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The Greatest Mysteries of All Time

Volume 4

by Otto Penzler ...

Narrated by Jean Smart ...

Abridged

5 hours 45 min

Crime, thriller, and noir fans will delight in this fourth volume of The Greatest Mysteries of All Time, an exciting series featuring short fiction by legendary writers, past and present. From Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, and Georges Simenon to Lawrence Block and Sara Paretsky, this unique collection— compiled and edited by multi-award-winning mystery connoisseur Otto Penzler— is a ... Read more

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Crime, thriller, and noir fans will delight in this fourth volume of The Greatest Mysteries of All Time, an exciting series featuring short fiction by legendary writers, past and present. From Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, and Georges Simenon to Lawrence Block and Sara Paretsky, this unique collection— compiled and edited by multi-award-winning mystery connoisseur Otto Penzler— is a
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The Poetry of Robert Frost

by Robert Frost ...

Narrated by Kevin McCarthy, Melissa Manchester, Elliott Gould, Arte Johnson, Susan Anspach, Joel Grey, Alfre Woodard, Roscoe Lee Browne, Michael Tucker, Jean Smart ...

Unabridged

1 hour 40 min

Drawing upon everyday incidents, common situations, and rural imagery, Robert Frost fashioned poetry of great lyrical beauty and potent symbolism. His language is simple, clear, and colloquial, yet dense with meaning and wider significance. This brilliant collection features some of Frost's greatest works, including "The Road Not Taken," "Asking for Roses," "The Death of the Hired Man," "In the ... Read more

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Drawing upon everyday incidents, common situations, and rural imagery, Robert Frost fashioned poetry of great lyrical beauty and potent symbolism. His language is simple, clear, and colloquial, yet dense with meaning and wider significance. This brilliant collection features some of Frost's greatest works, including "The Road Not Taken," "Asking for Roses," "The Death of the Hired Man," "In the
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Hard Time

by Sara Paretsky ...

Narrated by Jean Smart ...

Series series
Abridged

5 hours 21 min

In an instant, the lives of two women collide. One was behind the wheels of a Trans Am she liked to drive too fast. The other was lying in the road, dying an agonizing death. When Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski gets out of her car to look at the woman she almost hit, she begins a long, harrowing descent into a world of shadowy secrets and tangled lives— and into the grimmest heart of her city ... Read more

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In an instant, the lives of two women collide. One was behind the wheels of a Trans Am she liked to drive too fast. The other was lying in the road, dying an agonizing death. When Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski gets out of her car to look at the woman she almost hit, she begins a long, harrowing descent into a world of shadowy secrets and tangled lives— and into the grimmest heart of her city
... Read more
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The Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Christopher Cazenove, Susan Anspach, Stephanie Beacham, Roscoe Lee Browne, Minnie Driver, Samantha Eggar, Robert Foxworth, Elliott Gould, Kelsey Grammer, Joel Grey, Edward Herrmann, Patrick Macnee, Juliet Mills, Vanessa Redgrave, Roger Rees, Julian Sands, Jean Smart, David Warner, Alfre Woodard, Michael York ...

Unabridged

3 hours 5 min

The sonnets of William Shakespeare are among the most famous love poems in the English language. For sustained dramatic intrigue and sophistication of plot, these works are at least the equal of Shakespeare's greatest plays. Compelling, subtle, and intellectually rigorous—yet taut with intense emotion—each poem invites study, interpretation, and awe, from one generation to the next.This recording ... Read more

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The sonnets of William Shakespeare are among the most famous love poems in the English language. For sustained dramatic intrigue and sophistication of plot, these works are at least the equal of Shakespeare's greatest plays. Compelling, subtle, and intellectually rigorous—yet taut with intense emotion—each poem invites study, interpretation, and awe, from one generation to the next.This recording
... Read more
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Thirty Years of Treason

Excerpts from Hearings before the House Committee on Un-American Activities 1938–1968; Complete Set

by Eric Bentley, Gabrielle de Cuir0, various authors3 ...

Narrated by Nathan Dana Aldrich, Theodore Bikel, Claire Bloom, Paul Boehmer, Scott Brick, Roscoe Lee Browne, Orson Scott Card, Robertson Dean, Gabrielle de Cuir1, Harlan Ellison2, Richard Gilliland3, Kirby Heyborne4, Stephen Hoye5, Alex Hyde-White6, Sunil Malhotra7, Coleen Marlo8, Richard McGonagle9, Jim Meskimen0, Arthur Morey1, Burt Reynolds2, Lee Rosch3, John Rubinstein4, Stefan Rudnicki5, Christian Rummel6, Ted Scott7, Dean Sluyter8, Jean Smart9, Kristoffer Tabori0, Molly Underwood1, a full cast2 ...

