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The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived before Achilles

by Padraic Colum ...

Narrated by Fred Williams ...

Unabridged

8 hours 57 min

Jason was born the son of a king, his destiny to rule Iolcus. But his uncle, King Pelias, who has taken over the throne, is not willing to give it up, so he cunningly persuades Jason to accept a dare to bring back the famous Golden Fleece of Colchis. Jason accepts the challenge, unaware that he is being conned into a dangerous and perhaps fatal journey far from the land he loves.Jason sets out, ... Read more

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Jason was born the son of a king, his destiny to rule Iolcus. But his uncle, King Pelias, who has taken over the throne, is not willing to give it up, so he cunningly persuades Jason to accept a dare to bring back the famous Golden Fleece of Colchis. Jason accepts the challenge, unaware that he is being conned into a dangerous and perhaps fatal journey far from the land he loves.Jason sets out,
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Orthodoxy

by G. K. Chesterton, Christians Listening Recording ...

Narrated by Fred Williams ...

Unabridged

6 hours 49 min

G. K. Chesterton was a journalist, playwright, poet, biographer, novelist, essayist, literary commentator, editor, orator, artist, and theologian. Orthodoxy is his great apologia for the Christian faith, which was prompted by a serious attack in 1903 against Christianity by well-known newspaper editor Robert Blatchford.Published just five years later, Chesterson’s famous reply took the form of an ... Read more

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G. K. Chesterton was a journalist, playwright, poet, biographer, novelist, essayist, literary commentator, editor, orator, artist, and theologian. Orthodoxy is his great apologia for the Christian faith, which was prompted by a serious attack in 1903 against Christianity by well-known newspaper editor Robert Blatchford.Published just five years later, Chesterson’s famous reply took the form of an
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Six Armies in Normandy

From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris, June 6th–August 25th, 1944

by John Keegan ...

Narrated by Fred Williams ...

Unabridged

17 hours 31 min

In burnished, driving prose, John Keegan chronicles the 1944 invasion of Normandy, from D-day to the liberation of Paris. At the same time, he furthers his exploration of the "role which warfare and its institutions play in social life" by showing how each of the six armies, while resembling one another in purpose and authority, is a mirror of its own nation's values. Each army is shown at ... Read more

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In burnished, driving prose, John Keegan chronicles the 1944 invasion of Normandy, from D-day to the liberation of Paris. At the same time, he furthers his exploration of the "role which warfare and its institutions play in social life" by showing how each of the six armies, while resembling one another in purpose and authority, is a mirror of its own nation's values. Each army is shown at
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The Kiss and The Duel and Other Stories

by Anton Chekhov ...

Narrated by Fred Williams ...

Unabridged

8 hours 11 min

Here are the most unforgettable stories of a master writer who saw all of life and rejected none of it.In The Kiss, a lonely, love-starved soldier keeps a secret rendezvous for another man and becomes enamored with a woman he is never to see again. The Duel describes the collisions between men and women in hopeless relationships, and how two men are driven to settle the score in a clandestine ... Read more

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Here are the most unforgettable stories of a master writer who saw all of life and rejected none of it.In The Kiss, a lonely, love-starved soldier keeps a secret rendezvous for another man and becomes enamored with a woman he is never to see again. The Duel describes the collisions between men and women in hopeless relationships, and how two men are driven to settle the score in a clandestine
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Salambo

High Priestess of Ancient Carthage

by Gustave Flaubert ...

Narrated by Fred Williams ...

Unabridged

12 hours 8 min

Beyond the gardens of Hamilcar’s palace, beyond the walls of Carthage, the Roman hordes stood waiting to annihilate the noblest city of ancient Africa. Within the city, all was madness—the houses were filled with the screams of women and the streets teemed with terrified men. The veil of the goddess Tanit, sacred to Carthage, had fallen to Matho, Roman soldier-of-fortune.But when Salambo, the ... Read more

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Beyond the gardens of Hamilcar’s palace, beyond the walls of Carthage, the Roman hordes stood waiting to annihilate the noblest city of ancient Africa. Within the city, all was madness—the houses were filled with the screams of women and the streets teemed with terrified men. The veil of the goddess Tanit, sacred to Carthage, had fallen to Matho, Roman soldier-of-fortune.But when Salambo, the
... Read more
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The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories

by Rudyard Kipling ...

Narrated by Fred Williams ...

Unabridged

11 hours 38 min

This collection brings together seventeen of Kipling’s early stories, written between 1885 and 1888, when he was working as a journalist in India. Wry comedies of British officialdom alternate with glimpses into the harsh lives of the common soldiers and the Indian poor, revealing Kipling’s legendary powers of observation. The title story, “The Man Who Would Be King,” tells of two British ... Read more

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This collection brings together seventeen of Kipling’s early stories, written between 1885 and 1888, when he was working as a journalist in India. Wry comedies of British officialdom alternate with glimpses into the harsh lives of the common soldiers and the Indian poor, revealing Kipling’s legendary powers of observation. The title story, “The Man Who Would Be King,” tells of two British
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Passages from the Diary of Samuel Pepys

by Samuel Pepys ...

