“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.” Jane Austen at her witty, observant, intelligent, and sympathetic best, in this collection of her letters written to family and friends.
Compiled by her niece Fanny Knight’s son Edward Hugessen Kna...
Country girl Polly Milton plies her sweet demeanor and practical ways to teach the citified Shaw family that time-tested, old-fashioned values are the surest way to a happy life. Sprinkled with wry commentary from the author, Louisa May Alcott’s classic is bursting with timeless charm.
Originally...
Father Brown—42 Stories
By G. K. Chesterton
Narrated by Graham Scott
Every story of Chesterton's unassuming little priest detective, from the first four published collections: The Innocence of Father Brown (1911), The Wisdom of Father Brown (1914), The Incredulity of Father Brown (1926), and T...
What happens when you run out of happy thoughts...?
It's been weeks since Angelina has left Neverland. James Hook is desperate to follow her off the island and find her in this notorious town called London when he makes a grave mistake.
The consequences alter the life of his once-arch-enemy, Pet...
Huang-Po's sermon
from Treatise of the Essentials of the Transmission of the Mind (Denshin Hoyo)
Translated by D. T. Suzuki
Narrated by Denis Daly
Little is known of the life of Zen master Huang-Po (Obaku in Japanese). He was born in Fuzhou, China, and died about 850 AD. His main teacher was...
I have been interested in producing a compendium of interesting historical detective series from the early 20th century. There is a lot of interest in the early detectives created and here Arthur Morrison has brought to life Martin Hewitt. Really well written and a glimpse into the day-to-day life o...
Emily Byrd Starr is destined to become a great writer. With high school behind her and her girlhood chums pursuing their ambitions far from home, Emily faces the future alone at dear old New Moon Farm, with only her maiden aunts and Uncle Jimmy as companions. But when a tragic accident threatens her...
The Benson Murder Case
By S.S. Van Dine
First published in 1926, The Benson Murder Case relates the murder of a wily womanizer found shot dead in his home, and behind locked doors. Amateur Detective Philo Vance makes his first appearance in this work and assists the New York District Attorney in...
Cathy Waterhouse is a farmer and praise be to DNA, a woman. In 2005, aged 38 and in dire financial straits, she spent a year as the world's most disastrously qualified escort, in order to buy a new Hereford bull and reduce the enormous overdraft which her sheep were, in the main, responsible for.
I...
Life isn't easy for Samantha Summers, daughter of an army general. Moving from one continent to another every other year helps a teenage girl learn 4 different languages in record time, but it's also killing her social life. And when a totally hot guy in her new hometown gives her hell for no obviou...
A Dusty Tomes Audio Book
In Cooperation with Spoken Realms
The Waterloo Campaign - A Study by Lieut.-Colonel Sisson C. Pratt.
Special Campaign Series No. 5 published by Swan Sonnenschein 1907.
Publisher’s Preface to the Series: The “Special Campaign” Series deals with the history of war in i...
Faithfully nursing her ill father for five years has derailed Marion Warren’s plans for further education. When no will is found after their father’s death, her brother Tom decides to sell their family home in the city and move his young family to a Vermont farm. Naturally, Marion will always have a...
