From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne ~ Full Audiobook [science]

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08/15/22

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From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne audiobook.

Genre: science

In 1860s America, the Civil War has ended and the Baltimore Gun Club is bored - until its brilliant, larger-than-life president Impey Barbicane proposes an outrageous new project: instead of building weapons, why not build a cannon big enough to send a projectile to the Moon? The idea electrifies the public, attracts funding from around the world, and ignites a race to solve problems no one has faced before: impossible measurements, unprecedented metallurgy, and the perilous mathematics of launch. As plans take shape in Florida, the venture gains a fierce rival in the sharp-tongued French artilleryman Captain Nicholl, whose technical objections and pride clash with Barbicane's bold optimism. Then a surprise volunteer enters the story, shifting the mission from a mere feat of engineering into a human gamble. Part satire, part scientific speculation, and wholly adventurous, Jules Verne blends meticulous detail with playful wit as his characters argue, calculate, and risk everything for a dream that seems a century ahead of its time - and discover that the greatest journey may begin long before anyone leaves the ground.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:12:20) Chapter 2

(00:26:12) Chapter 3

(00:32:31) Chapter 4

(00:42:36) Chapter 5

(00:51:11) Chapter 6

(00:59:44) Chapter 7

(01:10:48) Chapter 8

(01:18:15) Chapter 9

(01:27:35) Chapter 10

(01:36:39) Chapter 11

(01:45:34) Chapter 12

(01:58:29) Chapter 13

(02:08:46) Chapter 14

(02:18:45) Chapter 15

(02:29:03) Chapter 16

(02:40:15) Chapter 17

(02:52:52) Chapter 18

(03:07:53) Chapter 19

(03:24:44) Chapter 20

(03:40:10) Chapter 21

(03:49:41) Chapter 22

(03:56:59) Chapter 23

(04:04:23) Chapter 24

(04:17:15) Chapter 25

(04:27:51) Chapter 26

(04:34:43) Chapter 27

(04:39:20) Chapter 01

(04:53:05) Chapter 02

(05:09:24) Chapter 03

(05:16:56) Chapter 04

(05:29:04) Chapter 05

(05:39:51) Chapter 06

(05:50:35) Chapter 07

(06:04:41) Chapter 08

(06:14:02) Chapter 09

(06:25:53) Chapter 10

(06:36:31) Chapter 11

(06:47:17) Chapter 12

(06:59:34) Chapter 13

(07:10:00) Chapter 14

(07:20:30) Chapter 15

(07:30:59) Chapter 16

(07:40:21) Chapter 17

(07:42:35) Chapter 18

(07:54:54) Chapter 19

(08:11:28) Chapter 20

(08:30:23) Chapter 21

(08:48:01) Chapter 22

(08:58:15) Chapter 23

(09:05:46) Chapter 24

(09:13:11) Chapter 25

(09:24:29) Chapter 26

(09:34:42) Chapter 27

(09:40:16) Chapter 28

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Typhoon by Joseph Conrad ~ Full Audiobook [adventure]

August 14, 2022

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189m

Typhoon by Joseph Conrad audiobook.

Genre: adventure

Joseph Conrad's Typhoon is a taut sea tale set aboard the steamship Nan-Shan as it carries a cargo of rice and a deck packed with hundreds of Chinese laborers across the waters of Southeast Asia. Its master, Captain MacWhirr, is a practical, literal-minded man who values routine and clear rules over imagination or flair. With him is Jukes, an ambitious young officer still learning what command truly costs. When ominous weather gathers into a full, merciless typhoon, the ship is driven into a struggle that tests not only seamanship but character. As wind and sea batter the Nan-Shan, order threatens to collapse below decks and on deck alike, where fear, misunderstanding, and greed can be as dangerous as the storm itself. Conrad follows the crew's efforts to keep the vessel afloat while confronting the human chaos that the disaster exposes. Both an intense survival narrative and a sharp study of duty, leadership, and resilience, Typhoon asks what steadiness really means when nature and human nature collide.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:29:59) Chapter 2

(00:58:30) Chapter 3

(01:21:57) Chapter 4

(02:11:25) Chapter 5

(02:42:08) Chapter 6

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Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Jules Verne ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

August 15, 2022

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504m

Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Jules Verne audiobook.

Genre: scifi

In 1863 Hamburg, absent-minded mineralogist Professor Otto Lidenbrock makes a startling discovery: an encrypted note tucked inside an ancient book, hinting at a passage to the Earth's deepest regions. With his steady, skeptical nephew Axel reluctantly in tow, and guided by the calm, resourceful Icelandic hunter Hans, the professor races to Iceland to test a theory that most scientists dismiss as fantasy. Their route descends through a volcanic crater and into a world of darkness, heat, and impossible scale, where compasses falter, provisions dwindle, and every echo may hide a new danger. As the expedition presses on, the trio confronts underground storms, vast caverns, and mysteries that challenge what they think they know about geology, time, and life itself. Part scientific puzzle, part survival saga, Jules Verne's classic blends daring exploration with wonder, asking how far curiosity should drive us - and what it costs to keep moving forward when the way out is as uncertain as the way down.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:32:15) Chapter 2

(01:05:32) Chapter 3

(01:19:44) Chapter 4

(01:35:07) Chapter 5

(01:50:52) Chapter 6

(02:00:54) Chapter 7

(02:14:06) Chapter 8

(02:25:22) Chapter 9

(02:35:38) Chapter 10

(02:46:37) Chapter 11

(02:57:12) Chapter 12

(03:08:27) Chapter 13

(03:17:07) Chapter 14

(03:27:04) Chapter 15

(03:36:30) Chapter 16

(03:46:04) Chapter 17

(03:55:01) Chapter 18

(04:01:41) Chapter 19

(04:11:34) Chapter 20

(04:18:48) Chapter 21

(04:27:08) Chapter 22

(04:32:37) Chapter 23

(04:39:41) Chapter 24

(04:49:18) Chapter 25

(04:55:43) Chapter 26

(05:13:01) Chapter 27

(05:22:11) Chapter 28

(05:37:41) Chapter 29

(06:04:51) Chapter 30

(06:24:24) Chapter 31

(06:50:37) Chapter 32

(07:02:01) Chapter 33

(07:11:55) Chapter 34

(07:23:52) Chapter 35

(07:36:39) Chapter 36

(07:46:38) Chapter 37

(07:56:45) Chapter 38

(08:09:35) Chapter 39

(08:23:57) Chapter 40

(08:38:11) Chapter 41

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