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The War That Will End War
Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
H. G. Wells
.About the First World War, and the author's conclusions. Whether or not you agree with these articles/essays, H G Wells does make many vali…
The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775
Read by FNH
Abraham Tomlinson
"Perceiving that much of the intrinsic value of these Journals would consist in a proper understanding of the historical facts to which…
Das Spinnennetz
Read by Availle
Joseph Roth
Theodor Lohse beschließt den 1. Weltkrieg als unbedeutender Leutnant und findet Arbeit als Hauslehrer beim reichen Juden Efrussi. Dort…
The Tale of a Tank, and Other Yarns
Read by Steve C
Harold Ashton
Harold Ashton was the War Correspondent of The Daily News during the First World War and reported extensively on the British army’s involvem…
The Radio Gunner
Read by James R. Hedrick
Alexander Forbes
Originally published anonymously in 1924, this intriguing work of science fiction, categorized by Bleiler under 'imaginary wars and inventio…
The Regent
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
Arnold Bennett
'The Regent' is, if not a sequel to 'The Card', then a 'Further Adventures of' the eponymous hero of that novel.Denry Machin is now forty-th…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 064
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Various
Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. Eucken's "The Failure of Speculative Philosophy," is one of several essays de…
Echoes of the War
Read by James E. Carson
J. M. Barrie
Short stories with dramatic parts about civilian life in London during the First World War. Some humorous moments. By the author of "Pe…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 080
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Various
Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Not one of us actually thinks for himself, or in any orderly and scientific manne…
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
Depiction of a dystopian society in the future in which manipulative social control is exercised on a gullible population… (summary by Peter…
The Histories of Herodotus (Audio Book) trans. by George Rawlinson
Ferox Aeternum
The Histories of Herodotus (Audio Book) trans. by George Rawlinson
Books Fatal to Their Authors
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Peter Hempson Ditchfield
This is a collection of stories of authors who have lost their fortunes and sometimes their lives after writing a book. The liberty of a per…
Adaptation
Read by Phil Chenevert
Mack Reynolds
In 1960 when this was published, the Cold War was at its height. Communism and Free Enterprise (Democracy) were locked in a ferocious strug…
The Clue of the Twisted Candle (Version 2)
Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
Edgar Wallace
Detective mystery story set in London, with some romance, and intriguing plot. - Summary by Peter Thomlinson
Lenz (version 2)
Read by Hans Hafen
Georg Büchner
Mit Lenz wird eine Novelle von Georg Büchner benannt, wobei der Titel nicht vom Autor stammt. Büchner hat sich nachweislich sp&aum…
Now It Can Be Told
Read by Walt Allan
Philip Gibbs
In this book I have written about some aspects of the war which, Ibelieve, the world must know and remember, not only as a memorial ofmen's …
Biltmore Oswald
Read by Nigel Boydell
J. Thorne Smith, Jr.
The hilarious diary of a young man's recruitment into, and service in a navy, which, though well equipped and disciplined, remains woefully …
Anthem (version 3)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Ayn Rand
This Novella by Ayn Rand was first published in England in 1938. It takes place at some unspecified future date when mankind has entered an…
Peter und Alexej
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Dmitry Merezhkovsky
Historischer Roman über den russischen Zaren Peter I. Mit großer Authentizität schildert der Autor den Reformprozess, der un…
Young Folks' History of the American Revolution
Read by Gary Bohannon
Everett T. Tomlinson
This work has grown out of the desire frequently expressed to the writer when he has been lecturing on the American Revolution, that in some…