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  The Road

  Jack London

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  Jack London's novel "The Road," written in the early 20th century, chronicles the adventures and struggles of a young man living as a hobo in America. It particularly emphasizes themes of survival, humanity, and social injustice. Through the protagonist's experiences, the novel delves into the plight of the disenfranchised and reveals the unvarnished truths about American society during that era. 
  The story begins with the young hobo reflecting on his past experiences, focusing on a specific moment in Reno, Nevada, in the summer of 1892. He shares his struggles with hunger, his attempts to beg for food, and his interactions with various characters, including a wealthy man and a kind woman. The narrative highlights the protagonist's resourcefulness and provides insight into the deep sociology of wanderers—how they cope with societal rejection and rely on the kindness of strangers. 
  The blend of humor and poignancy in his storytelling sets the tone for an exploration of the life and choices of hobos, as well as the challenges the protagonist faces in escaping the judgment of the world around him.

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  Coleridge Poems

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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  Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He also shared volumes and collaborated with Charles Lamb, Robert Southey, and Charles Lloyd. He wrote the poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as the major prose work Biographia Literaria. His critical work, especially on William Shakespeare, was highly influential, and he helped introduce German idealist philosophy to English-speaking culture. Coleridge coined many familiar words and phrases, including "suspension of disbelief". He had a major influence on Ralph Waldo Emerson and American transcendentalism. (Ack.Wikipedia) This audiobook has the following poems rendered by Dr.N.Ramani, a Professor in English and a well known academician from India. 
  Christabel	Constancy to an Ideal Object	Dejection: An Ode	The Eolian Harp	Fragment 10: The Three Sorts of Friends	Fragment 1: Sea-ward, white gleaming thro' the busy scud	Fragment 2: I know 'tis but a Dream, yet feel more anguish	Fragment 3: Come, come thou bleak December wind	Fragment 4: As some vast Tropic tree, itself a wood	Fragment 5: Whom should I choose for my Judge?	Fragment 6: The Moon, how definite its orb!	Fragment 7: When Hope but made Tranquillity be felt	Fragment 8: Thicker than rain-drops on November thorn	Fragment 9: The Netherlands	France: An Ode	Frost at Midnight	Hymn before Sun-rise, in the Vale of Chamouni	Inscription for a Fountain on a Heath	Kubla Khan	Love	Love's Apparition and	Evanishment: An Allegoric Romance	Lyrical Ballads (1798)	On Donne's Poem "To a Flea"	On Donne's Poetry	Something Childish, but Very Natural	The Good, Great Man	The Knight's Tomb	The Nightingale	The Pains of Sleep	The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (text of 1834)	This Lime-tree Bower my Prison	To Asra	Work without Hope	Youth and Age

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  My Secret Life Vol 8 Chapter 14

  Dominic Crawford Collins

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  VOLUME 8 CHAPTER 14
  Females ready, and male opportunities. • Another adultery. • On the highway. • Costermongers and hucksters. • Mrs. * * * met. • Suggestive talk in a quiet street. • The servant sent out. • Myself let in. • On the sofa. • Up the lady. • On the bed. • A flaccid doodle. • A gamahuche. • Penis redivivus. • Alarmed • At a house soon after. • Fears • tears • feeling • fucking • frigging • and gamahuching. • The lady's history. • A middle- aged husband. • Face, form, and cunt. • My liking for gamahuching. • Sequel.
  
  My Secret Life is an anonymously penned memoir written during a period from the 1840s to the 1880s by a wealthy and sex obsessed English gentleman who refers to himself simply as ‘Walter’. Part confessional, part investigative erotic journalism, it meticulously documents every detail of the author’s prolific sexual encounters, offering us in the process an eye and thigh opening account of life behind closed doors in the Victorian age.
  
  Women, in both mind and body, were the all consuming object of Walter’s interest. From early youth through to old age his quest for erotic discovery and adventure with them was never diminished.
  
  Unlike contemporary 19th century erotic texts, such as The Pearl, whose sole object was to titillate, Walter’s interest in his subjects did not end with the extinguishing of the carnal flame. His hunger to understand the circumstances and minds of the women he encountered is never upstaged by the sex. Their potted life histories, their most intimate desires and acts were shared with him and in turn meticulously recorded by him, written down verbatim while still fresh in his mind.
  
  The resulting poignant record of a lost era and the intimate moments of the women who inhabited it offer us a remarkable insight into the 19th century that cannot be gleaned from any other source.
  
  The complete unabridged text is being released as a fully scored audiofilm (an audio book with accompanying music soundtrack) by film composer Dominic Crawford Collins.

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  A Rare Recording of Woodrow Wilson

  Woodrow Wilson

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  In this rare recording, Woodrow Wilson discusses the progressive platform of workers' rights, minimum wage, and the connection between big business and government. 
  Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Dec. 28, 1856, to Feb. 3, 1924, was an American politician and academic who served as president of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, as governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913, and as US president from 1913 to 1921. 
  ©2016 Listen & Live Audio (P)2016 Listen & Live Audio

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  Churchill's War - How Winston...

  Sage Winters

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  Winston Churchill is remembered as one of history’s most formidable leaders, a man whose unwavering resolve and stirring oratory inspired a beleaguered nation to withstand its darkest hour. Rising to prominence during one of humanity’s most perilous times, Churchill’s leadership during World War II not only shaped the fate of Britain but left an indelible mark on the global landscape. His life and career encapsulate the qualities of resilience, vision, and adaptability that are crucial during moments of profound crisis.  
    
  Born into an aristocratic family in 1874, Churchill's early life was one of privilege, yet his path to greatness was anything but guaranteed. Despite academic struggles and initial failures, he demonstrated remarkable tenacity, carving out a career as a soldier, journalist, and eventually a politician. His varied experiences—whether charging on horseback in colonial campaigns or reporting from the frontlines—imbued him with a deep understanding of courage and strategy, traits that would serve him well in the years to come.  
    
  Churchill’s rise to the role of wartime Prime Minister was far from linear. By the late 1930s, his political career seemed to be in decline. His outspoken criticism of appeasement policies and his relentless warnings about Adolf Hitler’s ambitions rendered him an isolated figure, often dismissed as a relic of an earlier age. Yet, as Europe hurtled toward war, Churchill’s foresight and defiance became assets too valuable to ignore. In 1940, as Nazi Germany’s forces swept across the continent, Churchill was called upon to lead. 

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  My Socially Hazardous Life 2 1 2

  Laurence Neal Pokras

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  By a self-made millionaire, unapologetic artist, and global misfit Buckle up for a wild ride through the unfiltered mind of a man who made millions slapping stickers on society’s expectations and then threw it all to the wind. From sexcapades in Colombia to lockdown life in Vietnam, from chopper rides through Long Beach to whorehouses in Eastern Europe, this brutally honest memoir is raw, hilarious, offensive, and deeply human. He's been rich and reckless, poor and poetic. He’s dodged rip tides, dreamt of Candace Owens with devil tails, and cursed at the ghost of Trump in a psychedelic nightmare. He’s slept with models, fought acid reflux, and tried to win back a son lost to time and distance. There are no filters here. No apologies. Just the chaotic, horny, and hilarious truth. This is not for the easily offended. This is not for the faint-hearted. This is My Socially Hazardous Life Vol. 2. Drenched in sarcasm. Fueled by travel. Driven by rebellion. If Hunter S. Thompson and Bukowski had a baby raised by a pissed-off surfer from Long Beach, this would be his book. Are you ready for the ride?

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