The Enchiridion By Epictetus
Translated by Thomas W. Higginson
Narrated by Denis Daly
This small handbook of the theory and practice of Stoic philosophy has become one of the most influential of all texts from the ancient world. It has been a source of inspiration to rulers, philosophers, and...
In 1966, Isaac Asimov and Theodosius Dobzhansky wrote The Genetic Effects of Radiation as a public information resource for the US Atomic Energy Commission. In Asimov's typically incisive and easy-to-understand style, the pair presents an overview of genetics, and how inherited traits can be influen...
How well do we really know our neighbors? Jane Strong is about to find out.
Coming of age during the Great War and seeing her brother shipped off to fight, Jane begins to feel trapped in her merry-go-round of social calls and hotel luncheons. As her desire to do something important for the war eff...
Spring Awakening By Frank Wedekind Translated by Francis J. Ziegler
Presented by The Online Stage
Spring Awakening (German: Frühlings Erwachen) was the first major play by Frank Wedekind. It was written in the early 1890s but, due to opposition from censorship authorities, was not presented on s...
Tales of Men and Ghosts By Edith Wharton
Narrated by John Burlinson, Sara Sheckells, Leanne Yau and Aisling Whitfield Gray
This collection of 10 classic tales is very representative of Wharton's approach to story-telling - in the narrative, the venue becomes a character almost as much as do the...
Oscar Wilde - A Study From the French of André Gide Edited by Stuart Mason Narrated by Cate Barratt and Denis Daly
André Gide met Wilde many times and was one of the small number of celebrities who maintained contact with him until his death in Paris in 1900.
The book was dedicated to Donald Bru...
Harding’s Luck tells the exciting story of brave Dickie Harding, a little disabled boy and his many adventures. One day, Dickie accidentally discovers an old magic that allows him to travel into his own past across 500 years. There he meets Elfrida and Edred Arden (as told in The House of Arden), an...
Lucy Maud Montgomery was a beloved and prolific Canadian author, best known for her Anne of Green Gables series. She was also the author of over 500 short stories, poems, and essays. This delightful collection includes 20 of her earliest short stories, ranging from tales of fated romance to school f...
The Circular Study by Anna Katharine Green
Narrated by Lee Ann Howlett
A man is found dead in the study of his New York City house and Detective Gryce is called upon to deduce the how and why of his murder - if it is indeed a murder.
With the assistance of Miss Amelia Butterworth, Gryce must i...
"I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape."
The story is told from the point of view of Pip, an orphan of humble origins who dreams of being a gentleman. From a chilling encounter with a convict when he was seven, through his coming of age and early adulthood, he tells of hi...
The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G.Wodehouse Narrated by Graham Scott
P.G. Wodehouse's first full-length Jeeves and Wooster book is a sparkling collection of linked stories, in which Bertie Wooster is harried by his fearsome Aunt Agatha, determined to marry him off; snootered by his anarchic cousins, th...
Part science fiction, part mystery, and mostly thriller, Murder Madness is one of Murray Leinster's more than 60 novels. In fact, it was his first novel. Originally serialized in four parts in Astounding Science Fiction magazine in 1930, the entire novel is presented here in audiobook format.
The...
