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Chapter 1

In Typhoon

Read by Russ Maxwell

Joseph Conrad

Typhoon is a short novel by Joseph Conrad, begun in 1899 and published in Pall Mall Magazine in 1902. It is a classic sea yarn that describe…

The Green Overcoat

Read by Russ Hobbs

Hilaire Belloc

This rollicking novel captures the minor moral dilemma of thin, shy, nervous, Professor Higginson, psychologist, as he comes under the eye o…

Parochial and Plain Sermons, Volume 1

Read by Russ Hobbs

John Henry Newman

John Henry Newman's sermons enter the human heart easily and with transformative power. Lucid thinking, beautiful English prose, an integra…

The Dream of Gerontius

Read by Russ Hobbs

John Henry Newman

As a rule, when Cardinal Newman's poetry is mentioned, people think of "The Pillar of the Cloud," better known as "Lead, Kind…

Sermons Preached on Various Occasions

Read by Russ Hobbs

John Henry Newman

What language do the human heart and soul speak? Many would say they speak poetry and song. But what if reason and spirituality join heart…

Preface

In Peter the Great

Read by Russ Lemker

Jacob Abbott

There are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russia…

The Convict Settlement at Sydney, 1788-1800

In History of Australia and New Zealand from 1696 to 1890

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George Sutherland and Alexander Sutherland

This work provides a history of the early political, social, and economic development of Australia and New Zealand. Since both British colon…

Ch 05: Geraint, the Son of Erbin

In The Age of Chivalry

Read by Russ Clough

Thomas Bulfinch

Thomas Bulfinch explains the his work is "an attempt to tell the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amus…

01 - Chapter I, Through Stormy Seas, Part One

In The Journals of Robert Falcon Scott; Vol 1 of 'Scott's Last Expedition'

Read by Russ Clough

Robert Falcon Scott

Capt. Robert F. Scott's bid to be the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole is one of the most famous journeys of all time.…

Simple Simon

In Rewards and Fairies

Read by Russ Lemker

Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was an English author and poet, born in India, and best known today for his ch…