Unabridged

41 hours 12 min

A chilling reenactment of the federal government’s anti-Communist investigationsThe testimony that Eric Bentley has gleaned for this book from the thirty-year record of the House Un-American Activities Committee focuses on HUAC’s treatment of artists, intellectuals, and performers. This highly dramatic and compelling collection of significant excerpts from the hearings shows with painful clarity ... Read more

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A chilling reenactment of the federal government’s anti-Communist investigationsThe testimony that Eric Bentley has gleaned for this book from the thirty-year record of the House Un-American Activities Committee focuses on HUAC’s treatment of artists, intellectuals, and performers. This highly dramatic and compelling collection of significant excerpts from the hearings shows with painful clarity
... Read more
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Thirty Years of Treason, Vol. 2

Excerpts from Hearings before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1951–1952

by Eric Bentley, Eric Bentley ...

Narrated by Nathan Dana Aldrich, Paul Boehmer, Scott Brick, Robertson Dean, Gabrielle de Cuir, Harlan Ellison, Richard Gilliland, Kirby Heyborne0, Alex Hyde-White1, Lee Rosch2, John Rubinstein3, Stefan Rudnicki4, Jean Smart5, Kristoffer Tabori6, a full cast7 ...

Unabridged

12 hours 15 min

A chilling reenactment of the Federal government’s anti-Communist investigationsEric Bentley has chosen highlights from the thirty-year record of the House Un-American Activities Committee to demonstrate HUAC’s focus on artists, intellectuals, and performers. Volume 2: 1951–1952 includes the testimonies of Clifford Odets, Edward G. Robinson, Elia Kazan, Jose Ferrer, Bud Schulberg, Sterling Hayden, ... Read more

$22.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A chilling reenactment of the Federal government’s anti-Communist investigationsEric Bentley has chosen highlights from the thirty-year record of the House Un-American Activities Committee to demonstrate HUAC’s focus on artists, intellectuals, and performers. Volume 2: 1951–1952 includes the testimonies of Clifford Odets, Edward G. Robinson, Elia Kazan, Jose Ferrer, Bud Schulberg, Sterling Hayden,
... Read more
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The City on the Edge of Forever

by Harlan Ellison, Gabrielle de Cuir, D. C. Fontana1 ...

Narrated by Harlan Ellison, Gabrielle de Cuir, LeVar Burton, Jean Smart, Scott Brick, John Rubinstein, Stefan Rudnicki, Robert Forster, David Gerrold0, Orson Scott Card2, Bonnie MacBird3, Paul Boehmer4, Ryan C. Britt5, Richard Gilliland6, Alex Hyde-White7, Richard McGonagle8, Jim Meskimen9, Larry Nemecek0, Veronica Scott1, Judy Young2, a full cast3, Christian O’Connell4, Richard Brewer5 ...

Unabridged

8 hours 1 min

The original teleplay that became the classic Star Trek episode, with an expanded introductory essay by Harlan Ellison, The City on the Edge of Forever has been surrounded by controversy since the airing of an “eviscerated” version—which subsequently has been voted the most beloved episode in the series’ history. In its original form, The City on the Edge of Forever won the 1966–67 Writers Guild ... Read more

$16.95 USD

The original teleplay that became the classic Star Trek episode, with an expanded introductory essay by Harlan Ellison, The City on the Edge of Forever has been surrounded by controversy since the airing of an “eviscerated” version—which subsequently has been voted the most beloved episode in the series’ history. In its original form, The City on the Edge of Forever won the 1966–67 Writers Guild
... Read more
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Dressing Up for the Carnival

A Collection of Stories

by Carol Shields ...

Narrated by Jean Smart ...

Unabridged

6 hours 20 min

Carol Shields had a knack for turning the ordinary into the extraordinary and nowhere more than in this luminous collection of short stories. Throughout these stories runs Shields' preoccupation with identity—as in the title story, about a compacted day in the life of the world, in which a procession of characters try on new selves. Yet these stories and their quiet epiphanies reflect all the ... Read more

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Carol Shields had a knack for turning the ordinary into the extraordinary and nowhere more than in this luminous collection of short stories. Throughout these stories runs Shields' preoccupation with identity—as in the title story, about a compacted day in the life of the world, in which a procession of characters try on new selves. Yet these stories and their quiet epiphanies reflect all the
... Read more
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Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott ...

