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The Brownies and Prince Florimel by Palmer Cox audiobook. Genre: fantasy When King Florimel's father dies, the rightful heir discovers that a ruthless uncle is ready to take the throne and erase him from the story for good. There is one problem the court cannot ignore: Florimel is brave, clever, and noble, but he is also very small, and the grown rulers around him treat his size as a reason to deny his claim. Forced to flee, Florimel carries the strange legacy of a fairy godmother: hints of second sight and a gift meant to protect him when ordinary strength is not enough. His escape draws him beyond human roads into the hidden night-world of the Brownies, the mischievous, warmhearted sprites who work in secret and travel everywhere. Among them he finds unexpected allies, new rules of courage, and a foster-king whose lessons are as practical as they are magical. But the deeper Florimel is pulled into Brownieland, Fairyland, and darker realms, the more he must face enchantments, traps, and an ill-tempered power who would bend both humans and magical folk to his will. Told in Cox's lively, illustrated style, this is a fairy adventure about dignity, loyalty, and refusing to be measured by size alone. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:14:20) Chapter 02 (00:25:28) Chapter 03 (00:39:19) Chapter 04 (00:52:40) Chapter 05 (01:04:03) Chapter 06 (01:16:59) Chapter 07 (01:30:19) Chapter 08 (01:42:12) Chapter 09 (01:56:04) Chapter 10 (02:10:37) Chapter 11 (02:23:32) Chapter 12 (02:37:36) Chapter 13 (02:51:45) Chapter 14 (03:03:36) Chapter 15 (03:16:12) Chapter 16 (03:29:13) Chapter 17 (03:41:46) Chapter 18 (03:54:44) Chapter 19 (04:06:33) Chapter 20 (04:17:07) Chapter 21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Island Nights Entertainments by Robert Louis Stevenson audiobook. Genre: adventure In Island Nights Entertainments, Robert Louis Stevenson gathers three vivid tales that blend the heat and color of the South Pacific with sharp moral tension and a taste for the uncanny. In The Beach of Falesa, a principled trader arrives on a remote island to build an honest life, only to find himself tangled in local rivalries, colonial exploitation, and a marriage arranged under troubling misunderstandings. In The Bottle Imp, a restless young man acquires a mysterious bottle said to grant wishes, but the gift carries a perilous condition that turns every desire into a gamble with the soul. In The Isle of Voices, an islander newly married into a strange family is drawn into a secret world of hidden wealth and whispered dangers, where greed and loyalty pull in opposite directions. Across these stories, Stevenson explores ambition, temptation, cultural collision, and the uneasy line between bravery and folly, all rendered with brisk storytelling, atmospheric settings, and characters forced to reckon with what they truly value when paradise proves anything but simple. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:30:20) Chapter 02 (01:21:15) Chapter 03 (01:54:42) Chapter 04 (02:41:14) Chapter 05 (03:15:15) Chapter 06 (03:55:54) Chapter 07 (04:49:58) Chapter 08 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Purgatory by Rev. Francois Xavier Schouppe audiobook. Genre: religion Purgatory by FX Schouppe, SJ, a french Catholic theologian who died in November, 1904 details the place where saved souls go before Heaven. Think of it as a temporary cleaning or purging place for those who aren't going to Hell. Fire, burning and intense pain for various lengths of time make up the experience of Purgatory. The author details eyewitness accounts and blood chilling stories from the perspective of a number of saints who went through it. We can pray, give alms and have Masses said for the souls in Purgatory to shorten their and our time there. This book really turned me around! Purgatory will scare the Hell out of you! For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 000 (00:06:47) Chapter 001 (00:08:54) Chapter 002 (00:13:29) Chapter 003 (00:16:36) Chapter 004 (00:22:09) Chapter 005 (00:28:58) Chapter 006 (00:41:38) Chapter 007 (00:49:16) Chapter 008 (01:00:56) Chapter 009 (01:10:38) Chapter 010 (01:17:20) Chapter 011 (01:26:57) Chapter 012 (01:35:57) Chapter 013 (01:45:04) Chapter 014 (01:54:45) Chapter 015 (02:01:26) Chapter 016 (02:09:21) Chapter 017 (02:15:28) Chapter 018 (02:24:40) Chapter 019 (02:32:53) Chapter 020 (02:43:13) Chapter 021 (02:53:19) Chapter 022 (03:00:20) Chapter 023 (03:11:30) Chapter 024 (03:22:18) Chapter 025 (03:29:12) Chapter 026 (03:37:33) Chapter 027 (03:43:01) Chapter 028 (03:48:56) Chapter 029 (03:56:17) Chapter 030 (04:00:00) Chapter 031 (04:09:43) Chapter 032 (04:14:24) Chapter 033 (04:23:03) Chapter 034 (04:27:08) Chapter 035 (04:34:35) Chapter 036 (04:40:02) Chapter 037 (04:45:16) Chapter 038 (04:50:25) Chapter 039 (04:55:52) Chapter 040 (05:05:04) Chapter 041 (05:12:01) Chapter 042 (05:23:44) Chapter 043 (05:28:49) Chapter 044 (05:35:06) Chapter 045 (05:40:02) Chapter 046 (05:43:42) Chapter 047 (05:49:37) Chapter 048 (06:01:51) Chapter 049 (06:05:51) Chapter 050 (06:13:22) Chapter 051 (06:19:57) Chapter 052 (06:26:02) Chapter 053 (06:32:14) Chapter 054 (06:41:27) Chapter 055 (06:48:33) Chapter 056 (06:57:35) Chapter 057 (07:02:50) Chapter 058 (07:11:12) Chapter 059 (07:17:25) Chapter 060 (07:25:14) Chapter 061 (07:32:01) Chapter 062 (07:36:29) Chapter 063 (07:41:52) Chapter 064 (07:47:30) Chapter 065 (07:53:42) Chapter 066 (07:58:58) Chapter 067 (08:05:16) Chapter 068 (08:10:19) Chapter 069 (08:14:21) Chapter 070 (08:22:20) Chapter 071 (08:26:46) Chapter 072 (08:35:27) Chapter 073 (08:42:46) Chapter 074 (08:52:15) Chapter 075 (08:59:26) Chapter 076 (09:06:01) Chapter 077 (09:12:18) Chapter 078 (09:18:05) Chapter 079 (09:25:06) Chapter 080 (09:32:58) Chapter 081 (09:43:29) Chapter 082 (09:50:12) Chapter 083 (09:56:09) Chapter 084 (10:03:59) Chapter 085 (10:10:18) Chapter 086 (10:16:33) Chapter 087 (10:24:07) Chapter 088 (10:30:58) Chapter 089 (10:37:19) Chapter 090 (10:46:35) Chapter 091 (10:52:24) Chapter 092 (10:58:07) Chapter 093 (11:06:42) Chapter 094 (11:17:39) Chapter 095 (11:25:04) Chapter 096 (11:30:59) Chapter 097 (11:40:59) Chapter 098 (11:46:43) Chapter 099 (11:54:15) Chapter 100 (12:03:13) Chapter 101 (12:11:44) Chapter 102 (12:17:06) Chapter 103 (12:22:39) Chapter 104 Max Character Limit reached Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Broken Bond by Nicholas Carter audiobook. Genre: mystery In A Broken Bond: Or, The Man Without Morals, a fortune made in a South American mining venture turns two longtime partners into enemies overnight. When Winthrop Crawford survives what looks like a carefully planned ambush in the mountains, the attack raises a terrifying question: who would risk everything to see him dead, and why now, just as the partners are poised to cash out? Rumors of jealousy and treachery swirl around Crawford's associate, James Stone, a man whose behavior suggests both ruthless calculation and a mind slipping its moorings. As danger follows Crawford across borders and new attempts close in, the case draws the attention of master detective Nick Carter and his trusted team, who begin pulling at a tangled thread of suspicious letters, money trails, and convenient alibis. The deeper Nick digs, the less this feels like a simple business dispute, and the more it resembles a deliberate campaign to ruin a man and erase the past. Fast, twisty, and charged with moral ambiguity, the story pits loyalty against greed and asks what can happen when conscience finally breaks. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:09:59) Chapter 02 (00:20:50) Chapter 03 (00:31:22) Chapter 04 (00:41:46) Chapter 05 (00:50:13) Chapter 06 (00:57:56) Chapter 07 (01:06:14) Chapter 08 (01:15:26) Chapter 09 (01:21:51) Chapter 10 (01:27:11) Chapter 11 (01:36:48) Chapter 12 (01:41:12) Chapter 13 (01:48:09) Chapter 14 (01:56:07) Chapter 15 (02:01:15) Chapter 16 (02:07:25) Chapter 17 (02:13:00) Chapter 18 (02:21:57) Chapter 19 (02:29:14) Chapter 20 (02:37:19) Chapter 21 (02:45:31) Chapter 22 (02:51:44) Chapter 23 (02:58:24) Chapter 24 (03:05:14) Chapter 25 (03:11:30) Chapter 26 (03:16:33) Chapter 27 (03:22:50) Chapter 28 (03:30:22) Chapter 29 (03:38:19) Chapter 30 (03:47:15) Chapter 31 (03:58:08) Chapter 32 (04:04:24) Chapter 33 (04:11:01) Chapter 34 (04:18:56) Chapter 35 (04:30:26) Chapter 36 (04:36:41) Chapter 37 (04:45:49) Chapter 38 (04:55:09) Chapter 39 (05:01:55) Chapter 40 (05:11:18) Chapter 41 (05:19:39) Chapter 42 (05:27:59) Chapter 43 (05:34:49) Chapter 44 (05:43:59) Chapter 45 (05:49:36) Chapter 46 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another Brownie Book by Palmer Cox audiobook. Genre: fantasy In Another Brownie Book, illustrator and poet Palmer Cox invites listeners back into the moonlit world of the Brownies - tiny, quick-witted sprites who slip out while townsfolk sleep to turn ordinary places into stages for mischief, teamwork, and secret good deeds. Told in lively rhyming verse and