reader:"Nigel Biggar, Donald Drakeman, Steven Biel and Jonathan Bate"

"I fell an easy prey to the beckonings of the other principal feature of California's topography, the dreamy, dreary desert. Long ago, …

Prayers and Meditations

Read by Steven Watson

Samuel Johnson

The prayers and meditations of Samuel Johnson, published posthumously by George Strahan to whom Johnson had entrusted the manuscripts. Johns…

The North West Passage -The Gjöa Expedition 1903-1907 (Volume II)

Read by Steven Seitel

Roald Amundsen

Volume II of Roald Amundsen's The Northwest Passage. Roald Amundsen and six hearty seafarers in the tiny sloop Gjöa are the first to ma…

Peaks of Shala

Read by Steven Seitel

Rose Wilder Lane

This book was published in 1923. From the author's own Introduction: "I would not have this book considered too seriously. It is not an…

In Quest of El Dorado

Read by Steven Seitel

Stephen Graham

Lively (and often unsparing) descriptions of the people, places, and customs that the author encounters as he attempts to retrace the steps …

The Lost Oases

Read by Steven Seitel

Ahmed Hassanein

This book was published in 1925. Oxford-educated Egyptian diplomat and geographic explorer, Hassanein Bey (Ahmad Muhammad Hassanayn), with t…

The Wild North Land, The Story of a Winter Journey with Dogs across Northern No…

Read by Steven Seitel

William Francis Butler

This book was published in 1910.Not only do Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun, but it seems that sometimes they venture into…

A Journey Round My Room

Read by Steven Watson

Xavier De Maistre

Sentenced to house arrest for forty-two days owing to his participation in a duel, Xavier de Maistre was inspired to write a travel memoir a…

Three Gringos in Venezuela and Central America

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Richard Harding Davis

In the 1890's, three American adventurers in search of warmer weather explore Central and South American cities by steamship and on horsebac…

From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People

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Sven Hedin

This book was first published in 1912. It is a simplified English translation of the author's Från pol till pol: genom Asien och Europ…

Gudrun

Read by Steven Fellows

Ferdinand Schmidt

The charming story of “Gudrun” is a romance of the old heroic period, written by some unknown poet of Austria or Bavaria in the thirteenth c…

Prince Silverwings and Other Fairy Tales

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Edith Ogden Harrison

Edith Ogden Harrison's first published work, Prince Silverwings, is a collection of seven fairy tales for young readers. It is perhaps best …

In the Wake of the Buccaneers

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Alpheus Hyatt Verrill

Ah, the Buccaneers... “We hear much of the bold, wild ways of these adventurers; Perchance it is the fact that we all appreciate bravery—and…

Stories of Siegfried, Told to the Children

Read by Steven Fellows

Mary Esther Miller Macgregor

Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure o…

The Sea Mystery

Read by Steven Warner

Freeman Wills Crofts

During a seemingly innocent fishing trip, a sunken crate with an unidentified body is accidentally discovered. Inspector French must employ …

The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known

Read by Steven Seitel

Joseph Jacobs

This book was first published in 1897. It's a short work, but it encompasses a vast subject—nothing less than determining the detailed geogr…

Around the Wicket Gate (Version 2)

Read by Steven Warner

Charles H. Spurgeon

Millions of men are in the outlying regions, far off from God and peace; for these we pray, and to these we give warning. But just now we ha…

A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity

Read by Steven Warner

Ethan Allen

Ethan Allen's account of his military exploits and subsequent captivity, riven with drama, adventure and humor. - Summary by Steven Warner

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