The Evil Shepherd by E. Phillips Oppenheim audiobook.

Genre: thriller

Fresh from a dazzling courtroom victory, London barrister Francis Ledsam believes he has done his duty: his client, Oliver Hilditch, has been acquitted of stabbing his business partner to death. Then a woman steps out of the crowd and shatters the evening's triumph. She introduces herself as Margaret Hilditch, and what she tells Ledsam turns professional pride into a private nightmare: the man he saved is not merely suspect, but morally rotten in ways the law cannot easily punish. Before Ledsam can decide whether to protect his reputation or act on his conscience, Hilditch is murdered, and the case twists into something far more dangerous than a single trial. Pulled into the investigation, Ledsam navigates glittering clubs and cynical high society, where amusement can look like cruelty and influence can be as lethal as a knife. As he searches for the truth, he is forced to test his own principles, resist seductive compromises, and uncover the guiding hand of an unseen figure who seems to herd human lives toward disaster - an evil shepherd indeed.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:08:14) Chapter 02

(00:17:56) Chapter 03

(00:24:53) Chapter 04

(00:36:39) Chapter 05

(00:47:06) Chapter 06

(01:04:17) Chapter 07

(01:16:10) Chapter 08

(01:34:20) Chapter 09

(01:45:14) Chapter 10

(01:58:18) Chapter 11

(02:07:35) Chapter 12

(02:20:43) Chapter 13

(02:34:36) Chapter 14

(02:45:00) Chapter 15

(03:04:47) Chapter 16

(03:18:04) Chapter 17

(03:38:19) Chapter 18

(03:54:04) Chapter 19

(04:08:57) Chapter 20

(04:26:00) Chapter 21

(04:38:10) Chapter 22

(04:48:04) Chapter 23

(05:08:36) Chapter 24

(05:22:25) Chapter 25

(05:39:00) Chapter 26

(05:59:18) Chapter 27

(06:11:40) Chapter 28

(06:22:13) Chapter 29

(06:34:32) Chapter 30

(06:46:35) Chapter 31

(06:59:03) Chapter 32

(07:11:12) Chapter 33

(07:36:51) Chapter 34

(07:47:43) Chapter 35

(08:07:11) Chapter 36

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The Black Box by E. Phillips Oppenheim audiobook.

Genre: mystery

Sanford Quest is not a policeman, and he is not a magician - yet New York's most baffling crimes have a way of landing on his desk. Celebrated as the world's greatest criminologist, Quest relies on a cool, scientific mind, experimental gadgets, and a gift for reading human weakness to unravel cases everyone else has abandoned. When a strange chain of violence begins with an uncanny exhibit and a murder that refuses to make sense, Quest finds himself pulled into an expanding web of stolen valuables, eerie evidence that seems to move by itself, and taunting messages delivered in a small black box. As suspicion spreads and the authorities grow impatient, Quest must prove what is real, what is staged, and who is using fear as a weapon. Aided by his capable assistant Laura and a circle of uneasy allies, he follows the trail from city streets to foreign ports and harsh, remote landscapes, where each new clue raises the stakes and tightens the trap around him. Fast, episodic, and steeped in early 20th-century intrigue, this adventure blends classic detective work with sensational twists and scientific thrills.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:12:22) Chapter 02

