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Letter from China
Read by Peter James Froning
Peter James Froning
This is a poignant and irreverent diary of the author's yearlong (2001-2) experience of teaching English to college students in Beijing, Peo…
The Wonderful World of Linus Bailey
Read by Peter James Lamb
Peter James Lamb
Linus Bailey's tenth birthday, if measured on some kind of “So how did it go then?” scale, would score a one. Maybe a bit less. It started…
The Beast in the Jungle
Read by Rob James
Henry James
'The Beast in the Jungle' is a 1903 novella by Henry James, first published as part of the collection, The Better Sort. Almost universally c…
Eirik the Red's Saga
Read by Julian Jamison
Anonymoustranslated Byjohn Sephton, Anonymoustranslated By John Sephton and William James McGlothlin
In this saga, the events that led to Eirik the Red's banishment to Greenland are chronicled, as well as Leif Eirikson's discovery of Vinland…
The Spirit of Christmas
Read by Jan MacGillivray
Henry van Dyke
A short Christmas book by American author, educator, and clergyman Henry Van Dyke, including a short story, two essays, and two prayers for …
Mary Cary, Frequently Martha
Read by Jan MacGillivray
Kate Langley Bosher
"My name is Mary Cary. I live in the Yorkburg Female Orphan Asylum. You may think nothing happens in an Orphan Asylum. It does. The orp…
The Christmas Angel
Read by Jan MacGillivray
Abbie Farwell Brown
Disagreeable old Miss Terry spends her Christmas Eve getting rid of toys from her childhood toy box. One by one she tosses them onto the sid…
The House of Mirth (Version 3)
Read by Jan Moorehouse
Edith Wharton
The House of Mirth tells the story of Lily Bart, a woman who is torn between her desire for luxurious living and a relationship based on mut…
Recollections of Imperial Russia
Read by Jan Moorehouse
Meriel Buchanan
In this memoir, Meriel Buchanan (9-5-1886 to 2-6-1959) links the history of Russia to powerful, lingering memories of her years living there…
Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916
Read by Jan Moorehouse
Various
This book is a compilation of scholarly lectures by distinguished experts delivered at Cambridge in August 1916. The titles of the lectures…
Princes and Poisoners: Studies of the Court of Louis XIV
Read by Jane Bennett
Frantz Funck-Brentano
The court of French King Louis XIV was not a safe place to be. It was filled with plots and intrigues, leaving observers and commentators wi…
The Hawaiian Archipelago
Read by Jane Bennett
Isabella L. Bird
Six months among the palm groves, coral reefs, and volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands. - Summary by Isabella Bird
The Grey Woman
Read by Jane Greensmith
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
A "Bluebeard" story in which a young woman marries a man whom she discovers has killed his previous wives and is trying to kill he…
Stories from the History of Rome
Read by Melissa Jane
Emily Beesly
Mrs. Emily Beesly, the writer of this brilliant narrative, lived in an era of nothing but fairy tales and "the stories of nursery life&…
The Crofton Boys
Read by JaneHackathorn
Harriet Martineau
Children's Fictional Novel; an historic testament to family and school life in the 1800's; a mesmerizing and touching piece about a young bo…
Unknown London (version 2)
Read by Janet
Walter George Bell
For anyone interested in history or who think they know London, Eighteen London secrets will be explored in detail. - Summary by Janet 99
The Tower of London
Read by Janet
Walter George Bell
A short book, whose chapters were originally published in The Daily Mail, which explores the history and facts of each of the structures tha…
Catholic and Anti-Catholic History
Read by Janet Baker
Various
G.K. Chesterton and James Walsh join Hilaire Belloc in an energetic rollout of the means by which history becomes propaganda, to the damage,…
Grandma Janice's Poems and Stories
Read by Janice Green
Various
The poems and stories in this collection were selected with the reader’s grandchildren in mind. “The Raggedy Man” and “Little Orphant Annie,…
Floyd's Flowers Or Duty and Beauty For Colored Children Being One Hundred Short Stories Gleaned from the Storehouse of Human Knowledge and Experience Simple Amusing Elevating
Read by Lola Janie
Silas X. Floyd
Truly the boys and girls of to-day ought to be thankful that they are alive. There never was such a golden age for childhood and youth as th…