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3 Stories About - Women’s Insecurities on Appearances

A trio of classic tales perfect for a commute, walk or quiet night in

by Alice Dunbar Nelson, Amy Levy, F Scott Fitzgerald ...

Narrated by Darrell Joe, Janet Fullerlove, Laurel Lefkow ...

Unabridged

2 hours 27 min

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
... Read more
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Marriage - Short Stories

Tales of dysfunctional relationships to the perfect couples and everything in between

by Oscar Wilde, Frances Watkins Harper, Anthony Hope, Charles W Chesnutt, D H Lawrence, Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Sinclair, Sherwood Anderson, W F Harvey, Wilkie Collins ...

Narrated by Ian Holm, Darrell Joe, Garard Green ...

Series series Love for stories, stories for love
Unabridged

9 hours 56 min

Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all.In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. By a choice of vows each ... Read more

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Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all.In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. By a choice of vows each
... Read more
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Black Words Matter

Poets From The 18th Century To The Harlem Renaissance

by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, Frances E. W. Harper ...

Narrated by Darrell Joe, Laurel Lefkow, Trei House ...

Unabridged

3 hours 51 min

This anthology focuses on African-American poets. We start in the 18th century and end with the Harlem Renaissance. Many poets featured are, and were, rarely heard and have been painfully neglected. To be of colour was deemed at best to be second class so few of our poets had the privileges most of us take for granted or a means to market. Down the ages they illuminate the stain on our humanity ... Read more

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This anthology focuses on African-American poets. We start in the 18th century and end with the Harlem Renaissance. Many poets featured are, and were, rarely heard and have been painfully neglected. To be of colour was deemed at best to be second class so few of our poets had the privileges most of us take for granted or a means to market. Down the ages they illuminate the stain on our humanity
... Read more
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Rhyme A Dozen, A - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic ― America

12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic

by Emma Lazarus, Ann Plato, Katharine Lee Bates, Frances E W Harper, Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Weldon Johnson, William Carlos Williams, Langston Hughes, Elinor Wylie, Emily Dickinson, Edna St Vincent Millay, Walt Whitman ...

Narrated by John-Michael MacDonald, Laurel Lefkow, Darrell Joe ...

Unabridged

21 min

‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.1 - A Rhyme A ... Read more

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‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.1 - A Rhyme A
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - The 1900s - The Americans

The top ten Short Stories of the 1900's written by American authors

by Willa Cather, Damon Runyon, Henry James, Mark Twain, Booth Tarkington, F Marion Crawford, Jack London, O Henry, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Stephen Crane ...

Narrated by Christopher Ragland, Laurel Lefkow, Darrell Joe ...

Unabridged

6 hours 46 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

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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Stones of the Village, The

by Alice Dunbar Nelson ...

Narrated by Darrell Joe, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

56 min

Alice Ruth Moore was born on 19th July 1875 in New Orleans where she was part of the multi-racial Creole community. She was the first generation seemingly born free after the Civil War and unusually for the times, obtained a university education which led to her becoming a teacher at a public school in New Orleans.In 1895, when she was 20, she published her first collection of short stories and ... Read more

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Alice Ruth Moore was born on 19th July 1875 in New Orleans where she was part of the multi-racial Creole community. She was the first generation seemingly born free after the Civil War and unusually for the times, obtained a university education which led to her becoming a teacher at a public school in New Orleans.In 1895, when she was 20, she published her first collection of short stories and
... Read more
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - Men 1900s

The top ten Short Stories of the 1900's written by male authors

by D H Lawrence, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Algernon Blackwood, O Henry, Maxim Gorky, Barry Pain, Jack London, Leonid Andreyev, M R James, William Hope Hodgson ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, David Shaw-Parker, Darrell Joe ...

Unabridged

4 hours 51 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

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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American Short Story, The - Complete

A Chronological History - Complete in 7 volumes

by Uriah Derrick D'Arcy, Herman Melville, Robert E Howard ...

Narrated by Darrell Joe, Christopher Ragland, Eric Meyers ...

