Action & Adventure
Indian Summer
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
William Dean Howells
In his novel Indian Summer, William Dean Howells presents a mellow but realistic story that has the complete feel of that delightful time of…
Swamp Cat
Read by Siler Weaver
Jim Kjelgaard
This adventure in the great outdoors follows the cat Frosty and a young man named Andy as they make a life for themselves in a swamp. They w…
Notes of a War Correspondent
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Richard Harding Davis
Experiences and observations of the journalist in the Cuban-Spanish War, the Greek-Turkish War, the Spanish-American War, the South African …
The Quest of the Golden Pearl
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John Robert Hutchinson
A classic boys' adventure story, with two intrepid boys pursuing a jewel thief despite deadly perils and a haunted temple on a desolate isla…
'Farewell, Nikola'
Read by Peter John Keeble
Guy Boothby
Farewell Nikola is the fifth and last novel of the Dr Nikola series. We are reacquainted with Richard "Dick" Hatteras, former Sout…
The Texan Scouts
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Joseph A. Altsheler
This is a sequel to Texan Star and continues the adventures of young Ned Fulton as he finds himself a part of the struggle for Texans to def…
The Flying Stingaree
Read by VfkaBT
Harold L. Goodwin
First published in 1963, this is another adventure in the Rick Brant Science series, set on Chesapeake Bay and involving mysterious, sting r…
The Dude Wrangler
Read by Bellona Times
Caroline Lockhart
Spoiled, handsome, 24 year old Easterner meets pretty, no-nonsense gal from Wyoming, is instantly smitten and does a sea-change to try and i…
The Doom of London
Read by Lee Smalley
Fred M. White
Here are six stories, each one describing a disaster afflicting London, that were popularly serialized during 1903-1904 in Pearson’s Magazin…
Money to Burn, An Adventure Story
Read by Steven Seitel
Reginald Wright Kauffman
From the dedication: "On a train by day, or abed by night, you will read "Money to Burn" and immediately forget it--which is …
Godfrey Morgan: a Californian Mystery
Read by Arnold
Jules Verne
This Verne adventure is indeed a mystery and also a satire on the Crusoe genre. Our characters are larger than life, as well they should be …
The Wailing Octopus
Read by Mark Nelson
Harold L. Goodwin
Rick and Scotty fly off to the Caribbean, along with Drs. Briotti and Zircon, in search of pirate treasure. They soon become entangled with …
The Castaways of the Flag
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Jules Verne
Readers of the present book who have not read that named above—though all should read it as well as this—will have no difficulty in joining …
The Golden Bough
Read by Tony Oliva
George Gibbs
The eyes of the Légionnaire, now grown accustomed to the glow of the light, made sure that the figure had not moved, nor was aware of…
Airplane Boys in the Black Woods
Read by Linda Andrus
E. J. Craine
“The Airplane Boys accidentally bump into a newmystery which is only solved after many pages ofexcitement in this seventh book of air advent…
Clubfoot the Avenger
Read by Mark Nelson
Valentine Williams
At the conclusion of The Return of Clubfoot, Dr. Grundt has been left for dead on a south sea island by former secret agent Desmond Oakwood.…
Smoke Bellew
Read by Jim Locke
Jack London
Smoke Bellew, or really Jack London, leaves his less than satisfying writing job in San Francisco for the opportunity to search for gold in …
Tales of a Traveller
Read by Greg Giordano
Washington Irving
Writing under the pseudonym, Geoffrey Crayon, Washington Irving chronicled his travels through Europe in the early 1820’s. He wrote of peopl…
Blackthorn Farm
Read by Tony Oliva
Arthur Applin
But he was afraid. He had failed twice already. He could not afford to fail a third time. If he failed ruin faced him, and disgrace. His fat…
The Rover Boys on Land and Sea
Read by VfkaBT
Arthur M. Winfield
The Boys are off on another series of adventures, beginning in San Francisco, where a run in with arch-enemy Dan Baxter leads them into the …