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The House on the Borderland (Version 2)

Read by John Van Stan


William Hope Hodgson



This story helped propel 19th Century gothic fiction in the direction of “cosmic” horror. In fact, H.P. Lovecraft lists it as among his grea…

Short Stories (Version 2)

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky



This is a collection of short stories written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Dostoevsky), who is arguably better-known for his lengthy, contemplativ…

Moral letters to Lucilius (Epistulae morales ad Lucilium)

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca



Seneca the Younger’s letters to his friend, Lucilius Junior, appear to have been written with a broad audience in mind. These letters introd…

The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 1: Balsamo, The Magician

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Alexandre Dumas



This is the first volume of Dumas' Marie Antoinette Romances (also called "The Memoirs of a Physician"). This historical fiction c…

The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 2: The Mesmerist's Victim

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Alexandre Dumas



This 2nd volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances continues the intrigues of "Balsamo, The Magician" and adds to them the schemes o…

The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 3: The Queen's Necklace (Version 2)

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Alexandre Dumas



This 3rd volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins a decade after the close of "The Mesmerist’s Victim” and is based on a real sca…

Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (version 2) (includes annotatio…

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Friedrich Nietzsche



The modern British philosopher, Anthony M. Ludovici, said that this text “is unquestionably Nietzsche’s opus magnum.” However, he warns the …

Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus (Version 4)

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Mary Shelley



This is a classic (gothic) horror story, and one of the earliest examples of science fiction. The main characters are Dr. Frankenstein and h…

Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 4: Taking the Bastile

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Alexandre Dumas



This 4th volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins several years after the close of "The Queen’s Necklace.” It describes the event…

Some Short Christmas Stories

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Charles Dickens



Here are some classic, short Christmas stories from Charles Dickens, who, one may easily argue, was the greatest Christmas storyteller to da…

The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 5: The Countess of Charny

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Alexandre Dumas



This 5th volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins after the fall of the Bastille and the March on Versailles, which forced Louis XVI a…

The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism (Version 2)

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Friedrich Nietzsche



This is one of Nietzsche's early academic writings - a scholarly theory about Ancient Greek theatre, specifically tragedies. In a nutshell, …

Early Greek Philosophy & Other Essays (Version 2)

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Friedrich Nietzsche



“The essays contained in this volume treat of various subjects. With the exception of perhaps one we must consider all these papers as fragm…

On the Future of Our Educational Institutions (Version 2)

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Friedrich Nietzsche



These are lectures on the education system of Nietzsche's day. He states that "This book is intended for calm readers, for those who ha…

Black Star Passes

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John Wood Campbell Jr.



Follow along with Arcot, Morey, and Wade as they discover a revolutionary form of propulsion, visit our neighboring planets, and go up again…

Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army

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James Norman Hall



“Pvt Ryan”, “Platoon”, “A Soldier’s Home”, Kitchener’s Mob”. These aren’t happy stories, they are about the experience of War. War at differ…

High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France

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James Norman Hall



High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by James Norman Hall; you will find this book although an exciting narrative has an unp…

The Biography of a Grizzly

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Ernest Thompson Seton



I first read this little book when I was in the fifth grade, and now more than fifty years later, I still find it fascinating. Ernest Thomps…

The Last Trail

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Zane Grey



Return with us to those thrilling days of yesteryear as Mike Vendetti narrates this early Zane Grey novel of hardy pioneers taming the wild …

The Arabian Art of Taming and Training Wild and Vicious Horses

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P. R. Kincaid, P. R. Kincaidandjohn J. Stutzman and P. R. Kincaid And John J. Stutzman



Back in the day before automobiles, a good horse trainer and veterinarian was the equivalent of “Mr Goodwrench”. A badly behaving or unhealt…

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