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The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper ~ Full Audiobook [adventure] Apr 12, 2023

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The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper audiobook.

Genre: adventure

Set against the brutal frontier wars of 1757, The Last of the Mohicans follows a small band of unlikely allies as they fight to survive in the wilderness between British forts and contested Native homelands. When the daughters of a British colonel - the steadfast Cora and the gentler Alice Munro - are sent under escort to Fort William Henry, their journey becomes a perilous chase through forests, rivers, and hidden trails. Their protectors include the resourceful frontier scout Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye, and his close companions Chingachgook and his son Uncas, members of the Mohican people. Pursued by the cunning Huron warrior Magua, the group is drawn into ambushes, captivity, daring escapes, and tense negotiations where loyalty is tested and misunderstanding can be fatal. As imperial armies maneuver and alliances shift, the travelers must rely on hard-won knowledge of the land, courage under fire, and trust across cultural divides. Cooper's classic blends relentless action with a sweeping portrait of a world changing faster than its inhabitants can bear, exploring identity, honor, and what is lost when empires collide.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:10:46) Chapter 01

(00:36:34) Chapter 02

(00:55:40) Chapter 03

(01:18:05) Chapter 04

(01:35:32) Chapter 05

(01:56:41) Chapter 06

(02:23:37) Chapter 07

(02:47:53) Chapter 08

(03:14:15) Chapter 09

(03:36:33) Chapter 10

(04:05:02) Chapter 11

(04:36:15) Chapter 12

(05:13:51) Chapter 13

(05:43:28) Chapter 14

(06:16:39) Chapter 15

(06:44:06) Chapter 16

(07:12:00) Chapter 17

(07:48:19) Chapter 18

(08:17:32) Chapter 19

(08:47:12) Chapter 20

(09:17:16) Chapter 21

(09:42:26) Chapter 22

(10:08:05) Chapter 23

(10:40:47) Chapter 24

(11:12:47) Chapter 25

(11:45:26) Chapter 26

(12:08:11) Chapter 27

(12:37:52) Chapter 28

(13:04:06) Chapter 29

(13:37:37) Chapter 30

(14:03:17) Chapter 31

(14:23:50) Chapter 32

(14:53:38) Chapter 33

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The Sea Wolf by Jack London ~ Full Audiobook [adventure] Apr 12, 2023

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The Sea Wolf by Jack London audiobook.

Genre: adventure

When literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden survives a ferry collision in San Francisco Bay, he expects rescue - not conscription. Hauled aboard the sealing schooner Ghost, he finds himself under the absolute rule of Captain Wolf Larsen, a brilliant, domineering commander whose philosophy is as merciless as the sea he sails. Thrust into a world of brutal labor and rigid hierarchy, Humphrey must adapt quickly, learning seamanship and hardening his body as he struggles to preserve his identity and conscience. The Ghost ranges the Pacific on a perilous hunt, where storms, injuries, and the constant threat of violence test every man aboard. As Humphrey is drawn into a tense, uneasy relationship with Larsen - part adversary, part teacher - he is forced to confront unsettling questions about strength, morality, and what makes a life meaningful. The stakes rise when another survivor, the sensitive poet Maud Brewster, is brought onto the ship, complicating the balance of power and turning survival into something more than endurance. At once a maritime adventure and a clash of worldviews, The Sea-Wolf explores freedom, authority, and the price of becoming strong enough to live.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:19:42) Chapter 02

(00:38:53) Chapter 03

(01:05:16) Chapter 04

(01:21:29) Chapter 05

(01:40:20) Chapter 06

(02:13:42) Chapter 07

(02:22:07) Chapter 08

(02:39:49) Chapter 09

(03:01:19) Chapter 10

(03:17:47) Chapter 11

(03:32:50) Chapter 12

(03:57:08) Chapter 13

(04:07:14) Chapter 14

(04:25:57) Chapter 15

(04:39:45) Chapter 16

(04:57:10) Chapter 17

(05:30:04) Chapter 18

(05:46:57) Chapter 19

(06:02:13) Chapter 20

(06:20:37) Chapter 21

(06:31:43) Chapter 22

(06:40:13) Chapter 23

(06:52:35) Chapter 24

(07:08:33) Chapter 25

(07:39:09) Chapter 26

(08:10:04) Chapter 27

(08:28:16) Chapter 28

(08:44:52) Chapter 29

(08:58:02) Chapter 30

(09:15:39) Chapter 31

(09:22:13) Chapter 32

(09:41:36) Chapter 33

(09:55:56) Chapter 34

(10:08:04) Chapter 35

(10:23:07) Chapter 36

(10:45:13) Chapter 37

(11:05:57) Chapter 38

(11:13:35) Chapter 39

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First Love by Ivan Turgenev ~ Full Audiobook [romance] Apr 10, 2023

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First Love by Ivan Turgenev audiobook.

Genre: romance

The title of the novella is almost an adequate summary in itself. The 'boy-meets-girl-then-loses-her' story is universal but not, I think, banal - despite a surprise ending which notoriously turns out to be very little of a surprise. First Love is given its originality and poignancy by Turgenev's mastery of the piercing turning-point (akin to Joyce's 'epiphanies') that transforms the character's whole being, making a tragic outcome inevitable. Even the nature symbolism is rescued from triteness by lovely poetic similes - e.g. 'but at that point my attention was arrested by the appearance of a speckled woodpecker who busily climbed up the slender stem of a birch-tree and peeped out uneasily from behind it, first to the right, then to the left, like a musician behind the bass-viol.'

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:38:16) Chapter 02

(01:23:06) Chapter 03

(01:52:59) Chapter 04

(02:26:39) Chapter 05

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Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Isabella L. Bird ~ Full Audiobook [adventure] Apr 07, 2023

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Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Isabella L. Bird audiobook.

Genre: adventure

Isabella Lucy Bird was a 19th century English traveller, writer, and natural historian. She was a sickly child, however, while she was travelling she was almost always healthy. Her first trip, in 1854, took her to America, visiting relatives. Her first book, The Englishwoman in America was published anonymously two years later.

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan is compiled of the letters she sent to her sister during her 7 months sojourn in Japan in 1878. Her travels there took her from Edo (now called Tokyo) through the interior - where she was often the first foreigner the locals had met - to Niigata, and from there to Aomori. There she crossed over to Yezo (Hokkaido), and her account on the life of the Ainu, an indigenous people of Japan, provides an interesting glimpse of days long past.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:06:31) Chapter 01

(00:20:16) Chapter 02

(00:23:26) Chapter 03

(00:36:24) Chapter 04

(00:50:11) Chapter 05

(01:18:11) Chapter 06

(01:42:41) Chapter 07

(02:04:00) Chapter 08

(02:09:43) Chapter 09

(02:30:30) Chapter 10

(02:37:16) Chapter 11

(02:54:34) Chapter 12

(03:03:30) Chapter 13

(03:11:39) Chapter 14

(03:43:10) Chapter 15

(03:53:46) Chapter 16

(03:59:16) Chapter 17

(04:18:03) Chapter 18

(04:24:56) Chapter 19

(04:35:34) Chapter 20

(04:49:07) Chapter 21

(05:09:57) Chapter 22

(05:31:00) Chapter 23

(05:47:58) Chapter 24

(05:54:26) Chapter 25

(06:09:43) Chapter 26

(06:15:18) Chapter 27

(06:25:54) Chapter 28

(06:30:14) Chapter 29

(06:40:22) Chapter 30

(06:52:01) Chapter 31

(07:03:58) Chapter 32

(07:23:38) Chapter 33

(07:34:09) Chapter 34

(07:50:22) Chapter 35

(07:58:23) Chapter 36

(08:04:34) Chapter 37

(08:10:30) Chapter 38

(08:16:06) Chapter 39

(08:31:40) Chapter 40

(08:36:06) Chapter 41

(08:39:51) Chapter 42

(09:16:59) Chapter 43

(09:23:11) Chapter 44

(09:43:13) Chapter 45

(10:06:34) Chapter 46

(10:22:28) Chapter 47

(10:44:51) Chapter 48

(11:14:51) Chapter 49

(11:22:52) Chapter 50

(11:41:17) Chapter 51

(11:48:05) Chapter 52

(12:05:02) Chapter 53

(12:19:10) Chapter 54

(12:41:32) Chapter 55

(12:45:26) Chapter 56

(12:49:24) Chapter 57

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The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson ~ Full Audiobook [drama] Apr 07, 2023

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The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson audiobook.

