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26 - The Astor Family

In The Life and Ventures of the Original John Jacob Astor

Read by Marie Hoffman


Elizabeth Louisa Gebhard


John Jacob Astor was pre-eminently the opener of new paths, a breaker of trails. From his first tramp alone through the Black Forest of Bade…

Book I, Chapter V: Containing certain adventures which befel Mr. Booth in the p…

In Amelia (Vol. 1)

Read by Marie Hoffman


Henry Fielding


This is the first volume of a three volume novel. In this novel, Amelia marries William Booth against her mother's desires, and the two must…

04 - SPY ROCK, Part 1

In The Blue Flower

Read by Marie Hoffman


Henry van Dyke


"Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of …

A Day With Elizabeth Barrett Browning

In A Day With Great Poets

Read by Marie Hoffman


May Gillington Byron


Who was John Milton? The author of Paradise Lost you say? Well, certainly, but he was also a man, going about his daily life like any of us …

Apis Mellifica

Read by Marie Daum


C. W. Wolf


Wolf's essay considers the homeopathic medicine Apis Mellifica, or the poison of the honey bee, as a therapeutic agent based on his experien…

Betty Gordon at Bramble Farm

Read by Marie Christian


Alice B. Emerson


Betty Gordon found herself an orphan at age twelve. She became the ward of her uncle, Richard Gordon. She immediately came to love her uncle…

Legends of the Saints

Read by Marie Christian


Mary Seymour


Delightful children's book composed of fifty-five short Catholic legends. Included are stories of St. Nicholas, St. Christopher, St. Francis…

Our Little Russian Cousin

Read by Marie Christian


Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade


This delightful little book is one of many titles in The Little Cousin Series. The author narrates details in the life of a fictional Russia…

Practical Advice to Young Persons Respecting Temptation and Sin

Read by Marie Christian


Louis Gaston de Segur and Louis Gaston De Segur


Msgr. Segur offers practical advice for Christians, young and old, who are struggling with temptation and sin. His clear and concise style m…

When Love Is Not Perfect

Read by Dr. Marie Sontag


Dr. Marie Sontag


Statistics show that as many as one out of every four adults experienced childhood abuse. Therapists agree that a key element in recovery f…

Travels in the Interior of Africa

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson


Mungo Park


Mungo Park, a Scottish surgeon and explorer, was sent out by the 'Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa' after M…

A Bachelor's Dream

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson


Mrs. Hungerford


This is a wonderfully written novel by Mrs. Hungerford about the perennial bachelor and the various interests in his life, where he is a doc…

Canada: The Empire of the North

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson


Agnes C. Laut


Canada's past is more dramatic than any romance ever penned. . . . All that has been attempted here is such a story of the romance and adven…

The Jungle Girl

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson


Gordon Casserly


Mrs Norton is the wife of the Political Officer and confident of Mr. Wargrave who as an officer ends up at her husbands Border Outpost, Rang…

The Friendship of Anne: A Story

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson


Ellen Douglas Deland


This is the story of Sydney Stuart who is sent to a girls' boarding school (to her disgust) with all its difficulties and adventures. Sydney…

The Tale of Snowball Lamb

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson


Arthur Scott Bailey


Another Tuck-Me-In book from Arthur Scott Bailey. This time still in Pleasant Valley, we find ourselves on the Green Farm where Johnnie got…

Molly Brown's Senior Days

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson


Nell Speed


This novel is the fourth in a series of eight books written about Miss Molly Brown of Kentucky during her education at Wellington College in…

The Parables

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson


Lyman Abbott


This is a collection of the parables of the new testament. - Summary by Lynda Marie Neilson