'NBC University Theater’ initially started in Chicago with a remit to bring adaptations of classic novels, usually Anglo-American, to a radio audience.Additionally, if listeners signed up they received college credit to a radio-assisted correspondence course. A study guide, The Handbook of the World's Great Novels, was available for 25 cents.In its later years it also included short stories and plays and went on to win the distinguished Peabody award.Unlike many oth...

Nero Wolfe is "a gourmet who never walks when he can sit and never sits when he can lie down." Join Rex Stout's reclusive, overweight, orchid-loving super sleuth as masterfully portrayed by Sydney Greenstreet in this exciting radio series.Ever in search of a perfect meal and a cold bottle of beer, Wolfe often sends Archie Goodwin, his secretary and operative (played by Wally Maher, Herb Ellis, Larry Dobkin, Gerald Mohr, and Harry Bartell), in his stead. Archie, while trying to keep his wel...

Welcome to The Line Up, "where under the cold, glaring lights pass the innocent, the vagrant, the thief, and the murderer." This tightly scripted radio series traced the activities Lieutenant Ben Guthrie (Bill Johnstone) and his Sergeants Matt Greb (Wally Maher) and Peter Carger (Jack Moyles).Ride along with the squad and follow the parade of arrests they make, through witness identifications, subsequent investigations, and the apprehension of additional criminals - all eventually culminat...

He's as hardboiled as they come -- and if you don't think so, he'll take you outside for a word! He's Michael Shayne, the red-headed, two-fisted private eye, stepping out of the pages of popular pulp novels and into sixteen exciting radio episodes filled with action, excitement, and adventure.Radio great Wally Maher and film favorite Jeff Chandler star as this hot-tempered hero as he takes on cases of phony finger prints, corrupt casinos, perceptive paranoia, blackmailed blondes, mistrust ...

Missing wife or wandering husband? Stray body cluttering up the place? Whatever complications you need settled, whatever help you need...Let George Do It!The unpredictable adventures of freelance troubleshooter George Valentine entertained West Coast audiences for nearly a decade. Bob Bailey delivers a definitive performance in the title role, with able support from Frances Robinson as Brooksie, Eddie Firestone as Sonny, Wally Maher as Lieutenant Riley, and Joe Kearns as Caleb the Elevator...

Got a problem? Here's your solution! It's Bob Bailey as troubleshooter-for-hire George Valentine. This man of many talents will take on just about any job…for a price.Frances Robinson co-stars as Brooksie, with Wally Maher as Lieutenant Riley. They stick by George's side as he deals with clients who run the gamut from ruthless to ridiculous. Gangsters, cowgirls, painters, and beauties write George full details about cases of blackmail, swindles, missing persons, and murder in sixteen actio...

He'd rather use his head than his fists or a gun, but sometimes you can't be too choosy! Bob Bailey stars as freelance investigator George Valentine, roaming postwar California in search of adventure, mystery, and more!Wally Maher plays his contrary police contact Lieutenant Riley, alongside many of radio's usual suspects: Joseph Kearns, Gloria Blondell, Howard McNear, Virginia Gregg, Larry Dobkin, Lurene Tuttle, and more.Come listen to 16 digitally restored and remastered episodes of this...

"Do not pay too much attention to their answers, as they often lie."Lieutenant Ben Guthrie and Sergeant Matt Greb introduce line ups full of characters both heinous and hilarious. Go with them as they go after the most menacing of criminals in sixteen gritty episodes from the 1950s, now in digitally restored sound.Radio greats Bill Johnstone, Wally Maher, and Jack Moyles are on the beat on the streets of a Great American City. And, things get tough when the witnesses are unreliable, unsure...

Red-hot and red-headed, he's looking for adventure on the mean streets of San Francisco and New Orleans! He's Brett Halliday's hard-boiled creation Michael Shayne. This rough and reckless Irishman is letting loose in this collection of sixteen pulse-pounding dramas starring tough guys Wally Maher and Jeff Chandler. Cathy Lewis co-stars as Phyllis Knight, with Joe Forte as Homicide Inspector Faraday, and Jack Webb as Homicide Inspector LeFevre.EPISODES INCLUDE: Murder, Prepaid 04-02-45; Hau...

2015 Audie Award Finalist for Short Stories/CollectionsA New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller! Edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci and including stories by Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, and more, this one-of-a-kind anthology pulls together the most beloved characters from the best and most popular thriller series today. Worlds collide!In an unprecedented collaboration, t...

A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)Run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with E. L. Konigsburg’s beloved classic and Newbery Medal–winning novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.When Claudia decided to run away, she planned very carefully. She would be gone just long enough to teach her parents a lesson in Claudia appreciation. And she would go in comfort-she would live at the Metropolitan Museu...

One of the Time 100 Best Fantasy Books Of All TimeThe Newbery Honor–winning second novel in the renowned Earthsea series from Ursula K. Le GuinIn this second novel in the Earthsea series, Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, and everything is taken from her—home, family, possessions, even her name. She is now known only as Arha, the Eaten One, and guards the shadowy, labyrinthine Tombs of Atuan.Then a wizard, Ged Sparrow...