The Gombeen Man by Bram Stoker
English | MP3@192 kbps | 35 min | 49.0 MB
The Gombeen Man is an evil moneylender who several peasants owe money to. When the peasants find themselves unable to repay the wicked man on time, he is quick with his desire to take their land from them, refusing to take the payment from them in the future if they should be able to come up with it. The poor peasants are then forced to come up with a plan to keep their land from the evil Gombeen Man. This short story is actually a chapter from Stoker's novel 'The Snake's Pass,' about a romance between an English tourist and an Irish peasant. Bram Stoker (1847-1912) was an Irish writer of novels and short stories, most famous for his gothic horror novel Dracula. Although he wrote throughout his life while working as a personal assistant and theatre manager, he did not achieve much literary fame until after his death.

The Goblin and the Grocer by Hans Christian Andersen
English | MP3@192 kbps | 07 min | 10.0 MB
A goblin lived with a grocer whom he liked a lot because, at Christmas, the grocer never forgot to give him his porridge with a big knob of butter. Under the eaves of the grocer's house lived a student that the goblin had disliked at first sight. But, one day, when the goblin wanted to play a prank on the student, he discovered something that would transform his peaceful existence.

The Girl in the Second Bedroom by Giselle Renarde
English | MP3@192 kbps | 34 min | 47.1 MB
When Marjorie discovers what her husband has been up to with their fresh-faced tenant, she figures she deserve a turn, too. Will Lila go along with the landlady's bedroom plans, and how will husband Sean react to all this?

The Gilgamesh Project by John Kinsella
English | MP3@192 kbps | 2h 11m | 180.6 MB
Barry Simmonds is a partner in a small-time law firm in Belize, a small not very rich Central American country squeezed between Guatemala and Mexico. His principal business is setting up and servicing offshore companies and bank accounts for British, Russians and whoever else wanted to hide their money or assets.Concealing the ownership of businesses and property behind opaque locally incorporated firms, for the purpose of tax avoidance, evasion and money laundering, was his stock-in-trade. Those who used such services were not necessarily dishonest, but most had very good financial reasons for wanting to occult their interests, amongst them were public figures, including royals, politicians, show business personalities, the rich, and of course grafters of all shades.Barry, had been looking forward to an early retirement, but ran into difficulties after carelessly drifting into business with a group of unscrupulous investors attracted by the benefits of laundering and investing their ill gotten gains in real estate, but when their business is hit by the economic fallout of the Covid crisis they reveal their true colours.As executor of a recently deceased client's estate Barry makes a discovery he hopes will solve the problems that are threatening to submerge him...

The Giant Wistaria by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
English | MP3@192 kbps | 47 min | 65.4 MB
A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection Evil Roots. Charlotte Perkins Gilman is known for her themes of female entrapment and patriarchal control, and she gives this a Gothic twist in 'The Giant Wistaria'. A wealthy young couple and their friends rent a manor house, excited by the prospect that it's haunted, and they are not disappointed when they all experience the same vivid dream...

The Ghost of Charlotte Cray by Florence Marryat
English | MP3@192 kbps | 41 min | 56.3 MB
A determined and strong-minded young lady plagues Sigismund Braggett for his professional attention and friendship - then becomes very put out when he refuses to introduce her to his wife. Even her untimely death seems to be no obstacle to her intent.

The Garden of Little Rose by Suzanne Snow
English | MP3@192 kbps | 8h 34m | 707.3 MB
For love to grow, Flora will have to first dig up the past. At a hen party on the remote Scottish island of Alana, Flora is dared to ask a handsome stranger to be her plus-one for the wedding. When the gorgeous Mac accepts her invite, she assumes he's joking and thinks nothing more of it... Until he turns up at the church on the wedding day. But Mac has an agenda. He wants to hire her skills as a garden historian to restore the gardens at Róisín House, his home back on Alana. Flora knows she should refuse, Mac has heartbreaker written all over him, but she can't resist uncovering the tragic truth behind the garden at Róisín.Transported by the beauty of the island, Flora finds herself falling in love with Alana... and the man who brought her there. A heartwarming romance for fans of Victoria Walters, Trisha Ashley and Julie Houston.

The Future of the United States of America by Introbooks Team
English | MP3@192 kbps | 44 min | 61.1 MB
In modern times, the U.S. labor market looks quite different from what it was two decades earlier. It has been impacted by extraordinary events such as the Great Recession, but also by a silent and gradual shift of mixing and venue of overall job opportunities. In the decade ahead, the next wave of automation technologies may accelerate the pace of change. Millions of jobs could be phased out even as new ones are created. More generally, as machine intelligence are necessities in the American workplace, the routine work responsibility can change for many others.

The Future of Capitalism by Introbooks Team
English | MP3@192 kbps | 47 min | 64.9 MB
Paul Collier is a faculty in Economics and presently working in the capacity of Director of Oxford University's Center for the Study of African Economies and also he was previously the Director of the World Bank Development Research. He is the creator of many distinguished books to his credit viz., Wars, Guns and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places and also authored the award-winning book, The Bottom Billion.

The Frog by Andrew Lang
English | MP3@192 kbps | 08 min | 11.9 MB
Andrew Lang (1844 - 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales.