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An Interruption
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Mary Hastings Bradley
In The Fortieth Door
A young American archeologist, a masked ball in Cairo, an illusive young woman and the unexplained disappearance of a Frenchman fifteen year…
A Shrewd Conjecture
Read by Dawn Larsen
Anna K. Green and Anna Katharine Green
In That Affair Next Door
The dead body of a woman was found under a large cabinet. But she had been dead four hours before the cabinet fell upon her. The owners of t…
From the Tuscan
Read by Andree-Ann Granger
E. Nesbit
In The Rainbow and the Rose
A collection of poetry in the whimsical style of Edith Nesbit, author of "The Five Children and It" and "The Railway Children…
APPENDIX Part 2: Map and Table showing the Density of the Population (cont.); …
Read by Gillian Hendrie
Henry Mayhew
In London Labour and the London Poor Volume IV
Subtitled A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.This vo…
Measure for Measure
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
E. Nesbit
In Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
Edith Nesbit, the author of Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, felt passionately that young children should enjoy Shakespeare's great works…
The Barometer.
Read by Lisa Reichert
Violet Hunt
In Tales of the Uneasy
Nine twisty-turny tales of tragic human drama, played out in Victorian parlors, death beds and lonely country roads. This collection of Viol…
Book 1, Chapter XIII
Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Theodore Dreiser
In An American Tragedy, Volume 1
Loosely based on a true story, this is the tale of Clyde Griffiths. At a young age, Clyde realizes that money and influence can get him the …
Detective Anderson Takes Charge
Read by Alan Winterrowd
Mary Roberts Rinehart
In The Bat
The novelization of the play of the same name that had an initial run of 867 shows on Broadway and has been performed all over the world and…
A Policman's Buisness
Read by Andy Sames
Edgar Wallace
In The Just Men of Cordova (Version 2)
Once again our vigilante heroes lend their great talents to serve against those outwith the law; The setting is the Spanish city of Cordova,…
A Defence of Useful Information
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
In The Defendant
A collection of reprinted articles on a wide-range of subjects, all in the unique style of G. K. Chesterton. Using wit, paradox, and good hu…
EDYL - The Reading Department
Read by Mark Capell
Mark Capell
It's 2046 and Jake Radley has the career opportunity of a lifetime. But to take it he needs to acquire a strange, mysterious new skill. A s…
Standard Time - Stars, Their Number
Read by Amelia Chesley
Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr.
In 1000 Things Worth Knowing
Part almanac, part encyclopedia, part dictionary, Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. gives us his idea of important, but sometimes obscure, facts that…
Old Nell Dickerson
Read by Cassandra
Shaw Neilson
In Heart of Spring
John Shaw Neilson was born at Penola, South Australia in 1872, the son of a farmer and contractor who removed to Victoria when Neilson was n…
Chapter 1
Read by PhyllisV
Dexter C. Bloomer
In Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer
As Mrs. Bloomer was one of the pioneers in what is sometimes called the “Woman’s Movement,” it seems right that a record of her work should …
Mathurin
Read by Kate Follis
Gilbert Parker
In The Lane that had no Turning, and Other Tales concerning the People of Pontiac
This is a collection of short stories by Gilbert Parker. Parker was a Canadian writer who wrote a number of bestsellers that had a lasting i…
Wiser than Lesbia
Read by Mary Herndon Bell
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
In Phantom Fortune, A Novel
Lady Maulevrier was once a beautiful socialite, beloved and welcomed in London high society. But her life took a turn for the worse when her…
Wattie Has Theories
Read by Elin
Violet Jacob
In Flemington (version 2)
Archie Flemington, a spy in Government service during the 1745 Jacobite rising, is sent to investigate the suspected rebel James Logie. Desp…
Chapter VIII The Mind Reader Strikesr
Read by cyndajm
Harold L. Goodwin
In The Electronic Mind Reader: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story
Rick, Scotty and Barby concoct a plan to use hidden technology in a quiz show. In the background, the Coast Guard contacts Spindrift Scient…
Watson Meets Holmes -- excerpt from A Study in Scarlet
Read by Colleen McMahon
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In Coffee Break Collection 014 - New Beginnings
This is the fourteenth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in…