Voices of Today
1,124 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago -Voices of Today provides services in audiobook narration and production.
The proprietors are Denis Daly and Sarah Bacaller who are professional audiobook narrators and producers.
Denis Daly has provided narration and editing services for many projects at Librivox.org and Legamus.eu. He is also a founding member of Rhapsodize, a group which promotes the performance and recording of classic poetry.
Currently, he has over 300 titles in the catalogue at Audible.com, and several more recordings are under production.
Sarah Bacaller has over forty titles in the catalogue at Audible.com, and has also contributed to projects at Librivox.org. In addition to her activities as a narrator she also provides services in audiobook cover design and is a published author.
The other administrators of Voices of Today are Jennifer Fournier, Susan Iannucci, Lee Ann Howlett and Amy Soakes, who are also professional narrators and whose recordings can be found at Audible.com.
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The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth sample
March 18, 2021 03:51 - 4 minutes - 4.35 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3eSCjYG The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted textually from the Gospels, together with a comparison of his doctrines with those of others. By Thomas Jefferson Narrated by Ron Altman In 1803 Thomas Jefferson copied from the four gospels such passages as he believed would best present the ethical teaching of Jesus, and arranged them according to time and subject. Accordingly, all references to mi...
Lyrical Ballads - 1800 - sample
March 18, 2021 03:27 - 4 minutes - 4.53 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/30Q5KSW Lyrical Ballads - 1800 By William Wordsworth Narrated by Denis Daly, Rachel May and Elizabeth Blackett This collection of thirty-five poems is a sequel to a volume of lyrical ballads first published on 1798. While the first volume was a collaboration between Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, this anthology contains only verse by Wordsworth. Generally, the poems are less well-known than those of...
The Jerilderie Letter sample
March 11, 2021 11:48 - 4 minutes - 9.52 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase here: https://bit.ly/3v9F7GB The Jerilderie Letter By Ned Kelly Narrated by Denis Daly Edward "Ned" Kelly (1854 - 1880) was the last and most celebrated Australian bushranger (outlaw). After being implicated in the shooting of three policemen at Stringybark Creek in October, 1878, Kelly and his gang were declared by the Victorian government to be outlaws, and were the subjects of an extensive man hunt over the next two years. In February,...
An Introduction to Hegel's Logic sample
March 09, 2021 10:09 - 4 minutes - 4.47 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com https://adbl.co/2OiW6p3 An Introduction to Hegel's Logic With a Foreword by Andy Blunden Narrated by Sarah Bacaller In five hours, Andy Blunden will take you through Hegel’s Logic, the book on philosophy which has been most influential amongst radicals and revolutionaries and all those who stray from the well trodden path of conventional, bourgeois thinking. The book begins with an explanation of social conditions in early 19...
The Storm sample
March 09, 2021 00:52 - 2 minutes - 2.52 MBThe complete audio is available at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3qtTi5x The Storm by Alexander Ostrovsky Translated by Constance Garnett Although his work has somewhat fallen into obscurity, Alexander Ostrovsky (1823 - 1886) is considered to be one of the greatest of Russian dramatists. He was one of the pioneers of a realistic style, which later found exponents in celebrated European dramatists like Ibsen and Strindberg. Of Ostrovsky's 47 plays, one of the best known is The Storm, the po...
Lord Jim Sample
March 05, 2021 21:35 - 4 minutes - 4.43 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3rl4Ppf Lord Jim By Joseph Conrad Narrated by Graham Scott Idealistic parson's son Jim goes to sea thirsting for adventure. As mate of the pilgrim ship Patna, however, when disaster looms Jim is persuaded by his crew mates to abandon the ship, leaving the vessel and hundreds of passengers to their fate. But with his life in ruins Jim alone has the courage to face up to the public censure which follows, piquin...
Notes and Sketches of New South Wales - sample
February 15, 2021 03:43 - 4 minutes - 6.7 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Kobo: https://bit.ly/2ZeoRoW Notes and Sketches of New South Wales during a residence 1839 to 1844 by Louisa Anne Meredith Narrated by Amy Soakes In the summer of 1839, 26-year-old Louisa Anne Meredith, in the company of her husband, Charles Meredith, sailed from England to the British colony of New South Wales, in what was then New Holland. Four years later, she published a detailed account of the years since she had left England. A fa...
