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The Last Man in Europe

A Novel

by Dennis Glover ...

This "riveting novel about Orwell's last days" takes readers inside the renowned author's mind as he creates his final dystopian masterpiece ( New Statesman).April, 1947. In a run-down farmhouse on a remote Scottish island, George Orwell begins his last and greatest work, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Forty-three years old and suffering from the tuberculosis that within three winters will take his life, ... Read more

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This "riveting novel about Orwell's last days" takes readers inside the renowned author's mind as he creates his final dystopian masterpiece ( New Statesman).April, 1947. In a run-down farmhouse on a remote Scottish island, George Orwell begins his last and greatest work, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Forty-three years old and suffering from the tuberculosis that within three winters will take his life,
... Read more

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Thaw

by Dennis Glover ...

Some secrets won't stay buried.Scott's lost expedition was still here, she thought -- frozen, preserved, waiting to be rescued from the thaw. The truth lay beneath the surface, and she was going to bring it up.In 1912, five British explorers struggle across the Antarctic landscape, through howling winds and plummeting temperatures, seeking the safety of their camp.Today, as the world's ice sheets ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Some secrets won't stay buried.Scott's lost expedition was still here, she thought -- frozen, preserved, waiting to be rescued from the thaw. The truth lay beneath the surface, and she was going to bring it up.In 1912, five British explorers struggle across the Antarctic landscape, through howling winds and plummeting temperatures, seeking the safety of their camp.Today, as the world's ice sheets
... Read more
Factory 19

by Dennis Glover ...

We’re told that the future will be brighter. But what if human happiness really lies in the past?Hobart, 2022: a city with a declining population, in the grip of a dark recession. A rusty ship sails into the harbour and begins to unload its cargo on the site of the once famous but now abandoned Gallery of Future Art, known to the world as GoFA.One day the city’s residents are awoken by a high ... Read more

$9.99 USD

We’re told that the future will be brighter. But what if human happiness really lies in the past?Hobart, 2022: a city with a declining population, in the grip of a dark recession. A rusty ship sails into the harbour and begins to unload its cargo on the site of the once famous but now abandoned Gallery of Future Art, known to the world as GoFA.One day the city’s residents are awoken by a high
... Read more
Repeat

A Warning from History

by Dennis Glover ...

Are we seeing history repeat itself?An urgent, surprising and altogether persuasive read, Repeat: A Warning from History will open your eyes.We live in an age that seems eerily familiar. A time of dictators, populists, organised lying, European wars, grabs for territory, ideological extremism and antisemitism. A time when things are falling apart and the centre is struggling to hold. The ... Read more

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Are we seeing history repeat itself?An urgent, surprising and altogether persuasive read, Repeat: A Warning from History will open your eyes.We live in an age that seems eerily familiar. A time of dictators, populists, organised lying, European wars, grabs for territory, ideological extremism and antisemitism. A time when things are falling apart and the centre is struggling to hold. The
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An Economy Is Not A Society

Winners and Losers in the New Australia

by Dennis Glover ...

Series Book 7 - Redback
In modern Australia, productivity is all that matters, our leaders tell us. Economic growth above all else. But is this really what we, the people, want? Does it make our lives and our communities better?If the high priests of economics want the credit for Australia's economic growth over the last three decades, they must also wear the blame for the social destruction that has accompanied it – the ... Read more

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In modern Australia, productivity is all that matters, our leaders tell us. Economic growth above all else. But is this really what we, the people, want? Does it make our lives and our communities better?If the high priests of economics want the credit for Australia's economic growth over the last three decades, they must also wear the blame for the social destruction that has accompanied it – the
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The Art of Great Speeches

And Why We Remember Them

by Dennis Glover ...

What makes a great speech 'great'? The Art of Great Speeches uses insights from classical thinkers to reveal how great orators such as Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, the Kennedys, Al Gore and Hitler have persuaded their audiences so convincingly. Featuring excerpts of 70 of the world's greatest speeches in history and drama, this fascinating book breaks down the key elements of classical and ... Read more

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What makes a great speech 'great'? The Art of Great Speeches uses insights from classical thinkers to reveal how great orators such as Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, the Kennedys, Al Gore and Hitler have persuaded their audiences so convincingly. Featuring excerpts of 70 of the world's greatest speeches in history and drama, this fascinating book breaks down the key elements of classical and
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Factory 19

A Novel

by Dennis Glover ...

Narrated by David Linski ...

