The Coming Race by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

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07/26/22

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429m

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The Coming Race by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton audiobook.

Genre: scifi

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803-1873) was an English novelist, poet, playright, and politician. Lord Lytton was a florid, popular writer of his day, who coined such phrases as 'the great unwashed', 'pursuit of the almighty dollar', 'the pen is mightier than the sword', and the infamous incipit 'It was a dark and stormy night.' .

The Coming Race drew heavily on his interest in the occult and contributed to the birth of the science fiction genre. Unquestionably, its story of a subterranean race of men waiting to reclaim the surface is one of the first science fiction novels. The novel centres on a young, independently wealthy traveler (the narrator), who accidentally finds his way into a subterranean world occupied by beings who seem to resemble angels, who call themselves Vril-ya. The hero soon discovers that they are descendants of an antediluvian civilisation who live in networks of subterranean caverns linked by tunnels. The narrator suggests that in time, the Vril-ya will run out of habitable spaces underground and will start claiming the surface of the earth, destroying mankind in the process, if necessary.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:13:21) Chapter 02

(00:21:20) Chapter 03

(00:48:13) Chapter 04

(01:08:32) Chapter 05

(01:35:52) Chapter 06

(01:54:11) Chapter 07

(02:15:46) Chapter 08

(02:30:04) Chapter 09

(02:57:11) Chapter 10

(03:27:14) Chapter 11

(03:59:29) Chapter 12

(04:22:20) Chapter 13

(04:36:33) Chapter 14

(04:46:57) Chapter 15

(05:03:44) Chapter 16

(05:32:05) Chapter 17

(05:54:40) Chapter 18

(06:14:37) Chapter 19

(06:32:59) Chapter 20

(06:46:54) Chapter 21

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Acres of Diamonds by Russell H. Conwell ~ Full Audiobook [self help]

July 26, 2022

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279m

Acres of Diamonds by Russell H. Conwell audiobook.

Genre: self help

One of the most requested motivational lectures of all time. 'I say that you ought to get rich, and it is your duty to get rich ... The men who get rich may be the most honest men you find in the community. Let me say here clearly ... ninety-eight out of one hundred of the rich men of America are honest. That is why they are rich. That is why they are trusted with money. That is why they carry on great enterprises and find plenty of people to work with them. It is because they are honest men. .' The central idea of the work is that one need not look elsewhere for opportunity, achievement, or fortune—the resources to achieve all good things are present in one's own community; look in your own backyard for those acres of diamonds. This theme is developed by an introductory anecdote, credited by Conwell to an Arab guide, about a man who wanted to find diamonds so badly that he sold his property and went off in futile search for them. The new owner of his home discovered that a rich diamond mine was located right there on the property. Conwell elaborates on the theme through examples of success, genius, service, or other virtues involving ordinary Americans contemporary to his audience: 'dig in your own backyard!'.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:21:56) Chapter 02

(00:44:02) Chapter 03

(01:06:26) Chapter 04

(01:34:28) Chapter 05

(01:53:44) Chapter 06

(02:19:59) Chapter 07

(02:36:37) Chapter 08

(02:54:38) Chapter 09

(03:18:02) Chapter 10

(03:41:52) Chapter 11

(04:00:08) Chapter 12

(04:15:45) Chapter 13

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Dere Mable by Edward Streeter ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

July 26, 2022

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66m

Dere Mable by Edward Streeter audiobook.

Genre: comedy

In Dere Mable: Love Letters of a Rookie, Edward Streeter turns World War I army life into a bright, side-splitting chain of letters from a brand-new private, Bill Smith, to his sweetheart back home, Mable. Writing in proudly mangled spelling and plainspoken slang, Bill reports on everything the Army throws at him: baffling rules, hard-nosed sergeants, endless drills, awkward inspections, lousy weather, and the strange new language of camp where everyday things suddenly have different names. Between complaints and boasts, he sketches a whole barracks full of characters and captures the uneasy mix of boredom, confusion, and sudden responsibility that comes with becoming a soldier. But the letters are not only jokes about military red tape. They are also a running portrait of a young man trying to hold onto home, pride, and romance while distance and rumor test what he thinks he knows about Mable and about himself. With lively illustrations (in many editions) and quick episodes that build like a serialized comedy, Streeter delivers a classic wartime satire that still feels human and sharp.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:09:16) Chapter 2

(00:18:38) Chapter 3

(00:28:41) Chapter 4

(00:41:05) Chapter 5

(00:54:29) Chapter 6

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