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• The Laws and Practice of the Game of Euchre. As Adopted by the Washington, D.C. Euchre Club by Charles Henry Wharton Meehan ~ Full Audiobook [history]

  The Laws and Practice of the Game of Euchre. As Adopted by the Washington, D.C. Euchre Club by Charles Henry Wharton Meehan audiobook. Genre: history Step into the lively drawing rooms and smoke-filled parlors of 19th-century Washington, D.C., with this authoritative guide to one of America's favorite card games: The Laws and Practice of the Game of Euchre. As adopted by the Washington, D.C. Euchre Club, Charles Henry Wharton Meehan's concise, period voice delivers exacting rules, clear scoring instructions, accepted variations, and the social etiquette that turned a pastime into a ritual. This audiobook brings those rules to life with vivid descriptions of play, illustrative examples of hands and strategy, and notes on disputes and customary resolutions that reveal how communities codified fair play before standardized rulebooks. Whether you are a card-player eager to learn authentic historical procedures, a historian or collector curious about recreational life in post‑Civil War America, or a hobbyist seeking vintage gameplay and period charm, Meehan’s manual is at once practical and richly atmospheric. Listen to the clipped authority of club-formal language, discover the subtle strategic guidance tucked into rule explanations, and enjoy a lively portal into the social world that shaped how euchre was played and argued across tabletops in the nation’s capital. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:14:41) Chapter 02 (00:24:49) Chapter 03 (00:41:48) Chapter 04 (01:03:30) Chapter 05 (01:14:42) Chapter 06 (01:32:21) Chapter 07 (01:50:51) Chapter 08 (02:08:22) Chapter 09 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• The Knave of Diamonds by Ethel M. Dell ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

  The Knave of Diamonds by Ethel M. Dell audiobook. Genre: romance Ethel M. Dell’s The Knave of Diamonds is an intoxicating, old‑world romance that weaves high emotion, moral danger, and the irresistible pull of passion into a single, compelling tale. At its heart lies a roguish, magnetic figure whose charm and recklessness upend the careful life of a guarded heroine, setting both of them on a collision course of secrets, sacrifice, and unexpected loyalty. Dell’s prose crackles with dramatic tension and heartfelt sentiment: small slights become matters of honor, whispered confessions turn into life‑altering decisions, and every encounter pulses with the promise of redemption—or ruin. Perfect for listeners who crave sweeping feeling, melodramatic stakes, and richly atmospheric storytelling, this audiobook brings the heat and the hush of a bygone era to vivid life through impassioned narration and timeless romantic conflict. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:01:01) Chapter 02 (00:14:54) Chapter 03 (00:31:09) Chapter 04 (00:39:36) Chapter 05 (00:49:56) Chapter 06 (01:05:49) Chapter 07 (01:15:19) Chapter 08 (01:25:21) Chapter 09 (01:36:52) Chapter 10 (01:46:06) Chapter 11 (02:02:47) Chapter 12 (02:16:58) Chapter 13 (02:28:01) Chapter 14 (02:41:45) Chapter 15 (03:01:54) Chapter 16 (03:13:29) Chapter 17 (03:27:38) Chapter 18 (03:37:10) Chapter 19 (03:49:23) Chapter 20 (04:11:21) Chapter 21 (04:24:45) Chapter 22 (04:36:02) Chapter 23 (04:51:51) Chapter 24 (05:12:38) Chapter 25 (05:25:00) Chapter 26 (05:38:13) Chapter 27 (05:55:00) Chapter 28 (06:15:53) Chapter 29 (06:47:04) Chapter 30 (06:57:56) Chapter 31 (07:12:10) Chapter 32 (07:21:49) Chapter 33 (07:28:56) Chapter 34 (07:40:07) Chapter 35 (07:56:49) Chapter 36 (08:04:45) Chapter 37 (08:18:33) Chapter 38 (08:33:55) Chapter 39 (08:47:18) Chapter 40 (09:02:46) Chapter 41 (09:09:50) Chapter 42 (09:20:55) Chapter 43 (09:35:47) Chapter 44 (09:44:51) Chapter 45 (09:51:26) Chapter 46 (10:01:33) Chapter 47 (10:08:57) Chapter 48 (10:16:29) Chapter 49 (10:25:22) Chapter 50 (10:34:48) Chapter 51 (10:39:18) Chapter 52 (10:50:21) Chapter 53 (11:03:31) Chapter 54 (11:10:26) Chapter 55 (11:20:41) Chapter 56 (11:30:48) Chapter 57 (11:46:39) Chapter 58 (11:52:47) Chapter 59 (12:11:37) Chapter 60 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Greatheart by Ethel M. Dell ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

  Greatheart by Ethel M. Dell audiobook. Genre: romance Ethel M. Dell’s Greatheart sweeps listeners into a world where passion, honor, and sacrifice collide in richly written Edwardian drama. With language at once lush and direct, Dell paints vivid emotional landscapes—tender longing, fierce jealousy, painful secrets, and the quiet courage that can redeem a life. This audiobook brings out the novel’s irresistible tension: intimate confessions, fraught choices, and moments of selfless bravery that will keep you leaning toward the speaker. Perfect for anyone who loves classic romantic melodrama, Greatheart offers the comfort of old-fashioned sentiment alongside the thrill of raw feeling, rendered beautifully through evocative narration that highlights every aching pause and triumphant turn. Put on your headphones and let Dell’s daring heartache and ultimate redemption wash over you—an unforgettable listening experience for fans of passionate, character-driven stories. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:13:24) Chapter 02 (00:28:41) Chapter 03 (00:42:29) Chapter 04 (00:58:41) Chapter 05 (01:11:54) Chapter 06 (01:31:23) Chapter 07 (01:44:24) Chapter 08 (02:21:12) Chapter 09 (02:33:08) Chapter 10 (02:49:27) Chapter 11 (03:06:25) Chapter 12 (03:22:15) Chapter 13 (03:42:06) Chapter 14 (03:55:38) Chapter 15 (04:15:35) Chapter 16 (04:35:01) Chapter 17 (05:06:31) Chapter 18 (05:28:11) Chapter 19 (05:48:56) Chapter 20 (06:05:37) Chapter 21 (06:22:39) Chapter 22 (06:37:02) Chapter 23 (06:56:52) Chapter 24 (07:16:49) Chapter 25 (07:37:53) Chapter 26 (08:00:24) Chapter 27 (08:16:46) Chapter 28 (08:32:55) Chapter 29 (08:54:21) Chapter 30 (09:17:54) Chapter 31 (09:42:25) Chapter 32 (10:02:19) Chapter 33 (10:14:50) Chapter 34 (10:27:24) Chapter 35 (10:41:03) Chapter 36 (10:58:11) Chapter 37 (11:19:10) Chapter 38 (11:31:11) Chapter 39 (11:46:26) Chapter 40 (11:58:57) Chapter 41 (12:13:02) Chapter 42 (12:23:52) Chapter 43 (12:45:28) Chapter 44 (13:01:46) Chapter 45 (13:12:19) Chapter 46 (13:27:10) Chapter 47 (13:47:49) Chapter 48 (14:10:23) Chapter 49 (14:36:34) Chapter 50 (14:57:44) Chapter 51 (15:17:14) Chapter 52 (15:33:51) Chapter 53 (15:46:16) Chapter 54 (16:04:29) Chapter 55 (16:18:57) Chapter 56 (16:45:56) Chapter 57 (17:07:29) Chapter 58 (17:23:28) Chapter 59 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Rain Magic by Erle Stanley Gardner ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]

  Rain Magic by Erle Stanley Gardner audiobook. Genre: mystery Rain Magic by Erle Stanley Gardner is a compact, propulsive mystery that pulls listeners into a world where every small town secret is amplified by a storm and every alibi can be washed away. Gardner’s brisk, economical prose and razor-sharp plotting transform a simple setup—a sudden crime, a clutch of suspicious residents, and a night of relentless rain—into a tense, twist-laden puzzle that keeps you guessing until the final revelation. The audiobook’s narration brings out the sharp dialogue, the courtroom sparks, and the sly moral ambiguities of characters who look ordinary by day but conceal motives as murky as the weather. Perfect for listeners who love classic detective storytelling, Rain Magic delivers suspense, clever sleuthing, and a satisfying unraveling that feels both old-school and urgently immediate, making it an irresistible listen for anyone who enjoys a tightly wound mystery with character and bite. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:09:05) Chapter 02 (00:21:17) Chapter 03 (00:38:50) Chapter 04 (00:55:25) Chapter 05 (01:06:55) Chapter 06 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• A Love Episode, Book Eight of Rougon-Macquart Cycle by Emile Zola ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

  A Love Episode, Book Eight of Rougon-Macquart Cycle by Emile Zola audiobook. Genre: romance Set in the quiet parlors and rain-slick streets of late 19th-century Paris, A Love Episode offers an intense, intimate study of yearning, loneliness, and the gentle violence of unspoken desire. Émile Zola strips away melodrama to render a single, fragile heart — a widow balancing maternal duty and a stirring for something more — with painstaking realism and compassionate clarity. As part of the Rougon-Macquart cycle, this short, elegiac novel concentrates on small domestic gestures, whispered confidences, and the social pressures that hem in private longing; Zola’s eye for detail turns ordinary rooms, children’s toys, and rainy afternoons into a landscape of emotion. The audiobook brings this quietly urgent story to life with a voice that honours Zola’s precise prose: every hesitation, every stolen glance, and every swell of hope or despair is magnified, making the listener feel the slow, inexorable pull of love and the fragile boundaries that separate consolation from ruin. For listeners who savor psychological subtlety, moral complexity, and the vivid atmosphere of classic French realism, A Love Episode is a compact, devastating masterpiece that lingers long after the last sentence. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:07:30) Chapter 01 (00:34:19) Chapter 02 (01:01:41) Chapter 03 (01:33:33) Chapter 04 (02:03:42) Chapter 05 (02:32:51) Chapter 06 (03:04:44) Chapter 07 (03:33:56) Chapter 08 (04:01:49) Chapter 09 (04:37:05) Chapter 10 (05:06:33) Chapter 11 (05:45:55) Chapter 12 (06:20:24) Chapter 13 (06:52:22) Chapter 14 (07:26:12) Chapter 15 (07:56:04) Chapter 16 (08:28:38) Chapter 17 (09:03:29) Chapter 18 (09:37:55) Chapter 19 (09:58:08) Chapter 20 (10:31:05) Chapter 21 (11:02:30) Chapter 22 (11:38:14) Chapter 23 (12:15:42) Chapter 24 (12:50:06) Chapter 25 (13:19:51) Chapter 26 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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