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

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06/09/23

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758m

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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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The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

June 8, 2023

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869m

The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton audiobook.

Genre: drama

Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country follows Undine Spragg, a dazzling young woman from the American Midwest who arrives in New York determined to claim a place among the city's old-money elite. Armed with beauty, ambition, and an instinct for what society values, Undine treats life as a series of negotiations: marriage, friendships, and even motherhood become stepping-stones toward greater status and security. Her first target is Ralph Marvell, a sensitive man shaped by inherited privilege and ideals of culture, whose world proves both alluring and constraining. As Undine pushes against the limits imposed by tradition, money, and reputation, she exposes the fragile bargains that hold high society together. The novel moves between glittering drawing rooms and private reckonings, tracing the human costs of relentless social climbing and the quiet devastation left in its wake. With sharp wit and unsparing insight, Wharton paints a portrait of a woman who refuses to be satisfied and a world that turns desire into a kind of currency, asking what, in the pursuit of 'having it all,' must be spent.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:22:42) Chapter 02

(00:43:15) Chapter 03

(00:55:38) Chapter 04

(01:24:47) Chapter 05

(01:46:22) Chapter 06

(02:01:23) Chapter 07

(02:19:31) Chapter 08

(02:35:06) Chapter 09

(02:52:43) Chapter 10

(03:18:17) Chapter 11

(03:42:50) Chapter 12

(04:08:54) Chapter 13

(04:30:02) Chapter 14

(04:54:46) Chapter 15

(05:21:03) Chapter 16

(05:41:37) Chapter 17

(06:00:21) Chapter 18

(06:35:26) Chapter 19

(06:49:00) Chapter 20

(07:18:46) Chapter 21

(07:50:19) Chapter 22

(08:04:56) Chapter 23

(08:17:54) Chapter 24

(08:41:18) Chapter 25

(08:53:29) Chapter 26

(09:14:15) Chapter 27

(09:27:16) Chapter 28

(09:38:22) Chapter 29

(09:54:45) Chapter 30

(10:07:08) Chapter 31

(10:21:15) Chapter 32

(10:34:58) Chapter 33

(10:44:44) Chapter 34

(10:55:11) Chapter 35

(11:16:08) Chapter 36

(11:24:24) Chapter 37

(11:42:07) Chapter 38

(12:02:32) Chapter 39

(12:20:43) Chapter 40

(12:36:45) Chapter 41

(12:52:34) Chapter 42

(13:04:20) Chapter 43

(13:18:22) Chapter 44

(13:34:09) Chapter 45

(13:48:08) Chapter 46

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

June 9, 2023

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200m

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