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The Will and the Way Stories
Read by Roger Melin
Jessie Benton Frémont
Simply put, this is a book of 9 short vignettes each of which describes a different scenario which demonstrates the age old adage: 'where th…
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
Read by Lynne Carroll
Elinore Pruitt Stewart
The writer of the following letters is a young woman who lost her husband in a railroad accident and went to Denver to seek support for hers…
The Talleyrand Maxim
Read by Kevin Green
J. S. Fletcher
John Mallathorpe, a wealthy Yorkshire industrialist and land owner dies in an accident, apparently without making a will. His estate goes t…
The Mystic Will
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Charles Godfrey Leland
This book presents a method of developing and strengthening the faculties of the mind, through the awakened will, by a simple, scientific pr…
An Iron Will
Read by Ruth Golding
Orison Swett Marden
Orison Swett Marden was well-known at the turn of the 20th century for his inspirational and spiritual books of self-help. This one deals wi…
Just Stories: The Kind That Never Grow Old
Read by Maria Therese
Winfrid Herbst
Good Books are wise counselors. They point out the right way in the devious paths of life. Have we not often stood at the juncture of two ro…
The Carved Cupboard (Dramatic Reading)
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Amy Le Feuvre
Agatha, Gwen, Clare and Elfie have always been told that they will inherit their aunt's house. But when their aunt dies, she leaves it all t…
The Dark House
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
George Manville Fenn
An extremely wealthy but reclusive man has died, leaving an eccentric will which hints at great riches hidden somewhere in the house. Most …
The Way to Will-Power
Read by Loren Eaton
Henry Hazlitt
"The Way to Will-Power" is far from a standard self-help book. With ample wit and an occasionally sardonic tone, American journali…
Ravensdene Court
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
J. S. Fletcher
Leonard Middlebrook, a young attorney with, among other things, a bibliographical interest, accepts an invitation to lonely Ravensdene Court…
The Child of the Dawn
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Arthur Christopher Benson
Ready to explore the depths of the human mind and soul? This book explores the themes of morality, spirituality, and the search for meaning …
Mr Hogarth's Will
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Catherine Helen Spence
Jane and Elsie Melville were raised by their kindly but eccentric uncle, Mr Hogarth who believed that women were just as good as men, and th…
Sunday Morning Storyland
Read by Maria Therese
Rev. Wilfrid J. Diamond
A collection of short sermons for children written by a Catholic priest. Each with a story woven in teaches a moral or virtue for that week.…
The Thunderbolt
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Called "An episode in the history of a provincial family", where "their faults of manner and breeding are precisely the fault…
The Rose Garden Husband
Read by Mary Herndon Bell
Margaret Widdemer
This novel was written by Margaret Widdemer, who won the Pulitzer prize for her collection of poetry in 1919. Phyllis is a 25-years-old chi…
The Peterkin Papers (version 2)
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Lucretia P. Hale
The Peterkin Papers is a book-length collection of humorous stories by Lucretia Peabody Hale, and is her best-known work. The Peterkins are …
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 083
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Various
“Oh, mother, I would like to know everything.” “You can never know everything, my child, but you can learn many things from books.” Accordin…