(00:22:25) Chapter 03

(00:32:23) Chapter 04

(00:44:18) Chapter 05

(00:57:09) Chapter 06

(01:11:49) Chapter 07

(01:32:48) Chapter 08

(01:57:16) Chapter 09

(02:18:47) Chapter 10

(02:40:51) Chapter 11

(03:09:36) Chapter 12

(03:21:12) Chapter 13

(03:39:27) Chapter 14

(04:06:36) Chapter 15

(04:24:37) Chapter 16

(04:54:26) Chapter 17

(05:20:05) Chapter 18

(05:34:26) Chapter 19

(05:50:03) Chapter 20

(06:19:34) Chapter 21

(06:35:15) Chapter 22

(07:04:52) Chapter 23

(07:25:09) Chapter 24

(07:53:38) Chapter 25

(08:25:34) Chapter 26

(08:44:13) Chapter 27

(08:58:19) Chapter 28

(09:05:59) Chapter 29

(09:30:35) Chapter 30

(09:43:41) Chapter 31

(09:56:51) Chapter 32

(10:03:48) Chapter 33

(10:12:17) Chapter 34

(10:24:45) Chapter 35

(10:33:35) Chapter 36

(10:46:31) Chapter 37

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Storm Cloud on Deka by E. E. Smith audiobook.

Genre: scifi

In the far-flung Lensman universe, civilization spans the stars and the Galactic Patrol keeps uneasy order, but one terror still devours worlds: self-sustaining atomic vortices, miniature suns of runaway energy that grow as they feed. Neal 'Storm' Cloud is not a celebrated Lensman - he washed out of the exam - yet his uncanny mathematical mind makes him the only specialist trusted to predict, cage, and extinguish these star-hot monsters. When a crisis pulls him to the planet Deka, Storm expects a brutal engineering problem and a ticking clock. Instead, he walks into a web of local power struggles, corruption, and personal danger, where the wrong decision can ignite more than a vortex. As Storm races to keep an entire world from burning, he must navigate suspicious officials, ruthless opportunists, and alliances that shift as fast as Deka's deadly weather. Part catastrophe thriller, part pulp adventure, 'Storm Cloud on Deka' delivers classic E. E. Smith momentum: big science, bigger stakes, and a reluctant hero forced to prove that brilliance alone is not enough when lives, politics, and pride collide.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:18:13) Chapter 02

(00:48:50) Chapter 03

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The Airship Boys in the Great War by De Lysle Ferree Cass audiobook.

Genre: adventure

When a newspaper headline announces that young reporter Bob Russell has been captured in Europe and accused of spying, his closest friends refuse to stand by and wait for diplomacy to work. Alan Hope and Ned Napier, celebrated teen aviators whose exploits have already carried them across oceans and into danger, race to the offices of The Herald with a desperate proposal: recommission the Ocean Flyer, their powerful airship, and fly straight into the opening chaos of World War I. Joined by quick-witted colleague Buck Stewart and backed by the wary but sympathetic managing editor, Mr. Latimer, the boys launch a high-stakes rescue that takes them from the safety of America to the skies above a continent at war. As borders harden, patrols multiply, and suspicion falls on anyone who does not belong, every decision becomes a gamble - and every mile closer to Bob brings new threats from enemy forces, treacherous terrain, and the unforgiving limits of early aviation. Fast-paced and patriotic in tone, this classic tale blends daring flight, newsroom urgency, and loyal friendship under the shadow of 1914's Great War.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:10:14) Chapter 02

(00:24:07) Chapter 03

(00:32:58) Chapter 04

(00:50:34) Chapter 05

(01:01:32) Chapter 06

(01:12:28) Chapter 07

(01:23:00) Chapter 08

(01:33:48) Chapter 09

(01:45:19) Chapter 10

(01:56:43) Chapter 11

(02:02:41) Chapter 12

(02:11:44) Chapter 13

(02:22:18) Chapter 14

(02:33:23) Chapter 15

(02:40:06) Chapter 16

(02:46:33) Chapter 17

(02:57:21) Chapter 18

(03:06:27) Chapter 19

(03:17:26) Chapter 20

(03:28:32) Chapter 21

(03:39:28) Chapter 22

(03:50:43) Chapter 23

(04:02:00) Chapter 24

(04:11:39) Chapter 25

(04:23:49) Chapter 26

(04:33:21) Chapter 27

(04:44:50) Chapter 28

(04:51:47) Chapter 29

(04:59:00) Chapter 30

(05:10:04) Chapter 31

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Astronomy - The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by David Todd audiobook.

