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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 2: The Massacres of the South

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


Dumas's 'Celebrated Crimes' was not written for children. The novelist has spared no language--has minced no words--to describe the violent …

Marguerite de Valois

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Alexandre Dumas


A historical fiction novel set in Paris (1572) during Charles IX's reign and the French Wars of Religion. Marguerite de Valois, daughter of …

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Version 3)

Read by Peter John Keeble


Charles Dickens


Nicholas Nickleby was Dickens's third novel following on from Pickwick Papers and Oliver twist. It has a cast of wonderful characters that i…

The Duke of Chimney Butte

Read by John W. Michaels


George W. Ogden


An exciting tale of gun play, brave deeds and romance as Jerry Lambert, the "Duke" tries to protect the ranch of the lovely and ch…

Moral letters to Lucilius (Epistulae morales ad Lucilium)

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca


Seneca the Younger’s letters to his friend, Lucilius Junior, appear to have been written with a broad audience in mind. These letters introd…

Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army

Read by John W. Michaels


James Norman Hall


“Pvt Ryan”, “Platoon”, “A Soldier’s Home”, Kitchener’s Mob”. These aren’t happy stories, they are about the experience of War. War at differ…

On Liberty

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John Stuart Mill


"On Liberty," a seminal work by philosopher John Stuart Mill. Mill felt there were no definite standards for defining what societ…

Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (version 2) (includes annotatio…

Read by John Van Stan


Friedrich Nietzsche


The modern British philosopher, Anthony M. Ludovici, said that this text “is unquestionably Nietzsche’s opus magnum.” However, he warns the …

The Bells of San Juan

Read by John W. Michaels


Jackson Gregory


Rod Norton is a lawman in a land where bandits and criminals make their own rules. Risking his life for justice and a future with the woman …

Black Star Passes

Read by John W. Campbell


John Wood Campbell Jr.


Follow along with Arcot, Morey, and Wade as they discover a revolutionary form of propulsion, visit our neighboring planets, and go up again…

Chicot the Jester

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


This sequel to Dumas' “Marguerite de Valois” begins four years after the sudden death of King Charles IX and succession of his brother Henry…

Great Moments in History

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John G. Stockmyer


Great Moments in History is a collection of ten momentous events in World and Americanhistory, covered by live, on-the-spot newscasters. Th…

Candide (version 3)

Read by John Van Stan


Voltaire


Ever since 1759, when Voltaire wrote "Candide" in ridicule of the notion that this is the best of all possible worlds, this world …

Faery Lands of the South Seas

Read by John W. Michaels


James Norman Hall


Returning from the horrors of World War I James Hall and Charles Nordhoff follow a dream to tour the South Pacific. They later co authored “…

The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2: Twenty Years After (version 2)

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Alexandre Dumas


Volume 2 of The d'Artagnan Romances begins twenty years after "The Three Musketeers." Since then, d'Artagnan's career has stagnate…

The Biography of a Grizzly

Read by John W. Michaels


Ernest Thompson Seton


I first read this little book when I was in the fifth grade, and now more than fifty years later, I still find it fascinating. Ernest Thomps…

The House on the Borderland (Version 2)

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William Hope Hodgson


This story helped propel 19th Century gothic fiction in the direction of “cosmic” horror. In fact, H.P. Lovecraft lists it as among his grea…

The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 1: The Three Musketeers (version 3)

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Alexandre Dumas


The d'Artagnan Romances are six volumes that intertwine exciting events (real and fictionalized) from 17th-century Europe and the life of th…

Oliver Twist (version 3)

Read by Peter John Keeble


Charles Dickens


Oliver Twist was published in 1838 as a three volume book. The novel was the first of Dickens' works to realistically portray the degradatio…

A Bid For Fortune; Or, Dr Nikola's Vendetta

Read by Peter John Keeble


Guy Boothby


Guy Newell Boothby (1867 – 1905) was a prolific Australian writer. He moved to London in 1894 and became most well-known for his Dr.Nikola m…

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