Classic Audiobook Collection

A Study of British Genius by Havelock Ellis audiobook.
Genre: science
In A Study of British Genius, pioneering psychologist and social commentator Havelock Ellis turns a cool, inquisitive eye on one of the most slippery questions of all: why do certain people, in certain places and periods, rise to extraordinary achievement? Drawing on biographical records and historical data rather than inspirational anecdotes, Ellis surveys the men and women Britain has celebrated as writers, artists, scientists, inventors, and public leaders, then asks what patterns sit beneath their reputations. What does 'genius' mean in practical terms, and how does it differ from talent, diligence, or luck? Ellis weighs heredity against environment, probing family background, education, geography, class, health, and the pressures of modern life. Along the way, he challenges comforting myths about greatness and highlights the social conditions that can nurture - or waste - exceptional ability. Part cultural history and part early social science, this concise work captures the Edwardian era's fascination with measurement, progress, and human potential, while still speaking to modern debates about merit, opportunity, and the making of eminence.

Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 00
(00:04:50) Chapter 01
(00:28:35) Chapter 02
(01:35:20) Chapter 03
(01:56:07) Chapter 04
(02:48:08) Chapter 05
(03:12:00) Chapter 06
(03:35:50) Chapter 07
(03:42:48) Chapter 08
(04:18:20) Chapter 09
(04:24:40) Chapter 10
(04:33:32) Chapter 11
(04:42:38) Chapter 12
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The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. Wells audiobook.
Genre: scifi
H. G. Wells gathers a bracing selection of early science fiction and darkly imaginative tales in The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories. Moving from lonely mountains and strange hidden valleys to bustling cities where the future presses uncomfortably close, these stories introduce ordinary men and women confronted by extraordinary ideas: a traveler who stumbles upon an isolated society with its own unsettling logic, scientists and dreamers whose experiments slip beyond control, and observers who realize too late that human perception is both a gift and a trap. Wells writes with crisp wit and a reporter's eye for detail, grounding fantastic premises in everyday behavior and social tension. Across the collection, wonder and dread sit side by side as curiosity becomes obsession, progress threatens to erase compassion, and certainty crumbles under the weight of new evidence. At once eerie, satirical, and prophetic, these stories explore what happens when the world changes faster than the mind can adapt - and when the strangest discoveries turn out to be reflections of our own limits.

Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 00
(00:14:23) Chapter 01
(00:31:41) Chapter 02
(01:01:08) Chapter 03
(01:18:17) Chapter 04
(01:38:19) Chapter 05
(01:55:59) Chapter 06
(02:24:54) Chapter 07
(02:50:25) Chapter 08
(03:15:15) Chapter 09
(03:43:48) Chapter 10
(04:03:57) Chapter 11
(04:51:05) Chapter 12
(05:31:07) Chapter 13
(05:57:10) Chapter 14
(06:19:52) Chapter 15
(07:14:46) Chapter 16
(07:38:41) Chapter 17
(08:08:47) Chapter 18
(08:57:52) Chapter 19
(09:45:35) Chapter 20
(10:17:15) Chapter 21
(11:00:53) Chapter 22
(11:09:24) Chapter 23
(11:38:37) Chapter 24
(12:26:25) Chapter 25
(13:30:05) Chapter 26
(13:56:23) Chapter 27
(14:31:54) Chapter 28
(14:55:17) Chapter 29
(15:21:22) Chapter 30
(15:59:09) Chapter 31
(16:46:06) Chapter 32
(17:50:05) Chapter 33
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Phoebe Deane by Grace Livingston Hill audiobook.
Genre: romance
Orphaned young and gifted with a quiet love of books, beauty, and refinement, Phoebe Deane has grown up in a hard New York farmhouse where she is treated less like family and more like hired help. Her gentle half-brother, Albert, means well but is easily led, leaving Phoebe at the mercy of his sharp-tongued, jealous wife, Emmeline, and a household that expects Phoebe to give up her own hopes without complaint. Trouble sharpens when a crude, domineering widower, Hiram Greene, decides Phoebe will be his next wife and begins applying pressure through deception, neighborhood opinion, and the kind of gossip that can ruin a woman long before she has a chance to speak for herself. As Phoebe struggles to keep her dignity and her freedom, unexpected allies appear: the practical, fiercely loyal Miranda Griscomb, and a principled young lawyer, Nathaniel Graham, whose chance meeting with Phoebe pulls him into the town's tangled judgments. In a community where appearances can feel like law, Phoebe must decide what courage, faith, and love look like when everyone else is deciding her future for her.

Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:23:40) Chapter 02
(00:49:33) Chapter 03
(01:09:42) Chapter 04
(01:34:15) Chapter 05
(02:02:13) Chapter 06
(02:25:32) Chapter 07
(02:49:41) Chapter 08
(03:05:24) Chapter 09
(03:24:18) Chapter 10
(03:44:38) Chapter 11
(04:04:25) Chapter 12
(04:24:06) Chapter 13
(04:45:32) Chapter 14
(05:04:01) Chapter 15
(05:28:37) Chapter 16
(05:53:48) Chapter 17
(06:16:05) Chapter 18
(06:37:36) Chapter 19
(06:55:16) Chapter 20
(07:17:04) Chapter 21
(07:41:49) Chapter 22
(08:00:41) Chapter 23
(08:21:30) Chapter 24
(08:41:21) Chapter 25
(09:05:45) Chapter 26
(09:20:48) Chapter 27
(09:46:04) Chapter 28
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Miranda by Grace Livingston Hill audiobook.
Genre: romance
Miranda Griscom has never been the sort of young woman a quiet town knows what to do with. Plainspoken, freckle-faced, and fiercely capable, she has earned a place in the Spafford household through sheer grit and unwavering loyalty. So when one of the wealthiest men around begins pressing for her hand, the neighbors can only gossip and wonder why Miranda keeps turning him away. Miranda cannot explain the truth: her heart has long belonged to another man, one whose name has been dragged through scandal and whose life hangs under the shadow of a murder charge he insists he did not commit. When news surfaces that her secret love is still at large, Miranda is drawn into a dangerous tangle of pursuit, suspicion, and sacrifice. To protect the innocent, clear a stained reputation, and stay true to the promise she has carried in silence, she must risk comfort and safety for hardship and uncertainty, even if it leads her far from home and into the unforgiving Oregon wilderness. With faith threaded through every trial, Grace Livingston Hill weaves a classic tale of steadfast love, moral courage, and the cost of doing what is right.

Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:20:48) Chapter 02
(00:51:47) Chapter 03
(01:07:49) Chapter 04
(01:20:00) Chapter 05
(01:37:02) Chapter 06
(01:58:30) Chapter 07
(02:24:11) Chapter 08
(02:45:13) Chapter 09
(03:13:06) Chapter 10
(03:32:17) Chapter 11
(03:46:37) Chapter 12
(03:53:10) Chapter 13
(04:16:38) Chapter 14
(04:34:34) Chapter 15
(04:49:34) Chapter 16
(05:03:08) Chapter 17
(05:20:57) Chapter 18
(05:53:55) Chapter 19
(06:09:32) Chapter 20
(06:27:02) Chapter 21
(06:41:21) Chapter 22
(07:03:53) Chapter 23
(07:29:53) Chapter 24
(07:49:56) Chapter 25
(08:06:48) Chapter 26
(08:29:56) Chapter 27
(08:44:31) Chapter 28
(08:58:28) Chapter 29
(09:10:13) Chapter 30
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Marcia Schuyler by Grace Livingston Hill audiobook.
Genre: romance
Set in early 19th century upstate New York, Marcia Schuyler begins on the brink of a society wedding that is meant to secure the Schuyler family's standing. When Marcia's beautiful, willful sister Kate vanishes the night before the ceremony, leaving behind scandal and a shattered groom, the family's desperate solution falls to the quiet, dutiful younger sister. Marcia steps into Kate's place and marries David Spafford, the man she has secretly admired from afar, knowing his heart is still fixed on the bride who betrayed him. In a new home where every neighbor watches, Marcia tries to live in the shadow of another woman's trousseau, reputation, and expectations while fending off cold judgments, meddling relatives, and the dangerous attention of those who sense her vulnerability. Her one steady ally is Miranda Griscomb, a blunt, freckled neighbor girl whose fierce loyalty becomes both shield and surprise friendship. As old wounds reopen and Kate's choices echo back into the Spaffords' lives, Marcia must decide what love, honor, and self-respect will require of her.

Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:24:32) Chapter 02
(00:50:33) Chapter 03
(01:10:39) Chapter 04
(01:37:37) Chapter 05
(01:57:38) Chapter 06
(02:24:49) Chapter 07
(02:46:02) Chapter 08
(03:01:34) Chapter 09
(03:19:09) Chapter 10
(03:47:25) Chapter 11
(04:11:06) Chapter 12
(04:43:17) Chapter 13
(05:08:21) Chapter 14
(05:41:06) Chapter 15
(06:12:18) Chapter 16
(06:35:26) Chapter 17
(07:01:33) Chapter 18
(07:23:24) Chapter 19
(07:46:56) Chapter 20
(08:02:49) Chapter 21
(08:31:03) Chapter 22
(09:00:32) Chapter 23
(09:34:57) Chapter 24
(09:57:32) Chapter 25
(10:24:38) Chapter 26
(10:50:51) Chapter 27
(11:17:23) Chapter 28
(11:42:25) Chapter 29
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