![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | "Sermon on All Saints' Day" - The Venerable Bede
Circa A.D. 710, the Venerable Bede wrote this sermon. It was translated by the Rev. John M. Neale. An interesting and touching look at the Feast of All Saints and the doctrine of the Communion of Saints, and a glimpse of Saxon England's religious life.
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; religion; Holidays - All Saints Day
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| Little Fuzzy - H. Beam Piper
The planet Zarathustra is going through a dry spell. Land-prawns, ecologists, and scared bureaucrats are coming out of the woodwork. But there's more trouble to come. The cutest little alien critter you've ever seen: Little Fuzzy. This book is widely regarded as a minor sf classic, and is much loved.
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Science Fiction
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| Against Heresies (Book II) - St. Irenaeus of Lyons
Now that Irenaeus has given us a rundown on Gnostic teachers, beliefs, and practices, he moves to suggesting arguments against such beliefs. These arguments also provide an interesting look at theology in Irenaeus' day. Book I Book III Book IV Book V
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; religion
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| Against Heresies (Book III) - St. Irenaeus of Lyons
He's talked about why the Gnostics are wrong about God. Now it's time for Irenaeus to talk about what the Holy Scriptures and the Holy Tradition of the Church have to say. Book I Book II Book IV Book V
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| The Ascent of Mount Carmel - St. John of the Cross
The spiritual classic about dark nights of the soul, and how to start to achieve union with God through prayer, begins with a look at the "night of sense". The second book deals with the "night of faith". Then the third book deals with the "night of the memory and will". The final two books of the five book treatise are generally printed separately and called The Dark Night of the Soul. So I have also recorded them separately.
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; religion; mysticism
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| Against Heresies (Book I) - St. Irenaeus of Lyons
The classic 2nd century study and analysis of Christian Gnosticism in all its extant variants, as collected both from Gnostic writings and discussions with Gnostic teachers (as well as ex-Gnostics). Since Irenaeus was studying Gnosticism to help others change Gnostics' minds, he strove for as much accuracy as possible in his account. And in fact, you will find that his account of Gnosticism tallies closely with that of the recently rediscovered Gnostic writings...
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; religion
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| The Imitation of Christ, Book 3, Part 3 - Thomas a Kempis
The bestselling spiritual classic from the Middle Ages continues, with more talk of detachment from unhappiness, things people say about you, and unfortunate events. There is also advice on how to deal with temptation. Book 1: Part 1 | Part 2 | Book 2 | Book 3:Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 4 | Book 4: Part 1 | Part 2
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| The Red Thumb Mark, Part 5 - R. Austin Freeman
The classic forensic technology Edwardian mystery concludes. Now it's time for courtroom drama in the Old Bailey. But the problem isn't so much whodunit as howdunit. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Mystery; romance
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| Fifty-One Tales, Part 1 - Lord Dunsany
The first third of a book of short-short stories by Lord Dunsany, the classic fantasy writer of the early 20th century. Weird, wise, funny, and sad by turns, no two tales are alike. Listen to them in order or skip about as you please. Part 2 Part 3
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Fantasy
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| Fifty-One Tales, part 2 - Lord Dunsany
More short-short stories from Lord Dunsany, one of the great fantasy writers. Part 1 Part 3
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| Fatherless Fanny; or a Young Lady's First Entrance into Life: Being the Memoirs of a Little Mendicant and Her Benefactors. - Anon.
This 1811 novel is the story of a young girl whose parentage is unknown but obviously well-to-do. Abandoned at an elite boarding school but befriended by a chance-met stranger, her life is full of mystery... and humor! Possibly the only novel ever written in which a dog's pedigree is mistaken for that of the heroine. No wonder it went through so many editions!
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Mystery; romance; Regency
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| The Eye of Osiris, Pt 04 - R. Austin Freeman
This Edwardian mystery of medicine and inheritance law continues. Young Dr. Berkeley meets the lawyer who wrote that bizarre will. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
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| Dawn of Flame - Stanley G. Weinbaum
In an America where civilization has collapsed, a young man named Hull Tarvish sets out to see the world -- and to fight the rising power of Joaquin Smith's empire. (Prequel to The Black Flame.) Weinbaum's first published story, "A Martian Odyssey", changed science fiction forever. He died of throat cancer 15 months later, in 1935. However, stories he'd written before being published continued to come out for years after he died; so he continued to exert influence on the field after death...
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Science Fiction; Romance
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| The Eye of Osiris, Pt 05 - R. Austin Freeman
The legal maneuvering begins as the Edwardian forensic investigation continues. What is behind the scattering of bones? What do the police know that young Dr. Jervis doesn't? And what does Dr. Thorndyke have up his sleeve? Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Mystery
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| Pastoral Care (The Book of Pastoral Rule) - St. Gregory the Great
This is _the_ medieval management book, written by the pope who set up the Catholic Church to survive the Dark Ages. It was written for bishops and read by huge numbers of European lay leaders as well as church ones. This is the book that King Alfred so wanted to spread around that he had it translated into English. This is a book that still has important lessons today. The first part considers what sort of person you ought to have in charge and what sort not, as well as good and bad reasons for...