Humorous Ghost Stories sample
February 14, 2021 01:19 - 4 minutes - 4.37 MBThe complete audio book is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3tXuJRl Humorous Ghost Stories Collected and edited by Dorothy Scarborough Narrated by Susan Iannucci, Marty Krz, Jennifer Fournier and John Burlinson Dorothy Scarborough (1878 - 1935) was an academic and author who had a particular interest in the supernatural. The following collection, first published in 1921, features stories which have a strong comical or satirical focus. In the introduction the an...
The Millionaire Baby Sample
February 14, 2021 01:09 - 4 minutes - 4.49 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3dczjFM The Millionaire Baby By Anna Katharine Green Narrated by Christianne Lupher During the wealth and glitter of the Gilded Age, a six-year-old heiress goes missing from her opulent hilltop estate. Detective Robert Trevitt sets out to find her. Using inside knowledge of her family’s secrets he searches for little Gwendolen where no one else can and uncovers truths hidden to all eyes but his. The mystery un...
Maud - a mono drama - sample
February 12, 2021 02:31 - 4 minutes - 4.46 MBThe complete audio is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3750YVd Maud - a monodrama By Alfred Lord Tennyson Performed by Alan Weyman In the 28 poems of which ‘Maud; a monodrama’ consists, a somewhat mentally fragile young man narrates step by step (almost in stream-of-consciousness) the progress and aftermath of his feelings for Maud, whose father, the owner of the neighbouring estate and Hall, he blames for his own father’s death and his family’s ruin. Many of the them...
Complete Original Short Stories Vol X Sample
February 04, 2021 23:28 - 4 minutes - 4.58 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: The Complete Original Short Stories, Volume X By: Guy de Maupassant Narrated by: Cate Barratt Guy de Maupassant, France's gift to the world of short stories, was a prolific writer of this genre. His complete collection numbers just under 200. Volume X contains the following titles: 1. The Christening 2. The Farmer's Wife 3. The Devil 4. The Snipe 5. The Will 6. Walter Schnaff's Adventure 7. At Sea 8. Minuet 9. The Son 10. Tha...
The Best Ghost Stories sample
February 04, 2021 22:27 - 4 minutes - 4.43 MBThe complete audiobook is available for sale at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3cDBFgx The Best Ghost Stories Collected and edited by Arthur B. Reeve Narrated by Marty Krz, E.J. Lavery, John Burlinson and Scott Cluthe. In the introduction to this selection of tales of the macabre , anthologist Arthur Reeve writes: What is the fascination we feel for the mystery of the ghost story? Man is incurably fascinated by the mysterious. If all the ghost stories of the ages were blotted out, man wou...
William And Mary Sample
February 02, 2021 13:25 - 4 minutes - 4.54 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/39FJ3pR William and Mary By Max Beerbohm Narrated by Alan Weyman A tender and elegiac tale, William and Mary was first published in The Century Magazine for December 1920 (vol. 101)
Khaled, A Tale Of Arabia Sample
January 27, 2021 23:23 - 4 minutes - 4.38 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3iTjJiU Khaled, A Tale of Arabia by F. Marion Crawford Narrated by John Burlinson Khaled is a genie who has fallen in love with the beautiful Zehowah, the only child of the powerful Sultan of Nejed. Zehowah is courted by suitors from far and wide. When she seems inclined to accept the proposal of a handsome Indian prince, Khaled, with his special powers recognizes the prince’s deceitful nature and whisks him...
Oscar Wilde, the Story of an Unhappy Friendship - sample
January 27, 2021 22:32 - 4 minutes - 4.46 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3ci1BxZ Oscar Wilde, the story of an unhappy friendship by Robert Sherard Narrated by Phil Benson In 1895 the Irish playwright, novelist and poet Oscar Wilde was sentenced to two years hard labour for the crime of 'gross indecency with men'. Robert Sherard met Wilde a decade earlier in Paris and their friendship, though often troubled, was maintained until the end of Wilde's life. Written for private publicat...
