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Boys Book of Famous Soldiers by J. Walker McSpadden ~ Full Audiobook [history]
Classic Audiobook Collection
10/18/22
•379m
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Boys Book of Famous Soldiers by J. Walker McSpadden audiobook.
Genre: history
In Boys Book of Famous Soldiers, J. Walker McSpadden gathers a gallery of military lives into a brisk, story-driven introduction to the men who shaped famous campaigns and the eras around them. Written for young readers but engaging for anyone who likes clear, dramatic history, the book moves from one portrait to the next, sketching childhood influences, early ambitions, decisive moments of leadership, and the hard choices demanded by war. Each chapter sets its subject against a vivid backdrop of shifting nations, rival commanders, and battles where discipline, timing, and nerve matter as much as strength. McSpadden is less interested in dry timelines than in the human qualities behind reputation: courage under pressure, loyalty to comrades, the burdens of command, and the way victory can carry a cost. Along the way, the book invites listeners to weigh honor and ambition against the realities of conflict, asking what makes a soldier memorable after the smoke clears. The result is a lively, accessible tour through military history, told through the lives that defined it.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 00
(00:02:56) Chapter 01
(00:16:22) Chapter 02
(00:32:21) Chapter 03
(00:52:17) Chapter 04
(01:11:33) Chapter 05
(01:32:08) Chapter 06
(01:50:25) Chapter 07
(02:05:54) Chapter 08
(02:20:07) Chapter 09
(02:35:09) Chapter 10
(02:52:51) Chapter 11
(03:10:39) Chapter 12
(03:28:27) Chapter 13
(03:40:20) Chapter 14
(03:53:27) Chapter 15
(04:09:31) Chapter 16
(04:27:53) Chapter 17
(04:38:15) Chapter 18
(04:50:08) Chapter 19
(05:01:36) Chapter 20
(05:13:27) Chapter 21
(05:24:00) Chapter 22
(05:36:32) Chapter 23
(05:50:09) Chapter 24
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Atlantis - The Antediluvian World by Ignatius Loyola Donnelly audiobook.
Genre: history
First published in 1882, Ignatius Loyola Donnelly's Atlantis - The Antediluvian World is a bold investigation into one of history's most enduring mysteries: was Plato's Atlantis a real place, and could it have been the lost cradle of civilization? Donnelly, a politician turned restless scholar, builds a sweeping case that an advanced island continent once existed in the Atlantic Ocean and that its destruction by a prehistoric catastrophe scattered survivors across the globe. Drawing on classical texts, early archaeology, comparative mythology, linguistics, and 19th-century geology, he links ancient Egypt, the Americas, and Europe through shared symbols, flood legends, and technological echoes that, he argues, point back to a single source. As Donnelly challenges the mainstream view of independent cultural development, readers are invited into a spirited debate over evidence, interpretation, and the human desire to connect the fragments of the distant past. Part detective story, part manifesto, and part tour of the world's oldest stories, this influential work remains a landmark of alternative history and a vivid portrait of Victorian-era curiosity about humanity's origins.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:09:59) Chapter 02
(00:37:31) Chapter 03
(01:07:45) Chapter 04
(01:30:18) Chapter 05
(01:54:28) Chapter 06
(02:04:29) Chapter 07
(02:22:38) Chapter 08
(02:31:35) Chapter 09
(02:52:14) Chapter 10
(03:23:24) Chapter 11
(03:49:03) Chapter 12
(04:14:02) Chapter 13
(04:40:45) Chapter 14
(05:02:26) Chapter 15
(05:18:18) Chapter 16
(05:44:10) Chapter 17
(06:16:32) Chapter 18
(06:27:03) Chapter 19
(06:52:39) Chapter 20
(07:18:23) Chapter 21
(07:58:14) Chapter 22
(08:21:21) Chapter 23
(09:09:58) Chapter 24
(09:48:48) Chapter 25
(09:58:35) Chapter 26
(10:12:03) Chapter 27
(10:34:37) Chapter 28
(10:57:41) Chapter 29
(11:07:22) Chapter 30
(11:15:34) Chapter 31
(11:46:18) Chapter 32
(12:14:12) Chapter 33
(12:27:13) Chapter 34
(12:40:43) Chapter 35
(13:05:03) Chapter 36
(13:26:26) Chapter 37
(13:33:08) Chapter 38
(14:00:01) Chapter 39
(14:09:59) Chapter 40
(14:37:40) Chapter 41
(15:23:15) Chapter 42
(16:02:58) Chapter 43
(16:36:41) Chapter 44
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The Alaskan by James Oliver Curwood ~ Full Audiobook [adventure]
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•562m
The Alaskan by James Oliver Curwood audiobook.
Genre: adventure
In the raw, ice-bright reaches of early-1900s Alaska, Mary Standish boards a northbound steamer with little more than a battered suitcase and a fierce need to outrun her past. Watching over her is Captain Rifle, a weathered old seaman who knows every treacherous channel and every kind of human desperation that rides the Alaskan coast. Waiting beyond the docks is Alan Holt, a hard-riding frontier landholder determined to defend his vast holdings and the people who depend on them from speculators and corrupt powerbrokers hungry for timber, gold, and influence. When a sudden tragedy on the voyage pulls Mary into the center of a widening struggle, her flight becomes a test of courage, trust, and survival. As Mary and Alan are drawn together, they are forced to navigate a wilderness where the law is far away, violence is close at hand, and the stakes include not only fortunes but the fate of the land itself. Sweeping, romantic, and fiercely grounded in the frontier spirit, The Alaskan pits love and conscience against greed in a country that demands everything from those who dare to claim it.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:13:31) Chapter 02
(00:36:41) Chapter 03
(00:58:49) Chapter 04
(01:20:22) Chapter 05
(01:45:07) Chapter 06
(01:59:30) Chapter 07
(02:12:17) Chapter 08
(02:30:13) Chapter 09
(02:57:37) Chapter 10
(03:19:55) Chapter 11
(03:31:57) Chapter 12
(04:08:42) Chapter 13
(04:26:20) Chapter 14
(04:48:51) Chapter 15
(05:09:19) Chapter 16
(05:22:21) Chapter 17
(05:42:49) Chapter 18
(06:03:37) Chapter 19
(06:32:31) Chapter 20
(06:50:26) Chapter 21
(07:06:18) Chapter 22
(07:19:44) Chapter 23
(07:38:11) Chapter 24
(08:03:52) Chapter 25
(08:22:40) Chapter 26
(08:47:55) Chapter 27
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