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The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Jun 08, 2023

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The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson audiobook.

Genre: scifi

The Sun has gone out and the Earth is lit only by the glow of residual vulcanism. The last few millions of the human race are gathered together in a gigantic metal pyramid, nearly eight miles high – the Last Redoubt, under siege from unknown forces and Powers outside in the dark. These are held back by a Circle of Energy, known as the 'air clog', powered from a subterranean energy source called the 'Earth Current'. For millennia, vast living shapes—the Watchers—have waited in the darkness near the pyramid. It is thought they are waiting for the inevitable time when the Circle's power finally weakens and dies. Other living things have been seen in the darkness beyond, some of unknown origins, and others that may once have been human.

To leave the protection of the Circle means almost certain death, or worse an ultimate destruction of the soul. As the story commences, the narrator establishes mind contact with an inhabitant of another, forgotten Lesser Redoubt. First one expedition sets off to succor the inhabitants of the Lesser Redoubt, whose own Earth Current has been exhausted, only to meet with disaster. After that the narrator sets off alone into the darkness to find the girl he has made contact with, knowing now that she is the reincarnation of his past love.

H. P. Lovecraft describes the novel as 'one of the most potent pieces of macabre imagination ever written'. Clark Ashton Smith wrote of it that 'In all literature, there are few works so sheerly remarkable, so purely creative, as The Night Land.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:45:34) Chapter 02

(01:23:35) Chapter 03

(02:02:57) Chapter 04

(02:36:08) Chapter 05

(03:10:47) Chapter 06

(03:40:49) Chapter 07

(04:09:10) Chapter 08

(04:55:59) Chapter 09

(05:40:24) Chapter 10

(06:23:34) Chapter 11

(07:06:23) Chapter 12

(07:31:38) Chapter 13

(08:14:24) Chapter 14

(08:53:15) Chapter 15

(09:21:28) Chapter 16

(10:00:17) Chapter 17

(10:35:26) Chapter 18

(11:10:31) Chapter 19

(11:45:02) Chapter 20

(12:22:06) Chapter 21

(13:00:34) Chapter 22

(13:34:42) Chapter 23

(14:13:52) Chapter 24

(14:54:22) Chapter 25

(15:36:27) Chapter 26

(16:09:46) Chapter 27

(16:48:13) Chapter 28

(17:22:39) Chapter 29

(17:57:18) Chapter 30

(18:20:40) Chapter 31

(18:42:58) Chapter 32

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My School Days by E. Nesbit ~ Full Audiobook [biography] Jun 07, 2023

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My School Days by E. Nesbit audiobook.

Genre: biography

In My School Days, E. Nesbit steps away from pure fantasy and invites listeners into a vivid, funny, and sometimes sharp-eyed memoir of childhood in late Victorian England. Speaking in a warm, conversational voice, Nesbit (as narrator and main character) revisits classrooms and playgrounds, introducing a gallery of teachers, schoolmates, and authority figures who can be inspiring one moment and terrifying the next. Through self-contained episodes, she captures the small dramas that feel enormous when you are young: trying to fit in, decoding unwritten rules, surviving embarrassment, and facing the particular fears that linger from childhood into adulthood. Alongside the daily routines of lessons and discipline, she remembers the friendships, the secret loyalties, and the private imagination that makes school life bearable and even magical. The book also builds toward an unforgettable stretch of freedom and discovery in what she calls the best summer of her childhood, contrasting the constraints of school with the wider world beyond it. Nostalgic without sentimentality, My School Days is both a portrait of one writer forming her voice and a universal story about growing up.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:09:20) Chapter 02

(00:21:22) Chapter 03

(00:28:37) Chapter 04

(00:39:23) Chapter 05

(00:49:49) Chapter 06

(01:01:48) Chapter 07

(01:11:42) Chapter 08

(01:26:43) Chapter 09

(01:36:07) Chapter 10

(01:48:56) Chapter 11

(02:01:17) Chapter 12

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The Way of the Wind by Zoe Anderson Norris ~ Full Audiobook [drama] Jun 07, 2023

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The Way of the Wind by Zoe Anderson Norris audiobook.

Genre: drama

From the comfort of the hills of Kentucky traveled Celia and her husband Seth to the desolate prairies of Kansas, where cyclones, tornadoes, and endless wind were to greet them. Always, there was the wind cutting across the plains as the young couple builds their home while working the soil, while Seth awaits the wise men of the east to begin building the magic city where he has staked his territory on the plains.

But sometimes life plays cruel tricks upon us. Sometimes our hopes are dashed by happenstance. Sometimes our greatest dreams born of purest intentions become our deepest tragedies. All too often we seek the calmness and serenity in life only to learn that we have inadvertently walked directly into The Way of the Wind.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:10:08) Chapter 02

(00:20:16) Chapter 03

(00:29:38) Chapter 04

(00:43:09) Chapter 05

(00:50:19) Chapter 06

(01:01:43) Chapter 07

(01:07:33) Chapter 08

(01:10:01) Chapter 09

(01:19:36) Chapter 10

(01:27:17) Chapter 11

(01:35:19) Chapter 12

(01:47:59) Chapter 13

(01:59:37) Chapter 14

(02:04:12) Chapter 15

(02:10:07) Chapter 16

(02:13:12) Chapter 17

(02:41:32) Chapter 18

(02:53:27) Chapter 19

(02:59:33) Chapter 20

(03:09:33) Chapter 21

(03:14:56) Chapter 22

(03:20:52) Chapter 23

(03:26:40) Chapter 24

(03:31:49) Chapter 25

(03:33:19) Chapter 26

(03:36:54) Chapter 27

(03:47:26) Chapter 28

(03:57:19) Chapter 29

(04:04:16) Chapter 30

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The Ghost Pirates by William Hope Hodgson ~ Full Audiobook [horror] Jun 07, 2023

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The Ghost Pirates by William Hope Hodgson audiobook.

Genre: horror

William Hope Hodgson's The Ghost Pirates is a sea tale where hard-won seamanship collides with the uncanny. Young sailor Jessop signs on to the Mortzestus hoping for honest work and a fair voyage, but the ship carries an atmosphere of dread that the most seasoned hands cannot quite laugh away. Whispers spread of a shadowed presence that clings to the rigging at night, of shapes that move where no man stands, and of a strange, persistent feeling that the sea itself is watching. As the Mortzestus pushes into lonelier waters, small incidents turn into frightening certainties: the crew's routines begin to fray, suspicion and fear take hold, and even practical men must decide what they believe when the evidence is not quite of this world. Trapped between duty and survival, Jessop tries to hold fast to reason while confronting a menace that seems to come from beyond the horizon. Blending nautical realism with mounting supernatural terror, Hodgson builds a claustrophobic nightmare of wind, darkness, and unseen boarders.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:14:48) Chapter 02

(00:24:36) Chapter 03

(00:40:37) Chapter 04

(01:02:50) Chapter 05

(01:26:06) Chapter 06

(01:43:45) Chapter 07

(02:01:55) Chapter 08

(02:25:29) Chapter 09

(02:51:45) Chapter 10

(03:02:16) Chapter 11

(03:33:06) Chapter 12

(03:48:22) Chapter 13

(03:57:53) Chapter 14

(04:23:11) Chapter 15

(04:42:33) Chapter 16

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My Antonia by Willa Cather ~ Full Audiobook [drama] Jun 07, 2023

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My Antonia by Willa Cather audiobook.

Genre: drama

On the wide, windswept Nebraska prairie of the late 1800s, young Jim Burden is sent from Virginia to live with his grandparents in the small railroad town of Black Hawk. There he meets Antonia Shimerda, the spirited daughter of Bohemian immigrants struggling to make a life on unfamiliar land. As Jim grows from a lonely newcomer into a sharp-eyed student, Antonia becomes the beating heart of his new world - fearless, hardworking, and determined to belong, even when hardship and prejudice press in on her family. Through seasons of backbreaking farm work, the bustling social life of town, and the pull of education and opportunity, Jim watches Antonia's life unfold alongside his own. Their bond is shaped by memory as much as by presence, and the prairie itself stands as both a promise and a test. Tender, vivid, and elegiac, My Antonia explores friendship, first love, displacement, and the cost of growing up, offering a portrait of the American frontier where endurance and hope are carved into everyday life.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:07:28) Chapter 2