originally paired with Cox's own drawings, these episodic tales follow the Brownies as they tackle one nighttime scheme after another: shaping winter snow into a village surprise, organizing bustling make-believe enterprises, and testing their ingenuity in barns, orchards, classrooms, and grand public spaces where a small band can cause a very large commotion. But their fun is never only for fun's sake - each adventure becomes a contest of creativity, coordination, and clever problem-solving, with the Brownies balancing prankish impulses against a curious kind of responsibility to the human world they cannot fully join. Playful, energetic, and packed with vivid set pieces, this classic collection blends humor and wonder while celebrating the joy of hard work, the thrill of secrecy, and the magic that might be happening just out of sight. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:05:49) Chapter 02 (00:10:14) Chapter 03 (00:15:10) Chapter 04 (00:20:34) Chapter 05 (00:24:56) Chapter 06 (00:29:47) Chapter 07 (00:33:36) Chapter 08 (00:38:48) Chapter 09 (00:41:24) Chapter 10 (00:44:17) Chapter 11 (00:50:21) Chapter 12 (00:55:11) Chapter 13 (01:06:15) Chapter 14 (01:15:19) Chapter 15 (01:22:01) Chapter 16 (01:26:52) Chapter 17 (01:32:42) Chapter 18 (01:38:26) Chapter 19 (01:43:02) Chapter 20 (01:48:12) Chapter 21 (01:53:12) Chapter 22 (01:56:56) Chapter 23 (02:04:05) Chapter 24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amends for Ladies by Nathan Field audiobook. Genre: comedy Amends for Ladies falls within the genre of Jacobean city comedy. Three women debate which has the better lot: a maid, a wife, or a widow. Lady Honour, the maid, is loved by her servant, Ingen, and disguises herself as a boy to become servant to him. Lady Perfect, the wife, is suspected by her husband, Love-all, of infidelity; Love-all tries to trap his wife by having his devious friend, Subtle, seduce her. A young citizen, Bold, disguises himself as an old woman to enter into the service of the widow, Lady Bright, in the hopes of gaining access to her bed. Amends for Ladies also features a duel-gone-wrong, bawdy jokes aplenty, and a guest appearance by the 'Roaring Girl' herself, Moll Cutpurse For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:02:11) Chapter 01 (00:31:42) Chapter 02 (00:58:26) Chapter 03 (01:24:58) Chapter 04 (01:54:20) Chapter 05 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Pirates by Morgan Robertson audiobook. Genre: adventure When Ensign William Denman stays aboard a brand-new U.S. Navy destroyer for one quiet night, he expects nothing more dangerous than paperwork and a watchman's round. Instead, a dozen escaped prisoners slip through the fog, silence the sentries, and steal the fastest ship afloat, a turbine-driven grayhound fitted with torpedoes, searchlights, and a crackling new wireless set. Their leader, the hard-handed Herbert Jenkins, offers Denman a stark choice: parole and cooperation, or confinement in irons. Denman gives his word not to interfere, but honor does not make him safe. As the stolen destroyer surges into the Atlantic and warships begin to close in, Denman discovers an even more personal threat among the fugitives: John Forsythe, his boyhood rival, carrying an old grievance that time and uniforms have not erased. Trapped on a vessel that can outrun almost anything but cannot outrun consequences, Denman must weigh duty against survival, read the shifting loyalties of desperate men, and decide how far a naval officer can bend before he breaks. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:13:27) Chapter 02 (00:25:21) Chapter 03 (00:36:38) Chapter 04 (00:46:51) Chapter 05 (00:57:38) Chapter 06 (01:09:51) Chapter 07 (01:24:21) Chapter 08 (01:34:24) Chapter 09 (01:51:01) Chapter 10 (02:03:13) Chapter 11 (02:18:37) Chapter 12 (02:33:04) Chapter 13 (02:44:13) Chapter 14 (02:56:07) Chapter 15 (03:05:35) Chapter 16 (03:15:09) Chapter 17 (03:28:31) Chapter 18 (03:41:35) Chapter 19 (03:48:40) Chapter 20 (04:04:20) Chapter 21 (04:16:30) Chapter 22 (04:26:41) Chapter 23 (04:38:38) Chapter 24 (04:49:48) Chapter 25 (05:01:18) Chapter 26 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Broken Barriers by Meredith Nicholson audiobook. Genre: romance When college junior Grace Durland is abruptly summoned home to Indianapolis, she expects a temporary family setback. Instead, she finds the Durlands shaken by financial ruin and simmering tensions: her proud father has been pushed out of the business he helped build, her