Classic Audiobook Collection

Nor Iron Bars A Cage. by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifiIn a near-future New York where hypoguns and inertia-drive aircraft are everyday tools, Inspector Royall faces a problem no amount of manpower can solve: the repeat violent offender who cycles through the courts until someone gets hurt again. Royall is part of a controversial pilot program that offers an alternative to iron bars - not by locking criminals away, but by reshaping what they fear. Under the guidance of Dr. Brownlee and his team, convicted predators, arsonists, and reckless killers can be diverted from prison into psychiatric therapy that installs powerful, specific inhibitions: a firebug who cannot bear the sight of flame, a brawler who is terrified his fists will shatter, a drunk whose first sip of alcohol becomes unthinkable. When Chief Inspector Acrington, a visiting British aristocrat and senior lawman, comes to investigate the program, Royall must defend its spotless record while a brutal child-murder case and a newly captured offender force the city to confront the hardest questions. Is preventing harm worth tampering with a mind? And when safety depends on conditioning, who decides how much of a person can be taken away in the name of justice?For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:18:09) Chapter 2(00:39:42) Chapter 3(00:58:03) Chapter 4(01:17:21) Chapter 5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Damned If You Don’t by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifiWe've all heard of the wonderful invention that the Big Corporation or the Utilities suppressed? The one that would revolutionize society with it's simplicity? Well usually, that Wonderful Invention won't work, actually. But what if there really was one or two like that? Would the oil industry, or the power conglomerates, or the auto monopolies actually be nasty enough to suppress something that would help the rest of the world just so they could go on making profits? Well of course they would, silly! But then there is another possibility, one that is explored in the uniquely wonderful way of Randall Garrett. And one that you may not suspect. And one that may even change your opinions just a bit so watch out. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:39:17) Chapter 02(01:10:05) Chapter 03 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

But, I Don’t Think by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifiThe title is obscure and a bit unsettling I admit; what could it possible mean? Randall Garrett wrote a story here that had me blissfully going in the wrong direction until he quietly yanked the rug from under my feet and made me fume a bit with irritation and amazement. I loved it and hated it because it did not end the way I wanted it to but the way it obviously should. The society and culture in the galaxy he has presupposed is as fascinating as the story itself and I can only hope he expanded on it in other books somewhere. The publisher quotes another story by R. Phillip Dachboden to indicate what he meant 'As every thinking man knows, every slave always yearns for the freedom his master denies him...But, gentlemen,' said the Physician, 'I really don't think we can consider any religion which has human sacrifice as an integral part as a humane religion.' 'At least,' added the Painter with a chuckle, 'not as far as the victim is concerned.' The Philosopher looked irritated. 'Bosh! What if the victim likes it that way?'For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:27:11) Chapter 02(00:50:12) Chapter 03(01:18:05) Chapter 04 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anything You Can Do by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifiWhen a damaged alien craft crashes into the Siberian tundra, the survivor is not a little green diplomat but the Nipe - a centipede-like being with terrifying strength, speed, and a mindset that treats humanity as both obstacle and resource. citeturn2view0 The first witness, forester Wang Kulichenko, can only watch in horror as the incident becomes the opening move in a global emergency. citeturn2view0 As the Nipe slips away and leaves a trail of panic, Earth's leaders face a grim calculation: killing the intruder might be easy, but letting it live could unlock knowledge that would reshape human science. citeturn0search2 Their solution is as audacious as it is ethically fraught - build a human who can match the alien. Inside a tightly controlled Institute, a handpicked candidate is pushed through extreme conditioning and biological enhancement, only to discover that becoming humanity's answer to the Nipe comes with unsettling gaps in memory, shifting loyalties, and the creeping fear that the project is changing more