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The Rosary by Florence L. Barclay ~ Full Audiobook [romance] Jul 26, 2022

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The Rosary by Florence L. Barclay audiobook.

Genre: romance

At Overdene, the country estate of the formidable and delightfully unpredictable Duchess of Meldrum, her niece Jane Champion has settled into a life of capable independence. Jane is thirty, practical, and quietly gifted, yet she has spent years watching others take the place she secretly longs for: to be chosen first, without reservation. When Garth Dalmain, a celebrated artist with a passionate devotion to beauty, suddenly singles Jane out and asks her to marry him, her world tilts. She cares for him more than she will admit, but she cannot believe a man who lives by appearances could remain faithful to a woman the world calls plain. Jane's refusal sets off a chain of consequences that neither of them can control. After a devastating accident leaves Garth blinded, the meaning of love, companionship, and true perception is tested in painful, intimate ways. As friends, doctors, and an unusual household orbit their struggle, Barclay threads the story with the image of a rosary: hours counted like pearls, prayers shaped out of endurance, and devotion proved in the dark. The Rosary is a tender, emotionally charged romance about self-worth, sacrifice, and learning what it really means to see.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:09:17) Chapter 2

(00:18:30) Chapter 3

(00:29:12) Chapter 4

(00:50:30) Chapter 5

(01:21:25) Chapter 6

(01:34:04) Chapter 7

(01:49:58) Chapter 8

(01:59:51) Chapter 9

(02:35:24) Chapter 10

(03:18:04) Chapter 11

(03:34:13) Chapter 12

(04:01:29) Chapter 13

(04:13:08) Chapter 14

(04:25:00) Chapter 15

(05:16:42) Chapter 16

(05:24:40) Chapter 17

(05:34:06) Chapter 18

(05:49:18) Chapter 19

(06:13:20) Chapter 20

(06:28:21) Chapter 21

(06:42:42) Chapter 22

(07:03:10) Chapter 23

(07:22:08) Chapter 24

(07:49:38) Chapter 25

(08:11:21) Chapter 26

(08:32:50) Chapter 27

(08:47:32) Chapter 28

(08:52:33) Chapter 29

(09:06:02) Chapter 30

(09:13:47) Chapter 31

(09:24:44) Chapter 32

(09:29:39) Chapter 33

(09:49:57) Chapter 34

(10:08:34) Chapter 35

(10:25:02) Chapter 36

(10:35:23) Chapter 37

(10:49:41) Chapter 38

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This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald ~ Full Audiobook [drama] Jul 26, 2022

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This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald audiobook.

Genre: drama

F. Scott Fitzgerald's debut novel follows Amory Blaine, a sharp, restless Midwesterner who grows up believing his life will be extraordinary. From a privileged childhood through elite schools and the glittering social world of the early 20th century, Amory chases admiration, romance, and a sense of identity that always seems just out of reach. As he moves among ambitious classmates, magnetic friends, and women who challenge and attract him, his confidence is tested by shifting loyalties, money troubles, and the moral confusion of a generation coming of age in the shadow of war. Told with a mix of traditional storytelling and experimental touches, the book captures the excitement and emptiness of status, the ache of first love, and the slow realization that talent and charm do not guarantee purpose. Amory's central struggle is to decide what kind of man he will become when the promises he inherited begin to collapse, and when the world around him no longer rewards certainty. This Side of Paradise is a portrait of youth, ambition, and disillusionment at the dawn of the Jazz Age.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:29:05) Chapter 02

(00:53:47) Chapter 03

(01:12:55) Chapter 04

(01:42:48) Chapter 05

(02:17:32) Chapter 06

(02:56:17) Chapter 07

(03:12:13) Chapter 08

(03:33:42) Chapter 09

(03:55:13) Chapter 10

(04:21:01) Chapter 11

(04:48:36) Chapter 12

(05:16:04) Chapter 13

(05:47:35) Chapter 14

(05:56:28) Chapter 15

(06:09:01) Chapter 16

(06:29:54) Chapter 17

(06:55:23) Chapter 18

(07:22:41) Chapter 19

(07:41:59) Chapter 20

(08:01:13) Chapter 21

(08:27:13) Chapter 22

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Four Max Carrados Detective Stories by Ernest Bramah ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Jul 26, 2022

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Four Max Carrados Detective Stories by Ernest Bramah audiobook.

