Psmith in the City by P. G. Wodehouse ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

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08/23/22

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362m

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Psmith in the City by P. G. Wodehouse audiobook.

Genre: comedy

When impecunious but unflappably confident Rupert Psmith and his steady, athletic friend Mike Jackson arrive in London, they are fresh from school and short on funds, which means only one thing: employment. Soon they find themselves drafted into the gray world of a City bank, where clerks shuffle papers, superiors bark orders, and every day threatens to smother youth under a blanket of routine. Psmith, however, is not built for quiet obedience. With his unmistakable monocle, elaborate vocabulary, and heroic devotion to personal dignity, he turns the office into a stage, needling pompous managers, defending downtrodden coworkers, and treating every rule as an invitation to creative interpretation. As Mike tries to balance responsibility, ambition, and loyalty, Psmith's principled mischief draws the pair into workplace rivalries, after-hours scrapes, and a tangle of friendships and romances that complicate their precarious position. Packed with sparkling dialogue and sharply observed social satire, Psmith in the City is a warm, whirlwind comedy about class, courage, and the art of staying cheerful while the grown-up world tries its best to be dull.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:29:51) Chapter 02

(00:59:17) Chapter 03

(01:43:48) Chapter 04

(02:25:32) Chapter 05

(02:33:37) Chapter 06

(02:45:52) Chapter 07

(02:59:15) Chapter 08

(03:29:42) Chapter 09

(03:59:01) Chapter 10

(04:34:55) Chapter 11

(05:13:19) Chapter 12

(05:24:49) Chapter 13

(05:40:39) Chapter 14

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A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Wodehouse ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

August 23, 2022

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465m

A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Wodehouse audiobook.

Genre: comedy

When wealthy, amiable American George Finch arrives in England, he expects country houses, polite society, and perhaps a little leisure. Instead, he collides with Maud Marsh - spirited, proud, and very much not looking for rescue - and promptly convinces himself that fate has handed him the perfect role: gallant savior to a damsel in distress. Maud, however, is entangled in the quiet crises of a respectable but cash-strapped family: a domineering, status-minded relative who believes money solves everything, a household balancing on appearances, and a brother whose reckless choices threaten to pull them all into scandal. As George tries to help, his well-intentioned interventions ricochet through drawing rooms and country lanes, stirring up misunderstandings, unwanted engagements, wounded pride, and a parade of eccentrics with strong opinions on how love and duty ought to work. With P. G. Wodehouse's signature sparkle and precision, A Damsel in Distress turns romance into high comedy - a battle between sincerity and social maneuvering, where the hardest thing about playing the hero is figuring out what the heroine actually wants.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:29:25) Chapter 02

(00:49:31) Chapter 03

(01:06:01) Chapter 04

(01:20:49) Chapter 05

(01:33:42) Chapter 06

(01:59:50) Chapter 07

(02:19:54) Chapter 08

(02:32:59) Chapter 09

(02:50:25) Chapter 10

(03:01:30) Chapter 11

(03:17:12) Chapter 12

(03:25:41) Chapter 13

(03:42:11) Chapter 14

(03:58:44) Chapter 15

(04:28:08) Chapter 16

(04:48:52) Chapter 17

(05:00:03) Chapter 18

(05:11:13) Chapter 19

(05:26:32) Chapter 20

(05:40:41) Chapter 21

(06:08:22) Chapter 22

(06:23:36) Chapter 23

(06:42:51) Chapter 24

(06:55:58) Chapter 25

(07:03:13) Chapter 26

(07:22:45) Chapter 27

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Mr. Spaceship by Philip K. Dick ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

August 23, 2022

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76m

Mr. Spaceship by Philip K. Dick audiobook.

Genre: scifi

In a far-future war against the enigmatic Yuks, Terra's fleet keeps losing to weapons that are not machines at all, but living, adaptive organisms that can outthink any automated guidance system. Technocrat Philip Kramer and his colleague Gross propose a breakthrough that sounds like sacrilege: replace the standard Johnson Control with something faster, subtler, and unmistakably human - a living brain. The only problem is finding a donor and deciding what, exactly, is being sacrificed when a mind is removed from its body and wired into a warship. Enter Professor Thomas, Kramer's former teacher, dying and willing to volunteer for the procedure. The project succeeds beyond anyone's expectations, and the newly built cruiser earns a nickname that is half joke, half prayer: Mr. Spaceship. But the moment the ship takes to the stars, Kramer discovers that intelligence cannot be treated as a mere component. As military necessity collides with personal loyalty, Kramer and his wife, Dolores, are drawn into a struggle over control, identity, and whether a civilization obsessed with winning wars deserves the future it is trying to reach.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:16:33) Chapter 2

(00:30:41) Chapter 3

(00:47:06) Chapter 4

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