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Beasts, Men and Gods by Ferdinand Ossendowski ~ Full Audiobook [adventure] Sep 05, 2022

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Beasts, Men and Gods by Ferdinand Ossendowski audiobook.

Genre: adventure

“Beasts, Men and Gods” is an account of an epic journey, filled with perils and narrow escapes, in the mold of “The Lord of the Rings.”

The difference is: it’s all true.

Ferdinand Ossendowski was a Pole who found himself in Siberia and on the losing side during the Bolshevik Revolution. To escape being rounded up and shot, he set out with a friend to reach the Pacific, there to take ship back to Europe. During his journey he fell in with dozens of other military men who shared the same objective… but nearly every one of them perished on the way.

It’s up to you to decide whether Ossendowski was threatened most by the beasts, by the men, or by the gods, or indeed, by the severe and uncompromising landscapes of Siberia, Mongolia, and China. That he survived at all seems improbable. The mystical mysteries and magics of Buddhism, “The Yellow Faith”, were woven about and through his sojourn and had no little part in his survival. Time after time he was put in the delicate position of being the bargainer between warring groups, and ultimately, only incredible luck and his friendship with the Hutuktu of Narabanchi Monastery saw him through.

When published in the United States, this book caused a sensation and became a best-seller.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:07:23) Chapter 01

(00:18:55) Chapter 02

(00:29:50) Chapter 03

(00:39:08) Chapter 04

(00:47:58) Chapter 05

(00:56:13) Chapter 06

(01:10:34) Chapter 07

(01:25:09) Chapter 08

(01:40:08) Chapter 09

(01:47:41) Chapter 10

(02:02:38) Chapter 11

(02:15:56) Chapter 12

(02:26:51) Chapter 13

(02:35:52) Chapter 14

(02:50:02) Chapter 15

(03:12:41) Chapter 16

(03:28:38) Chapter 17

(03:52:48) Chapter 18

(04:11:04) Chapter 19

(04:25:55) Chapter 20

(04:34:08) Chapter 21

(04:58:38) Chapter 22

(05:13:39) Chapter 23

(05:27:57) Chapter 24

(05:55:54) Chapter 25

(06:12:54) Chapter 26

(06:29:12) Chapter 27

(06:49:30) Chapter 28

(07:11:35) Chapter 29

(07:20:52) Chapter 30

(07:41:08) Chapter 31

(08:03:42) Chapter 32

(08:17:05) Chapter 33

(08:29:33) Chapter 34

(08:49:12) Chapter 35

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Mark Twain and the Happy Island by Elizabeth Wallace ~ Full Audiobook [biography] Sep 05, 2022

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Mark Twain and the Happy Island by Elizabeth Wallace audiobook.

Genre: biography

This Mark Twain Memoir by Elizabeth Wallace paints an idyllic portrait of his time in Bermuda, not long before his death in 1910. Wallace and Twain met in Bermuda in 1908, became fast friends, and shared time together on the island and regular correspondence until 6 weeks before Twain's death. According to one academician, 'Wallace’s deep affection for Twain is evident in her writings, so she also may have wished to burnish his legacy. As a result, Happy Island is a popular treatment in a breezy, occasionally sentimental style. It portrays Twain as a fun and caring friend but only hints at weightier matters.'

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:10:20) Chapter 02

(00:19:07) Chapter 03

(00:28:44) Chapter 04

(00:43:07) Chapter 05

(00:53:48) Chapter 06

(01:02:34) Chapter 07

(01:11:57) Chapter 08

(01:20:15) Chapter 09

(01:27:59) Chapter 10

(01:38:17) Chapter 11

(01:48:47) Chapter 12

(01:59:01) Chapter 13

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Anecdotes of Dogs by Edward Jesse ~ Full Audiobook [science] Sep 05, 2022

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Anecdotes of Dogs by Edward Jesse audiobook.

Genre: science

'Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.'

