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Foundations of Fiction, The - Gothic Horror

Stories that helped shape one of literatures most acclaimed genres

by Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Washington Irving, Robert Louis Stevenson, Alexander Pushkin, Mary Shelley, Sheridan Le Fanu, George Eliot, M R James, E T A Hoffman0, E T A Hoffman1, Gertrude Atherton2, Perceval Landon3, Robert W Chambers4, W W Jacobs5, Ambrose Bierce6, Ernst Raupach7 ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley8, Eric Meyers9, Mark Rice-Oxley0 ...

Unabridged

16 hours 31 min

In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.Success ... Read more

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In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.Success
... Read more
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Stories To Make You Laugh

The best medicine…

by Ambrose Bierce, Anton Chekhov, Charles Dudley Warner, Edgar Alan Poe, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, J M Barrie, John Kendrick Bangs, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Nikolai Gogol, O Henry, Oscar Wilde, Ring Lardner, Saki, Stephen Leacock, William James Lampton ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Eric Meyers, Laurel Lefkow ...

Unabridged

8 hours 36 min

Pure laughter, whether our own or others, makes us all feel more comfortable with the world and situations we find ourselves in. Why something is funny is hard to say but we know that there are people who are funny and can say funny things. It’s an immediate advantage for them.In this volume your hosts including Mark Twain, Nikolai Gogol, J M Barrie, O Henry and many others who range from the ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Pure laughter, whether our own or others, makes us all feel more comfortable with the world and situations we find ourselves in. Why something is funny is hard to say but we know that there are people who are funny and can say funny things. It’s an immediate advantage for them.In this volume your hosts including Mark Twain, Nikolai Gogol, J M Barrie, O Henry and many others who range from the
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The Cambridge Companion to the Bible

by Howard Clark Kee, Eric M. Meyers, John Rogerson, Amy-Jill Levine, Anthony J. Saldarini ...

The Cambridge Companion to the Bible, 2nd edition provides in-depth data and analysis of the production and reception of the canonical writings of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament, and also of the apocryphal works produced by Jewish and Christian writers. Unique among single-volume introductions, this book focuses on the ever-changing social and cultural contexts in which the biblical authors ... Read more

$54.99 USD

The Cambridge Companion to the Bible, 2nd edition provides in-depth data and analysis of the production and reception of the canonical writings of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament, and also of the apocryphal works produced by Jewish and Christian writers. Unique among single-volume introductions, this book focuses on the ever-changing social and cultural contexts in which the biblical authors
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An Accidental Archaeologist

A Personal Memoir

by Eric M. Meyers ...

This personal and professional memoir recounts the author's formative years and the family influences that propelled him forward. The experience of anti-Semitism in grammar school and college played a major role. The centrality of music and family were especially influential. His partnership with Carol Meyers allowed him to have a successful career in academic archaeology and in teaching at Duke ... Read more

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This personal and professional memoir recounts the author's formative years and the family influences that propelled him forward. The experience of anti-Semitism in grammar school and college played a major role. The centrality of music and family were especially influential. His partnership with Carol Meyers allowed him to have a successful career in academic archaeology and in teaching at Duke
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Spirit of the Range, The

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by B M Bower ...

Narrated by Eric Meyers ...

Unabridged

38 min

Bertha Muzzy was born on 15th November 1871 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.At 18 she and her family moved to Great Falls, Montana where she began teaching at a nearby 12 pupil school. Although the experiences would prove valuable for characters in her later books after one term as a schoolteacher, Bower returned to her family's home.In December 1890, Bower shocked her family by eloping with ... Read more

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Bertha Muzzy was born on 15th November 1871 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.At 18 she and her family moved to Great Falls, Montana where she began teaching at a nearby 12 pupil school. Although the experiences would prove valuable for characters in her later books after one term as a schoolteacher, Bower returned to her family's home.In December 1890, Bower shocked her family by eloping with
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Foundations of Fiction, The - Sci-Fi

The stories that created one of the most popular genres of our time

by H G Wells, Jack London, E F Benson, Edward Page Mitchell, Fitz James O'Brien, Fred M White, H P Lovecraft, Jules Verne, Lewis Carroll, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert Duncan Milne, Robert W Chambers, Voltaire, Winifred Holtby ...

Narrated by Eric Meyers ...

Unabridged

20 hours 3 min

To know the future is perhaps the most fabled of wishes.In this volume we present a roll-call of classic authors including H P Lovecraft, H G Wells, Mary Shelley, Lewis Carroll, Jack London and many others who short story by short story establish much of what today is science fact. From space travel, the Internet, robots and cyborgs to voice control, organ transplants, mobile phones, these are ... Read more

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To know the future is perhaps the most fabled of wishes.In this volume we present a roll-call of classic authors including H P Lovecraft, H G Wells, Mary Shelley, Lewis Carroll, Jack London and many others who short story by short story establish much of what today is science fact. From space travel, the Internet, robots and cyborgs to voice control, organ transplants, mobile phones, these are
... Read more
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Mafia Murders

100 Kills that Changed the Mob

by M. A. Frasca ...

