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Anti-Imperialist Writings by Mark Twain ~ Full Audiobook [speeches]
Classic Audiobook Collection
08/19/22
•320m
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Anti-Imperialist Writings by Mark Twain audiobook.
Genre: speeches
Anti-Imperialist Writings gathers Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) at his most fiery and uncomfortably funny: a celebrated American voice turning his wit against the language of empire. Written in the early years of the 20th century, these pieces draw on the era's headline conflicts and scandals - including US expansion after the Spanish-American War, violence in the Philippines, and European colonial brutality abroad - to question what nations call duty, progress, and civilization. Across essays, letters, interviews, speeches, and satirical pamphlets, Twain targets the respectable masks of power: politicians who rename conquest as uplift, missionaries and businessmen who claim moral purpose while benefiting from force, and citizens tempted to confuse patriotism with obedience. Works such as the essay 'To the Person Sitting in Darkness' and the pamphlet 'King Leopold's Soliloquy' show Twain sharpening satire into indictment, while other selections reveal a darker, prophetic anger beneath the jokes. The result is a compact, provocative listening experience - part political commentary, part moral challenge - that asks how a democracy should look at its flag when the costs are paid by someone else.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:09:08) Chapter 02
(01:10:08) Chapter 03
(01:12:27) Chapter 04
(01:13:48) Chapter 05
(01:18:43) Chapter 06
(02:07:16) Chapter 07
(02:13:45) Chapter 08
(03:00:49) Chapter 09
(03:39:38) Chapter 10
(04:33:11) Chapter 11
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court by Mark Twain audiobook.
Genre: scifi
Come and hear the strange tale of The Boss Hank Morgan, a modern day (at the time of publication) Connecticut Yankee who inexplicably finds himself transported to the court of the legendary King Arthur (as the title of the book implies). Hank, or simply, The Boss, as he comes to be most frequently known, quickly uses his modern day knowledge and education to pass himself off as a great magician, to get himself out of all sorts of surprising, (and frequently amusing) situations, as well as to advance the technological and cultural status of the nation in which he finds himself.
In the rather un-subtle sub-text of the story, Twain uses The Boss to express a surprisingly pragmatic and frequently contradictory philosophy. The Boss explores the relative merits of Democracy, and Monarchy, he expresses his views on the “Nature v. Nurture” debate, he frequently speaks forcefully against an established Church, but just as strongly advocates for religion and a variety of churches (just not a compulsory one) and he devotes at least one afternoon to introducing his companions to the concept of inflation. In a far more subtle, yet no less forceful manner, the Boss shares with the reader some views about taxation, slavery (both literal and wage slavery), trade unions, the origins of the German language, the nature of marriage, and probably most powerfully, death.
It is a tall order for a relatively brief text, but Twain manages it all with surprising clarity. No one will agree fully with the Boss on all of these matters, and I would be surprised if Twain himself would. In fact the Boss’s views are so pragmatic, and often contradictory, the reader is left to wonder if Twain himself is alternately speaking through the Boss, and setting him up as a straw man. Either way it is a delightful story and a great piece of American Literature, to say nothing of an excellent argument for education.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 1
(00:19:07) Chapter 2
(00:25:36) Chapter 3
(00:39:41) Chapter 4
(00:55:08) Chapter 5
(01:03:06) Chapter 6
(01:16:50) Chapter 7
(01:32:57) Chapter 8
(01:49:33) Chapter 9
(02:05:42) Chapter 10
(02:22:09) Chapter 11
(02:33:39) Chapter 12
(02:54:39) Chapter 13
(03:06:06) Chapter 14
(03:28:03) Chapter 15
(03:37:48) Chapter 16
(03:58:40) Chapter 17
(04:14:41) Chapter 18
(04:37:18) Chapter 19
(05:03:58) Chapter 20
(05:12:10) Chapter 21
(05:30:48) Chapter 22
(06:01:04) Chapter 23
(06:26:34) Chapter 24
(06:45:34) Chapter 25
(07:10:15) Chapter 26
(07:38:59) Chapter 27
(08:01:41) Chapter 28
(08:20:51) Chapter 29
(08:33:05) Chapter 30
(08:50:35) Chapter 31
(09:15:14) Chapter 32
(09:31:53) Chapter 33
(09:48:16) Chapter 34
(10:17:49) Chapter 35
(10:45:25) Chapter 36
(11:05:12) Chapter 37
(11:14:42) Chapter 38
(11:31:44) Chapter 39
(11:38:32) Chapter 40
(12:03:21) Chapter 41
(12:22:20) Chapter 42
(12:33:07) Chapter 43
(13:00:16) Chapter 44
(13:32:20) Chapter 45
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The Story Girl by Lucy Maud Montgomery ~ Full Audiobook [family]
August 20, 2022
•526m
The Story Girl by Lucy Maud Montgomery audiobook.
Genre: family
In The Story Girl, Lucy Maud Montgomery invites you into a golden summer on Prince Edward Island, where imagination is as essential as bread on the table. When Beverley and Felix King are sent to live with their relatives at the old homestead called the Golden Road, they quickly fall into the lively orbit of cousins, neighbors, and, above all, the unforgettable Sara Stanley - the 'Story Girl.' Gifted with a voice that can transform everyday life into legend, Sara gathers the children in barns, kitchens, and twilight fields to spin tales of romance, adventure, ghosts, and faraway places. As the weeks pass, the friends roam the countryside, stage small dramas, and test the boundaries of childhood freedom, while quietly brushing against the grown-up world of expectations, heartbreak, and change. Warm, humorous, and nostalgic, this coming-of-age classic celebrates the power of storytelling to bind a community together and to help young hearts make sense of joy, jealousy, and longing - even when the future begins to tug them away from the Golden Road.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:19:28) Chapter 02
(00:32:25) Chapter 03
(00:54:05) Chapter 04
(01:11:00) Chapter 05
(01:30:35) Chapter 06
(01:46:07) Chapter 07
(02:04:36) Chapter 08
(02:24:08) Chapter 09
(02:36:43) Chapter 10
(02:54:59) Chapter 11
(03:08:42) Chapter 12
(03:19:18) Chapter 13
(03:28:22) Chapter 14
(03:43:27) Chapter 15
(03:59:35) Chapter 16
(04:15:50) Chapter 17
(04:24:41) Chapter 18
(04:36:58) Chapter 19
(05:01:49) Chapter 20
(05:14:19) Chapter 21
(05:24:56) Chapter 22
(05:41:47) Chapter 23
(06:00:29) Chapter 24
(06:20:43) Chapter 25
(06:34:48) Chapter 26
(06:51:31) Chapter 27
(07:13:42) Chapter 28
(07:29:19) Chapter 29
(07:48:13) Chapter 30
(08:06:40) Chapter 31
(08:16:50) Chapter 32
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