Genre: science

The progress of astronomy from age to age has been far from uniform—rather by leaps and bounds: from the earliest epoch when man's planet earth was the center about which the stupendous cosmos wheeled, for whom it was created, and for whose edification it was maintained—down to the modern age whose discoveries have ascertained that even our stellar universe, the vast region of the solar domain, is but one of the thousands of island universes that tenant the inconceivable immensities of space. So rapid, indeed, has been the progress of astronomy in very recent years that the present is especially favorable for setting forth its salient features; and this book is an attempt to present the wide range of astronomy in readable fashion, as if a story with a definite plot, from its origin with the shepherds of ancient Chaldea down to present-day ascertainment of the actual scale of the universe, and definite measures of the huge volume of supersolar giants among the stars. (Preface)

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:04:06) Chapter 01

(00:21:18) Chapter 02

(00:28:00) Chapter 03

(00:36:12) Chapter 04

(00:41:23) Chapter 05

(00:47:12) Chapter 06

(00:54:51) Chapter 07

(01:04:02) Chapter 08

(01:09:51) Chapter 09

(01:16:24) Chapter 10

(01:26:37) Chapter 11

(01:34:46) Chapter 12

(01:42:50) Chapter 13

(01:50:44) Chapter 14

(02:03:05) Chapter 15

(02:21:19) Chapter 16

(02:34:48) Chapter 17

(02:41:30) Chapter 18

(02:58:14) Chapter 19

(03:13:56) Chapter 20

(03:41:14) Chapter 21

(04:04:59) Chapter 22

(04:31:31) Chapter 23

(04:51:35) Chapter 24

(04:57:25) Chapter 25

(05:19:05) Chapter 26

(05:54:34) Chapter 27

(06:01:57) Chapter 28

(06:25:09) Chapter 29

(06:29:57) Chapter 30

(06:50:21) Chapter 31

(07:03:50) Chapter 32

(07:26:37) Chapter 33

(07:38:41) Chapter 34

(08:02:32) Chapter 35

(08:13:54) Chapter 36

(08:21:54) Chapter 37

(08:28:15) Chapter 38

(08:34:45) Chapter 39

(08:39:20) Chapter 40

(08:52:05) Chapter 41

(08:58:41) Chapter 42

(09:12:04) Chapter 43

(09:17:39) Chapter 44

(09:27:23) Chapter 45

(09:34:12) Chapter 46

(09:40:38) Chapter 47

(09:49:16) Chapter 48

(10:03:37) Chapter 49

(10:06:14) Chapter 50

(10:12:28) Chapter 51

(10:24:38) Chapter 52

(10:30:17) Chapter 53

(10:33:08) Chapter 54

(10:42:30) Chapter 55

(10:49:28) Chapter 56

(10:58:15) Chapter 57

(11:15:12) Chapter 58

(11:24:00) Chapter 59

(11:35:05) Chapter 60

(11:57:45) Chapter 61

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American Myths and Legends, Volume 1 by Charles M. Skinner audiobook.

Genre: folklore

American Myths and Legends, Volume 1 gathers a wide-ranging set of American folktales as retold by journalist and folklorist Charles M. Skinner, a writer whose collections helped fix many regional stories in the popular imagination. Framed as a follow-up to his larger series Myths and Legends of Our Own Land, this first volume roams from lonely New England woods and stormy coasts to village greens, rocky ledges, and shadowed byways where the past still seems close to the present. Across these tales, ordinary people brush against the uncanny: warning signs in the natural world, places with long memories, spirits and strange visitors, and local heroes whose courage or stubbornness becomes part of community lore. Skinner's voice balances campfire immediacy with a collector's curiosity, treating each story as both entertainment and a clue to how Americans have explained danger, luck, grief, and wonder. The central tension is constant: skepticism versus belief, and the pull between modern life and the older stories that keep resurfacing whenever the night gets quiet and the landscape starts to speak.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:02:30) Chapter 01

(00:06:26) Chapter 02

(00:14:30) Chapter 03

(00:18:24) Chapter 04

(00:23:11) Chapter 05

(00:27:47) Chapter 06

(00:33:55) Chapter 07

(00:41:22) Chapter 08

(00:46:05) Chapter 09

(00:49:24) Chapter 10

(00:53:51) Chapter 11

(00:58:19) Chapter 12

(01:01:47) Chapter 13

(01:08:04) Chapter 14

(01:14:19) Chapter 15

(01:22:35) Chapter 16

(01:27:38) Chapter 17

(01:33:49) Chapter 18

(01:37:14) Chapter 19

(01:40:33) Chapter 20

(01:45:12) Chapter 21

(01:51:41) Chapter 22

(01:57:22) Chapter 23

(02:05:45) Chapter 24

(02:11:23) Chapter 25

(02:16:28) Chapter 26

(02:21:03) Chapter 27

(02:26:25) Chapter 28

(02:34:41) Chapter 29

(02:38:01) Chapter 30

(02:43:03) Chapter 31

(02:48:04) Chapter 32

(02:53:58) Chapter 33

(02:57:14) Chapter 34

(03:01:19) Chapter 35

(03:08:41) Chapter 36

(03:21:53) Chapter 37

(03:26:10) Chapter 38

(03:32:19) Chapter 39

(03:34:58) Chapter 40

(03:38:04) Chapter 41

(03:40:52) Chapter 42

(03:46:11) Chapter 43

(03:49:44) Chapter 44

(03:54:45) Chapter 45

(03:57:51) Chapter 46

(04:01:21) Chapter 47

(04:12:37) Chapter 48

(04:15:32) Chapter 49

(04:21:26) Chapter 50

(04:25:03) Chapter 51

(04:28:04) Chapter 52

(04:32:29) Chapter 53

(04:39:25) Chapter 54

(04:46:52) Chapter 55

(04:51:55) Chapter 56

(04:57:20) Chapter 57

(05:03:05) Chapter 58

(05:07:24) Chapter 59

(05:11:08) Chapter 60

(05:26:37) Chapter 61

(05:32:12) Chapter 62

(05:35:10) Chapter 63

(05:39:34) Chapter 64

(05:46:06) Chapter 65

(05:51:12) Chapter 66

(05:56:03) Chapter 67

(05:59:46) Chapter 68

(06:05:31) Chapter 69

(06:13:04) Chapter 70

(06:17:35) Chapter 71

(06:22:18) Chapter 72

(06:28:18) Chapter 73

(06:30:10) Chapter 74

(06:33:53) Chapter 75

(06:38:37) Chapter 76

(06:45:39) Chapter 77

(06:51:29) Chapter 78

(06:55:38) Chapter 79

(06:58:08) Chapter 80

(07:00:50) Chapter 81

(07:06:02) Chapter 82

(07:09:27) Chapter 83

(07:11:39) Chapter 84

(07:17:09) Chapter 85

(07:24:42) Chapter 86

(07:28:20) Chapter 87

(07:36:21) Chapter 88

(07:43:11) Chapter 89

(07:46:45) Chapter 90

(07:54:00) Chapter 91

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The Mistress of Court Regna by Charles Garvice audiobook.

