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Silas Strong by Irving Bacheller ~ Full Audiobook [drama] Jan 27, 2023

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Silas Strong by Irving Bacheller audiobook.

Genre: drama

Per the author: 'The book has one high ambition. It has tried to tell the sad story of the wilderness itself—to show, from the woodsman's view-point, the play of great forces which have been tearing down his home and turning it into the flesh and bone of cities.' But this story is much more than that. It revolves around Silas Strong and his distaste for the modernization and destruction of his beloved forest surroundings, and how it pleases him to teach younger folk how to appreciate that which has been given us. He takes matters into his own hands, as only Silas Strong can do.

Addison Irving Bacheller was an American journalist and writer who founded the first modern newspaper syndicate in the United States. He was a graduate of St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York in 1882.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:28:36) Chapter 02

(00:35:25) Chapter 03

(00:45:15) Chapter 04

(01:05:34) Chapter 05

(01:20:39) Chapter 06

(01:29:12) Chapter 07

(01:37:35) Chapter 08

(01:55:11) Chapter 09

(02:19:43) Chapter 10

(02:33:32) Chapter 11

(02:49:28) Chapter 12

(03:12:41) Chapter 13

(03:24:00) Chapter 14

(03:37:07) Chapter 15

(03:46:22) Chapter 16

(04:05:35) Chapter 17

(04:12:34) Chapter 18

(04:34:19) Chapter 19

(04:46:09) Chapter 20

(04:55:10) Chapter 21

(05:04:10) Chapter 22

(05:19:46) Chapter 23

(05:32:59) Chapter 24

(05:42:54) Chapter 25

(05:59:34) Chapter 26

(06:12:25) Chapter 27

(06:20:11) Chapter 28

(06:27:42) Chapter 29

(06:39:10) Chapter 30

(07:21:11) Chapter 31

(07:29:17) Chapter 32

(07:38:01) Chapter 33

(07:43:53) Chapter 34

(07:55:24) Chapter 35

(08:04:11) Chapter 36

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Eben Holden by Irving Bacheller ~ Full Audiobook [family] Jan 27, 2023

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Eben Holden by Irving Bacheller audiobook.

Genre: family

Eben Holden - A Tale of the North Country. Having lost both parents and his home in northern Vermont, orphan Willie Brower is taken in by Eben Holden, 'Uncle Eb' who transports him westward to save him from being sent to an orphanage. Through the Adirondacks and into the St. Lawrence valley they travel. Eben is kind, happy, and loves to tell stories to the youngster, many of which were to shape the life and ideals of Willie during his life.

This story follows Willie as a young orphan, later as a journalist, and finally as a soldier who enlists in the army at the outset of the American Civil War. The book was immensely popular when it was published in 1900 and the years to follow, as the characters were all drawn from people who the author had known himself.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:16:33) Chapter 02

(00:35:17) Chapter 03

(01:03:43) Chapter 04

(01:34:52) Chapter 05

(01:44:26) Chapter 06

(01:53:15) Chapter 07

(02:16:14) Chapter 08

(02:34:39) Chapter 09

(02:48:32) Chapter 10

(03:05:28) Chapter 11

(03:09:21) Chapter 12

(03:25:39) Chapter 13

(03:47:22) Chapter 14

(03:57:15) Chapter 15

(04:04:58) Chapter 16

(04:25:36) Chapter 17

(04:40:16) Chapter 18

(04:52:30) Chapter 19

(05:05:09) Chapter 20

(05:12:05) Chapter 21

(05:22:41) Chapter 22

(05:35:36) Chapter 23

(05:46:18) Chapter 24

(05:55:41) Chapter 25

(06:01:22) Chapter 26

(06:14:05) Chapter 27

(06:22:21) Chapter 28

(06:38:19) Chapter 29

(06:53:46) Chapter 30

(07:05:54) Chapter 31

(07:19:52) Chapter 32

(07:29:18) Chapter 33

(07:38:20) Chapter 34

(07:51:07) Chapter 35

(08:04:16) Chapter 36

(08:17:18) Chapter 37

(08:23:40) Chapter 38

(08:38:42) Chapter 39

(09:09:47) Chapter 40

(09:38:31) Chapter 41

(09:41:41) Chapter 42

(09:49:20) Chapter 43

(10:05:00) Chapter 44

(10:15:39) Chapter 45

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Cobb’s Anatomy by Irvin S. Cobb ~ Full Audiobook [comedy] Jan 27, 2023

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Cobb’s Anatomy by Irvin S. Cobb audiobook.

