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Letters 1-4 (Rotterdam, Vienna, Prague)

In The Turkish Embassy Letters (selection)

Read by Nancy Midlin


Lady Mary Wortley Montagu


Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont) was an English aristocrat and woman of letters. In 1716, she accompanied her husband to Vi…

The Tavern Keeper's Daughter (Theophano), part 1

In The Empresses of Constantinople

Read by Nancy Midlin


Joseph Martin McCabe and Joseph Martin Mccabe


In concluding an earlier volume on the mistresses of the western Roman Empire I observed that, as the gallery of fair and frail ladies close…

Where Then are the Mediaeval Bibles?

In Where We Got the Bible: Our Debt to the Catholic Church

Read by Nancy Midlin


Rev. Henry Grey Graham


In "Where We Got the Bible", the author, himself a convert from Calvinism, explains how the Catholic Church compiled the sacred te…

The Great Diamond Syndicate

Read by Nancy Gorgen


Nicholas Carter


Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom …

The Crime of the French Cafe and Other Stories

Read by Nancy Gorgen


Nicholas Carter


Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom …

Emily Climbs, Version 2

Read by Nancy Halper


Lucy Maud Montgomery


“Emily Climbs” is the second book in a series by the author of "Anne of Green Gables." Emily Byrd Starr, an orphan living with her…

Old New York

Read by Nancy Halper


Edith Wharton


Old New York (1924) is a collection of four novellas (False Dawn; The Old Maid; The Spark; New Year's Day) by Edith Wharton, revolving arou…

The Priceless Pearl

Read by Nancy Halper


Alice Duer Miller


Pearl Leavitt is habitually fired from her New York City office jobs for being "too beautiful" and thereby causing all the men to …

The Mask of Death

Read by Nancy Gorgen


Nicholas Carter


America's greatest detective is back! "Nick Carter will solve the mystery. No crime is too deep for him. He’ll ferret out the truth and…

The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold

Read by Nancy Gorgen


Margaret Vandercook


The girls have even more unusual experiences and adventures and are brought into closer contact with the real life of the West. It isn't pos…

The Ranch Girls at Boarding School

Read by Nancy Gorgen


Margaret Vandercook


The story of the four "Ranch Girls" continues along lines of constantly increasing interest, and the change of scene accomplished …

A Stolen Name

Read by Nancy Gorgen


Nicholas Carter


Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom …

The Outdoor Girls in a Winter Camp

Read by Nancy Gorgen


Laura Lee Hope


This is the fourth book in the "Outdoor Girls" series. In this story, the scene is shifted to a winter season. The girls have some…

The Ranch Girls in Europe

Read by Nancy Gorgen


Margaret Vandercook


"The next volume to be issued in the Ranch Girls’ Series will appear under the title of “The Ranch Girls in Europe.” In this story the …

The Ranch Girls at Home Again

Read by Nancy Gorgen


Margaret Vandercook


The fifth and closing (for now) volume of the well-known Ranch Girls Series will be known as "The Ranch Girls at Home Again." In …

Life and Gabriella: The Story of a Woman's Courage

Read by Nancy Halper


Ellen Glasgow


Set in Richmond, Virginia and New York City at the end of the 19th century, this is the story of Gabriella Carr, a young woman who demonstra…

A Dream

In Yesterdays

Read by Nancy


Ella Wheeler Wilcox


This is a volume of early poetry by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. As much of Ella Wheeler Wilcox's poetry, this volume also conveys a number of diffe…

The Untold War

In Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict

Read by Nancy Sherman


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