Mike Vendetti Audio

The curious Case of Benjamin Button, a 1921 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

No one else spins a Gothic tale of mystery & macabre quite like Edgar Allan Poe. In this collection of his stories you'll hear such famous Poe stories as "The Fall of the House of Usher"...

Ernest Thompson Seton was a man with a concern for nature her creatures and an excellent story teller.

Sinclair Lewis' George F. Babbitt is a complicated and conflicted character. He sees himself as a pretty successful business man, but when Tanis, the lonely widow has a leaky roof, he sees an opportunity for perhaps a more fulfilling relationship then he has at home.

Listen to this free unabridged recording of Stephen Crane's Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage. Hear as the soldier Henry Fleming enters the American Civil War, and is forced to transform from fear to courage.

"I seen my opportunities and I took ‘em.", George Washington Plunkitt of Tamminy Hall. There's honest graft and dishonest graft according to Plunkitt. Listen to this candid discourse from a 19th century politician, and decide for yourself if things have changed.

Back in the day before automobiles, a good horse trainer and veterinarian was the equivalent of "Mr Goodwrench". A badly behaving or unhealthy equine was equivalent to breaking down on the highway or running out of gas on a lonely stretch of highway somewhere in Utah.

Returning from the horrors of World War I James Hall and Charles Nordhoff follow a dream to tour the South Pacific.

An exciting tale of gun play, brave deeds and romance as Jerry Lambert, the "Duke" tries to protect the ranch of the lovely and charming Vesta Philbrook from thieving neighbors and other evil doers.

"Pvt Ryan", "Platoon", "A Soldier's Home", "Kitchener's Mob". These aren't happy stories, they are about the experience of War. War at different times, and although modern warfare may be more sanitized, the adventure, the horror, the emotions don't change.