Genre: comedy

Cobbs Anatomy is not a medical textbook but a slyly titled collection of comic essays in which Irvin S. Cobb turns the human body into his favorite subject for satire. With the voice of a seasoned newspaper storyteller, Cobb plays both lecturer and long-suffering specimen, inviting you to examine the daily indignities of being built the way nature built you. In a series of sketches focused on tummies, teeth, hair, and finally hands and feet, he follows the anxieties and absurd rituals that grow up around ordinary body parts: the stout man trying to fit into a world designed for 'stock sizes,' the uneasy truce we make with dentists, the small tyrannies of barbers and beautifiers, and the fussing we do over grooming and appearance as if respectability depended on it. Cobb blends exaggeration, sharp observation, and self-deprecating confession to show how vanity, discomfort, and social expectations can turn simple anatomy into comedy. The result is a brisk, witty portrait of human nature disguised as an inspection of the human frame.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:30:40) Chapter 2

(01:00:13) Chapter 3

(01:32:02) Chapter 4

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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting ~ Full Audiobook [adventure] Jan 26, 2023

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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting audiobook.

Genre: adventure

Told through the wide-eyed narration of young Tommy Stubbins, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle follows the famous country doctor of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh as he turns his gift for speaking with animals into a passport to the wider world. After Tommy brings an injured squirrel for help, he is drawn into Dolittle's bustling household of animal friends and begins learning their languages under the sharp, patient guidance of Polynesia the parrot. Before long, Dolittle's unusual talents pull him into human trouble too: a man accused of murder can only be cleared by the testimony of the one witness who cannot speak in court, his dog. When a message arrives that a gifted naturalist named Long Arrow has vanished, Dolittle outfits a ship, gathers a small crew of people and animals, and lets fate choose their destination. Their journey tests Dolittle's principles and ingenuity through comic negotiations, dangerous weather, and strange discoveries, including a drifting island with its own mysteries and conflicts. Warm, imaginative, and quietly moral, the novel celebrates curiosity, compassion, and the idea that understanding begins with learning another creature's language.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:01:49) Chapter 01