Narrated by Eric Meyers ...

Unabridged

6 hours 43 min

Revenge killings, gangland shootouts, brutal executions and drownings - there was no escape from the Mob's hitmen. Featuring historical photographs, Mafia Murders details the bloody ends of these infamous gangsters.Since the late 19th century, the Mafia has used intimidation and worse to exert its control over organized crime. Mafia Murders recalls the 100 most important executions by the Mob. In ... Read more

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Revenge killings, gangland shootouts, brutal executions and drownings - there was no escape from the Mob's hitmen. Featuring historical photographs, Mafia Murders details the bloody ends of these infamous gangsters.Since the late 19th century, the Mafia has used intimidation and worse to exert its control over organized crime. Mafia Murders recalls the 100 most important executions by the Mob. In
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Detective Stories – A Complete Edition

Over 40 hours of classic and pioneering detective stories

by Algernon Blackwood, A M Burrage, G K Chesterton, E M Delafield, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, John Galsworthy, William Hope Hodgson, Sheridan Le Fanu, H P Lovecraft, Baroness Orczy, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Edgar Wallace, Oscar Wilde ...

Narrated by Eric Meyers, Janet Fullerlove, Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

The Detective has been a mainstay of fiction writing ever since we can remember.Their deductive powers, their intuition and fleet-footed grasp of every detail can often turn the unlikeliest situation, or bunch of red herrings, into a breakthrough to capture even the most ingenious and dastardly of criminals.In this series our classic authors explore not only various themes, such as Occult ... Read more

$49.99 USD

The Detective has been a mainstay of fiction writing ever since we can remember.Their deductive powers, their intuition and fleet-footed grasp of every detail can often turn the unlikeliest situation, or bunch of red herrings, into a breakthrough to capture even the most ingenious and dastardly of criminals.In this series our classic authors explore not only various themes, such as Occult
... Read more
Alexander to Constantine: Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Volume III

by Eric M. Meyers, Mark A. Chancey ...

Drawing on the most recent, groundbreaking archaeological research, Eric M. Meyers and Mark A. Chancey re-narrate the history of ancient Palestine in this richly illustrated and expertly integrated book. Spanning from the conquest of Alexander the Great in the fourth century BCE until the reign of the Roman emperor Constantine in the fourth century CE, they synthesize archaeological evidence with ... Read more

$28.79 USD

Drawing on the most recent, groundbreaking archaeological research, Eric M. Meyers and Mark A. Chancey re-narrate the history of ancient Palestine in this richly illustrated and expertly integrated book. Spanning from the conquest of Alexander the Great in the fourth century BCE until the reign of the Roman emperor Constantine in the fourth century CE, they synthesize archaeological evidence with
... Read more
Alexander to Constantine: Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Volume III

by Eric M. Meyers, Mark A. Chancey ...

Drawing on the most recent, groundbreaking archaeological research, Eric M. Meyers and Mark A. Chancey re-narrate the history of ancient Palestine in this richly illustrated and expertly integrated book. Spanning from the conquest of Alexander the Great in the fourth century BCE until the reign of the Roman emperor Constantine in the fourth century CE, they synthesize archaeological evidence with ... Read more

$28.79 USD

Drawing on the most recent, groundbreaking archaeological research, Eric M. Meyers and Mark A. Chancey re-narrate the history of ancient Palestine in this richly illustrated and expertly integrated book. Spanning from the conquest of Alexander the Great in the fourth century BCE until the reign of the Roman emperor Constantine in the fourth century CE, they synthesize archaeological evidence with
... Read more
The Catholic Company Man

Collisions of Faith, Catechism, and Company Meetings

by Eric M. Meyer ...

The Catholic Company Man is a journey through faith and career. More than twenty years in the trenches with global pharmaceutical companies gave rise to this book. A cradle Catholic, Eric Meyer found a deepening curiosity for understanding the faith while navigating his family and job. The stories come from decades of interesting, sometimes humorous, corporate happenings. As he wrestled with ... Read more

$15.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Catholic Company Man is a journey through faith and career. More than twenty years in the trenches with global pharmaceutical companies gave rise to this book. A cradle Catholic, Eric Meyer found a deepening curiosity for understanding the faith while navigating his family and job. The stories come from decades of interesting, sometimes humorous, corporate happenings. As he wrestled with
... Read more
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Stories From The Shadows – Murder

Embrace the darkness

by Prosper Merimee, A M Burrage, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Barr, Mary E Penn, Arthur Conan Doyle, J Y Ackerman, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, W F Harvey, Arabella Kenealy, Robert Duncan Milne, William Hope Hodgson, Harold Begbie, Gustave Flaubert, Allen Upward, Fredric Brown ...

Narrated by Eric Meyers, Richard Mitchley, Mark Rice-Oxley ...

Unabridged

An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into ... Read more

$19.99 USD

An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into
... Read more

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