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In A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge

Read by Alan Shaw


George Berkeley


A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Commonly called "Treatise" when referring to Berkeley's works) is a 1710 …

Author's Preface

In The New Organon Or True Directions Concerning The Interpretation of Nature

Read by Alan Shaw


Francis Bacon and Sir Francis Bacon


The Novum Organum is a philosophical work by Francis Bacon published in 1620. The title translates as "new instrument". This is a …

Sailing Alone Around The World

Read by Alan Chant


Joshua Slocum


Joshua Slocum was the first man to sail around the world alone in a small boat. He personally rebuilt an 11.2 metre sloop-rigged fishing boa…

The Bat

Read by Alan Winterrowd


Mary Roberts Rinehart


The novelization of the play of the same name that had an initial run of 867 shows on Broadway and has been performed all over the world and…

The House on the Borderland

Read by Alan Winterrowd


William Hope Hodgson


In 1877, two gentlemen, Messrs Tonnison and Berreggnog, head into Ireland to spend a week fishing in the village of Kraighten. While there, …

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Read by Alan Chant


Charles Dickens


The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens. The novel was left unfinished at the time of Dickens' death, and readers h…

The Wouldbegoods, Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers

Read by Alan Chant


E. Nesbit


The Bastable children, first met in The Treasure Seekers, are sent to stay in the countryside; is it large enough to contain their exuberant…

Armageddon- 2419 A.D. (Version 2)

Read by Alan Winterrowd


Philip Francis Nowlan


Armageddon—2419 A.D. is the first appearance of the character that would become Buck Rogers. First published in the August 1928 issue of Ama…

Doctor Ox's Experiment

Read by Alan Winterrowd


Jules Verne


An early, light-hearted short story, published in 1872 by Jules Verne. It takes place in the Flemish town of Quiquendone, where life moves a…

No Thoroughfare

Read by Alan Chant


Charles Dickens


Two boys from the Foundling Hospital are given the same name, with disastrous consequences in adulthood. Two associates, wishing to right th…

The Door of the Unreal

Read by Alan Winterrowd


Gerald Biss


An early werewolf novel, praised by H.P Lovecraft. The only weird fiction from an author of mainly crime fiction. Two strange disappearanc…

History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 1

Read by Alan Winterrowd


Friedrich Schiller


The History of the Thirty Years War is a five volume work, which followed his very successful History of the Revolt of the Netherlands. Writ…