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Randolph Henry Spencer, Lord Churchill - His 'Trust the People' Speech

In The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. V: Great Britain - III

Read by W Al Pritchard


William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey and Various,William Jennings Bryan


In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey published a series of the most famous orations…

Martin Eden

Read by Greg W.


Jack London


Martin Eden (1909) is a novel by American author Jack London, about a struggling young writer. It was first serialized in the Pacific Monthl…

Hunger

Read by Greg W.


Knut Hamsun


Hunger (Norwegian: Sult) is a novel by the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun and was published in its final form in 1890. The novel has been hail…

Selected Short Stories

Read by Greg W.


Stephen Crane


At the time of his death at the age of 28, Stephen Crane had become an important figure in American literature. He was nearly forgotten, how…

Growth of the Soil

Read by Greg W.


Knut Hamsun


Growth of the Soil (Markens Grøde) is the novel by Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun which won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. …

Vera

Read by Greg W.


Elizabeth Von Arnim


Vera (1921) by Elizabeth von Arnim is a black comedy based on her disastrous second marriage to Earl Russell: a mordant analysis of the roma…

Better Angel

Read by Greg W.


Richard Meeker


In 1933, Forman Brown wrote, under the pseudonym Richard Meeker, a controversial novel called Better Angel, about a young man coming to term…

Michael Kohlhaas (English Translation)

Read by Greg W.


Heinrich von Kleist


Michael Kohlhaas is an 1811 novella by Heinrich von Kleist, based on a 16th-century story of Hans Kohlhase. Both the theme (a fanatical ques…

Rock Crystal

Read by Greg W.


Adalbert Stifter


On Christmas Eve, two children, a brother and sister, leave their grandmother's house in an Alpine village and get lost in the mountain snow…

The Damnation of Theron Ware

Read by Greg W.


Harold Frederic


The Damnation of Theron Ware (published in England as Illumination) is an 1896 novel by American author Harold Frederic. It is widely consid…

The Fair Rewards

Read by Greg W.


Thomas Beer


"The Fair Rewards" by Thomas Beer . . . is a really distiguished novel. The writing is far above the average: it has style and sop…

Pelle the Conqueror, Volume 1

Read by Greg W.


Martin Andersen Nexø


When the first part of "Pelle Erobreren" (Pelle the Conqueror) appeared in 1906, its author, Martin Andersen Nexo, was practically…

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Read by John W. Michaels


F. Scott Fitzgerald


The curious Case of Benjamin Button, a 1921 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, now a major motion picture, features Benjamin Button, who, b…

The Last Trail

Read by John W. Michaels


Zane Grey


Return with us to those thrilling days of yesteryear as Mike Vendetti narrates this early Zane Grey novel of hardy pioneers taming the wild …

David Crockett: His Life and Adventures

Read by Brett W. Downey


John Stevens Cabot Abbott


David "Davy" Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was a celebrated 19th century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier an…

Tarzan the Terrible

Read by Don W. Jenkins


Edgar Rice Burroughs


In the previous novel, during the early days of World War I, Tarzan discovered that his wife Jane was not killed in a fire set by German tro…

The Last of the Plainsmen

Read by John W. Michaels


Zane Grey


Travel along as Mike Vendetti aka miketheauctioneer narrates an outstanding true account of a trip made in 1909 by Zane Grey and a plainsman…

The Last Of The Mohicans - A Narrative of 1757

Read by Gary W. Sherwin


James Fenimore Cooper


The Last of the Mohicans is an epic novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826. It was one of the most popular English-…

Fighting the Flying Circus

Read by Brett W. Downey


Eddie Rickenbacker


This is the WWI memoirs of Medal of Honor winner, Capt Eddie Rickenbacker. He fought in and eventually became commander of the 94th "Ha…