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Top 10 Short Stories, The - The English

The top ten Short Stories of all time written by English authors

by Charles Dickens, George Eliot, D H Lawrence, Elizabeth Gaskell, Joseph Conrad, Mary Shelley, Rudyard Kipling, Saki the pseudonym for H H Munro, Thomas Hardy, Virginia Woolf ...

Narrated by Ian Holm, Nigel Lambert, Richard Mitchley ...

Unabridged

7 hours 41 min

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will ... Read more

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Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will
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Battle of Blair Mountain, The: The History of America’s Largest Labor Uprising

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Jim D. Johnston ...

Unabridged

1 hour 25 min

As labor unions and movements began to form and coalesce in the 19th century, the tensions between workers and companies led to demonstrations, encounters, and even conflicts that descended into violence. Among those, none were larger than the colloquially known Battle of Blair Mountain, which pitted West Virginian miners against authorities in 1921. It represented the largest labor uprising in ... Read more

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As labor unions and movements began to form and coalesce in the 19th century, the tensions between workers and companies led to demonstrations, encounters, and even conflicts that descended into violence. Among those, none were larger than the colloquially known Battle of Blair Mountain, which pitted West Virginian miners against authorities in 1921. It represented the largest labor uprising in
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Medieval Maritime Warfare

by Charles D. Stanton ...

This sweeping history of maritime warfare through the Middle Ages ranges from the 8th century to the 14th, covering the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.After the fall of Rome, the sea becomes the center of conflict for Western Civilization. In a world of few roads and great disorder, it is where power is projected and wealth is sought. Yet, since this turbulent period in the history of maritime ... Read more

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This sweeping history of maritime warfare through the Middle Ages ranges from the 8th century to the 14th, covering the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.After the fall of Rome, the sea becomes the center of conflict for Western Civilization. In a world of few roads and great disorder, it is where power is projected and wealth is sought. Yet, since this turbulent period in the history of maritime
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Pen Drawing

"An Illustrated Treatise"

by Charles D. Maginnis ...

Illustrated by Charles D. Maginnis ...

Art, with its finite means, cannot hope to record the infinite variety and com-plexity of Nature, and so contents itself with a partial statement, addressing this to the imagination for the full and perfect meaning. This inadequation, and the artificial ad-justments which it involves, are tolerated by right of what is known as artistic convention; and as each art has its own particular limitations ... Read more

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Art, with its finite means, cannot hope to record the infinite variety and com-plexity of Nature, and so contents itself with a partial statement, addressing this to the imagination for the full and perfect meaning. This inadequation, and the artificial ad-justments which it involves, are tolerated by right of what is known as artistic convention; and as each art has its own particular limitations
... Read more
Matters of Life and Data

The Remarkable Journey of a Big Data Visionary Whose Work Impacted Millions (Including You)

by Charles D. Morgan ...

Thanks to Edward Snowden and the N.S.A., "Big Data" is a hot---and controversial---topic these days. In Charles D. Morgan's lively memoir, "Matters of Life and Data", he shows that data gathering itself is neither good nor bad---it's how it's used that matters. But Big Data isn't the whole story here---Morgan is also a champion race car driver, a jet pilot, and an all-around gadget-geek-turned ... Read more

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Thanks to Edward Snowden and the N.S.A., "Big Data" is a hot---and controversial---topic these days. In Charles D. Morgan's lively memoir, "Matters of Life and Data", he shows that data gathering itself is neither good nor bad---it's how it's used that matters. But Big Data isn't the whole story here---Morgan is also a champion race car driver, a jet pilot, and an all-around gadget-geek-turned
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Border Odyssey

Travels along the U.S./Mexico Divide

by Charles D. Thompson ...