Unabridged

10 hours 17 min

We’re told that the future will be brighter. But what if human happiness really lies in the past?Hobart, 2022: a city with a declining population, in the grip of a dark recession. A rusty ship sails into the harbor and begins to unload its cargo on the site of the once famous but now abandoned Gallery of Future Art, known to the world as GoFA.One day the city’s residents are awoken by a high ... Read more

$19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

We’re told that the future will be brighter. But what if human happiness really lies in the past?Hobart, 2022: a city with a declining population, in the grip of a dark recession. A rusty ship sails into the harbor and begins to unload its cargo on the site of the once famous but now abandoned Gallery of Future Art, known to the world as GoFA.One day the city’s residents are awoken by a high
... Read more
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The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson

by Mark Twain, Alcazar AudioWorks, David Thorn, David Thorn, Susan McCarthy, Jim Johanson, Melissa Leventon, Kevin Kennedy, Stuart Bennett, Dennis Glover0, Linda Montgomery1, Bobbie Frohman2, Tim King3, Bob Wilk4, Lee Frohman5 ...

Narrated by various narrators ...

Unabridged

5 hours 53 min

David Wilson has earned the unfortunate nickname "Pudd'nhead" from his fellow townspeople, who fail to understand his combination of wisdom and eccentricity. However, he is eventually able to redeem himself by simultaneously solving a murder mystery and a case of transposed identities.Two children, a white boy and a mulatto, are born on the same day. Roxy, mother of the mulatto and a slave, is ... Read more

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David Wilson has earned the unfortunate nickname "Pudd'nhead" from his fellow townspeople, who fail to understand his combination of wisdom and eccentricity. However, he is eventually able to redeem himself by simultaneously solving a murder mystery and a case of transposed identities.Two children, a white boy and a mulatto, are born on the same day. Roxy, mother of the mulatto and a slave, is
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The Light That Failed

by Rudyard Kipling, David Thorn, Alcazar AudioWorks1 ...

Narrated by David Thorn, Stuart Bennett, Kevin Kennedy, Marilyn Rose, Susan McCarthy, Dennis Glover, Bobbie Frohman, Al Bedrosian, Lou Spiegel0, various narrators2 ...

Unabridged

8 hours 37 min

Dick Heldar is a war correspondent and an artist, well known for the drawings he sends home to the London papers from wars in exotic places like Sudan. When he returns to London, he attempts to make a career for himself as a serious artist and reencounters his childhood sweetheart, Maisie. Then he learns that a minor problem with his eyes is actually the onset of an incurable blindness, the result ... Read more

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Dick Heldar is a war correspondent and an artist, well known for the drawings he sends home to the London papers from wars in exotic places like Sudan. When he returns to London, he attempts to make a career for himself as a serious artist and reencounters his childhood sweetheart, Maisie. Then he learns that a minor problem with his eyes is actually the onset of an incurable blindness, the result
... Read more

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Repeat

A Warning from History

by Dennis Glover ...

Narrated by David Cowell ...

Unabridged

3 hours 43 min

Are we about to see history repeat? 'Do you ever stop and ask, ''Is it all going to happen again?"' – Siegfried Sassoon We live in an age that seems eerily familiar. A time of dictators, populists, organised lying, European wars, grabs for territory, ideological extremism and even antisemitism, a time when things are falling apart and the centre is struggling to hold. It has all happened before, ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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Are we about to see history repeat? 'Do you ever stop and ask, ''Is it all going to happen again?"' – Siegfried Sassoon We live in an age that seems eerily familiar. A time of dictators, populists, organised lying, European wars, grabs for territory, ideological extremism and even antisemitism, a time when things are falling apart and the centre is struggling to hold. It has all happened before,
... Read more

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Last Man in Europe, The

A Novel

by Dennis Glover ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Unabridged

7 hours 7 min

“There are just a few writers whose work is so distinctive, definitive, and important their very name describes a whole world, like ‘Orwellian.’ Dennis Glover has written a novel that captures George Orwell as he began to write the book he saw as the culmination of all he’d learned in a bloody century about tyranny, fear, valor, and love.” ―Scott Simon, NPR, “Weekend Edition”April, 1947. In a run ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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“There are just a few writers whose work is so distinctive, definitive, and important their very name describes a whole world, like ‘Orwellian.’ Dennis Glover has written a novel that captures George Orwell as he began to write the book he saw as the culmination of all he’d learned in a bloody century about tyranny, fear, valor, and love.” ―Scott Simon, NPR, “Weekend Edition”April, 1947. In a run
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The Professor's House

by Willa Cather ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

6 hours 9 min

A lyrical and bittersweet novel of a middle-aged man losing control of his life that's a brilliant study in emotional dislocation and renewal—from one of the most highly acclaimed authors of the twentieth century.Professor Godfrey St. Peter is a man in his fifties who has devoted his life to his work, his wife, his garden, and his daughters, and achieved success with all of them. But when St. ... Read more

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A lyrical and bittersweet novel of a middle-aged man losing control of his life that's a brilliant study in emotional dislocation and renewal—from one of the most highly acclaimed authors of the twentieth century.Professor Godfrey St. Peter is a man in his fifties who has devoted his life to his work, his wife, his garden, and his daughters, and achieved success with all of them. But when St.
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