The character, sensibilities, and intellectual faculties of animals have always been a favourite study, and they are, perhaps, more strongly developed in the dog than in any other quadruped, from the circumstance of his being the constant companion of man. I am aware how much has been written on this subject, but having accumulated many original and interesting anecdotes of this faithful animal, I have attempted to enlarge the general stock of information respecting it.

It is a pleasing task, arising from the conviction that the more the character of the dog is known, the better his treatment is likely to be, and the stronger the sympathy excited in his behalf.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:02:29) Chapter 01

(00:27:02) Chapter 02

(01:03:44) Chapter 03

(01:30:51) Chapter 04

(02:09:42) Chapter 05

(02:53:13) Chapter 06

(03:30:38) Chapter 07

(04:07:03) Chapter 08

(04:37:50) Chapter 09

(05:02:29) Chapter 10

(05:37:04) Chapter 11

(05:59:28) Chapter 12

(06:22:09) Chapter 13

(06:36:51) Chapter 14

(06:58:36) Chapter 15

(07:38:21) Chapter 16

(08:06:15) Chapter 17

(08:40:21) Chapter 18

(09:03:07) Chapter 19

(09:38:54) Chapter 20

(09:51:08) Chapter 21

(10:01:24) Chapter 22

(10:28:23) Chapter 23

(10:54:44) Chapter 24

(11:14:51) Chapter 25

(11:22:59) Chapter 26

(11:28:04) Chapter 27

(11:55:09) Chapter 28

(11:57:20) Chapter 29

(12:21:49) Chapter 30

(12:28:22) Chapter 31

(12:35:26) Chapter 32

(12:41:05) Chapter 33

(12:56:32) Chapter 34

(13:05:00) Chapter 35

(13:08:08) Chapter 36

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Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton ~ Full Audiobook [tragedy] Sep 05, 2022

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Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton audiobook.

Genre: tragedy

In a stark New England town locked in winter for much of the year, Ethan Frome lives a narrowed life of duty and quiet desperation. Once a young man with ambitions beyond the hills of Starkfield, Ethan now struggles to keep a failing farm and a small sawmill going while caring for his sickly, controlling wife, Zeena. When Zeena's cousin, Mattie Silver, comes to stay as a hired companion, her warmth and simple liveliness bring light into the Frome household-and into Ethan's imagination of a different future. But Starkfield is a place where money is scarce, gossip is close, and obligation grips hard. As Ethan grows increasingly attached to Mattie, he is forced to measure desire against responsibility, and hope against the grim arithmetic of survival. Edith Wharton builds a tense, intimate portrait of a man caught between moral constraint and longing, where even small choices carry enormous weight. With icy landscapes mirroring emotional isolation, the novel explores poverty, loneliness, and the quiet tragedies that unfold when love arrives too late and freedom costs more than a person can pay.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:31:58) Chapter 01

(00:52:53) Chapter 02

(01:13:50) Chapter 03

(01:27:36) Chapter 04

(01:56:42) Chapter 05

(02:10:24) Chapter 06

(02:21:32) Chapter 07

(02:50:31) Chapter 08

(03:10:31) Chapter 09

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Crucial Instances by Edith Wharton ~ Full Audiobook [drama] Sep 05, 2022

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Crucial Instances by Edith Wharton audiobook.

Genre: drama

Crucial Instances is a keenly observed collection of short fiction in which Edith Wharton turns ordinary social rituals into high-stakes tests of character. Across a range of settings - drawing rooms, country estates, and the quietly charged spaces between husbands and wives - Wharton follows men and women caught at the exact moment when a single choice can reshape a life. A wife confronts the cost of loyalty and self-respect, an ambitious outsider learns what entry into polite society truly demands, and private desires press against public expectations with consequences that linger long after a conversation ends. With her trademark precision, Wharton examines class, marriage, money, reputation, and the subtle power struggles that govern seemingly refined worlds. Each story builds toward a decisive instant: a confession withheld, an invitation accepted, a truth recognized too late, or a moral line crossed almost imperceptibly. Elegant, psychologically sharp, and often quietly unsettling, Crucial Instances reveals how the smallest actions can become turning points - and how the most decisive battles are sometimes fought in silence.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:43:09) Chapter 2

(01:20:32) Chapter 3

(02:03:07) Chapter 4

(02:29:43) Chapter 5

(03:06:53) Chapter 6

(03:43:16) Chapter 7

(04:26:05) Chapter 8

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Master Flea by E. T. A. Hoffmann ~ Full Audiobook [fantasy] Sep 05, 2022

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Master Flea by E. T. A. Hoffmann audiobook.

Genre: fantasy

Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann (1776 – 1822), better known by his pen name E.T.A. Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann), was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. Hoffmann's stories were very influential during the 19th century, and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement.

He is the subject and hero of Jacques Offenbach's famous but fictional opera The Tales of Hoffmann, and the author of the novelette The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, on which the famous ballet The Nutcracker is based. The ballet Coppelia is based on two other stories that Hoffmann wrote. Also Schumann's Kreisleriana is based on one of Hoffmann's characters.

Master Flea was published in 1822.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:26:35) Chapter 02

(00:54:18) Chapter 03

(01:21:26) Chapter 04

(01:38:48) Chapter 05

(02:05:37) Chapter 06

(02:30:38) Chapter 07

(02:47:10) Chapter 08

(03:04:55) Chapter 09

(03:34:59) Chapter 10

(04:07:03) Chapter 11

(04:22:08) Chapter 12

(04:50:18) Chapter 13

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Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence ~ Full Audiobook [family] Sep 05, 2022

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Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence audiobook.

Genre: family

This intimate portrait of a coal-miner's family fastens on each member in turn: Walter Morel, the collier; Gertrude, his wife; and the children: William, Annie, Arthur, and Paul. When Mrs. Morel begins to be estranged from her husband because of his poor financial sense and his drinking habits, she comes to inhabit the lives of her children - most particularly, her sons. She is determined that they will grow to be something more than men that come home blackened with coal dust every day and roaring with drink every night. As each grows up and moves away, she must release him. But Paul, she holds; they have a bond that defies time and the attractions of young women.

Lawrence originally intended the book's title to be 'Paul Morel' and it is on this son - and his lovers - that he spends the bulk of his tale. The strong mother can make a success of her son, but if he cannot learn to leave his mother's apron strings, will he really be a better man than his father?

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:35:55) Chapter 02

(01:11:13) Chapter 03

(02:02:12) Chapter 04

(02:34:13) Chapter 05

(03:06:24) Chapter 06

(03:43:56) Chapter 07

(04:28:29) Chapter 08

(05:06:18) Chapter 09

(05:44:11) Chapter 10

(06:21:45) Chapter 11

(06:54:34) Chapter 12

(07:31:33) Chapter 13

(08:06:04) Chapter 14

(08:39:04) Chapter 15

(09:38:20) Chapter 16

(10:28:44) Chapter 17

(11:17:44) Chapter 18

(11:53:09) Chapter 19

(12:24:47) Chapter 20

(12:58:55) Chapter 21

(13:29:59) Chapter 22

(14:08:48) Chapter 23

(14:42:28) Chapter 24

(15:19:03) Chapter 25

(15:53:04) Chapter 26

(16:28:49) Chapter 27

(16:59:39) Chapter 28

(17:32:16) Chapter 29

(18:19:47) Chapter 30

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The Fortunes of Glencore by Charles James Lever ~ Full Audiobook [comedy] Sep 05, 2022

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The Fortunes of Glencore by Charles James Lever audiobook.

Genre: comedy

Viscount Glencore has retreated to live alone with his son in Glencore castle after his wife deserted him claiming she did not love him. He wishes to exact revenge on her by denouncing the marriage and therefore proclaiming his son to be illegitimate. This consequently robs the child of his birthright and upon his father telling him his intentions, the boy runs away and refuses to return home. Glencore asks his old friend Upton to become the boys guardian to which he agrees after much protestation against it. The boy and his companion Billy move abroad to pursue their schooling and try to live a life of anonymity but all does not go according to plan.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:05:08) Chapter 01

(00:28:59) Chapter 02

(00:41:11) Chapter 03

(00:56:59) Chapter 04

(01:17:57) Chapter 05

(01:30:26) Chapter 06

(01:45:42) Chapter 07

(01:59:35) Chapter 08

(02:19:36) Chapter 09

(02:35:35) Chapter 10

(02:58:04) Chapter 11

(03:35:31) Chapter 12

(03:54:31) Chapter 13

(04:12:05) Chapter 14

(04:23:54) Chapter 15

(04:30:41) Chapter 16

(04:51:01) Chapter 17

(05:01:28) Chapter 18

(05:16:43) Chapter 19

(05:35:55) Chapter 20

(05:52:13) Chapter 21

(06:05:03) Chapter 22

(06:16:33) Chapter 23

(06:30:25) Chapter 24

(06:52:57) Chapter 25

(07:16:44) Chapter 26

(07:33:25) Chapter 27

(07:49:28) Chapter 28

(08:04:29) Chapter 29

(08:16:58) Chapter 30

(08:32:35) Chapter 31

(08:50:57) Chapter 32

(09:05:02) Chapter 33

(09:21:14) Chapter 34

(09:38:56) Chapter 35

(10:10:47) Chapter 36

(10:31:21) Chapter 37

(10:58:19) Chapter 38

(11:28:05) Chapter 39

(11:56:58) Chapter 40

(12:17:02) Chapter 41

(12:42:44) Chapter 42

(13:03:09) Chapter 43

(13:21:14) Chapter 44

(13:55:21) Chapter 45

(14:23:39) Chapter 46

(14:50:23) Chapter 47

(15:07:34) Chapter 48

(15:21:47) Chapter 49

(15:40:27) Chapter 50

(15:51:14) Chapter 51

(16:13:03) Chapter 52

(16:30:30) Chapter 53

(17:04:33) Chapter 54

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Henrietta Temple by Benjamin Disraeli ~ Full Audiobook [romance] Sep 04, 2022

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Henrietta Temple by Benjamin Disraeli audiobook.

Genre: romance

The Armine family, in particular the young Ferdinand Armine, is in great financial difficulties. Ferdinand's grandfather has burdened the family estate with large debts, which his father did not manage to diminish. Ferdinand himself is not disposed to live with his small income alone, and during his time in Malta with his regiment, he incurs debts of his own.

The only thing that can easily pay for his debts and restore the house of Armine now is for Ferdinand to marry well, and the chosen wife for him is his cousin Katherine, the heiress to their grandfather's wealth. Katharine, who has idolized her cousin like their grandfather did, immediately consents to the marriage. But for Ferdinand, the match is a matter of necessity, not of love.

Just as Ferdinand is beginning to realize that this planned marriage will be a loveless one for him, a chance meeting with the beautiful Henrietta Temple changes everything. 'There is no love but love at first sight', and this young lady proceeds to turn Ferdinand's world upside down.

Henrietta Temple is a semi-autobiographical novel and the author's first true success. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield and later British Prime Minister, based this novel on his affair with the married Henrietta Sykes.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:18:33) Chapter 02

