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Social Life in England 1750-1850 by F. J. Foakes-Jackson ~ Full Audiobook [history] Dec 28, 2023

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Social Life in England 1750-1850 by F. J. Foakes-Jackson audiobook.

Genre: history

In 1916, the Cambridge historian, F.J. Foakes-Jackson braved the wartime Atlantic to deliver the Lowell Lectures in Boston. In these wide-ranging and engaging talks, the author describes British life between 1750-1850. There are John Wesley's horseback peregrinations over thousands of miles of English countryside. Next, Foakes-Jackson introduces the mordant rural poet, George Crabbe, who began life as a surgeon apothecary and ended up as a parish rector who made house calls. He gives us a female convict, assorted Cambridge University dons, Regency fops and rakes, and Victorian slices of life from Dickens and Thackeray. In the last lecture we barrel over hedges and fences and through muddy lanes in headlong chase of the fox.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:15:19) Chapter 02

(00:29:35) Chapter 03

(00:45:11) Chapter 04

(00:56:11) Chapter 05

(01:07:48) Chapter 06

(01:18:38) Chapter 07

(01:30:50) Chapter 08

(01:54:02) Chapter 09

(02:16:04) Chapter 10

(02:29:54) Chapter 11

(02:44:34) Chapter 12

(02:59:18) Chapter 13

(03:15:06) Chapter 14

(03:32:02) Chapter 15

(03:49:27) Chapter 16

(04:03:36) Chapter 17

(04:20:16) Chapter 18

(04:36:56) Chapter 19

(04:51:11) Chapter 20

(05:04:55) Chapter 21

(05:23:24) Chapter 22

(05:40:18) Chapter 23

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The Desire of Ages by Ellen G. White ~ Full Audiobook [religion] Dec 27, 2023

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The Desire of Ages by Ellen G. White audiobook.

Genre: religion

The Desire of Ages is Ellen G. White's sweeping, devotional portrait of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, told with vivid narrative force and a pastor's concern for the inner life. Moving from the promises and longings that precede Christ's birth through the defining moments of His public work, the book follows the unfolding conflict between faith and unbelief, humility and pride, mercy and self-righteousness. Familiar scenes are revisited with close attention to motives and meaning: the calling of disciples, encounters with outcasts and leaders, miracles that stir hope and controversy, and teachings that challenge comfortable religion. Along the way, White highlights the character of Christ as the clearest revelation of God's love, and she invites listeners to consider what it means to follow Him in daily choices, relationships, and service. With a tone that blends storytelling, reflection, and spiritual appeal, this classic work aims not merely to inform, but to awaken a deeper trust in God and a more compassionate way of living.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:19:19) Chapter 02

(00:28:17) Chapter 03

(00:41:29) Chapter 04

(00:51:25) Chapter 05

(01:07:05) Chapter 06

(01:22:14) Chapter 07

(01:37:03) Chapter 08

(01:53:47) Chapter 09

(02:10:59) Chapter 10

(02:37:34) Chapter 11

(02:47:58) Chapter 12

(03:12:52) Chapter 13

(03:26:35) Chapter 14

(03:53:04) Chapter 15

(04:15:07) Chapter 16

(04:41:13) Chapter 17

(05:02:33) Chapter 18

(05:12:35) Chapter 19

(05:39:24) Chapter 20

(05:48:17) Chapter 21

(06:21:03) Chapter 22

(06:49:47) Chapter 23

(07:00:56) Chapter 24

(07:18:33) Chapter 25

(07:32:48) Chapter 26

(07:56:00) Chapter 27

(08:20:10) Chapter 28

(08:41:43) Chapter 29

(09:02:14) Chapter 30

(09:20:46) Chapter 31

(09:59:22) Chapter 32

(10:12:15) Chapter 33

(10:28:58) Chapter 34

(10:39:50) Chapter 35

(11:00:40) Chapter 36

(11:11:17) Chapter 37

(11:34:50) Chapter 38

(11:46:49) Chapter 39

(12:03:38) Chapter 40

(12:17:23) Chapter 41

(12:46:40) Chapter 42

(12:56:22) Chapter 43

(13:08:13) Chapter 44

(13:22:28) Chapter 45

(13:44:38) Chapter 46

(13:55:51) Chapter 47

(14:07:30) Chapter 48

(14:33:47) Chapter 49

(14:49:40) Chapter 50

(15:08:50) Chapter 51

(15:39:42) Chapter 52

(15:54:35) Chapter 53

(16:17:04) Chapter 54

(16:31:35) Chapter 55

(16:41:59) Chapter 56

(16:52:08) Chapter 57

(17:02:16) Chapter 58

(17:29:33) Chapter 59

(17:42:04) Chapter 60

(17:53:08) Chapter 61

(18:03:26) Chapter 62

(18:28:48) Chapter 63

(18:50:35) Chapter 64

(19:06:18) Chapter 65

(19:35:40) Chapter 66

(19:54:12) Chapter 67

(20:20:18) Chapter 68

(20:35:04) Chapter 69

(20:59:05) Chapter 70

(21:11:45) Chapter 71

(21:34:53) Chapter 72

(21:55:40) Chapter 73

(22:38:48) Chapter 74

(23:03:14) Chapter 75

(23:38:06) Chapter 76

(23:54:40) Chapter 77

(24:35:41) Chapter 78

(25:12:57) Chapter 79

(25:30:15) Chapter 80

(25:53:42) Chapter 81

(26:08:50) Chapter 82

(26:21:14) Chapter 83

(26:32:02) Chapter 84

(26:45:41) Chapter 85

(27:02:26) Chapter 86

(27:29:33) Chapter 87

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Blotted Out by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Dec 27, 2023

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Blotted Out by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding audiobook.

Genre: mystery

Fresh off a ship into New York, James Ross expects anonymity: no family, no friends, no ties. Instead, before he can even step onto the dock, a note pulls him into a stranger's life. A woman named Amy Solway claims to be his cousin and begs him to help her immediately by posing as her newly hired chauffeur. James agrees, thinking it will be a brief favor. But the moment he enters Amy's house, he stumbles on a horrifying secret: a dead man hidden under a sofa, and a household acting as if nothing is wrong. Worse, Amy has been waiting for a different James Ross altogether, and the mistake could be dangerous for both of them. Alone in a city that does not know his face, James must decide whether to walk away, or to stay and untangle a web of false names, desperate lies, and quiet threats that spread far beyond one locked room. As the pressure mounts and every explanation contradicts the last, James learns how quickly a life can be rewritten, and how hard it is to prove the truth once it has been blotted out.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:12:03) Chapter 02

(00:20:26) Chapter 03

(00:29:01) Chapter 04

(00:40:06) Chapter 05

(00:50:03) Chapter 06

(01:00:50) Chapter 07

(01:11:27) Chapter 08

(01:20:15) Chapter 09

(01:30:15) Chapter 10

(01:39:18) Chapter 11

(01:48:17) Chapter 12

(01:58:38) Chapter 13

(02:08:24) Chapter 14

(02:20:03) Chapter 15

(02:30:24) Chapter 16

(02:40:08) Chapter 17

(02:50:57) Chapter 18

(03:02:48) Chapter 19

(03:13:41) Chapter 20

(03:19:10) Chapter 21

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Successward - A Young Man's Book for Young Men by Edward Bok ~ Full Audiobook [self help] Dec 27, 2023

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Successward - A Young Man's Book for Young Men by Edward Bok audiobook.

Genre: self help

In Successward: A Young Man's Book for Young Men, editor and writer Edward W. Bok speaks directly to ambitious young men who feel success is reserved for the lucky, the wealthy, or the well-connected. Writing as someone still close to the struggle himself, Bok reframes success as something built from clear self-knowledge, steady habits, and honorable motives rather than flash or privilege. Across a series of practical, conversational chapters, he challenges the listener to define what success really means, then to pursue it with discipline in work and restraint in pleasure. Bok moves from the realities of business life to the pressures of social amusement, offering blunt counsel about temptation, reputation, and the quiet power of good judgment. He also turns to everyday conduct, from clothing and manners to faith, and addresses relationships with unusual directness for his era, including a young man's attitude toward women and the serious responsibilities of marriage. Part moral guide, part career compass, Successward is a snapshot of turn-of-the-century expectations and a timeless argument that character is the foundation on which any lasting achievement is made.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:02:17) Chapter 01

(00:12:47) Chapter 02

(00:23:16) Chapter 03

(00:56:15) Chapter 04

(01:23:22) Chapter 05

(01:33:28) Chapter 06

(01:43:12) Chapter 07

(02:01:57) Chapter 08

(02:15:12) Chapter 09

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The Moon Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Dec 26, 2023

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The Moon Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs audiobook.

Genre: scifi

In The Moon Men, Edgar Rice Burroughs turns a futuristic America into a hard-edged battleground for freedom. Generations after a disastrous first contact between Earth and the Moon, humanity lives under the yoke of the Kalkars, ruthless Lunarian conquerors who rule through forced labor, taxes, and terror. In the teeming, fenced-in districts of a broken Chicago, Julian, a young man born into occupation, grows up hearing dangerous whispers about the world that existed before the Moon Men came - and about the long blood feud that began with the original expedition and its bitter betrayals. As Julian is drawn into a secret resistance, he must navigate collaborators, informers, and the constant threat of sudden punishment, all while trying to keep hope alive among people trained to expect defeat. With swift action, stark injustice, and Burroughs' trademark pulp momentum, the novel follows one man and his allies as they gamble everything on the possibility that the Kalkars can be challenged, and that a future beyond servitude is still imaginable.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:14:24) Chapter 01

(00:30:17) Chapter 02

(00:43:24) Chapter 03

(01:05:06) Chapter 04

(01:20:28) Chapter 05

(01:41:16) Chapter 06

(02:01:38) Chapter 07

(02:09:40) Chapter 08

(02:21:32) Chapter 09

(02:43:22) Chapter 10

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Seven Keys to Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Dec 26, 2023

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Seven Keys to Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers audiobook.

Genre: mystery

When playwright and cynic George Washington Magee accepts a lucrative bet to write an entire play in twenty four hours, he thinks he has found the perfect loophole: seclude himself in a supposedly empty mountain lodge called Baldpate Inn, where the quiet is guaranteed and interruptions are impossible. He arrives with a locked room, a blazing fireplace, and a deadline that will make or break both his pride and his career. But the promise of solitude collapses almost immediately. One by one, strangers arrive at the inn with keys of their own, each insisting they belong there, each carrying secrets that do not fit the harmless hotel legend. As Magee tries to keep writing, he is pulled into a tense, fast moving web of suspicious conversations, missing money, shifting identities, and sudden danger. What begins as a clever writer's challenge turns into a night of escalating stakes where every entrance changes the story and every key suggests another lie. Part locked room puzzle, part theatrical comedy of errors, this classic tale blends suspense and wit while asking how well anyone can know the truth when everyone has a reason to perform.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:25:49) Chapter 02

(00:57:00) Chapter 03

(01:19:31) Chapter 04

(01:41:02) Chapter 05

(02:07:32) Chapter 06

(02:37:49) Chapter 07

(02:58:36) Chapter 08

(03:18:54) Chapter 09

(03:39:21) Chapter 10

(04:05:49) Chapter 11

(04:28:33) Chapter 12

(04:51:14) Chapter 13

(05:13:01) Chapter 14

(05:34:18) Chapter 15

(05:56:30) Chapter 16

(06:14:34) Chapter 17

(06:38:41) Chapter 18

(06:58:02) Chapter 19

(07:14:52) Chapter 20

(07:28:57) Chapter 21

(07:47:22) Chapter 22

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Benigna Machiavelli by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ~ Full Audiobook [comedy] Dec 26, 2023

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Benigna Machiavelli by Charlotte Perkins Gilman audiobook.

Genre: comedy

In Benigna Machiavelli, Charlotte Perkins Gilman turns a provocative name into a sharp, witty study of power, principle, and the quiet strategies women are forced to master. Benigna is a young woman who refuses to accept the smallness of the role assigned to her. Bright, observant, and disarmingly polite, she studies the rules that govern family life, romance, and social reputation, then begins to use those rules with deliberate skill. Where others rely on blunt authority or sentimental appeals, Benigna chooses patience, planning, and a clear-eyed understanding of what people want and fear. Her methods unsettle those around her, especially when her private calculations start producing very public results. As she navigates courtship, household expectations, and the moral pressure to be self-sacrificing, Benigna faces a central question: can manipulation ever be ethical if it is used to protect the vulnerable and expose hypocrisy? By blending social satire with psychological insight, Gilman delivers a brisk, thought-provoking tale about agency, gender, and the price of playing the game well.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:29:38) Chapter 02

(01:00:18) Chapter 03

(01:27:41) Chapter 04

(01:58:49) Chapter 05

(02:26:31) Chapter 06

(03:00:19) Chapter 07

(03:29:50) Chapter 08

(03:58:23) Chapter 09

(04:26:29) Chapter 10

(04:55:22) Chapter 11

(05:24:28) Chapter 12

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The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte Mary Yonge ~ Full Audiobook [family] Dec 25, 2023

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The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte Mary Yonge audiobook.

Genre: family

In a bustling mid-Victorian household at Ernescliffe, Dr. May's many children live in a whirl of lessons, quarrels, loyalties, and high-minded schemes - until a sudden family disaster reshapes everything they thought childhood would be. At the heart of the story is Etheldred (Ethel) May, earnest, intense, and determined to do something worthy with her life. She dreams of serious study, of heroic service, and of lifting up the neglected villagers at Cocksmoor, even as daily duties and painful setbacks test her pride and patience. Beside her stands her brilliant brother Norman, whose own ambitions and sensitivities push him toward triumph one moment and discouragement the next, while practical Margaret (Meg) and spirited Flora struggle to reconcile personal wishes with what the family now needs. As the May siblings grow, they learn that aspiration is not only about grand achievements, but also about humility, perseverance, and love expressed in the small disciplines of home. A family chronicle rich in character, faith, and moral complexity, The Daisy Chain follows youthful hopes as they are refined by responsibility.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:01:44) Chapter 01

(00:28:48) Chapter 02

(00:49:50) Chapter 03

(01:23:25) Chapter 04

(01:49:42) Chapter 05

(02:19:13) Chapter 06

(02:46:34) Chapter 07

(03:12:27) Chapter 08

(03:41:40) Chapter 09

(04:19:06) Chapter 10

(04:35:57) Chapter 11

(05:02:43) Chapter 12

(05:27:26) Chapter 13

(05:58:39) Chapter 14

(06:26:45) Chapter 15

(06:59:42) Chapter 16

(07:20:57) Chapter 17

(07:46:36) Chapter 18

(08:22:46) Chapter 19

(08:59:58) Chapter 20

(09:47:10) Chapter 21

(10:12:53) Chapter 22

(10:50:58) Chapter 23

(11:10:13) Chapter 24

(11:39:31) Chapter 25

(12:19:21) Chapter 26

(13:06:08) Chapter 27

(13:34:44) Chapter 28

(14:01:54) Chapter 29

(14:28:00) Chapter 30

(15:00:30) Chapter 31

(15:33:54) Chapter 32

(15:48:45) Chapter 33

(16:13:55) Chapter 34

(16:52:06) Chapter 35

(17:18:42) Chapter 36

(17:41:55) Chapter 37

(18:26:32) Chapter 38

(18:55:04) Chapter 39

(19:43:08) Chapter 40

(20:23:58) Chapter 41

(20:55:57) Chapter 42

(21:39:29) Chapter 43

(22:15:01) Chapter 44

(22:35:18) Chapter 45

(22:56:20) Chapter 46

(23:24:22) Chapter 47

(24:08:09) Chapter 48

(24:48:15) Chapter 49

(25:19:54) Chapter 50

(26:03:48) Chapter 51

(26:33:58) Chapter 52

(27:11:01) Chapter 53

(27:45:19) Chapter 54

(28:27:15) Chapter 55

(28:59:07) Chapter 56

(29:29:21) Chapter 57

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The Notting Hill Mystery by Charles Warren Adams ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Dec 25, 2023

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The Notting Hill Mystery by Charles Warren Adams audiobook.

Genre: mystery

Charles Felix was the pseudonym of Charles Warren Adams, an English Lawyer and publisher and is now known to have been the author of 'The Notting Hill Mystery', thought to be the first full length detective novel in English.

The story first appeared as an eight part serial in a weekly magazine in 1862, and was subsequently published as a single volume novel in 1865.

The story deals with the then newly emerging field of 'mesmerism' which we now know as hypnotism, and its use in the planning and execution of three truly devious crimes. The novel, unusually, is written wholly in the form of a series of letters and reports gathered by the investigator from the various witnesses in the case, and the reader is left to decide themselves the guilt or otherwise of the chief suspect.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:11:50) Chapter 02

(00:37:38) Chapter 03

(01:11:13) Chapter 04

(01:47:42) Chapter 05

(02:23:00) Chapter 06

(02:58:22) Chapter 07

(03:39:36) Chapter 08

(04:15:42) Chapter 09

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The Early Tudors - Henry VII and Henry VIII by Charles Edward Moberly ~ Full Audiobook [history] Dec 23, 2023

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The Early Tudors - Henry VII and Henry VIII by Charles Edward Moberly audiobook.

Genre: history

In The Early Tudors - Henry VII and Henry VIII, historian and educator Charles Edward Moberly guides listeners from the battered aftermath of the Wars of the Roses into the hard-edged rise of Tudor power. Beginning with Henry VII, Moberly traces how a new dynasty steadies a divided realm through careful statecraft, the management of rivals, and the slow tightening of royal authority. The narrative then turns to Henry VIII, whose appetite for magnificence, war, and decisive personal rule pulls England onto a far larger stage. Along the way, the book keeps one eye on court and council chambers and the other on Europe: shifting alliances, the rivalry of France and the Habsburg empire, the pressures of the papacy, and the wider contest for influence in Italy. As religious debate deepens across the continent, England's internal politics become inseparable from questions of faith, legitimacy, and national direction. Clear, compact, and rich in context, Moberly's account is both a portrait of two striking rulers and a study of how a centralized monarchy takes shape in a rapidly changing world.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:28:11) Chapter 02

(00:43:13) Chapter 03

(00:56:43) Chapter 04

(01:28:30) Chapter 05

(01:47:17) Chapter 06

(02:15:54) Chapter 07

(02:46:55) Chapter 08

(03:12:38) Chapter 09

(03:35:00) Chapter 10

(03:56:29) Chapter 11

(04:17:24) Chapter 12

(04:39:58) Chapter 13

(05:01:27) Chapter 14

(05:15:21) Chapter 15

(05:39:50) Chapter 16

(06:02:17) Chapter 17

(06:20:43) Chapter 18

(06:36:33) Chapter 19

(06:57:58) Chapter 20

(07:20:40) Chapter 21

(07:37:43) Chapter 22

(07:55:14) Chapter 23

(08:16:50) Chapter 24

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