Classic Audiobook Collection

Beyond the Black River by Robert E. Howard audiobook. Genre: fantasyConan the Barbarian is employed by one of the civilized countries to help in it's push to claim lands from the primitive Picts. The Picts are not excited about the idea however. Old gods and mythical creatures are called up by the Pict witches to contest the invading army and Conan finds himself battling for his life amid the blood thirsty hordes that include saber-toothed tigers, 40 foot long venomous snakes and a demon from another dimension who is intent on crushing him. The huge dog Slasher makes an appearance here and distinguishes himself so well in a doomed battle to delay their forces that Conan openly praises his courage and pledges that 7 Pict heads will roll in his honor.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:29:05) Chapter 2(00:44:44) Chapter 3(00:51:52) Chapter 4(01:15:20) Chapter 5(01:46:50) Chapter 6(02:16:44) Chapter 7(02:28:32) Chapter 8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You Know Me Al by Ring Lardner audiobook. Genre: comedyBig, fat, dumb, lazy, vain, headstrong and cheap, Jack Keefe is a journeyman pitcher with the Chicago White Sox in the rowdy days of the Deadball Era, circa 1915, ruled by the likes of Ty Cobb and John McGraw. In You Know Me Al, we follow Jack Keefe's life on-field and off, via the letters Jack writes to his old chum Al in his home town of Bedford, Indiana.Ring Lardner was a Chicago sportswriter who covered the White Sox, and he brought an insider's knowledge of clubhouse life together with his biting wit and gift for the vernacular to create a comic gem in You Know Me Al. The six Jack Keefe stories that compose this volume were originally written as individual magazine articles, but the epistolary format made it easy to collect them into a single running narrative covering Jack's first two years in the Big Leagues.It isn't necessary to know baseball history to enjoy the book, which is as much about Jack's troubles with girlfriends, wives and babies as it is about the Chicago White Sox. For the baseball fan, however, this glimpse into a bygone era adds an extra layer of fascination. In any case, Lardner's portrait of the professional ballplayer as a dumb, drunken narcissist is as funny today as the day it was written. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:48:41) Chapter 02(01:39:07) Chapter 03(02:28:50) Chapter 04(03:23:02) Chapter 05(04:14:49) Chapter 06 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Afloat on the Ohio by Reuben Gold Thwaites audiobook. Genre: historyIn Afloat on the Ohio, historian Reuben Gold Thwaites turns a six-week family outing into a moving, mile-by-mile portrait of Americas great border river. Setting off from Redstone in western Pennsylvania in a small skiff christened the Pilgrim, Thwaites travels with his wife, their ten-year-old son, and a physician friend, choosing the rivers level view and nightly camps to better imagine what explorers, flatboatmen, and pioneers once saw. As the current carries them past wooded slopes, islands, and wide bottoms, the journey becomes a living notebook: birds and wildflowers, shifting weather, tricky riffles, and the practical routines of life ashore and afloat mingle with sharp observations of river towns, dialects, and the industrial smoke beginning to transform the valley. Along the way, Thwaites repeatedly peels back the present to stage the past, recalling mound builders, Native nations, French and British rivalries, frontier surveyors, and the westward surge of settlers who made the Ohio a highway of history. Part travel log, part historical meditation, the book asks what is gained and lost as a landscape of memory becomes a modern working river.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:05:24) Chapter 01(00:38:35) Chapter 02(00:46:30) Chapter 03(00:59:10) Chapter 04(01:13:21) Chapter 05(01:31:21) Chapter 06(01:47:12) Chapter 07(02:01:56) Chapter 08(02:17:01) Chapter 09(02:30:32) Chapter 10(02:54:21) Chapter 11(03:18:44) Chapter 12(03:36:38) Chapter 13(04:01:24) Chapter 14(04:25:19) Chapter 15(04:52:42) Chapter 16(05:16:37) Chapter 17(05:34:22) Chapter 18(05:53:24) Chapter 19(06:16:01) Chapter 20(06:30:01) Chapter 21(06:50:39) Chapter 22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Girl on the Boat by P. G. Wodehouse audiobook. Genre: comedyOn a transatlantic crossing aboard the White Star liner Atlantic, spirited redhead Wilhelmina 'Billie' Bennett finds that a ship is the perfect place for romance to collide with pride, poetry, and plain bad timing. Billie has high standards, a soft spot for dogs, and an awkward secret: she is quietly engaged to Eustace Hignett, a shy would-be poet who is far more frightened of his formidable mother than he is of the open sea. Enter Sam Marlowe, Eustace's confident cousin, who takes one look at Billie and decides that fate has spoken. Unfortunately for everyone, Bream Mortimer, a long-suffering admirer with persistence to spare, is also on board and refuses to be waved off. As the Atlantic plows toward England, alliances shift and misunderstandings multiply, complicated further by the capable, adventurous Jane Hubbard, who has her own feelings about Eustace and little patience for genteel nonsense. With Wodehouse's trademark sparkle, the voyage becomes a floating pressure cooker of mistaken assumptions, impulsive heroics, and social maneuvering, where keeping one's dignity afloat is harder than keeping the ship on course.