Life of Charlemagne by Einhard ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

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10/13/22

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75m

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Life of Charlemagne by Einhard audiobook.

Genre: biography

Written by Einhard, a scholar and court insider who served in the Carolingian court, Life of Charlemagne is an intimate portrait of the ruler who reshaped early medieval Europe. Part eyewitness memoir, part political history, it follows Charlemagne from his ascent amid a turbulent Frankish world through the long campaigns and hard choices required to expand and secure a vast realm. Einhard traces the pressures of governing a patchwork of peoples and frontiers, the drive to impose order through law and administration, and the ambition to revive learning and culture in an age often marked by fragmentation. Alongside battles and diplomacy, the narrative lingers on the daily life of the court: Charlemagne's habits, tastes, religious devotion, family relationships, and the public image he cultivated as king and emperor. The central drama is not only conquest, but the effort to turn power into lasting stability, and to craft a legacy that can outlive a single extraordinary leader. Clear, vivid, and surprisingly personal, this short classic remains one of the most influential biographies of the Middle Ages.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:12:07) Chapter 02

(00:29:28) Chapter 03

(00:46:43) Chapter 04

(01:00:38) Chapter 05

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Afterward by Edith Wharton ~ Full Audiobook [horror]

October 12, 2022

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79m

Afterward by Edith Wharton audiobook.

Genre: horror

In 'Afterward,' Edith Wharton turns a quiet domestic dream into a chilling question of moral debt. Mary and Ned Boyne, affluent Americans eager for a more settled life, purchase an old English country house called Lyng. The estate comes with atmosphere, history, and the kind of subtle folklore that their practical minds initially dismiss. When a neighbor mentions a local saying - that if anything uncanny happens at Lyng, it comes afterward - Mary treats it as a charming superstition, even as she takes pride in the peace and privacy they have finally secured. As the Boynes settle in, they host visitors, stroll the grounds, and speak with the confident ease of people who believe their past has been left behind. But small disruptions begin to accumulate: an unexpected caller, uneasy conversations, and a growing sense that someone is waiting to be recognized. With Wharton's hallmark psychological precision, the story tightens around the couple's marriage and their assumptions about what can be known - and what can be owed - until the past presses in through the ordinary fabric of everyday life.

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(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:31:25) Chapter 2

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The Thing from the Lake by Eleanor M. Ingram ~ Full Audiobook [horror]

October 13, 2022

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469m

The Thing from the Lake by Eleanor M. Ingram audiobook.

Genre: horror

To get away from city life periodically, New Yorker Roger Locke purchases an abandoned farm house in rural Connecticut, and with the assistance of his cousin Phillida and her beau Ethan Vere, he sets about fixing up the place.

Immediately however, an unseen mysterious woman begins giving him warnings during nocturnal visits to leave the house at once. Soon he begins hearing strange ominous sounds emanating from the tiny lake at the back of the house coupled with a permeation of sickly odors. An evil presence then begins to visit him during the witching hours of the late night, challenging him to a battle of wits from which there can be only one victor.

Is his mysterious female visitor there to help and encourage him to flee from the house, or is she working in tandem with The Thing From the Lake?

A gripping, occasionally frightening tale, Ms. Ingram wastes no time in grabbing the reader into the story and manages to weave a tale that will leave the reader guessing at every turn of events.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:10:02) Chapter 02

(00:37:37) Chapter 03

(01:38:46) Chapter 04

(01:43:38) Chapter 05

(01:56:34) Chapter 06

(02:17:06) Chapter 07

(02:43:05) Chapter 08

(02:49:52) Chapter 09

(03:01:27) Chapter 10

(03:23:41) Chapter 11