Genre: drama

Set in late 19th-century Australia, The Getting of Wisdom follows Laura Rambotham, a bright, imaginative country girl sent away from home to attend a strict Melbourne ladies' college. Thrown into an unfamiliar world of rules, gossip, and social hierarchies, Laura is determined to shine - academically, socially, and in the eyes of her teachers. But her quick mind and fierce independence collide with the school's expectations of obedience and ladylike conformity. As she tries to win friends and carve out a place among classmates who can be both charming and cruel, Laura experiments with performance, reinvention, and small acts of rebellion. Her hunger for admiration and belonging leads her into choices that test her honesty, her courage, and her sense of self. With sharp psychological insight and vivid detail, Henry Handel Richardson depicts the pressures of adolescence and the complicated education that happens beyond the classroom: learning how power works, how reputations are made, and what it can cost to stay true to oneself.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:15:41) Chapter 2

(00:33:59) Chapter 3

(00:49:53) Chapter 4

(01:10:59) Chapter 5

(01:30:37) Chapter 6

(01:43:18) Chapter 7

(02:02:32) Chapter 8

(02:21:45) Chapter 9

(02:49:24) Chapter 10

(03:08:25) Chapter 11

(03:24:09) Chapter 12

(03:43:36) Chapter 13

(03:53:10) Chapter 14

(04:16:08) Chapter 15

(04:33:18) Chapter 16

(04:48:54) Chapter 17

(05:02:06) Chapter 18

(05:24:47) Chapter 19

(05:54:47) Chapter 20

(06:12:50) Chapter 21

(06:30:13) Chapter 22

(06:50:27) Chapter 23

(07:10:03) Chapter 24

(07:35:25) Chapter 25

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She by H. Rider Haggard ~ Full Audiobook [adventure] Apr 07, 2023

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She by H. Rider Haggard audiobook.

Genre: adventure

When Cambridge scholar Horace Holly becomes guardian to a newborn boy, Leo Vincey, he also inherits a locked iron box and an ominous instruction: on Leo's twenty-fifth birthday, open it and follow where it leads. Inside lies a mysterious shard of ancient pottery and a letter pointing toward a lost African kingdom and an extraordinary woman who may be tied to Leo's bloodline across millennia. Years later, Holly, the grown Leo, and their steadfast servant Job set out on a perilous expedition into unmapped territory, driven by curiosity, duty, and a pull that feels like fate. Their journey brings them into the hands of the Amahagger people and toward the hidden realm of Kôr, where the legendary ruler Ayesha - called She-who-must-be-obeyed - reigns with hypnotic beauty, terrifying power, and a long memory of betrayal. As fascination turns to dread, the travelers are caught between imperial ambition, forbidden love, and the crushing weight of immortality, forced to ask what it costs to defy time, desire, and death itself.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:13:14) Chapter 01

(00:33:07) Chapter 02

(00:47:04) Chapter 03

(01:27:35) Chapter 04

(01:49:03) Chapter 05

(02:13:42) Chapter 06

(02:45:19) Chapter 07

(03:12:04) Chapter 08

(03:33:53) Chapter 09

(03:51:15) Chapter 10

(04:17:22) Chapter 11

(04:42:01) Chapter 12

(05:06:04) Chapter 13

(05:33:09) Chapter 14

(05:52:48) Chapter 15

(06:12:28) Chapter 16

(06:35:56) Chapter 17

(07:04:16) Chapter 18

(07:28:43) Chapter 19

(07:51:49) Chapter 20

(08:25:30) Chapter 21

(08:47:48) Chapter 22

(09:17:32) Chapter 23

(09:39:24) Chapter 24

(10:04:33) Chapter 25

(10:37:01) Chapter 26

(10:59:55) Chapter 27

(11:19:49) Chapter 28

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Anticipations by H. G. Wells ~ Full Audiobook [science] Apr 07, 2023

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Anticipations by H. G. Wells audiobook.

Genre: science

Wells considered this book one of his most important, a natural follow-up to such works as his Man of the Year Million and The Time Machine. His goal was to get people to think and act in new ways. The book starts with a look at how humans get along socially and how they carry out their business ventures. It then discusses how these elements influence others, such as politics, the world of work, and education. H. G. tried to make clear how the current social order was disintegrating without preparing another to take its place. He then traced the roots of democracy, which in its present state he saw as unworkable. Instead, he proposed a new republic. He also critiqued modern warfare.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:30:33) Chapter 02

(00:51:44) Chapter 03

(01:19:01) Chapter 04

(01:42:58) Chapter 05

(02:12:44) Chapter 06

(02:44:24) Chapter 07

(03:16:45) Chapter 08

(03:48:05) Chapter 09

(04:29:29) Chapter 10

(04:43:48) Chapter 11

(05:18:15) Chapter 12

(05:46:57) Chapter 13

(06:19:40) Chapter 14

(06:32:13) Chapter 15

(06:53:17) Chapter 16

(07:25:10) Chapter 17

(08:03:32) Chapter 18

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The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio ~ Full Audiobook [history] Apr 06, 2023

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The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio audiobook.

Genre: history

In plague-stricken Florence, a group of ten young nobles-seven women and three men-flee the city for the countryside, hoping to outlast the terror and grief consuming their world. To keep fear and boredom at bay, they agree on a daily ritual: each person will tell a story, and each day will follow a guiding theme chosen by the day's leader. Over ten days, their hundred tales range from bawdy farce to tender romance, from moral fables to biting social satire, revealing a society where wit can be a weapon, desire can upend fortunes, and luck can crown the clever or punish the vain. Merchants, monks, lovers, tricksters, and rulers all take turns at center stage, while the storytellers themselves form a lively chorus that argues about virtue, pleasure, hypocrisy, and the surprising ways people survive hardship. By framing exuberant storytelling against a backdrop of catastrophe, The Decameron becomes both an escape and a mirror: a celebration of human appetite and ingenuity, and a sharp-eyed look at the values that endure when the world feels uncertain.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 000

