Various Authors.
A treasure chest of the written and spoken word, this collection is read by brilliant actors who make this audio anthology a genuine treat for the listener.
This audio recording includes the following short stories:
"Reginald on House Parties" by Saki, read by Nigel Hawthorne"The Sphinx without a Secret" by Oscar Wilde, read by Martin Jarvis"Tobermory" by Saki, read by Barbara Leigh-Hunt"On Being Idle" by Jerome K. Jerome, read by Hugh
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...This recording presents a series of patriotic selections of unquestioned literary merit. The stories have been chosen with special regard to their effectiveness as avenues through which young people may experience the sentiments upon which love of native land depends. Featuring iconic American heroes such as Lincoln, Washington, and Davy Crockett, these selections will inspire an enthusiasm for the American spirit and a pronounced regard for the
...Fourteen mysteries to test your inner sleuth! This collection includes "The Stolen White Elephant" by Mark Twain, narrated by Mauro Hantman; "The Fenchurch Street Mystery" by Baroness Orczy, narrated by Davina Porter; "Problem of the Superfluous Finger" by Jacques Futrelle, narrated by Stephen R. Thorne; "The Blue Sequin" by R. Austin Freeman, narrated by Simon Vance; "An Intangible Clue" by Anna Katharine Green, narrated by Angela Brazil; and
...5) Feminine Shorts: Stories Reflecting the Challenges of Being Female at the Turn of the 20th Century
From the National Women's History Alliance, by Bonnie Eisenberg and Mary Ruthsdotter, 1998:
"1998 marked the 150th Anniversary of a movement by women to achieve full civil rights in this country. Over the past seven generations, dramatic social and legal changes have been accomplished that are now so accepted that they go unnoticed by people whose lives they have utterly changed. Many people who have lived through the recent decades of this
...Feel the breathtaking tingle of suspense. Share the captivating horror of the supernatural in these six complete stories presented by a masterful reader.
This audio recording includes:
- "A Watcher by the Dead" by Ambrose Bierce—A corpse brings death, dereliction, and madness to those who would play with it.
- "The Body-Snatchers" by Robert Louis Stevenson—A never-ending demand for bodies for medical dissection delivers
...A fun collection of favorite songs and rhymes from around the world for everyone to enjoy and join in with!
The Wheels on the BusLondon Bridge is Falling DownEenie Meenie MackerackaPop Goes the WeaselShe'll Be Coming 'Round the MountainFive Currant BunsTen Fat SausagesCockles and MusselsFrere JacquesTom, Tom, the Piper's SonRing a Ring o'RosesPussycat, PussycatThe Grand Old Duke of YorkBoys and GirlsHere We Go 'Round the Mulberry BushDiddle
...Listen to the sound of English as it was meant to be heard. The only authorized audio companion to the widely respected Norton Anthology of Poetry, Third Edition, this audio collection includes the greatest poems of the English language, ranging from the writings of Shakespeare, Milton, Blake, and Wordsworth, to the best-loved verse of Whitman, Dickinson, the Brownings, and Yeats. Thirty-nine poets in all. The readings by brilliant classic
...This volume of the ongoing collection of children's stories offers six well-known and well-loved classic fairy tales. Included are:
"The Princess and the Pea" read by Jaclyn Smith;"The Emperor's New Clothes" read by Michael York;"Thumbelina" by Jaclyn Smith;"The Ugly Duckling" read by Michael York;"Aladdin's Lamp" read by Lou Diamond Phillips;"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" read by Sharon Stone.These classic stories of magic, imagination, and inspiration will capture children's interest and spark their imagination story after story.
"Jack and the Beanstalk" is read by John Ritter. "Puss in Boots" is read by Robby Benson. "A Day at Santa's Workshop" is read by Betty White. "Elfis, the Elf Who Saved Christmas" is read by Brian Austin Green. And "The Elves and the Shoemaker" is read by Michael York.
This collection of children's stories offers a mix of some best-loved tales as well as newer favorites. Included are: "Puss in Boots," read by Robby Benson; "A Day at Santa's Workshop," read by Betty White; "Elfis, the Elf Who Saved Christmas," read by Brian Austin Green; "Jack and the Beanstalk," read by John Ritter; "Peter Pan," read by Sandy Duncan; "Wild Swans," read by Michael York; and "The Elves and the Shoemaker," read by Michael York.
...H. P. Lovecraft is arguably the most important horror writer of the twentieth century. Culled from his 1927 essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature," Lovecraft acknowledges those authors and stories that he feels are the very finest the horror field has to offer, including Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Ambrose Bierce, and Arthur Conan Doyle. This chilling
...It's midnight. Turn out the lights, cuddle with your true love, and shiver to fright-meisters Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, and H. P. Lovecraft.
Quicken your pulse with the elegant terror of Henry James, Edith Wharton, and Guy de Maupassant. Chortle at the black glee of H. H. Munro and Ambrose Bierce.
These fourteen tales, plays, and poems, gleaned from cultures around the world, range from wickedly comic to deathly serious,
...A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms
Science Fiction Stories of the Future from the Past
Narrated by Joseph Tabler
"The Automatic Maid of All Work" by M. L. Campbell originally published in The Canadian Magazine of Politics, Science, Art and Literature for July, 1893.
"Ely's Automatic Housemaid" by Elizabeth W. Bellamy originally published in The Black Cat, December, 1899.
"Mr. Meek—Musketeer"
...A collection of new and exclusive short stories inspired by the Baba Yaga, featuring Gwendolyn Kiste, Stephanie M. Wytovich, Mercedes M. Yardley, Monique Snyman, Donna Lynch, Lisa Quigley, and R. J. Joseph, with a foreword by Christina Henry.
Deep in the dark forest, in a cottage that spins on birds' legs behind a fence topped with human skulls, lives the baba yaga. A guardian of the water of life, she lives with her sisters and takes to
...Do you want to radically disrupt your mindset and think bigger? Do you feel it on your fingertips, just out of reach? Do you find yourself striving to break through the seams to success but just can't push through the box you live in?
The real you has an urge—and ability—to live in a much larger way. Transform your thoughts, your life, and your actions to achieve greatness ... one thought at a time. This powerful audio program
...2023 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award Winner for Best Classic Horror Fiction2023 Aurealis Award for Best Horror Short Story for Geneve Flynn's "They Call Me Mother"
Stories of famous monsters in a new horror anthology featuring Joe R. Lansdale, F. Paul Wilson, Jonathan Maberry, Ramsey Campbell, and many others
Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Bride of Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Moreau, the Headless Horseman, the
...The most spine-tingling suspense stories from the colonial era—including Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, and H. P. Lovecraft, and many more
This stunning anthology of classic colonial suspense fiction plunges deep into the native soil from which American horror literature first sprang. While European writers of the Gothic and bizarre evoked ruined castles and crumbling abbeys,
...19) Mississippi Noir
In Mississippi Noir, literary crime fiction master Tom Franklin has assembled a phenomenal short-story collection that highlights a mesmerizing and diverse set of styles and subject matter. Urban, suburban, and rural settings alike unveil new shades of darkness that fall upon Mississippi's past and present.
Mississippi Noir features brand-new stories by Ace Atkins, William Boyle, Megan Abbott, Jack Pendarvis, Dominiqua Dickey,
...War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
George Orwell once wrote of a world where abuse of power begins with an abuse of language and a bastardization of truth. Some of today's most exciting voices in speculative fiction explore the ramifications of those ideas in Ignorance Is Strength.
The Dystopia Triptych is a series of three anthologies of dystopian fiction. Ignorance Is Strength—before the dystopia—focuses
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