by H. G. Wells
Presented by Voices of Today
Narrated by Graham Scott, Andy Harrington, Denis Daly, and Lillian Rachel.
Apart from arousing the ire of religious fundamentalists, the propagation of the theory of evolution also stimulated discussion about eugenics.
In 1896, H.G Wells was stimul...
A Dusty Tomes Audio Book
In Cooperation with Spoken Realms
The Victory at Sea By William Sowden Sims, Rear-Admiral of the US Navy. Commander of the American naval forces operating in European waters during the Great War. (World War One)
In Cooperation with Burton J. Hendrick. Twice winner of t...
Upton Sinclair, the greatest of the muckraking journalists, author of "The Jungle" and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, decided to run for Governor of California in 1934. It was the depths of the Great Depression in America and around the world. He changed his party registration to Democratic, ran f...
By John Buchan
Narrated by Graham Scott
The listener can now enjoy all five adventures of Buchan's indefatigable hero Richard Hannay in one bundle.
First, in The Thirty-Nine Steps, Hannay struggles to thwart an assassination plot designed to hasten war between Britain and Germany. Later he is...
Dr. Thorndyke is at his best, along with his friend Dr. Jervis, as they solve a series of mysteries and murders using logic and up-to-date criminal investigation methods. Trusting in science and the microscope, Dr. Thorndyke and Dr. Jervis travel together to aid the sometimes befuddled police.
Aud...
By Pierre Loti
Translated by M. B. Richards
Narrated by Denis Daly
Pierre Loti (1850-1923) was a French naval officer, traveler, and novelist. Many of his novels deal with exotic themes, drawn from the author's experiences in India, Turkey, and the Middle East.
Lives of Two Cats, first publi...
John Keats (1795-1821) was one of the foremost English Romantic poets. Despite his early death from tuberculosis at the age of 25 he had a considerable poetic output, the majority of his best-known works being written in the year 1819.
The six odes composed during this year are among his most famo...
Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery presented by The Online Stage.
Emily Starr is sent to New Moon Farm on Prince Edward Island following the death of her dear father. She lives with her two aunts and her cousin Jimmy. Emily has a hard time getting along with Aunt Elizabeth but has great plans to...
Censorship, entailing the banning of books works on the stage and film, and public speeches, is not new. During the late 1920s in Boston, Massachusetts, it reached a fever pitch. Book banning was prominent but officials in the city also managed to stifle free artistic expression in theatrical produc...
The Mystery of Angelina Frood
By R. Austin Freeman
Narrated by Graham Scott
While acting as a locum in London, young Dr. Strangeways is called to treat a woman following a violent attack by her drug-addled husband. A year later, as he begins a new practice in Rochester, he encounters the same...
Ignore the title. This is not a story about flowers.
It's the story of Ben Brown, a 12-year-old circus boy who runs away after being mistreated by his employer. This is one of Louisa May Alcott's eight delightful novels where children take center stage.
Ben has been tramping for two weeks when h...