(00:15:06) Chapter 3

(00:29:31) Chapter 4

(00:43:04) Chapter 5

(00:49:59) Chapter 6

(00:58:12) Chapter 7

(01:06:24) Chapter 8

(01:16:56) Chapter 9

(01:32:18) Chapter 10

(01:43:46) Chapter 11

(01:55:15) Chapter 12

(02:01:28) Chapter 13

(02:07:48) Chapter 14

(02:15:37) Chapter 15

(02:28:59) Chapter 16

(02:41:55) Chapter 17

(02:49:14) Chapter 18

(02:58:26) Chapter 19

(03:11:13) Chapter 20

(03:16:21) Chapter 21

(03:22:35) Chapter 22

(03:31:53) Chapter 23

(03:38:04) Chapter 24

(03:51:07) Chapter 25

(03:55:18) Chapter 26

(04:05:07) Chapter 27

(04:21:31) Chapter 28

(04:27:53) Chapter 29

(04:37:37) Chapter 30

(04:43:42) Chapter 31

(04:50:42) Chapter 32

(05:06:44) Chapter 33

(05:13:24) Chapter 34

(05:33:39) Chapter 35

(05:44:30) Chapter 36

(05:52:53) Chapter 37

(06:03:54) Chapter 38

(06:13:58) Chapter 39

(06:35:13) Chapter 40

(06:43:21) Chapter 41

(06:47:47) Chapter 42

(07:04:58) Chapter 43

(07:11:24) Chapter 44

(07:43:26) Chapter 45

(08:01:02) Chapter 46

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Nine Unlikely Tales by E. Nesbit ~ Full Audiobook [fantasy] Jun 06, 2023

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Nine Unlikely Tales by E. Nesbit audiobook.

Genre: fantasy

Nine Unlikely Tales is a sparkling collection of nine offbeat fairy stories from E. Nesbit, where the ordinary rules of everyday life are cheerfully overturned and logic is treated as just another plaything. In one tale, practical little Matilda and her no-nonsense nurse, Pridmore, take a wrong turn and tumble into a village of impossible surprises, complete with a bewitched royal court and a wonderfully troublesome bird called the Cockatoucan. Elsewhere, a living bouncing ball named Whereyouwantogoto ricochets through wishes and consequences, while other stories introduce an arithmetic fairy who insists sums can change the world, a prince whose fate is tangled up with two mice and a busy kitchen, and a town hidden inside a library that becomes more real the deeper you look. With quick wit, sly moral twists, and a fondness for children who question grown-up certainty, Nesbit invites listeners into miniature worlds where transformation is always one misunderstanding away and imagination is the most powerful kind of magic.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:37:06) Chapter 2

(01:06:47) Chapter 3

(01:39:44) Chapter 4

(02:08:39) Chapter 5

(02:38:07) Chapter 6

(03:10:37) Chapter 7

(03:32:45) Chapter 8

(04:00:06) Chapter 9

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The Last Trail by Zane Grey ~ Full Audiobook [adventure] Jun 06, 2023

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The Last Trail by Zane Grey audiobook.

Genre: adventure

In the raw, river-laced wilderness of the Ohio Valley after the Revolutionary War, survival depends on sharp eyes, steady nerves, and trust that is never guaranteed. A lone family group, led by pioneer George Sheppard, pushes toward the tenuous safety of Fort Henry - only to discover that the greatest dangers are not always the ones that move through the trees. When a young woman is seized from the fort and carried into contested territory by a brutal mix of renegades and hostile warriors, two legendary border fighters, Jonathan Zane and the feared scout Lewis Wetzel, take up the pursuit. Their chase becomes a grim test of endurance across dark forests and winding trails where every footprint can be a trap and every campfire a beacon. Along the way, loyalties fracture, old frontier hatreds flare, and a fragile romance begins to form under the pressure of constant threat. Gritty, atmospheric, and steeped in the peril of early American settlement, The Last Trail follows a last, desperate venture into the unknown - with the promise that only the strongest will return unchanged.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:12:31) Chapter 02

(00:36:51) Chapter 03

(00:56:23) Chapter 04

(01:26:51) Chapter 05

(01:40:59) Chapter 06

(02:10:42) Chapter 07

(02:33:20) Chapter 08

(02:50:57) Chapter 09

(03:09:28) Chapter 10

(03:22:23) Chapter 11

(03:41:27) Chapter 12

(04:15:26) Chapter 13

(04:38:07) Chapter 14

(04:59:14) Chapter 15

(05:12:33) Chapter 16

(05:23:49) Chapter 17

(05:45:10) Chapter 18

(06:06:07) Chapter 19

(06:24:47) Chapter 20

(06:51:21) Chapter 21

(07:05:55) Chapter 22

(07:25:52) Chapter 23

(07:37:08) Chapter 24

(07:51:20) Chapter 25

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The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Jun 06, 2023

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The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins audiobook.

