Search Results

Stepping Heavenward (version 2)

Read by Theresa L. Downey


Elizabeth Prentiss


How dreadfully old I am getting! Sixteen!" Thus begins the lifelong diary of young Katherine as she pours out her hopes, dreams, and sp…

Chapter 13

In Zofloya

Read by Theresa


Charlotte Dacre


Victoria de Loredani lives the life of a fairy tale princess in Venice. She has everything one might desire and more, until the sinister Cou…

10 - Chapter X

In Afloat on the Ohio

Read by Theresa Sheridan


Reuben Gold Thwaites


Afloat on the Ohio, An Historical Pilgrimage, of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, From Redstone to Cairo.There were four of us pilgrims—my Wife,…

Charles Summers

In Captains of Industry

Read by Theresa Sheridan


James Parton


In this volume are presented examples of men who shed lustre upon ordinary pursuits, either by the superior manner in which they exercised t…

Chapter 16, The Search for the "Flyaway"

In The Rover Boys on the Ocean

Read by Theresa Sheridan


Edward Stratemeyer and Arthur M. Winfield


The hearty, all-American Rover Boys sail by yacht to Africa in search of their kidnapped father. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

16 - A Mysterious Fire

In Tom Swift and His Sky Racer

Read by Theresa Sheridan


Victor Appleton


A $10,000 prize lures Tom into competing at a local aviation meet at Eagle Park. Tom is determined to build the fastest plane around, but hi…

A Dog

In The Diamond Cross Mystery

Read by Theresa Sheridan


Chester K. Steele


Colonel Ashley is confronted with a difficult case: The proprietor of a jewelry shop is found murdered, and a valuable diamond cross is stol…

35 - Volume II Chapter 13

In The Mysterious Island (version 2)

Read by Theresa Sheridan


Jules Verne


The book tells the adventures of five Americans on an uncharted island in the South Pacific. The story begins in the American Civil War, dur…

Book 6, chapter 3

In The Dead Secret

Read by Theresa Sheridan


Wilkie Collins


"Everything in life has a price. May be, telling a Secret has the highest. However, not telling may be worse. What will Sarah choose? w…

34 - The Underwater Coalfields

In Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Version 2)

Read by Theresa Sheridan


Jules Verne


Professor Pierre Aronnax is an academic whose thirst for knowledge carries him out of his ivory tower and on the trail of a mysterious sea b…

The Wild Swans

In Faery Tales from Hans Christian Andersen

Read by Brianna Theresa


Hans Christian Andersen


This is a 1910 edition of the Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen. This volume is nicely mixed, containing both the most famous tales as …

Chapter 15 - Women as patriots

In Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897

Read by Theresa Sheridan


Elizabeth Cady Stanton


Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the premier movers in the original women’s rights movement, along with Susan B. Anthony, her best friend f…

10 -- Ch 5, Parts 1-3

In The War in the Air

Read by Theresa Sheridan


H. G. Wells


War in the Air was written during a prolific time in H. G. Wells's writing career. Having withdrawn from British politics to spend more time…

01 - An Explosion

In Tom Swift and his Airship

Read by Theresa Sheridan


Victor Appleton


In Tom Swift and His Airship, Tom Swift has finished his latest invention- the Red Cloud, a fast and innovative airship. Tom is anxious for …