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Explore over a thousand great books by authors from the ancient world through to the twentieth century. From Jane Austen to Herman Melville to Sun Tzu, from the ancient Greeks to American modernists: If a book changed the world, it's here. Share these full-length audiobooks with friends and start an audiobook club!

Experience Hamlet as a powerful full-cast drama with entertaining and enlightening commentary that explains what's what and who's who as the plot unfolds. To help you get the most out of Shakespeare, the narrator offers historical insights and background information, so you can enjoy the jokes, appreciate the references, and get a real sense of Shakespeare's world. The unabridged drama is also presented without commentary.

'The Waste Land' is a landmark in 20th-century poetry. Here it is read by the late Poet Laureate Ted Hughes. Published in 1922, it is a brilliant exploration of a faithless, immoral society trying to rebuild itself after the devastation of the Great War. Rich in literary references and steeped in allusive and evocative imagery, 'The Waste Land' is widely considered to be the pinnacle of modernist poetry.

Japanese culture has fascinated the West ever since the country’s doors opened up in the 1800s. In many ways, Japan has remained elusive, and people have travelled from all around the world to see for themselves how unique this nation remains. Another way of exploring this enigmatic culture is through its literature. The English language succeeds surprisingly well in revealing the Japanese sense of life.

Every week, join award-winning narrator B.J. Harrison as he narrates the greatest stories the world has ever known. From the jungles of South America to the Mississippi Delta, from Victorian England to the sands of the Arabian desert, join us on a fantastic journey through the words of the world's greatest authors. Critically-acclaimed and highly recommended for anyone who loves a good story with plenty of substance.

This is a podcast providing free audio versions of classic fiction and non-fiction books. Enjoy literacy classics free of charge.

https://www.solgoodmedia.com Listen to hundreds of audiobooks, thousands of short stories, and ambient sounds all ad free! 'Classic Radio Westerns' delivers the thrill of classic Western radio dramas. Engage with stories of heroes and villains, cattle drives and shootouts, all set against the backdrop of the American frontier.

https://www.solgoodmedia.com Listen to hundreds of audiobooks, thousands of short stories, and ambient sounds all ad free! 'Classic Radio Mysteries' revives the thrilling adventures of radio's most cunning detectives. Explore tales of mystery and deduction that have thrilled audiences for generations, making each episode a puzzle to solve.

Keith Haring is synonymous with the downtown New York art scene of the 1980s. His artwork - with its simple, bold lines and dynamic figures in motion - filtered in to the world's consciousness and is still instantly recognizable, 20 years after his death. 

Based off the successes of Nicholas Boilvin Harris, Nick Harris is a top sleuth of the early 1900s. The real man Nick Harris was a police reporter for the LA Times when he was asked to join the Los Angeles Police Department by the captain of the LAPD.In 1906, a few years later, Nick Harris started his own detective agency and went on to create the Nick Harris Professional Detective School. He and his colleagues solved even the most baffling of crimes. Rivaling the likes of Sherlock Holmes, Nick Harris became such a popular figure that this old time radio show was created. So get out your ...

Plutarchs's (46-120 A.D.) epic chronicle of the lives of great Grecians and Romans. Beginning with the founding of Rome and Athens, the lives of the men who created the ancient world are brought to life in this new, high quality recording. Greats such as Romulus, Pericles, Theseus, Lycurgus and many others come alive as their politics, economy, and their individual stories play out in the time of the Ancients. This translation by John Dryden, which is considered by scholars to be the quintessential translation.

https://www.solgoodmedia.com - Listen to hundreds of audiobooks, thousands of short stories, and ambient sounds all ad free! Classic Radio Detective revives the captivating world of noir and mystery from the days of vintage radio.

Expand your horizons with this collection of hand-picked classic short stories and tales by writers like Jack London, Guy de Maupassant, Edith Wharton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, Hans Christian Anderson, Ambrose Bierce, and many others. These fast-paced stories and captivating tales are chosen for their unique flavor, are suitable for all ages and tastes, and provide a window to a time when writers knew how to tell great stories using descriptive words and phrases.. We now offer new episodes twice weekly, Wednesdays at 5pm ET and Sundays at noon ET. ...

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One of the swiftness radio series, the True Detective Mysteries program broadcast over CBS every Thursday evening, owes much of its popularity to the action which takes place in the studio. Reproducing as it does true stories of various police cases, it is often impossible to go into every detail of the story, and so far no one has actually been murdered in the broadcast: but when a struggle is indicated in the script the actors proceed to struggle; when the gong and siren on the police cars are heard, there are sirens and gongs in the studio.Staged under the direction of Charles Schenck, one ...

https://www.solgoodmedia.com - Listen to hundreds of audiobooks, thousands of short stories, and ambient sounds all ad free! Classic Radio Western revives the epic tales and rugged adventures from the golden era of westerns, bringing heroes and outlaws to your ears.

https://www.solgoodmedia.com - Listen to hundreds of audiobooks, thousands of short stories, and ambient sounds all ad free! Classic Radio Mystery revisits the intriguing tales and suspenseful scenarios from the golden age of radio mystery.

https://www.solgoodmedia.com - Listen to hundreds of audiobooks, thousands of short stories, and ambient sounds all ad free! Classic Radio Drama brings back the best of theatrical performances from the golden era of radio with compelling storytelling and strong characters.

https://www.solgoodmedia.com - Listen to hundreds of audiobooks, thousands of short stories, and ambient sounds all ad free! Classic Radio Science Fiction brings back the timeless sci-fi tales from the era when the genre was in its golden age.

Let’s go somewhere over the rainbow and journey into a world of pure imagination. We’ll travel north by northwest past the house on haunted hill and down into Monument Valley. We’ll encounter monsters and gangsters, follow spies, be hit by pies. We’ll laugh and we’ll cry and we’ll fall in love all over again. Along the way let’s have a drink in Rick's Cafe, step in time on the rooftops of London, and stop to sing in the rain. Join us in the Classic Movie Club, it’s the stuff that dreams are made of…