Classic Audiobook Collection

A Witch Shall Be Born by Robert E. Howard audiobook. Genre: fantasy The kingdom of Khauran is admittedly a small one, nestled between the vast desert and the plains, but it is blessed with an abundance of rich soil, hard working devoted inhabitants and much gold but most of all by a sweet young queen who is as wise and beneficent as she is beautiful. But then from out of nowhere, disaster strikes....

October Vagabonds by Richard le Gallienne audiobook. Genre: poetry Richard and his friend Colin must sadly return from their distant hermitage to New York City at summer's end. However, rather than take the train on the 430 mile trip to the city, the two decide to walk the route, for as Richard stated: 'Don't you hate the idea of being hurled along in a train, and suddenly shot into the city again...

Dhammapada by Buddha audiobook. Genre: religion The Dhammapada is a compact, powerful collection of verses attributed to the Buddha and preserved within the Buddhist tradition as a guide to living with clarity, restraint, and compassion. Arranged in thematic chapters, its short teachings move from the inner landscape of thought and intention to the outward consequences of speech and action, showin...

The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell audiobook. Genre: philosophy The Problems of Philosophy is one of Bertrand Russell's attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of philosophy. Focusing on problems he believes will provoke positive and constructive discussion, Russell concentrates on knowledge rather than metaphysics. Russell guides the reader through his famous d...

Studies in Pessimism by Arthur Schopenhauer audiobook. Genre: philosophy Arthur Schopenhauer, an early 19th century philosopher, made significant contributions to metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics. His work also informed theories of evolution and psychology, largely through his theory of the will to power – a concept which Nietzsche famously adopted and developed. Despite this, he is today, as h...

Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter audiobook. Genre: family Step into the green and bustling countryside of Beatrix Potter's England in Treasury of Beatrix Potter, a beloved collection of classic tales where animals wear coats, take tea, and get into very human trouble. Here you will meet the mischievous Peter Rabbit as he tests the boundaries of safety and obedience, the determined Jemi...

Buried Alive by Arnold Bennett audiobook. Genre: drama The hero is Mr Priam Farll, a painter of considerable ability. He is, however, extremely shy – so shy that when his valet, Henry Leek, dies suddenly, the doctor believes the dead man to be Priam Farll and the live man the valet. The artist does not try to disabuse him. After the funeral (in Westminster Abbey), Priam Farll marries a widow and l...

Adeline Mowbray by Amelia Opie audiobook. Genre: tragedy In Amelia Opie's Adeline Mowbray, a brilliant, warm-hearted young woman comes of age under the influence of bold new ideas about reason, independence, and marriage. Raised by a mother who prizes enlightened principles over convention, Adeline is encouraged to question the social rules that govern love and respectability. When she encounters...

The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog, Too by Alfred Elwes audiobook. Genre: family Told as the autobiography of a streetwise dog named Job, The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog, Too begins in the curious city of Caneville, where dogs have their own society, rivalries, and rules. Job grows up hungry and unwanted, learning to scavenge, avoid bullies, and survive rough treatment without letting...

The Mind and the Brain by Alfred Binet audiobook. Genre: science In The Mind and the Brain, pioneering psychologist Alfred Binet explores one of the most enduring questions in human inquiry: how does the inner life of thoughts, feelings, and will relate to the physical organ of the brain? Writing at a moment when experimental psychology and neurology were rapidly reshaping medicine and philosophy,...

The Red House Mystery by A. A. Milne audiobook. Genre: mystery When a quiet weekend at an English country estate turns violent, the calm facade of Red House is shattered by a murder that seems to defy common sense. Mark Ablett, newly returned from overseas and eager to settle into his family home, is drawn into a web of suspicion when the wealthy and unpopular Cayley is found dead inside a locked...

Under the Andes by Rex Stout audiobook. Genre: mystery Under the Andes was written by Rex Stout years before his creation of the immensely popular Nero Wolfe series of novels, and while perhaps his future writing style is still blossoming, certainly his knack for weaving a fantastic tale of mystery and adventure will have most readers anxious for the next phase of adventure at every turn. The stor...

People Minus X by Raymond Z. Gallun audiobook. Genre: scifi When young Ed Dukas sits down to write a simple letter, he notices something impossible: faint words forming on the page as if an unseen hand is writing beside him. The incident cracks open a lifetime of buried fear and wonder, all tracing back to his uncle, Dr. Mitchell Prell, the brilliant scientist blamed for an experiment that shatter...

Unwise Child by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifi In a future New York where street gangs carry vibroblades and advanced electronics are as common as cigarettes, power designer Michael Raphael Gabriel, known on the job as Mike the Angel, expects danger to come with the territory. What he does not expect is to be targeted twice in a single morning, then abruptly reassigned as engineering offi...

Wandl the Invader by Ray Cummings audiobook. Genre: scifi There were nine major planets in the Solar System and it was within their boundaries that man first set up interplanetary commerce and began trading with the ancient Martian civilization. And then they discovered a tenth planet--a maverick! This tenth world, if it had an orbit, had a strange one, for it was heading inwards from interstellar...

The Man Who Hated Mars by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifi Ron Clayton has spent fifteen bitter years in exile on Mars - a punishment sold as 'freedom' for criminals Earth no longer wants. Trapped in the thin air, dependent on oxidation pills, and driven half-mad by the planet's relentless cold, Clayton storms into the Terran Rehabilitation Service and begs Lieutenant Phoebe Harris for the...

That Sweet Little Old Lady by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: mystery Randall Garrett had this story first published in Astounding Science Fiction September and October of 1959. His twisted sense of humor and gift for the bizarre situation with believable characters shines here. In the not too distant future, Ken Malone, young but promising FBI agent , is given the most important and difficult a...

Quest of the Golden Ape by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifi A lonely, forbidden mansion hidden in the backwoods has repelled curious visitors for a century, guarded by uncanny psychological barriers that feel stronger than iron. But John Pride, a steady middle-aged lawyer bound by an old family promise, forces his way through on the one night the barriers weaken and finds an impossibly anci...

Nor Iron Bars A Cage. by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifi In 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 - no...

Damned If You Don’t by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifi We'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 m...

But, I Don’t Think by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifi The 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...

Anything You Can Do by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifi When 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...

Anchorite by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifi Randall 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 a...

A Spaceship Named McGuire by Randall Garrett audiobook. Genre: scifi Can 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 activatio...

In Tune With The Infinite by Ralph Waldo Trine audiobook. Genre: self help In 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, rela...