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3 Science Fiction Stories by Frank Herbert ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]
Classic Audiobook Collection
01/05/23
•129m
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3 Science Fiction Stories by Frank Herbert audiobook.
Genre: scifi
In 3 Science Fiction Stories, Frank Herbert showcases the sharp, unsettling imagination that would later make him famous, through three compact tales from the late 1950s. In Missing Link, junior Interstellar Agency fieldman Lewis Orne lands on the jungle world of Gienah III to investigate a vanished human ship, only to find that the planet's inhabitants may now hold technology they were never meant to touch, and that a single misstep in first contact could trigger ruthless retaliation from distant authorities. Operation Haystack throws Orne into a wider web of political suspicion, where fanatics, hidden bloodlines, and quiet social engineering turn a routine assignment into a dangerous game of infiltration and divided loyalties. Rounding out the collection, Old Rambling House shifts to Earthbound dread: a young couple trades their trailer for an improbably perfect house, and discovers that the dream of stability can become a contract with forces that do not share human ideas of consent, family, or escape. Together, these stories explore power, bureaucracy, and the price of control, with Herbert's trademark tension between individual choice and systems that think in centuries.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 1
(00:45:29) Chapter 2
(01:46:00) Chapter 3
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Concerning Genealogies by Frank Allaben ~ Full Audiobook [history]
January 5, 2023
•121m
Concerning Genealogies by Frank Allaben audiobook.
Genre: history
In Concerning Genealogies (1904), Frank Allaben - a New York publisher and professional compiler of family histories - invites ordinary readers into the surprisingly gripping world of ancestry hunting, while warning them away from the easy mistakes that make so many pedigrees unreliable. Part practical handbook and part spirited essay, the book follows the genealogist from the first questions asked at home to the deeper chase through public records: deeds, wills, church registers, town histories, cemeteries, and archives. Allaben argues that genealogy should be treated as real historical work, built on proof, careful citation, and clear writing, not on family legend or wishful connections. Along the way he compares two competing ways to build a family book: the wide 'clan' approach that gathers every descendant of an early ancestor, and the more personal 'Grafton' approach that traces many direct ancestral lines back from one modern individual. The later chapters shift from research to craft, offering guidance on compiling, organizing, indexing, printing, and even publishing a genealogy that can be trusted and enjoyed for generations.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 0
(00:02:34) Chapter 1
(00:20:56) Chapter 2
(00:39:48) Chapter 3
(00:53:29) Chapter 4
(01:10:09) Chapter 5
(01:27:30) Chapter 6
(01:41:40) Chapter 7
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Buccaneers and the Pirates of Our Coast by Frank Richard Stockton audiobook.
Genre: history
In Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts, Frank Richard Stockton turns a boyhood fascination with sea rovers into a brisk, story-driven history of piracy in the Caribbean and along the American shoreline. Stockton begins by tracing how the first buccaneers emerged from rough frontier life and escalating conflict with Spanish power, then follows piracy as it becomes a trade, a temptation, and finally a scourge that draws in ambitious captains, desperate recruits, and whole colonial communities caught between fear and profit. Each chapter reads like a self-contained tale, introducing notorious names and vivid incidents: early West Indian raiders, would-be apprentices to the craft, and larger-than-life figures such as Henry Morgan, L'Olonnois, Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, and Captain Kidd. Along the way come strange episodes - a pearl pirate's gambit, improbable escapes, uneasy alliances with respectable society, and even rare stories of women pirates - all told in Stockton's clear, dramatic voice. Without romanticizing the brutality, the book shows how greed, revenge, and politics shaped the pirate world, and why the legend proved harder to sink than the ships themselves.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:09:14) Chapter 02
(00:23:44) Chapter 03
(00:34:36) Chapter 05
(00:44:40) Chapter 06
(00:56:57) Chapter 07
(01:09:17) Chapter 08
(01:17:46) Chapter 09
(01:26:37) Chapter 10
(01:50:15) Chapter 11
(01:56:39) Chapter 12
(02:04:09) Chapter 13
(02:16:34) Chapter 14
(02:29:27) Chapter 15
(02:46:30) Chapter 16
(03:03:16) Chapter 17
(03:13:44) Chapter 18
(03:21:42) Chapter 19
(03:37:29) Chapter 20
(04:05:09) Chapter 21
(04:15:28) Chapter 22
(04:31:20) Chapter 23
(04:41:28) Chapter 24
(04:52:49) Chapter 25
(05:08:02) Chapter 26
(05:20:50) Chapter 27
(05:33:51) Chapter 28
(05:47:31) Chapter 29
(06:05:24) Chapter 30
(06:23:52) Chapter 31
(06:45:15) Chapter 32
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