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; religion; leadership
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| Fifty-One Tales, Part 3 - Lord Dunsany
The final third of a book of short-short stories by Lord Dunsany, a classic fantasy writer of the early 20th century. Weird, wise, funny, and sad by turns -- no two tales are alike. Listen to them in order or skip about as you please. Part 1 Part 2
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Fantasy
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| "A Message from the Deep Sea" - R. Austin Freeman
Thorndyke is invited onto a crime scene a little earlier than usual, only to find murder and a message from the sea.
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Mystery
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| "A Christmas Mystery: The Story of Three Wise Men" - William J. Locke
Three very different men take a train through the English countryside. Why are they all going to the same place for Christmas?
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Christmas
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| The Eye of Osiris, Pt 01 - R. Austin Freeman
Dr Thorndyke returns in this classic Edwardian mystery novel of forensics, both the medical and the law kind. How did the rich Egyptologist disappear off the face of the earth, and when? Who inherits his money? (Published in the US as The Vanishing Man. Boring title, eh?) Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Mystery
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| The Letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch - St. Ignatius of Antioch
On his way to martyrdom in Rome, Bishop Ignatius of Antioch (then in Syria; now Antakya, Turkey) wrote letters to the Church in several cities of the Empire. Seven of these letters survive. By the way, you'll notice that the good bishop is not shy about calling Jesus "God". (So much for that Da Vinci Code silliness....)
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; religion
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| "Our Christmas Tree" - Fitz-James O'Brien
A poor man contrasts his Christmas tree to that of a millionaire.
Keywords: Audiobook - Poetry; Christmas
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| "An Arabian Nightmare" - Fitz-James O'Brien
An Arab merchant tells the tale of the winter he spent in Russia. Gently humorous.
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| Treatise IV: On the "Our Father" - St. Cyprian of Carthage
A guide to the spiritual riches of the simple prayer called the Lord's Prayer or the "Our Father", from a bishop of North Africa martyred in AD 258.
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| The Eye of Osiris, Pt 06 - R. Austin Freeman
As Dr. Berkeley's dreams crumble, new evidence is discovered. And it may be a matter of life or death for his friends.... Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
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| "The Dragon-Fang Possessed by the Conjuror Piou-Lu" - Fitz-James O'Brien
This 1856 short story is a rather nifty little dark fantasy which, though set in China, reminds me a bit of Irish nationalism and Irish legends as well. Beware of the dragon fang!
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| "The Prisoner of Cell 13" - Jacques Futrelle
Here's the contention: mind is the master of all things. Here's the bet: that a scrawny professor can escape a prison cell on Death Row in one week. What will happen in this duel between the warden of Chisholm Prison and the Thinking Machine?
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Mystery
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| "The Golden Ingot" - Fitz-James O'Brien
A young doctor is called out one night by a mysterious woman.
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| The Nebuly Coat, Part 3 - John Meade Falkner
The mysteries of Cullerne begin to manifest, as Mrs. Joliffe receives a flattering offer to buy a worthless painting, and a mysterious stranger appears. The church organist has the strange impression that he's being followed and watched. And nobody will listen to Mr. Westray, the young architect, and his fears that the church tower is ready to fall.... By the author of Moonfleet and The Lost Stradivarius...
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Mystery
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| The Martyrdom of Sts. Perpetua and Felicitas - St. Perpetua, St. Saturus, and Anon.
Tells the story of the arraignment, imprisonment and execution in the arena of a young Roman noblewoman and her friends from the church in Africa. Contains one of the few autobiographical accounts from the ancient world written by a woman -- and an African woman at that! -- which have come down to us.
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; history; religion
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| "On the Pleasure of Taking Up One's Pen" - Hilaire Belloc
And you thought Seinfeld was the first one to tell jokes about nothing! From the 1908 book On Nothing and Kindred Subjects, Hilaire Belloc brings us a short and funny essay "On the Pleasure of Taking Up One's Pen". Enjoy!
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; essays; comedy
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| The Blue Sequin - R. Austin Freeman
This 1909 short story features the first famous pathologist detective, Dr. Thorndyke. The Thorndyke stories helped educate the police, the public, and criminals about crime scenes and forensics. CSI: Edwardian England!
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| The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena: Part 1 - St. Catherine of Siena
A dialogue between Catherine and God the Father. The first part, A Treatise of Divine Providence, discusses love of God, love of neighbor, and how all sins and virtues ultimately hinge on actions towards one's neighbor. Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; religion; mysticism
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| The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena, Part 3 - St. Catherine of Siena
A dialogue between Catherine and God the Father. The third part of the book, "A Treatise on Prayer", discusses all sorts of things: the value of tears, Communion, priests, a good death, and of course prayer. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 4 | Part 5
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| Folk Tales of Napoleon - Alexander Amphiteatrov and Honore de Balzac
"Napoleonder", a Russian folk tale about Napoleon's career, and "The Napoleon of the People", a chapter from Balzac's novel The Country Doctor describing French folk beliefs about Napoleon's special powers and destiny.
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| Cabbages and Kings - O. Henry
Welcome to Coralio, a pleasant South American coastal town. Heading for it is President Miraflores, who has abandoned his job but brought along an opera singer and a good chunk of his nation's treasury. A motley crew of expatriates and locals is waiting for him, and so is his strange fate....
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| Catechetical Lectures, Part 1 - St. Cyril of Jerusalem
Transcriptions of a set of class lectures delivered, during the six weeks of Lent, by St. Cyril of Jerusalem (then bishop and patriarch of Jerusalem) to a class of candidates planning on baptism and reception into the Church at Easter. Sometime during the fourth century. At the time these lectures were being given, catechumens and candidates were not allowed to attend the entire Mass, learn many important teachings before being baptized, or disclose Church teachings to outsiders...
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; mysticism
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| "How I Lost My Gravity" - Fitz-James O'Brien
A (purposefully humorous) tale of pre-Civil War speculative physics.
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Science Fiction
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| Pharsalia (aka The Civil War) - Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan)
An epic poem about the tragic Roman civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompeius (Pompey), which also figuratively chronicles Lucan's own realization that his good friend, patron, and new emperor, Nero, has become a danger to his people. The poem ends prematurely, because Lucan was executed for plotting to overthrow Nero. Immensely influential to Western civilization and a true classic, though sadly forgotten over the last hundred years (when folks should have read it)...
Keywords: Audiobook - Poetry; History
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| "The Ring of Thoth" - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A mysterious man lurks among the mummies of the Louvre. What strange secret is held by the Ring of Thoth? First published in Cornhill Magazine, 1890.
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Science Fiction
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| "Tam Lin" - Scottish Trad.
Traditional Scottish ballad. This is my mix-and-match of several traditional versions.
Keywords: Ballad; Celtic
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| "What Was It? -- A Mystery" - Fitz-James O'Brien
This 1859 short story probably influenced both Maupassant's "The Horla" and Bierce's "The Damned Thing". It's pretty spooky all by itself, though. The second phase of the story is a science fiction take -- a very odd one. See what you think.
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Horror
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| The Eye of Osiris, Pt 03 - R. Austin Freeman
This classic mystery of a vanished man and his bizarre will continues, as the plot thickens and people start falling in love. Dr. Thorndyke is on the case! Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Mystery; romance
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| "The Man Without a Country" - Edward Everett Hale
The classic story of a man who learns to love his country when it is taken away from him. This complete and unabridged version from Hale's 1868 story collection includes many incidents cut from textbooks, as well as an illuminating introduction by the author which reveals unknown facts about the tale. Listen to it again for the very first time!
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction
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| "The First Christmas Tree" - Henry Van Dyke
A story of medieval Germany and the first Christmas tree. Exciting, poetic, and atmospheric. By the author of "The Story of the Other Wise Man".
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Christmas
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| The Nebuly Coat - John Meade Falkner
Cullerne, once a Dorset seaport, now is a tiny town in the middle of a marshy nowhere. Its huge old church badly needs restoration, and Arthur Westray is sent by his firm to handle matters. But sleepy Cullerne is full of old secrets and mysteries, and everywhere you look is the Blandamer coat of arms -- the Nebuly Coat. (John Meade Falkner is also the author of Moonfleet and The Lost Stradivarius.) Part 2 Part 3
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Mystery
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| The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage - Ernest Bramah
Blind detective Max Carrados investigates a murder in the making.
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Mystery
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| Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America - Edmund Burke
On March 22, 1775, Edmund Burke made a speech in Parliament to propose peace and conciliation with the rebellious American colonists. A beautiful speech that is a joy to read, and a heartbreakingly plausible and sensible road not taken.
Keywords: Spoken Word; Audiobook - Nonfiction; history; politics; American Revolution
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| Homilies on Matthew: Homily 5 - St. John Chrysostom
A homily about Matthew 1:22 from one of the Patriarchs of Constantinople.
Keywords: Spirituality; Sermons
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| Catechetical Lectures, Part 4 - St. Cyril of Jerusalem
It's almost Easter, and Cyril concludes his classes for those about to be received into Baptism and Communion with the Church with rousing lectures on the Last Judgement, Antichrist, the Holy Spirit, and other stuff they need to know. Now also including the last two of the Mystagogical Lectures, because there was no room at the server for them. Catechetical Lectures: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Mystagogical Lectures
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; mysticism
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| "The Pot of Tulips" - Fitz-James O'Brien
A lost treasure, a lady in distress, and a message from beyond the grave! This 1855 story is an earlier appearance of Harry Escott from "What Was It? -- A Mystery", and features the same entertaining mixture of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction
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