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On the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery

Read by Martin Clifton


Joseph Lister


Joseph Lister was born near London in 1827. He studied medicine at the University of London and pursued a career as a surgeon in Scotland. H…

Zastrozzi, A Romance

Read by Martin Geeson


Percy Bysshe Shelley


“Would Julia of Strobazzo’s heart was reeking on my dagger!”From the asthmatic urgency of its opening abduction scene to the Satanic defianc…

Watch and Wait; The Young Fugitives

Read by Scarlett Martin


William Taylor Adams and Oliver Optic


One soft summer evening, when Woodville was crowned with the glory and beauty of the joyous season, three strangers presented themselves bef…

Grunt RX-10

Read by Martin Kolacek


Martin Kolacek


A sci-fi comedy, Grunt RX-10 is a story of a neurotic machine who is so depressed by being a metallic item without a soul he becomes a reneg…

Rich and Humble; The Mission of Bertha Grant

Read by Scarlett Martin


Oliver Optic and William Taylor Adams


This is the first story in the Woodville collection of tales about the interesting people in Woodville. As the characters grow, they learn …

Uncle Josh's Punkin Centre Stories

Read by Philip Martin


Cal Stewart


A collection of comedic short stories from the perspective of an old country man. (Summary by Philip Martin)

Highways in Hiding

Read by Jessica Martin


George O. Smith


Mechanical engineer Steve Cornell lives in a world where ESP and telepathy are normal, and a spreading plague called Mekstrom’s Disease turn…

Haste and Waste; The Young Pilot of Lake Champlain

Read by Scarlett Martin


Oliver Optic


The sixth and last volume of the Woodville stories contains the record of a mechanical, rather than a moral triumph, though the virtues of p…

In School and Out; The Conquest of Richard Grant

Read by Scarlett Martin


Oliver Optic and William Taylor Adams


The second volume of the Woodville Stories contains the experience of Richard Grant, "in school and out." We are sorry to say that…

Work and Win; Noddy Newman on a Cruise

Read by Scarlett Martin


Oliver Optic


The fourth book of the Woodville Series shares the progress of a boy whose education had been neglected, and whose moral attributes were of …

The Great Gatsby (version 4)

Read by Martin Reyto


F. Scott Fitzgerald


The Great Gatsby follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The …

Hope and Have; Fanny Grant Among the Indians

Read by Scarlett Martin


Oliver Optic


The fifth volume of the Woodville stories contains the experience of Fanny Grant, who from a very naughty girl became a very good one, by th…

Riverdale Stories: A Story for Little Folks

Read by Scarlett Martin


Oliver Optic and William Taylor Adams


A compilation of stories of the children of Riverdale who learn life lessons of how to be kind, polite, and helpful as they grow up. Writte…

The Call of Cthulhu (version 2)

Read by Martin Reyto


H. P. Lovecraft


“[The Call of Cthulhu] is a masterpiece, which I am sure will live as one of the highest achievements of literature. Mr. Lovecraft holds a u…

The Light Princess

Read by Fox in the Stars


George MacDonald


Plenty of princesses have been cursed by wicked witches, but the curse placed on this princess by her evil aunt is an unusual one: it remove…

On Our Selection

Read by Son of the Exiles


Steele Rudd


The humorous account of Dad and Dave and the rest of the Rudd clan as they attempt to carve a farming 'selection' out of the Australian wild…

Dad's Trip to Brisbane (from Our New Selection)

Read by Son of the Exiles


Steele Rudd


Chapters XV through XIX of "Our New Selection""The wheat was in, and Dad decided to take a trip to Brisbane. For seven or eig…

Jim of the Hills - A Story in Rhyme

Read by Son of the Exiles


C. J. Dennis


Jim, an axe-man for a sawmill, who is a hard-knuckled, two-fisted fighting man when he has to be, but is shy around women, longs to find a w…

Bible (WEB) 32: Jonah

Read by Fox in the Stars


World English Bible


This short narrative book of the Old Testament contains one of the most famous Bible Stories, of “Jonah and the Whale.” The “great fish” how…

The Congo

Read by Fox in the Stars


Vachel Lindsay


The Congo is one of the best-known poems by American poet Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931). It was revolutionary in its use of sounds and rhythms …

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