Narrated by Jean Smart ...

Abridged

2 hours 32 min

This is the classic story of a year in the life of the March family. We learn of their troubles and their joys and come to identify with the characters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. While their father is away in the civil war, the sisters with their mother work to maintain a content and serene home. ... Read more

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This is the classic story of a year in the life of the March family. We learn of their troubles and their joys and come to identify with the characters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. While their father is away in the civil war, the sisters with their mother work to maintain a content and serene home.
... Read more

Also available as: eBooks
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The Poetry of Carl Sandburg

by Carl Sandburg ...

Narrated by Susan Anspach, Roscoe Lee Browne, Robert Foxworth, Elliott Gould, Joel Grey, Ernie Hudson, Arte Johnson, Melissa Manchester, Kevin McCarthy, Carl Reiner, Burt Reynolds, Jean Smart, Alfre Woodard, Efrem Zimbalist Jr ...

Unabridged

1 hour 34 min

Known as a "poet of the people," Carl Sandburg wrote verses infused with soulfulness and lyric grace, and his work was characterized with a love and compassion for the common man. Here is a collection of nearly 100 of his best poems, including "Chicago," "Fog," "To a Contemporary Bunkshooter," "Masses," and "The Great Hunt," as well as other verses featuring themes like love, war, death, ... Read more

$22.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Known as a "poet of the people," Carl Sandburg wrote verses infused with soulfulness and lyric grace, and his work was characterized with a love and compassion for the common man. Here is a collection of nearly 100 of his best poems, including "Chicago," "Fog," "To a Contemporary Bunkshooter," "Masses," and "The Great Hunt," as well as other verses featuring themes like love, war, death,
... Read more
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A Whiff of Wilde, a Pinch of Poe, and a Frisson of Frost

A Dab of Dickens, Vol. 3; Selections from A Dab of Dickens & a Touch of Twain,Literary Lives from Shakespeare’s Old England to Frost’s New England

by Stefan Rudnicki, Stefan Rudnicki, Stefan Rudnicki, Molly Underwood, Molly Underwood, Gabrielle de Cuir, Gabrielle de Cuir, Skyboat Media7, Oscar Wilde9, Edgar Allan Poe0, Robert Frost1, Elliot Engel PhD3 ...

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, Gabrielle de Cuir, Roscoe Lee Browne, Cassandra Campbell0, Christopher Cazenove1, Stephen Fry2, Joel Grey3, Elliott Gould4, Gregory Hines5, Arte Johnson6, Melissa Manchester7, Kevin McCarthy8, Bronson Pinchot9, Roger Rees0, Jean Smart1, Michael Tucker2, Simon Vance3, David Warner4, Alfre Woodard5, Michael York6, various narrators8, Elliot Engel PhD2, Efrem Zimbalist4 ...

Unabridged

6 hours 46 min

They are icons of the literary world whose soaring works have been discussed and analyzed in countless classrooms, homes, and pubs. Yet for most readers, the living, breathing human beings behind the classics have remained unknown—until now. In this utterly captivating book, Dr. Elliot Engel, a leading authority on the lives of great authors, illuminates the fascinating and flawed members of ... Read more

$16.95 USD

They are icons of the literary world whose soaring works have been discussed and analyzed in countless classrooms, homes, and pubs. Yet for most readers, the living, breathing human beings behind the classics have remained unknown—until now. In this utterly captivating book, Dr. Elliot Engel, a leading authority on the lives of great authors, illuminates the fascinating and flawed members of
... Read more
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Lucky Spot, The

by Beth Henley ...

Narrated by Jack Black, Jean Smart, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

1 hour 37 min

It’s Christmas Eve, 1938, and 15-year-old Cassidy Smith is very pregnant with the child of 40ish Reed Hooker. Cassidy is desperate to marry Reed, Reed is desperate to open Louisiana’s hottest new taxi-dancing emporium and neither are prepared for the arrival of Reed’s wife, Sue Jack Hooker, a dangerous beauty who has just been let out of the penitentiary. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth ... Read more

$6.99 USD

It’s Christmas Eve, 1938, and 15-year-old Cassidy Smith is very pregnant with the child of 40ish Reed Hooker. Cassidy is desperate to marry Reed, Reed is desperate to open Louisiana’s hottest new taxi-dancing emporium and neither are prepared for the arrival of Reed’s wife, Sue Jack Hooker, a dangerous beauty who has just been let out of the penitentiary. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth
... Read more