Conquest Over Time by Michael Shaara ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

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09/26/22

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84m

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Conquest Over Time by Michael Shaara audiobook.

Genre: scifi

Pat Travis has made a career out of being first. As a veteran Contact Man for a powerful Earth company, he races rival operators to newly opened worlds, gambling on speed, nerve, and a reputation for impossible luck. But when Travis reaches the planet the locals call Mert, his winning streak turns instantly sour: according to the planet's rigid astrological code, he has arrived on the worst possible day. Doors close, streets empty, officials turn hostile, and every attempt at diplomacy collides with a culture that believes the stars have already decided the outcome.Stranded in a city that looks like it was built for carriages and candlelight, Travis is pushed off the polite surface and into the dangerous underworld below, where outcasts survive in tunnels and sewers the respectable citizens pretend do not exist. There he meets two unlikely allies, including a startlingly brilliant young schemer who sees angles Travis has missed. Together they try to outthink superstition, corporate pressure, and a ticking calendar of unlucky hours, while Travis fights to prove that success is more than fate. Conquest Over Time blends tense negotiation, sly humor, and a sharp clash of belief systems into a fast, classic tale of science-fiction intrigue.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:20:01) Chapter 2

(00:38:36) Chapter 3

(01:03:49) Chapter 4

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Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge ~ Full Audiobook [family]

September 23, 2022

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611m

Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge audiobook.

Genre: family

Mary Mapes Dodge created an instant bestseller with 'Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates.' She wanted the book to be partly a book of travels and partly a domestic story. It is a tale written for children that adults also find interesting and uplifting. Dodge writes as if she is sending a series of letters from Holland to children in America, and her you-are-there perspective is aided by a nice attention to detail and vivid imagery.

The Brinkers are a poor but stoic family under a dark cloud - Raff, the man of the house, fell from the dikes while reinforcing them during a bad storm, and for ten years he has been in a vegetative state. With no steady income, the family's lot is grinding poverty. Despite their unfortunate circumstances, Hans and Gretel are cheerful children, yet always attentive to the needs of their mother and their present-but-not-really-there father. Their social standing is very low, but they both attract firm friends, even among the gentry, for their honesty, industry, and good-heartedness.

Then a glorious skating race is proposed for the town of Broek, with the prize a pair of silver skates for both the winning boy and girl. In the weeks leading up to the race, we follow the adventures of five of the local boys who are showing a visiting relative from England the sights of the Netherlands. Hans improbably meets the one man who might be able to heal his father, and somehow Hans finds a way to afford some skates so that he and Gretel can enter the race.

This all leads up to a dramatic, moving, and entirely satisfactory conclusion. 'Hans Brinker' hits a series of high notes and encourages children to cultivate and display their finer qualities.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:07:38) Chapter 2

(00:16:54) Chapter 3

(00:36:03) Chapter 4

(00:46:48) Chapter 5

(01:00:34) Chapter 6

(01:15:11) Chapter 7

(01:24:19) Chapter 8

(01:32:26) Chapter 9

(01:44:18) Chapter 10

(02:02:32) Chapter 11

(02:21:56) Chapter 12

(02:38:27) Chapter 13

(02:45:57) Chapter 14

(02:53:21) Chapter 15

(03:04:31) Chapter 16

(03:19:10) Chapter 17

(03:31:21) Chapter 18

(03:41:38) Chapter 19

(03:56:18) Chapter 20

(04:09:16) Chapter 21

(04:23:31) Chapter 22

(04:29:29) Chapter 23

(04:52:56) Chapter 24

(04:59:42) Chapter 25

(05:11:34) Chapter 26

(05:23:34) Chapter 27

(05:29:45) Chapter 28

(05:55:14) Chapter 29

(06:10:03) Chapter 30

(06:23:05) Chapter 31

(06:34:17) Chapter 32

(06:47:32) Chapter 33

(07:00:51) Chapter 34

(07:07:35) Chapter 35

(07:14:28) Chapter 36

(07:23:41) Chapter 37

(07:32:58) Chapter 38

(07:43:14) Chapter 39

(07:50:49) Chapter 40

(08:00:58) Chapter 41

(08:12:00) Chapter 42

(08:28:38) Chapter 43

(08:45:25) Chapter 44

(09:18:42) Chapter 45

(09:34:36) Chapter 46

(09:40:15) Chapter 47

(09:50:52) Chapter 48

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This World is Taboo by Murray Leinster ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

September 26, 2022

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250m

This World is Taboo by Murray Leinster audiobook.

Genre: scifi

Calhoun, a field man for the Interstellar Medical Service, expects routine inspections: land, check public health conditions, and leave a world safer than he found it. But when his small Med Ship reaches Weald Three, he finds a prosperous grain planet locked in fear. Nearby Dara, once ravaged by a plague, is under strict quarantine, and its people carry the visible legacy of that sickness - the hated 'blueskins.' On Weald, politicians and security forces treat any contact with Dara as contamination, and paranoia is turning into something far more dangerous. Calhoun, accompanied by his sharp-eyed tormal companion Murgatroyd, quickly realizes that the health problem is inseparable from prejudice, trade, and the threat of interplanetary violence. To do his job, he may have to break the very quarantine everyone insists will keep them safe, and step onto the world that has been declared untouchable. Part medical mystery, part political thriller, Leinster's classic space adventure digs into how fear spreads faster than disease, and how one stubborn professional can challenge a system built on scapegoats.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:32:48) Chapter 02

(01:01:22) Chapter 03

(01:29:28) Chapter 04

(01:59:48) Chapter 05

(02:34:49) Chapter 06

(03:06:45) Chapter 07

(03:37:29) Chapter 08

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