(00:07:05) Chapter 02

(00:15:20) Chapter 03

(00:24:59) Chapter 04

(00:34:16) Chapter 05

(00:44:21) Chapter 06

(00:48:41) Chapter 07

(00:54:16) Chapter 08

(00:58:49) Chapter 09

(01:04:18) Chapter 10

(01:09:46) Chapter 11

(01:15:25) Chapter 12

(01:20:21) Chapter 13

(01:24:30) Chapter 14

(01:28:45) Chapter 15

(01:33:26) Chapter 16

(01:36:50) Chapter 17

(01:41:21) Chapter 18

(01:45:30) Chapter 19

(01:51:18) Chapter 20

(01:57:45) Chapter 21

(02:02:35) Chapter 22

(02:08:04) Chapter 23

(02:12:55) Chapter 24

(02:16:39) Chapter 25

(02:21:52) Chapter 26

(02:27:53) Chapter 27

(02:31:57) Chapter 28

(02:39:12) Chapter 29

(02:43:26) Chapter 30

(02:49:41) Chapter 31

(02:57:44) Chapter 32

(03:03:21) Chapter 33

(03:07:22) Chapter 34

(03:15:09) Chapter 35

(03:25:19) Chapter 36

(03:31:26) Chapter 37

(03:38:36) Chapter 38

(03:58:29) Chapter 39

(04:03:48) Chapter 40

(04:12:31) Chapter 41

(04:18:57) Chapter 42

(04:26:39) Chapter 43

(04:36:24) Chapter 44

(04:45:28) Chapter 45

(04:50:14) Chapter 46

(04:55:40) Chapter 47

(05:00:36) Chapter 48

(05:07:35) Chapter 49

(05:13:20) Chapter 50

(05:17:48) Chapter 51

(05:25:18) Chapter 52

(05:35:22) Chapter 53

(05:43:15) Chapter 54

(05:51:22) Chapter 55

(05:57:59) Chapter 56

(06:03:06) Chapter 57

(06:12:38) Chapter 58

(06:19:52) Chapter 59

(06:23:42) Chapter 60

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Doctor Dolittle’s Zoo by Hugh Lofting ~ Full Audiobook [fantasy] Jan 26, 2023

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Doctor Dolittle’s Zoo by Hugh Lofting audiobook.

Genre: fantasy

Doctor Dolittle, the man who can speak with the animals, is back home but running short of money to care for all the animals who need his help. He invites animals into his garden and encourages them to build their own societies and come and go as they please. This works very well. He has a mouse and rat town, a dog community, a burrow for badgers, and so forth. This does not make any money and only gets him into trouble with his neighbors. But the stories told by these mice and rats are entertaining and fun. And there is a mystery too, which Kling, the dog detective, helps solve. All of this with Lofting's usual delightful whimsy and light hearted touch that make you smile at every other sentence.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:05:03) Chapter 01

(00:11:47) Chapter 02

(00:21:03) Chapter 03

(00:31:36) Chapter 04

(00:41:32) Chapter 05

(00:50:44) Chapter 06

(01:00:48) Chapter 07

(01:08:55) Chapter 08

(01:17:07) Chapter 09

(01:26:45) Chapter 10

(01:36:12) Chapter 11

(01:45:15) Chapter 12

(01:54:30) Chapter 13

(02:04:17) Chapter 14

(02:13:17) Chapter 15

(02:22:05) Chapter 16

(02:30:47) Chapter 17

(02:39:44) Chapter 18

(02:49:10) Chapter 19

(03:03:15) Chapter 20

(03:12:02) Chapter 21

(03:23:40) Chapter 22

(03:37:54) Chapter 23

(03:49:35) Chapter 24

(03:58:09) Chapter 25

(04:06:28) Chapter 26

(04:15:29) Chapter 27

(04:23:54) Chapter 28

(04:29:59) Chapter 29

(04:39:00) Chapter 30

(04:50:21) Chapter 31

(04:56:21) Chapter 32

(05:02:50) Chapter 33

(05:11:04) Chapter 34

(05:20:29) Chapter 35

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Doctor Dolittle’s Post Office by Hugh Lofting ~ Full Audiobook [fantasy] Jan 26, 2023

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Doctor Dolittle’s Post Office by Hugh Lofting audiobook.

Genre: fantasy

Doctor Dolittle's Post Office is the exciting third in the series of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books. As usual, the Doctor has many adventures while helping his animal friends and the people he meets. At the start book, Doctor Dolittle gets help from the sea birds to help to capture a notorious slave trader and free his captives, then organizes the postal service of a small African kingdom, Fantippo, ruled over by King Koko. He does this of course with the help of all his animal friends especially the birds. He discovers a hidden island populated by peace loving creatures, gets thrown into another African jail, invents animal alphabets, and defeats at least two armies. Each of the animals in the Dolittle family also tells a quaint and personal story. The postal program grows into a worldwide postal and publishing service for the benefit of animals everywhere. ..Whew! what an adventure!

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:03:14) Chapter 01

(00:14:03) Chapter 02

(00:24:46) Chapter 07

(00:35:56) Chapter 08

(00:52:53) Chapter 09

(01:07:52) Chapter 11

(01:18:52) Chapter 12

(01:34:35) Chapter 13

(01:49:45) Chapter 14

(01:59:20) Chapter 15

(02:04:05) Chapter 16

(02:11:24) Chapter 17

(02:17:22) Chapter 18

(02:28:26) Chapter 19

(02:34:28) Chapter 20

(02:54:10) Chapter 21

(03:10:20) Chapter 22

(03:25:03) Chapter 23

(03:42:47) Chapter 24

(03:57:33) Chapter 25

(04:06:50) Chapter 26

(04:16:21) Chapter 27

(04:30:12) Chapter 28

(04:43:57) Chapter 29

(04:54:30) Chapter 30

(05:04:31) Chapter 31

(05:14:30) Chapter 32

(05:31:09) Chapter 33

(05:42:19) Chapter 34

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Father Goriot by Honore de Balzac ~ Full Audiobook [drama] Jan 26, 2023

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Father Goriot by Honore de Balzac audiobook.

Genre: drama

In Restoration-era Paris, where titles and money can open any door, young law student Eugene de Rastignac arrives with ambition and a thin purse and takes a room in the shabby Maison Vauquer boardinghouse. There he meets a gallery of strivers and castoffs, including the quiet, ridiculed old lodger known as Father Goriot, who seems to be sinking into poverty for reasons no one understands. As Eugene is drawn into the glittering salons of the Faubourg Saint-Germain through distant family connections, he also encounters the mysterious, sharp-minded Vautrin, whose cynical lessons about power and survival tempt Eugene to trade principles for advancement. Between the boardinghouse's cramped dining room and the city's grand drawing rooms, Eugene watches alliances form and collapse, reputations bought and sold, and affection tested by social ambition. At the heart of it all lies Goriot's all-consuming love for his daughters, a devotion that exposes the costs of status, the cruelty of gossip, and the hunger that drives people to betray one another. Balzac's classic unspools as a portrait of Paris itself: seductive, pitiless, and impossible to resist.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:43:17) Chapter 02

(01:16:11) Chapter 03

(01:34:02) Chapter 04

(01:58:59) Chapter 05

(02:10:06) Chapter 06

(02:39:39) Chapter 07

(03:28:37) Chapter 08

(03:55:01) Chapter 09

(04:44:06) Chapter 10

(05:30:37) Chapter 11

(06:16:04) Chapter 12

(06:59:34) Chapter 13

(07:41:06) Chapter 14

(08:22:48) Chapter 15

(08:59:19) Chapter 16

(09:41:44) Chapter 17

(10:25:26) Chapter 18

(10:56:11) Chapter 19

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Cousin Betty by Honore de Balzac ~ Full Audiobook [drama] Jan 26, 2023

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Cousin Betty by Honore de Balzac audiobook.

Genre: drama

Cousin Betty (La Cousine Bette), published in serial format in 1846, was one of the last and greatest of Balzac's works. It was part of his long novel collection titled La Comédie Humaine. Set in mid-19th-century France, it tells the story of a woman who resents her position as a 'poor relation.' As we follow her schemes to bring ruin upon the more privileged members of her family, we see a society in transition. The stability and idealism of the old order give way to a new bourgeois world in which virtue is strangled in the struggle for power and money. In this novel, Balzac searchingly probes the psychology and motivations of his characters: his work influenced the development of literary realism, as practised by writers such as Dickens, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert, Proust, and Henry James.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:09:53) Chapter 02

(00:35:46) Chapter 03

(01:03:26) Chapter 04

(01:30:36) Chapter 05

(01:56:41) Chapter 06

(02:25:08) Chapter 07

(02:49:13) Chapter 08

(03:16:51) Chapter 09

(03:38:52) Chapter 10

(04:00:58) Chapter 11

(04:19:01) Chapter 12

(04:41:32) Chapter 13

(05:07:55) Chapter 14

(05:35:41) Chapter 15

(06:00:38) Chapter 16

(06:17:48) Chapter 17

(06:39:05) Chapter 18

(06:59:35) Chapter 19

(07:25:30) Chapter 20

(07:50:12) Chapter 21

(08:23:58) Chapter 22

(08:55:10) Chapter 23

(09:20:39) Chapter 24

(09:47:52) Chapter 25

(10:15:00) Chapter 26

(10:34:14) Chapter 27

(11:03:16) Chapter 28

(11:35:11) Chapter 29

(12:10:00) Chapter 30

(12:39:16) Chapter 31

(13:19:35) Chapter 32

(13:52:58) Chapter 33

(14:37:01) Chapter 34

(15:05:23) Chapter 35

(15:29:53) Chapter 36

(16:00:32) Chapter 37

(16:28:46) Chapter 38

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The Gray Phantom by Herman Landon ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Jan 26, 2023

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The Gray Phantom by Herman Landon audiobook.

Genre: mystery

On opening night at New York's Thelma Theater, the audience settles into a hush just before the climax of His Soul's Master - a play by young dramatist Helen Hardwick. Then the performance turns into a nightmare: the leading actress collapses and dies under baffling, suspicious circumstances, leaving behind a fragmentary clue and a chill of ominous laughter that Helen cannot forget. Because Helen was watching from a privileged vantage point and glimpsed something no one else seems to have noticed, she is pulled from the safety of the footlights into a dangerous investigation that stretches far beyond the theater walls. Rumors swirl about Mr. Shei, a shadowy figure whispered to be behind a growing pattern of threats, and about the sudden reappearance of the Gray Phantom - a name tied to audacious crimes, elaborate disguises, and a reputation that makes him equal parts suspect and savior. As pressure mounts and powerful men become targets in a scheme of intimidation and extortion, Helen must decide whom to trust while navigating a world of secrets where every entrance feels like a trap and every curtain call could be fatal.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:22:38) Chapter 02

(00:55:38) Chapter 03

(01:30:38) Chapter 04

(01:43:43) Chapter 05

(02:08:22) Chapter 06

(02:33:42) Chapter 07

(03:04:00) Chapter 08

(03:18:06) Chapter 09

(03:34:19) Chapter 10

(03:55:05) Chapter 11

(04:11:51) Chapter 12

(04:29:59) Chapter 13

(04:58:01) Chapter 14

(05:09:52) Chapter 15

(05:31:50) Chapter 16

(05:48:35) Chapter 17

(06:19:41) Chapter 18

(06:37:45) Chapter 19

(06:57:48) Chapter 20

(07:28:07) Chapter 21

(07:48:43) Chapter 22

(08:05:33) Chapter 23

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Adventures of Bindle by Herbert Jenkins ~ Full Audiobook [comedy] Jan 26, 2023

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Adventures of Bindle by Herbert Jenkins audiobook.

Genre: comedy

In early 20th-century London, Joseph Bindle is a mild-mannered, endlessly helpful little man whose greatest talent is turning everyday errands into unexpected escapades. A working-class clerk with a gift for friendly chatter and an instinct to do the 'right thing' (even when no one asked), Bindle drifts through streets, shops, pubs, and parlors with the cheerful certainty that everything will work out - and the stubborn determination to make it so. At home, his capable wife, Mrs. Bindle, tries to keep order and dignity intact while her husband collects odd jobs, acquaintances, and misunderstandings like souvenirs. When a series of small obligations, favors, and chance encounters pulls Bindle into other people's private troubles, he finds himself juggling loyalty, reputation, and the unwritten rules of his neighborhood. Warmly observant and sharply funny, Adventures of Bindle follows one ordinary man as he navigates social class, respectability, and community ties, proving that heroism can look a lot like persistence, kindness, and a well-timed cup of tea - even when chaos is never far behind.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:27:59) Chapter 02

(01:01:56) Chapter 03

(01:17:01) Chapter 04

(01:38:34) Chapter 05

(02:01:18) Chapter 06

(02:19:24) Chapter 07

(02:43:33) Chapter 08

(03:19:41) Chapter 09

(03:43:21) Chapter 10