Action & Adventure
The Talisman
Read by Lizzie Driver
Sir Walter Scott
The Talisman is a gripping tale set near the end of the Third Crusade. King Richard the Lionheart is grievously ill, and all around him the …
Treasure Island
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island is an adventure novel narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". Traditionally considered a coming-of-age s…
The Brethren
Read by Abigail Rasmussen
H. Rider Haggard
Set in the days of the Crusaders, this books tells of a young maiden named Rosamund, and her twin cousins. Godwin is the grey eyed thoughtfu…
Through the Looking-Glass
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Lewis Carroll
In this sequel to "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", Alice is playing with her kittens — a black kitten and a white kitten, the o…
The Water-Babies
Read by Cori Samuel
Charles Kingsley
The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley, first published in its entirety in 1863. Though…
Greenmantle
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John Buchan
Greenmantle is the second of five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan, first published in 1916 by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It is one…
Lord Tony's Wife
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Baroness Emma Orczy
Another adventure of the Scarlet pimpernel! As the title suggests, it follows the story of Lord Tony and his wife, Yvonne. It is full of sus…
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
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Jules Verne
First published in 1881, Eight Hundred Miles on the Amazon is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, having elements of codes and cryptography. …
The Adventures of Gerard
Read by Phil Griffiths
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
These lesser known stories were penned by Conan Doyle during the period between killing off Sherlock Holmes in 1893 and reluctantly resurrec…
The Deerslayer
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James Fenimore Cooper
The Deerslayer, or The First Warpath (1841) was the last of James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking tales to be written. Its 1740-1745 time …
The Vicomte De Bragelonne
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Alexandre Dumas
After The Three Muskateers and Twenty Years After the adventurous story of Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan continues!The Vicomte of Br…
The War in the Air
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H. G. Wells
War in the Air was written during a prolific time in H. G. Wells's writing career. Having withdrawn from British politics to spend more time…
Scarhaven Keep
Read by Cate Barratt
J. S. Fletcher
The northern English sea coast provides a compelling backdrop for this genre of writing; a mysterious disappearance, a love interest, and pl…
Five Children and It
Read by Jenny Lundak
E. Nesbit
This delightful novel begins when a family of five children moves from London to the English countryside. While playing in a gravel pit soon…
At the Back of the North Wind
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George MacDonald
Diamond the little boy sleeps in the hayloft above the stall of Diamond the horse. The loft is snug but drafty, and after plugging a hole in…
The Valley of Silent Men
Read by Roger Melin
James Oliver Curwood
Subtitled: A Story of the Three River Country. James Kent has learned that he is terminally ill with perhaps only days to live, and so decid…
Pariah Planet
Read by Mark Nelson
Murray Leinster
When the blue plague appeared on the planet of Dara, fear struck nearby worlds. The fear led to a hate that threatened the lives of millions…
She
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H. Rider Haggard
At 5 years old Leo Vincey is left in the care of a Cambridge professor by the name of Horace Holly. His father leaves him a strange casket w…
The Great Secret
Read by Tom Weiss
E. Phillips Oppenheim
English gentleman Hardross Courage has a good life. He has all the money he needs, enjoys sports and hunting, manages the family estate, and…
The Moorland Cottage
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
"Maggie Brown is torn between her mother who constantly tells her to live for her selfish brother (to whom she gives all her love) to h…