Discussed novels / Page 287 / Audiobooks.club

Science Fiction

883

Fritz Leiber - Three Science Fiction Stories by Fritz Leiber

The Moon is Green, Bread Overhead and What's He Doing In There?! Three of the best known and loved Science Fiction short stories by the wonderful Fritz Lieber. Always tongue in cheek, and always with a funny twist,...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 39 minutes

No comments

Criminal Manchester: Experiences of a Special Correspondent

*Non-fiction

944

Anonymous - Criminal Manchester: Experiences of a Special Correspondent

Follow the Manchester Evening News 'special correspondent' and his guide — recently back from a 'seven stretch' — as they take you on a tour through the dimly lit quarters of late 19th-century criminal Manchester.-...

Phil Benson 2 hours 7 minutes

No comments

Music

753

John H. Swaby - Physiology of the Opera

Trust Scrici for a tell all, no holds barred exposé of the modern opera... well, modern as of... er... say, 1852. (Summary by MaryAnn)

MaryAnn 1 hour 55 minutes

No comments

Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

767

Mason Long - Save the Girls

Save the Girls is an 1880 American anti-white-slavery book by reformed gambler Mason Long. In it, the author crusades against the social evil of prostitution by presenting a series of pathetic portraits of young...

Grant Hurlock 4 hours 43 minutes

No comments

War & Military Fiction

831

G. A. Henty - With Lee in Virginia

Vincent Wingfield is the son of a wealthy Virginian planter. When the country goes to war, he enlists in the cavalry, and sees action under the various generals commanding the army in and near Virginia. He has several...

Ryan Cherrick and 1 more 10 hours 30 minutes

No comments

Horror & Supernatural Fiction

838

Alexandre Dumas - Corsican Brothers

Alexandre Dumas weaves the compelling story of Siamese twins who are separated physically but never in spirit. When one of the brothers is murdered, the other leaves Corsica for Paris to avenge the killing. Dumas...

KHand and 2 more 3 hours 10 minutes

No comments

Action & Adventure Fiction

811

Mildred A. Wirt Benson - Swamp Island

Late entry in the Penny Parker teen girl mystery series (1939-47) by one of the early ghostwriters (as Carolyn Keene) of Nancy Drew concerns an escaped embezzler, his revenge on the reporter whose articles helped...

Bellona Times 4 hours 46 minutes

No comments

Action & Adventure Fiction

824

James Oliver Curwood - Courage of Marge O'Doone

David Raine is travelling, trying to escape his own memories. On the train he meets Father Rolland, who invites him North, to a world of «mystery and savage glory», to help him find himself again. On the same train,...

Natalie Paula and 5 more 9 hours 57 minutes

No comments

Sports & Recreation

720

John Cameron - Association Football and How to Play It

An overview of the positions, tactics, and history of association football written by one of the game's early stars. John Cameron was a most interesting figure who played for both Everton and Tottenham, was a P.O.W....

Ben Adams 1 hour 58 minutes

No comments

Historical Fiction

791

Thomas Dixon, Jr. - Traitor

Dixon lived through Reconstruction, and believed it ranked with the French Revolution in brutality and criminal acts. The Traitor (1907), the final book in his trilogy which also includes The Leopard’s Spots (1902),...

Michele Fry 6 hours 45 minutes

No comments

Religion

1.1K

Anonymous - Bible For Young People Vol. 2

«The Bible for Young People tells the sweet and simple stories of the Bible in the Bible language, omitting only genealogies and doctrines, and whatever is generally regarded as unprofitable to young readers....

Greg Giordano and 17 more 8 hours 51 minutes

No comments

Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

773

Pliny the Younger - Letters of Pliny

The largest surviving body of Pliny's work is his Epistulae (Letters), a series of personal missives directed to his friends, associates and the Emperor Trajan. These letters are a unique testimony of Roman...

Andrew Coleman 10 hours 36 minutes

No comments