Unabridged

50 hours 5 min

The American literary tradition has, in a far shorter span of time than others throughout history, achieved a glowing and glittering reputation.From its transatlantic roots it has absorbed the sons and daughters of other cultures, other lands and made them part of her own.America prides itself on liberty, on justice for all and, if you are a wealthy white man, that is essentially true. Sadly, many ... Read more

$49.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The American literary tradition has, in a far shorter span of time than others throughout history, achieved a glowing and glittering reputation.From its transatlantic roots it has absorbed the sons and daughters of other cultures, other lands and made them part of her own.America prides itself on liberty, on justice for all and, if you are a wealthy white man, that is essentially true. Sadly, many
... Read more
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American Short Story, The - Volume 5

A Chronological History - Volume 5

by Booth Tarkington, Stephen Crane, Paul Laurence Dunbar ...

Narrated by Eric Meyers, Darrell Joe, Kelly Burke ...

Unabridged

7 hours 8 min

The American literary tradition has, in a far shorter span of time than others throughout history, achieved a glowing and glittering reputation.From its transatlantic roots it has absorbed the sons and daughters of other cultures, other lands and made them part of her own.America prides itself on liberty, on justice for all and, if you are a wealthy white man, that is essentially true. Sadly, many ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The American literary tradition has, in a far shorter span of time than others throughout history, achieved a glowing and glittering reputation.From its transatlantic roots it has absorbed the sons and daughters of other cultures, other lands and made them part of her own.America prides itself on liberty, on justice for all and, if you are a wealthy white man, that is essentially true. Sadly, many
... Read more
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American Short Story, The - Volume 4

A Chronological History - Volume 4

by Charles W Chesnutt, Edith Wharton, O Henry ...

Narrated by Janet Maw, Darrell Joe, Richard Mitchley ...

Unabridged

7 hours 14 min

The American literary tradition has, in a far shorter span of time than others throughout history, achieved a glowing and glittering reputation.From its transatlantic roots it has absorbed the sons and daughters of other cultures, other lands and made them part of her own.America prides itself on liberty, on justice for all and, if you are a wealthy white man, that is essentially true. Sadly, many ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The American literary tradition has, in a far shorter span of time than others throughout history, achieved a glowing and glittering reputation.From its transatlantic roots it has absorbed the sons and daughters of other cultures, other lands and made them part of her own.America prides itself on liberty, on justice for all and, if you are a wealthy white man, that is essentially true. Sadly, many
... Read more
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Vampires - A Short Story Collection

Hear the original tales of terror that inspired this current pop culture craze.

by E F Benson, John William Polidori, M R James ...

Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick, David Shaw-Parker, Darrell Joe ...

Unabridged

9 hours 25 min

For almost everyone the idea of having our blood, our life-force, sucked out of us while we sleep is both disturbing and primordially real.Vampires are a popular tool of unease from authors down the decades. They come in all shapes and sizes, both male and female and for much of their time interact with everyday people as kind and helpful neighbours, not the product of our wildest fears.In this ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

For almost everyone the idea of having our blood, our life-force, sucked out of us while we sleep is both disturbing and primordially real.Vampires are a popular tool of unease from authors down the decades. They come in all shapes and sizes, both male and female and for much of their time interact with everyday people as kind and helpful neighbours, not the product of our wildest fears.In this
... Read more
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Black Vampyre, The

by Uriah Derick D’Arcy ...

Narrated by Darrell Joe, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 11 min

Uriah Derick D’Arcy seems to all intents to be a literary pseudonym. Why no-one would want to take ownership of this story from its first publication in 1819 has been the subject of several conjectures.The only settled agreement is that it was written by a man and from there the trail runs cold until it was reprinted in 1845 and attributed to Robert C. Sands.But modern opinion now suggests that ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Uriah Derick D’Arcy seems to all intents to be a literary pseudonym. Why no-one would want to take ownership of this story from its first publication in 1819 has been the subject of several conjectures.The only settled agreement is that it was written by a man and from there the trail runs cold until it was reprinted in 1845 and attributed to Robert C. Sands.But modern opinion now suggests that
... Read more