The Calico Cat by Charles Miner Thompson ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

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07/04/23

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157m

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The Calico Cat by Charles Miner Thompson audiobook.

Genre: comedy

In a quiet village where reputation is everything, Solomon Peaslee is determined to be taken seriously. He has his eye on public respectability, and he is especially pleased with the prospect of serving on the grand jury, a role that feels like proof he has finally arrived. But the one thing that reliably unmans him is a bold, trespassing calico cat that treats his property as its personal kingdom. One impulsive night, Solomon decides to end the nuisance for good, raising his shotgun at the cat on the fence. The blast misses its target and strikes something far more dangerous: a man lurking in the dark. In the stunned aftermath, Solomon scrambles to protect his standing, dodge suspicion, and keep the village from turning its sharp attention on him. As gossip spreads and half-truths multiply, the incident ripples outward, pulling neighbors and family into a tightening knot of fear, blame, and misplaced certainty. When a boy becomes entangled in the fallout, Solomon must face a conflict that no civic title can solve: whether preserving his image is worth the cost of his conscience.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:22:10) Chapter 2

(00:46:26) Chapter 3

(01:07:14) Chapter 4

(01:26:14) Chapter 5

(01:43:02) Chapter 6

(02:04:40) Chapter 7

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The Adopting of Rosa Marie by Carroll Watson Rankin ~ Full Audiobook [family]

July 3, 2023

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278m

The Adopting of Rosa Marie by Carroll Watson Rankin audiobook.

Genre: family

Back at their beloved, tumble-down Dandelion Cottage in Lakeville, four inseparable friends - practical Jean Mapes, dramatic Marjory Vale, tenderhearted Mabel Bennett, and small but spirited Bettie Tucker - are determined to stretch the last warm days of the season into one more round of make-believe housekeeping. Then Mabel wanders too far from their usual haunts and comes home with an unexpected 'foundling': a quiet, sturdy Indian toddler named Rosa Marie. What begins as a game of playing mother turns into something far more complicated as the girls try to feed her, bathe her, entertain her, and keep her presence hidden from watchful neighbors and parents. Disagreements flare, consciences prick, and the Cottage girls discover that real caretaking does not follow the rules of pretend. When a new girl, Henrietta Slater, arrives with different manners and her own private homesickness, the circle of friendship is tested again - and the question of what Rosa Marie truly needs becomes impossible to ignore. Warm, funny, and clear-eyed about childhood loyalty, the story explores responsibility, belonging, and the big feelings that come with small hands trying to do a grown-up thing.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:06:49) Chapter 02

(00:14:16) Chapter 03

(00:21:30) Chapter 04

(00:27:15) Chapter 05

(00:34:04) Chapter 06

(00:41:27) Chapter 07

(00:51:05) Chapter 08

(00:58:25) Chapter 09

(01:06:09) Chapter 10

(01:12:42) Chapter 11

(01:20:39) Chapter 12

(01:28:19) Chapter 13

(01:34:58) Chapter 14

(01:43:42) Chapter 15

(01:53:19) Chapter 16

(02:04:17) Chapter 17

(02:13:53) Chapter 18

(02:25:17) Chapter 19

(02:33:21) Chapter 20

(02:43:06) Chapter 21

(02:52:01) Chapter 22

(03:02:49) Chapter 23

(03:14:14) Chapter 24

(03:25:38) Chapter 25

(03:36:35) Chapter 26

(03:44:55) Chapter 27

(03:53:27) Chapter 28

(04:03:36) Chapter 29

(04:14:35) Chapter 30

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A Voyage to the Moon by Cyrano de Bergerac ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

July 4, 2023

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204m

A Voyage to the Moon by Cyrano de Bergerac audiobook.

Genre: scifi

In A Voyage to the Moon, Cyrano de Bergerac launches a bold, mischievous tale that blends adventure with razor-edged satire. The narrator, a quick-witted skeptic with an appetite for daring theories, becomes obsessed with the possibility of life beyond Earth and devises a series of improbable schemes to reach the Moon. When his experiments finally hurl him into the heavens, he arrives in a world that is unmistakably alien yet uncomfortably familiar: a society with its own customs, hierarchies, and assumptions about what is natural, moral, and true. As an outsider, he is forced to justify his origin, his beliefs, and even his humanity before curious (and often hostile) lunar authorities and philosophers. Each encounter becomes a contest of ideas, where accepted wisdom is flipped on its head and earthly dogmas about religion, science, politics, and social status are tested under an unforgiving new logic. By turns comic, confrontational, and imaginative, this early classic invites listeners to question certainty itself and to wonder how strange our own world might look from far away.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:22:06) Chapter 01

(00:24:45) Chapter 02

(00:32:18) Chapter 03

(00:37:15) Chapter 04

(00:43:12) Chapter 05

(00:56:38) Chapter 06

(01:02:15) Chapter 07

(01:08:41) Chapter 08

(01:27:31) Chapter 09