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The Tinted Venus
Read by Don W. Jenkins
F. Anstey
When a young newly engaged man finds himself bound for an amusement garden with an old flame, not his fiancee, it is not surprising that he …
A Bayard from Bengal
Read by Don W. Jenkins
F. Anstey
The estimable gentleman, Chunder Bindabun Bhosh, ESQ., B.A., travels from his native India to England, with his impeccable English and manne…
Voces Populi
Read by Don W. Jenkins
F. Anstey
F. Anstey was the nom de plume of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, a Londoner who was trained for the bar but found success as a writer of humorous pi…
Mr. Punch's Model Music-hall Songs & Dramas
Read by Don W. Jenkins
F. Anstey
F. Anstey was the nom de plume of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, a Londoner who was trained for the bar but found success as a writer of humorous pi…
Tales of the Fish Patrol
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Jack London
Wildest among the fisher-folk may be accounted the Chinese shrimp-catchers. It is the habit of the shrimp to crawl along the bottom in vast …
A Daughter of the Snows
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Jack London
In Jack London's first novel, he tells the story of Frona Welse, a strong and interesting heroine, "a Stanford graduate and physical Va…
When God Laughs, and Other Stories
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Jack London
This collection of Jack London's short stories touches on a variety of topics, from his love of boxing, to relationships between criminals, …
Dutch Courage and Other Stories
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Jack London
Jack London was quoted as saying, "I've never written a line that I'd be ashamed for my young daughters to read, and I never shall writ…
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Finley Peter Dunne
In Chicago lay a street called Archey Road, which stretched through a neighborhood which was mostly Irish immigrants, among whom was Martin …
A Deal in Wheat and other Stories of the New and Old West
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Frank Norris
This collection of Frank Norris' stories was published after his death in 1902. These stories range in topic from the machinations of the co…
Brood of the Witch Queen
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Sax Rohmer
A swan suffers a mysterious death, its neck wrung by apparent supernatural forces. A young woman dies alone in a hospital room, apparently s…
The Sorcery Club
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Elliott O'Donnell
Leon Hamar and his friends were out-of-work and starving in San Francisco after the firm they worked for went out of business. Leon acquired…
The Spider
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Fergus Hume
Arthur Vernon, member of the Athenian club and member of “society,” has a secret. His father has died and left him destitute, so he has begu…
The Crimson Cryptogram
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Fergus Hume
Young Dr Ellis, a struggling new physician, is enjoying a quiet evening smoking and enjoying conversation with his journalist friend Cass, w…
The Story of My Childhood
Read by Veronica Jenkins
Clara Barton
Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, recalls growing up in early 19th Century Massachusetts. (Introduction by Veronica Jenkins)
Starved Rock: A Historical Sketch
Read by Veronica Jenkins
Eaton G. Osman
This book is an early history of the Starved Rock Area in Northern Illinois. In the pre-Columbian era, the Starved Rock area was home to Nat…
What Happened Then Stories
Read by Jenn Broda
Ruth O. Dyer
Have you ever wondered what happens after the story ended? Ruth O. Dyer answers that question using some of the best loved children stories…
The Woman in the Alcove (Version 2)
Read by Jenn Broda
Anna Katharine Green
Rita Van Arsdale falls in love and is proposed to by the gentleman Mr. Durand during a fancy high society party. She has landed the man of h…
The Baby's Opera
Read by Jenn Broda
Walter Crane
The Baby's Opera is a charming book of 36 nursery rhymes set to music. It contains several favorites from "Three Blind Mice" to &…
A Christmas Honeymoon
Read by Jenn Broda
Frances Aymar Mathews
Newlyweds Betty Revere and Peter Van Zandt are completely smitten with each other. Their wedding is said to have been one of the most beaut…