Narrated by Fred Williams ...

Unabridged

13 hours 2 min

"The diary which Samuel Pepys kept from January 1660 to May 1669…is one of our greatest historical records and…a major work of English literature," writes the renowned historian Paul Johnson.A witness to the coronation of Charles II, the Great Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of 1666, Pepys chronicled the events of his day. His diary provides an astonishingly frank and diverting account of ... Read more

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"The diary which Samuel Pepys kept from January 1660 to May 1669…is one of our greatest historical records and…a major work of English literature," writes the renowned historian Paul Johnson.A witness to the coronation of Charles II, the Great Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of 1666, Pepys chronicled the events of his day. His diary provides an astonishingly frank and diverting account of
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The Forsyte Saga

by John Galsworthy ...

Narrated by Fred Williams ...

Series Audiobook 1-3 - The Forsyte Saga
Unabridged

42 hours 40 min

The Forsyte Saga chronicles the ebbing social power of the upper-middle-class Forsyte family through three generations, beginning in Victorian London during the 1880s and ending in the early 1920s. The saga begins with Soames Forsyte, a successful solicitor who buys land at Robin Hill on which to build a house for his wife, Irene, and future family. Eventually, the Forsyte family begins to ... Read more

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The Forsyte Saga chronicles the ebbing social power of the upper-middle-class Forsyte family through three generations, beginning in Victorian London during the 1880s and ending in the early 1920s. The saga begins with Soames Forsyte, a successful solicitor who buys land at Robin Hill on which to build a house for his wife, Irene, and future family. Eventually, the Forsyte family begins to
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Under Drake’s Flag

A Tale of the Spanish Main

by G. A. Henty ...

Narrated by Fred Williams ...

Unabridged

12 hours 34 min

In the days when England and Spain struggled for the supremacy of the sea, a young lad sails with Sir Francis Drake, the daring sixteenth-century privateer, in this action-packed story based on true historical events. Drake’s superb navigational skill enabled him to outrun or outmaneuver his incessant pursuers. He escaped so often and so ingeniously that he became legendary and was assumed by some ... Read more

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In the days when England and Spain struggled for the supremacy of the sea, a young lad sails with Sir Francis Drake, the daring sixteenth-century privateer, in this action-packed story based on true historical events. Drake’s superb navigational skill enabled him to outrun or outmaneuver his incessant pursuers. He escaped so often and so ingeniously that he became legendary and was assumed by some
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THE FIXER

by Fred William ...

The Fixer is a memoir unlike any other - a raw, funny, and deeply human journey through two wildly different worlds. By day, Fred was a clinical psychologist helping broken children, veterans, and teens on the edge navigate their darkest moments. By night, and sometimes by day as well, he was a corporate event manager thrown into the chaos of celebrity meltdowns, international summits, logistical ... Read more

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The Fixer is a memoir unlike any other - a raw, funny, and deeply human journey through two wildly different worlds. By day, Fred was a clinical psychologist helping broken children, veterans, and teens on the edge navigate their darkest moments. By night, and sometimes by day as well, he was a corporate event manager thrown into the chaos of celebrity meltdowns, international summits, logistical
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The Devil’s Oasis

by Bartle Bull ...

Narrated by Fred Williams ...

Series Audiobook 3 - The Anton Rider Series
Unabridged

16 hours 17 min

It is 1942, and civilization as the world knows it teeters on its edge. Nazi Germany stands at the height of its power. Anton Rider is now a desert commando engaged in obliterating Nazi air bases and petrol dumps. His old friend, Ernst von Decken, a German soldier of fortune, has become the enemy. Meanwhile, in North Africa, the brilliant General Rommel’s panzers threaten the Suez Canal, the oil ... Read more

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It is 1942, and civilization as the world knows it teeters on its edge. Nazi Germany stands at the height of its power. Anton Rider is now a desert commando engaged in obliterating Nazi air bases and petrol dumps. His old friend, Ernst von Decken, a German soldier of fortune, has become the enemy. Meanwhile, in North Africa, the brilliant General Rommel’s panzers threaten the Suez Canal, the oil
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Allan Quatermain

by H. Rider Haggard ...

Narrated by Fred Williams ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Allan Quatermain Series
Unabridged

11 hours 39 min

Thrilled by rumors of a lost civilization, three Englishmen decide to travel to the heart of Africa with their Zulu guide, where they meet with continual peril: an attack by a cruel warrior tribe, the scorch of underground volcanic fires, and an encounter with a huge species of ferocious black crab. Exhausted and depleted of supplies, the men at last arrive at a mysterious city in the highlands of ... Read more

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Thrilled by rumors of a lost civilization, three Englishmen decide to travel to the heart of Africa with their Zulu guide, where they meet with continual peril: an attack by a cruel warrior tribe, the scorch of underground volcanic fires, and an encounter with a huge species of ferocious black crab. Exhausted and depleted of supplies, the men at last arrive at a mysterious city in the highlands of
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