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Travels in Lancashire

Read by Phil Benson


Various,William Roscoe


A collection of fiction, non-fiction and poetry on travels in Lancashire, England, with occasional sorties into adjacent counties. - Summary…

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Sherlock Holmes is involved in a simple case of finding the owner of a battered hat and a dead goose. Or so he thinks. All too soon this hat…

The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed

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Cenydd Morus


Cenydd Morus's (Kenneth Morris) imaginative retelling of tales from the Mabinogion, the great work of Welsh literature first recorded in the…

The Apostle of Alaska: The Story of William Duncan of Metlakahtla

Read by Phil Schempf


John W. Arctander


This is this story of William Duncan, an English missionary, who established a colony among the Tsimshian people of the Pacific Northwest. …

Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven (version 4)

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Mark Twain


Mark Twain pokes a little good natured fun at the usual concept of heaven. The story follows Captain Elias Stormfield on his extremely long…

Six lectures on literature

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Charles Harold Herford


C. H. Herford was Professor of English Literature at the Victoria University of Manchester in era when public lectures were published in pam…

Ribbon in the Sky

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Murray Leinster


Med Service man Calhoun and his little sidekick Murgatroid run into another sizeable speed bump on their assigned visits to the planets of t…

Med Service

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Murray Leinster


Excitement would seem far from the life of a Med Service man. Going from planet to planet in their tiny ships with just one little furry co…

The Last Evolution

Read by Phil Chenevert


John Wood Campbell Jr. and John Wood Campbell, Jr.


John Campbell Jr. gives us a story about evolution. What will be man's ultimate evolution? What will he look like 100,000 years in the fut…

Trivia, or The Art of Walking the Streets of London

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John Gay


John Gay's Trivia is a satirical guide to walking the streets of London, written in mock heroic style. Learn how to avoid pickpockets, wig t…

A Scandal in Bohemia

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


This story, found in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, is one of the best in my opinion. Is it possible for the machine like brain of this…

Just David (Version 2)

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Eleanor H. Porter


Just David is the story of David, a little boy of 10 who is suddenly transplanted from a quiet, isolated, shut away world of music high in t…

Queen Zixi of Ix or The Story of the Magic Cloak

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L. Frank Baum


L.Frank Baum, or the Wizard of Oz fame, wrote this delightful book and considered it his best of all that he wrote. it tells the story of f…

Beckside Lights

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John Ackworth


John Ackworth was the pen name of the Rev. Frederick R. Smith, a Methodist minister who was born in Snaith, Yorkshire, but spent much of his…

Vampires of Space

Read by Phil Chenevert


Sewell Peaslee Wright


Commander John Hanson recounts his harrowing adventure with the Electites of space. Beings of Ether who don't want your blood, they want yo…

Yellowstone Expedition of 1870

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Gustavus Cheyney Doane


Lt. Gustavus Doane was a member of the 1870 Yellowstone Expedition led by Henry Washburn. Washburn requested military support from General H…

The Itinerary of John Leland in or About the Years 1535-1543

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John Leland


John Leland's 'Itinerary' was the product of several journeys around England and Wales undertaken between 1538 and 1543. The manuscript is m…

The Silver Princess in Oz (version 2)

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Ruth Plumly Thompson


Another Oz book! Yes! Lots of unlikely characters and tons of fun. In this story, young King Randy of Regalia is visited by his old frien…

Warrior of Two Worlds

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Manly Wade Wellman


"He was the man of two planets, drawn through the blackness of space to save a nation from ruthless invaders. He was Yandro, the Strang…

Sonnets on Anglo-Saxon History

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Ann Hawkshaw


The history of Britain up to the Norman Conquest in the form of 100 prose commentaries, each followed by a sonnet. The commentaries set the …

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