Genre: mystery

In Four Max Carrados Detective Stories, Ernest Bramah introduces a sleuth unlike any other in Edwardian England: Max Carrados, a gentleman investigator who is blind, yet uncannily alert to the details most people overlook. Narrated by his friend and occasional collaborator Louis Carlyle, these four cases open doors into London drawing rooms, private clubs, and shadowy back streets, where a missing object, an ingenious fraud, or a seemingly simple crime quickly reveals deeper layers of motive and method. Carrados does not rely on sight, but on a disciplined command of sound, touch, timing, and human behavior, turning social assumptions about disability into a quiet advantage. As Carlyle struggles to keep pace, the reader is invited to watch ordinary clues become extraordinary through Carrados' calm reasoning and understated wit. Each story blends clever puzzles with character-driven tension, exploring how appearances mislead, how greed and pride unravel, and how true detection depends on noticing what others dismiss. Elegant, sharp, and quietly suspenseful, this collection showcases Bramah's distinctive voice and one of classic detective fiction's most memorable minds.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:34:14) Chapter 2

(01:34:17) Chapter 3

(02:24:01) Chapter 4

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Dere Mable by Edward Streeter ~ Full Audiobook [comedy] Jul 26, 2022

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Dere Mable by Edward Streeter audiobook.

Genre: comedy

In Dere Mable: Love Letters of a Rookie, Edward Streeter turns World War I army life into a bright, side-splitting chain of letters from a brand-new private, Bill Smith, to his sweetheart back home, Mable. Writing in proudly mangled spelling and plainspoken slang, Bill reports on everything the Army throws at him: baffling rules, hard-nosed sergeants, endless drills, awkward inspections, lousy weather, and the strange new language of camp where everyday things suddenly have different names. Between complaints and boasts, he sketches a whole barracks full of characters and captures the uneasy mix of boredom, confusion, and sudden responsibility that comes with becoming a soldier. But the letters are not only jokes about military red tape. They are also a running portrait of a young man trying to hold onto home, pride, and romance while distance and rumor test what he thinks he knows about Mable and about himself. With lively illustrations (in many editions) and quick episodes that build like a serialized comedy, Streeter delivers a classic wartime satire that still feels human and sharp.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:09:16) Chapter 2

(00:18:38) Chapter 3

(00:28:41) Chapter 4

(00:41:05) Chapter 5

(00:54:29) Chapter 6

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The Coming Race by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Jul 26, 2022

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The Coming Race by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton audiobook.

Genre: scifi

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803-1873) was an English novelist, poet, playright, and politician. Lord Lytton was a florid, popular writer of his day, who coined such phrases as 'the great unwashed', 'pursuit of the almighty dollar', 'the pen is mightier than the sword', and the infamous incipit 'It was a dark and stormy night.' .

The Coming Race drew heavily on his interest in the occult and contributed to the birth of the science fiction genre. Unquestionably, its story of a subterranean race of men waiting to reclaim the surface is one of the first science fiction novels. The novel centres on a young, independently wealthy traveler (the narrator), who accidentally finds his way into a subterranean world occupied by beings who seem to resemble angels, who call themselves Vril-ya. The hero soon discovers that they are descendants of an antediluvian civilisation who live in networks of subterranean caverns linked by tunnels. The narrator suggests that in time, the Vril-ya will run out of habitable spaces underground and will start claiming the surface of the earth, destroying mankind in the process, if necessary.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:13:21) Chapter 02

(00:21:20) Chapter 03

(00:48:13) Chapter 04

(01:08:32) Chapter 05

(01:35:52) Chapter 06

(01:54:11) Chapter 07

(02:15:46) Chapter 08

(02:30:04) Chapter 09

(02:57:11) Chapter 10

(03:27:14) Chapter 11

(03:59:29) Chapter 12

(04:22:20) Chapter 13

(04:36:33) Chapter 14

(04:46:57) Chapter 15

(05:03:44) Chapter 16

(05:32:05) Chapter 17

(05:54:40) Chapter 18

(06:14:37) Chapter 19

(06:32:59) Chapter 20

(06:46:54) Chapter 21

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Acres of Diamonds by Russell H. Conwell ~ Full Audiobook [self help] Jul 26, 2022

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Acres of Diamonds by Russell H. Conwell audiobook.

Genre: self help

One of the most requested motivational lectures of all time. 'I say that you ought to get rich, and it is your duty to get rich ... The men who get rich may be the most honest men you find in the community. Let me say here clearly ... ninety-eight out of one hundred of the rich men of America are honest. That is why they are rich. That is why they are trusted with money. That is why they carry on great enterprises and find plenty of people to work with them. It is because they are honest men. .' The central idea of the work is that one need not look elsewhere for opportunity, achievement, or fortune—the resources to achieve all good things are present in one's own community; look in your own backyard for those acres of diamonds. This theme is developed by an introductory anecdote, credited by Conwell to an Arab guide, about a man who wanted to find diamonds so badly that he sold his property and went off in futile search for them. The new owner of his home discovered that a rich diamond mine was located right there on the property. Conwell elaborates on the theme through examples of success, genius, service, or other virtues involving ordinary Americans contemporary to his audience: 'dig in your own backyard!'.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:21:56) Chapter 02

(00:44:02) Chapter 03

(01:06:26) Chapter 04

(01:34:28) Chapter 05

(01:53:44) Chapter 06

(02:19:59) Chapter 07

(02:36:37) Chapter 08

(02:54:38) Chapter 09

(03:18:02) Chapter 10

(03:41:52) Chapter 11

(04:00:08) Chapter 12

(04:15:45) Chapter 13

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The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling ~ Full Audiobook [adventure] Jul 26, 2022

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The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling audiobook.

Genre: adventure

This classic children's book by Rudyard Kipling tells the story of Mowgli, a young boy raised by wolves: his escapades and adventures with his dear friends Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear, his capture by the Monkey-People, his attempt at reintegration into human society, and his ultimate triumph over the lame tiger Shere Khan. The account of Mowgli's adventures is followed by several short stories, including the tales of the brave white seal, Kotick, and the tenacious mongoose, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Packed with adventure and Jungle Law wisdom, this book has pervaded popular culture as the basis of many film and stage adaptations, including the popular Disney movie, and through its adoption as a motivational book by the Cub Scouts.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:20:06) Chapter 2

(00:46:04) Chapter 3

(01:16:54) Chapter 4

(01:43:12) Chapter 5

(02:07:15) Chapter 6

(02:25:32) Chapter 7

(02:48:56) Chapter 8

(03:07:12) Chapter 9

(03:41:16) Chapter 10

(04:23:50) Chapter 11

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Just William by Richmal Crompton ~ Full Audiobook [comedy] Jul 26, 2022

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Just William by Richmal Crompton audiobook.

Genre: comedy

In Just William, Richmal Crompton introduces William Brown, an eleven-year-old whirlwind of confidence, mischief, and unstoppable logic, who lives in a quiet English village between the wars. To the adults around him, William is a constant problem to be managed: his well-meaning but exasperated parents, his dignified sister Ethel, and a parade of neighbors and visitors who underestimate him at their peril. To William, however, the world is a place of thrilling possibilities and unjust rules that practically beg to be improved. With his loyal band of friends - the Outlaws - William launches one scheme after another: forming clubs, staging performances, chasing grand business ideas, and dispensing rough-and-ready justice, all while clashing with snobbish boys, strict grown-ups, and the ever-embarrassing pressure to be 'good.' Each episode turns everyday situations into comic chaos, capturing the fierce seriousness of childhood, the absurdities of adult society, and the timeless gap between what children intend and what actually happens. Sharp, warm, and delightfully irreverent, this classic collection celebrates imagination, friendship, and the trouble a determined boy can find anywhere.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:31:05) Chapter 02

(01:10:10) Chapter 03

(01:37:03) Chapter 04

(02:04:27) Chapter 05

(02:42:46) Chapter 06

(03:04:52) Chapter 07

(03:31:01) Chapter 08

(03:58:37) Chapter 09

(04:24:42) Chapter 10

(04:52:45) Chapter 11

(05:27:31) Chapter 12

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The Enchanted Castle by Edith Nesbit ~ Full Audiobook [fantasy] Jul 26, 2022

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The Enchanted Castle by Edith Nesbit audiobook.

Genre: fantasy

When three siblings - Jerry, Jimmy, and Kathy - escape their governess for a summer afternoon, they wander into the grounds of an old estate and discover a hidden passage into what seems to be a sleeping fairy tale: a neglected garden, a ruined castle, and the promise of real magic. Inside, they meet Mabel, a practical but lonely girl with an imagination as fierce as any spell, and together they stumble upon a ring that can make wishes come true - though never quite in the way they expect. As the children test the limits of enchantment, everyday squabbles and loyalties collide with sudden wonders: statues that do not stay still, identities that slip like costumes, and adventures that spill beyond the garden walls. But magic, they soon learn, has rules of its own, and each wish carries consequences that threaten friendships, invite misunderstanding, and draw the children deeper into a mystery surrounding the castle itself. Warm, witty, and brimming with Edwardian charm, Edith Nesbit's classic follows young heroes who must rely on courage, honesty, and one another to find their way through a world where the impossible keeps becoming real.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:43:47) Chapter 2

(01:19:10) Chapter 3

(02:02:06) Chapter 4

(02:35:49) Chapter 5

(03:18:16) Chapter 6

(04:02:19) Chapter 7

(04:52:17) Chapter 8

(05:46:45) Chapter 9

(06:28:09) Chapter 10

(07:15:37) Chapter 11

(08:00:20) Chapter 12

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The Clue of the Twisted Candle by Edgar Wallace ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Jul 26, 2022

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The Clue of the Twisted Candle by Edgar Wallace audiobook.

Genre: mystery

Edgar Wallace's The Clue of the Twisted Candle plunges celebrated mystery novelist John Lexman into a case far stranger than anything he has ever plotted on the page. Struggling with money worries, Lexman is pushed into the orbit of a glamorous, dangerous underworld figure, Remington Kara, and a relentless creditor whose threats turn one ugly confrontation into a catastrophe. Before Lexman can understand how completely he has been maneuvered, he is arrested, convicted, and sent to prison, while his devoted wife, Grace, is left to face the rumors and the fallout alone. Lexman's closest friend, Thomas X. Meredith, a powerful figure at Scotland Yard, refuses to believe the verdict and quietly starts pulling at the loose threads the courts ignored. But when Lexman vanishes from custody and the trail runs cold, Meredith is forced to widen his hunt into London's shadowed networks of blackmail, false identities, and carefully staged alibis. Years later, a sensational locked-room killing and one unsettling detail, a strangely twisted candle, bring the past roaring back and set Meredith on a race to expose the scheme before it claims another victim.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:37:44) Chapter 02

(00:49:59) Chapter 03

(01:06:52) Chapter 04

(01:15:21) Chapter 05

(01:24:48) Chapter 06

(01:39:05) Chapter 07

(01:47:11) Chapter 08

(02:20:05) Chapter 09

(02:37:28) Chapter 10

(02:48:33) Chapter 11

(03:10:03) Chapter 12

(03:16:43) Chapter 13

(03:27:40) Chapter 14

(03:36:44) Chapter 15

(03:57:23) Chapter 16

(04:16:41) Chapter 17

(04:42:25) Chapter 18

(04:47:02) Chapter 19

(04:58:41) Chapter 20

(05:00:50) Chapter 21

(05:22:08) Chapter 22

(05:48:22) Chapter 23

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