A Dreamer's Tales by Lord Dunsany ~ Full Audiobook [fantasy]

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08/01/23

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243m

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A Dreamer's Tales by Lord Dunsany audiobook.

Genre: fantasy

A Dreamer's Tales by Lord Dunsany is a spellbinding collection of short fantasies that reads like a cabinet of midnight wonders, each story opening onto a world ruled less by logic than by longing, omen, and dream. In these jewel-like tales, Dunsany guides you through misty cities and far kingdoms where prophets bargain with fate, sailors pursue impossible horizons, and proud gods watch mortals with amused indifference. Some stories unfold as fables with a sting in the tail, others as lyrical travelogues to places that feel remembered rather than discovered, but all share an uncanny sense that the border between waking life and myth is thin as paper. Voices shift from wry and mischievous to solemn and incantatory, and familiar human desires - glory, love, revenge, escape - are refracted through strange laws and stranger landscapes. Whether you are drawn to timeless parable or pure imaginative atmosphere, this book offers a series of brief, haunting journeys that invite you to surrender to wonder, and to question what a dream can demand from the one who dares to follow it.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:27:10) Chapter 02

(00:38:28) Chapter 03

(00:48:21) Chapter 04

(01:00:36) Chapter 05

(01:10:42) Chapter 06

(01:50:28) Chapter 07

(02:04:34) Chapter 08

(02:18:03) Chapter 09

(02:30:49) Chapter 10

(02:43:40) Chapter 11

(02:51:11) Chapter 12

(03:22:22) Chapter 13

(03:30:48) Chapter 14

(03:39:02) Chapter 15

(03:46:06) Chapter 16

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The Loss of the S.S. Titanic by Lawrence Beesley ~ Full Audiobook [history]

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The Loss of the S.S. Titanic by Lawrence Beesley audiobook.

Genre: history

Written by Titanic survivor Lawrence Beesley and published soon after the disaster, The Loss of the S.S. Titanic is a clear-eyed, intimate account of the ship's final voyage and the human choices that unfolded alongside it. Beesley, a quiet, observant passenger traveling in second class, reconstructs the days at sea with a scientist's attention to detail and a witness's humility: the routines of life aboard an enormous new liner, the subtle shift from comfort to uncertainty, and the sudden transformation of a modern marvel into a scene of urgent improvisation. As the night of the collision arrives, he focuses less on sensationalism and more on what he actually saw and heard - crew procedures, passenger reactions across different classes, the atmosphere on deck, and the difficult problem of decision-making when information is scarce and minutes matter. Beyond the narrative, Beesley examines broader questions of technology, safety assumptions, and institutional readiness, offering measured reflections on how such a catastrophe could occur. The result is both a gripping firsthand chronicle and a thoughtful early investigation into one of the twentieth century's defining maritime tragedies.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:17:56) Chapter 02

(00:57:27) Chapter 03

(01:38:10) Chapter 04

(02:17:24) Chapter 05

(02:38:11) Chapter 06

(03:32:31) Chapter 07

(04:07:55) Chapter 08

(04:31:56) Chapter 09

(05:04:01) Chapter 10

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The Bartlett Mystery by Louis Tracy ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]

August 2, 2023

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500m

The Bartlett Mystery by Louis Tracy audiobook.

Genre: mystery

This is a fast-paced mystery, set in New York City, has two or three really interesting ('round') characters, a solid plot, no cheap plot-twists, two full-fledged sub/urban battles and some real surprises.

Winifred Bartlett, a beautiful and poor orphan, suddenly finds herself homeless and out of a job. Prince Charming (nee Rex Carshaw) comes on to her by accident and begins to take an interest. As strange, apparently unconnected disasters continue to batter poor Winnie, Rex and two police detectives (the most interesting characters in the book) probe the causes and forces threatening the dear girl's well-being and, ultimately, her very life and liberty. It turns out that it is Winifred's close resemblance to her mother, who died long ago in Vermont, that threatens certain powerful interests in contemporary (1913) New York.

An unusually large cast of bad guys - each with a different motive for getting rid of Winifred - includes a US Senator, and unsuccessful book binding supervisor, an influential NY society belle, and gun-slinging Western gangster 'Mick the Wolf.” The mystery becomes increasingly complex with every new assault on the girl's well-being, and the efforts of the NY police and the ever-faithful Rex.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:16:07) Chapter 02

(00:33:15) Chapter 03

(00:54:35) Chapter 04

(01:15:40) Chapter 05

(01:35:58) Chapter 06

(01:58:30) Chapter 07

(02:15:35) Chapter 08

(02:32:12) Chapter 09

(02:53:13) Chapter 10

(03:13:51) Chapter 11

(03:32:03) Chapter 12

(03:48:40) Chapter 13

(04:07:43) Chapter 14

(04:23:42) Chapter 15

(04:36:12) Chapter 16

(04:51:56) Chapter 17

(05:08:41) Chapter 18

(05:28:56) Chapter 19

(05:46:34) Chapter 20

(06:03:03) Chapter 21

(06:18:32) Chapter 22

(06:36:19) Chapter 23

(06:55:57) Chapter 24

(07:12:47) Chapter 25

(07:33:41) Chapter 26

(07:50:57) Chapter 27

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