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Literary Treks show

Literary TreksJoin Now to Follow

Literary Treks is a show devoted exclusively to Star Trek in written form bringing you news, discussion, and interviews with authors.

By Trek.fm

Short Science Fiction Collection 032 by VARIOUS show

Short Science Fiction Collection 032 by VARIOUSJoin Now to Follow

Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent philosophical thought experiments presented in entertaining ways. Protagonists typically “think” rather than “shoot” their way out of problems, but the definition is flexible because there are no limits on an author’s imagination. The reader-selected stories presented here were written prior to 1962 and became US public domain texts when their copyrights expired. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)

By LibriVox

Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 2 by VARIOUS show

Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 2 by VARIOUSJoin Now to Follow

<p>In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in this collection for the first time translated into English, and many of them come from unexpected sources, such as the letters of Pliny the Younger, or a Tibetan manuscript. In the second volume, we find stories written by English and Scotch authors. (Summary by Leni)</p>

By LibriVox

Short Mystery Story Collection 006 by VARIOUS show

Short Mystery Story Collection 006 by VARIOUSJoin Now to Follow

<p>Librivox’s Short Mystery Story Collection 006: a collection of 10 short works of mysterious fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.</p>

By LibriVox

Puddle Driver-a podcast novel show

Puddle Driver-a podcast novelJoin Now to Follow

Puddle Driver opens in a high-alt station where Streis, a data headhunter, awakes. The last thing he remembers is sitting at a booth in a bar in Osaka. He has to find out why he's been taken, which leads him to learn that there's much more happening than he'd expected, things much bigger than his own situation. As he gets closer to the truth, he encounters a cult based in Japan and phantoms that live on networks as he faces a past that he just can't shake.

By ApocD

Christmas Angel, The by BROWN, Abbie Farwell show

Christmas Angel, The by BROWN, Abbie FarwellJoin Now to Follow

<p>Disagreeable old Miss Terry spends her Christmas Eve getting rid of toys from her childhood toy box. One by one she tosses them onto the sidewalk in front of her house, then secretly watches the little scenes that occur, which seem to confirm her belief that true Christmas spirit does not exist. Then the Angel from her childhood Christmas tree appears to show Miss Terry that she has not yet witnessed the final act of each of those little dramas … <br><br><i>Living Age</i> magazine in 1910 observed of <i>The Christmas Angel</i>, "Not since Charles Dickens laid down his pen forever has there been a prettier Christmas story written, one more full of the real spirit of Christmas or conveying a more seasonable lesson." (Summary by Jan MacGillivray)</p>

By LibriVox

Librivox: Humility : The Beauty of Holiness by Murray, Andrew show

Librivox: Humility : The Beauty of Holiness by Murray, AndrewJoin Now to Follow

A book on the all importance of humility, how Jesus was humble, and how we also can become humble. Murray wrote "Without humility, there can be no true abiding in God's presence or experience of His favor and the power of His spirit. Without it there can be no abiding faith or love or joy or strength." Summary by ekaitz

By LibriVox

Pragmatism by JAMES, William show

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'Pragmatism' contains a series of public lectures held by William James in Boston 1906–7. James provides a popularizing outline of his view of philosophical pragmatism while making highly rhetorical and entertaining lashes towards rationalism and other competing schools of thought. James is especially concerned with the pragmatic view of truth. True beliefs should be defined as, according to James, beliefs that can successfully assist people in their everday life. This is claimed to not be relativism. That reality exists is argued to be a fact true beyond the human subject. James argues, nevertheless, that people select which parts of reality are made relevant and how they are understood to relate to each other. Charles Sanders Peirce, widely considered to be the founder of pragmatism, eventually chose to separate himself intellectually from James, renaming his own theory to ‘pragmaticism’.

By LibriVox

Hide and Create show

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An indie success story, a tie-in writer, a DAW author, and a freelance editor discuss various tricks and tips on how to break into publishing and make your writing sing. Jordan Ellinger, Joshua Essoe, Debbie Viguie, Michael J Sullivan want to help you with your writing career no matter which route you want to take. Hide and Create aims to be your online writing workshop.

By Jordan Ellinger, Debbie Viguie, Michael J Sullivan, Joshua Essoe

Librivox: Buddhist Writings by Various show

Librivox: Buddhist Writings by VariousJoin Now to Follow

An anthology of Buddhist scriptures, appropriate as an introduction to its vast literature, or as a sampler for those who want to better understand Buddhism. The selections in this anthology are primarily from the Theravada school of Buddhism.(Summary by Leon Mire)

By LibriVox