The Sign of the Broken Sword by G. K. Chesterton ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]

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01/13/23

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51m

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The Sign of the Broken Sword by G. K. Chesterton audiobook.

Genre: mystery

In the freezing English countryside, Father Brown leads Flambeau to the many monuments and shrines of the great General St. Claire. 'Sacred to the Memory of General Sir Arthur St. Clare, Hero and Martyr, who Always Vanquished his Enemies and Always Spared Them, and Was Treacherously Slain by Them At Last. May God in Whom he Trusted both Reward and Revenge him.' is the inscription that they read on each of them. Flambeau knows nothing of him but listens to the story of this man as Father Brown tells it. Was St. Claire truly a hero and martyr? What is the mystery behind his last foolish and hopeless charge against an overwhelming enemy? This detective story delves into human psychology for many of the clues to unravel the tangled threads. A fascinating story and said to be one of Chesterton's best Fr. Brown stories.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:23:11) Chapter 02

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St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

January 13, 2023

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300m

St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton audiobook.

Genre: biography

For Chesterton, Francis of Assisi is a great paradoxical figure, a man who loved women but vowed himself to chastity; an artist who loved the pleasures of the natural world as few have loved them, but vowed himself to the most austere poverty, stripping himself naked in the public square so all could see that he had renounced his worldly goods; a clown who stood on his head in order to see the world aright. Chesterton gives us Francis in his world-the riotously colorful world of the High Middle Ages, a world with more pageantry and romance than we have seen before or since. Here is the Francis who tried to end the Crusades by talking to the Saracens, and who interceded with the emperor on behalf of the birds. Here is the Francis who inspired a revolution in art that began with Giotto and a revolution in poetry that began with Dante. Here is the Francis who prayed and danced with pagan abandon, who talked to animals, who invented the creche. I read this book as a young man and not only did it introduce me to the amazing world of Chesterton, but it was a revelation of how an entire culture could be captured in a slim volume.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:19:12) Chapter 02

(00:55:49) Chapter 03

(01:25:44) Chapter 04

(01:50:46) Chapter 05

(02:23:21) Chapter 06

(02:55:18) Chapter 07

(03:28:11) Chapter 08

(03:59:49) Chapter 09

(04:28:28) Chapter 10

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A Columbus of Space by Garrett P. Serviss ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

January 13, 2023

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456m

A Columbus of Space by Garrett P. Serviss audiobook.

Genre: scifi

Edmund Stonewall is a quiet, brilliant eccentric whose true obsession is not wealth or fame, but the outer limits of human possibility. When he finally invites a few friends from his New York club circle - including the bold, joking Jack Ashton and the sharper-edged Henry Darton - into his private workshop, he unveils an astonishing vehicle: a compact air-and-space car driven by controlled inter-atomic power. What begins as a demonstration turns into an irrevocable voyage beyond Earth, as Stonewall and his companions are carried toward Venus with no clear map, no rescue, and only Stonewall's nerve and ingenuity to keep them alive. On Venus they find a world divided between burning sunlight and permanent night, with strange landscapes, brutal hazards, and societies shaped by extremes of climate and time. Misunderstandings, rivalries, and the problem of communicating across species and culture quickly become as dangerous as any creature in the shadows. As the travelers struggle to repair their fragile advantage and choose whom to trust, the dream of discovery becomes a test of character: what does it mean to be a 'Columbus of space' when the new world is already inhabited?

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:23:28) Chapter 2

(00:46:13) Chapter 3

(01:07:56) Chapter 4

(01:39:12) Chapter 5

(02:01:43) Chapter 6

(02:25:25) Chapter 7

(02:45:23) Chapter 8

(03:09:03) Chapter 9

(03:28:37) Chapter 10