Classic Audiobook Collection

The Country Beyond by James Oliver Curwood audiobook. Genre: adventureIn the spring thaw of Canadas north country near Lake Superior, a homely, big-footed puppy named Peter Pied-Bot tumbles into a story far larger than himself. Peter belongs to Nada, a young woman trapped in an isolated lakeside clearing where beauty and brutality live side by side - and where the cruel, one-eyed Jed Hawkins keeps his hold through fear and force. The one bright thread in Nadas life is Jolly Roger McKay, a restless wanderer and skilled woodsman whose gift of the pup binds the three together. When the law brands McKay a criminal and sends Sergeant Cassidy of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police after him, the wilderness becomes a vast chessboard of rivers, muskeg, cedar swamps, and hard miles. Cassidy is no simple villain, and McKay is no simple hero; Curwood lets their pursuit turn into a test of honor as much as speed. With Peter racing between loyalties and a Cree elder foretelling a meeting in a mysterious refuge called the Country Beyond, Nada must gamble on hope, love, and the thin chance of freedom before the North closes in.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:32:27) Chapter 02(00:54:54) Chapter 03(01:23:31) Chapter 04(01:35:31) Chapter 05(01:57:06) Chapter 06(02:17:29) Chapter 07(02:59:07) Chapter 08(03:42:04) Chapter 09(04:05:45) Chapter 10(04:46:17) Chapter 11(05:08:21) Chapter 12(05:46:56) Chapter 13(06:16:31) Chapter 14(06:43:51) Chapter 15(07:06:13) Chapter 16(07:30:24) Chapter 17(08:10:41) Chapter 18(08:26:38) Chapter 19(08:38:04) Chapter 20(09:01:56) Chapter 21(09:17:30) Chapter 22(09:34:07) Chapter 23 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nomads of the North by James Oliver Curwood audiobook. Genre: adventureAn unlikely pair were Neewa, the black bear cub who had been orphaned at a young age, and Miki, part Mackenzie hound, part Airedale and Spitz who had become separated from his master in the frozen reaches of northern Canada. But the two befriended one another, and these nomads fended for themselves until they too became separated in an unfortunate way. While Neewa searched for his friend, Miki was taken by northern trappers who felt he could be trained to become a good fighting dog, a valuable asset in the north. What follows is Miki's attempts to flee from his captors and search for his master, and Neewa's search for his canine friend.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:15:03) Chapter 02(00:32:04) Chapter 03(01:03:02) Chapter 04(01:12:19) Chapter 05(01:25:06) Chapter 06(01:49:08) Chapter 07(02:11:01) Chapter 08(02:35:19) Chapter 09(03:05:03) Chapter 10(03:19:28) Chapter 11(03:36:53) Chapter 12(03:55:46) Chapter 13(04:09:13) Chapter 14(04:42:39) Chapter 15(04:51:28) Chapter 16(05:06:58) Chapter 17(05:30:00) Chapter 18(05:49:39) Chapter 19(06:01:17) Chapter 20(06:12:03) Chapter 21(06:30:55) Chapter 22(06:45:58) Chapter 23(07:03:19) Chapter 24(07:15:00) Chapter 25(07:36:08) Chapter 26 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Isobel by James Oliver Curwood audiobook. Genre: adventureAction, intrigue, and a touch of romance in the farthest reaches of northern Canada. Sergeant Billy MacVeigh of the Canadian Northwest Mounted, with his only partner Pelliter are the only official representatives in the lonely and desolate reaches of Point Fullerton, hundreds of miles from the next nearest outpost, and from any civilization. Both are nearing the end of their service in those regions, and their main function has been to try to find the elusive murderer Scottie Deane, and if they happen upon anybody trading in Eskimo women to haul them in also. Then one day, one of those traders happens to show up at their cabin, and what follows is some close calls and long trips across the barrens of northern Canada that uncovers clues to the whereabouts of the notorious Scottie Deane and his wife, and all deal with near death experiences primarily due to loneliness, bitter cold, and fatigue, not to mention the red death. Will they find Deane and his wife? If so, what affect will he have on them and their respective conditions? For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:19:27) Chapter 02(00:31:05) Chapter 03(00:55:13) Chapter 04(01:19:03) Chapter 05(01:39:43) Chapter 06(01:58:03) Chapter 07(02:18:03) Chapter 08(02:35:06) Chapter 09(02:53:38) Chapter 10(03:14:37) Chapter 11(03:26:52) Chapter 12(03:50:01) Chapter 13(04:06:17) Chapter 14(04:13:37) Chapter 15(04:32:42) Chapter 16(04:54:01) Chapter 17(05:10:41) Chapter 18(05:32:11) Chapter 19(05:48:02) Chapter 20(05:58:56) Chapter 21(06:10:13) Chapter 22(06:32:35) Chapter 23 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Flower of the North by James Oliver Curwood audiobook. Genre: adventureOn a routine business journey up the Churchill River, Philip Whittemore expects the North to feel familiar. Instead, the farther he travels into the raw, river-cut wilderness of northern Canada, the more the land seems to shift under his feet, as if the map in his mind no longer matches what lies ahead. Drawn