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The Door Through Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Oct 19, 2022

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The Door Through Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley audiobook.

Genre: scifi

At one time Race Cargill had been the best Terran Intelligence agent on the complex and mysterious planet of Wolf. He had repeatedly imperiled his life amongst the half-human and non-human creatures of the sullen world. And he had repeatedly accomplished the fantastic missions until his name was emblazoned with glory.

But that had all seemingly ended. For six long years he'd sat behind a boring desk inside the fenced-in Terran Headquarters, cut off there ever since he and a rival had scarred and ripped each other in blood-feud.

But when THE DOOR THROUGH SPACE swung suddenly open, the feud was on again—and with it a plot designed to check and destroy the Terran Empire.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:01:52) Chapter 01

(00:10:03) Chapter 02

(00:25:23) Chapter 03

(00:45:19) Chapter 04

(00:59:11) Chapter 05

(01:17:52) Chapter 06

(01:27:45) Chapter 07

(01:49:06) Chapter 08

(02:03:36) Chapter 09

(02:15:51) Chapter 10

(02:22:35) Chapter 11

(02:39:39) Chapter 12

(02:50:45) Chapter 13

(03:17:56) Chapter 14

(03:29:08) Chapter 15

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The Book of Wonder by Lord Dunsany ~ Full Audiobook [fantasy] Oct 19, 2022

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The Book of Wonder by Lord Dunsany audiobook.

Genre: fantasy

First published in 1912, The Book of Wonder gathers Lord Dunsany's luminous, dreamlike short tales into a single volume of mythic imagination. Each story opens a different door: a traveler strays into uncanny streets where ordinary rules dissolve; a king bargains with forces older than his throne; a hunter follows signs that seem to come from the edge of the world; and distant gods, monsters, and marvels drift through scenes that feel both ancient and newly invented. Dunsany's prose is rich, musical, and deceptively simple, conjuring enchanted cities, impossible beasts, and fateful choices with the calm certainty of a legend being remembered rather than invented. Beneath the jeweled surfaces lies a steady pulse of longing - for beauty, for escape, for answers that remain just out of reach - and a recurring reminder that wonder can humble as easily as it can delight. Ideal for listeners who love poetic fantasy and folklore-like storytelling, this collection invites you to surrender to atmosphere, mystery, and the strange logic of dreams, where every path may lead to awe and every wish carries its own shadow.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:12:06) Chapter 02

(00:21:42) Chapter 03

(00:28:29) Chapter 04

(00:38:19) Chapter 05

(00:47:27) Chapter 06

(00:58:18) Chapter 07

(01:05:53) Chapter 08

(01:18:53) Chapter 09

(01:29:22) Chapter 10

(01:41:23) Chapter 11

(01:53:24) Chapter 12

(02:05:06) Chapter 13

(02:15:48) Chapter 14

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What Men Live By and Other Tales by Leo Tolstoy ~ Full Audiobook [religion] Oct 19, 2022

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What Men Live By and Other Tales by Leo Tolstoy audiobook.

Genre: religion

Although Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a wealthy landowner, in his later life he had what was considered a “religious awakening.” This experience went on to inform his writing and his lifestyle in profound ways. His views transcended the specifics of religion, as known in his day - so much so he came to be a helpful guide both to Mohandas Gandhi and to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The four stories in this collection ask profound questions and gently supply helpful, non-dogmatic hints to their answerings: What is the most important thing to do? Who is the most important person? When is the most important time? What is worth owning? What is the most profound religion? What rules should men live by? How much land does a man need? Who is God? What should we bother to discuss? How should we act towards one another? How should we respond to cruelty and violence? And many more. Wonderful stories written in a relaxed style.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:58:35) Chapter 2

(01:09:44) Chapter 3

(01:30:19) Chapter 4

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Insurgent Mexico by John Reed ~ Full Audiobook [history] Oct 19, 2022

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Insurgent Mexico by John Reed audiobook.

