David Wales
Days with the Great Composers
Days with the Great Composers invites listeners to step into the lives of some of history's most celebrated composers through a series of im…
Round The Fire Stories
In the present [1908] collection those [stories] have been brought together which are concerned with the grotesque and with the terrible—suc…
Wilderness; A Journal Of Quiet Adventure In Alaska
The illustrator and author Rockwell Kent (1882-1971)wrote and illustrated this description of a trip to Alaska with his eldest son. Though a…
A Little Book of Christmas
A Little Book of Christmas by John Kendrick Bangs is a charming collection of four short stories that capture the spirit of the holiday seas…
A Christmas Miscellany 2019
Nine stories about Christmas or around Christmastime. - Summary by david wales
Old Testament Legends Being Stories Out Of Some Of The Less-Known Apocryphal Books Of The Old Testament
M R James was a well regarded English scholar who studied the medieval period (he also wrote great ghost stories!). Apocryphal books are a…
A Soldier's Diary
This 1923 memoir of a World War I soldier (Royal Engineer and hand-to-hand combatant) is a well written much respected first-hand account of…
Sherman's March To The Sea, And The Burning Of Columbia, South Carolina, From His Memoirs
This librivox recording comprises part of chapter 22 and all of chapter 23 (The March To The Sea – From Atlanta To Savannah – November And D…
Bernard Treves's Boots; A Novel Of The Secret Service
In "Bernard Treves's Boots," Manton finds himself entangled in a web of deception and intrigue that far exceeds his expectations. …
The Compleat Bachelor
In the heart of late Victorian England, Rollo Butterfield embodies the essence of the 'compleat bachelor.' With a keen and affectionate pers…
The Case Of The Registered Letter
In The Case Of The Registered Letter, a mysterious murder unfolds when a man is discovered shot dead, and the evidence seemingly points to a…
The Man Without A Country And Other Tales
Edward Everett Hale was an American author, historian and Unitarian clergyman. Hale first came to notice as a writer in 1859, when he contri…
Day And Night Stories
Day And Night Stories is a collection of fifteen captivating short stories by Algernon Blackwood, a master of supernatural fiction. Known fo…
Yellowstone National Park: Six Early Pieces
Lost in the wilderness of The Yellowstone for over a month, nearly dying of starvation and wild animal attack, despairing of ever finding hi…
Lanagan Amateur Detective
This is a 1913 collection of ten short detective stories by a not well known writer. Jack Lanagan is a police reporter for a daily newspaper…
The Water Ghost and Others
The Water Ghost and Others invites listeners into a world where the supernatural meets the absurd, as John Kendrick Bangs weaves together ei…
Jeremy
With affectionate humor, Mr. Walpole tells the story of Jeremy and his two sisters, Helen and Mary Cole, who grow up in Polchester, a quiet …
Treatises On Friendship And Old Age
Friendship. Old Age. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, orator, lawyer, and philosopher. He is considered one …
The Loot Of Cities
Published in 1917, this is a collection of a novella and seven short stories by one of the cleverest authors of the early twentieth century.…
Around The Campfire
Action and adventure short stories of men and animals in the wild. - Summary by David Wales