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In a German Pension by Katherine Mansfield ~ Full Audiobook [drama] Nov 18, 2024

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In a German Pension by Katherine Mansfield audiobook.

Genre: drama

In a German Pension is a sharp, early collection of linked short stories by Katherine Mansfield, unified by the wry perspective of a young Englishwoman staying in a boardinghouse at a German spa. From the dining room table to the stuffy parlor, she watches the pension's residents perform their daily rituals: a self-important husband holding court, anxious mothers and boastful patriots, a flirtation that turns brittle, a sickroom that exposes what politeness tries to hide. As an outsider, the narrator translates each scene through her own assumptions, only to find those assumptions tested by unfamiliar customs, blunt conversation, and the constant pressure to fit in. Mansfield turns small moments - a remark about food, a lullaby, a stroll, an argument over manners - into unsettling revelations about intimacy, power, and the stories people tell to protect themselves. By moving between comedy, discomfort, and sudden tenderness, the book builds a portrait of belonging and estrangement, and of a keen mind learning, one encounter at a time, how complicated sympathy can be.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:08:40) Chapter 02

(00:16:49) Chapter 03

(00:27:57) Chapter 04

(00:41:28) Chapter 05

(00:55:11) Chapter 06

(01:16:37) Chapter 07

(01:31:59) Chapter 08

(01:39:23) Chapter 09

(02:01:32) Chapter 10

(02:18:29) Chapter 11

(02:39:29) Chapter 12

(03:03:00) Chapter 13

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The Bible Book by Book by Josiah Blake Tidwell ~ Full Audiobook [religion] Nov 16, 2024

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The Bible Book by Book by Josiah Blake Tidwell audiobook.

Genre: religion

Written by Baylor University Bible professor Josiah Blake Tidwell, The Bible Book by Book is a practical handbook for readers who want to understand Scripture with clarity, structure, and confidence. Designed for classrooms, church study groups, and serious individual learners, this early-20th-century guide begins by laying foundations for informed Bible study: why Christians trust the Bible, how the Bible is organized, major ages and periods of biblical history, and key themes such as the names of God and the institutions that shape the biblical story. From there, Tidwell walks through the Old and New Testaments one book at a time, offering concise introductions that highlight each book's setting and purpose, along with organized outlines that map major sections and ideas. Study notes and end-of-section questions turn reading into active learning, helping listeners track recurring themes, follow the development of redemption across the canon, and see how individual books connect to the larger narrative. Clear, methodical, and built for teaching, this book is both a roadmap through Scripture and a training course in how to study it well.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:05:42) Chapter 01

(00:15:40) Chapter 02

(00:20:54) Chapter 03

(00:29:23) Chapter 04

(00:37:57) Chapter 05

(00:41:53) Chapter 06

(00:46:43) Chapter 07

(00:55:19) Chapter 08

(01:09:13) Chapter 09

(01:15:51) Chapter 10

(01:20:45) Chapter 11

(01:27:13) Chapter 12

(01:31:36) Chapter 13

(01:35:49) Chapter 14

(01:43:48) Chapter 15

(01:52:18) Chapter 16

(01:58:38) Chapter 17

(02:05:50) Chapter 18

(02:11:05) Chapter 19

(02:21:56) Chapter 20

(02:30:09) Chapter 21

(02:42:33) Chapter 22

(02:51:48) Chapter 23

(03:03:55) Chapter 24

(03:12:48) Chapter 25

(03:26:38) Chapter 26

(03:39:05) Chapter 27

(03:45:03) Chapter 28

(03:54:34) Chapter 29

(04:00:27) Chapter 30

(04:06:02) Chapter 31

(04:13:53) Chapter 32

(04:35:34) Chapter 33

(04:52:56) Chapter 34

(05:14:43) Chapter 35

(05:35:43) Chapter 36

(05:44:15) Chapter 37

(06:00:35) Chapter 38

(06:18:42) Chapter 39

(06:36:37) Chapter 40

(06:51:20) Chapter 41

(07:00:12) Chapter 42

(07:09:42) Chapter 43

(07:17:10) Chapter 44

(07:32:41) Chapter 45

(07:42:52) Chapter 46

(07:55:32) Chapter 47

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Madam Crowls Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Nov 15, 2024

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Madam Crowls Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu audiobook.

Genre: mystery

In Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu gathers a set of Victorian chillers that blend Gothic atmosphere with unnerving psychological realism. Linked by the shadowy figure of Dr. Martin Hesselius, a physician who studies strange disorders of mind and spirit, the stories unfold as case histories: a young woman takes a post in a gloomy country house where a dead mistress still seems to rule; a respectable clergyman finds his faith and health eroded by a presence only he can perceive; a hardened traveler encounters a relentless figure who follows too closely to be coincidence; and men of status and learning discover that old sins, buried secrets, and private obsessions can summon public ruin. Le Fanu's suspense lies less in sudden shocks than in the slow tightening of dread, where ordinary rooms, familiar faces, and polite conversations begin to feel subtly wrong. Moving between folklore and modern doubt, these tales explore guilt, inheritance, repression, and the porous boundary between supernatural visitation and human breakdown, inviting listeners to decide what is haunting the characters most: ghosts, or themselves.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:29:41) Chapter 02

(01:36:20) Chapter 03

(01:58:11) Chapter 04

(02:18:35) Chapter 05

(02:43:54) Chapter 06

(03:31:44) Chapter 07

(04:30:19) Chapter 08

(04:59:27) Chapter 09

(05:32:37) Chapter 10

(06:25:33) Chapter 11

(06:54:24) Chapter 12

(07:18:21) Chapter 13

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The Nature of a Crime by Joseph Conrad ~ Full Audiobook [drama] Nov 14, 2024

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The Nature of a Crime by Joseph Conrad audiobook.

Genre: drama

In this psychologically charged, letter-driven novella by Joseph Conrad (in collaboration with Ford Madox Ford), an unnamed lawyer sets down a private record that is part love letter, part confession, and part argument with his own conscience. Over a handful of tense days in early 20th century England, he writes to a woman he desires but cannot openly claim, even as another, darker secret tightens around him: he has abused a position of trust, gambling away money placed under his care through his power of attorney for a young man, Edward Burden, whose future depends on the very funds now at risk. With indictment and disgrace looming, the narrator dissects his choices with ruthless intelligence and startling self-justification, weighing honor against survival, freedom against imprisonment, and remorse against pride. As his correspondence grows more urgent, the book becomes a close study of how a respectable life can fracture from the inside, and how a single hidden act can warp love into obsession and duty into betrayal. Is the real crime the deed itself, or the evasions that follow?

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:10:59) Chapter 01

(00:33:48) Chapter 02

(00:43:11) Chapter 03

(00:48:13) Chapter 04

(01:03:49) Chapter 05

(01:20:09) Chapter 06

(01:36:21) Chapter 07

(01:46:44) Chapter 08

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Anne Blake by John Westland Marston ~ Full Audiobook [drama] Nov 13, 2024

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Anne Blake by John Westland Marston audiobook.

Genre: drama

Set in North Wales in the early Victorian era, Anne Blake follows a young orphan whose fierce pride is both her shield and her undoing. Living under the roof - and rules - of her wealthy relatives, Sir Joshua Toppington and the formidable Lady Toppington, Anne is expected to be grateful, obedient, and easily guided. Instead she is outspoken, sensitive to insult, and determined to choose her own future. When Thorold, a talented visiting artist, enters their circle, Anne finds in him a rare mix of admiration and understanding, and their growing attachment quickly becomes the household's scandal. The Toppingtons and their allies move to separate the pair, invoking rank, reputation, and the supposed dangers of romantic folly. But as pressures mount and rival interests close in, Anne uncovers unsettling facts that cast Thorold's past - and his intentions - in a new light. Caught between love and wounded pride, Anne must decide whether to trust her heart or protect herself from humiliation, even if that means sacrificing the one bond that has ever felt like freedom.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:23:00) Chapter 2

(00:43:13) Chapter 3

(01:02:15) Chapter 4

(01:15:00) Chapter 5

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The Jumping Kangaroo and the Apple Butter Cat by John Walker Harrington ~ Full Audiobook [family] Nov 12, 2024

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The Jumping Kangaroo and the Apple Butter Cat by John Walker Harrington audiobook.

Genre: family

Step into a bright, turn-of-the-century woodland where birds gossip from the branches, mice raid cellar shelves, and every animal has an opinion worth announcing. In this playful collection of linked stories, John Walker Harrington introduces a cast of boastful jumpers, anxious schemers, and mischievous tricksters who keep the neighborhood in constant commotion. Kerchug the leap frog loves an audience, until a mysterious challenger named Jumping Jehosophat sends word from the woods and dares him to prove his fame on dry land. Elsewhere, sharp-tongued Hedgehog turns scribbling into a sport, the Ant's aunt plans a picnic with unexpected consequences, and the Church Mouse dreams up a circus fit for the whole barnyard. When Green-Eyes the cat fears he is about to be replaced at the man's house, he broods over a plan to save his reputation, while Gray Mouse, White Rabbit, and Patrick O'Possum chase their own midnight appetites among pies, cheese, and a certain infamous jar of apple butter. Full of humor, tall-tale energy, and gentle lessons about pride, cleverness, and friendship, these chapters are perfect for listening together.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:07:13) Chapter 02

(00:13:12) Chapter 03

(00:20:09) Chapter 04

(00:26:48) Chapter 05

(00:33:15) Chapter 06

(00:39:28) Chapter 07

(00:46:19) Chapter 08

(00:53:39) Chapter 09

(01:01:34) Chapter 10

(01:07:03) Chapter 11

(01:13:19) Chapter 12

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Fact Stranger than Fiction by John Patterson Green ~ Full Audiobook [biography] Nov 11, 2024

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Fact Stranger than Fiction by John Patterson Green audiobook.

Genre: biography

In Fact Stranger than Fiction, John Patterson Green tells the story of his first seventy-five years, tracing a path from his childhood in New Bern, North Carolina, through a formative move to Cleveland, Ohio, and into a life spent fighting for education, professional standing, and public service in a country shaped by the color line. Part memoir, part social history, and part collection of vivid recollections, Green sketches the people and places that formed him, from integrated classrooms and hard early jobs to law school, the courtroom, and the rough-and-tumble world of Republican politics after the Civil War. As an African American attorney and officeholder, he confronts the daily realities of prejudice while building a career that takes him from the Reconstruction-era Carolinas back to Cleveland, where his ambition leads to the Ohio legislature and beyond. Along the way, Green offers portraits of notable acquaintances, behind-the-scenes glimpses of civic life, and reflections meant to serve as encouragement to young Black readers striving for opportunity. Frank, energetic, and often surprising, this is a firsthand account of persistence, politics, and the making of a public life.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:37:40) Chapter 02

(01:25:21) Chapter 03

(02:03:14) Chapter 04

(02:38:39) Chapter 05

(03:18:27) Chapter 06

(04:11:43) Chapter 07

(04:55:43) Chapter 08

(05:24:56) Chapter 09

(05:38:13) Chapter 10

(06:08:13) Chapter 11

(06:29:38) Chapter 12

(07:15:56) Chapter 13

(07:38:21) Chapter 14

(08:12:27) Chapter 15

(08:42:32) Chapter 16

(09:15:04) Chapter 17

(09:46:52) Chapter 18

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Holy Sonnets by John Donne ~ Full Audiobook [poetry] Nov 09, 2024

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Holy Sonnets by John Donne audiobook.

Genre: poetry

John Donne's Holy Sonnets gathers some of the most daring and intimate devotional poems in English, written in the concentrated, argumentative style that made Donne a defining voice of metaphysical poetry. Across these sonnets, a restless speaker wrestles with sin, mortality, judgment, and the yearning for grace, addressing God with a candor that can feel like a courtroom cross-examination one moment and a private confession the next. Donne turns the language of law, medicine, love, and war into spiritual inquiry, building startling metaphors that press faith into lived experience: the soul as a beleaguered city, the heart as contested ground, death as an arrogant adversary to be challenged. The central conflict is internal and urgent, as the speaker confronts fear of damnation, grief over human frailty, and a fierce desire to be remade, not merely comforted. By combining intellectual rigor with emotional volatility, these poems explore what it means to seek certainty in an unstable world, and how doubt itself can become a route toward deeper devotion.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:01:35) Chapter 02

(00:02:51) Chapter 03

(00:04:15) Chapter 04

(00:05:26) Chapter 05

(00:06:48) Chapter 06

(00:08:16) Chapter 07

(00:09:43) Chapter 08

(00:11:01) Chapter 09

(00:12:16) Chapter 10

(00:13:56) Chapter 11

(00:15:12) Chapter 12

(00:16:38) Chapter 13

(00:17:52) Chapter 14

(00:19:09) Chapter 15

(00:20:34) Chapter 16

(00:21:52) Chapter 17

(00:23:20) Chapter 18

(00:24:38) Chapter 19

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Commentary on the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians by John Calvin ~ Full Audiobook [religion] Nov 08, 2024

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Commentary on the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians by John Calvin audiobook.

Genre: religion

John Calvin's Commentary on the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians is a rigorous, pastorally driven guide to one of the New Testament's most urgent letters: Paul's defense of the gospel of grace. Writing for readers who want Scripture explained with clarity and conviction, Calvin walks verse by verse through Galatians, unpacking Paul's confrontation with teachings that would add human effort, ritual, or law-keeping as a requirement for acceptance before God. Along the way, Calvin highlights the heart of the epistle: justification by faith, the believer's freedom in Christ, and the practical shape of Christian life empowered by the Spirit. He explores the tension between law and gospel, the purpose of the Mosaic law, the meaning of Christian liberty, and the ethical implications of union with Christ, always aiming to show how doctrine serves worship, assurance, and holiness. Accessible to devoted lay listeners yet substantial enough for students and ministers, this classic Reformation commentary invites you to listen in on a careful theological mind wrestling with the text and urging the church to guard the purity of the gospel.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:15:22) Chapter 02

(00:32:13) Chapter 03

(00:44:47) Chapter 04

(00:53:44) Chapter 05

(01:07:35) Chapter 06

(01:21:51) Chapter 07

(01:39:44) Chapter 08

(02:03:03) Chapter 09

(02:22:08) Chapter 10

(02:33:17) Chapter 11

(02:45:56) Chapter 12

(02:57:22) Chapter 13

(03:11:01) Chapter 14

(03:29:06) Chapter 15

(03:46:05) Chapter 16

(04:02:20) Chapter 17

(04:16:48) Chapter 18

(04:36:28) Chapter 19

(04:52:54) Chapter 20

(05:02:58) Chapter 21

(05:20:08) Chapter 22

(05:31:48) Chapter 23

(05:46:17) Chapter 24

(05:52:43) Chapter 25

(06:00:57) Chapter 26

(06:15:02) Chapter 27

(06:27:06) Chapter 28

(06:33:29) Chapter 29

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A Treatise of the Fear of God by John Bunyan ~ Full Audiobook [religion] Nov 07, 2024

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A Treatise of the Fear of God by John Bunyan audiobook.

Genre: religion

In A Treatise of the Fear of God, John Bunyan turns his plainspoken pastoral voice to one of Scripture's most misunderstood themes: what it means to fear God rightly. Writing for ordinary believers as well as the uncertain and tempted, Bunyan distinguishes between slavish, tormenting fear that drives the soul away from God and a holy, childlike fear that draws the heart toward Him. With Bible-saturated reasoning and practical counsel, he explores how this reverent fear is planted, how it is maintained, and how it shapes daily life - from prayer and worship to obedience, conscience, and endurance under trials. Bunyan also addresses common spiritual anxieties, exposing counterfeit motives and warning against presumption, while offering comfort to those who tremble at their own weakness. The central conflict is inward and spiritual: how a person learns to live with a sincere reverence for God without collapsing into despair, and how that reverence becomes a steady guide through doubt, temptation, and suffering. Part doctrinal guide and part heart-searching exhortation, this classic aims to form a resilient, joyful piety rooted in both awe and love.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:28:46) Chapter 02

(00:42:36) Chapter 03

(01:10:59) Chapter 04

(01:19:11) Chapter 05

(01:22:31) Chapter 06

(01:33:47) Chapter 07

(01:41:00) Chapter 08

(01:44:58) Chapter 09

(01:46:48) Chapter 10