This blend of travelogue and reportage from the US-Mexico border is "a n exploration of 2,000 miles of fraught, rugged and deeply contested territory" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).In a quest to capture a real-life, close-up view of the land where so many have been kicked, cussed, spit on, arrested, detained, trafficked, or killed—and the subject that has been debated for decades by ... Read more

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This blend of travelogue and reportage from the US-Mexico border is "a n exploration of 2,000 miles of fraught, rugged and deeply contested territory" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).In a quest to capture a real-life, close-up view of the land where so many have been kicked, cussed, spit on, arrested, detained, trafficked, or killed—and the subject that has been debated for decades by
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What Does a Black Hole Look Like?

by Charles D. Bailyn ...

Series series Princeton Frontiers in Physics
A sophisticated introduction to how astronomers identify, observe, and understand black holesEmitting no radiation or any other kind of information, black holes mark the edge of the universe—both physically and in our scientific understanding. Yet astronomers have found clear evidence for the existence of black holes, employing the same tools and techniques used to explore other celestial objects. ... Read more

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A sophisticated introduction to how astronomers identify, observe, and understand black holesEmitting no radiation or any other kind of information, black holes mark the edge of the universe—both physically and in our scientific understanding. Yet astronomers have found clear evidence for the existence of black holes, employing the same tools and techniques used to explore other celestial objects.
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Great American Investments

A History of the Bold Initiatives that Shaped a Nation

by Charles D. Ellis ...

Discover how America's boldest public investments transformed a nation and created opportunityIn Great American Investments, legendary investor Charles D. Ellis reveals the fascinating stories behind the decisions that shaped America. From the Louisiana Purchase that doubled the nation's size to Land Grant Colleges that democratized education, Ellis explores how bold investments in people, land, ... Read more

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Discover how America's boldest public investments transformed a nation and created opportunityIn Great American Investments, legendary investor Charles D. Ellis reveals the fascinating stories behind the decisions that shaped America. From the Louisiana Purchase that doubled the nation's size to Land Grant Colleges that democratized education, Ellis explores how bold investments in people, land,
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Building a State in Apache Land

Enriched edition. Forging a New Frontier in Apache Territory: Pioneers, Conflict, and Statehood in the American Southwest

by Charles D. Poston, Wren Sharp ...

In "Building a State in Apache Land," Charles D. Poston offers a comprehensive analysis of the socio-political dynamics that shaped Arizona during its formative years. Poston employs a blend of narrative history and personal anecdote, capturing the complexity of building a state amidst cultural intersections. His exploration extends beyond mere historical recounting; it delves into the tensions ... Read more

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In "Building a State in Apache Land," Charles D. Poston offers a comprehensive analysis of the socio-political dynamics that shaped Arizona during its formative years. Poston employs a blend of narrative history and personal anecdote, capturing the complexity of building a state amidst cultural intersections. His exploration extends beyond mere historical recounting; it delves into the tensions
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The Greatest British Classics Ever Written (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. A Journey Through British Literary Masterpieces: From Romantic Poetry to Gothic Horror and Fantasy

by Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Charlotte Brontë, William Shakespeare, John Milton, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Jane Austen, William Makepeace Thackeray0, P. B. Shelley1, Mary Shelley2, John Keats3, Emily Brontë4, Thomas Hardy5, Elizabeth von Arnim6, D. H. Lawrence7, Ann Ward Radcliffe8, Bram Stoker9, Arthur Conan Doyle0, Joseph Conrad1, Oscar Wilde2, Lewis Carroll3, Frances Hodgson Burnett4, George Grossmith5, Weedon Grossmith6, H. G. Wells7, Wilkie Collins8, G. K. Chesterton9, E. M. Forster0, T. S. Eliot1, James Joyce2, George Bernard Shaw3, W. B. Yeats4, Sir Walter Scott5, Robert Louis Stevenson6, Kenneth Grahame7, George MacDonald8, J. M. Barrie9, Bennett Alderwyn2 ...

The Greatest British Classics Ever Written gathers a sweeping panorama of the British and Anglo-Irish literary imagination, from Renaissance drama and Puritan epic to Gothic romance, social realism, fantasy, satire, detective fiction, and modernist experiment. Its range embraces tragic ambition, moral education, imperial unease, domestic comedy, supernatural terror, childhood wonder, and the ... Read more

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The Greatest British Classics Ever Written gathers a sweeping panorama of the British and Anglo-Irish literary imagination, from Renaissance drama and Puritan epic to Gothic romance, social realism, fantasy, satire, detective fiction, and modernist experiment. Its range embraces tragic ambition, moral education, imperial unease, domestic comedy, supernatural terror, childhood wonder, and the
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90 Masterpieces of World Literature (Vol.II)

Enriched edition. Novels, Poetry, Plays, Short Stories, Essays, Psychology & Philosophy

by Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henrik Ibsen, Leo Tolstoy, Ford Madox Ford, E. M. Forster, Honoré de Balzac, Kenneth Grahame, Rabindranath Tagore, George Weedon Grossmith0, F. Scott Fitzgerald1, Daniel Defoe2, Jules Verne3, Jonathan Swift4, James Fenimore Cooper5, George MacDonald6, J. M. Barrie7, Alexandre Dumas8, Homer9, Dante0, William Dean Howells1, Kakuzo Okakura2, Gustave Flaubert3, Victor Hugo4, Stendhal5, Walter Scott6, Anthony Trollope7, Emile Zola8, Theodor Storm9, Harriet Beecher Stowe0, Nathaniel Hawthorne1, Henry Fielding2, Jerome K. Jerome3, Laurence Sterne4, Thomas Hardy5, Willa Cather6, Edith Wharton7, Kate Chopin8, Sinclair Lewis9, W. Somerset Maugham0, Henry James1, Ivan Turgenev2, Nikolai Gogol3, Virginia Woolf4, Pedro Calderon de la Barca5, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe6, Friedrich Nietzsche7, Benjamin Franklin8, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee9, Kalidasa0, Válmíki1, Edgar Allan Poe2, Wilkie Collins3, Ann Ward Radcliffe4, Bram Stoker5, Gaston Leroux6, H. G. Wells7, Joseph Conrad8, Lewis Wallace9, Washington Irving0, Machiavelli1, Fyodor Dostoyevsky2, Confucius3, Laozi4, John Milton5, P. B. Shelley6, W. B. Yeats7, Charlotte Perkins Gilman8, D.H. Lawrence9, George Bernard Shaw0, Elizabeth von Arnim1, Cao Xueqin2, G. K. Chesterton3, John Buchan4, Edgar Wallace5, Nikolai Leskov6, Kurt Vonnegut7, William Walker Atkinson8, Émile Coué9, Grayson Doyle2 ...

In '90 Masterpieces of World Literature (Vol.II)', the reader encounters an expansive tableau of human thought and emotion, as painted by some of the greatest writers from diverse eras and geographies. This anthology embraces a wide array of literary styles—from the tight-knit social narratives of Jane Austen to the expansive philosophical musings of Nietzsche, and from the stark realism of Emile ... Read more

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In '90 Masterpieces of World Literature (Vol.II)', the reader encounters an expansive tableau of human thought and emotion, as painted by some of the greatest writers from diverse eras and geographies. This anthology embraces a wide array of literary styles—from the tight-knit social narratives of Jane Austen to the expansive philosophical musings of Nietzsche, and from the stark realism of Emile
... Read more
Rethinking Investing

A Very Short Guide to Very Long-Term Investing

by Charles D. Ellis ...

Sophisticated, simple “Bible” for long-term investors, especially those in or approaching retirementIn just 10 short, accessible, and inviting chapters, Rethinking Investing: A Very Short Book on Very Long-Term Investing presents straightforward steps that ordinary people can take to better invest their money. This book dispels myths about the value of investment managers, highlights emotional ... Read more

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Sophisticated, simple “Bible” for long-term investors, especially those in or approaching retirementIn just 10 short, accessible, and inviting chapters, Rethinking Investing: A Very Short Book on Very Long-Term Investing presents straightforward steps that ordinary people can take to better invest their money. This book dispels myths about the value of investment managers, highlights emotional
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