Classic Audiobook Collection

Personal Recollections of Johannes Brahms by George Henschel audiobook. George Henschel, a well-known pianist, singer, composer, and conductor was close friends with Johannes Brahms from 1874 to 1897 and he provides intimate and fascinating recollections of his time spent with Brahms during this period. The book includes the journal he kept of his meetings with Brahms as well as some letters he received from Brahms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The True Stories of Celebrated Crimes by George Barton audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. John Dee - Elizabethan Mystic and Astrologer by G. M. Hort audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Secret of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton audiobook. A new series of adventures and mysteries solved by the skill and quick wit of Father Brown, the one detective in English fiction who can compete with Sherlock Holmes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Cornet of Horse by G. A. Henty audiobook. Rupert Holiday is forced to flee England after wounding a miscreant in fight, and joins the Duke of Marlborough in his campaigns during the War of Spanish Succession. Rupert has many adventures and hairbreadth escapes, as he greatly distinguishes himself during the conflict. This was one of Henty's earliest books, and helped launch Henty's career as a Historical Fiction writer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Destiny Times Three by Fritz Leiber audiobook. Thorn and Clawly seek to present to the World Executive Committee some most disturbing findings, findings that indicate that we may not be alone within the nexus of realities, that there could be other worlds existing parallel to our own, springing forth from a specific point in time. That in and of itself may not constitute a significant problem, but what if one of these worlds was not content with their lot in life and were organizing a secret invasion into our utopian reality? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Town is Drowning by Frederik Pohl audiobook. This novel takes you right into the heart of the new flood country, the Northeast United States which had generally been free of hurricanes and attendant floods. Now disaster has struck, more than once--terrible and grim. Although this novel will give you an accurate and brilliantly vivid picture of what it's like to live through a flood, even more importantly it will show you what the people are like who fought the catastrophe and how those who survived are still fighting. In the persons of Starkman the burgess, Groff the dynamic young executive, Sharon the shrewd opportunist, Mrs. Goudeket, the resort owner, and others, you will meet and understand the varying human elements that the flood unleashed and intensified. Through it all you will sense a growing feeling of pride--that despite the selfishness of some, the people of the town met the terrible onslaught with courage and a sense of mutual help. Already well known for their superb science fiction, Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth demonstrate here their equal power in the realistic contemporary novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Israel - A Prince with God by Frederick Brotherton Meyer audiobook. An old-world story this! In its strange Eastern dress, it appears to be as remote from us as the garb of an Arab, or the barter of an Oriental Bazaar. And yet human life is much the same, whenever and wherever lived. Our critics complain of our poring over these timeworn pages of ancient biography, but, with all deference to them, we feel bound to say that we learn better how to live, we inhale more spiritual ozone, we see further into the reasons of God's dealings with men, when doing so, than when scanning the pages of yesterday's newspaper, or of a society journal. Thousands of miles cannot part us from our kin across the seas; and thousands of years cannot part us from our kin across the ages, or sever the readers of these words from the son of Isaac, who, nearly drowned in the seas of his own craft and cunning, at length emerged a new man, and a prince with God. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Secret of the Old Mill by Franklin W. Dixon audiobook. The Secret of the Old Mill is the third volume of the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories. This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by Leslie McFarlane under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon in 1927. After becoming victims of a counterfeiting ring, the boys become suspicious of the activities surrounding a previously disused mill on a deserted road by the river. When they give a boat ride to a stranger with a somewhat suspect story, and the stranger steals the boat and tries to make his way up the same river, they become more interested in the matter and set about to discover what secrets might be hidden at the old mill. Using their inherited sleuthing skills, Frank and Joe succeed in solving the case and bring the perpetrators to justice with the assistance of their famous detective father, the state police, and the Secret Service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The House on the Cliff by Franklin W. Dixon audiobook. In this early Hardy Boys book (the second to be published), the boys journey to a haunted house where a murder took place, and upon entering, hear a spine tingling shriek. At first they tuck their tails and go back outside, but then being the adventurous sleuths they are, they go back into the house to investigate. Why does everyone believe the house is haunted, and where did the scream come from? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 9 - Nip and Tuck by Frank Tousey audiobook. Nip and Tuck are the best of rivals. Throughout the time they've known each other, they seemed to be interested in the same things and in constant competition. Now that they are both burgeoning on adulthood, they each have managed to start a small brokerage firm in the same building in Wall Street. Their youth make them instant targets for ridicule by the older brokers, but their tenacity and business savvy prove to everyone their right to be up there with the best of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Japan and Korea by Frank G. Carpenter audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man with a Thousand Legs by Frank Belknap Long audiobook. Ripped from the pages of legendary magazine Weird Tales comes this epistolary novelette of unspeakable, oozing horror! In this bizarre tale of mad science gone awry, we experience through the eyes of several different people a misguided man's struggle with a grotesque, tentacled monstrosity that leaves a bloody trail of slime and carnage in its wake! Proceed if you dare! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three Good Giants by Francois Rabelais audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dalehouse Murder by Francis Everton audiobook. An assorted group of young people gather in a Merchester house to take part in the annual lawn tennis tournament. The summer is extremely hot, tempers are frayed and suddenly one of the inmates dies in her bed. Is the ice-cool doctor really cool or has he assumed the facade to mask a diabolical plot? A murder mystery with more than a splash of psychological leanings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Elsie Inglis by Frances Balfour audiobook. Dr. Elsie Inglis is one of the unsung heroes of the late 19th and early 20th century. She became a physician in 1894, and shortly after opened a Women's Hospice in Edinburgh for impoverished women and children. She was a key figure in the women's suffrage movement in Scotland. During World War I Inglis, despite opposition and cynicism, created the Scottish Women's Hospitals and eventually sent 14 teams to provide field hospitals in Belgium, France, Serbia, and Russia. She was captured in Serbia when she remained behind with the wounded, but was later repatriated. This biography was written shortly after her death in 1917. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aniwee - or, the Warrior Queen by Florence Dixie audiobook. 'I am going to tell you about a splendid unexplored country, and several adventures that happened therein, and I hope some day that some of you will go and see those countries, and penetrate even further into their mysteries, than did the girls and boys who figure in this book.' This is the original children's tale and should not be confused with the R rated 1987 movie of the same name. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Coin Of Edward VII by Fergus Hume audiobook. A family celebrates Christmas and its flaws are gently exposed by the house guest Mrs. Parry. Giles is engaged to the wealthy Daisy, yet is clearly in love with the governess Anne Denham. Things come to a head when Daisy is murdered. Who would murder her? Perhaps the governess who told her she would kill her and made it clear she wanted to exchange places with her? After all the governess ran away with a mysterious man right after the murder and was not seen again. Or did someone frame the governess? Perhaps it is Mr. Morley, Daisy's guardian, who wanted her money? Or perhaps someone else? After all, Daisy was not popular in the village. Giles, bent on saving the woman he loves, and the detective Mr. Steel go to investigate. This is a detective story in the traditional sense, but it is a host of other things. It is a very strong love story, a story about class and how it influences people's choices, a story about greed, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All the Sad Young Men by F. Scott Fitzgerald audiobook. A collection of short stories featuring a suite of wealthy protagonists navigating the perceived hardships of 1920s society. The themes center on lost love, personal struggles, fleeting romance, and the melancholy life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls by Ernest A. Bell audiobook. A complete and detailed account of the shameless traffic in young girls, the methods by which the procurers and panders lure innocent young girls away from home and sell them to keepers of dives. The magnitude of the organization and its workings. How to combat this hideous monster. How to save YOUR GIRL. How to save YOUR BOY. What you can do to help wipe out this curse of humanity. A book designed to awaken the sleeping and protect the innocent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Literature of Arabia by Epiphanius Wilson audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seen and Unseen by Emily Katharine Bates audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lords of Creation by Ella Cheever Thayer audiobook. 'A Woman Suffrage Drama in Three Acts'. One of the first Suffragette plays. Not very even handed perhaps - you are left wondering why men have any right to vote.... 'Ah! my daughter, how foolish, how blind I have been! But the scales have fallen from my eyes at last, and I thank God for the great gift of my daughter.