Cynthia Wakeham's Money
By Anna Katharine Green
Narrated by Bonnie Trost
This classic crime novel features the detective Ebenezer Grice, one of Anna Katherine Green's recurring characters.
A young lawyer is summoned to draw up the will of an elderly and infirm woman. She directs that all her...
"Cup of Gold" by John Steinbeck is a historical novel that follows the life of Henry Morgan, a Welshman who becomes one of the most notorious pirates of the Caribbean. The story begins with Henry's childhood in Wales, where he dreams of adventure and riches. He eventually leaves his home and becomes...
Jane Austen’s acclaimed 1813 novel centers around the Bennet family in Regency England.
Mrs. Bennet is desperate for her five daughters to marry in order to secure their future. But with no romance on the horizon for her eldest, Jane, things are looking bleak. Practical Mary shows no interest in a...
Memory
How to develop, train, and use it.
By William Walker Atkinson
Narrated by Denis Daly
Although the many works of New Thought author William Walker Atkinson (1862-1932) have generally been classified as self-help texts, their true focus tends to be self-development.
This book on memor...
Dr Thorndyke Intervenes
by R. Austin Freeman
Narrated by Graham Scott
The great medical jurist Dr John Thorndyke must unravel three intricate cases, as a wealthy American attempts to prove a preposterous claim to an English earldom, based only upon a startlingly tall old family tale; a hundred...
“Getting at once to the heart of things: that was the secret. But how many people know it, or had any idea where the heart of things really was?…”
“He could not imagine putting down on paper anything that had not risen slowly to the verge of his consciousness, that had not to be fished for and hau...
What’s our planet really like?
Are humans mostly good or bad?
Is civilization heading in the right or wrong direction?
How many rhetorical questions can you ask before it gets boring?
One bewildered, insignificant ape believes he has answers to these questions. Michael Mackay Richards is one...
When Agnes Blakiston and her maid Maggie take possession of a rental house for the summer, their idea of a tranquil stay is almost immediately upended.
First, there is the telephone. It rings late at night, just one ring, but there is never anyone on the line.
They begin to notice things have mo...
Sea Garden by H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)
Read by Nancy Beard
Hilda Doolittle was an American poet and novelist who was one of the founders of the Imagist movement, which includes such poetic luminaries as Ezra Pound and Richard Aldington, with both of whom Doolittle had romantic relationships.
Sea...
Experience William Faulkner's Masterpiece Like Never Before!
Immerse yourself in the rich, complex world of The Sound and the Fury with this captivating audiobook adaptation. Narrated by the talented Mike Vendetti, who brings the male characters to life, and Kathy Verduin, who adds depth and emoti...
French Description:L’embarras d'être la seule fille qui n’a jamais été embrassée du lycée est une chose que Sandy Cardington refuse d’accepter. Le projet du premier baiser est son plan infaillible pour enfin se débarrasser de ce statut lors de la fête qu’elle organise pour son 17e anniversaire penda...
“There are things in that paper that nobody knows but me, or ever will.”
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s haunting chronicle of crippling depression, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” is a cornerstone of weird fiction. First published in 1892, it has now been given an unsettling yet empathetic treatment courtesy...
