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3 Stories About Inventions Causing robberies

by Herbert C Ridout, Ambrose Bierce, J B Harris-Burland ...

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says ... Read more

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There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says
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Forgotten Authors, The - Volume 9

Rina Ramsay to James Stephens

by Rina Ramsay, William Pett Ridge, Herbert C Ridout, Tod Robbins, Morley Roberts, Gertrude Minnie Robins, Sax Rohmer, Benjamin Rosenblatt, George Sand, Bruno Schulz, Matilde Serao, Ömer Seyfettin, Evelyn Sharp, Oswald Sickert, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Hristo Smirenski, Lady Eleanor Smith ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Stephen Hogan ...

Unabridged

14 hours 36 min

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Read more

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Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.
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Classic Sci-Fi Stories NOT by Isaac Asimov

The name that first comes to mind isn't always the best

by H G Wells, Jack London, Jack London, Rudyard Kipling, H P Lovecraft, H P Lovecraft, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Jules Verne, Edward Page Mitchell, Mary Shelley0, Voltaire1, Owen Oliver2, Owen Oliver3, L T Meade4, Robert Duncan Milne5, Washington Irving6, Robert Barr7, Valery Bryusov8, Fred M White9, Herbert C Ridout0, Fitz James O'Brien1 ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley2, Christopher Ragland3, Robert Maskell4 ...

Unabridged

20 hours 1 min

In this series we listen to short stories that are NOT by perhaps the most well-known author of this type. But the many other rich talents in the volume may have treated the subject matter a little differently, or were perhaps just overlooked in the stampede to applaud the winner, but these authors are of equal merit.Each of their works is laden with talent, has purpose, and is rich and textured ... Read more

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In this series we listen to short stories that are NOT by perhaps the most well-known author of this type. But the many other rich talents in the volume may have treated the subject matter a little differently, or were perhaps just overlooked in the stampede to applaud the winner, but these authors are of equal merit.Each of their works is laden with talent, has purpose, and is rich and textured
... Read more
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Catastrophe - A Short Story Collection

Stories about the end of the world

by Jack London, Herbert C Ridout, C J Cutcliffe Hyne, Robert Duncan Milne, Robert Duncan Milne, Owen Oliver, Fred M White, Simon Newcomb, Robert Barr ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Christopher Ragland0, Mark Rice-Oxley1 ...

Unabridged

5 hours 55 min

‘The End of the World is Nigh’ has been seen, heard and quoted ad infinitum all of our lives. In the comfort zone of our own arrogance and the resources that we humans have at our disposal it seems we are both inviolable and invincible. All is safe. We are in control.But Nature has a way of sending earthquakes, eruptions, fires and flood, and much else besides, at the most inopportune times and, ... Read more

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‘The End of the World is Nigh’ has been seen, heard and quoted ad infinitum all of our lives. In the comfort zone of our own arrogance and the resources that we humans have at our disposal it seems we are both inviolable and invincible. All is safe. We are in control.But Nature has a way of sending earthquakes, eruptions, fires and flood, and much else besides, at the most inopportune times and,
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Inventions - A Short Story Collection

Stories about technology and progress, whatever the cost

by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ambrose Bierce, Ethel Dell, Herbert C Ridout, Winifred Holt, Edward Page Mitchell, Frank R Stockton, Robert Duncan Milne, Bernard Capes ...

Narrated by Eric Meyers, Christopher Ragland, Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

5 hours 38 min

The human mind has many amazing characteristics. It is logical and creative and able to make great leaps of imagination and turn many of its ideas into physical reality.In this volume our authors, including Ambrose Bierce, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Winifred Holtby, Bernard Capes and many others bring forth creations and contraptions that are both amazing and abstract as well as diabolical and ... Read more

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The human mind has many amazing characteristics. It is logical and creative and able to make great leaps of imagination and turn many of its ideas into physical reality.In this volume our authors, including Ambrose Bierce, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Winifred Holtby, Bernard Capes and many others bring forth creations and contraptions that are both amazing and abstract as well as diabolical and
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Foundations of Fiction, The - Mad Scientists

Hear the stories that gave birth to the modern genre craze

by Ambrose Bierce, Constance Cotterell, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Page Mitchell, Emma Vane, H P Lovecraft, Herbert C Ridout, Jack London, L T Meade, Lucy Hamilton Hooper, M R James, Mary Shelley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert Louis Stevenson ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Christopher Ragland, Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

11 hours 35 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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Freezing of London, The

A power hungry mad scientist experiments with weapons of mass destruction

by Herbert C Ridout ...

Narrated by Mark Rice-Oxley ...

Unabridged

32 min

Herbert Currington Ridout was born in 1881. His literary life included being a journalist, editor, and short story writer although he also had various jobs in the music business and was later a radio broadcaster on the BBCHe died in 1948. ... Read more

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Herbert Currington Ridout was born in 1881. His literary life included being a journalist, editor, and short story writer although he also had various jobs in the music business and was later a radio broadcaster on the BBCHe died in 1948.
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - British Sci-Fi

The top 10 Sci Fi short stories written by British authors

by Winifred Holtby, H G Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, Fred M White, Bernard Capes, Owen Oliver, William Hope Hodgson, Herbert C Ridout, Robert Barr ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Robert Maskell, Eve Karpf ...

Unabridged

6 hours 29 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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The Door in the Wall and Other Stories

(The original 1911 edition of 8 fantasy and science fiction short stories)

by H. G. Wells ...

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Door in the Wall and Other Stories (The original 1911 edition of 8 fantasy and science fiction short stories)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Table of Contents: 1.The Door in the Wall 2.The Star 3.A Dream of Armageddon 4.The Cone 5.A Moonlight Fable 6.The Diamond Maker 7.The Lord of the Dynamos 8.The Country of the ... Read more

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This carefully crafted ebook: "The Door in the Wall and Other Stories (The original 1911 edition of 8 fantasy and science fiction short stories)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Table of Contents: 1.The Door in the Wall 2.The Star 3.A Dream of Armageddon 4.The Cone 5.A Moonlight Fable 6.The Diamond Maker 7.The Lord of the Dynamos 8.The Country of the
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Beauty and the Beast (Illustrated + Audiobook Download Link)

by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont ...

FEATURES:• Includes beautiful artworks and illustrations• A link of a FREE audio book to download at the end of the book• Manually coded and crafted by professionals for highest formatting quality and standardsCheck out ngims Publishing's other illustrated literary clazzics. The vast majority of our books have original illustrations, free audiobook download link at the end of the book, navigable ... Read more

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FEATURES:• Includes beautiful artworks and illustrations• A link of a FREE audio book to download at the end of the book• Manually coded and crafted by professionals for highest formatting quality and standardsCheck out ngims Publishing's other illustrated literary clazzics. The vast majority of our books have original illustrations, free audiobook download link at the end of the book, navigable
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Three Ghost Stories: Dickens' Haunting Tales of the Supernatural

by Charles Dickens ...

Three Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens: Experience the chilling and haunting narratives of the supernatural in Charles Dickens' ""Three Ghost Stories."" Dickens weaves tales that linger in the shadows of the human psyche, inviting readers into a realm where mystery and ghostly apparitions hold sway.Why This Book?Delve into the mysterious and supernatural with Charles Dickens in ""Thr... ... Read more

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Three Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens: Experience the chilling and haunting narratives of the supernatural in Charles Dickens' ""Three Ghost Stories."" Dickens weaves tales that linger in the shadows of the human psyche, inviting readers into a realm where mystery and ghostly apparitions hold sway.Why This Book?Delve into the mysterious and supernatural with Charles Dickens in ""Thr...
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Selected Stories of H. G. Wells

by H. G. Wells ...

Series series Modern Library Classics
Ursula K. Le Guin’s selection of twenty-six stories showcases H. G. Wells’s genius and reintroduces readers to his singular talent for making the unbelievable seem utterly plausible.He envisioned a sky filled with airplanes before Orville Wright ever left the ground. He described the spectacle of space travel decades before men set foot on the moon. H. G. Wells was a visionary, a man of science ... Read more

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Ursula K. Le Guin’s selection of twenty-six stories showcases H. G. Wells’s genius and reintroduces readers to his singular talent for making the unbelievable seem utterly plausible.He envisioned a sky filled with airplanes before Orville Wright ever left the ground. He described the spectacle of space travel decades before men set foot on the moon. H. G. Wells was a visionary, a man of science
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