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Two Years Before the Mast is a book by the American author Richard Henry Dana, Jr., written after a two-year sea voyage starting in 1834 and published in 1840.

While at Harvard College, Dana had an attack of the measles which affected his vision. Thinking it might help his sight, Dana, rather than going on a Grand Tour as most of his fellow classmates traditionally did (and unable to afford it anyway) and being something of a non-conformist, left Harvard to enlist as a common sailor on a voyage around Cape Horn on the brig Pilgrim. He returned to Massachusetts two years later aboard the Alert (which left California sooner than the Pilgrim).

He kept a diary throughout the voyage, and, after returning, he wrote a recognized American classic, Two Years Before the Mast, published in 1840, the same year of his admission to the bar.

One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

This is the inspiring story of an ordinary guy who achieved two great goals that others had told him were impossible. First, he set a record for the longest automobile journey ever made around the world, during the course of which he blasted his way out of minefields, survived a serious accident atop the Peak of Death, came within seconds of being lynched in Pakistan, and lost three of the five men who started with him, two to disease, one to the Vietcong.

The Darkest Jungle tells the harrowing story of America's first ship canal exploration across a narrow piece of land in Central America called the Darién, a place that loomed large in the minds of the world's most courageous adventurers in the nineteenth century. With rival warships and explorers from England and France days behind, the 27-member U.S. Darién Exploring Expedition landed on the Atlantic shore at Caledonia Bay in eastern Panama to begin their mad dash up the coast-hugging mountains of the Darién wilderness. The whole world watched as this party attempted to be the first to traverse the 40-mile isthmus, the narrowest spot between the Atlantic and Pacific in all the Americas.

This acclaimed portrait of heroism and ingenuity captures a watershed moment in human history. The astronauts themselves have called it the definitive account of their missions. On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Based on in-depth interviews with twenty-three of the twenty-four moon voyagers, as well as those who struggled to get the program moving, A Man on the Moon conveys every aspect of the Apollo missions with breathtaking immediacy and stunning detail.

Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of the great Roman emperor’s life, Goldsworthy covers not only the great Roman emperor’s accomplishments as charismatic orator, conquering general, and powerful dictator but also lesser-known chapters during which he was high priest of an exotic cult, captive of pirates, seducer not only of Cleopatra but also of the wives of his two main political rivals, and rebel condemned by his own country. Ultimately, Goldsworthy realizes the full complexity of Caesar’s character and shows why his political and military leadership continues to resonate some two thousand years later.

The 60 Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows from Science Fiction Selected by Ray Bradbury, one of the greatest fantasy writers of the 20th Century. Rocket into the future with “adventures in time and space, told in future tense” by Isaac Asimov, James Blish, Ray Bradbury, Gordon R. Dickson, Robert A. Heinlein, Murray Leinster, Frederik Pohl, Robert Sheckley, Theodore Sturgeon, Jules Verne, Kurt Vonnegut, H.G. Wells and other top science fiction authors. Also featured are Orson Welles’ landmark War of the Worlds broadcast, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Curt Siodmak’s unforgettable Donovan’s Brain and a terrifying tale by Arch Oboler.

Shows included:

• Mercury Theatre On the Air War of the Worlds 10-30-38

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A treasure chest of the written and spoken word, this collection is read by brilliant actors who make this audio anthology a genuine treat for the listener. This audio recording includes the following short stories: - "Reginald on House Parties" by Saki, read by Nigel Hawthorne- "The Sphinx without a Secret" by Oscar Wilde, read by Martin Jarvis- "Tobermory" by Saki, read by Barbara Leigh-Hunt- "On Being Idle" by Jerome K. Jerome, read by Hugh Laurie- "For Better or Worse" by W.W. Jacobs, read by Joanna David- "The Model Millionaire" by Oscar Wilde, read by T. P. McKenna- "The Garden of Truth" by E. Nesbit, read by Harriet Walker- "The Cat That Walked by Himself" by Rudyard Kipling, read by Liza Goddard- "The Girl from Arles" by Alphonse Daudet, read by Stephen Fry- "Mr. & Mrs. Dove" by Katherine Mansfield, read by Rosalind Ayres- "Georgie Porgie" by Rudyard Kipling, read by Edward Fox- "Caterpillars" by E. F. Benson, read by Patrick Malahide- "Lost Hearts" by M. R. James, read by Richard Pasco- "Ship to Tarshish" by John Buchan, read by Iain Cuthbertson- "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Richard Pasco- "The Man of the Night" by Edgar Wallace, read by Robin Bailey- "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, read by Nicky Henson- "B-24" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Brian Cox- "Pat Hobby & Orson Welles" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, read by Kerry Shale- "Mad" by Guy de Maupassant, read by Derek Jacobi- "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Richard Griffiths- "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs, read by Patrick Malahide

Crazy Horse, the legendary military leader of the Oglala Sioux whose personal power and social nonconformity contributed to his reputation as being “strange,” fought in many famous battles, including the Little Bighorn, and held out tirelessly against the U.S. government’s efforts to confine the Lakotas to reservations. Finally, in the spring of 1877 he surrendered, only to meet a violent death.