Genre: romance

On the death of Lord Wharton, beautiful young Claire is shocked to find herself the heiress to Court Regna along with the title, the vast fortune and lands that it entails. She meets a poor, handsome architect, and as their love blooms, she misinterprets a chance meeting, which leads her to doubt and refuse him. He immediately leaves Regna not realizing that in doing so, he is suspected of running away with a local village girl who disappeared the same night.. A reversal of fortune, lies, treachery, murder and long hidden secrets abound as we follow the separate adventures of Claire and Gerald and those who become entangled in their lives lives along the way. The past and the present unite in the end, proving that Love does conquer all in this old-fashioned romance by best-selling novelist Charles Garvice.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:38:36) Chapter 02

(01:16:58) Chapter 03

(01:54:29) Chapter 04

(02:37:31) Chapter 05

(03:19:59) Chapter 06

(04:01:48) Chapter 07

(04:41:30) Chapter 08

(05:18:33) Chapter 09

(05:55:23) Chapter 10

(06:37:29) Chapter 11

(07:12:28) Chapter 12

(07:51:25) Chapter 13

(08:28:06) Chapter 14

(09:06:26) Chapter 15

(09:23:45) Chapter 16

(09:57:48) Chapter 17

(10:39:48) Chapter 18

(11:09:05) Chapter 19

(11:40:36) Chapter 20

(12:10:59) Chapter 21

(12:47:29) Chapter 22

(13:30:21) Chapter 23

(14:07:07) Chapter 24

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American Notes by Charles Dickens audiobook.

Genre: history

When celebrated English novelist Charles Dickens crosses the Atlantic in 1842, he arrives in the young United States as a literary star - and an intensely curious observer. In American Notes, Dickens records his travels from the bustle of the Eastern cities to the edges of the frontier, moving through hotels, streets, public institutions, steamboats, and railroads with a sharp eye for detail and a storyteller's sense of scene. Along the way he encounters politicians, reformers, performers, and everyday citizens, comparing American habits and ideals with the traditions of Britain and the promises of a new democracy. As admiration gives way to frustration and moral unease, Dickens probes what national character looks like in practice, especially in questions of public manners, the press, poverty, and the treatment of the vulnerable. Part travelogue, part social critique, and part personal journal, the book blends vivid sketches with pointed commentary, revealing both the author's wit and his outrage as he tries to reconcile America's rhetoric of liberty with what he witnesses on the ground. American Notes is an energetic portrait of a country in motion - and a timeless reminder that progress and conscience do not always travel at the same speed.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:04:10) Chapter 01

(00:24:07) Chapter 02

(00:57:41) Chapter 03

(01:47:29) Chapter 04

(02:27:21) Chapter 05

(02:48:00) Chapter 06

(03:08:09) Chapter 07

(03:49:22) Chapter 08

(04:25:12) Chapter 09

(05:03:47) Chapter 10

(05:44:06) Chapter 11

(06:08:34) Chapter 12

(06:30:12) Chapter 13

(06:57:01) Chapter 14

(07:16:09) Chapter 15

(07:53:49) Chapter 16

(08:36:32) Chapter 17

(08:55:25) Chapter 18

(09:30:29) Chapter 19

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Vicky Van by Carolyn Wells audiobook.

Genre: family

Carolyn Wells always provides an enjoyable read and this one is probably one of her most intriguing murder mysteries. Vicky Van is a lithe, joyful and vibrant society woman beloved by all. A man named Sommers shows up uninvited at one of her famous parties. He is found murdered shortly after he follows her out of the card room and Vicky Van is seen standing next to him with blood on her dress. She disappears before the police arrive and is considered guilty. In spite of little notes she leaves here and there no one can find her or her maid Julie. Why did she kill a stranger? Why can't the police find her? This one will baffle Fleming Stone more than any other

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:18:03) Chapter 02

(00:35:45) Chapter 03

(00:51:52) Chapter 04

(01:10:11) Chapter 05

(01:27:13) Chapter 06

(01:44:47) Chapter 07

(02:03:04) Chapter 08

(02:21:20) Chapter 09

(02:39:12) Chapter 10

(02:58:49) Chapter 11

(03:16:34) Chapter 12

(03:33:55) Chapter 13

(03:51:17) Chapter 14

(04:09:13) Chapter 15

(04:27:59) Chapter 16

(04:45:56) Chapter 17

(05:04:49) Chapter 18

(05:21:59) Chapter 19

(05:43:44) Chapter 20

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