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  Sea Stories (Unabridged)

  Cyrus Townsend Brady, Frank...

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  SEA STORIES, tells the entire tale. You will find excerpts of some of the most famous nautical stories of all time. Most of us have passed through a period of life during which we have ardently longed to be, if not actually a rover, a buccaneer, or a pirate, at least and really a sailor! To run away to sea has been the misdirected ambition of many a youngster, and some lads there are who have realized their desire to their sorrow. The boy who has not cherished in his heart and exhibited in his actions at sometime or other during his youthful days, a love of ships and salt water, is fit for-well, he is fit for the shore, and that is the worst thing a sailor could say about him! The virile nations, the strong peoples, are those whose countries border on the sea. They who go down to the great deep in ships are they who master the world. On the ocean as well as on the mountain top dwells the spirit of freedom. When men have struggled with each other in the shock of war, or the emulation of peace, when they have matched skill against skill, strength to strength, courage with courage, the higher quality of manhood in each instance has been required upon the sea; for there the sharp contention has been not only between man and man but between nature and man as well. A double portion of heroic spirit is needed to meet the double demand. That is the reason we love the sea. It is this Homeric spirit of the Ocean Masters that fills the dreams of youth and stirs the memories of old age. In these dreams and memories the veriest boy catches glimpses of the perpetual Titanic struggle of, and on, the deep; dimly discerning in his youthful way, a thousand generations of heroic achievement before, and through which, he begins to be; and he realizes that the ocean affords such a field for the exhibition of every high quality that goes to make a man as may be found nowhere else.

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  Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -...

  Mark Twain, Classic Audiobooks,...

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  Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a timeless American classic that explores themes of freedom, friendship, and morality through the eyes of its young protagonist, Huck Finn. Set in the pre-Civil War South, the story follows Huck as he escapes his abusive father and embarks on a journey down the Mississippi River on a raft with Jim, a runaway slave.Through their adventures, Huck grapples with the societal values of his time and learns to challenge deeply ingrained prejudices. The novel is both a thrilling tale of adventure and a profound social commentary on racism and the complexities of human nature.Mark Twain's masterful use of dialects and vivid descriptions brings the characters and setting to life, making this book a cornerstone of American literature. Both humorous and thought-provoking, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remains a must-read for its exploration of freedom, justice, and the power of individual conscience.

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  The Great Gatsby

  F Scott igerald

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  The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.  
  Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. Inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King, and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922.  
  During World War II, the novel experienced an abrupt surge in popularity when the Council on Books in Wartime distributed free copies to American soldiers serving overseas. This new-found popularity launched a critical and scholarly re-examination, and the work soon became a core part of most American high school curricula and a part of American popular culture. Numerous stage and film adaptations followed in the subsequent decades.  
  Gatsby continues to attract popular and scholarly attention.  
  Contemporary scholars emphasize the novel's treatment of social class, inherited versus self-made wealth, race, and environmentalism, and its cynical attitude towards the American dream. The Great Gatsby is widely considered to be a literary masterwork and a contender for the title of the Great American Novel.  
  Narrated by Michael Ward.

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  The Body Snatcher and Olalla -...

  Robert Louis Stevenson

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  The Body Snatcher follows a young medical student, Fettes, who becomes entangled in grave-robbing under the influence of his superior, the sinister Dr. Macfarlane, as they supply bodies for anatomical study. Years later, Fettes is haunted by the memory of a corpse they recognize as someone they had supposedly already buried—raising chilling questions about murder and morality. 
  In Olalla, a wounded British soldier recovering in a remote Spanish estate becomes captivated by the mysterious and beautiful Olalla, whose noble family harbors a dark and supernatural secret. As he uncovers their eerie past and Olalla’s internal struggle, he is forced to confront themes of heredity, self-denial, and the haunting power of ancestral sin. 
  Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer known for his significant contributions to world literature. Through his stories, Stevenson commented on Victorian society, often critiquing its hypocrisies and moral ambiguities, making his work relevant to discussions on ethics, identity, and the human condition. Stevenson's legacy lies in his ability to entertain while subtly challenging readers to ponder deeper societal and personal issues. His works continue to be studied, adapted, and celebrated for their storytelling prowess and thematic depth. 
  Frank Marcopolos lives in Florida with his dog, Sparky. He served as a U.S. paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division during the war.

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  King of the Golden Mountain The...

  Brothers Grimm

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  The King of the Golden Mountain: a evil stepmother kills her stepson and makes her daughter think that she killed him. The stepmother than cooks him for dinner for the rest of the family. Her daughter finds her stepbrother's bones and puts them underneath the juniper tree.

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  Jam For The Enemy - Former...

  Edgar Wallace

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  Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born on the 1st April 1875 in Greenwich, London.  Leaving school at 12 because of truancy, by the age of fifteen he had experience; selling newspapers, as a worker in a rubber factory, as a shoe shop assistant, as a milk delivery boy and as a ship’s cook.  
   
  By 1894 he was engaged but broke it off to join the Infantry being posted to South Africa. He also changed his name to Edgar Wallace which he took from Lew Wallace, the author of Ben-Hur.  
   
  In Cape Town in 1898 he met Rudyard Kipling and was inspired to begin writing. His first collection of ballads, The Mission that Failed! was enough of a success that in 1899 he paid his way out of the armed forces in order to turn to writing full time.  
   
  By 1904 he had completed his first thriller, The Four Just Men. Since nobody would publish it he resorted to setting up his own publishing company which he called Tallis Press. 
    
  In 1911 his Congolese stories were published in a collection called Sanders of the River, which became a bestseller. He also started his own racing papers, Bibury’s and R. E. Walton’s Weekly, eventually buying his own racehorses and losing thousands gambling.  A life of exceptionally high income was also mirrored with exceptionally large spending and debts.  
   
  Wallace now began to take his career as a fiction writer more seriously, signing with Hodder and Stoughton in 1921. He was marketed as the ‘King of Thrillers’ and they gave him the trademark image of a trilby, a cigarette holder and a yellow Rolls Royce. He was truly prolific, capable not only of producing a 70,000 word novel in three days but of doing three novels in a row in such a manner. It was estimated that by 1928 one in four books being read was written by Wallace, for alongside his famous thrillers he wrote variously in other genres, including science fiction, non-fiction accounts of WWI which amounted to ten volumes and screen plays. Eventually he would reach the remarkable total of 170 novels, 18 stage plays and 957 short stories. 
   
  Wallace became chairman of the Press Club which to this day holds an annual Edgar Wallace Award, rewarding ‘excellence in writing’.  
   
  Diagnosed with diabetes his health deteriorated and he soon entered a coma and died of his condition and double pneumonia on the 7th of February 1932 in North Maple Drive, Beverly Hills. He was buried near his home in England at Chalklands, Bourne End, in Buckinghamshire.

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