Podcast appearances and mentions of Mark F Smith

Support our Cause https://libri-vox.org/donate/ This is a story of the English moneyed class and its eternal struggle for creating “sense and sensibility” in its world. A potential marriage prospect must make “sense” by bringing with it enough assets and income to permit the couple to continue to live in happy, idle leisure, complete with servants and a prestigious address. Provided one can find such a match among the eligible persons of the opposite sex, one then hopes for “sensibility”, or capacity for emotion, so that if love is not immediately to hand, it might come around later. And while these gentlemen and ladies make their hopeful pirouettes in the social eye, they must of course adhere to all the forms of civility.Jane Austen writes of the family of a gentleman named Dashwood who dies and leaves most of his fortune to his son, with the understanding that he will “look out for” his mother and three sisters. When that son marries a grasping woman who convinces him that his sisters' funds are suitable to their needs and so require no contributions from his inherited fortune, the sisters are left to play the game of “Sense and Sensibility” in earnest.But all's not fair in love. Carefully prepared “attachments” can and do go awry when gentlemen find other young women of greater fortunes than the Dashwood sisters. So, will they marry for love? Or money? Or perhaps, not at all? (Summary by Mark F. Smith)

Dive into the wild with our Chillbook of "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London, read by Mark F. Smith. Join Buck, a domesticated dog, as he navigates the harsh Yukon wilderness during the Gold Rush.  Experience the stunning landscapes and captivating characters brought to life with our soothing narration and tranquil background music. Whether you're a fan of the classic novel or simply seeking an escape from the stresses of everyday life, our Chillbook is sure to transport you to another world.

Crucial Instances by Edith Wharton audiobook. This is Edith Wharton's second published collection of short stories (1901). One of these seven stories, "Copy: A Dialogue," is written as a short play. The role of Hilda is read by Arielle Lipshaw, and the role of Ventnor by Mark F. Smith.

Happy Holidays! Enjoy this Chillbooks edition of "The Prophet" by Gibran Khalil Gibran (Kahlil Gibran) - complete audiobook with relaxing music, narrated by Mark F. Smith.

The Call of the Wild - Jack London - Book 3 Title: The Call of the Wild Overview: Buck is living a happy life in California until he is sold to pay a gambling debt. Taken to the Klondike to become a sled dog, Buck must toughen up and learn the harsher rules of survival in the North. One of the first of these is how to deal with being harnessed in the same team as a dog that wants to kill him. Large, strong, and smart, Buck toughens to his new life. But even the toughest dog can be worn down by constant work, and after 3,000 miles of pulling sleds, Buck nears the end of his rope. Castaway as no longer useful, Buck is acquired by greenhorns whose inexperience nearly kills him, but after being saved by John Thornton, he, at last, finds a man he can love. Then on a remote gold-hunting expedition, Buck hears a call emanating from the woods and speaking to the wild heart of his distant ancestors. The lure of it almost balances the great love he bears for Thornton, but events take him away from his old life... and into legend. Published: 1903 Series: Novels #3 List: 100 Classic Book Collection Author: Jack London Genre: Adventure Novel, Action & Adventure, General Fiction, Action & Adventure Fiction, Nature & Animal Fiction Episode: The Call of the Wild - Jack London - Book 3 Part: 1 of 1 Length Part: 3:24:19 Book: 3 Length Book: 3:24:19 Episodes: 1 - 7 of 7 Successor: White Fang Narrator: Mark F. Smith Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: determination, persistence, man versus nature, battle, morality play, perception, discovery, travels, adventure, family, jacklondon Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #determination #persistence #man #nature #battle #morality #perception #discovery #travels #adventure #family #JackLondon Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. Mark F. Smith. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/free-audiobooks/support

