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Bedtime Stories for Stressed Out Adults

The soothing collection of childhood classics designed to calm restless minds before bed

by Various ...

Narrated by Joan Walker, Jonathan Keeble ...

Unabridged

7 hours 6 min

The dreamiest listen for anyone struggling with sleep: over 100,000 copies sold.'Great for settling the mind before bed' - 5* LISTENER REVIEWSail away in a wooden shoe on a river of crystal light; lose yourself in memories of a first love sparked by a dragonfly on a July day; and drift off on the lush grass of a giant's garden, filled with the sweet sound of birdsong and the fresh scent of blossom ... Read more

$24.99 USD

The dreamiest listen for anyone struggling with sleep: over 100,000 copies sold.'Great for settling the mind before bed' - 5* LISTENER REVIEWSail away in a wooden shoe on a river of crystal light; lose yourself in memories of a first love sparked by a dragonfly on a July day; and drift off on the lush grass of a giant's garden, filled with the sweet sound of birdsong and the fresh scent of blossom
... Read more
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Poetry Please

by Various Poets ...

Narrated by Adjoa Andoh, Anton Lesser ...

Unabridged

2 hours 10 min

BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please is the longest-running broadcast of verse anywhere in the world. First aired in 1979, the programme, a request show which broadcasts to two million listeners a week, has become a unique record of best-loved poems over the decades since its inception.The BBC has looked back through its rich archive of recordings to produce a poll of the most asked for and most broadcast ... Read more

$24.99 USD

BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please is the longest-running broadcast of verse anywhere in the world. First aired in 1979, the programme, a request show which broadcasts to two million listeners a week, has become a unique record of best-loved poems over the decades since its inception.The BBC has looked back through its rich archive of recordings to produce a poll of the most asked for and most broadcast
... Read more
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Imagists, The

A poetry collection of the hugely influential early-20th-century Anglo-American poetry movement.

by Amy Lowell, Hilda Doolittle, Ezra Pound ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 14 min

In the early 1900s a new movement in poetry began. With the new century came new thinking, a reaction to both romanticism and the more formal, structured poetry of the Victorian era. Here was poetry designed to be simple, clear and precise, rather than be adorned and encrusted with more from the lexicon than what was actually needed.The original ideas sprang from T. E Hulme and from these Ezra ... Read more

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In the early 1900s a new movement in poetry began. With the new century came new thinking, a reaction to both romanticism and the more formal, structured poetry of the Victorian era. Here was poetry designed to be simple, clear and precise, rather than be adorned and encrusted with more from the lexicon than what was actually needed.The original ideas sprang from T. E Hulme and from these Ezra
... Read more
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Joys Of One North Or Somewhere

a set of poems emitting wabi sabi

by Richard Murray ...

Narrated by Richard Murray, Richard Murray ...

Series Audiobook 23 - Richard Murray Tip Jar Audios
Unabridged

1 min

A poetry set in the Richard Murray Tip Jar Audios collection. They refer to Wabi Sabi, a life perspective from Nippon aka Japan that is based on a number of ideas or concepts. The poetry is specifically based on the idea of embracing the imperfect, not merely accepting the imperfect. The seven poems are not completely synchronous or stylistically the same. Six can form a cycle. One can not. Nor ... Read more

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A poetry set in the Richard Murray Tip Jar Audios collection. They refer to Wabi Sabi, a life perspective from Nippon aka Japan that is based on a number of ideas or concepts. The poetry is specifically based on the idea of embracing the imperfect, not merely accepting the imperfect. The seven poems are not completely synchronous or stylistically the same. Six can form a cycle. One can not. Nor
... Read more
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Born in England – Exploring English Poetry - The East

A celebration of English poems

by William Cowper, Thomas Nashe, Robert Southwell, Thomas Shadwell, Nicholas Breton, William Whitehead, Arthur Graeme West, Sarah Fuller Adams, Amelia Opie, Sir John Suckling ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, Tim Graham ...

Unabridged

1 hour 4 min

Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to ... Read more

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Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to
... Read more
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The World's Best Poetry, Volume 5 (Unabridged)

by et al. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ...

Narrated by Micheal Duarte, Vanessa Nicholson, Steven Caldwell ...

Unabridged

6 hours 9 min

Prepare to embark on a literary odyssey with "The World's Best Poetry, Volume 5 (Unabridged)." This exquisite anthology, curated by the esteemed Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, presents a symphony of poetic masterpieces from across the ages. From the ethereal sonnets of Shakespeare to the poignant verses of Emily Dickinson, this volume offers a timeless collection that will ignite your imagination and ... Read more

$5.99 USD

Prepare to embark on a literary odyssey with "The World's Best Poetry, Volume 5 (Unabridged)." This exquisite anthology, curated by the esteemed Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, presents a symphony of poetic masterpieces from across the ages. From the ethereal sonnets of Shakespeare to the poignant verses of Emily Dickinson, this volume offers a timeless collection that will ignite your imagination and
... Read more
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Fifty Shades of Summer

50 of the best poems about summer

by Sara Teasdale, Rudyard Kipling, Kahlil Gibran, Henry David Thoreau, Wilfred Owen, Alfred Lord Tennyson, William Shakespeare, John Clare, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Vachel Lindsay ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, James Taylor, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 13 min

Nature loosens her limbs, increases her ambition. Summer’s work is intense with colour, she paints with a brighter light. The hours of night diminish, quickly shrink. She has no need for rest but a yearning to work. Vibrant swathes of shooting, pulsing colour almost overwhelm. Her tempo is beyond our awed imagination.Inspired, the air, the sea, the parching earth bring elemental strength. Summer ... Read more

$11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Nature loosens her limbs, increases her ambition. Summer’s work is intense with colour, she paints with a brighter light. The hours of night diminish, quickly shrink. She has no need for rest but a yearning to work. Vibrant swathes of shooting, pulsing colour almost overwhelm. Her tempo is beyond our awed imagination.Inspired, the air, the sea, the parching earth bring elemental strength. Summer
... Read more
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The Treasury of Romantic Poetry

by William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Blake, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats ...

Narrated by Richard Burton, William Squire, Margaretta Scott, Peter Orr, Peggy Ashcroft, full cast ...

Series series Argo Classics
Unabridged

2 hours 41 min

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.A collection of the greatest poetry from the Romantic period, read by some of the 20th century’s ... Read more

$16.99 USD

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.A collection of the greatest poetry from the Romantic period, read by some of the 20th century’s
... Read more
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Comic and Curious Verse

by A.E. Housman, Benjamin Franklin King, J.K. Stephen, A.C. Swinburne, Lewis Carroll, Thomas Hardy, W.S. Gilbert, Edward Lear, William McGonagall, A.H. Clough, Lord Byron, Walter Raleigh ...

Narrated by Sir John Gielgud, Imogen Stubbs, Tim Pigott-Smith, Wendy Hillier ...

Series series Argo Classics
Unabridged

1 hour 52 min

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.A collection of the funny, curious verse written during the 19th and 20th centuries, read by some of ... Read more

$14.99 USD

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.A collection of the funny, curious verse written during the 19th and 20th centuries, read by some of
... Read more
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Верш на Свабоду

by Радыё Свабода ...

Narrated by Валянціна Аксак ...

Unabridged

2 hours 35 min

Анталёгія арыгінальнай паэзіі, якая гучала на хвалях «Свабоды» штодня ўвесь 2001 год. Уступнае слова: Аляксандар Лукашук. Тэкст чытае Валянціна Аксак, 2022г. Вершы розных аўтараў. (Аўтары — нобэлеўскія ляўрэаты і паэты-выгнаньнікі, самаму маладому — 10 гадоў, найстарэйшаму — 92).Кнігу ў pdf можна чытаць тут: http://docs.rferl.org/be-BY/2010/03/22/versh_na_svabodu.pdf ... Read more

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Анталёгія арыгінальнай паэзіі, якая гучала на хвалях «Свабоды» штодня ўвесь 2001 год. Уступнае слова: Аляксандар Лукашук. Тэкст чытае Валянціна Аксак, 2022г. Вершы розных аўтараў. (Аўтары — нобэлеўскія ляўрэаты і паэты-выгнаньнікі, самаму маладому — 10 гадоў, найстарэйшаму — 92).Кнігу ў pdf можна чытаць тут: http://docs.rferl.org/be-BY/2010/03/22/versh_na_svabodu.pdf
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Fireside Poets, The

A collection of poems from Americas most influential poetic movement

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Gideon Wagner, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 23 min

This group of 19th Century American poets was the first to rival their British counterparts in popularity.Gathered around their New England roots they were also known as the Schoolroom or Household poets, and comprised of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell and Olivier Wendell Holmes Senior. Occasionally Ralph Waldo Emerson was included ... Read more

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This group of 19th Century American poets was the first to rival their British counterparts in popularity.Gathered around their New England roots they were also known as the Schoolroom or Household poets, and comprised of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell and Olivier Wendell Holmes Senior. Occasionally Ralph Waldo Emerson was included
... Read more
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Poem A Day: Autumn - A Season in Verse, A

Poems to make your day

by Robert Louis Stevenson, Jalaluddin Rumi, Percy Bysshe Shelley ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Gideon Wagner, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

2 hours 11 min

A time for harvest. The rich bounty of grain and fruit given by Nature ensures she has prepared everyone for the coming rigors. One last splash of rich, mature colour as everything ripens; colours of glory and then the slow release of her yearly mantle.Here, each and every day is celebrated with distinct and separate verse; Some poems commemorate the day it was written, others the birth or death ... Read more

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A time for harvest. The rich bounty of grain and fruit given by Nature ensures she has prepared everyone for the coming rigors. One last splash of rich, mature colour as everything ripens; colours of glory and then the slow release of her yearly mantle.Here, each and every day is celebrated with distinct and separate verse; Some poems commemorate the day it was written, others the birth or death
... Read more
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Michael Ende - Der Geschichtenerzähler

Hörbuchedition. Gedichte, Erzählungen, Essays, Originaltöne

by Michael Ende ...

Narrated by Michael Ende, Various Artists ...

Unabridged

11 hours 11 min

Die Michael-Ende-Hörbuchedition versammelt neben einem bisher unvertonten Kapitel der Unendlichen Geschichte Erzählungen, Essays, Gedichte und Gedankensplitter. Ausdrucksstarke Stimmen führen durch Michael Endes vielschichtiges Werk. In bisher unveröffentlichten Originaltönen ist der passionierte Erzähler Michael Ende selbst zu hören. Diese vielstimmige Sammlung lädt zum Eintauchen in den ganzen ... Read more

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Die Michael-Ende-Hörbuchedition versammelt neben einem bisher unvertonten Kapitel der Unendlichen Geschichte Erzählungen, Essays, Gedichte und Gedankensplitter. Ausdrucksstarke Stimmen führen durch Michael Endes vielschichtiges Werk. In bisher unveröffentlichten Originaltönen ist der passionierte Erzähler Michael Ende selbst zu hören. Diese vielstimmige Sammlung lädt zum Eintauchen in den ganzen
... Read more
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The Journey Of Viktor, in three steps

from Bulgaria to France in a mage's life

by Richard Murray ...

Narrated by Richard Murray, Richard Murray ...

Series Audiobook 12 - Richard Murray Tip Jar Audios
Unabridged

1 min

A poem from Richard Murray's Tip Jar, a mage's life inspired from poetry from Bulgarian poets: Hristo Botev , Dimcho Debelyanov , Nikola Vaptsarov ... Read more

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A poem from Richard Murray's Tip Jar, a mage's life inspired from poetry from Bulgarian poets: Hristo Botev , Dimcho Debelyanov , Nikola Vaptsarov
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Abbey Poets

by Geoffrey Chaucer, Robert Browning, William Congrieve ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley ...

Unabridged

1 hour 27 min

Westminster Abbey has seen much during its long, rich history. The coronations of Kings and Queens, the burials of Prime ministers. However it is also a church that remembers the men and women of the arts. Dedicated writers and poets who spoke so eloquently that the Nation wished to bid farewell on a stage grand enough to match their talents. Their talents and works are worth remembering and here, ... Read more

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Westminster Abbey has seen much during its long, rich history. The coronations of Kings and Queens, the burials of Prime ministers. However it is also a church that remembers the men and women of the arts. Dedicated writers and poets who spoke so eloquently that the Nation wished to bid farewell on a stage grand enough to match their talents. Their talents and works are worth remembering and here,
... Read more
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Forbidden Love - The Lesbian Poets - Volume 1

by Sappho, Emily Dickenson, Katherine Mansfield ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, David Shaw Parker ...

Unabridged

1 hour 27 min

In the last few decades secular society has become more tolerant of homosexuality. Now, in the West, we live in a time when to be gay is a matter of fact rather than a despised and criminal act. We celebrate sexual diversity but for much of the centuries past, religious interpretations and society's dogma have placed this 'forbidden love' into hell on earth; unable to be fully expressed or ... Read more

$6.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In the last few decades secular society has become more tolerant of homosexuality. Now, in the West, we live in a time when to be gay is a matter of fact rather than a despised and criminal act. We celebrate sexual diversity but for much of the centuries past, religious interpretations and society's dogma have placed this 'forbidden love' into hell on earth; unable to be fully expressed or
... Read more
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Poets of the 19th Century, The - Volume 1

History revealed in verse

by Charlotte Bronte, Robert Browning, Lord Byron ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Eve Karpf, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

3 hours 3 min

This is a Century for the history books. The Chinese curse of living in interesting times could not be more suited.A small island continued its expansion across the globe bringing both good and evil in its march. Empires clashed. Revolution shook many. The Industrial Age was upon us.Poets spoke up against slavery bringing social and political pressure upon an abominable horror. It was also the Age ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This is a Century for the history books. The Chinese curse of living in interesting times could not be more suited.A small island continued its expansion across the globe bringing both good and evil in its march. Empires clashed. Revolution shook many. The Industrial Age was upon us.Poets spoke up against slavery bringing social and political pressure upon an abominable horror. It was also the Age
... Read more
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Selected and Last Poems

1931-2004

by Czeslaw Milosz ...

Narrated by Arthur Morey, Cassandra Campbell ...

Unabridged

8 hours 9 min

The perfect introduction to the poetry of Czeslaw Milosz, “one of the greatest poets of our time, perhaps the greatest” (Joseph Brodsky)Widely regarded as one of the greatest poets of our time, Czeslaw Milosz is a master of probing inquiry and graceful expression. Unflinching, outspoken, and unsentimental, Milosz digs among the rubble of the past, choosing from the bad as well as the good, forging ... Read more

$25.99 USD

The perfect introduction to the poetry of Czeslaw Milosz, “one of the greatest poets of our time, perhaps the greatest” (Joseph Brodsky)Widely regarded as one of the greatest poets of our time, Czeslaw Milosz is a master of probing inquiry and graceful expression. Unflinching, outspoken, and unsentimental, Milosz digs among the rubble of the past, choosing from the bad as well as the good, forging
... Read more
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The Language of Life

A Festival of Poets

by Bill Moyers ...

Narrated by Bill Moyers ...

Unabridged

7 hours 6 min

"Poets live the lives all of us live," says Bill Moyers, "with one big difference. They have the power--the power of the word--to create a world of thoughts and emotions other can share. We only have to learn to listen."In a series of fascinating conversations with thirty-four American poets, The Language Of Life celebrates language in its "most exalted, wrenching, delighted, and concentrated form ... Read more

$17.95 USD

"Poets live the lives all of us live," says Bill Moyers, "with one big difference. They have the power--the power of the word--to create a world of thoughts and emotions other can share. We only have to learn to listen."In a series of fascinating conversations with thirty-four American poets, The Language Of Life celebrates language in its "most exalted, wrenching, delighted, and concentrated form
... Read more
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The Classic Fifty Poems

by Various ...

Narrated by Ensemble Cast ...

Abridged

2 hours 59 min

Imagine if Billboard compiled a list of the top 100 poems, chosen not by critics or professors but by the people themselves. That's the concept behind The Classic Fifty Poems, and it works brilliantly. ... Read more

$13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Imagine if Billboard compiled a list of the top 100 poems, chosen not by critics or professors but by the people themselves. That's the concept behind The Classic Fifty Poems, and it works brilliantly.
... Read more
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Top 10 Poets, The - The 20th Century - The Women

Five poems each from some of the best female poets born in the 20th Century

by Edna St Vincent Millay ...

Narrated by Laurel Lefkow ...

Unabridged

1 hour 7 min

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be
... Read more
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Night Feeds and Morning Songs

Honest, fierce and beautiful poems about motherhood

by Ana Sampson ...

Narrated by Aysha Kala, Imogen Wilde, Nicole Davis ...

Unabridged

3 hours 10 min

The perfect gift for expectant mothers and new mums, whether it's her first baby or her fifth.'I read every single poem and wished that I'd had this book when I was pregnant, and feeding a baby, and watching her grow.' Sophie Heawood, author of The Hungover GamesA collection of honest, fierce and beautiful poems about being a mother, from pregnancy and birth to growing up and leaving home. Curated ... Read more

$12.99 USD

The perfect gift for expectant mothers and new mums, whether it's her first baby or her fifth.'I read every single poem and wished that I'd had this book when I was pregnant, and feeding a baby, and watching her grow.' Sophie Heawood, author of The Hungover GamesA collection of honest, fierce and beautiful poems about being a mother, from pregnancy and birth to growing up and leaving home. Curated
... Read more
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Space and Time Magazine Issue #135

Issue 135

by Angela Yuriko Smith, Elsa M Carruthers, Linda D Addison, Alessandro Manzetti, Avra Margariti, Briant Laslo, Daniel M Kimmel, David C Kopaska-Merkel0, Denise Dumars1, Denny E Marshall2, Eric Del Carlo3, F G Bergman4, G O Clark5, Glen Hirshberg6, Jennifer Shelby7, John Reinhart8, Luiz Peters9, Maxwell I Gold0, Moaner T Lawrence1, Sara Tantlinger2, Sarah Avery3, Tina Quinn Durham4, William Landis5 ...

Narrated by Angela Yuriko Smith, Ryan Aussie Smith, Linda D Addison ...

Series Audiobook 135 - Space and Time Magazine
Abridged

4 hours 5 min

The final issue of the year comes when the nights in the Northern Hemisphere are at their longest and coldest. It’s at this time that fiction is needed the most. Against the backdrop of darkness, we gather close and whisper tales to entertain and inspire—and to remind ourselves that dawn will return.Welcome to issue #135. In these pages are the continuation of Flashlight, Knife and Flowered Crown. ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The final issue of the year comes when the nights in the Northern Hemisphere are at their longest and coldest. It’s at this time that fiction is needed the most. Against the backdrop of darkness, we gather close and whisper tales to entertain and inspire—and to remind ourselves that dawn will return.Welcome to issue #135. In these pages are the continuation of Flashlight, Knife and Flowered Crown.
... Read more
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Athenaeum Souvenir (Unabridged)

Narrated by Kenneth Lofaro ...

Unabridged

1 hour 28 min

The Manchester Athenaeum was founded in 1837 as a society for the "advancement and diffusion of knowledge". This short collection of poems was published to raise money for the society's annual bazaar. The collection included contributions from 'marquee' poets of the time, including Charles Swain and Agnes Strickland, and Thomas Hood provided an entertaining preface on poetry as food for the mind. ... Read more

$4.99 USD

The Manchester Athenaeum was founded in 1837 as a society for the "advancement and diffusion of knowledge". This short collection of poems was published to raise money for the society's annual bazaar. The collection included contributions from 'marquee' poets of the time, including Charles Swain and Agnes Strickland, and Thomas Hood provided an entertaining preface on poetry as food for the mind.
... Read more

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