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The Closed Cabinet, by Anonymous

Sat, 27 Jul 2024 00:45:29 GMT

The Closed Cabinet, by Anonymous
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An ancient family secret proclaims that everyone who spends the night in the room with the closed cabinet meets a tragic end. A witch sealed the cabinet shut centuries ago with a terrible curse. The family shuns the room, and all queries about the curse are spurned and avoided. But plucky, 19-year-old Evie isn’t afraid. When circumstances warrant that she spend the night in the room, she declares she can handle it. Maybe she can.

Narrated by Nancy Peterson and B.J. Harrison

WINNER OF THE VOICE ARTS/SOVAS AWARD - BEST CLASSIC AUDIOBOOK 2024

Running Time: 2 hours, 42 minutes

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The Knight of the Necropolis, by Sax Rohmer

Tue, 1 Mar 2022 06:24:42 GMT

The Knight of the Necropolis, by Sax Rohmer
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Antony Ferrara is a modern-day sorcerer - a murderer who kills with his supernatural powers. And because nobody believes it, he can work his evil schemes in broad daylight, with a simpering smile.

Originally published as Brood of the Witch-Queen, and largely ignored today, it was considered as one of Rohmer’s best novels when it first appeared in 1918. H.P. Lovecraft compared it to Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and it certainly delivers many chilling moments.

From headless bats to carpets of scarab beetles, from murderous plants to claustrophobic chills in the bowels of a pyramid, Robert Cairn and his Van Helsing-esque father chase Ferrara to Egypt and back to keep him from completing his cunning, nefarious plan.

Running Time: 8 hours, 4 minutes

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The Black Tulip, by Alexandre Dumas

Thu, 2 Sep 2021 09:50:58 GMT

The Black Tulip, by Alexandre Dumas
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The Hague, 1672: A prize of 100,000 florins is offered to the person who can produce a perfectly black tulip – a feat considered impossible. But at the very moment when Cornelius van Bearle is on the brink of achieving the impossible feat, he is imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit. The story of his delicate tulip’s tumultuous journey to The Hague is absolutely riveting, and an event you don’t want to miss.

Running time: 8 hours, 24 minutes

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The Scarlet Plague, by Jack London

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 06:12:39 GMT

The Scarlet Plague, by Jack London
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12 billionaires rule the United States, while those called freemen are forced to serve the rich. But that was 60 years ago…before the Scarlet Plague. In this post-apocalyptic novella, a ragged and tattered old man tells his progeny of what life was like before The Scarlet Plague appeared – and wiped out civilization as they knew it.

Running time: 2 hours, 18 minutes

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Psmith #1- Leave It to Psmith, by P.G. Wodehouse

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 22:08:47 GMT

Psmith #1- Leave It to Psmith, by P.G. Wodehouse
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Psmith (the “P” is silent) has been invited to Blandings Castle. But the conditions under which he received his invitation are suspect. Probably because he is a suspect.

Doddering old Lord Emsworth has, indeed, extended an invitation for Psmith to come stay. However, his Lordship was under the impression that the sharp and attentive Psmith was in fact, the irascible poet Ralston McTodd.

But the quick-witted and resourceful Psmith knows a good thing when he sees one, and immediately puts several plans in motion. True, one of which does include the purloining of Lady Constance’s jewels, but another concerns a certain lady whom Psmith saw standing in the rain earlier, and felt obliged to present with an umbrella. Never mind that the umbrella wasn’t his.

Running time: 9 hours, 32 minutes

This product is available as a downloadable m4b (audiobook) file.

If you'd prefer to have the mp3 files seperated into chapters, please email support@thebestaudiobooks.com after purchasing this product.

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Scaramouche, by Raphael Sabatini

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 21:54:04 GMT

Scaramouche, by Raphael Sabatini
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Independent Audiobook Award Winner 2021 - General Fiction

Once he was Andre-Louis, lawyer to the upper class, and destined for the upper echelons of French society.

Now, he is Scaramouche. Speaking out against the injustices of the French government, he dons the garb of a clown with a band of wandering actors - a passionate jester with a vital message…

Set during the French Revolution, Scaramouche is a swashbuckling romance as well as a thought-provoking commentary about systemic injustice.

Note: This product is delivered as a downloadable m4b (audiobook) file. It is bookmarkable, and you can skip from chapter to chapter.

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At The Mountains of Madness, by H.P. Lovecraft (Unabridged Audio Download)

Thu, 7 Sep 2017 00:09:00 GMT

At The Mountains of Madness, by H.P. Lovecraft (Unabridged Audio Download)
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Something New, by P.G. Wodehouse

Sat, 18 Oct 2014 07:40:00 GMT

Something New, by P.G. Wodehouse
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Downton Abbey - PG Wodehouse style! Here we have a glorious ensemble of Woodhousian characters knocking elbows to foreheads in the elegant and grand Blandings Castle.

Meet Freddy Threepwood, the vagrant son of doddering old Lord Emsworth of Blandings Castle. Freddy has recently become engaged to Aline Peters, the American heiress of an irascible father. The snag is that Freddy seems to have at one point become enamored of a struggling actress, Joan Valentine, and written some impetuous and imprudent letters to her. Joan has now moved on and is currently employed as a writer for a magazine’s society column. Freddy has employed a certain R. Jones, a man of portly and dubious character, to attempt to buy back Freddy’s letters, and keep his engagement safe. We also meet Ache Marson, an athlete who writes the Gridley Quayle series of pulp mystery stories, and also lives in the flat just below the actress/writer Joan Valentine. Got that strait? Sound confusing? Wait till we get going.

Total Running Time: 8 hours, 2 minutes

When you purchase this product, you will be offered the audiobook in 3 formats:

The full audiobook in a bookmarkable single file (AAC format-industry standard/iTunes and Audible Quality-64kbps)
The full audiobook in a very high quality AAC format (HD- 192kbps - larger file size)
A zipped file of the individual mp3 files (HD quality music files - our ususal)

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The Master of Ballantrae, by Robert Louis Stevenson

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:01:00 GMT

The Master of Ballantrae, by Robert Louis Stevenson
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The year is 1745, and Prince Charlie of the defeated royal house of Stuart, has just returned to Scottish soil. A weighty choice faces every Scottish man. Should he stitch a white cockade to his hat and join the fight to restore James, Prince Charlie's father to the British throne? Or should he stay at home and back George II, the reigning King. One Lowland family, the Duries of Durisdeer and Ballantrae, believe they've found a clever way to sidestep the decision. With the toss of a coin, a choice is made that will haunt their lives forever.

Critics consider this to be Stevenson's greatest work. For, though there is plenty of adventure, (including midnight duels, pirates and smugglers), the true merit of the novel comes from the author's masterly portrayal of the fraternal enemies. If you've never read this book, you won't want to miss this!

Running Time: 8 hours, 50 minutes

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The Machine Stops, by E.M. Forster

Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:31:00 GMT

The Machine Stops, by E.M. Forster
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The earth's surface is no longer habitable. All humanity is sequestered beneath the ground, couched in isolation and contentment. The Machine provides the needs of humanity. Mankind becomes subservient drones to the life-supporting Machine. But what happens when the Machine stops? This story was voted one of the best novellas up to 1965. In 1973 it was also included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two.

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