(00:07:24) Chapter 001

(00:55:24) Chapter 002

(01:29:04) Chapter 003

(01:40:43) Chapter 004

(01:48:41) Chapter 005

(01:58:27) Chapter 006

(02:06:09) Chapter 007

(02:12:18) Chapter 008

(02:24:04) Chapter 009

(02:30:36) Chapter 010

(02:34:14) Chapter 011

(02:44:58) Chapter 012

(02:53:16) Chapter 013

(02:55:15) Chapter 014

(03:08:50) Chapter 015

(03:24:21) Chapter 016

(03:51:45) Chapter 017

(04:03:46) Chapter 018

(04:36:04) Chapter 019

(05:05:58) Chapter 020

(06:03:02) Chapter 021

(06:44:07) Chapter 022

(07:18:49) Chapter 023

(07:37:42) Chapter 024

(07:45:23) Chapter 025

(07:54:03) Chapter 026

(08:09:15) Chapter 027

(08:26:44) Chapter 028

(08:50:11) Chapter 029

(09:03:52) Chapter 030

(09:20:24) Chapter 031

(09:41:54) Chapter 032

(10:20:24) Chapter 033

(10:44:30) Chapter 034

(11:09:26) Chapter 035

(11:23:43) Chapter 036

(11:32:13) Chapter 037

(11:50:56) Chapter 038

(12:17:56) Chapter 039

(12:48:53) Chapter 040

(13:05:42) Chapter 041

(13:20:07) Chapter 042

(13:30:04) Chapter 043

(13:50:02) Chapter 044

(13:59:35) Chapter 045

(14:14:35) Chapter 046

(14:22:36) Chapter 047

(14:43:11) Chapter 048

(14:50:28) Chapter 049

(14:53:10) Chapter 050

(15:22:47) Chapter 051

(15:36:19) Chapter 052

(15:55:15) Chapter 053

(16:07:39) Chapter 054

(16:23:43) Chapter 055

(16:42:47) Chapter 056

(16:59:32) Chapter 057

(17:14:40) Chapter 058

(17:31:47) Chapter 059

(17:52:01) Chapter 060

(17:58:36) Chapter 061

(18:04:32) Chapter 062

(18:08:41) Chapter 063

(18:20:42) Chapter 064

(18:25:42) Chapter 065

(18:32:57) Chapter 066

(18:39:07) Chapter 067

(18:45:08) Chapter 068

(18:51:59) Chapter 069

(18:55:43) Chapter 070

(19:02:11) Chapter 071

(19:22:06) Chapter 072

(19:37:50) Chapter 073

(19:41:45) Chapter 074

(19:51:42) Chapter 075

(20:02:38) Chapter 076

(20:17:13) Chapter 077

(20:27:56) Chapter 078

(20:47:59) Chapter 079

(21:01:11) Chapter 080

(21:16:13) Chapter 081

(21:38:18) Chapter 082

(22:05:54) Chapter 083

(22:15:20) Chapter 084

(22:22:21) Chapter 085

(22:24:16) Chapter 086

(22:32:08) Chapter 087

(22:46:54) Chapter 088

(23:09:55) Chapter 089

(23:21:31) Chapter 090

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The House of the Vampire by George Sylvester Viereck ~ Full Audiobook [horror] Apr 06, 2023

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The House of the Vampire by George Sylvester Viereck audiobook.

Genre: horror

In early-20th-century New York and its salons of artists, critics, and social climbers, aspiring writer Ernest Fielding is hungry for recognition and a place among the brilliant and the powerful. When he is welcomed into the circle of the refined and unnervingly charismatic Reginald Clarke, Ernest believes he has found a patron with unmatched taste and influence. Clarke offers introductions, encouragement, and an intoxicating vision of greatness - but his attention comes with an unsettling cost. As Ernest's confidence and creative fire begin to ebb, he notices the same pattern among other gifted people drawn into Clarke's orbit: a strange weariness, a dimming of will, and a dependence that feels less like friendship than possession. The more Ernest tries to understand the force at work, the more he is pulled between ambition and self-preservation, between the desire to be shaped by a master and the fear of being consumed by him. Blending psychological menace with gothic atmosphere, The House of the Vampire explores artistic exploitation, social manipulation, and the terrifying possibility that some predators feed not on blood, but on talent itself.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:10:55) Chapter 02

(00:21:58) Chapter 03

(00:33:10) Chapter 04

(00:41:23) Chapter 05

(00:52:17) Chapter 06

(01:01:58) Chapter 07

(01:11:34) Chapter 08

(01:22:56) Chapter 09

(01:36:03) Chapter 10

(01:45:40) Chapter 11

(01:59:10) Chapter 12

(02:11:19) Chapter 13

(02:21:28) Chapter 14

(02:35:02) Chapter 15

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The Light Princess by George MacDonald ~ Full Audiobook [fantasy] Apr 06, 2023

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The Light Princess by George MacDonald audiobook.

Genre: fantasy

In a whimsical kingdom where magic and mischief mingle with real consequence, a newborn princess is cursed by a spiteful aunt so that she has no gravity - not only in body, but in spirit. She floats, drifts, and laughs at everything, unable to take life seriously or feel its ordinary weight. Courtiers invent elaborate contraptions to keep her from bobbing into the rafters, physicians offer solemn nonsense, and the king and queen grow desperate for a cure that might make their daughter truly present in the world. Across the mountains, a young prince from a neighboring land encounters the strange, bright girl and becomes entangled in the mystery of her condition. As drought threatens one kingdom and a magical lake becomes the focus of power, peril, and possibility, the princess and prince are drawn toward choices that test courage, compassion, and the meaning of responsibility. By turns playful and poignant, George MacDonald's classic fairy tale explores what it costs to love, what it means to be 'grounded,' and how a heart learns to carry both joy and sorrow.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:02:04) Chapter 2

(00:06:37) Chapter 3

(00:10:32) Chapter 4

(00:14:39) Chapter 5

(00:20:44) Chapter 6

(00:26:11) Chapter 7

(00:35:52) Chapter 8

(00:44:27) Chapter 9

(00:57:08) Chapter 10