Humor

Buttered Side Down

Read by Xe Sands


Edna Ferber



"And so," the story writers used to say, "they lived happily ever after."Um-m-m—maybe. After the glamour had worn off, a…

Bernice Bobs Her Hair

Read by Bellona Times


F. Scott Fitzgerald



Pretty but socially clueless Bernice lets her know-it-all cousin push her around, but eventually, something's gotta give! (Introduction by B…

The Bialy Pimps

Read by Johnny B. Truant


Johnny B. Truant



Life is good at Bingham's Bagel Deli. The loathed customers are dealt the poor treatment they seem to deserve, bad rap music is played loudl…

Zombie Critters

Read by Jesse O'Brien


Jesse O'Brien



Tom, Zack, and Gary were working on a formula to complete their thesis to save humanity and earn their doctorates degree. This formula was i…

The Boys Life of Mark Twain

Read by John Greenman


Albert Bigelow Paine



Albert Bigelow Paine was Samuel Langhorne Clemens' (Mark Twain's) biographer. He lived with Twain, collecting ideas and material for a biogr…

The King of Schnorrers

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Israel Zangwill



Manasseh da Costa, protagonist of this hilarious novel, is a schnorrer (beggar) who lives on the charitable contributions of the Jews of lat…

Adventures of Bindle

Read by Don W. Jenkins


Herbert George Jenkins



Jenkins' most popular fictional creation was Mr. Joseph Bindle, who first appeared in a humorous novel in 1916 and in a number of sequels. I…

Letters of Travel

Read by Tim Bulkeley (1948-2019)


Rudyard Kipling



Three books of travel writing (between them covering the USA, Canada, Japan and Egypt) by the Nobel Prize winning author of the Just So Stor…

The Trimmed Lamp: and other Stories of the Four Million

Read by Marian Brown


O. Henry



Born in 1862 and died in 1910, O. Henry’s birth name is William Sydney Porter; however, he adopted the pen name O. Henry while in prison. He…

Das Lob der Narrheit

Read by Julia Niedermaier


Desiderius Erasmus



Hinter dem tollen Wirrwarr menschlichen Treibens, hinter den Mängeln, Schwächen, Fehlern und Untugenden sieht Erasmus die Thorheit…

Les Mille et une fadaises

Read by Ezwa


Jacques Cazotte



De retour de sa campagne, la Baronne de ... va voir la Marquise de ..., qui n'a plus fermé l'oeil depuis quinze jours. Qu'est-ce qui …

Das Waldbauernbübel

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Peter Rosegger



"Das Waldbauernbübel" ist nichts anderes, als eine Sammlung von Erlebnissen und Erfahrungen aus dem Jugendleben in der Waldhe…

Faces and Places

Read by Ruth Golding


Sir Henry W. Lucy



Faces and Places is a collection of articles on nineteenth century travel, events and personalities by the British journalist Henry Lucy, wh…

The American Claimant

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain



The American Claimant is an 1892 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The story focuses on the class differences and expectatio…

A Guide to Men

Read by Cori Samuel


Helen Rowland



A series of occasionally witty one-liners, poems and considerations on the subject of Men, Women and their Conjunction. By turns tender, bla…

Alarms and Discursions

Read by Ray Clare


G. K. Chesterton



Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, p…

Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others

Read by Cate Barratt


John Kendrick Bangs



New York-born John Kendrick Bangs was associate editor and then editor of Life and Harper magazines, eventually finding his way into the Hum…

They and I

Read by Debra Lynn


Jerome K. Jerome



A man and his three children leave the “Little Mother” at home in the city and set up temporary housekeeping in a country cottage to supervi…

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