James Version


The Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy, usually referred to simply as Second Timothy and often written 2 Timothy, is one of the three Pastora…

Cape Cod Stories

Read by David Wales


Joseph Crosby Lincoln


This book (eleven short stories) was also published under the title of “The Old Home House”. Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1870 – 1944) was an Amer…

A Thin Ghost And Others

Read by David Wales


M. R. James


Five ghost stories, published in 1920, by the early twentieth century master of ghostery. - Summary by david wales

Lin McLean

Read by David Wales


Owen Wister


Lin McLean is an unaffected, attractive young cowboy in the Wyoming territory before statehood. This book is various stories in his life. (S…

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