Ada Merton by Francis J. Finn ~ Full Audiobook [religion]

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07/11/23

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Ada Merton by Francis J. Finn audiobook.

Genre: religion

In Ada Merton, Francis J. Finn, S.J. tells a compact, emotionally charged tale of a comfortable couple whose lives have drifted far from the faith they once knew. The Mertons are respected and self-sufficient, but religion has become a polite afterthought - until their home is shaken by the sudden loss of their only child, Ada. In the quiet aftermath of grief, ordinary routines turn hollow, old certainties crumble, and questions they have long avoided press in with new urgency: What does suffering mean? What, if anything, can outlast death? And where can hope be found when consolation feels impossible?Set against the rhythms of late 19th-century American Catholic life, the story follows the parents as friends, neighbors, and clergy offer help that is not merely sentimental, but demanding - calling for humility, honesty, and a willingness to begin again. Finn writes with pastoral insight, tracing how sorrow can either harden the heart or open it, and how a child's memory can become a summons to reconciliation. Ada Merton is a moving meditation on loss, spiritual awakening, and the hard, grace-filled work of returning home.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:09:58) Chapter 02

(00:25:18) Chapter 03

(00:35:51) Chapter 04

(00:47:31) Chapter 05

(00:58:46) Chapter 06

(01:11:15) Chapter 07

(01:22:16) Chapter 08

(01:36:14) Chapter 09

(01:48:09) Chapter 10

(01:59:22) Chapter 11

(02:11:54) Chapter 12

(02:20:48) Chapter 13

(02:31:23) Chapter 14

(02:46:06) Chapter 15

(02:59:43) Chapter 16

(03:06:35) Chapter 17

(03:16:50) Chapter 18

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Thus Spake Zarathustra - A Book for All and None by Friedrich Nietzsche ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

July 10, 2023

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949m

Thus Spake Zarathustra - A Book for All and None by Friedrich Nietzsche audiobook.

Genre: philosophy

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844–1900) was a nineteenth-century German philosopher. He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, using a distinctive German language style and displaying a fondness for aphorism. Nietzsche's influence remains substantial within and beyond philosophy, notably in existentialism and postmodernism.

Thus Spake Zarathustra (Also sprach Zarathustra), is a work composed in four parts between 1883 and 1885. Much of the work deals with ideas such as the 'eternal recurrence of the same', the parable on the 'death of God', and the 'prophecy' of the Overman, which were first introduced in The Gay Science. Described by Nietzsche himself as 'the deepest ever written', the book is a dense and esoteric treatise on philosophy and morality, featuring as protagonist a fictionalized Zarathustra. A central irony of the text is that the style of the Bible is used by Nietzsche to present ideas of his which fundamentally oppose Judaeo-Christian morality and tradition.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:49:30) Chapter 01

(01:29:03) Chapter 02

(01:36:09) Chapter 03

(01:44:09) Chapter 04

(01:52:39) Chapter 05

(01:58:29) Chapter 06

(02:03:14) Chapter 07

(02:09:18) Chapter 08

(02:14:03) Chapter 09

(02:21:16) Chapter 10

(02:26:16) Chapter 11

(02:31:11) Chapter 12

(02:38:26) Chapter 13

(02:47:34) Chapter 14

(02:51:01) Chapter 15

(02:56:36) Chapter 16

(03:03:43) Chapter 17

(03:08:15) Chapter 18

(03:16:15) Chapter 19

(03:25:50) Chapter 20

(03:30:39) Chapter 21

(03:36:19) Chapter 22

(03:44:14) Chapter 23

(03:58:34) Chapter 24

(04:07:37) Chapter 25

(04:16:02) Chapter 26

(04:23:47) Chapter 27

(04:30:57) Chapter 28

(04:39:42) Chapter 29

(04:47:21) Chapter 30

(04:57:46) Chapter 31

(05:06:11) Chapter 32

(05:12:01) Chapter 33

(05:18:44) Chapter 34

(05:28:16) Chapter 35

(05:38:40) Chapter 36

(05:46:40) Chapter 37

(05:55:03) Chapter 38

(06:04:14) Chapter 39

(06:10:24) Chapter 40

(06:19:22) Chapter 41

(06:30:17) Chapter 42

(06:40:16) Chapter 43

(06:55:40) Chapter 44

(07:05:05) Chapter 45

(07:15:12) Chapter 46

(07:24:47) Chapter 47

(07:42:37) Chapter 48

(07:51:57) Chapter 49

(08:01:22) Chapter 50

(08:20:02) Chapter 51

(08:28:43) Chapter 52

(08:39:28) Chapter 53

(08:52:13) Chapter 54

(09:06:07) Chapter 55

(09:23:57) Chapter 56

(09:37:42) Chapter 57

(10:19:37) Chapter 58

(10:39:58) Chapter 59

(11:05:24) Chapter 60

(11:13:20) Chapter 61

(11:21:55) Chapter 62

(11:31:00) Chapter 63

(11:47:30) Chapter 64

(11:59:50) Chapter 65

(12:12:00) Chapter 66

(12:23:00) Chapter 67

(12:44:40) Chapter 68

(12:59:55) Chapter 69

(13:19:15) Chapter 70

(13:33:30) Chapter 71

(13:47:40) Chapter 72

(13:58:25) Chapter 73

(14:16:20) Chapter 74

(14:22:25) Chapter 75

(14:53:45) Chapter 76

(15:04:30) Chapter 77

(15:14:25) Chapter 78

(15:28:34) Chapter 79

(15:40:44) Chapter 80

(15:51:54) Chapter 81

(16:13:49) Chapter 82

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The Amethyst Cross by Fergus Hume ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]

July 11, 2023

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522m

The Amethyst Cross by Fergus Hume audiobook.

Genre: mystery

On a soft May afternoon by the Thames, Lesbia Hale and George Walker dream aloud of a life they are not yet allowed to live. Their engagement, tender and hard-won, is threatened by Lesbia's formidable father, Walter Hale, who refuses to sanction the match and seems consumed by a strange fixation on an heirloom Lesbia has inherited from her late mother: a costly amethyst cross. When violence shatters the lovers' quiet plans and the cross vanishes under baffling circumstances, suspicion spreads through the household and beyond, touching servants, acquaintances, and those with hidden ties to the Hales. As Lesbia guards secrets she believes will protect her future, George is pulled into a web of clues that points to greed, old grudges, and carefully staged deception. Moving from riverside calm to shadowed streets and tense drawing rooms, Fergus Hume blends romance with classic Edwardian intrigue, building a puzzle in which every gesture may be a misdirection and the truth behind a single piece of jewelry could cost more than anyone expects.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:18:33) Chapter 02

(00:34:49) Chapter 03

(00:58:02) Chapter 04

(01:17:43) Chapter 05

(01:36:10) Chapter 06

(01:55:37) Chapter 07

(02:16:33) Chapter 08

(02:37:02) Chapter 09

(03:02:38) Chapter 10

(03:23:33) Chapter 11

(03:47:32) Chapter 12

(04:09:32) Chapter 13

(04:27:26) Chapter 14

(04:44:30) Chapter 15

(05:04:58) Chapter 16

(05:25:03) Chapter 17

(05:44:14) Chapter 18

(06:04:33) Chapter 19

(06:24:38) Chapter 21

(06:47:34) Chapter 22

(07:08:13) Chapter 23

(07:26:23) Chapter 24

(07:53:24) Chapter 25

(08:14:48) Chapter 26

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