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The Adventures of Pinocchio
Read by Mark F. Smith
Carlo Collodi
Do today's children still learn what a "marionette" is? The beloved story of Pinocchio may represent a last lingering picture of a…
The Three Musketeers
Read by Mark F. Smith
Alexandre Dumas
D’Artagnan, son of a poor Gascon aristocrat, travels to Paris to seek his fortune. His family connections enable him to obtain a position in…
The Blockade Runners
Read by Mark F. Smith
Jules Verne
Writing at the end of the American Civil War, Verne weaves this story of a Scottish merchant who, in desperation at the interruption of the …
Over the Top
Read by Mark F. Smith
Arthur Guy Empey
Arthur Guy Empey was an American who responded to the sinking of the Lusitania by enlisting with the British Army to fight in France. His ex…
Uncle Remus
Read by Mark F. Smith
Joel Chandler Harris
Many readers will already be familiar with Uncle Remus’ favorite animal characters – Br’er Rabbit and Br’er Fox among them – and some of the…
The Black Arrow
Read by Mark F. Smith
Robert Louis Stevenson
In the unsettled years of England's War of the Roses, where a man stood on the issue of kingship could make his fortune... or end his life. …
Triplanetary
Read by Mark F. Smith
E. E. “Doc” Smith
“Doc” E.E. Smith pretty much invented the space opera genre, and Triplanetary is a good and well-known example. Physics, time, and politics …
The Pathfinder
Read by Mark F. Smith
James Fenimore Cooper
Natty Bumppo goes by many names: La Longue Carabine, Hawk Eye, Leatherstocking, and in this tale, The Pathfinder. Guide, scout, hunter, and …
The River War
Read by Mark F. Smith
Winston S. Churchill
When the self-proclaimed Mahdi (“Guided One”) gathered Islamic forces and kicked the Anglo-Egyptians out of the Sudan, he unleashed a backla…
This Side of Paradise
Read by Mark F. Smith
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Amory Blaine grew up in a wealthy family and was given an Ivy League education. Without a need to learn a profession, he chiefly dabbled in …
The Ex-Wife Files
Read by Mark Forman
Mark Forman
The eX-Wife Files Mark Forman's first sci-fi detective short story is in the vein of Philip K. Dick's BladeRunner (Do Androids Dream of Ele…
Thirty Years a Detective
Read by Mark Harrington
Allan Pinkerton
Detective Allan Pinkerton, creator of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, shares in this book the methods that criminals use to exploit…
Hannibal
Read by Mark Harrington
George Philip Baker
George P. Baker, popular British historian of the 1920s and 30s, covers the life and career of ancient Rome's most formidable opponent, Hann…
The Cruise of the Corwin
Read by Mark Harrington
John Muir
"The Cruise of the Corwin is John Muir's account of a voyage he took in 1881 on the steamer Thomas Corwin, which set sail from San Fran…
Houdini
Read by Mark Harrington
Harold Kellock
This biography of Houdini is based on Harry's many autobiographical fragments, diary entries, clippings of the era, as well as memories left…
Characters and Events of Roman History
Read by Mark Harrington
Guglielmo Ferrero
Guglielmo Ferrero was an Italian historian and journalist, and this book contains his Lowell Lectures, presented in 1908 at the Lowell Insti…
The Boy Who Was
Read by Mark Harrington
Grace Tabor Hallock
This children's historical fantasy book, a Newbery Honor Book in 1929, tells of a boy, blessed with eternal life, who experiences 3,000 year…
Sulla the Fortunate
Read by Mark Harrington
George Philip Baker
George P. Baker explores the life of Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix, known more commonly as Sulla. Sulla was a Roman general and statesman of …
Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball
Read by Mark Harrington
Babe Ruth
This book is an autobiographical account by one of baseball's legendary names. Ruth writes about his introduction to the game in his youth i…
Orpheus with His Lute
Read by Mark Harrington
W. M. L. Hutchinson
In retelling the mythological story of Orpheus the musician, Winifred Hutchinson covers the singer's education by the nine Muses in Part 1, …