Published in 1907 and dedicated to H.G. Wells, The Secret Agent by (Polish-born) Joseph Conrad is set in London in 1886 and is one of his later novels. In this period, he moves away from seafaring tales to political themes. This novel is inspired by an actual event.
Adolf Verloc is a secret agent...
Thorndyke—Complete Short Stories
By R. Austin Freeman
Narrated by Graham Scott
A complete collection of R Austin Freeman's short stories of his great scientific investigator, Dr John Thorndyke. Including every story from John Thorndyke's Cases (1909), The Adventures of Dr Thorndyke (1912), Dr...
A Dusty Tomes Audio Book In Cooperation with Spoken Realms
Official Guidebook of the San Diego Zoo by Zoological Society of San Diego, 1927.
It is in the public domain.
This is a lovely piece of history of the renowned zoo. Easily noted are the magnificent donations of Ellen B. Scripps and the...
What A Week! is an indie picture book published with the help of Team Author UK Productions in 2017 (now named TAUK Publishing).
Written and illustrated by Debs Green-Jones, Dottie the Dinosaur looks for someone to play with every day of the week. Aimed at children ages 0-5 years, this book teach...
Here are the stories of the great gangs that once terrorized New York City, from the Bowery Boys and the Dead Rabbits to the Gophers and the Eastmans—here are the infamous gangsters, from the days of the murderous Five Points Gangs to the later underworld mobs led by Mose the Bowery Boy, Monk Eastma...
Welcome to the Fiction on the Web audiobook series, featuring a collection of short stories with a different theme for each volume. Lovingly curated by the owner of Fiction On The Web, Charlie Fish. Come and share in the joy and power of short stories.
Did you know that globally, over 200 million...
After surviving the most harrowing night of my life, I'm left desperate for answers. No one will tell me where North is, and my last memory of him is his blood-streaked face. But stars don't bleed, do they?
As the first light of dawn creeps in, the steady beep of a monitor becomes my anchor. When...
Thought Vibration
or The Law of Attraction in the Thought World
By William Walker Atkinson
Narrated by Denis Daly
In Rhonda Byrne's self-help book, The Secret, published in 2006, the theory of the Law of Attraction is presented as a re-discovery of an ancient metaphysical principle, buried i...
Published in June of 1932 in "Strange Tales" a pulp magazine of the era, "The House in the Magnolias" by August W. Derlith & Mark Shorer, now an audiobook narrated by Mike Vendetti will thrill and chill you. The story takes place on a plantation outside of New Orleans where Voodooism and Sorcery are...
On the back of an unhappy marriage and bitter divorce, stressed-out Ariana Carter-Cruz returns to the remote Greek island of Sakros, to claim the estate of her late grandmother, Sophia. A straightforward affair—go there, sell the house, get out—and start a new life with her daughter. What she didn’t...
A Dusty Tomes Audio Book
In Cooperation with Spoken Realms
History of the Great American Fortunes Volume One of Three Volumes by Gustavus Myers. Charles H. Kerr 1909.
Note - This book is ‘read as written'. It was published in 1909. It is in the public domain.
Contents:
Preface
Part I: Co...
Grace Livingston Hill’s three novels about nineteenth-century small-town America remain relevant a century after they were first published. The timeless themes include the powerful influence of gossip, the importance of faith, and the precious gift of true friendship.
Marcia Schuyler
When Kate S...
