The Benson Murder Case - A Philo Vance Story by S. S. Van Dine ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]

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08/15/23

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651m

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The Benson Murder Case - A Philo Vance Story by S. S. Van Dine audiobook.

Genre: mystery

When a powerful New York financier is found shot to death in his own mansion, the crime looks at first like a straightforward killing in a house full of money, secrets, and resentments. But the clues do not line up, the motives overlap, and every witness seems to be hiding something. Called in to assist the investigation is Philo Vance, an urbane aesthete with an unsettling gift for seeing what others overlook. Working alongside District Attorney Markham and the dogged Sergeant Heath, Vance studies the crime scene with a connoisseur's eye and a psychologist's patience, weighing everything from a missing object to a stray remark at a dinner table. As suspects multiply among family members, servants, business associates, and social rivals, the case becomes a tense contest between appearances and truth. The Benson Murder Case is a classic puzzle mystery that blends high-society manners with relentless deduction, drawing listeners into a world where privilege protects lies, and a single overlooked detail can change the entire shape of the hunt.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:28:03) Chapter 02

(00:56:31) Chapter 03

(01:20:46) Chapter 04

(01:45:03) Chapter 05

(02:07:39) Chapter 06

(02:33:51) Chapter 07

(03:05:50) Chapter 08

(03:34:42) Chapter 09

(03:56:00) Chapter 10

(04:17:22) Chapter 11

(04:43:32) Chapter 12

(05:01:51) Chapter 13

(05:21:28) Chapter 14

(05:38:31) Chapter 15

(06:04:11) Chapter 16

(06:32:41) Chapter 17

(06:56:19) Chapter 18

(07:17:50) Chapter 19

(07:46:11) Chapter 20

(08:09:54) Chapter 21

(08:36:14) Chapter 22

(09:09:02) Chapter 23

(09:40:09) Chapter 24

(10:10:39) Chapter 25

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Actions And Reactions by Rudyard Kipling ~ Full Audiobook [adventure]

August 15, 2023

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406m

Actions And Reactions by Rudyard Kipling audiobook.

Genre: adventure

Rudyard Kipling's Actions And Reactions is a wide-ranging collection of stories in which private choices collide with public forces - empire, technology, class, and the stubborn pull of the past. From English countryside homes shadowed by old histories to far-flung outposts where duty and survival test the limits of loyalty, Kipling follows soldiers, engineers, travelers, and ordinary men and women caught in moments when a single decision sets larger consequences in motion. The collection moves between grounded realism and imaginative speculation, pairing intimate dramas of marriage, inheritance, and belonging with tales that look forward to new machines and new kinds of conflict. Across these different settings, Kipling returns to recurring questions: what do people owe to tradition, to family, and to the systems that employ them? How do communities respond when change arrives - slowly through custom, or suddenly through disaster? Written with sharp observation, brisk narrative energy, and a keen ear for professional life and social ritual, these stories invite listeners to watch cause and effect unfold, sometimes quietly and sometimes with explosive force.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(01:12:36) Chapter 02

(01:14:00) Chapter 03

(01:49:38) Chapter 04

(01:51:26) Chapter 05

(02:29:59) Chapter 06

(02:32:26) Chapter 07

(03:49:08) Chapter 08

(03:53:32) Chapter 09

(04:27:07) Chapter 10

(04:28:43) Chapter 11

(04:56:23) Chapter 12

(04:58:13) Chapter 13

(05:43:14) Chapter 14

(05:46:34) Chapter 15

(06:36:00) Chapter 16

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An American Robinson Crusoe by Samuel B. Allison ~ Full Audiobook [adventure]

August 16, 2023

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201m

An American Robinson Crusoe by Samuel B. Allison audiobook.

Genre: adventure

Samuel B. Allison's An American Robinson Crusoe is a brisk, child-friendly retelling of Daniel Defoe's classic survival story, reshaped for American classrooms and young readers. It begins in New York City, where a restless boy named Robinson Crusoe would rather roam the streets and watch the ships on the Hudson than study for the future his parents imagine for him. Drawn by tales of distant coasts and strange creatures, he chases adventure at sea, only to be swept into disaster when the voyage turns deadly. Cast onto a deserted island with little more than his wits, Robinson must learn to make shelter, find food, protect himself from the elements, and turn loneliness into routine. Each hard-won solution becomes a lesson in ingenuity and perseverance, tracing, step by step, how a careless, rebellious youth can be remade by responsibility and work. Part adventure, part quiet study of self-reliance, this adaptation emphasizes practical problem-solving, the gradual building of tools and habits, and the long fight to remain hopeful when the world has gone silent.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:14:12) Chapter 02

(00:30:12) Chapter 03

(00:49:06) Chapter 04

(01:06:39) Chapter 05

(01:26:40) Chapter 06

(01:46:31) Chapter 07

(02:10:17) Chapter 08

(02:43:09) Chapter 09

(03:04:47) Chapter 10