Genre: mystery

The Woman in White is an epistolary novel written by Wilkie Collins in 1859, serialized in 1859-1860, and first published in book form in 1860. It is considered to be to the first mystery novel, and is widely regarded as one of the first (and finest) in the genre of ’sensation novels’….

The Woman in White is also an early example of a particular type of Collins narrative in which several characters in turn take up the telling of the story. This creates a complex web in which readers are unsure which narrator can, and cannot, be trusted. Collins used this technique in his other novels, including The Moonstone. This technique was copied by other novelists, including Bram Stoker, author of Dracula (1897), although by the end of the 19th century the technique was considered “old-fashioned”.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:51:55) Chapter 02

(01:31:57) Chapter 03

(02:22:45) Chapter 04

(03:21:33) Chapter 05

(03:55:47) Chapter 06

(04:38:43) Chapter 07

(05:32:37) Chapter 08

(06:14:00) Chapter 09

(06:51:06) Chapter 10

(07:29:19) Chapter 11

(08:04:36) Chapter 12

(08:48:16) Chapter 13

(09:31:35) Chapter 14

(10:05:42) Chapter 15

(10:35:04) Chapter 16

(11:36:20) Chapter 17

(12:15:44) Chapter 18

(12:49:52) Chapter 19

(13:38:07) Chapter 20

(13:48:32) Chapter 21

(14:58:37) Chapter 22

(15:39:32) Chapter 23

(16:29:06) Chapter 24

(16:58:43) Chapter 25

(17:44:10) Chapter 26

(18:31:55) Chapter 27

(19:04:49) Chapter 28

(19:35:19) Chapter 29

(20:08:56) Chapter 30

(20:37:24) Chapter 31

(21:17:37) Chapter 32

(22:06:08) Chapter 33

(22:43:23) Chapter 34

(23:14:25) Chapter 35

(23:53:42) Chapter 36

(24:25:57) Chapter 37

(25:05:28) Chapter 38

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The Frog Prince and Other Stories by Walter Crane ~ Full Audiobook [folklore] Jun 06, 2023

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The Frog Prince and Other Stories by Walter Crane audiobook.

Genre: folklore

In The Frog Prince and Other Stories, celebrated Victorian artist and storyteller Walter Crane brings a handful of beloved fairy tales to life with a clear-eyed, lyrical simplicity and a painter's sense of wonder. At the heart of the collection is the classic Frog Prince: a proud young princess makes an impulsive promise to a strange, speaking frog, only to discover that a careless word can become a binding oath. Around this central tale, Crane's other stories explore the timeless logic of folklore - where ordinary homes and quiet forests can hide enchantment, where kindness can be tested, and where selfishness carries a price. Each episode turns on a sharp moral question: Will a character keep their promise when it becomes inconvenient? Will they choose compassion over disgust, honesty over pride, courage over comfort? With brisk pacing, vivid imagery, and a gentle but firm sense of consequence, these stories invite listeners of all ages into a world of transformations, riddles, and hard-won wisdom - and remind us that magic often begins the moment someone chooses to do the right thing.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:09:47) Chapter 2

(00:29:18) Chapter 3

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The Last Plainsmen by Zane Grey ~ Full Audiobook [adventure] Jun 05, 2023

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The Last Plainsmen by Zane Grey audiobook.

Genre: adventure

Often listed as The Last of the Plainsmen, this Zane Grey classic follows the author on a rugged 1907 expedition across the Arizona desert and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in the company of Charles 'Buffalo' Jones - a larger-than-life frontiersman famous not for killing, but for capturing wild animals alive. As the old West begins to vanish, Jones undertakes what feels like a final, defining mission: to track and take living cougars and other untamed creatures from a country of painted cliffs, deep canyons, and towering pines. Grey turns the journey into a vivid, boots-on-the-ground adventure, detailing brutal miles, makeshift camps, narrow escapes, and the tense, physical work of roping and handling dangerous animals without turning the hunt into slaughter. Along the way, the party faces the relentless demands of wilderness travel and uneasy encounters with the people and powers that still shape the frontier. Part travel narrative, part character portrait, the book asks what it means to master nature, and what it costs when an era - and its wildlife - is slipping away.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:03:40) Chapter 01

(00:39:50) Chapter 02

(01:13:51) Chapter 03

(01:41:39) Chapter 04

(02:14:24) Chapter 05

(02:27:34) Chapter 06

(02:45:52) Chapter 07

(03:10:08) Chapter 08

(03:25:37) Chapter 09