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Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
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…
Haven
Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
Elizabeth Bibesco
In Balloons
Elizabeth, Princess Bibesco, was an English writer and socialite. The daughter of a British Prime Minister and the wife of a Romanian aristo…
Chapter V. The Novels
Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
Geraldine Edith Mitton
In Jane Austen and Her Times
This is a lively and highly accessible overview of the life and times of one of England's most beloved authors. Using excerpts from a wide v…
A Strange Warning
Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
Ruth Plumly Thompson
In The Wishing Horse of Oz
Magic wishing emeralds mysteriously arrive in the little kingdom of Skampavia. King Skamperoo immediately confiscates them and wishes to bec…
Part 2, Chapter 6 - Black, White and Grey
Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
H. C. McNeile and Sapper
In Men, Women and Guns
World War I stories, as told through the eyes of someone who was there, but leavened with humour and an eye for the ridiculous side of human…
Chapter XXXVI
Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
Baroness Emma Orczy
In Unto Caesar
"The State," he said, speaking at least as haughtily as Dea Flavia herself, "hath agreed to accept the sum of twenty aurei fo…
CONCERNING THOMAS
Read by Ana Simão
Mary Roberts Rinehart
In The Circular Staircase
Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) was a prolific American writer of popular mysteries. The Circular Staircase was originally published in 19…
Chapter 36
Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
E. M. Forster
In Howards End (version 3)
Considered Forster's masterpiece and one of the best books of the 20th century, Howards End tackles social conventions of the Edwardian era.…
01 - Beth Receives an Invitation
Read by Neeru Iyer
L. Frank Baum
In Aunt Jane's Nieces
Jane Merrick is a wealthy, elderly, difficult invalid woman who is preparing for her approaching death. In her youth, she inherited her mone…
Elizabeth Thomas
Read by De Anna Lee
Various
In Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume I, Alabama Narratives
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
By Way of Introduction
Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
Frank W. Boreham
In Mushrooms on the Moor
A series of essays exhorting us with wit and humor to retain our childlike sense of wonder and delight in the world that God has made. A del…
LIFE - by Griffith Alexander
Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
Various
In It Can Be Done
This book contains many poems of inspiration, joy and hope. Just the thing to encourage our spirits and strengthen our backbone when troubl…
A Gift - Read by BLT
Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
Amy Lowell
In A Gift
Amy Lawrence Lowell was an American poet of the imagist school from Brookline, Massachusetts, who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Po…
2-6 A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D.
Read by Laurie Anne Walden
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet, a short novel published in 1887, was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story. At the beginning of the book…
Chapter XL
Read by Tadhg
Thomas Hardy
In A Pair of Blue Eyes
The book describes the love triangle between a young woman, Elfride Swancourt, and her two suitors from very different backgrounds. Stephen …
Letters from a Lady in Richmond, Va. 1886
Read by Lee-Ann Khoh
Abigail Mott
In Narratives of Colored Americans
Abigail Mott was a Quaker and abolitionist from New York who, along with fellow Quaker M. S. Wood, has compiled a provocative collection of …
Part 4
Read by Ben Tucker
Thomas L. Sherred
In Cue for Quiet
After too many years, T. L. Sherred returns with a story that gets our SPACE SPECIAL rating. It's the story of a man with a headache—who fou…
The Drover's Sweetheart
Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
Henry Lawson
In In the Days When the World Was Wide, and Other Verses
This is a volume of poetry by Henry Lawson, the well-known Australian poet. Some of the poems in this collection are still widely taught in …
'Squire Irving's Letter
Read by Brian Fullen
Mary Jane Holmes
In Millbank
Here is Millbank! The only fiction book that the Ingalls of Little House fame owned. It follows the story of Roger Irving, and what he doe…
16 - Volume 1, Chapter 16: Rorie Asks a Question
Read by Rosie
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
In Vixen
This is an exquisite and heartbreaking love story. Violet Tempest and Roderick Vawdrey, otherwise known to each other as Vixen and Rorie, ar…