![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | "Tam Lin" - Scottish Trad.
Traditional Scottish ballad. This is my mix-and-match of several traditional versions.
Keywords: Ballad; Celtic
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| "The Archduke's Tea", Part 1 - H. C. Bailey
The first part of this 1920 mystery story from the Dr. Fortune series sends a young doctor to deal with an archduke's mysterious mishap.
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Mystery
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| "The Coin of Dionysius" - Ernest Bramah
Mr. Carlyle (Not a private detective! A private inquiry agent!) is desperate to solve his current case, and needs an after-hours expert opinion on a certain coin. Why on earth would the coin dealer recommend a blind man? Ernest Bramah wrote some great Oriental fantasy (the Kai Lung series), but he also wrote several collections' worth of Max Carrados detective stories. Enjoy.
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Mystery
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| "The Diamond Lens" - Fitz-James O'Brien
Take one antebellum New York college student with a crazy dream of the perfect microscope. Add one spiritualist (modeled after the Fox sisters), one diamond, and one drop of water. Stir.
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Science Fiction
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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 Epistle of St. Ignatius of Antioch to the Romans" - St. Ignatius of Antioch
Facing martyrdom -- okay, running toward it with open arms -- the old Syrian bishop, once a disciple of the Apostle John, still took time to write letters to the Christians in various cities. Here's the one he wrote to the Church in Rome.
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; Religious
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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 Golden Ingot" - Fitz-James O'Brien
A young doctor is called out one night by a mysterious woman.
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction
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| "The Hoard of the Gibbelins" - Lord Dunsany
This 1912 fantasy short story tells of the quest of a valiant and shrewd knight to win the hoard of the Gibbelins. But it won't be easy. "The Gibbelins eat, as is well known, nothing less good than man. Their evil tower is joined to Terra Cognita, to the lands we know, by a bridge. Their hoard is beyond reason; avarice has no use for it; they have a separate cellar for emeralds and a separate cellar for sapphires; they have filled a hole with gold and dig it up when they need it...
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction
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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 Man Without a Shadow: A New Version" - Fitz-James O'Brien
Humorous 1852 account of an odd creature one might still meet in New York.
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction
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| "The Martyrdom of St. Ignatius of Antioch" - Anon.
This is an anonymous but apparently firsthand account of the martyrdom (eaten by animals in a Roman arena) of St. Ignatius of Antioch. From Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 1. Ed. by Alexander Roberts & James Donaldson. American edition, 1885.
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; religion
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| "The Nightmare" - G.K. Chesterton
A short essay by G.K. Chesterton on horror's proper place.
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction
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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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| "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 Prisoner of War" - Fitz-James O'Brien
A Union soldier thinks of his friend, imprisoned down South. Written in December 1861. O'Brien was a Union officer. He died from his wounds in April 1862.
Keywords: Audiobook - Poetry; War
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| "The Queen of Spain and the Bauld McLean: A Ballad of the Sound of Mull - 1588" - Andrew Lang
A historical fiction ballad of Halloween love divination, international affairs, and gunpowder.
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| "The Reward" - Melville Davisson Post
"I found a drunken hobo at Atlantic City who was the best detective I ever saw." From Melville Davisson Post, the turn-of-the-century American lawyer and mystery writer (and 1924 presidential candidate), a story of detective skill in an unexpected place.
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Mystery
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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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| "The Sewing Bird" - Fitz-James O'Brien
O'Brien knew London and Paris, where shopgirls were common. But in New York, the stores only employed salesmen, even in departments selling exclusively to women. The work was seen as too hard for women -- but slaving as seamstresses was not. O'Brien protests this injustice in a witty fantasy about a labor-saving fabric clamp (the eponymous Sewing Bird) come alive.
Keywords: Audiobook - Poetry
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| "The Sword of Welleran" - Lord Dunsany
An undefended city. Citizens who have forgotten war. Enemies on the march. And seven dead heroes of old. One of the great fantasy writers of all time, Lord Dunsany was comfortable writing everything from opium dreams to darkly realistic modern fantasy, from novels to hit plays. Here he is with a high fantasy short story from 1908. Enjoy.
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction
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| "The Wondersmith", Part 1 - Fitz-James O'Brien
This 1859 Christmas horror story puts traditional figures of European legend and lore ('gypsies', hunchbacks, stolen children, wizards, and demons) into a tough New York City neighborhood. The result is a scary urban Victorian fantasy. Better hope Santa doesn't bring you presents from the Wondersmith.
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Christmas
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| "The Wondersmith", Part 2 - Fitz-James O'Brien
This creepy tale of an antebellum Christmas (and New Year's) in New York continues, with poison, fire, demons, mynah birds, and some action figures you'd rather not find in your stocking. Beware the Wondersmith!
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Christmas; Horror; Holidays - New Year's Eve
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| "Three of a Trade" - Fitz-James O'Brien
Two street children wait for Kriss Kringle on a Victorian New Year's night.
Keywords: Holidays - New Year's; Christmas
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| "Two Pioneers" - Elia W. Peattie
This 1877 short story depicts a voyageur town on the Missouri River, and the strange alliance during a winter of sickness between two of its non-voyageur residents: Father De Smet, a Catholic priest, and Mademoiselle Ninon, a woman of easy virtue. The light and humorous story grows rather sad by the end, but never loses hope.
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction
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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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| 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!
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Mystery
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| The Compleat Angler, Chapter 1 - Izaak Walton
In the first chapter of this 17th century classic, a falconer, a hunter, and an angler discuss the merits of their sports.
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction
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| The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena, Part 2 - St. Catherine of Siena
A dialogue between Catherine and God the Father. The second part of the book, "A Treatise on Discretion", discusses how all good things must be done with discretion, which is part of love; how Christ is like a bridge; how virtues and good works should not be done out of fear or as an end in themselves, but out of love; and how the soul should learn to love God unconditionally as a friend and adopted child, not just for God's good gifts...
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
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; religion; mysticism
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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 4 - St. Catherine of Siena
A dialogue between Catherine and God the Father. The third part of the book, "A Treatise on Obedience", discusses Christ's obedience, the way that obedience enhances other virtues, and how obedience is promoted by the religious life. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 5
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; religion; mysticism
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| The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena: Part 5 - St. Catherine of Siena
The fifth and final part of the book, comprised of the translator's Introduction (giving historical information), and his appendix, a letter from one of St. Catherine's associates telling about her death. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; religion; mysticism
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| The Didache - Anonymous
A digest of Christian teaching from circa AD 60-100. Translated by Isaac Hall and John Napier. Excerpted from Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 7, edited by Alexander Roberts & James Donaldson, American edition, 1886.
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction
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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 Eye of Osiris, Pt 02 - R. Austin Freeman
An Egyptologist is missing. An inheritance is at stake. Accusations are flying. A young doctor begins to make inquiries -- and is strangely charmed by the people at the center of the case. Another mystery starring Edwardian London's CSI -- Dr. Thorndyke! Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Mystery
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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 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
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Mystery; 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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| 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
Keywords: Audiobook - Fiction; Mystery; romance
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| The First Apologia - St. Justin Martyr
"Apologia" means "explanation". In this case, a Greek philosopher who converted to Christianity attempts to explain to Emperor Marcus Aurelius why Christianity is a good thing; or failing that, what Christians believe and do as opposed to what is rumored; and why it was bad for the Empire to persecute Christians just for holding Christian beliefs. The apologia is circa 147-161 A.D. If you're interested at all in history, politics, or religion, this is like a trip in a time machine.
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction
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| The Imitation of Christ, Book 3, Part 2 - Thomas a Kempis
The spiritual classic continues as the voice of Christ discusses suffering and consolation with a would-be disciple. Book 1: Part 1 | Part 2 | Book 2 | Book 3:Part 1 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Book 4: Part 1 | Part 2
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; mysticism
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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
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; mysticism
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| The Imitation of Christ, Book 3, Part 4 - Thomas a Kempis
The bestselling religious classic from the Middle Ages continues. God is the only truly trustworthy being. Book 1: Part 1 | Part 2 | Book 2 | Book 3:Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Book 4: Part 1 | Part 2
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; mysticism
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| The Imitation of Christ, Book 4, Part 1 - Thomas a Kempis
Book 4, "An Invitation to Holy Communion", examines the vital importance of receiving the Eucharist in a reverent manner, while offering one's whole self up to God. Book 1: Part 1 | Part 2 | Book 2 | Book 3:Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Book 4:Part 2
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; mysticism
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| The Imitation of Christ, Book 4, Part 2 - Thomas a Kempis
The spiritual bestseller from the Middle Ages ends with more advice on how to receive Holy Communion (often, and with feeling), how to ask God for greater devotion, and how to fully appreciate the gift you are receiving. Book 1: Part 1 | Part 2 | Book 2 | Book 3:Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Book 4:Part 1
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; mysticism
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| The Imitation of Christ: Book 1, Part 1 - Thomas a Kempis
A spiritual classic written for those in religious life, but used for centuries by all sorts of Christians. Book 1: Part 2 | Book 2 | Book 3: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Book 4: Part 1 | Part 2 |
| The Imitation of Christ: Book 1, Part 2 - Thomas a Kempis
A spiritual classic written for those in religious life, but used for centuries by all sorts of Christians. Book 1: Part 1 | Book 2 | Book 3: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Book 4: Part 1 | Part 2
Keywords: mysticism; Audiobook - Nonfiction
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| The Imitation of Christ: Book 2 - Thomas a Kempis
This section of the medieval spiritual classic talks about the Interior Life. Topics include meditation, humility, human goodness and purity, singlemindedness of purpose, a good conscience, not worshipping just for the sake of getting nice fuzzy feelings, perseverence in the sake of suffering, and willingly carrying one's cross for love of Jesus. Book 1: Part 1 | Part 2 | Book 3: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Book 4: Part 1 | Part 2
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; mysticism
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| The Imitation of Christ: Book 3, Part 1 - Thomas a Kempis
This medieval Christian "bestseller" continues with more thoughts on prayer, humility, and depending on God. Book 1: Part 1 | Part 2 | Book 2 | Book 3:Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Book 4: Part 1 | Part 2
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