(00:31:47) Chapter 03

(00:41:31) Chapter 04

(00:51:54) Chapter 05

(00:58:30) Chapter 06

(01:06:21) Chapter 07

(01:23:23) Chapter 08

(01:33:51) Chapter 09

(01:53:15) Chapter 10

(02:06:56) Chapter 11

(02:23:18) Chapter 12

(02:31:17) Chapter 13

(02:37:23) Chapter 14

(03:13:31) Chapter 15

(03:26:47) Chapter 16

(03:59:11) Chapter 17

(04:07:03) Chapter 18

(04:11:04) Chapter 19

(04:28:13) Chapter 20

(04:37:35) Chapter 21

(04:46:48) Chapter 22

(05:00:43) Chapter 23

(05:25:28) Chapter 24

(05:46:45) Chapter 25

(05:57:55) Chapter 26

(06:20:06) Chapter 27

(06:44:56) Chapter 28

(07:06:16) Chapter 29

(07:42:22) Chapter 30

(07:55:54) Chapter 31

(08:19:41) Chapter 32

(08:27:44) Chapter 33

(08:37:12) Chapter 34

(08:48:37) Chapter 35

(08:59:04) Chapter 36

(09:10:37) Chapter 37

(09:25:35) Chapter 38

(09:34:06) Chapter 39

(09:39:14) Chapter 40

(09:46:57) Chapter 41

(09:59:46) Chapter 42

(10:10:42) Chapter 43

(10:23:05) Chapter 44

(10:28:35) Chapter 45

(10:42:45) Chapter 46

(10:51:21) Chapter 47

(10:59:20) Chapter 48

(11:11:54) Chapter 49

(11:23:28) Chapter 50

(11:31:00) Chapter 51

(11:36:57) Chapter 52

(11:48:55) Chapter 53

(12:02:50) Chapter 54

(12:10:40) Chapter 55

(12:33:00) Chapter 56

(12:41:22) Chapter 57

(12:48:50) Chapter 58

(12:58:36) Chapter 59

(13:17:39) Chapter 60

(13:38:07) Chapter 61

(13:56:04) Chapter 62

(14:09:05) Chapter 63

(14:41:44) Chapter 64

(15:11:36) Chapter 65

(15:27:50) Chapter 66

(15:41:23) Chapter 67

(15:52:02) Chapter 68

(16:05:59) Chapter 69

(16:17:37) Chapter 70

(16:32:02) Chapter 71

(16:52:06) Chapter 72

(17:00:20) Chapter 73

(17:04:59) Chapter 74

(17:20:31) Chapter 75

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The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness E. Orczy ~ Full Audiobook [adventure] Sep 03, 2022

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The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness E. Orczy audiobook.

Genre: adventure

In Revolutionary France, the guillotine falls fast and suspicion spreads faster. Into this terror moves a whisper of hope - a daring English rescuer known only as the Scarlet Pimpernel, who smuggles doomed aristocrats to safety under the noses of the Republic's most ruthless agents. In The Elusive Pimpernel, the struggle intensifies as the clever and relentless Chauvelin, a master of traps and disguises, closes in on the secret network behind the rescues. Sir Percy Blakeney, the seemingly frivolous English baronet, and his sharp-witted wife Marguerite are drawn into a tightening web of danger, deception, and divided loyalties, where a single misstep could cost countless lives. From shadowed Paris streets to perilous journeys across borders, Orczy delivers swift action, high-stakes intrigue, and a constant duel of minds, as the Pimpernel's identity and methods remain tantalizingly out of reach. With courage tested by fear, love strained by secrecy, and freedom balanced against duty, this historical adventure races forward on suspense, daring escapes, and the enduring question of what one person will risk to save another.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:12:24) Chapter 2

(00:20:59) Chapter 3

(00:37:57) Chapter 4

(00:55:41) Chapter 5

(01:03:56) Chapter 6

(01:20:59) Chapter 7

(01:28:48) Chapter 8

(01:35:04) Chapter 9

(01:48:23) Chapter 10

(01:57:50) Chapter 11

(02:14:05) Chapter 12

(02:37:08) Chapter 13

(02:42:58) Chapter 14

(02:57:57) Chapter 15

(03:10:25) Chapter 16

(03:20:28) Chapter 17

(03:37:31) Chapter 18

(03:56:21) Chapter 19

(04:06:52) Chapter 20

(04:15:10) Chapter 21

(04:22:10) Chapter 22

(04:43:01) Chapter 23

(05:02:56) Chapter 24

(05:17:44) Chapter 25

(05:35:42) Chapter 26

(05:54:04) Chapter 27

(05:58:25) Chapter 28

(06:12:04) Chapter 29

(06:24:22) Chapter 30

(06:36:31) Chapter 31

(06:49:19) Chapter 32

(07:02:11) Chapter 33

(07:15:02) Chapter 34

(07:24:21) Chapter 35

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