Lewis and Clark by William R. Lighton ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

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06/09/23

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200m

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Lewis and Clark by William R. Lighton audiobook.

Genre: biography

William R. Lighton's Lewis and Clark is a brisk, story-driven biography of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark that follows the planning and launch of the Corps of Discovery and the long push from the Missouri River toward the Pacific. Beginning with the two officers' backgrounds and President Thomas Jefferson's ambitious mission after the Louisiana Purchase, Lighton traces how a small, disciplined party is assembled, supplied, and sent into a continent most Americans of the era knew only through rumor and rough maps. As the expedition moves upriver and into the mountains, the narrative highlights the leaders' contrasting strengths, the daily demands of command, and the constant problem-solving required to keep men, boats, and supplies moving through rapids, storms, hunger, and injury. Along the way, the captains must negotiate fragile alliances and passage with Native nations, interpret unfamiliar landscapes, and record what they see with careful attention to geography, plants, animals, and routes that might reshape the young nation's future. Written in a clear early-1900s style, the book balances adventure with historical context, showing how exploration, diplomacy, and leadership collide on a journey where every decision carries lasting consequences.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:17:17) Chapter 02

(00:28:52) Chapter 03

(00:39:43) Chapter 04

(01:01:28) Chapter 05

(01:24:10) Chapter 06

(01:39:36) Chapter 07

(01:52:54) Chapter 08

(02:10:04) Chapter 09

(02:23:09) Chapter 10

(02:43:48) Chapter 11

(02:52:50) Chapter 12

(03:00:59) Chapter 13

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On Secret Service by William Nelson Taft ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]

June 9, 2023

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On Secret Service by William Nelson Taft audiobook.

Genre: mystery

In On Secret Service, William Nelson Taft offers a brisk, story-driven tour through the hidden side of early American federal law enforcement, told as a series of detective-mystery episodes inspired by real government cases. Framed by conversations in Washington, D.C. and the private den of veteran operative Bill Quinn, each chapter begins with an odd keepsake - a relic from the field - and unfolds into a new investigation, from confidence schemes and blackmail to smuggling and other crimes that reach far beyond street-level policing. citeturn0search6turn0search4 As Quinn and fellow agents follow leads through hotels, offices, and back rooms where influence is bought and sold, Taft highlights the craft of the work: reading people, testing alibis, laying traps, and staying inside the law while suspects do everything they can to vanish. citeturn0search6 The result is a collection that balances suspense with a grounded sense of procedure and period detail, revealing how small clues and patient legwork can cut through staged identities - and how one case can hinge on a single overlooked object. citeturn0search5turn0search4

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:28:48) Chapter 02

(00:55:07) Chapter 03

(01:24:53) Chapter 04

(01:56:08) Chapter 05

(02:29:36) Chapter 06

(03:00:39) Chapter 07

(03:33:35) Chapter 08

(04:05:57) Chapter 09

(04:38:11) Chapter 10

(05:11:48) Chapter 11

(05:43:51) Chapter 12

(06:18:37) Chapter 13

(06:49:08) Chapter 14

(07:19:50) Chapter 15

(07:51:01) Chapter 16

(08:20:14) Chapter 17

(08:51:16) Chapter 18

(09:20:52) Chapter 19

(09:51:44) Chapter 20

(10:22:15) Chapter 21

(10:52:45) Chapter 22

(11:23:21) Chapter 23

(11:55:14) Chapter 24

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Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave by Aphra Behn ~ Full Audiobook [tragedy]

June 9, 2023

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166m

Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave by Aphra Behn audiobook.

Genre: tragedy

Aphra Behn was the first woman writer in England to make a living by her pen, and her novel Oroonoko was the first work published in English to express sympathy for African slaves. Perhaps based partly on Behn's own experiences living in Surinam, the novel tells the tragic story of a noble slave, Oroonoko, and his love Imoinda. The work was an instant success and was adapted for the stage in 1695 (and more recently by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1999). Behn's work paved the way for women writers who came after her, as Virginia Woolf noted in a Room of One's Own (1928): 'All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn, ... for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds.'

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:17:04) Chapter 02

(00:31:07) Chapter 03

(00:48:34) Chapter 04

(01:02:13) Chapter 05

(01:16:49) Chapter 06

(01:36:34) Chapter 07

(01:50:13) Chapter 08

(02:09:27) Chapter 09

(02:23:42) Chapter 10