than just muscle and reflexes. citeturn2view0 As the world waits for its engineered champion to be ready, the central question sharpens: how far can humans remake themselves to win, without losing what makes them human in the first place?For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:09:41) Chapter 02(00:22:08) Chapter 03(00:29:07) Chapter 04(00:52:44) Chapter 05(01:13:26) Chapter 06(01:42:19) Chapter 07(01:54:51) Chapter 08(02:14:54) Chapter 09(02:32:32) Chapter 10(02:35:48) Chapter 11(02:51:17) Chapter 12(03:04:52) Chapter 13(03:18:42) Chapter 14(03:23:25) Chapter 15(03:47:13) Chapter 16(04:10:29) Chapter 17(04:16:15) Chapter 18(04:34:15) Chapter 19(05:05:23) Chapter 20(05:19:18) Chapter 21(05:27:38) Chapter 22(05:53:31) Chapter 23 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anchorite by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifiRandall Garrett sticks a sharp needle into our government and society in this wonderful story. He projects the current trends towards paternalistic government into the future. Yes, we have attained a world government and everyone is equal whether they want to be or not; everyone is taken care of no matter how incompetent, stupid or sleazy they are and everyone is out to undermine everyone else. The author predicts (sadly only too well) what the trends of today will eventually produce if allowed to continue. But wait! there is hope in the asteroid belt where jerks and incompetents are weeded out by hard physical laws and only those who possess common sense and the ability to actually survive are allowed to govern. But will the Earth government allow this to continue? Of course not. Listen to this great story to have a peek into the future. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:43:19) Chapter 02(01:27:57) Chapter 03 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Spaceship Named McGuire by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifiCan a spaceship go crazy? Well, yes it can if it has a brain. And the new MG (magnetogravitic drive) experimental robot space ship does indeed have a 'brain'. Completely bewildered as to why the first six models of their supposedly perfect new ship model, the MG-YR, nicknamed the McGuire, have gone totally bonkers after activation and before they could ever be used, the company has called in the services of Daniel Oak. They suspect sabotage of course. Daniel Oak is the hard boiled private investigator with nerves of steel and a mind of the same substance. He is extremely expensive to hire but gets results; and he knows his way around crime, space ships and especially women. What he finds out is surprising!For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:19:04) Chapter 2(00:40:30) Chapter 3(01:01:36) Chapter 4(01:21:20) Chapter 5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Tune With The Infinite by Ralph Waldo Trine audiobook. Genre: self helpIn Tune With The Infinite is Ralph Waldo Trine's classic New Thought guide to living with greater peace, power, and purpose by aligning the inner life with a larger spiritual reality. Written in clear, uplifting language, it invites listeners to consider how thoughts, beliefs, and habitual attitudes shape health, work, relationships, and the quality of everyday experience. Trine argues that a calm, centered mind can become receptive to an infinite source of strength and wisdom, and he offers practical reflections on cultivating faith, courage, gratitude, and goodwill. Along the way, he challenges fear, worry, resentment, and self-doubt as forces that pull us out of harmony, replacing them with the steady discipline of constructive thinking and compassionate action. Part inspirational philosophy and part daily-life manual, the book weaves together spiritual principle and practical application, urging listeners to test its ideas in the ordinary moments where character is formed. The central conflict is internal: whether we will be ruled by reactive emotions and limiting beliefs, or learn to live from a deeper, steadier center that opens the door to clearer judgment, stronger resilience, and a more generous life.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:03:14) Chapter 01(00:05:40) Chapter 02(00:12:32) Chapter 03(00:48:29) Chapter 04(01:49:55) Chapter 05(02:12:36) Chapter 06(02:52:20) Chapter 07(03:13:14) Chapter 08(03:45:55) Chapter 09(04:08:59) Chapter 10(04:20:22) Chapter 11(04:31:41) Chapter 12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man from Glengarry by Ralph Connor audiobook. Genre: adventureWith international book sales in the millions, Ralph Connor was the best-known Canadian novelist of the first two decades of the Twentieth Century. The Man from Glengarry was his most popular and accomplished work. Immediately after its publication in 1901, the novel spent several months in the top ranks of the New York Times 'Books in Demand' list.We follow the story of Ranald Macdonald, who is shaped by family and community in rural eastern Ontario in the early decades after Canadian confederation. This is a book about the making of men, but also, ultimately, about the making of a nation, as the mature Ranald moves west to take a leadership role in the fledgling province of British Columbia.The Man from Glengarry features adventure and romance, and is, above all, a work of serious moral purpose. 'Ralph Connor' was the pen-name of the Reverend Charles Gordon, a prominent Canadian minister, and his stories are woven through with his religious convictions. His is a two-fisted Christianity — or, as he said in his autobiography, a religion that can appeal to 'red-blooded' people who aren't afraid to engage in physical conflict for causes that they know are right.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:02:31) Chapter 01(00:33:56) Chapter 02(00:54:14) Chapter 03(01:08:04) Chapter 04(01:17:51) Chapter 05(01:43:44) Chapter 06(02:11:32) Chapter 07(02:29:18) Chapter 08(02:54:31) Chapter 09(03:48:44) Chapter 10(04:17:39) Chapter 11(04:49:34) Chapter 12(05:08:43) Chapter 13(05:50:55) Chapter 14(06:20:01) Chapter 15(06:59:35) Chapter 16(07:24:02) Chapter 17(08:13:49) Chapter 18(08:39:55) Chapter 19(09:04:31) Chapter 20(09:35:11) Chapter 21(10:10:15) Chapter 22(10:57:27) Chapter 23(11:37:57) Chapter 24(12:05:58) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glengarry School Days by Ralph Connor audiobook. Genre: dramaSet in the rugged Scottish-Canadian community of Glengarry, Ralph Connor's Glengarry School Days follows the arrival of a young, idealistic schoolmaster determined to bring order, learning, and a larger sense of purpose to a one-room country school. He soon discovers that the classroom is only the beginning: rivalries between farm boys, family feuds, prideful clan loyalties, and the rough demands of frontier life spill into every lesson and every game. At the center are the students themselves - bright, stubborn, and fiercely independent - who test their teacher's patience while quietly needing his guidance. As the school year unfolds, friendships harden under pressure, a few spirited leaders emerge, and the community is forced to confront what it truly values: strength or character, tradition or growth, winning or fairness. Told with humor, warmth, and a strong moral backbone, Connor paints a vivid portrait of youth on the edge of adulthood, where courage is measured as much by kindness as by grit, and where a small schoolhouse can become the proving ground for an entire generation.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:13:23) Chapter 02(00:36:37) Chapter 03(01:19:09) Chapter 04(02:02:23) Chapter 05(02:15:37) Chapter 06(02:39:39) Chapter 07(02:55:35) Chapter 08(03:25:23) Chapter 09(04:08:37) Chapter 10(04:43:05) Chapter 11(04:57:35) Chapter 12(05:12:12) Chapter 13(05:21:28) Chapter 14(06:06:32) Chapter 15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bacon by R. W. Church audiobook. Genre: biographyIn this concise, vivid volume from the English Men of Letters series, Victorian scholar and churchman R. W. Church traces the extraordinary contradictions of Francis Bacon (1561-1626): philosopher of a new science, master of English prose, and ambitious servant of power in the volatile world of Elizabethan and Jacobean politics. Church follows Bacon from a brilliant, restless youth and early legal promise into the rivalries of court, where patronage, strategy, and survival often clash with principle. Along the way, he makes Bacon's big intellectual wager feel urgent and human: that knowledge should be rebuilt from the ground up through disciplined observation and experiment, so that humanity might gain practical command of nature. With clear explanations of Bacon's major writings and aims, and a steady eye for the pressures that shaped his choices, Church examines how a mind devoted to public good and intellectual reform could also accept compromises that darken its legacy. The result is both an accessible introduction to Bacon's ideas and a probing character study of greatness tested by temptation, ambition, and the costs of living at the center of power.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:02:27) Chapter 01(00:33:37) Chapter 02(00:53:22) Chapter 03(01:21:14) Chapter 04(01:52:24) Chapter 05(02:10:23) Chapter 06(02:36:34) Chapter 07(02:54:27) Chapter 08(03:13:22) Chapter 09(03:30:57) Chapter 10(03:56:49) Chapter 11(04:22:09) Chapter 12(04:53:25) Chapter 13(05:06:52) Chapter 14(05:29:32) Chapter 15(05:56:21) Chapter 16(06:25:35) Chapter 17(06:38:39) Chapter 18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices