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Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

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Action & Adventure
Chapter: 20 | Listen: 6

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz was the fourth of 14 Oz books written by L. Frank Baum (1856-1919). Published in 1908, while Baum was resident in Coronado, California, it is considered one of the “darker” of the Oz tales. However, it also is enlivened by Baum’s considerable wit, penchant for puns, and dry social commentary. In this title, Dorothy, her kitten Eureka, Jim, a cab horse, and Zeb, a ranch hand, descend into the earth through a rift opened by an earthquake. There they encounter the “humbug” wizard who once ruled Oz. In their journey back to the earth’s surface, they meet a number of potentially dangerous magical peoples and creatures including the cold-blooded Mangaboos, invisible bears, the flying wooden Gargoyles, a den of dragonettes, and an eccentric inventor. With a little help from Ozma, the group end up in Oz where they are treated to feasts and celebrations. The animals end up humbled by a few of their experiences in Oz, where all animals can talk, and return home a little wiser. (Summary by Judy Bieber) [chương_files]

Shores of the Polar Sea: A Narrative of the Arctic Expedition of 1875-6

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Exploration
Chapter: 24 | Listen: 10

“THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION of 1875 left England on 29th May, crossed the Atlantic to Davis Straits in a succession of storms, and entered the Arctic regions on 4th July. It sailed with orders to ‘attain the highest northern latitude, and, if possible, reach the Pole.’” This is the story of the crew of the HMS Alert, on its voyage of exploration up the Baffin Sea and toward northern Greenland. LibriVox volunteers wish to thank the volunteers of Distributed Proofreaders for their work over the last 20 years to convert public domain books into e-books. “Shores of the Polar Sea” was DP’s 35,000th title. Congratulations and Happy 20th Anniversary Distributed Proofreaders! (Summary by MaryAnn, LV reader and DP proofer). [chương_files]

Reluctant Dragon

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Action & Adventure
Chapter: 1 | Listen: 7

What would you do if you discovered a dragon living in a cave on a hill above your home? Make friends, read poetry together? It turns out that not all dragons are intent on pillaging the countryside. Some might actually enjoy peace, quiet, and the occasional banquet. The Boy of this story knows how to handle dragons, and life is good… until a knight in shining armor arrives in town to exterminate his friend! It doesn’t matter that it’s a “good” dragon — rules are rules, you know! (Summary by Mark) [chương_files]

Maroon

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Action & Adventure Fiction
Chapter: 119 | Listen: 1

Herbert Vaughan arrives at Mount Welcome, a sugar plantation on the island of Jamaica, after his father had passed away. His arrival is not exactly welcomed, and it sets off a chain of events involving intrigue, romance, jealousy and, of course, voodoo. [chương_files]

Double Crossed

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Action & Adventure Fiction, Crime & Mystery Fiction
Chapter: 27 | Listen: 3

Clement Seadon is a young man of free spirit and a lust for a life of independence. However after receiving an odd request from a lawyer he is compelled to involve himself in the prevention of a dangerous plot to swindle an heiress. – Summary by Howard Skyman [chương_files]

Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific-Expedition and the Telegraph Line Commission

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Exploration, Memoirs
Chapter: 26 | Listen: 8

The Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition was the famous survey that took place in 1913-14 to follow the path of the Rio da Dúvida (“River of Doubt”) in the Amazon basin. The expedition was jointly led by Theodore Roosevelt, the former President of the United States, and Colonel Cândido Rondon, the Brazilian military engineer known for his explorations of the Western Amazon Basin and his lifelong support of Brazilian indigenous populations. Almost from the start, the expedition was fraught with problems: diseases left the explorers in a constant state of sickness; the canoes were unsuitable to the rapids and were lost; the food provisions were unsufficient, and the encounters with animals and wild native tribes, a source of concern. Of the 19 men who went on the expedition, only 16 returned. On October 1915, the Brazilian leader of the expedition, Colonel Cândido Rondon gave three public lectures in Rio de Janeiro, in which he offered his first hand account of the Roosevelt-Rondon Expedition and of his more encompassing work of laying telegraph lines across the wilderness of Brazil, allowing for the integration of the recent Republic. Throughout his life, Rondon laid over 4,000 miles of telegraph line through the jungles of Brazil, while opening roads, clearing lands, mapping the land, and establishing cordial relations with the Indians. He maintained contact with several indigenous peoples. In his lectures, translated into English soon after their publication in Portuguese, besides describing all the adventures of the exploration of the Amazon, also told by Roosevelt in […]

Winning of Barbara Worth

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Action & Adventure Fiction
Chapter: 38 | Listen: 4

This is a fairly substantial western, written in 1911 by Harold Bell Wright, then a major bestselling author. (His best-known novel is “The Shepherd of the Hills”) Strangely, the winning of Barbara Worth is a small part of the story, though she is one of the main characters. She was a foundling, discovered with her dying mother in the desert. She takes the name of her adopted father, Jefferson Worth. He is perhaps the main character; he is a capitalist, with very humanitarian qualities. He is pitted against other capitalists, ones with little concern for the good of the settlers attracted to the desert they are developing. The story concerns the efforts to reclaim the desert (Jaquinn Valley), by diverting waters of the Colorado River into canals that will make the land suitable for crops and cities. (Wright could not possibly have imagined the low water level of the Colorado River of today.) Wright wrote about capitalism vs. labor in several of his novels, and he does here. He often showed biased support for labor; however, he also showed a real effort to understand the role of each. In his time there were almost no regulations on capitalists, and there was, in fact, great abuses by the barons. This conflict is the heart of the story. But it is also a story of the loyalty of several employees of Jefferson Worth–loyalty, and love toward Worth, and also toward his adopted daughter. (A silent film of the book was Gary Cooper’s […]

Haunted Island

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Action & Adventure Fiction, Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Chapter: 33 | Listen: 2

Being the History of an Adventure to an Island in the Remote South Sea. Of a Wizard there. Of his Pirate Gang; His Treasure ; His Combustible; His Skeleton Antic Lad. Of his Wisdom; Of his Poesy; His Barbarous Cruelty ; His Mighty Power. Of a Volcan on the Island. And of the Ghostly Terror. – Summary by E. H. Visiak, from the Preface of The Haunted Island [chương_files]

Tarzan Twins

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Action & Adventure Fiction
Chapter: 12 | Listen: 6

Dick and Doc aren’t actual twins. They’re technically cousins, being the sons of twin sisters. But having been born on the same day and looking and behaving nearly exactly alike, they certainly feel more like twins than most. On the way to visit their cousin Lord Greystoke, also known as Tarzan, King of the Apes, in the wilds of Africa, their train derails and they wander off into the jungle for a little exploring, not realizing that they would soon find themselves lost and imperiled on an adventure of a lifetime! (Summary by Ben Tucker) [chương_files]

Minos of Sardanes

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Action & Adventure Fiction
Chapter: 11 | Listen: 2

The micro cosmos of Sardanes faces macro calamity as climatic disruption and social upheaval threaten its existence. Its inhabitants, an ancient race that has preserved a mythical culture through thousands of years in isolation, are doomed. But by virtue of their extraordinary deeds, an heroic couple, King Minos and his comely Queen Memene, might effect an escape. A relief expedition under the auspices of the American Geographic Society led by Zenas Wright and championed by Polaris Janess is on it’s way! And it might arrive in the nick of time! (Summary by Brian Fullen) [chương_files]