The Maid of Maiden Lane by Amelia E. Barr ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

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06/28/22

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The Maid of Maiden Lane by Amelia E. Barr audiobook.

Genre: romance

Set in New York City in 1791, when the young republic is still arguing over its future, The Maid of Maiden Lane follows Cornelia Moran, a spirited, dutiful young woman newly home from Moravian schooling and stepping into a world where family loyalty, social rank, and politics press on every private choice. The proud streets near Maiden Lane hum with post-Revolution confidence, but also with sharp divisions: old Dutch families guard their traditions, newcomers bring fresh ambitions, and news of upheaval abroad stirs fear and fascination. At the center of it all, Cornelia finds herself drawn into a demanding tangle of affections when Lieutenant Joris Hyde enters her life and expectations harden around them both. As fathers, friends, and public opinion weigh in, Cornelia must measure love against responsibility and decide what kind of future she can claim as her own. Amelia E. Barr blends courtship, family conflict, and civic debate into a richly detailed portrait of an early American city, where a single mistake or misunderstanding can echo through reputations, engagements, and lives.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:18:32) Chapter 02

(00:48:24) Chapter 03

(01:20:28) Chapter 04

(02:16:51) Chapter 05

(02:54:49) Chapter 06

(03:34:57) Chapter 07

(04:04:09) Chapter 08

(04:39:40) Chapter 09

(05:14:59) Chapter 10

(06:03:38) Chapter 11

(06:42:13) Chapter 12

(07:15:14) Chapter 13

(07:45:39) Chapter 14

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Alice in Wonderland by Alice Gerstenberg ~ Full Audiobook [fantasy]

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Alice in Wonderland by Alice Gerstenberg audiobook.

Genre: fantasy

Alice in Wonderland by Alice Gerstenberg is a lively stage dramatization that blends favorite episodes from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass into a fast-moving play for young performers and family audiences. When curious Alice slips out of ordinary life and into a world where logic bends and words refuse to behave, she must navigate a parade of unforgettable figures: the hurried White Rabbit, the grinning Cheshire Cat, the enigmatic Caterpillar, the quarrelsome Queen of Hearts, and the delightfully maddening guests at the Mad Tea Party. As scenes shift from riddles and rhymes to croquet played with impossible equipment, Alice faces a constant challenge: how do you keep your sense of self when everyone insists the rules are different every moment? Gerstenberg's dialogue-forward adaptation highlights the humor, theatricality, and quick character changes that make Wonderland a joy to perform, while keeping the story's deeper questions close at hand - identity, growing up, and the strange authority of nonsense. It is a whimsical, imaginative journey that invites listeners to laugh, wonder, and question what 'makes sense' in the first place.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:02:05) Chapter 01

(00:40:14) Chapter 02

(01:13:40) Chapter 03

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

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438m

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin audiobook.

Genre: biography

Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography is the plainspoken, vivid life story of one of America's most inventive and influential founders, told largely in his own witty, practical voice. Beginning with his childhood in a large Boston family, Franklin traces his early hunger for books, his restless apprenticeship, and the bold decision to strike out on his own. In Philadelphia he remakes himself through printing and publishing, sharpening a talent for persuasion and an appetite for public improvement. As his career expands, listeners follow his experiments, civic projects, and efforts to cultivate personal discipline - from building habits of industry and frugality to organizing institutions that serve the common good. But the book is not simply a victory lap. Franklin wrestles with reputation, ambition, and the limits of self-made ideals, all while navigating the pressures of business, politics, and a rapidly changing society. Part moral handbook, part coming-of-age narrative, and part portrait of colonial America, this classic invites you into the workshop of a mind determined to learn, to lead, and to leave the world better than he found it.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:19:08) Chapter 01

(00:46:36) Chapter 02

(01:07:12) Chapter 03

(01:22:30) Chapter 04

(01:40:08) Chapter 05

(01:50:02) Chapter 06

(02:17:48) Chapter 07

(02:52:24) Chapter 08

(03:17:55) Chapter 09