by rumor and by a nagging sense that something is being kept from him, Philip follows a fragile trail of hints to an isolated outpost known as Fort o' God, a settlement tucked among rock and timber and guarded by silence. There he meets Jeanne D'Arcambal, a woman whose beauty and quiet strength make her seem like the very soul of the country, and Pierre, her fierce protector. As Philip is welcomed into the settlement's daily life, wonder turns to unease: the people are wary, their pasts blurred, and Jeanne herself is surrounded by contradictions. Caught between desire and doubt, Philip becomes determined to uncover what Fort o' God is hiding, even as the North closes in with its own tests of endurance. Flower of the North blends romance, suspense, and wilderness adventure into a story about trust, identity, and the price of knowing the truth.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:14:23) Chapter 02(00:30:57) Chapter 03(00:45:35) Chapter 04(01:01:02) Chapter 05(01:23:51) Chapter 06(01:39:09) Chapter 07(02:06:59) Chapter 08(02:31:36) Chapter 09(02:56:54) Chapter 10(03:23:30) Chapter 11(03:46:04) Chapter 12(04:00:00) Chapter 13(04:34:39) Chapter 14(05:02:35) Chapter 15(05:19:07) Chapter 16(05:37:22) Chapter 17(06:05:26) Chapter 18(06:19:33) Chapter 19(06:42:21) Chapter 20(07:07:21) Chapter 21(07:34:05) Chapter 22(07:44:39) Chapter 23(07:57:18) Chapter 24(08:20:24) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Thirteenth - Greatest of Centuries by James Joseph Walsh audiobook. Genre: historyIt cannot but seem a paradox to say that the Thirteenth was the greatest of centuries. To most people the idea will appear at once so preposterous that they may not even care to consider it. A certain number, of course, will have their curiosity piqued by the thought that anyone should evolve so curious a notion. Either of these attitudes of mind will yield at once to a more properly receptive mood if it is recalled that the Thirteenth is the century of the Gothic cathedrals, of the foundation of the university, of the signing of Magna Charta, and of the origin of representative government with something like constitutional guarantees throughout the west of Europe. The cathedrals represent a development in the arts that has probably never been equaled either before or since. The university was a definite creation of these generations that has lived and maintained its usefulness practically in the same form in which it was then cast for the seven centuries ever since. The foundation stones of modern liberties are to be found in the documents which for the first time declared the rights of man during this precious period.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:45:40) Chapter 02(01:24:56) Chapter 03(02:33:51) Chapter 04(03:28:45) Chapter 05(04:15:29) Chapter 06(05:28:26) Chapter 07(06:05:39) Chapter 08(06:34:14) Chapter 09(07:17:20) Chapter 10(07:58:09) Chapter 11(08:26:06) Chapter 12(09:03:40) Chapter 13(09:32:05) Chapter 14(10:17:53) Chapter 15(10:56:57) Chapter 16(11:38:53) Chapter 17(12:31:10) Chapter 18(13:01:25) Chapter 19(13:51:46) Chapter 21(14:25:07) Chapter 22(15:00:50) Chapter 23(15:29:44) Chapter 24(16:14:46) Chapter 25(17:16:55) Chapter 26(17:55:00) Chapter 27 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No Clue by James Hay audiobook. Genre: mystery“No Clue! A Mystery Story” finds detective Jefferson Hastings at the home of wealthy but eccentric Arthur Sloane one hot summer night, when two other guests at Sloanehurst stumble across the body of young Mildred Brace lying dead on the lawn. Sloane’s daughter Lucille asks Hastings to help solve the crime, but Hastings gets surprisingly little help from anybody he interviews, including Mr. Sloane himself and even the mother of the victim. With few clues to aid him and nobody beyond suspicion, including himself, seemingly rock solid alibis begin to fall apart, expanding the list of potential suspects, and Hastings must rely on subtle expressions and the scant evidence at hand to try to solve the murder. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:10:12) Chapter 02(00:28:20) Chapter 03(00:49:50) Chapter 04(01:10:07) Chapter 05(01:30:25) Chapter 06(01:50:22) Chapter 07(02:15:23) Chapter 08(02:33:18) Chapter 09(03:02:20) Chapter 10(03:26:33) Chapter 11(03:46:51) Chapter 12(04:01:04) Chapter 13(04:25:45) Chapter 14(04:54:59) Chapter 15(05:21:34) Chapter 16(05:37:52) Chapter 17(05:58:55) Chapter 18(06:11:15) Chapter 19(06:33:36) Chapter 20(06:51:40) Chapter 21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Great Taxicab Robbery by James H. Collins audiobook. Genre: mysteryIn 1912, $25,000 was stolen during a bank transfer in New York City in broad daylight. In what may appear astonishing in today's world, the transfer occurred in a New York City taxicab. This factual account brings true crime of the early twentieth century to life. The various methods used by the detectives and police in their attempts to solve the mystery behind the robbery, and hopefully bring the thieves to justice, makes for great reading, particularly when one considers the fact that the accounts occurred over a century ago, and are quite authentic. Although the police now have higher technological advantages than was available over a century ago, the reader may find that many general techniques haven't changed all that much over the years. The characters involved with this true caper prove ingenious on both sides.