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:23:24) Chapter 02(00:44:30) Chapter 03(01:07:41) Chapter 04(01:26:46) Chapter 05(01:46:25) Chapter 06(02:02:03) Chapter 07(02:13:56) Chapter 08(02:23:53) Chapter 09(02:44:53) Chapter 10(03:09:57) Chapter 11(03:32:04) Chapter 12(04:00:51) Chapter 13(04:19:26) Chapter 14(04:38:31) Chapter 15(04:51:55) Chapter 16(05:05:28) Chapter 17(05:27:58) Chapter 18(05:49:21) Chapter 19(06:14:09) Chapter 20(06:36:58) Chapter 21(06:54:31) Chapter 22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde audiobook. Genre: comedyIn the glittering drawing rooms of late-Victorian London, Sir Robert Chiltern seems to have everything: a brilliant political career, a spotless public reputation, and the devoted love of his wife, Lady Chiltern, who believes in honor without compromise. But their carefully composed world begins to tremble when Mrs. Cheveley, a clever and dangerous society woman with a talent for leverage, arrives with information that could ruin Sir Robert overnight. As whispers spread and alliances shift, Sir Robert must choose between protecting his position and telling the truth to the person whose opinion matters most. Caught in the middle is Lord Goring, a witty bachelor and close friend to the Chilterns, whose charm and apparent frivolity conceal a sharper sense of loyalty and strategy. With epigrams as sharp as daggers and manners that mask motives, Wilde turns social comedy into a biting examination of hypocrisy, ambition, and the price of moral perfection. As pressure mounts and secrets threaten to surface, the characters must confront what an 'ideal' person really is - and what it costs to maintain that illusion.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:57:44) Chapter 2(01:53:15) Chapter 3(02:38:58) Chapter 4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He Can Who Thinks He Can by Orison Swett Marden audiobook. Genre: self helpIn He Can Who Thinks He Can, motivational pioneer Orison Swett Marden makes a brisk, conviction-filled case that the turning point in any life is often a decision of belief. Drawing on vivid anecdotes, practical observations, and the optimistic spirit of early twentieth-century self-improvement, Marden argues that confidence, clear purpose, and persistent effort are not optional extras but the inner tools that shape opportunity. He explores how fear and self-doubt quietly limit ambition, how enthusiasm and courage can be trained like muscles, and why setbacks become either excuses or stepping-stones depending on the mindset behind them. Chapter by chapter, Marden urges listeners to cultivate disciplined habits, constructive thinking, and a resilient will, while warning against negative influences, aimless drifting, and the habit of expecting failure. More than a pep talk, this short classic offers a framework for strengthening character, setting higher standards, and acting with steady determination when circumstances are uncertain. It is a direct invitation to test the power of self-belief in work, relationships, and personal goals.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:19:50) Chapter 02(00:30:53) Chapter 03(00:46:11) Chapter 04(01:05:04) Chapter 05(01:26:41) Chapter 06(01:41:55) Chapter 07(02:03:07) Chapter 08(02:18:16) Chapter 09(02:31:32) Chapter 10(02:48:31) Chapter 11(03:10:16) Chapter 12(03:25:38) Chapter 13(03:40:16) Chapter 14(03:55:11) Chapter 15(04:11:29) Chapter 16(04:20:45) Chapter 17(04:34:56) Chapter 18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Four Million by O. Henry audiobook. Genre: comedyStep into turn-of-the-century New York City through the sharp, affectionate eyes of O. Henry in The Four Million, a landmark collection of short stories that finds drama and wonder in ordinary lives. Across bustling streets, cramped flats, quiet boardinghouses, and glittering storefronts, clerks, shopgirls, artists, policemen, swindlers, dreamers, and lonely souls chase small fortunes and bigger hopes. With wit that can turn tender in a heartbeat, O. Henry sketches a city of chance encounters and hard choices, where pride, love, and sacrifice often hide behind everyday routines. From a young woman longing for beauty amid gray surroundings to strangers drawn together by misadventure, each tale builds toward a moral puzzle: what is a person worth when nobody is looking, and what do we owe one another in a crowded world? Threaded with humor, irony, and deep compassion, this collection celebrates the overlooked 'four million' New Yorkers and the surprising turns that can reshape a life in a single evening.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:16:46) Chapter 02(00:29:37) Chapter 03(00:42:53) Chapter 04(00:55:44) Chapter 05(01:10:14) Chapter 06(01:22:59) Chapter 07(01:38:56) Chapter 08(01:49:57) Chapter 09(02:04:44) Chapter 10(02:16:51) Chapter 11(02:27:24) Chapter 12(02:38:50) Chapter 13(02:52:56) Chapter 14(03:07:27) Chapter 15(03:24:42) Chapter 16(03:35:49) Chapter 17(03:51:18) Chapter 18(04:06:21) Chapter 19(04:21:04) Chapter 20(04:30:40) Chapter 21(04:38:22) Chapter 22(04:53:34) Chapter 23(05:02:00) Chapter 24(05:18:06) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Hollow Needle - Further Adventures of Arsene Lupin by Maurice Leblanc audiobook. Genre: mysteryA daring burglary at the chateau of Ambrumesy leaves more behind than missing jewels: it sparks a riddle that seems to reach back through centuries of French history. As the brilliant and elusive gentleman-thief Arsene Lupin circles the case with charm, audacity, and a knack for vanishing at the worst possible moment, an unexpected rival steps onto the stage - Isidore Beautrelet, a young detective whose quick mind and stubborn sense of logic refuse to be dazzled by Lupin's theatrics. With Inspector Ganimard and the authorities always a step behind, Beautrelet follows a trail of coded messages, strange coincidences, and carefully staged deceptions that point toward a legendary secret known as the Hollow Needle. The hunt sweeps from aristocratic drawing rooms to windswept coastlines, where every clue could be a trap and every ally could be an enemy in disguise. Blending cat-and-mouse suspense with playful wit, The Hollow Needle pits intellect against audacity in a race to uncover a treasure that could change everything - if either pursuer can survive the twists of Lupin's game.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:43:07) Chapter 2(01:37:07) Chapter 3(02:17:01) Chapter 4(03:07:02) Chapter 5(03:38:15) Chapter 6(04:12:08) Chapter 7(04:59:26) Chapter 8(05:31:28) Chapter 9(06:12:21) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart audiobook. Genre: mysteryMary Roberts Rinehart -- 'America's Agatha Christie,' as she used to be called -- set this story in a New York suburban town, shortly after the end of the first world war. Dick Livingstone is a young, successful doctor, who in the course of events becomes engaged to Elizabeth Wheeler. But there is a mystery about his past, and he thinks himself honor-bound to unravel it before giving himself to her in marriage. In particular, a shock of undetermined origin has wiped out his memory prior to roughly the last decade. Rinehart, who presumably had been reading, or reading about, the then popular Sigmund Freud, plays on what today is called 'repressed memory,' as she takes Dick into his past, and into the dangers that, unknown to him, lurk there. Is she correct about the behavior of memory? Who knows? After all, this is not a clinical treatise, but a work of fiction, one of the thrillers that made her such a popular writer of the earlier twentieth century.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:18:08) Chapter 02(00:29:44) Chapter 03(00:52:36) Chapter 04(00:59:03) Chapter 05(01:08:54) Chapter 06(01:16:36) Chapter 07(01:31:52) Chapter 08(01:41:27) Chapter 09(01:48:48) Chapter 10(01:56:33) Chapter 11(02:18:31) Chapter 12(02:31:25) Chapter 13(02:54:53) Chapter 14(03:11:09) Chapter 15(03:24:01) Chapter 16(03:40:37) Chapter 17(03:49:09) Chapter 18(03:58:50) Chapter 19(04:09:14) Chapter 20(04:17:55) Chapter 21(04:32:19) Chapter 22(04:48:28) Chapter 23(05:03:02) Chapter 24(05:21:15) Chapter 25(05:41:06) Chapter 26(05:55:00) Chapter 27(06:10:31) Chapter 28(06:25:10) Chapter 29(06:36:04) Chapter 30(06:47:08) Chapter 31(07:04:05) Chapter 32(07:18:41) Chapter 33(07:31:59) Chapter 34(07:47:08) Chapter 35(08:05:48) Chapter 36(08:21:28) Chapter 37(08:30:36) Chapter 38(08:52:01) Chapter 39(09:13:32) Chapter 40(09:34:17) Chapter 41(09:59:45) Chapter 42(10:17:52) Chapter 43(10:23:54) Chapter 44(10:35:28) Chapter 45(10:52:30) Chapter 46(11:01:47) Chapter 47(11:21:11) Chapter 48 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The People's Idea of God by Mary Baker Eddy audiobook. Genre: religionIn The People's Idea of God: Its Effect on Health and Christianity, Mary Baker Eddy presents a compact, provocative sermon that asks a practical question: what happens to human life when our concept of God is shaped by fear, materialism, and limitation? Speaking to an audience wrestling with traditional theology and modern medicine, Eddy argues that a society's view of Deity quietly governs its morals, its worship, and even its expectations about sickness and healing. She challenges the notion of God as a finite personal ruler and recasts God as divine Principle - Life, Truth, and Love - urging listeners to trade sense-bound assumptions for a more spiritual understanding of existence. Moving between Scripture, moral reasoning, and pointed critique of religious custom, Eddy links spiritual reform with inner purification: baptism as transformed thought, repentance as the washing away of motives for sin, and faith as reliance on Spirit rather than matter. The result is a passionate call to reexamine first principles and to let a higher idea of God reshape how we live, pray, and seek wholeness.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices