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Celia and her husband Seth journey from Kentucky to the tornado filled vastness of Kansas, where Seth might be having a job waiting for him in the soon to be built "Magic City", but is that the whole story? This work by Zoe Anderson Norris is filled with wonderful atmosphere; the landscape of Kansas and the ever-present wind become complete and fascinating characters of their own, in many ways influencing the eventual outcome for our central characters.

A classic held as one of the greatest works of 19th Century fiction. The novel is thought of as a reply to the growing cultural divide and alienation between liberals of the 1830s/1840s and the rapidly growing nihilist movement. These two philosophies were contrasted with the conservative Slavophiles, who believed that Russia's greatness lay in its traditional spirituality... The main characters reflect a youthful rebellious and anarchistic thought, therefore confronted with their traditional fathers.

A suspenseful work filled with everything we want from an adventurous, mysterious romance and murder puzzle! A North Canadian police officer makes a deathbed confession to a murder that an innocent man is going to die for... A beautiful, secretive young woman knows something about the case, but has her motive to keep this hidden from everyone except the Chief of Police, who has reasons of his own for everything to just go away...

Kentucky has suffered from an extremely bad reputation, and these recordings of feuds, tragedies and vendettas - the most notorious being that of the Hatfield and McCoys - puts the listener right into it! The New York Times of July 26, 1885 had this to say of the state and its people: "The savages who inhabit this region are not manly enough to fight fairly, face to face. They lie in wait and shoot their enemies in the back... One can hardly believe that any part of the United States is cursed with people so lawless and degraded.

A sergeant of the Canadian Northwest Mounted and his partner are hunting an elusive killer and his wife through a freezing and harsh world... This story possesses all of the great essentials that make up a good adventure tale! Old fashioned sense of nobility, falling in love, losing love, suspense, tragedies and ultimate happiness regained as the listener gets entangled in the story which is full of twists and turns!

Along the coast of Maine can be found loads of rocky and starkly beautiful small islands. "Pocket Island" was no exception. Along with the loveliness come secrets and mysteries and, above all, hazard. And old ghosts, war, smuggling, barn dances, passions and friendships. Even love.

A remarkable collection, centering on tales situated in the White Mountains region. The hero in the first tale turns out to be the actual Great Stone Face, but it will take the villagers and himself a lifetime to realize this! The collection includes three other fascinating short stories: The Ambitious Guest, The Great Carbuncle and Sketches from Memory.

In this entertaining western detective story, the protagonist starts out as a usual rodeo cowboy needing to help out a special friend. Things intensify into murder and our cowboy/detective becomes entangled; having to sort out who murdered his uncle.

This classic Western tale features many of the beloved elements of the genre: a lonesome, almost mythical hero (The Lone Ranger), his steadfast friend and sidekick and of course his horse; in a story that tells us how these three came together in the first place.

Through the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) this series of communications has been made available to the public for the first time! Most of the files have been redacted with names left out, but most of the sightings in 1947 can be known by listening to the ongoing correspondence at the time between the FBI and diverse U.S. Government and military establishments. Essential listening for both history buffs and fans of ufology!

When our detective star Carlton Davies is called to the home of Ruth Darwin late at night, he once again can't help questioning what it was that forced her to marry Phillip Darwin, a powerful banker. Ruth and he and been engaged until suddenly she broke off the engagement. Hinting at some sort of extortion, Carlton once more takes up the search to find out what it was only to find Ruth with a (literally) smoking gun in her hand... An old fashioned mystery that will have the listener guessing from beginning to end! A classic whodunit filled with plot twists.

This fascinating story is all about the captivating topic of time travel and the possibility of there being many copies of oneself in doing the traveling! The present year is 2178 and time travel has been illegalized. One highly skilled time traveler, Tom Mallory; decides to steal the Holy Grail, so as to be able to see out the rest of his days in prosperity. Of course, things will prove to be not so easy.

This wonderfully old-fashioned adventure, love and detective story set in the Northern Canadian wilderness of the early 1900's will entertain and charm the listener like no other! The hero has to save his business from unfamiliar enemies and in the process falls in love with an attractive young woman who lives in a mysterious hidden old castle.

Hollister is an emotionally scarred veteran from the war, returning home, but finding social life very difficult. He migrates to a remote place in British Columbia, where he starts to feel he can begin to breathe again. How will the rest of his life now turn out? Will he continue to grow as a human being? Will he find meaning and satisfaction in small things, out here in the hidden places? A wonderfully profound and old-fashioned story awaits the listener!

A well told, beautifully observant and tragic tale of a young woman's life, also containing a potentially scandalous relationship between her and a young schoolboy. Gabrielle, a neglected daughter of a widowed father, lives in a beautiful but rugged Connemara, Ireland, she faces many ups and downs in her life, mostly involving men she has no wish being attached to.

A powerful story about how the effects of war physically and mentally changes the soul of a young and sophisticated officer of the infantry, as he tries to save himself and his men amidst the brutality and ruthlessness of the war and the deep cynicism of his superior officers as well.

The Lucky Piece: A Story of the North Woods is a collection of adventurous and romantic stories by Albert Bigelow Paine. The tales in this prodigious work of escapist writing revolve around the lucky piece that a young man once used as payment for a hatful of berries sold to him by a girl one summer evening... Love stories, all kinds of relationships and beautiful mountain life make for a rich creative tapestry.

A corpse emerges on a New England beach, handcuffed to a raft. The whole town seems to want to cover up everything and bury the body as quickly as possible without even bothering to identify it. Our hero, Chester Kent, is determined to investigate the matter...Nothing is as it seems in this completely engrossing mystery yarn that plays out like walking inside a labyrinth! The listener comes up against constant dead-ends during the tale's unfolding, right up to the surprising and satisfying resolution.

A nautical mystery unfolds for the listener, raising more puzzling questions than immediate answers: a boat crew find themselves short of one crew member (supposedly a twin brother) after a storm.

A suspenseful and action-packed tale that chronicles the adventures of our hero, Wallace Vane, with his deepest motivations to succeed in the lumber industry.