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New Discoveries at Jamestown

Read by Mark F. Smith


John L. Cotter


Chances are, you are reading this because you are aware that Jamestown, Virginia, celebrated its 400th birthday in 2007. It was the first &q…

The Burial of the Guns

Read by Mark F. Smith


Thomas Nelson Page


This is a book of short stories centered around the Civil War and its aftermath. The author was a prominent Virginian in his day, and his wr…

Round the Moon (Version 2)

Read by Mark F. Smith


Jules Verne


Jules Verne’s sequel to his “From the Earth to the Moon” begins with a short chapter to catch you up, if you missed the first book.Then we j…

More Goops and How Not to Be Them

Read by Mark F. Smith


Frank Gelett Burgess


Deep in the heart of every parent is the wish, the desire, to have other adults tell us, in an unsolicited way, just how very polite one’s c…

The Federalist Papers (version 2)

Read by Mark F. Smith


Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison


“The Federalist Papers” are a collection of 85 linked essays that explain the construction of the U.S. government and why it was built that …

Pushing Leaves Towards the Sun

Read by Mark L Berry


Mark L Berry


When Oso gets yanked off his motorcycle and killed by a closed parking lot chain, Billy feels guilty for having taught him to hop curbs and …

Blake of the "Rattlesnake"

Read by Mark F. Smith


Frederick Thomas Jane


Fred Jane, who later went on to publish his famous "Jane's Fighting Ships", doubtless was noting the success of other books that f…

The Red Badge of Courage (Version 3)

Read by Mark F. Smith


Stephen Crane


A youth, caught up in patriotic fervor and dreams of glory, enlists in the Union Army. In his first battle, though, he runs away. Deeply ash…

Marvellous Hairy - a novel in five fractals

Read by Mark A. Rayner


Mark A. Rayner


So hair is sprouting in unspeakable places and you can no longer carry a tune, but if you’re a surrealistic artiste with an addiction to Fre…

Americans All, Immigrants All

Read by Mark F. Smith


U. S. Department Of The Interior Office Of Education


The United States Department of the Interior, Office of Education partnered with the Columbia Broadcasting System to present a series of 26 …

Secret of the Ninth Planet

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)


Donald A. Wollheim


An alien race has put a station on Earth and other planets in order to steal the rays of the sun, possible causing the sun to nova within tw…

The Ultimate Weapon

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)


John Wood Campbell Jr. and John Wood Campbell, Jr.


The star Mira was unpredictably variable. Sometimes it was blazing, brilliant and hot. Other times it was oddly dim, cool, shedding little w…

The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)


Anna Katharine Green


It is the noon hour at a museum in New York City. The date: May 23, 1913. The weekday, attendance is light; the attendees are scattered betw…

The Untamed

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)


Max Brand


Whistlin' Dan Barry is one of the most interesting characters in Western fiction. With uncanny abilities he controls a wild stallion, approp…

The Heritage Of The Desert

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)


Zane Grey


Jack Hare is a young cowboy who was rescued from sure death by an old settler by the name of August Naab. Hare learns that Naab's ranch is a…

Alcatraz

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)


Max Brand


This is a story of a wild horse who many said could not be caught or broken, and the man who set out to prove them wrong. (Summary by Richar…

To the Last Man

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)


Zane Grey


The story follows an ancient feud between two frontier families that is inflamed when one of the families takes up cattle rustling. The ranc…

The Night Horseman

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)


Max Brand


A man, a dog, and a horse. The call of the wild geese. A very smart doctor from the east who finds there is a lot to learn from these desert…

The Rainbow Trail

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)


Zane Grey


The Rainbow Trail is a sequel to The Riders of the Purple Sage. Both novels are notable for their protagonists' mild opposition to Mormon po…

Black Jack

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)


Max Brand


The son of a notorious outlaw is adopted into a wealthy, law-abiding family as an infant after his father is killed in an attempted robbery.…

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