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The Moon Terror

Read by Donald Warren


Albert G. Birch


Undecipherable radio signals are picked up all over the world leaving scientists baffled. Earthquakes begin to happen, oceans begin to rise…

The Story My Doggie Told to Me

Read by Donald Cummings


Ralph Henry Barbour


The author of this book, Ralph Henry Barbour, was a prolific writer of scholastic and college sports and adventure fiction for boys. Here is…

Pickett's Gap

Read by Donald Cummings


Homer Greene


Rival railroads want to run a rail line through Pickett's Gap. A heartwarming tale of how 13-year-old Dannie Pickett tries to stop them from…

Baseball Joe on the Giants

Read by Donald Cummings


Lester Chadwick


In this, the sixth in the Baseball Joe series, Baseball Joe Matson's St. Louis Cardinals contract is purchased by the New York Giants (today…

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Read by Jeanette Ferguson


Frederick Douglass


Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and ex-slave, Frederick Douglass.…

Egyptian Tales, translated from the Papyri, Series One

Read by Timothy Ferguson


William Matthew Flinders Petrie


Brief, and in some cases incomplete, stories of magic from ancient Egypt. (Summary by Timothy Ferguson)

Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 1

Read by Timothy Ferguson


Lord Thomas Cochrane


This two volume work is the autobiography of Lord Cochrane, a naval captain of the Napoleonic period. His adventures are seminal to the deve…

On War (Volume 1)

Read by Timothy Ferguson


Carl Von Clausewitz


A classic work on military strategy by a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars. The author's style is dialectical: he makes two strong but opposing…

On War (Volumes 2 and 3)

Read by Timothy Ferguson


Carl Von Clausewitz


Perhaps the most famous work on the philosophy of war, and the effective use of military force, by a European author. (Summary by Timothy Fe…

Greek and Roman Ghost Stories

Read by Timothy Ferguson


Lacy Collison-Morley


A non-fiction work, comparing and collecting ghost stories by Classical Greek and Republican or Imperial Roman authors. (Summary by Timothy …

Literary Taste: How to Form It

Read by Timothy Ferguson


Arnold Bennett


Arnold Bennett describes a method for enjoying literature, and suggests the contents of a comprehensive library. Chapters 1-10 and 14 descri…

Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt

Read by Timothy Ferguson


Gaston Maspero


A handbook of Egyptian archaeology, issued by the British Museum, considered suitable for British tourists traveling to Egypt in the 19th Ce…

Egyptian Tales, translated from the Papyri, Series Two : XVIIIth to XIXth Dynas…

Read by Timothy Ferguson


William Matthew Flinders Petrie


Egyptian stories translated from ancient, often incomplete, documents. - Summary by Timothy Ferguson

Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 2

Read by Timothy Ferguson


Lord Thomas Cochrane


This second volume of the biography of Lord Cochrane deals with his fall from grace, imprisonment for debt, loss of honours, and attempts to…

The Tale of Terror: A Study of the Gothic Romance

Read by Timothy Ferguson


Edith Birkhead


A seminal essay on the development of horror as a genre, highly influential on later writers. - Summary by Timothy Ferguson

The Gladstone Colony: An Unwritten Chapter of Australian History

Read by Timothy Ferguson


James Francis Hogan


This is an early history of the failed attempt to found the colony of North Australia at Gladstone, in what is now Central Queensland. (Summ…

Scilly and its Legends

Read by Timothy Ferguson


Henry John Whitfield


A travel journal to the Scilly Islands written in the Nineteenth Century. It records Scillonian legends and folklore. There are brief divers…

The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol 1

Read by Timothy Ferguson


Henry Richard Fox Bourne and Thomas Barnes Cochrane


Lord Cochrane was a Napoleonic-era sea captain, whose adventures were the source material for many popular series of naval fiction. He start…

The Mouse Queen

Read by RL Ferguson


RL Ferguson


Scarlet is a princess. A request for aid from the Mouse Queen sends her, Captain Bear, and Sergeant Mouse on an adventure through magical tu…

Tours in the South Coast District

Read by Timothy Ferguson


Queensland Railways


An early booklet, designed to encourage tourism in the northern parts of New South Wales, and the southern parts of Queensland, particularly…

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