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  • A Study of British Genius by Havelock Ellis ~ Full Audiobook [science]

    A Study of British Genius by Havelock Ellis ~ Full Audiobook [science]
    Jan 24 2026
    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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    5 h et 6 min
  • The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. Wells ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

    The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. Wells ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]
    Jan 23 2026
    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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    18 h et 16 min
  • Phoebe Deane by Grace Livingston Hill ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

    Phoebe Deane by Grace Livingston Hill ~ Full Audiobook [romance]
    Jan 22 2026
    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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 h et 41 min
  • Miranda by Grace Livingston Hill ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

    Miranda by Grace Livingston Hill ~ Full Audiobook [romance]
    Jan 21 2026
    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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    9 h et 30 min
  • Marcia Schuyler by Grace Livingston Hill ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

    Marcia Schuyler by Grace Livingston Hill ~ Full Audiobook [romance]
    Jan 20 2026
    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. For ad-free listening, try our premium subscription: https://classicaudiobookcollection.supercast.com 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 h et 18 min
  • The Finding of Jasper Holt by Grace Livingston Hill ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

    The Finding of Jasper Holt by Grace Livingston Hill ~ Full Audiobook [romance]
    Jan 19 2026
    The Finding of Jasper Holt by Grace Livingston Hill audiobook. Genre: romance When Jean Grayson boards a westbound train to visit her sister, she expects a quiet journey and a warm family welcome. Instead, a strange encounter leaves her carrying a wallet tied to a man she has never met, and a midnight disaster throws her into a terrifying fight for survival. The one person who pulls her from danger is Jasper Holt, a capable, guarded stranger whose name sparks whispers everywhere it is spoken. In the small community Jean is headed toward, Jasper's reputation has already been tried and condemned, and the people closest to Jean have their own reasons to keep him shut out of decent society. Yet Jean cannot forget the man who saved her life, nor ignore the unsettling sense that she has been drawn into a larger conflict involving stolen papers, fierce business rivalry, and a scheme that could ruin Jasper for good. As Jasper struggles to reclaim what was taken from him and prove the truth of his character, Jean must decide whether to trust the town's judgment or the quiet evidence of courage, sacrifice, and changing hearts. For ad-free listening, try our premium subscription: https://classicaudiobookcollection.supercast.com Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:25:44) Chapter 02 (00:39:28) Chapter 03 (00:56:49) Chapter 04 (01:15:10) Chapter 05 (01:33:40) Chapter 06 (01:48:01) Chapter 07 (02:09:40) Chapter 08 (02:30:03) Chapter 09 (02:48:04) Chapter 10 (03:11:01) Chapter 11 (03:29:02) Chapter 12 (03:48:34) Chapter 13 (04:08:05) Chapter 14 (04:29:00) Chapter 15 (04:44:01) Chapter 16 (05:02:24) Chapter 17 (05:15:42) Chapter 18 (05:31:08) Chapter 19 (05:43:31) Chapter 20 (05:54:37) Chapter 21 (06:08:28) Chapter 22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    6 h et 32 min
  • A Daily Rate by Grace Livingston Hill ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

    A Daily Rate by Grace Livingston Hill ~ Full Audiobook [romance]
    Jan 17 2026
    A Daily Rate by Grace Livingston Hill audiobook. Genre: romance Celia Murray is a lonely young woman trying to make an honest life for herself in Philadelphia, earning a modest wage and renting a room in a bleak boardinghouse where the food is poor and the atmosphere is worse. Separated from Aunt Hannah - the loving, steady presence who once made her childhood feel like home - Celia clings to her faith while wondering whether anything in the city can ever feel warm or safe. Then an unexpected inheritance drops into her lap, and Celia dares to imagine a different future. Instead of chasing comfort for herself alone, she sends for Aunt Hannah and pours her new resources into a bold experiment: transforming the shabby boardinghouse into a true home, one clean room, nourishing meal, and quiet act of kindness at a time. As the house begins to change, so do the lives inside it, and Celia discovers that ministry is often made of ordinary days and imperfect people. But new hope brings new risks - jealousy, misunderstanding, and the ache of wanting more than she feels she deserves. When Horace Stafford, a compassionate mission-chapel minister, steps into their orbit, Celia must confront the secret longing she has tried to bury and decide what trust really costs. For ad-free listening, try our premium subscription: https://classicaudiobookcollection.supercast.com Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:17:57) Chapter 02 (00:35:13) Chapter 03 (00:52:04) Chapter 04 (01:09:28) Chapter 05 (01:27:00) Chapter 06 (01:44:49) Chapter 07 (02:02:56) Chapter 08 (02:24:44) Chapter 09 (02:42:57) Chapter 10 (03:02:31) Chapter 11 (03:19:52) Chapter 12 (03:37:45) Chapter 13 (03:56:49) Chapter 14 (04:16:46) Chapter 15 (04:33:26) Chapter 16 (04:52:12) Chapter 17 (05:07:54) Chapter 18 (05:24:26) Chapter 19 (05:40:11) Chapter 20 (06:01:20) Chapter 21 (06:24:45) Chapter 22 (06:37:47) Chapter 23 (06:57:08) Chapter 24 (07:14:49) Chapter 25 (07:27:51) Chapter 26 (07:41:08) Chapter 27 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    8 h et 4 min
  • The Greek View of Life by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

    The Greek View of Life by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]
    Jan 16 2026
    The Greek View of Life by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson audiobook. Genre: philosophy In The Greek View of Life, classicist Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson offers a lucid, wide-ranging portrait of how the ancient Greeks understood the world and their place within it. Rather than a chronicle of battles and rulers, this book asks a deeper question: what kind of life did Greek culture imagine was worth living? Dickinson guides listeners through the Greeks' attitudes toward nature and the divine, the demands of the city-state, the meaning of freedom and citizenship, and the competing claims of pleasure, duty, and self-control. Along the way, he draws on Greek literature, philosophy, and art to reveal a civilization that prized clarity of thought, balance, and measure, yet never ignored the shadow of suffering and limitation. Written with an eye for comparison, the book invites modern readers to test their own assumptions against a society that helped shape Western ideas of reason, beauty, politics, and education. The result is both an introduction to Greek ideals and a reflective meditation on what culture can teach us about character, community, and the art of living. For ad-free listening, try our premium subscription: https://classicaudiobookcollection.supercast.com Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:04:33) Chapter 02 (00:20:15) Chapter 03 (00:24:26) Chapter 04 (00:32:59) Chapter 05 (00:47:59) Chapter 06 (00:55:44) Chapter 07 (01:02:49) Chapter 08 (01:10:41) Chapter 09 (01:20:07) Chapter 10 (01:33:08) Chapter 11 (01:52:45) Chapter 12 (02:06:07) Chapter 13 (02:19:19) Chapter 14 (02:28:04) Chapter 15 (02:43:07) Chapter 16 (02:52:57) Chapter 17 (03:03:25) Chapter 18 (03:07:51) Chapter 19 (03:17:17) Chapter 20 (03:22:41) Chapter 21 (03:38:50) Chapter 22 (03:47:14) Chapter 23 (03:51:51) Chapter 24 (04:05:43) Chapter 25 (04:28:23) Chapter 26 (04:49:51) Chapter 27 (05:27:35) Chapter 28 (05:42:16) Chapter 29 (05:52:35) Chapter 30 (05:57:53) Chapter 31 (06:04:11) Chapter 32 (06:08:48) Chapter 33 (06:17:04) Chapter 34 (06:38:54) Chapter 35 (06:45:20) Chapter 36 (07:12:07) Chapter 37 (07:39:12) Chapter 38 (07:47:38) Chapter 39 (08:01:45) Chapter 40 (08:16:57) Chapter 41 (08:33:47) Chapter 42 (08:42:42) Chapter 43 (08:51:57) Chapter 44 (09:03:32) Chapter 45 (09:16:16) Chapter 46 (09:36:15) Chapter 47 (09:45:42) Chapter 48 (10:03:54) Chapter 49 (10:27:26) Chapter 50 (10:33:47) Chapter 51 (10:36:49) Chapter 52 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 h et 49 min