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:20:36) Chapter 02(00:27:42) Chapter 03(00:42:50) Chapter 04(01:02:06) Chapter 05(01:20:50) Chapter 06(01:34:17) Chapter 07(01:48:49) Chapter 08(02:06:58) Chapter 09(02:28:08) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Trawler by James Brendan Connolly audiobook. Genre: dramaIn Gloucester, Massachusetts, the news comes ashore like a breaker in the night: Arthur Snow, a young bank fisherman, has been swept from the deck of the trawler Arbiter and lost at sea. His father, John Snow, and his niece, Mary, receive the story with grief - and with anger aimed at the vessel's skipper, Hugh Glynn, a towering, fiercely proud captain whose hunger to outwork and outrun every other craft has earned him both admiration and fear. When Glynn himself arrives to speak with the Snows, the tragedy turns into a reckoning, forcing everyone to weigh seamanship against ambition, and pride against responsibility. Watching it all is Simon Kippen, Arthur's close friend, who feels the pull of loyalty and unfinished duty. Determined to understand what took Arthur - and to prove what kind of man he will be - Simon asks for Arthur's place aboard Glynn's vessel as a dory mate, sailing into the brutal, routine danger of the Grand Banks. Between Gloucester and Newfoundland, amid hard weather, harder labor, and the tight bonds of men who risk everything for a share, Simon must face the sea, the skipper, and his own conflicted heart.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:03:16) Chapter 2(00:17:02) Chapter 3(00:41:38) Chapter 4(00:58:41) Chapter 5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Snowdrift by James B. Hendryx audiobook. Genre: adventureThe story revolves around Carter Brent, an alcoholic and gambler who had struck gold many times in the Yukon, but gambled and drank it away in Dawson; and Snowdrift, the half-breed who had spent her life with a wandering band of Indians in the frozen north country. Snowdrift had been raised by Wananebish, yet never knew who her father was, and yet Wananebish had somehow been able to send her to be schooled at a nearby mission.The paths of this unlikely pair would cross in the barren lands of the Yukon where Brent had hopes of finding more gold, but it was well known that there was no gold in the region between Dawson and the MacKenzie. But Brent had that certain knack for striking gold, and due to his way of life, also had a certain knack for gambling and drinking it away. Plenty of action follows, while Brent performs his search with little or no money, runs across Snowdrift, and while a band of fellow gamblers who know of his luck follows closely on his trail, he must get his prize back to Dawson.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:13:35) Chapter 02(00:30:13) Chapter 03(00:35:17) Chapter 04(00:52:53) Chapter 05(01:02:45) Chapter 06(01:10:35) Chapter 07(01:12:30) Chapter 08(01:47:18) Chapter 09(02:07:38) Chapter 10(02:29:34) Chapter 11(02:46:17) Chapter 12(03:05:47) Chapter 13(03:34:44) Chapter 14(03:55:17) Chapter 15(04:14:40) Chapter 16(04:34:51) Chapter 17(05:02:59) Chapter 18(05:27:47) Chapter 19(05:53:03) Chapter 20(06:06:13) Chapter 21(06:35:40) Chapter 22(07:13:32) Chapter 23(07:45:03) Chapter 24(08:14:15) Chapter 25(08:42:23) Chapter 26(09:03:12) Chapter 27(09:36:17) Chapter 28(10:05:31) Chapter 29(10:26:22) Chapter 30(10:47:56) Chapter 31 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Thing in the Attic by James B. Blish audiobook. Genre: scifiHonath the Pursemaker has committed the worst crime in his people’s tree-top civilization: he has doubts. In a culture of small, tail-bearing folk shaped by ancient science and ruled by the Book of Laws, faith is not a private matter, but the glue that keeps order. When Honath and a few like-minded friends question the existence of the Giants said to have created them, the authorities make an example of the heretics by casting them out of the safe canopy and down into the jungle floor - a place their myths describe as Hell. Forced to survive in a world of crushing scale, alien terrain, and predatory beasts that feel half legend and half biology, the exiles must improvise tools, alliances, and a new way of thinking while fear and hunger test their convictions. As their journey pushes them farther from everything they have ever known, Honath is driven to ask what belief is worth when reality itself is uncertain, and whether truth can be found without tearing a society apart. One of Blish’s sharp, idea-driven pantropy tales, this is survival adventure fused with a haunting debate about authority, knowledge, and the cost of heresy.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:44:25) Chapter 02 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices