The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson audiobook.

Genre: family

The Able McLaughlins won the Pulitzer Prize for a novel in 1924 in Margaret Wilson's debut work. Aptly described as 'Little House on the Prairie - but for adults' the novel follows a group of Scottish families who pioneer the Iowa prairie in the 1860’s. The main storyline concerns Wully, the eldest McLaughlin son, who returns home from the Civil War to find that his sweetheart, Chirstie, has experienced an unspeakable tragedy that will profoundly affect the couple's lives. Their story is one of shame and honor, secrets and guilt, fear and loathing, revenge and forgiveness. But perhaps the stars of the novel are the strong older women such as Wully’s mother, Isobel, whose love and matriarchal strength keeps the family together as well as Chirstie’s stepmother, Barbara, who finds ways to make her good-for-nothing husband keep his promises. Interlaced with the plots are richly detailed descriptions of frontier prairie life, the love that families share, and the relationships within the Scottish immigrant community.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:33:13) Chapter 02

(01:03:42) Chapter 03

(01:34:38) Chapter 04

(02:06:27) Chapter 05

(02:40:58) Chapter 06

(03:04:14) Chapter 07

(03:33:09) Chapter 08

(04:07:40) Chapter 09

(04:34:34) Chapter 10

(05:02:11) Chapter 11

(05:26:20) Chapter 12

(05:57:10) Chapter 13

(06:27:22) Chapter 14

(07:00:18) Chapter 15

(07:21:23) Chapter 16

(07:39:18) Chapter 17

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Beethoven - The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words by Ludwig van Beethoven audiobook.

Genre: biography

Beethoven - The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words invites listeners into Ludwig van Beethoven's inner world through a carefully arranged selection of his own letters, notes, and remarks. Rather than a distant overview of dates and premieres, this book lets Beethoven speak for himself, revealing a mind that burns with artistic purpose while wrestling with practical realities, friendships, patronage, illness, and the daily strain of making a living as a composer. Across candid reflections and sharp observations, you hear his fierce standards for music, his impatience with compromise, and his compassion and humor when the mask drops. Familiar milestones take on new meaning as Beethoven describes what he believes music can accomplish, what he demands from performers, and what he fears may silence him. The result is an intimate portrait of genius in motion: proud and vulnerable, stubborn and tender, endlessly driven to transform personal struggle into sound. For anyone who loves Beethoven's works, or wants to understand how a great artist thinks and suffers and persists, these pages offer a direct, human encounter with the man behind the music.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:10:58) Chapter 02

(00:23:53) Chapter 03

(00:44:37) Chapter 04

(01:10:49) Chapter 05

(01:38:54) Chapter 06

(02:15:26) Chapter 07

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The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery audiobook.

Genre: romance

In a small Ontario town, 29-year-old Valancy Stirling lives under the thumb of her sharp-tongued mother and a clan of proper, disapproving relatives who have trained her to be quiet, grateful, and afraid. Her days are a procession of dull duties and stifled wishes, relieved only by her secret devotion to the vivid, escapist nature writings of John Foster and by an imagined refuge she calls the Blue Castle - a private dream of freedom and belonging. When Valancy receives unexpected news that shakes her sense of time and obligation, she makes a daring decision: to stop living for other people's approval and start living for herself. Her break from convention draws scandal, gossip, and a hard reckoning with everything her family values, but it also leads her toward friendship, work with real purpose, and an unlikely connection with Barney Snaith, a man the town distrusts and misunderstands. As Valancy steps into the wider world of Muskoka woods, lakes, and small communities, she must decide what courage looks like, what love might cost, and whether she can build a life that feels like her own. Warm, witty, and quietly rebellious, this story explores self-respect, second chances, and the joy of choosing your own path.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:23:02) Chapter 02

(00:31:41) Chapter 03

(00:43:09) Chapter 04

(00:48:13) Chapter 05

(00:57:03) Chapter 06

(01:10:26) Chapter 07

(01:22:12) Chapter 08

(01:38:57) Chapter 09

(01:46:51) Chapter 10

(02:03:11) Chapter 11

(02:27:33) Chapter 12

(02:32:04) Chapter 13

(02:38:10) Chapter 14

(02:51:31) Chapter 15

(02:57:06) Chapter 16

(03:03:50) Chapter 17

(03:12:19) Chapter 18

(03:22:50) Chapter 19

(03:34:15) Chapter 20

(03:54:05) Chapter 21

(04:09:35) Chapter 22

(04:15:15) Chapter 23

(04:22:56) Chapter 24

(04:30:10) Chapter 25

(04:39:54) Chapter 26

(04:51:06) Chapter 27

(05:12:23) Chapter 28

(05:20:42) Chapter 29

(05:30:04) Chapter 30

(05:37:36) Chapter 31

(05:52:06) Chapter 32

(06:01:40) Chapter 33

(06:07:10) Chapter 34

(06:15:17) Chapter 35

(06:24:34) Chapter 36

(06:28:38) Chapter 37

(06:36:29) Chapter 38

(06:59:36) Chapter 39

(07:07:32) Chapter 40

(07:23:06) Chapter 41

(07:28:41) Chapter 42

(07:50:38) Chapter 43

(07:53:53) Chapter 44

(07:56:16) Chapter 45

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Christmas With Lucy Maud Montgomery - A Selection Of Stories by Lucy Maud Montgomery audiobook.

Genre: family

Christmas With Lucy Maud Montgomery - A Selection Of Stories gathers a sparkling handful of the beloved Canadian author s seasonal tales into one cozy listening experience. Set against snow-softened lanes, lamplit parlors, and windswept island shores, these stories follow ordinary people at a moment when the year feels both hardest and most hopeful. Montgomery introduces spirited young women hungry for independence, children determined to create magic on a tight budget, neighbors drawn together by storms and circumstance, and families learning what it really means to welcome someone home. Across shifting points of view and settings, the collection blends gentle humor with tender poignancy, capturing the bustle of preparations, the ache of old regrets, and the sudden grace of unexpected kindness. While each story stands alone, together they form a portrait of community life where small choices carry big emotional weight. With Montgomery s hallmark lyricism and clear-eyed warmth, these Christmas narratives explore generosity, belonging, faith in second chances, and the quiet courage it takes to keep your heart open in winter.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:19:31) Chapter 02

(00:40:44) Chapter 03

(00:56:49) Chapter 04

(01:03:57) Chapter 05

(01:22:56) Chapter 06

(01:36:14) Chapter 07

(01:50:08) Chapter 08

(02:08:32) Chapter 09

(02:24:32) Chapter 10

(02:42:16) Chapter 11

(02:56:14) Chapter 12

(03:13:34) Chapter 13

(03:24:42) Chapter 14

(03:36:14) Chapter 15

(03:52:51) Chapter 16

(04:09:55) Chapter 17

(04:22:47) Chapter 18

(04:35:34) Chapter 19

(04:57:28) Chapter 20

(05:06:38) Chapter 21

(05:15:31) Chapter 22

(05:29:45) Chapter 23

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England and Yesterday by Louise Imogen Guiney audiobook.

Genre: poetry

England and Yesterday is a compact, finely wrought poetry collection by American poet Louise Imogen Guiney, shaped by her deep love of English place, history, and literary tradition. The book opens with a London sequence of sonnets (written in 1889) that moves through iconic spaces and moods: Westminster Abbey and the Tower, city fog and river stairs, museum reading rooms and dockside labor, where splendor and hardship stand side by side. A second sonnet sequence turns to Oxford (written between 1890 and 1895), tracing tow-paths, college gardens, old dials, and church stones, as the speaker listens for the undertones of faith, scholarship, and time itself. Beyond these travel-grounded poems, Guiney broadens into lyrics and brief occasional pieces that invoke ballad and song, meditate on saints and poets, and linger over ruins, landscapes, and memorials. Throughout, the central tension is between the living present and the weight of what came before: how a city or a countryside can feel crowded with centuries, and how a modern observer can love a place without ignoring its sorrows. The result is a luminous portrait of England seen through memory, conscience, and music.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:01:07) Chapter 02

(00:02:16) Chapter 03

(00:03:32) Chapter 04

(00:04:52) Chapter 05

(00:06:03) Chapter 06

(00:07:14) Chapter 07

(00:08:24) Chapter 08

(00:09:34) Chapter 09

(00:10:45) Chapter 10

(00:12:07) Chapter 11

(00:13:19) Chapter 12

(00:14:25) Chapter 13

(00:15:38) Chapter 14

(00:16:52) Chapter 15

(00:18:11) Chapter 16

(00:19:29) Chapter 17

(00:20:46) Chapter 18

(00:22:05) Chapter 19

(00:23:36) Chapter 20

(00:24:46) Chapter 21

(00:25:54) Chapter 22

(00:27:19) Chapter 23

(00:28:27) Chapter 24

(00:29:52) Chapter 25

(00:32:28) Chapter 26

(00:36:18) Chapter 27

(00:37:28) Chapter 28

(00:38:41) Chapter 29

(00:39:45) Chapter 30

(00:41:01) Chapter 31

(00:42:33) Chapter 32

(00:43:54) Chapter 33

(00:45:16) Chapter 34

(00:47:13) Chapter 35

(00:48:43) Chapter 36

(00:49:38) Chapter 37

(00:50:32) Chapter 38

(00:51:41) Chapter 39

(00:52:53) Chapter 40

(00:53:43) Chapter 41

(00:55:24) Chapter 42

(00:57:07) Chapter 43

(00:59:20) Chapter 44

(01:00:35) Chapter 45

(01:02:21) Chapter 46

(01:04:09) Chapter 47

(01:06:23) Chapter 48

(01:07:18) Chapter 49

(01:08:04) Chapter 50

(01:09:19) Chapter 51

(01:10:07) Chapter 52

(01:11:07) Chapter 53

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The Mind The Paint Girl by Louis Tracy audiobook.

Genre: comedy

In The 'Mind the Paint' Girl, Louis Tracy adapts Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's hit stage comedy into a glittering, behind-the-curtain tale of sudden fame and the price it demands. When Lily Upjohn escapes the London slums and lands a hard-won place in the chorus at the Pandora Theatre, she expects long rehearsals, small pay, and smaller respect. One mishap during practice - a splash of paint from a scene painter's scaffold - sparks a moment the show's composer turns into a catchy number, and Lily becomes the unexpected voice of a song that London cannot stop humming. Overnight, she is promoted from anonymous chorus girl to celebrated star, and the theater world that once ignored her now feeds on her every gesture. With success come dangerous admirers and conflicting promises: earnest Nicholas Jeyes offers devotion at any cost, while the polished Lord Francombe dangles wealth, status, and a place in society that Lily has only ever watched from afar. As managers, friends, and rivals pull at her loyalties, Lily must decide what she truly wants - and how much of herself she is willing to trade for applause.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:24:47) Chapter 02

(00:49:59) Chapter 03

(01:15:44) Chapter 04

(01:40:38) Chapter 05

(02:04:14) Chapter 06

(02:35:41) Chapter 07

(02:58:06) Chapter 08

(03:27:40) Chapter 09

(04:00:32) Chapter 10

(04:25:12) Chapter 11

(04:48:18) Chapter 12

(05:12:27) Chapter 13

(05:39:52) Chapter 14

(06:08:51) Chapter 15

(06:34:07) Chapter 16

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The Bartlett Mystery by Louis Tracy audiobook.

Genre: mystery

This is a fast-paced mystery, set in New York City, has two or three really interesting ('round') characters, a solid plot, no cheap plot-twists, two full-fledged sub/urban battles and some real surprises.

Winifred Bartlett, a beautiful and poor orphan, suddenly finds herself homeless and out of a job. Prince Charming (nee Rex Carshaw) comes on to her by accident and begins to take an interest. As strange, apparently unconnected disasters continue to batter poor Winnie, Rex and two police detectives (the most interesting characters in the book) probe the causes and forces threatening the dear girl's well-being and, ultimately, her very life and liberty. It turns out that it is Winifred's close resemblance to her mother, who died long ago in Vermont, that threatens certain powerful interests in contemporary (1913) New York.

An unusually large cast of bad guys - each with a different motive for getting rid of Winifred - includes a US Senator, and unsuccessful book binding supervisor, an influential NY society belle, and gun-slinging Western gangster 'Mick the Wolf.” The mystery becomes increasingly complex with every new assault on the girl's well-being, and the efforts of the NY police and the ever-faithful Rex.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:16:07) Chapter 02

(00:33:15) Chapter 03

(00:54:35) Chapter 04

(01:15:40) Chapter 05

(01:35:58) Chapter 06

(01:58:30) Chapter 07

(02:15:35) Chapter 08

(02:32:12) Chapter 09

(02:53:13) Chapter 10

(03:13:51) Chapter 11

(03:32:03) Chapter 12

(03:48:40) Chapter 13

(04:07:43) Chapter 14

(04:23:42) Chapter 15

(04:36:12) Chapter 16

(04:51:56) Chapter 17

(05:08:41) Chapter 18

(05:28:56) Chapter 19

(05:46:34) Chapter 20

(06:03:03) Chapter 21

(06:18:32) Chapter 22

(06:36:19) Chapter 23

(06:55:57) Chapter 24

(07:12:47) Chapter 25

(07:33:41) Chapter 26

(07:50:57) Chapter 27

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A Dreamer's Tales by Lord Dunsany audiobook.

Genre: fantasy

A Dreamer's Tales by Lord Dunsany is a spellbinding collection of short fantasies that reads like a cabinet of midnight wonders, each story opening onto a world ruled less by logic than by longing, omen, and dream. In these jewel-like tales, Dunsany guides you through misty cities and far kingdoms where prophets bargain with fate, sailors pursue impossible horizons, and proud gods watch mortals with amused indifference. Some stories unfold as fables with a sting in the tail, others as lyrical travelogues to places that feel remembered rather than discovered, but all share an uncanny sense that the border between waking life and myth is thin as paper. Voices shift from wry and mischievous to solemn and incantatory, and familiar human desires - glory, love, revenge, escape - are refracted through strange laws and stranger landscapes. Whether you are drawn to timeless parable or pure imaginative atmosphere, this book offers a series of brief, haunting journeys that invite you to surrender to wonder, and to question what a dream can demand from the one who dares to follow it.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:27:10) Chapter 02

(00:38:28) Chapter 03

(00:48:21) Chapter 04

(01:00:36) Chapter 05

(01:10:42) Chapter 06

(01:50:28) Chapter 07

(02:04:34) Chapter 08

(02:18:03) Chapter 09

(02:30:49) Chapter 10

(02:43:40) Chapter 11

(02:51:11) Chapter 12

(03:22:22) Chapter 13

(03:30:48) Chapter 14

(03:39:02) Chapter 15

(03:46:06) Chapter 16

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The Loss of the S.S. Titanic by Lawrence Beesley audiobook.

Genre: history

Written by Titanic survivor Lawrence Beesley and published soon after the disaster, The Loss of the S.S. Titanic is a clear-eyed, intimate account of the ship's final voyage and the human choices that unfolded alongside it. Beesley, a quiet, observant passenger traveling in second class, reconstructs the days at sea with a scientist's attention to detail and a witness's humility: the routines of life aboard an enormous new liner, the subtle shift from comfort to uncertainty, and the sudden transformation of a modern marvel into a scene of urgent improvisation. As the night of the collision arrives, he focuses less on sensationalism and more on what he actually saw and heard - crew procedures, passenger reactions across different classes, the atmosphere on deck, and the difficult problem of decision-making when information is scarce and minutes matter. Beyond the narrative, Beesley examines broader questions of technology, safety assumptions, and institutional readiness, offering measured reflections on how such a catastrophe could occur. The result is both a gripping firsthand chronicle and a thoughtful early investigation into one of the twentieth century's defining maritime tragedies.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:17:56) Chapter 02

(00:57:27) Chapter 03

(01:38:10) Chapter 04

(02:17:24) Chapter 05

(02:38:11) Chapter 06

(03:32:31) Chapter 07

(04:07:55) Chapter 08

(04:31:56) Chapter 09

(05:04:01) Chapter 10

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The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea by Laura Lee Hope audiobook.

Genre: adventure

Nan and Bert Bobbsey are ready for a change of scenery, and their younger twins, Flossie and Freddie, can hardly sit still when the family heads off for a holiday that promises salt air, rolling waves, and new friends. But the Deep Blue Sea turns out to hold more than sunshine and scenery. Strange mix-ups, missing belongings, and half-explained warnings begin to follow the Bobbseys from dock to deck, and what first seems like simple bad luck starts to feel like something planned. While Mr. and Mrs. Bobbsey try to keep the trip peaceful, the four children do what they do best: notice what grown-ups overlook, ask the questions no one wants to answer, and chase clues wherever they lead - even when that means braving unfamiliar places and shadowy corners of a ship. As suspicions rise and the water around them feels less friendly, the twins must rely on quick thinking, courage, and their tight-knit family bond to sort truth from rumor and keep everyone safe. Warm, brisk, and full of youthful curiosity, this seaside adventure blends family fun with a steady thread of mystery.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:10:50) Chapter 02

(00:23:43) Chapter 03

(00:34:41) Chapter 04

(00:47:29) Chapter 05

(00:59:19) Chapter 06

(01:12:15) Chapter 07

(01:23:12) Chapter 08

(01:34:09) Chapter 09

(01:49:22) Chapter 10

(02:00:57) Chapter 11

(02:13:03) Chapter 12

(02:27:09) Chapter 13

(02:38:08) Chapter 14

(02:49:20) Chapter 15

(03:04:37) Chapter 16

(03:13:06) Chapter 17

(03:24:39) Chapter 18

(03:39:32) Chapter 19

(03:49:32) Chapter 20

(04:02:33) Chapter 21

(04:10:01) Chapter 22

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