White Fang - Jack London - Book 7, Part 1 Title: White Fang Overview: White Fang is a novel by American author Jack London (1876–1916) — and the name of the book's eponymous character, a wild wolfdog. First serialized in Outing magazine between May and October 1906, it was published in book form in October 1906. The story details White Fang's journey to domestication in Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush. It is a companion novel (and a thematic mirror) to London's best-known work, The Call of the Wild (1903), which is about a kidnapped, domesticated dog embracing his wild ancestry to survive and thrive in the wild. Much of White Fang is written from the viewpoint of the titular canine character, enabling London to explore how animals view their world and how they view humans. White Fang examines the violent world of wild animals and the equally violent world of humans. When White Fang is birthed in a cave to a wolf sire and a wolf/dog halfbreed dam, he is heir to two traditions. At first, he is content to explore and learn the laws of the Wild. But then his mother is caught and held by old memories of a past relationship with Man, and White Fang follows her into service with the Indians. Life among sled dogs is hardly less cruel and dangerous than living in the Wild, but brutality notches upward when his drunken master sells him to a nasty, twisted hanger-on at a riverside town of white men. He is stripped of everything soft and gentle when forced to fight to the death for a crowd of bettors. Taming this savage spirit and reclaiming the nobility within looks impossible. Fortunately, and heart-warmingly, a man arrives in White Fang's life to try. "White Fang" is often called the mirror image of Jack London's acclaimed "The Call of the Wild" in which a dog follows the reverse arc from tame to free. The book also explores complex themes including morality and redemption. As early as 1925, the story was adapted to film, and it has since seen several more cinematic adaptations, including a 1991 film starring Ethan Hawke and a 2018 original film for Netflix. Published: 1906 Series: Novels #8 List: 100 Classic Book Collection Author: Jack London Genre: Adventure Novel, Action & Adventure, General Fiction, Action & Adventure Fiction, Nature & Animal Fiction Episode: White Fang - Jack London - Book 7, Part 1 Part: 1 of 2 Length Part: 3:59:37 Book: 7 Length Book: 7:43:49 Episodes: 1 - 13 of 25 Predecessor: The Call of the Wild Narrator: Mark F. Smith Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: determination, persistence, man versus nature, battle, morality play, perception, discovery, travels, adventure, family, jacklondon Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #determination #persistence #man #nature #battle #morality #perception #discovery #travels #adventure #family #JackLondon Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. Mark F. Smith. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/free-audiobooks/support

White Fang - Jack London - Book 7, Part 2 Title: White Fang Overview: White Fang is a novel by American author Jack London (1876–1916) — and the name of the book's eponymous character, a wild wolfdog. First serialized in Outing magazine between May and October 1906, it was published in book form in October 1906. The story details White Fang's journey to domestication in Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush. It is a companion novel (and a thematic mirror) to London's best-known work, The Call of the Wild (1903), which is about a kidnapped, domesticated dog embracing his wild ancestry to survive and thrive in the wild. Much of White Fang is written from the viewpoint of the titular canine character, enabling London to explore how animals view their world and how they view humans. White Fang examines the violent world of wild animals and the equally violent world of humans. When White Fang is birthed in a cave to a wolf sire and a wolf/dog halfbreed dam, he is heir to two traditions. At first, he is content to explore and learn the laws of the Wild. But then his mother is caught and held by old memories of a past relationship with Man, and White Fang follows her into service with the Indians. Life among sled dogs is hardly less cruel and dangerous than living in the Wild, but brutality notches upward when his drunken master sells him to a nasty, twisted hanger-on at a riverside town of white men. He is stripped of everything soft and gentle when forced to fight to the death for a crowd of bettors. Taming this savage spirit and reclaiming the nobility within looks impossible. Fortunately, and heart-warmingly, a man arrives in White Fang's life to try. "White Fang" is often called the mirror image of Jack London's acclaimed "The Call of the Wild" in which a dog follows the reverse arc from tame to free. The book also explores complex themes including morality and redemption. As early as 1925, the story was adapted to film, and it has since seen several more cinematic adaptations, including a 1991 film starring Ethan Hawke and a 2018 original film for Netflix. Published: 1906 Series: Novels #8 List: 100 Classic Book Collection Author: Jack London Genre: Adventure Novel, Action & Adventure, General Fiction, Action & Adventure Fiction, Nature & Animal Fiction Episode: White Fang - Jack London - Book 7, Part 2 Part: 2 of 2 Length Part: 3:44:23 Book: 7 Length Book: 7:43:49 Episodes: 14 - 25 of 25 Predecessor: The Call of the Wild Narrator: Mark F. Smith Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: determination, persistence, man versus nature, battle, morality play, perception, discovery, travels, adventure, family, jacklondon Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #determination #persistence #man #nature #battle #morality #perception #discovery #travels #adventure #family #JackLondon Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. Mark F. Smith. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/free-audiobooks/support

The Poison Belt - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Book 11 Title: The Poison Belt Overview: The Poison Belt is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, the second book about Professor Challenger. Written in 1913, much of it takes place in a single room in Challenger's house in Sussex. Three years after the events that took place in The Lost World, Professor Challenger urgently summons his fellow explorers (Professor Summerlee, Lord John Roxton, and reporter E.D. Malone) to a meeting. Oddly, he requires each to bring an oxygen cylinder with him. What he soon informs them is that from astronomical data and just-received telegraphs of strange accidents on the other side of the world, he has deduced that the Earth is starting to move through a region of space containing something poisonous to humankind. Shutting themselves tightly up in Challenger's house, they start to consider what may be done. But as their countrymen start to drop, will their oxygen last long enough to determine and implement a solution? This would be the last story written about Challenger until the 1920s, by which time Doyle's spiritualist beliefs had begun to influence his writing. There are five books in the Professor Challenger Series: The Lost World (1912), The Poison Belt (1913), The Land of Mist (1926), When the World Screamed (1928), and The Disintegration Machine (1929) where the narration is pending for the last three books in this five-book series. Published: 1913 Series: Professor Challenger Series, Novels Series, Challenger #2 Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Genre: Science Fiction, Action & Adventure Fiction, Detective Fiction Episode: The Poison Belt - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Book 11 Part: 1 of 1 Length Part: 3:18:50 Book: 11 Length Book: 3:18:50 Episodes: 1 - 6 of 6 Predecessor: The Lost World Successor: The Land of Mist Narrator: Mark F. Smith Language: English Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: adventure, travel, hero, struggle, danger, camaraderie, sirarthurconandoyle Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #adventure #travel #hero #struggle #danger #camaraderie #SirArthurConanDoyle Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. Mark F. Smith. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/free-audiobooks/support

Read by Mark F. Smith in 2006 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support Note: Author: Johann David Wyss Editor: Johann Rudolf Wyss Illustrator: Johann Emmanuel Wyss --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

Read by Mark F. Smith in 2012 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

Read by Mark F. Smith in 2010 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

This is an audiobook of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, narrated by Mark F. Smith. In Treasure Island, we get an adventure and coming-of-age story that has captured many a heart in the nearly 140 years since it was first published. An old pirate, Billy Bones, goes to the Admiral Benbow Inn where he meets a young boy, Jim Hawkins, who he asks to be on the lookout for someone. This is young Hawkins introduction into the deadly world of piracy. He takes a map found in Bones’ chest to the respectable Dr. Livesey & squire John Trelawney. Mustering a crew, they set out to find the buried treasure of the legendary Captain Flint, but unbeknownst to them, some of the characters aboard their ship don’t plan on sharing generously. Most dangerous is the charismatic & charming Long John Silver, a peg-legged pirate with a parrot named – either out of respect or in mockery – Captain Flint. Title: Treasure Island Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Free/Pay-What-You-Want: Librecron Edition Original Recording: LibriVox If you want all these audiobooks delivered automatically, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Consider leaving a review if you enjoy these books! I cleaned up the recording as follows: Removed the introduction of the narrator. Removed the LibriVox introduction. Shorted or removed long silences. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/librecron/support

The 12 Days Before Christmas begins here:   DAY EIGHT A Conscience Pudding (1904) By: Edith Nesbit -     From:   eText:   Read by: Cori Samuel -   Lo, How a Rose Ere Blooming By: Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621) -   From:   eText:   Sung by:  Mark F. Smith -  & Laurie Anne Walden - Fiona Shaw (Medea) and the show’s director (the FABULOUS) Deborah Warner on a theater chat show: And the whole show as a BBC Radio 3 production:   BBC recipe for Christmas Pudding:  (share your fave recipe below!) And a version with step-by-step pictures: And the American version, a Claxton Georgia Fruit Cake:   CraftLit Podcast • Annotated Audiobooks | Audiobooks with Benefits  CraftLit.com  Twitter: @CraftLit.com  Library: CraftLit.com/library  Facebook: Facebook.com/craftlit Voicemail line: +1-206-350-1642 NEW! YouTube:   

This story was written by Andre NortonThis part is called, Ch 18: Not YetRead by Mark F. SmithDownload the show

This story was written by Andre NortonThis part is called, Ch 17: Destruction UnleashedRead by Mark F. SmithDownload the show

This story was written by Andre NortonThis part is called, Ch 16: Surprise AttackRead by Mark F. SmithDownload the show

This story was written by Andre NortonThis part is called, Ch 15: ArenaRead by Mark F. SmithDownload the show

This story was written by Andre NortonThis part is called, Ch 14: The PrisonerRead by Mark F. SmithDownload the show

This story was written by Andre NortonThis part is called, Ch 13: A Hound is LoosedRead by Mark F. SmithDownload the show

This story was written by Andre NortonThis part is called, Ch 12: Alien PatrolRead by Mark F. SmithDownload the show

This story was written by Andre NortonThis part is called, Ch 11: EspionageRead by Mark F. SmithDownload the show

This story was written by Andre NortonThis part is called, Ch 10: Dead GuardiansRead by Mark F. SmithDownload the show

This story was written by Andre NortonThis part is called, Ch 09: Sea GateRead by Mark F. SmithDownload the show

By: William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Magic, fairies, young lovers chasing each other through a forest, a man with a donkey’s head, and impish Puck wreaking havoc right and left. What’s going on here? It’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare at his most fanciful. The play opens with Theseus, Duke of Athens, preparing for his wedding. Egeus complains to Theseus that his daughter Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius. When Hermia is given the choice between marriage to Demetrius or life as a nun, she and her true love Lysander flee into the forest. Demetrius follows them; and Helena, who loves Demetrius, follows him. Also in the forest are Oberon and Titania, king and queen of the fairies, at odds with one another. At Oberon’s behest, Puck causes Demetrius to fall in love with Helena — oops, he missed, that was Lysander instead. Mayhem ensues. In the meantime, a group of bumbling craftsmen rehearses a play. Puck gives one of them, Bottom, the head of an ass and makes Titania fall in love with him. Further hilarity results as Bottom sees nothing at all odd about this. Eventually everything is straightened out, Bottom and the rest “perform” their play, there is a triple wedding, and Puck assures us the whole thing has been a dream. Number of quotes you know: 5 (what fools these mortals be). Useful insults: 19. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden) Cast: Theseus, Duke of Athens – Mark F. Smith Egeus, father to Hermia; and Snout, a tinker – John Lieder Lysander, in love with Hermia – mb Demetrius, in love with Hermia – David O’Connell Philostrate, master of the revels – Philippa Quince, a carpenter – Brian Edwards Snug, a joiner – Elizabeth Klett Bottom, a weaver – Simon Taylor Flute, a bellows-mender – David Nicol Starveling, a tailor – Jessica Miller Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons – Cori Samuel Hermia, daughter to Egeus, in love with Lysander – Laurie Anne Walden Helena, in love with Demetrius – Rosalind Wills Oberon, king of the fairies – Fr. Richard Zeile of Detroit Titania, queen of the fairies – Deborah Irving Puck, or Robin Goodfellow – Karen Savage Peaseblossom – Larysa Jaworski Cobweb – Charlene V. Smith Moth – Alana Jordan Mustardseed – Jamie Ash Young Stage directions – Paul Williams Fairy song composed by Rosalind Wills; performed by Rosalind Wills and Larysa Jaworski Audio edited by Cori Samuel and Laurie Anne Walden http://www.audioowl.com/book/a-midsummer-nights-dream-by-william-shakespeare