Under The Shadow of Etna sample
January 27, 2021 22:07 - 4 minutes - 4.3 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3pkazOV Under the Shadow of Etna Six Sicilian Stories By Giovanni Verga Translated by Nathan Haskell Dole Narrated by Denis Daly Giovanni Carmelo Verga (1840 – 1922) was one of the most prominent Sicilian writers of the Nineteenth Century. Today, his stories are best known through their use as the basis of the libretti of iconic verismo operas, like Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana. In the introduction, the t...
The Lodger Sample
January 26, 2021 22:48 - 4 minutes - 3.84 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/2YjxYUW The Lodger By Marie Belloc Lowndes Narrated by Graham Scott 'The Lodger' is widely regarded as the first and the best fictional adaptation of the Jack the Ripper story, and has been filmed multiple times, including in an early work by Alfred Hitchcock. As all London is gripped by the horrific series of murders committed on its fog-bound streets by the self-styled 'Avenger', respectable retired serva...
The Mercy Of Allah Sample
January 26, 2021 22:42 - 3 minutes - 3.58 MBThe complete audiobook is availble for sale at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3caq4Fr The Mercy of Allah By Hilaire Belloc Narrated by Graham Scott Aged merchant Mahmoud relates to his young nephews the story of his rise to fabulous riches. From being kicked out (literally) from the family home by his exasperated father, with only the barest patrimony to sustain him, the young wastral goes from rags to riches, and back again, aided only by 'providence' - and his very inventive wits. In "The...
The Gospel of the Lord sample
January 22, 2021 22:30 - 4 minutes - 4.37 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/36720zn The Gospel of the Lord By Marcion of Sinope Translated by James Hamlyn Hill Narrated by Denis Daly According to Tertullian and others Marcion was the son of a bishop, and was born at Sinope, in Pontus. He arrived in Rome in about 140 CE, bringing a scripture with him that he named “The Gospel of the Lord.” Marcion described this not as a new gospel, but as that which Saint Paul had use...
Three Gothic Tales_sample
January 18, 2021 00:54 - 4 minutes - 8.31 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase here: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/three-gothic-tales Three Gothic Tales By Mary Shelley Narrated by Alan Weyman 1) Transformation 2) Fernando Eboli 3) The Evil Eye These three tales were written for the popular literary gift annual The Keepsake in 1828, 1829 and 1831. Their ‘sensational’ themes include exotic locations, dire misfortune, long-lost kin, stolen identity, evil redeemed, plots resolved by strange coincidences, and in on...
The Broken Wings sample
January 16, 2021 04:04 - 4 minutes - 4.41 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3nOngjt The Broken Wings By Kahlil Gibran Narrated by Denis Daly This 1918 novella presents the life history of an ideal innamorata, universally admired and doomed to an untimely passing. The author uses the story to explore in depth the concept of beauty, both personal and spiritual. In the author’s words: “Real beauty lies in the spiritual accord that is called love which can exist between a man and a woman.”
Jubilate Agno sample
January 16, 2021 03:42 - 4 minutes - 4.43 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3nMxBfS Jubilate Agno by Christopher Smart Narrated by Denis Daly, John Burlinson, and Elizabeth Blackett. Christopher Smart (1722-1771) was an English poet and scholar. This extraordinary poem, which is a florid display of Smart's opinions on a variety of theological, historical, and scientific subjects, was written between 1759 and 1763, while the author was confined in a lunatic asylum. His condition was di...
Ukridge Sample
January 16, 2021 03:15 - 4 minutes - 4.12 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/38Q08gm Ukridge By P.G. Wodehouse. Narrated by Graham Scott. In Ukridge, the inimitable Wodehouse gives us 10 stores from the early career of Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge: great brain, eternal optimist, perpetually on the very verge of making a massive fortune from his latest get-rich-quick scheme, and, according to his friend and chronicler long-suffering writer "Corky" Corcoran, more or less of a foe ...
The Jealousy Workbook Sample
January 11, 2021 21:36 - 4 minutes - 4.49 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/2LHVqrC The Jealousy Workbook Exercises and Insights for Managing Open Relationships By Kathy Labriola Narrated by Leanne Yau From the initial stages of trying to agree who can do what with whom, through advanced issues such as coping with logistics and seeking compersion, every relationship sooner or later confronts jealousy – and some relationships do not survive the confrontation. Between these covers you w...
Spirits Rebellious sample
January 07, 2021 23:02 - 4 minutes - 4.43 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3biu9qB Spirits Rebellious By Khalil Gibran Narrated by Denis Daly This collection of three stories was originally published in 1908 in Arabic under the title Al-Arwah Al-Mutamarridah. The English translation was first published in 1911. All are set in Lebanon, where the author spent the first twelve years of his life, and explore various aspects of love relationships. 1. Madame Rose Hanie 2. The Cry of ...
The Republic of the Southern Cross and Other Stories sample
December 31, 2020 07:20 - 4 minutes - 4.45 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3pHfR6Z The Republic of the Southern Cross and Other Stories By Valery Bryusov Translated by Stephen Graham In his lifetime, Valery Bryusov (1873 - 1924) was best known as a translator and a Symbolist poet. His prose works include the historical novels, The Altar of Victory and The Fiery Angel, and this collection of short stories, which was assembled by the translator, Stephen Graham. Of his stories the...
The Mayor's Wife Sample
December 18, 2020 03:33 - 4 minutes - 3.77 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/2WqyfV1 The Mayor's Wife By Anna Katharine Green Narrated by Susan Iannucci The Mayor is running for Governor. His wife is suddenly distant, distracted and unhappy. And...his new home is haunted. Has his wife seen a ghost? The elderly ladies next door watch day and night from their attic, peering into his windows. Watching for what? The Mayor's wife has a secret that she has never confided to anyone. Rumors...
30 Strange Stories Sample
December 02, 2020 05:35 - 4 minutes - 4.32 MBThe complete audio book is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3g4gyDF 30 Strange Stories By H.G.Wells Narrated by Graham Scott This extensive collection features stories of comedy, horror, monsters, strange worlds, guilt, enmity, whimsy, and avarice in some of the best of H.G. Wells' short fiction, including: "The Strange Orchid", "The Red Room", "The Plattner Story", "The Argonauts of the Air", "The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham", "A Slip Under the Microscope", "The S...
The Cream Of The Jest Sample
November 17, 2020 22:01 - 4 minutes - 4.17 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/35FfS3Z The Cream of the Jest By James Branch Cabell Narrated by John Burlinson James Branch Cabell (1879-1956) is best known for his tales of the imaginary land of Poictesme, where chivalry and gallantry live on. In this volume we meet the novelist, Felix Kennaston, who lives in parallel worlds. One of these is with his wife in their suburban Virginia home and genteel society. The other is with the beautif...
Mr Standfast Sample
November 17, 2020 21:59 - 3 minutes - 3.24 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/35BTY1z Mr Standfast By John Buchan Narrated by Graham Scott Listed in the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World', 'Mr Standfast' is the third of Buchan's thrilling, fast-paced World War I adventure novels, following "The Thirty-Nine Steps", and "Greenmantle": in which Brigadier-General Richard Hannay is reluctantly plucked from the trenches of the Western Front, to undertake a vital secret mission against a...
Certain Personal Matters Sample
November 17, 2020 21:57 - 4 minutes - 3.87 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3pFXeko Certain Personal Matters By H.G.Wells Narrated by Graham Scott "Certain Personal Matters" is a selection by the author from among his vast output of humorous and insightful short essays and ephemeral pieces written during the 1890s. Many are whimsical and domestic, adopting the persona of an aspiring young writer, living in modest gentility with wife Euphemia. Others explore scientific themes that Well...
English Poems sample
November 15, 2020 23:14 - 4 minutes - 10.3 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase here: https://bit.ly/36zijEy English Poems By Richard Le Gallienne Narrated by Denis Daly Richard le Gallienne was, almost to the point of caricature, a notable example of the Bohemian literary figure. He travelled widely, had many acquaintances among notable figures of his day, including Oscar Wilde, Rupert Brooke and John Cowper Powys, and worked through a long series of romantic relationships. However, his poetic verbiage is economical ...
Through the Gates of Good sample
November 05, 2020 00:57 - 4 minutes - 4.05 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase here: https://adbl.co/3evSXef Through the Gates of Good, or Christ and Conduct. By James Allen. Narrated by Gregory Sheridan. In his works James Allen sought to develop a generic spirituality by drawing on and matching the precepts of a variety of relgious teachers. In this short treatise he examines the words of Jesus as a guide to spiritual advancement. Contents 1. Introduction 2. The Gate and the Way 3. The Law and the Prophets 4. The ...
The Curse of God sample
November 04, 2020 07:20 - 4 minutes - 8.55 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/the-curse-of-god-1 The Curse of God Why I left Islam By Harris Sultan Narrated by Denis Daly This book is a critical analysis by an ex-Muslim activist of religion in general and of Islam in particular. It describes the author's journey out of Islam and discusses in depth many common misconceptions about Islam that are prevalent both within and outside the Islamic world.
The Book of Job sample
October 20, 2020 11:40 - 3 minutes - 3.66 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase here: https://bit.ly/3kfcRfR The Book of Job King James Version Foreword by Dr. Stephen Curkpatrick. Narrated by Sarah Bacaller and Denis Daly Accusation is the unperceived catalyst for this dramatic narrative; Job is framed by the accusation that his self-invested allegiance to God will evaporate if he is exposed to adversity. Job is unaware that this wager against his integrity has taken place. The drama that ensues on an epic scale reson...
Australian Christmas Yarns sample
October 19, 2020 21:49 - 4 minutes - 4.54 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase here; https://bit.ly/3m2X0RX Australian Christmas Yarns Volume I by Mary Grant Bruce & Ian Bruce Narrated by Sarah Bacaller & Denis Daly This collection of short stories by notable Australian author, Mary Grant Bruce (1878-1958), reflects on Australian experiences of summertime. Infused with the smells, sounds and textures of Australian life during the Christmas season, these stories also highlight the strengths and yearnings of their char...
Holy Bible Sample
October 19, 2020 21:43 - 4 minutes - 4 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase here: https://bit.ly/31oTB81 About the Holy Bible A Lecture By Robert G. Ingersoll Narrated by Denis Daly This agressive diatribe against the Bible was published in 1894 and is based on an assertion that formed the basis of many of Ingersoll's attacks on organized religion - the concept of divine inspiration and the evils that spring from this contention. On the title page the author states: "In the nature of things there can be no evide...
Diary Of A Madman Sample
October 19, 2020 21:39 - 4 minutes - 4.34 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase here: https://bit.ly/3kaSgcw Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol Translated by Ethel Voynich Narrated by Denis Daly Many of Gogol's stories feature ineffectual individuals who are overwhelmed by the caprices of fate. In Diary of a Madman, one of his most colourful tales, the narrator, a humble and obscure office worker, veers from mere eccentricity into full blown lunacy, and finds that the delusions fostered by madness are anything but com...
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam sample
October 19, 2020 14:06 - 4 minutes - 4.33 MBThe complete audio is available for purchase here: https://bit.ly/3o5m4tn The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Translated by Edward FitzGerald Narrated by Denis Daly Omar Khayyam (1048 - 1131) was a true polymath. A distinguished mathematician, astronomer and philosopher, he is best known today for his Rubaiyat, a collection of rubai, or rhyming quatrains, of which he is estimated to have composed at least 500. Together with the work of Hafiz and Rumi, Khayyam's poetry represents the high po...
Love in Abundance Sample
October 18, 2020 05:22 - 4 minutes - 4.57 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3dIv9DB Love In Abundance A Counselor's Guide to Open Relationships By Kathy Labriola Narrated by Leanne Yau Beyond the basics of polyamory lies a complex web of negotiations, agreements, pitfalls and rewards. Kathy Labriola, a relationships counselor who has worked for many years with singles, couples and groups in polyamorous and open relationships, sets forth some of the realities of alternative lifestyles...
Room Number Three and Other Stories Sample
October 15, 2020 09:15 - 4 minutes - 7.76 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/room-number-three-and-other-stories Room Number Three and Other Stories by Anna Katharine Green Narrated by Ginger White and Erin Grassie Five stories to thrill and mystify you. Was there a murder in Room Number 3 or is it only the delusion of a crazy woman? The cold hand of vengeance reaches far beyond the grave when a road weary traveler stumbles into a life-changing and potentially deadly din...
Light on Life's Difficulties sample
October 14, 2020 03:09 - 4 minutes - 4.47 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3dprOsR Light on Life's Difficulties By James Allen Narrated by Gregory Sheridan This collection of 23 short reflections on the spiritual life was published in 1912. In the foreword the author says: "When the light of wisdom is introduced into the darkened understanding, confusion vanishes, difficulties are dissolved, all things are seen in their true place and proportion, and henceforth the man walks open-eye...
Invasion sample
October 13, 2020 21:58 - 3 minutes - 3.41 MBThe complete audio is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3iU0NyX Invasion By Murray Leinster Narrated by Robert Curran This classic tale of alien invasion first appeared in Astounding Stories, March 1933. It was August 19, 2037. The United Nations was just 50 years old. Televisors were still monochromatic. The Nidics had just won the World Series in Prague. Com-Pub observatories were publishing elaborate figures on moving specks in space which they considered to be Mart...
New Hampshire sample
September 26, 2020 15:24 - 4 minutes - 4.35 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com https://adbl.co/3mXnxBc New Hampshire, A Poem; with Notes and Grace Notes By Robert Frost. This collection was published in 1923 and won the Pulitzer Prize for the author in the following year. It is laid out in three main sections. The first is a lengthy poem, titled New Hampshire, the name being given to the entire collection. The second section bears the title “Notes”, and consists of 14 poems, including the mini drama, T...
Judas Iscariot Sample
September 26, 2020 15:06 - 4 minutes - 4.38 MBThe complete audio book is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/2HtSEnL Judas Iscariot A Biblical trilogy By Leonid Andreyev Translated by W.H. Lowe. Narrated by Laura Richcreek. The collection consists of three stories related to the Gospel narrative. 1) Judas Iscariot - a retelling of the most famous betrayal is history and the sad fate of the traitor; 2) Ben Tobit - a sardonic little tale about a pious man suffering a severe toothache on the day of Jesus' crucifixio...
Morning and Evening Thoughts sample
September 13, 2020 07:04 - 4 minutes - 4.01 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/35AyrXt Morning and Evening Thoughts By James Allen This collection of aphorisms and reflections for each day of a 31-day month was first published in 1909, and later reissued in 1913, after the author's death, with a preface by his wife Lily Allen. Narrated by Gregory Sheridan.
White Noise sample
September 02, 2020 03:42 - 4 minutes - 4.56 MBThe complete audiobook is availble for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/2YWM1R4 White Noise By Roisin Moriarty Presented by Voices of Today Rachael is a formidable crime boss in the underworld of an unnamed city. Beautiful but deadly, her one rule for her right-hand man is: Don't get too close. Then she hires Mikey, a tough ex-soldier who is eager to please, especially given that one of his duties is to "service" his highly sexed boss. Every day, Mikey edges ever closer to breakin...
The Heir of Mondolfo sample
August 29, 2020 23:36 - 1 minute - 1 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3lxdzG4 The Heir of Mondolfo By Mary Shelley Narrated by Linda Barrans The Heir of Mondolfo is a Gothic tale that was published posthumously in 1877. Ludovico is a despised second son, only child of a scorned second wife. He finds love with Viola, a peasant girl, and they have a son. Their happiness is threatened when Ludovico's older brother dies suddenly and he becomes the heir. His father, the proud and cr...
The Eye Of Osiris Sample
August 23, 2020 23:17 - 4 minutes - 4.15 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3j4NV9G The Eye of Osiris By R. Austin Freeman Narrated by Graham Scott Mr. John Bellingham, amateur Egyptologist, abruptly goes missing, leaving behind a strangely vexatious will that cannot be executed without proof or presumption of death. Mr Bellingham's family are left virtually penniless, and under suspicion of his murder. Two years later, young Dr. Paul Berkeley in the course of his duties befriends M...
Greybeards at Play sample
August 18, 2020 07:35 - 2 minutes - 2.07 MBThe complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/3h5EndW Greybeards at Play By G.K.Chesterton Narrated by Sarah Bacaller Greybeards at Play is a short collection of humorous poetry by celebrated British writer and social commentator, Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936). Published in 1900, it was Chesterton's first publication. These rhymes and sketches spin witty lyrics around themes such as aestheticism, the philosopher's love of nature, and ill-directed a...