Action & Adventure
The Coming Race
Read by Maire Rhode
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803-1873) was an English novelist, poet, playright, and politician. Lord Lytton…
Among Malay Pirates : a Tale of Adventure and Peril
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G. A. Henty
G. A . Henty was a prolific writer of historical fiction for young adults. In this collection of shorter stories we visit Malay pirates, hav…
The Curse of Capistrano
Read by Barry Eads
Johnston McCulley and Johnston Mcculley
The Curse of Capistrano by Johnston McCulley is the first work to feature the fictional character Zorro (zorro is the Spanish word for fox).…
The Hand of Fu-Manchu
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Sax Rohmer
Further adventures of Nayland Smith and Doctor Petrie as they continue their battles against the evil genius, Dr Fu-Manchu. (summary by Elai…
With Clive in India
Read by Gary Olman
G. A. Henty
With Clive in India gives a vivid picture of the wonderful events of the ten years, which at their commencement saw Madras in the hands of t…
The Invasion
Read by Tom Weiss
William Le Queux
This novel, also known as The Invasion of 1910, is a 1906 novel written mainly by William Le Queux (with H. W. Wilson providing the naval ch…
Marie: An Episode in the Life of the Late Allan Quatermain
Read by Peter John Keeble
H. Rider Haggard
This is a superb sweeping romantic adventure story of how Alan Quatermain, hero of fourteen of Rider H Haggard's books, met, fell in love wi…
The Lure of the Dim Trails
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B. M. Bower
Phil Thurston was born on the range where the trails are dim and silent under the big sky. It was the place his father loved, the place he h…
The Legion of Lazarus
Read by Peter Eastman
Edmond Hamilton
Those convicted of the most heinous crimes are sentenced to the Humane Penalty: they are ejected from the airlock of a ship, to freeze in th…
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
Read by Martin Geeson
Samuel Johnson
In this enchanting fable (subtitled The Choice of Life), Rasselas and his retinue burrow their way out of the totalitarian paradise of the H…
The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 07
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Anonymoustranslated Byrichard Francis Burton, William James Mcglothlin and Anonymoustranslated By Richard Francis Burton
This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mytho…
Ayesha, the Return of She
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H. Rider Haggard
Ayesha, the return of She, is set 16 years after the previous novel She. Horace Holly and Leo Vincey have spent the years travelling the wor…
The Wizard
Read by Michael Monhollon
H. Rider Haggard
Described by the author, best known for his King Solomon's Mines, as "a tale of victorious faith," this story begins on a Sunday a…
The Young Railroaders
Read by Mark F. Smith
Francis Lovell Coombs
While aimed at youths, this series of tales of the just-opening West makes a rollicking good story for adults, too. Three teen-age boys, tra…
Pollyanna (version 3 Dramatic Reading)
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Eleanor H. Porter
The story begins when Pollyanna arrives in Beldingsville to live with her Aunt Polly, a strict and dutiful middle aged woman. Pollyanna imme…
Reise nach dem Mittelpunkt der Erde
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Jules Verne
Hamburg, 1863. Der Geologe Professor Otto Lidenbrock entdeckt in einem mehrere hundert Jahre alten Buch eine verschlüsselte Schrift, di…
The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 03
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Anonymoustranslated Byrichard Francis Burton, William James Mcglothlin and Anonymoustranslated By Richard Francis Burton
This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythol…
Toussaint L’Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography
Read by James K. White
John Relly Beard
François-Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture (1743-1803) rose to fame in 1791 during the Haitian struggle for independence. In this revol…
Tom Swift and His War Tank
Read by Mark F. Smith
Victor Appleton
Tom Swift, that prolific youthful inventor, is engaged in trying to help the Allies win WWI. After reading newspaper accounts of the British…
In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy
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G. A. Henty
Like all Henty books, this one centers around a young English lad whose courtesy and courage win the day. Harry Sandwith travels to France t…