Genre: history

In the autumn of 1913 John Reed was sent to Mexico by the Metropolitan Magazine to report the Mexican Revolution. He shared the perils of Pancho Villa's army for four months, present with Villa's Constitutional Army when it defeated Federal forces at Torreón, opening the way for its advance on Mexico City. Reed's time with the Villistas resulted in a series of outstanding magazine articles that brought Jack a national reputation as a war correspondent. Reed deeply sympathized with the plight of the peons and vehemently opposed American intervention, which came shortly after he left. Jack adored Villa, while Carranza left him cold. Jack's Mexican reports were later republished in book form as Insurgent Mexico, which appeared in 1914.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:15:01) Chapter 01

(00:29:11) Chapter 02

(00:40:29) Chapter 03

(00:50:33) Chapter 04

(01:09:52) Chapter 05

(01:21:41) Chapter 06

(01:31:47) Chapter 07

(01:41:33) Chapter 08

(01:55:04) Chapter 09

(02:04:48) Chapter 10

(02:16:45) Chapter 11

(02:42:32) Chapter 12

(03:01:14) Chapter 13

(03:07:19) Chapter 14

(03:16:00) Chapter 15

(03:29:21) Chapter 16

(03:35:00) Chapter 17

(03:40:32) Chapter 18

(03:44:32) Chapter 19

(03:52:42) Chapter 20

(03:54:57) Chapter 21

(04:02:56) Chapter 22

(04:16:05) Chapter 23

(04:21:23) Chapter 24

(04:34:18) Chapter 25

(04:42:11) Chapter 26

(04:55:17) Chapter 27

(05:02:23) Chapter 28

(05:16:37) Chapter 29

(05:24:01) Chapter 30

(05:32:28) Chapter 31

(05:45:17) Chapter 32

(05:53:42) Chapter 33

(06:08:03) Chapter 34

(06:22:03) Chapter 35

(06:33:42) Chapter 36

(06:41:09) Chapter 37

(06:53:02) Chapter 38

(07:04:50) Chapter 39

(07:31:22) Chapter 40

(07:44:29) Chapter 41

(08:15:35) Chapter 42

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Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome ~ Full Audiobook [comedy] Oct 19, 2022

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Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome audiobook.

Genre: comedy

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford.

The book was intended initially to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history of places along the route, but the humorous elements eventually took over, to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages now seem like an unnecessary distraction to the essentially comic novel. One of the most praised things about Three Men in a Boat is how undated it appears to modern readers. The jokes seem fresh and witty even today.

The three men were based on Jerome himself and two real-life friends, George, and Harris. The dog, Montmorency, however, was entirely fictional, but, as Jerome had remarked, 'had much of me in it.'

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:01:30) Chapter 01

(00:23:25) Chapter 02

(00:36:11) Chapter 03

(00:55:28) Chapter 04

(01:22:28) Chapter 05

(01:39:05) Chapter 06

(02:03:58) Chapter 07

(02:23:09) Chapter 08

(02:47:13) Chapter 09

(03:07:39) Chapter 10

(03:29:24) Chapter 11

(03:50:26) Chapter 12

(04:14:10) Chapter 13

(04:38:09) Chapter 14

(05:00:10) Chapter 15

(05:27:55) Chapter 16

(05:35:08) Chapter 17

(05:50:26) Chapter 18

(06:04:31) Chapter 19

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Dear Enemy by Jean Webster ~ Full Audiobook [romance] Oct 18, 2022

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Dear Enemy by Jean Webster audiobook.

Genre: romance

In this witty, warm epistolary novel, Sallie McBride takes on a challenge most people would run from: becoming superintendent of the John Grier Home, a bleak, old-fashioned orphanage with a tight budget, stubborn traditions, and a board of trustees more interested in appearances than children. Sallie writes a lively stream of letters to her best friend Judy Abbott (now comfortably married), to Judy's husband Jervis, and to a handful of others who can help her survive the job - including the one correspondent she least expects to rely on: the sharp-tongued young doctor, Robin MacRae, whom she dubs her 'dear enemy.' As Sallie tries to replace rigid rules with humane care, she must navigate staff rivalries, skeptical benefactors, and the daily realities of raising dozens of lively, wounded, hopeful kids. Full of humor and heart, Dear Enemy blends social conscience with sparkling banter, tracing how small reforms, patient attention, and unexpected alliances can change an institution - and how a clash of opinions can slowly turn into something far more personal.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:14:43) Chapter 2

(00:32:43) Chapter 3

(00:48:46) Chapter 4

(01:04:17) Chapter 5

(01:19:31) Chapter 6

(01:33:44) Chapter 7

(01:52:15) Chapter 8

(02:07:47) Chapter 9

(02:32:11) Chapter 10

(02:47:43) Chapter 11

(03:03:22) Chapter 12

(03:19:49) Chapter 13

(03:34:58) Chapter 14

(03:54:19) Chapter 15

(04:14:30) Chapter 16

(04:27:15) Chapter 17

(04:43:16) Chapter 18

(05:01:28) Chapter 19

(05:17:22) Chapter 20

(05:34:08) Chapter 21

(05:47:41) Chapter 22

(06:01:19) Chapter 23

(06:19:13) Chapter 24

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The Alaskan by James Oliver Curwood ~ Full Audiobook [adventure] Oct 18, 2022

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The Alaskan by James Oliver Curwood audiobook.

Genre: adventure

In the raw, ice-bright reaches of early-1900s Alaska, Mary Standish boards a northbound steamer with little more than a battered suitcase and a fierce need to outrun her past. Watching over her is Captain Rifle, a weathered old seaman who knows every treacherous channel and every kind of human desperation that rides the Alaskan coast. Waiting beyond the docks is Alan Holt, a hard-riding frontier landholder determined to defend his vast holdings and the people who depend on them from speculators and corrupt powerbrokers hungry for timber, gold, and influence. When a sudden tragedy on the voyage pulls Mary into the center of a widening struggle, her flight becomes a test of courage, trust, and survival. As Mary and Alan are drawn together, they are forced to navigate a wilderness where the law is far away, violence is close at hand, and the stakes include not only fortunes but the fate of the land itself. Sweeping, romantic, and fiercely grounded in the frontier spirit, The Alaskan pits love and conscience against greed in a country that demands everything from those who dare to claim it.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:13:31) Chapter 02

(00:36:41) Chapter 03

(00:58:49) Chapter 04

(01:20:22) Chapter 05

(01:45:07) Chapter 06

(01:59:30) Chapter 07

(02:12:17) Chapter 08

(02:30:13) Chapter 09

(02:57:37) Chapter 10

(03:19:55) Chapter 11

(03:31:57) Chapter 12

(04:08:42) Chapter 13

(04:26:20) Chapter 14

(04:48:51) Chapter 15

(05:09:19) Chapter 16

(05:22:21) Chapter 17

(05:42:49) Chapter 18

(06:03:37) Chapter 19

(06:32:31) Chapter 20

(06:50:26) Chapter 21

(07:06:18) Chapter 22

(07:19:44) Chapter 23

(07:38:11) Chapter 24

(08:03:52) Chapter 25

(08:22:40) Chapter 26

(08:47:55) Chapter 27

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Boys Book of Famous Soldiers by J. Walker McSpadden ~ Full Audiobook [history] Oct 18, 2022

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Boys Book of Famous Soldiers by J. Walker McSpadden audiobook.

Genre: history

In Boys Book of Famous Soldiers, J. Walker McSpadden gathers a gallery of military lives into a brisk, story-driven introduction to the men who shaped famous campaigns and the eras around them. Written for young readers but engaging for anyone who likes clear, dramatic history, the book moves from one portrait to the next, sketching childhood influences, early ambitions, decisive moments of leadership, and the hard choices demanded by war. Each chapter sets its subject against a vivid backdrop of shifting nations, rival commanders, and battles where discipline, timing, and nerve matter as much as strength. McSpadden is less interested in dry timelines than in the human qualities behind reputation: courage under pressure, loyalty to comrades, the burdens of command, and the way victory can carry a cost. Along the way, the book invites listeners to weigh honor and ambition against the realities of conflict, asking what makes a soldier memorable after the smoke clears. The result is a lively, accessible tour through military history, told through the lives that defined it.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:02:56) Chapter 01

(00:16:22) Chapter 02

(00:32:21) Chapter 03

(00:52:17) Chapter 04

(01:11:33) Chapter 05

(01:32:08) Chapter 06

(01:50:25) Chapter 07

(02:05:54) Chapter 08

(02:20:07) Chapter 09

(02:35:09) Chapter 10

(02:52:51) Chapter 11

(03:10:39) Chapter 12

(03:28:27) Chapter 13

(03:40:20) Chapter 14

(03:53:27) Chapter 15

(04:09:31) Chapter 16

(04:27:53) Chapter 17

(04:38:15) Chapter 18

(04:50:08) Chapter 19

(05:01:36) Chapter 20

(05:13:27) Chapter 21

(05:24:00) Chapter 22

(05:36:32) Chapter 23

(05:50:09) Chapter 24

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Atlantis - The Antediluvian World by Ignatius Loyola Donnelly ~ Full Audiobook [history] Oct 18, 2022

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Atlantis - The Antediluvian World by Ignatius Loyola Donnelly audiobook.

Genre: history

First published in 1882, Ignatius Loyola Donnelly's Atlantis - The Antediluvian World is a bold investigation into one of history's most enduring mysteries: was Plato's Atlantis a real place, and could it have been the lost cradle of civilization? Donnelly, a politician turned restless scholar, builds a sweeping case that an advanced island continent once existed in the Atlantic Ocean and that its destruction by a prehistoric catastrophe scattered survivors across the globe. Drawing on classical texts, early archaeology, comparative mythology, linguistics, and 19th-century geology, he links ancient Egypt, the Americas, and Europe through shared symbols, flood legends, and technological echoes that, he argues, point back to a single source. As Donnelly challenges the mainstream view of independent cultural development, readers are invited into a spirited debate over evidence, interpretation, and the human desire to connect the fragments of the distant past. Part detective story, part manifesto, and part tour of the world's oldest stories, this influential work remains a landmark of alternative history and a vivid portrait of Victorian-era curiosity about humanity's origins.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:09:59) Chapter 02

(00:37:31) Chapter 03

(01:07:45) Chapter 04

(01:30:18) Chapter 05

(01:54:28) Chapter 06

(02:04:29) Chapter 07

(02:22:38) Chapter 08

(02:31:35) Chapter 09

(02:52:14) Chapter 10

(03:23:24) Chapter 11

(03:49:03) Chapter 12

(04:14:02) Chapter 13

(04:40:45) Chapter 14

(05:02:26) Chapter 15

(05:18:18) Chapter 16

(05:44:10) Chapter 17

(06:16:32) Chapter 18

(06:27:03) Chapter 19

(06:52:39) Chapter 20

(07:18:23) Chapter 21

(07:58:14) Chapter 22

(08:21:21) Chapter 23

(09:09:58) Chapter 24

(09:48:48) Chapter 25

(09:58:35) Chapter 26

(10:12:03) Chapter 27

(10:34:37) Chapter 28

(10:57:41) Chapter 29

(11:07:22) Chapter 30

(11:15:34) Chapter 31

(11:46:18) Chapter 32

(12:14:12) Chapter 33

(12:27:13) Chapter 34

(12:40:43) Chapter 35

(13:05:03) Chapter 36

(13:26:26) Chapter 37

(13:33:08) Chapter 38

(14:00:01) Chapter 39

(14:09:59) Chapter 40

(14:37:40) Chapter 41

(15:23:15) Chapter 42

(16:02:58) Chapter 43

(16:36:41) Chapter 44

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Histories Vol. 1 by Herodotus of Halicarnassus ~ Full Audiobook [history] Oct 18, 2022

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Histories Vol. 1 by Herodotus of Halicarnassus audiobook.

Genre: history

Herodotus of Halicarnassus opens his great inquiry into how peoples remember, explain, and wage war with one another. In Histories Vol. 1, he traces the rising power of Persia and the long chain of rivalries that will culminate in the great clashes between East and West. The narrative begins with stories of famous abductions and reprisals that ancient audiences treated as the roots of conflict, then turns to the formidable kings of Lydia, especially Croesus, whose wealth and ambition draw him into confrontation with a new imperial force. Along the way, Herodotus blends political history with vivid travel writing: customs, religions, marvels, and whispered anecdotes gathered from priests, soldiers, and local guides. His method is as much about questioning sources as it is about telling a gripping story, weighing competing accounts and pausing to reflect on fate, pride, and the dangers of overconfidence. By weaving together court intrigue, diplomacy, battlefield decisions, and cultural portraiture, this first volume establishes a sweeping world of interconnected kingdoms and sets the stage for a larger struggle that will reshape the ancient Mediterranean.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:15:47) Chapter 02

(00:41:46) Chapter 03

(01:10:41) Chapter 04

(01:35:20) Chapter 05

(02:00:30) Chapter 06

(02:22:52) Chapter 07

(02:51:58) Chapter 08

(03:15:53) Chapter 09

(03:41:43) Chapter 10

(04:21:41) Chapter 11

(04:42:22) Chapter 12

(05:02:31) Chapter 13

(05:32:40) Chapter 14

(05:57:34) Chapter 15

(06:21:52) Chapter 16

(06:46:58) Chapter 17

(07:09:00) Chapter 18

(07:40:25) Chapter 19

(08:00:53) Chapter 20

(08:21:59) Chapter 21

(08:43:03) Chapter 22

(09:05:49) Chapter 23

(09:24:38) Chapter 24

(09:44:59) Chapter 25

(10:02:19) Chapter 26

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