brother Roy is protected and indulged, and Grace is told to trade campus freedom for duty and practicality. Refusing to be reduced to a household problem to be managed, Grace steps into unfamiliar territory - paid work, public scrutiny, and the hard arithmetic of respectability. Then an unexpected connection with Ward Trenton, a charming man whose life is already entangled by marriage and social obligations, draws Grace toward a love that promises escape and threatens disgrace. As whispers spread and loyalties fracture, Grace must decide what she owes her family, what she owes herself, and whether a young woman can claim independence without paying an unbearable price. A story of ambition, reputation, and desire in a changing America, Broken Barriers explores the personal costs of breaking rules that were never meant to bend. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:56:29) Chapter 02 (01:12:07) Chapter 03 (01:50:10) Chapter 04 (02:33:09) Chapter 05 (03:21:43) Chapter 06 (04:01:57) Chapter 07 (04:50:21) Chapter 08 (05:32:09) Chapter 09 (06:17:09) Chapter 10 (07:00:27) Chapter 11 (07:29:33) Chapter 12 (08:17:56) Chapter 13 (08:46:12) Chapter 14 (09:35:38) Chapter 15 (10:07:38) Chapter 16 (10:51:48) Chapter 17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Eight Strokes of the Clock by Maurice Leblanc audiobook. Genre: mystery In The Eight Strokes of the Clock, Maurice Leblanc sends Arsene Lupin, France's legendary gentleman-thief, into a different kind of game: not a heist, but a sequence of puzzles where time itself seems to set the rules. When the daring and newly widowed Countess of Cagliostro crosses paths with Lupin, she is drawn into an unusual arrangement - eight promised adventures, each marked by a stroke of a clock and each leading toward a larger, hidden design. From country houses and lonely roads to seaside towns and shadowed estates, the pair follow cryptic clues, coded messages, and seemingly impossible coincidences. Lupin, charming and unreadable as ever, must balance gallantry with suspicion, because every mystery offers two dangers: the trap laid by an enemy and the trap laid by desire. As the cases unfold, the countess discovers that Lupin's greatest talent is not merely stealing valuables, but stealing certainty - turning suspects into allies, victims into accomplices, and straightforward crimes into intricate riddles. Fast, elegant, and suspenseful, this collection blends romance, wit, and classic detective intrigue into a race against the next chime. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:51:49) Chapter 02 (01:40:19) Chapter 03 (02:25:10) Chapter 04 (03:12:43) Chapter 05 (04:01:16) Chapter 06 (04:47:08) Chapter 07 (05:38:37) Chapter 08 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Shakespeare Dead by Mark Twain audiobook. Genre: history A short, semi-autobiographical work by American humorist Mark Twain. It explores the controversy over the authorship of the Shakespearean literary canon via satire, anecdote, and extensive quotation of contemporary authors on the subject. In the book, Twain expounds the view that Shakespeare of Stratford was not the author of the canon, and lends tentative support to the Baconian theory. The book opens with a scene from his early adulthood, where he was trained to be a steamboat pilot by an elder who often argued with him over the controversy. Twain's arguments include the following points: That little was known about Shakespeare's life, and the bulk of his biographies were based on conjecture. That a number of eminent British barristers and judges found Shakespeare's plays permeated with precise legal thought, and that the author could only have been a veteran legal professional. That in contrast, Shakespeare of Stratford had never held a legal position or office, and had only been in court over petty lawsuits late in life. That small towns lionize and celebrate their famous authors for generations, but this had not happened in Shakespeare's case. He described his own fame in Hannibal as a case in point. Twain draws parallels and analogies from the pretensions of modern religious figures and commentators on the nature of Satan. He compares the believers in Shakespeare to adherents of Arthur Orton and Mary Baker Eddy. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:22:30) Chapter 02 (00:41:39) Chapter 03 (01:02:14) Chapter 04 (01:28:26) Chapter 05 (02:01:59) Chapter 06 (02:29:58) Chapter 07 (02:44:12) Chapter 08 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices