Action & Adventure
Jock of the Bushveld
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Sir James Percy Fitzpatrick
Jock of the Bushveld is a true story by South African author Sir Percy Fitzpatrick when he worked as a storeman, prospector's assistant, jou…
The Snow-Burner
Read by Roger Melin
Henry Oyen
The Snow-Burner is what the Native Americans called Reivers, and it was a rough and tumble life in the land where Reivers chose to live up t…
The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers
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Frank Gee Patchin
Yee-Haw!! The Pony Rider Boys are on the move again. This time the boys at Delaware Creek, dead in their saddles. They had been riding lo…
The Pony Rider Boys in Louisiana
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Frank Gee Patchin
Yee-haw! The Pony Rider Boys are on the move again! This time the boys are headed to the canebrakes in the swamps of Louisiana. Of course…
Astounding Stories 12, December 1930
Read by Bill Boerst
Captain S. P. Meek
This issue includes "Slaves of the Dust" by Sophie Wenzel Ellis, Part B of "The Pirate Planet" by Charles W. Diffin, &qu…
The Second Bat Guano War
Read by J.M. Porup
J.M. Porup
From former Lonely Planet author J.M. Porup comes this classic South American noir...
Rats ate his baby daughter while he partied in a disco…
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Read by Roger Melin
Ben Ames Williams
Joel Shore, newly appointed captain of the whaling ship Nathan Ross following his brother's apparent demise as captain of the same ship, ele…
The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon
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Frank Gee Patchin
Yee-Haaww! The Pony Rider Boys are on the move again. The boys are back home, but as they are chopping wood, it is decided that they need …
The Survivors of the Chancellor
Read by Joseph DeNoia
Jules Verne
The Survivors of the Chancellor is a poignant and tragic tale of terror and intrigue on the high seas. Through raging storms, emaciating hun…
The Spoilers
Read by Tom Weiss
Rex Beach
Rex Beach was born in Atwood, Michigan to a prominent family and pursued a career as a lawyer before being drawn to Alaska at the time of th…
Snarleyyow
Read by Arnold
Frederick Marryat
This is a quite amusing nautical tale of the British Navy of the around the year 1700. While, as with much early 'humor', it is somewhat h…
The Perils of Pauline (dramatic reading)
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Charles Goddard
The Perils of Pauline is one of the first damsel in distress serials. The story is complete with undaunted hero, courageous damsel, unscrupu…
The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life
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Homer Eon Flint
A doctor, an architect, an engineer, and a geologist step into a space car. In their new invention, they set off on an expedition to Mercury…
Flowing Gold
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Rex Beach
Unfairly given a dishonorable discharge from the army, Calvin Gray goes to Dallas, where he manages to win the trust of a jeweler and is abl…
The Wreck of the Golden Mary
Read by James E. Carson
Charles Dickens
A short story of a ship wreck in 1851 trying to round Cape Horn on its way to the California gold fields. Poignant and well written. ( Summa…
Rookwood
Read by Paul Curran
William Harrison Ainsworth
A rich and complex Gothic-Romance centring on the murky deeds of an ancient family. It is a wonderfully atmospheric piece that combines narr…
The Dog Crusoe and His Master
Read by Allyson Hester
R. M. Ballantyne
This is a story of an adventure involving a young man, his dog, and two friends. Together they wander through the Western prairies on a miss…
Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Edward Whymper
Scrambles Amongst the Alps is one the great classics (some would say the greatest) of early mountaineering literature, and Edward Whymper (1…
The Dealings of Captain Sharkey and Other Stories of Pirates
Read by Joseph DeNoia
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Notorious pirates who are the scourge of the seven seas, and on land; ghost stories which scare voyagers in the jungles and the ice caps; tw…