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Doctor Janeway's Plague
Read by John Farrell
John Farrell
A science-fiction thriller about an astronomer who discovers a source of cosmic rays which may be the origin of an ancient plague reviving o…
Great Moments in History
Read by John G. Stockmyer
John G. Stockmyer
Great Moments in History is a collection of ten momentous events in World and Americanhistory, covered by live, on-the-spot newscasters. Th…
Under the Stairs
Read by John G. Stockmyer
John G. Stockmyer
John Lyon, historian, new homeowner, stumbled through a gateway into an alternate reality under the stairs of his old house. And. . . here…
A Modest Proposal
Read by John Gonzalez
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift almost defines satire in this biting and brutal pamphlet in which he suggests that poor (Catholic) Irish families should fatt…
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Read by John Gonzalez
Oscar Wilde
Dorian Gray, a young man of wealth and stature in late 1800's London, meets Lord Henry Wotton while posing for a portrait by his friend Basi…
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Read by John Gonzalez
Oscar Wilde
Wilde’s meditation on capital punishment, the Ballad of Reading Gaol comes after he was convicted and imprisoned under charges of gross inde…
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Read by John Greenman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Among the most “banned” books in the United States, Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is a novel by American author Harriet Beeche…
Chapters from my Autobiography
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) began writing his autobiography long before the 1906 publications of these Chapters from my Autobiography. He or…
The Prince and the Pauper
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
The Prince and the Pauper (1882) represents Mark Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. The book, set in 1547, tells the story of two …
The Gettysburg Address (version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Abraham Lincoln
The Gettysburg Address is the most famous speech of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and one of the most quoted speeches in United States hist…
The Innocents Abroad
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Writer/entertainer Garrison Keillor (A Prairie Home Companion) on “The Innocents Abroad”: “…one of the best selling travel books of all time…
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. Mark Twain's lively tale of …
Life on the Mississippi
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil…
Roughing It
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Roughing It is semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. It was authored during 1870–71 and published…
The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
"The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg" is a piece of short fiction by Mark Twain. It first appeared in Harper's Monthly in December 1…
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The work is a very early example of…
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
It was published in 1893–1894 by Century Magazine in seven installments, and is a detective story with some racial themes. The plot of this …
The Boys Life of Mark Twain
Read by John Greenman
Albert Bigelow Paine
Albert Bigelow Paine was Samuel Langhorne Clemens' (Mark Twain's) biographer. He lived with Twain, collecting ideas and material for a biogr…
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volumes 1 & 2
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Mark Twain's work on Joan of Arc is titled in full "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte." De Conte …
A Tramp Abroad
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
A Tramp Abroad is a work of non-fiction travel literature by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. The book details a journey by th…