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Moon-Face and Other Stories

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Well-known and well-regarded author Jack London, known for adventurous stories of the outdoors such as Call of the Wild and White Fang shows us a broader scope of interest in his short stories which here run the gamut from darkly comic tales of murder most foul to light and frothy tales of newspapermen (and women) and from crackling sci-fi to stories of sinister shadowy organizations and spiritualism, London illustrates the many talents he holds as a writer beyond his tales of the frozen north. (Summary by Ben Tucker) [chương_files]

Journey into the Interior of the Earth (Version 2)

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Action & Adventure Fiction, Fantasy Fiction
Chapter: 45 | Listen: 4

A German scientist discovers an ancient runic message, which when translated proves to be a map to the center of a hollow Earth! The professor and his nephew then embark on a dangerous adventure down an Icelandic volcano to explore an unknown world in the interior of the Earth. – Summary by the reader [chương_files]

Wounded Name

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Action & Adventure Fiction, Historical Fiction
Chapter: 32 | Listen: 5

Laurent de Courtomer, the son of a French aristocratic emigré and an Englishwoman, returns to France upon the Bourbon restoration following Napoleon’s defeat in 1814. He meets a young Breton Royalist officer who quite turns his head with hero worship: Aymar de la Rocheterie. But when Napoleon escapes from Elba and war breaks out again, Laurent meets Aymar again, severely wounded and under suspicion of treason. As Laurent nurses him back to health, the evidence against Aymar seems to become worse and worse. Will Aymar be able to clear his name, and will Laurent’s devotion to him remain unshaken? – summary by Elin [chương_files]

Camping in the Canadian Rockies

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Exploration
Chapter: 15 | Listen: 3

An Account of Camp Life in the Wilder Parts of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Together with a Description of the Region About Banff, Lake Louise and Glacier, and a Sketch of the Early Explorations. – Summary by the author. [chương_files]

Famille-Sans-Nom

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Action & Adventure Fiction, Historical Fiction
Chapter: 27 | Listen: 2

Paru en France en 1888, Famille-Sans-Nom diffère des autres romans de Jules Verne par son rythme et par les émotions qu’il fait vivre aux lectrices et aux lecteurs. Cet ouvrage, qui eut un retentissement marqué dans l’Amérique francophone (notamment lors des mouvements indépendantistes au Québec), relate l’histoire d’une famille opprimée en raison des crimes de leur père. Pendant la révolution des patriotes de 1837-1838, nombreux ont été les Canadiens français qui ont péri en se battant contre la Couronne britannique pour retrouver les droits et les libertés qui leur avaient été usurpés après la Conquête de la Nouvelle-France. Jean-Sans-Nom et ses camarades téméraires mèneront mouvements insurrectionnels, combats politiques et conflits armés désespérés contre la puissante Angleterre, qui dominait alors le Canada. Accompagnez ces héroïques personnages à travers les révoltes, les trahisons, le désespoir et la bravoure qui parsèment ce récit ancré dans l’histoire canadienne, alors que Jules Verne rend un juste hommage à la magnificence et aux richesses naturelles du territoire québécois. (Résumé par Gagnon Courchesne) [chương_files]

Travels in the Interior of Africa

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Exploration
Chapter: 29 | Listen: 2

Mungo Park, a Scottish surgeon and explorer, was sent out by the ‘Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa’ after Major Houghton failed to return, to discover the if the River Niger was a tributary of either the river Senegal or Gambia in South Africa. This is the story of his first trip. The journey had many challenges, such as language, religions, imprisonment and robbery. Most of the trip he had nothing but his tattered clothes, a horse, a pocket compass and his hat where he kept his notes. After first following the Gambia River, he finally was the first European to reached the Niger River at Ségou. He continued along the Niger another 80 miles to Silla, where he had to turn around as he had no way of continuing without procuring more supplies. He then returned to England by boat, via America. (Summary by Lynda Marie Neilson) [chương_files]

Wisdom’s Daughter

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Action & Adventure Fiction, Historical Fiction
Chapter: 26 | Listen: 4

A strange manuscript in an unknown language is found among the effects of the late Professor Horace Holly. Its translator discovers that while in Central Asia, Holly convinced the immortal Ayesha, also known as She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed, to write her story – and this is the book they have found. Ayesha, born the daughter of a sheikh in the 4th century BCE, has no interest in the arranged marriage expected of her. She wants power and position of her own. Led by a vision to believe she is the daughter of Isis, she studies esoteric wisdom under the tutelage of the mystic Noot, but her beauty and intelligence make her a constant target in a world where women are still considered little better than possessions. To survive, she must rely on her wits (and perhaps a little divine intervention) in a series of daring escapes and desperate schemes, finding allies where she can. But as she climbs higher in the service of her goddess, a fateful meeting with the warrior-turned-priest Kallikrates leads her down a road even she would never have imagined. The fourth and final book in the She series. – Summary by Jennie Hughes [chương_files]

Ascent of Denali

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Exploration, Modern (20th C), Sports & Recreation
Chapter: 10 | Listen: 4

The story of the First Ascent of Denali by Hudson Stuck, Harry Karstens, Walter Harper and Robert Tatum in 1913, recorded in celebration of the restoration of the mountain’s original name. ( summary by Fritz) [chương_files]

Stone Chest

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Action & Adventure Fiction, Historical Fiction
Chapter: 15 | Listen: 5

When the ship, Bluebell, went down, Captain Cromwell and Ruel Gross escaped on a raft, and after several days of suffering, finally reached Cedar Island. They found a stone chest, and Captain Cromwell was captured by savages. Gross managed to escape gravely injured, but before expiring, told Mrs. Cromwell and son, Bob, that their husband and father was still alive when he escaped. Bob resolved immediately he must try to rescue his father if that was so, because everyone believes he is dead. But the long journey won’t be easy. He and his mom manage to get passage on the Dart, but there will be terrible weather and potentially fatal icebergs to fight, a madman, savages, and a host of other events that will put everyone’s lives in danger. And is Captain Cromwell still alive; will he be rescued? Will a Stone Chest be found, and if so, what is in that Stone Chest? Mystery and Adventure awaits! (Summary by Laurie Banza) – Summary by Laurie Banza [chương_files]

Voyage in the ‘Sunbeam’, Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months

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Exploration
Chapter: 30 | Listen: 3

Mrs. Brassey, (in future, Lady Brassey) describes the events and sights of her family’s voyage around in the world in 1876-1877 ( Dovie Cross) [chương_files]