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Really So Stories by Elizabeth Gordon audiobook. These stories for young people are Really So; they are not made up stories about bears or witches. These are short educational sketches about how our calendar came to be, where Valentine's Day came from, how pelicans live with their big beak, how we have the wonderful telegraph, and many more. So if you are a bit tired of fairy tales, try these bite sized sections packed with what really happened. They are Really So ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Soup and Sauce Book by Elizabeth Douglas audiobook. This is a collection of recipes for all types soups and sauces including vegetable soups, broths, stock, purees, hot sauces, and cold sauces -- and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Pudding and Pastry Book by Elizabeth Douglas audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Monte-Cristo's Daughter by Edmund Flagg audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Brain by Edmond Hamilton audiobook. A gigantic mechanical brain, constructed in a secret location known only to a few, is America's new weapon against the looming threat of war. The immense powers of The Brain are soon applied to the easily automated tasks of everyday modern living, in addition to its primary purpose of managing the military functions important for preserving National Security. But what happens when The Brain ... wakes up? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Forgotten World by Edmond Hamilton audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Writing of Fiction by Edith Wharton audiobook. Practical suggestions on how to get started writing fiction with liberal references to Arthur Quiller-Couch. She appears to prefer a list of scenes over an outline. The overall outline of a novel is painted in broad strokes, almost like a step-by-step fill in the blanks recipe. if someone were to call it a How-To book it wouldn't be far off. The last chapter, on Proust seemed a little strange to me as it doesn't tie back much to the previous commandments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Master Mind of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs audiobook. The protagonist is a soldier from the Great War whose tale John Carter has brought to Earth. Having saved the life of an ancient Martian who sells new bodies to wealthy Martians, he learns from this genius the arts of suspended animation and brain transplantation. During his apprenticeship, he falls in love with one of the victims of his master's profitable trade. When her body becomes the property of the evil ruler of a distant city, he revives experimental subjects and sets forth to recover her body. The team includes the man he killed almost the moment he arrived on the planet, a great white ape with half of the brain of a human being, and a famous assassin. After many adventures, they succeed in their quest, end the misrule of the evil Jeddara, and secure a happy ending for every member of the team. The narrative includes a hefty dose of satire against organized religion, one passage being worthy of Jonathan Swift. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Eternal Savage by Edgar Rice Burroughs audiobook. Here is Nu, son of Nu, seeking to test his mettle against the terrible fangs of the ferocious saber-tooth tiger. Here is Victoria Custer, guest of Tarzan, seeking vacation and adventure and finding more than she could ever have dreamed of. Here is THE ETERNAL SAVAGE, filled with terrific adventure, of primitive man against monster beast, and of comely cavewoman against unending peril in a world where civilization was not even a cloud on the volcanic horizon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tarzan and the Lost Empire by Edgar Rice Burroughs audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Fighting Man of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs audiobook. Under the double moons of Barsoom, an invisible flier sped to the mysterious city of Jahar where Sanoma Tora, the kidnapped princess of Helium had been taken. Hadron of Hastor was at the controls, hatching a rescue plan that required unusual daring and great ingenuity. For invisibility alone was not a great enough weapon against 'The Death.' And should Hadron succeed, what fate would await him at the hands of the madman whose very genius had created the means of that rescue? A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS is the exciting story of Martian adventure as transmitted by Ulysses Paxton on Mars to Edgar Rice Burroughs in Tarzana, by means of Pellucidar's Gridley Wave Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster audiobook. This s a series of lectures given at Trinity College by the acclaimed author E.M. Forster (A Passage to India, Howard's End, A Room With a View) . In them, he discusses 'both the different ways we can look at a novel and the different ways a novelist can look at his work.' The aspects of the novel Forster discusses are the story, people, plot,, fantasy, prophecy and rhythm. While this is a work of academic analysis and not what one expects in a Forster work, the author's wit and voice help make the book very accessible and engaging. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Battles for the Stars by Dave Dryfoos audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The First Epistle of Paul to Timothy, Analytically Expounded by David Dickson audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Isle of Dead Ships by Crittenden Marriott audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Studies of Death by Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock audiobook. Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock was an eccentric character to say the least. Maintaining a veritable zoo on his estate populated with the likes of a reindeer and a bear, he travelled with a dog, a monkey and a life-sized doll he nicknamed 'The Little Count' and which he referred to as 'his son'. Before his untimely death at the age of 36 of cirrhosis of the liver due to his excessive alcoholism and opium addiction, Stenbock managed to publish three slim volumes of poetry, much of which was fixated on suicide, as well as this volume of short stories, Studies of Death. This short collection of tales of death in all its various forms featuring occultism, vampires, jilted lovers and sea sprites among other things is seen as not only an early curiosity of occult and weird literature but also contains early queer themes as well, most notably in the stories 'Hylas' and 'The True Story of a Vampire'. While one would expect much of a collection titled Studies in Death to fixate on the grim side of human nature, we do see a few peeks at death of a more hopeful nature as well, in addition to the bleak and tragic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Hackensaw's Secrets by Clement Fezandie audiobook. A series of short stories following Doctor Hackensaw's inventions. Joined by his companions Silas Rockett, Pep Perkins and Tintangeles Smith, adventure abounds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Advance Agent by Christopher Anvil audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Crux by Charlotte Perkins Gilman audiobook. 'This story is, first, for young women to read; second, for young men to read; after that, for anybody who wants to. Anyone who doubts its facts and figures is referred to 'Social Diseases and Marriage,' by Dr. Prince Morrow, or to 'Hygiene and Morality,' by Miss Lavinia Dock, a trained nurse of long experience. Some will hold that the painful facts disclosed are unfit for young girls to know. Young girls are precisely the ones who must know them, in order that they may protect themselves and their children to come. The time to know of danger is before it is too late to avoid it.' From the Preface to The Crux. A novel about the potential dangers of syphilis to one over-sheltered but rebellious young woman in 19th century America and the circle of friends who counsel her against making a disastrous marriage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Crockett, Scout by Charles Fletcher Allen audiobook. Davy Crockett is one of the legendary heroes of the North American frontier, celebrated in song and story. This is a very accessible account of his life from boyhood through his time as a scout and of high popularity to his tragic death at the battle of the Alamo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Polaris of the Snows by Charles B. Stilson audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Minos of Sardanes by Charles B. Stilson audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Snarl of the Beast by Carroll John Daly audiobook. Carroll John Daly, enormously popular in his day but has since faded into obscurity, is often credited with penning the first hard-boiled crime story in 1922 and creating the first hard-boiled detective in 1923. The Snarl of the Beast is his popular gumshoe Race Williams' first full-length novel and features Daly's classic P. I. as fast-thinking, hard-nosed smart aleck who finds trouble at every turn and isn't afraid to sling some lead to get himself out of a tough spot. This story begins with Race being tailed and assaulted by a hulking beast of a man, only to be chased by cops when he's mistaken for the murderer of a sergeant he wasn't on the best of terms with. Can Williams track down the beast and stop him before anyone else dies? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lukundoo and Other Stories by Edward Lucas White audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Haunted Island by Edward Harold Visiak audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Falcon on the Baltic by Edward Frederick Knight audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Radium Pool by Edward Earl Repp audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happiness - Essays on the Meaning of Life by Carl Hilty audiobook. A series of essays based on Christian doctrines on how to attain true happiness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

30 Tempting Spaghetti Meals by Campbell Soup Company audiobook. This is a small booklet of recipes featuring Franco American products produced as a promotional piece by the Campbell Soup Company, but containing many tasty suggestions for quick, economical meals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Invisible Helpers by C. W. Leadbeater audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill Nye's Sparks by Bill Nye audiobook. Humorist Bill Nye, in his brief 46 years, served as justice of the peace, newspaperman, miner, and postmaster in the rough town of Laramie, Wyoming. This 1901 edition, published after his death, includes a Biographical tribute to Nye, quoting his dear friend, Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley: 'He was unselfish wholly, and I am broken-hearted, recalling the always patient strength and gentleness of this true man, the unfailing hope and cheer and faith of his child-heart, his noble and heroic life, and pure devotion to his home, his deep affections, constant dreams, plans and realizations.' This book of humorous stories and essays are wonderful examples of Nye's 'child-heart' of mirth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill Nye and Boomerang by Bill Nye audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

133 Quicker Ways to Homemade with Bisquick by Betty Crocker audiobook. This Cookbook features 133 recipes that uses Bisquick, invented by the General Mills. General Mills was started in 1866 from a single flour mill. The Bisquick product was eventually invented in 1930, and is still a product used by multiple households today for baking. Sections include BISCUITS, MAIN DISHES, MUFFINS, COFFEE CAKE, DUMPLINGS, NUT BREADS, PANCAKES, WAFFLES, SHORTCAKE, VELVET-CRUMB CAKE, YEAST BAKING, and ALL-TIME FAVORITES. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker. Vol.II. by Berthold Auerbach audiobook. It is an era of mass migration as so many young men seek adventure and fortune abroad. When Lenz and lifelong friend Pilgrim were boys they too had longed to travel. Pilgrim did so, for a time, but not the dutiful Lenz. Lens apprenticed to his father, a master clockmaker. After his father's death, Lenz doted on his mother and she on him. But she too has passed. Lenz has inherited a good family name and a substantial sum. He is a skilled craftsman and a gifted singer. He will marry his clockmaking skill with his passion for music. His childhood dream of travel gone the way of his youth, Lenz must become a master in his own right. It is high time for him to take a wife and start a family. His close-knit circle of friends support him, but they are concerned. Some think that Lenz might be too trusting in the good intentions of others. Even Pilgrim questions the choice Lenz has made for a bride. Establishing one's place in an ever changing world can indeed be a challenge for a young man. How will kind-hearted Lenz fare? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Peaceful Atom by Bernice Kohn Hunt audiobook. In this children's science book from the early 1960s, the concept of atoms and the science behind them is introduced. The book recounts the history of scientific discoveries related to atoms, radioactivity, and nuclear energy. The author promotes the benefits of atomic power plants and nuclear energy while also exploring other positive uses of radioisotopes. The book pointedly does not discuss the history of nuclear weapons and how the scientific discoveries related to atoms led to the ability to create those weapons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Gospel of the Incarnation by Benjamin B. Warfield audiobook. Two sermons preached in the chapel of Princeton Theological Seminary, October 9, 1892 and January 8, 1893 to the students of Princeton Seminary, for whom they were prepared, to whom they were preached, and on whose request they are now printed, these sermons in their printed form are affectionately dedicated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The B. B. Warfield Collection, Volume 5 by Benjamin B. Warfield audiobook. This volume of the B.B. Warfield collection has a particular focus on articles on humanity, emotional terminology in the Bible and book reviews Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clown, The Circus Dog by Auguste Vimar audiobook. This children's book follows the life of Clown, whose adventures lead the reader on an exciting journey into show business Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Profligate by Arthur Wing Pinero audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dorrington Deed-Box by Arthur Morrison audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rover Boys Winning A Fortune by Arthur M. Winfield audiobook. The Rover Boys is a generational series that follows the Rover family through many exciting adventures. In this case the story revolves around two sub plots. The first involves the robbery at the offices of the senior Rovers in New York. The second is a passionate quest to find a treasure contained in a yacht that was lost at sea. As well as this the personal lives of the junior Rovers also enhance the enjoyment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lords of the Stratosphere by Arthur J. Burks audiobook. What if space flight were homegrown? Not subject to mandatory information release and press conferences. After one goes up and doesn't return, what could be the strange occurrences that begin on Earth be ascribed to? Join earths best and brightest scientists to find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Romance of Modern Locomotion by Archibald Williams audiobook. In the following pages we shall peep into the history of typical companies in Great Britain, the United States, and elsewhere; consider the various forms of traction, signals, and other mechanical appliances connected with the working of a railway; notice the effects of railway communication on a country for its peaceful development, or its conquest in war; and make the tour of a typical locomotive factory. These and other matters have been treated as simply as may be, but with sufficient fullness to give the reader a fair idea of what the railway really is, how it has been made, and what the future may have in store for it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Romance of Mining by Archibald Williams audiobook. Any writer on mining in its general aspect is, when casting about for a starting-point, driven to express what others have said before him-that the history of mining is the history of civilization. The following pages, while touching on the chief branches of the mining industry, must necessarily omit reference to many of the great treasure-houses of the world. Special prominence has been given to the precious metals, because their discovery and working has witnessed the most stirring scenes in mining life. We have the whole world to roam over; so excursions are made into those spots where typical or prominent instances of mining of various minerals are to be found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clergymen of the Church of England by Anthony Trollope audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nerves and common sense by Annie Payson Call audiobook. This is a collection of 30 articles on mental health, stress reducing and general advice on how to deal with everday problems at work or at home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Astrophel and Other Poems by Algernon Charles Swinburne audiobook. A collection of poems by the English poet Algernon Charles Swinburne, first published in 1904 and dedicated to the artist and designer William Morris. The first poem is a tribute to the Elizabethan poet Sir Philip Sidney and his sonnet sequence Astrophil and Stella. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Spirit of the Cure of Ars by Alfred Monnin audiobook. St. Jean-Baptiste Marie Vianney (known in English as St. John Vianney), was a French priest that lived from 1786-1859. He would later become famous as the Cure of Ars. Despite notoriously little formal education, he inspired an untold number to convert to the Catholic Faith, through the way that he spoke both passionately and simply, and the way that he lived his life. This book presents some of his catechisms, sermons, exhortations, and thoughts. It offers some of the most passionate pleas to the faithful, allowing him to inspire another generation from beyond the grave. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Lost Oases by Ahmed Hassanein audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three Midnight Stories by Alexander W. Drake audiobook. Alexander W. Drake was a well-regarded illustrator and engraver, spending much of his career at the vaunted Scribner's Monthly magazine (which would become The Century magazine eventually). What many were not aware of is that Drake also produced three short stories, printed in The Century over the course of a couple months, that captured a strange and otherworldly beauty in the human condition. A man obsessed with designing the perfect haunted house. A curious vehicle built to capture a most exquisite fleeting moment of beauty. A songbird in a cage that takes flight through happenstance but to arrive later a miracle. These stories show a true talent that never fully realized his potential. Still what we are left with are odd and entrancing pieces suitable to strike an atmosphere of mystery and wonder. Also included in this collection are appreciations by peers of Drake as well as two poems he published during roughly the same time as the stories included. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bucking the Tiger by Achmed Abdullah audiobook. A group of down-and-outers decide on the ultimate gamble: they will bankroll one of themselves, chosen by lot, to live well for a year. Then the one chosen must commit suicide after that year, so that the others can cash in on his life insurance policy. Complications arise when the 'lucky winner' finds an unexpected turn in his fortunes. How can he get out of it with his honor intact, or will he 'welch' on the deal? 'Bucking the tiger' refers to the game of Faro, one of the most popular card games played in saloons and gambling halls in the 1800s. The name is thought to have come from early card backs that featured a drawing of a Bengal tiger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl, the Man who lost his Shadow by Adelbert von Chamisso audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Adventuress by Arthur B. Reeve audiobook. Another adventure in the series starring scientist/detective Craig Kennedy, a Sherlock Holmes type of character. This one features family feuds, murder and fantastic new inventions, narrated by the Watson-figure of reporter Walter Jameson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friends and Cousins by Abbie Farwell Brown audiobook. Brother and sister, Kenneth and Rose, love to go to the Island where where their summer home is, and they are eager to see all their favorite places. This time, it's going to be even more fun when they meet their neighbors and make friends with the Prout children. Charlie, their cousin comes for a visit too. The children (even sometimes with the playful parents and Aunt Clare) are having exciting adventures, share stories, and play the best games in the best places on the island. But even when one is having so much fun, sometimes things can go very wrong. Along with all the fun to share, there is a gentle lesson to be learned too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now We Are Six by A. A. Milne audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Winning His Game by Ralph Henry Barbour audiobook. Dudley Baker is new to Grafton School. Like many rookie students he finds himself feeling out of place amongst the strange new faces he encounters there. With the help of his roommate, Jimmy Logan, he attempts to overcome his insecurities and become a popular member of school society. Struggling with these attempts he finds redemption in the game of baseball and strives to make an indelible impact in sport. Of course many interesting adventures ensue! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dream of the Red Chamber Book II by Xueqin Cao audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dream of the Red Chamber Book I by Xueqin Cao audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Secret Play by Ralph Henry Barbour audiobook. Clearfield High School football team has no coach. Its players will have to search for a new one, and get ready for the next football season and its decisive game against Springfield, its most important adversary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The American Diary of a Japanese Girl by Yone Noguchi audiobook. This is the fictional diary of a young Japanese woman, first published in installments before being published in a single volume. The book describes Morning Glory's preparations, activities and observations as she undertakes her transcontinental American journey with her uncle, a wealthy mining executive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roman History - The Early Empire, from the Assassination of Julius Caesar to that of Domitian by William Wolfe Capes audiobook. William Wolfe Capes (1834-1914) was an Anglican cleric, a classicist, and a historian. This is his short chronicle of the early Roman Empire, from the aftermath of the murder of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.E. to the assassination of the tyrannical Domitian in 96 C.E.. Capes writes about the intervening emperors, including the notorious Caligula and Nero, and then devotes chapters to Roman citizenship, life in the provinces, trade, religion, the frontiers, and the army. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finnish Legends by R. Eivind audiobook. One dark winter's day in the north of Finland, Father Mikko seeks shelter in an isolated cabin till a storm abates. After dinner the family sit around the fire, and the daughter asks him to tell them 'all the stories he had ever heard from the very beginning of the world all the way down', and so the book begins. In the words of the author 'If this little volume may in any degree awake some interest in the Finnish people its author will be amply satisfied, and its end will have been attained.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Greenstone Door by William Satchell audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Silent Witness by R. Austin Freeman audiobook. In this detective novel, the young doctor Humphrey Jardine stumbles upon a corpse during a walk near Hampstead Heath in the middle of the night. However, when he returns to the spot with a police officer, the corpse has disappeared. And this is just the start of a series of strange and sometimes life threatening events. Had it really been a dead man he had seen? And if so, who was it? And what is the role of the mysterious Mrs. Samway, who keeps popping up wherever he goes? He will need the help of Dr. John Thorndyke to solve this mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Walter Terence Stace ~ This book contains the substance, and for the most part the words, of a course of public lectures delivered during the first three months of 1919. The original division into lectures has been dropped, the matter being more conveniently redivided into chapters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The War Trail by Thomas Mayne Reid audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Follies of a Day by Pierre Beaumarchais audiobook. This is Thomas Holcroft's English translation, obtained by attending Pierre Beaumarchais' French play nine times in Paris during its original official staging in 1784. Beaumarchais' play was the basis for Mozart's 1796 opera, and is a satire about lovers' misdoings and French society. Because of its rebellious themes, presented during the troubling times leading up to the French Revolution, Beaumarchais had a very difficult time getting his play past the censors. Once staged, the play was enormously popular with audiences, including the aristocracy despite their understanding of the underlying themes. It was shocking that an commoner could contend directly with a nobleman. Louis XVI was not amused with Beaumarchais and imprisoned him for a few days. In our play, staged in London in 1785, Figaro is engaged to be married to Susan, who has caught the eye of Count Almaviva . . . (Holcroft Anglicized Suzanne's name so that English audiences would better accept her.) The Marriage is part of a trilogy, following The Barber of Seville and preceding The Guilty Mother. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Art of Dying Well by St. Robert Bellarmine audiobook. The Art of Dying Well is a guide book for people who want to go to heaven. It was written over 400 years ago by Saint Robert Bellarmine in latin and translated into English in the mid 1800's by Rev John Dalton, an English priest. Death is inevitable, this book will show you how to reach Heaven. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anne of Geierstein, Volume 1 by Sir Walter Scott audiobook. Anne of Geierstein, or The Maiden of the Mist (1829) is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. It is set in Central Europe, mainly in Switzerland, shortly after the Yorkist victory at the Battle of Tewkesbury (1471). It covers the period of Swiss involvement in the Burgundian Wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gertrude's Diary, and The Cube by Pansy audiobook. Two stories about young people. Gertrude's Diary is written by a young girl. She and her three friends have given to them Bible verses each month, and they journal about how well their lives measure up to the verses. In 'The Cube', a society is formed of 27 cousins and friends, who perform plays for each other to guess what event in history the scenes are portraying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

His Wisdom, the Defender - A Story by Simon Newcomb audiobook. A millionaire genius invents a flying armored suit, a la Iron Man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Lying by Saint Augustine of Hippo audiobook. I have also written a Book on Lying, which though it takes some pains to understand, contains much that is useful for the exercise of the mind, and more that is profitable to morals, in inculcating the love of speaking the truth. This also I was minded to remove from my works, because it seemed to me obscure, and intricate, and altogether troublesome, for which reason I had not sent it abroad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices