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The Bravest Little Street in England

by Karen Cliff, Trafford Local Studies, The First World War Volunteers ...

From a modest street in Altrincham of not more than sixty-one houses, at least 158 men enlisted and fought in the First World War. The bravery and in some cases sacrifices of these men was recognised by King George V, who congratulated the street on its ‘patriotism and fighting spirit so prominently displayed’. Chapel Street had a strong military tradition dating back much further than 1914. Men ... Read more

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From a modest street in Altrincham of not more than sixty-one houses, at least 158 men enlisted and fought in the First World War. The bravery and in some cases sacrifices of these men was recognised by King George V, who congratulated the street on its ‘patriotism and fighting spirit so prominently displayed’. Chapel Street had a strong military tradition dating back much further than 1914. Men
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Fueled By Love: The Power of Perspective and the Way You See It Changes Everything

by Cliff "The Gift" Wallace ...

What if the thing standing between you and the life you want isn't your circumstances? What if it's the lens you're looking through?Fueled by Love is not a book written from the comfort of the other side. It was written from inside the storm, by a man living with an LVAD keeping his heart beating, waiting on a transplant that hasn't come, building anyway, refusing to quit, choosing love as fuel ... Read more

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What if the thing standing between you and the life you want isn't your circumstances? What if it's the lens you're looking through?Fueled by Love is not a book written from the comfort of the other side. It was written from inside the storm, by a man living with an LVAD keeping his heart beating, waiting on a transplant that hasn't come, building anyway, refusing to quit, choosing love as fuel
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Magical Stories For Christmas

Magic In The Air

by Cyril Taylor-Carr, The Cliff ...

Narrated by Cyril Taylor-Carr, The Cliff ...

Unabridged

6 hours 55 min

Here is a charming collection of stories, mostly set in New England in the 1800s, that depict how Christmas was celebrated then.Seems that Christmas was not always a tree with dozens, if not hundreds, of gifts spread around the tree. Consumerism not being then what it is today, the gift might simply be a letter from a long-missing loved one, or simply the return through a blizzard of a husband who ... Read more

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Here is a charming collection of stories, mostly set in New England in the 1800s, that depict how Christmas was celebrated then.Seems that Christmas was not always a tree with dozens, if not hundreds, of gifts spread around the tree. Consumerism not being then what it is today, the gift might simply be a letter from a long-missing loved one, or simply the return through a blizzard of a husband who
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Abraham Lincoln

by Cyril Taylor-Carr, The Cliff ...

Narrated by Cyril Taylor-Carr, The Cliff ...

Unabridged

1 hour 6 min

Lincoln's connection to black history may go much further than his role in slavery. In the 2001 book 'Black People and Their Place in History', historian Leroy Vaughn, alleges that Lincoln’s father was African American and his mother had Ethiopian ethnicity, both of which may have explained his “very dark skin and coarse hair.” The fact is his rivals campaigned using propaganda that depicted ... Read more

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Lincoln's connection to black history may go much further than his role in slavery. In the 2001 book 'Black People and Their Place in History', historian Leroy Vaughn, alleges that Lincoln’s father was African American and his mother had Ethiopian ethnicity, both of which may have explained his “very dark skin and coarse hair.” The fact is his rivals campaigned using propaganda that depicted
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David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens ...

Narrated by Cyril Taylor-Carr, The Cliff ...

Unabridged

32 hours 23 min

First published in 1850, David Copperfield begins with avid the tragedy of David's brother dying when David is just a boy. After this episode, he is sent by his step-father to work in London for a wine merchant. When conditions worsen he decides to run away and embarks on a journey by foot from London to Dover. On his arrival, he finds his eccentric aunt, Betsey Trotwood who becomes his new ... Read more

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First published in 1850, David Copperfield begins with avid the tragedy of David's brother dying when David is just a boy. After this episode, he is sent by his step-father to work in London for a wine merchant. When conditions worsen he decides to run away and embarks on a journey by foot from London to Dover. On his arrival, he finds his eccentric aunt, Betsey Trotwood who becomes his new
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Ben Hur A Tale Of The Christ

by Lew Wallace ...

Narrated by Cyril Taylor-Carr, The Cliff ...

Unabridged

23 hours 4 min

Ben-Hur is a story of two very different heroes. Judah Ben-Hur, a prince of Jerusalem, is involved in an accident to the Roman procurator which is taken to be intentional. He is seized and sent to the fleet as a galley-slave, while his family is imprisoned and the family goods confiscated. When Ben-Hur saves the fleet captain from drowning after his ship is sunk in a fight with pirates, that ... Read more

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Ben-Hur is a story of two very different heroes. Judah Ben-Hur, a prince of Jerusalem, is involved in an accident to the Roman procurator which is taken to be intentional. He is seized and sent to the fleet as a galley-slave, while his family is imprisoned and the family goods confiscated. When Ben-Hur saves the fleet captain from drowning after his ship is sunk in a fight with pirates, that
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A Study In Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle ...

Narrated by Cyril Taylor-Carr, The Cliff ...

Unabridged

2 hours 14 min

A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in popular fiction. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, a consulting detective, to his friend and chronicler Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder ... Read more

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A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in popular fiction. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, a consulting detective, to his friend and chronicler Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder
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Of Human Bondage

by Somerset Maugham ...

Narrated by Cyril Taylor-Carr, The Cliff ...

Unabridged

25 hours 49 min

The Narrow Corner is a novel by the British writer W. Somerset Maugham, published by William Heinemann in 1932. A quote from Meditations, iii 10, by Marcus Aurelius, introduces the work: "Short, therefore, is man's life, and narrow is the corner of the earth wherein he dwells." In the story, set "a good many years ago" in what is now Indonesia, a young Australian, cruising the islands after his ... Read more

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The Narrow Corner is a novel by the British writer W. Somerset Maugham, published by William Heinemann in 1932. A quote from Meditations, iii 10, by Marcus Aurelius, introduces the work: "Short, therefore, is man's life, and narrow is the corner of the earth wherein he dwells." In the story, set "a good many years ago" in what is now Indonesia, a young Australian, cruising the islands after his
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The Pickwick Papers

by Charles Dickens ...

Narrated by Cyril Taylor-Carr, The Cliff ...

Unabridged

2 hours 51 min

The Pickwick Papers was Charles Dickens' first novel. Because of his success with Sketches by Boz published in 1836 Dickens was asked by the publisher Chapman & Hall to supply descriptions to explain a series of comic "cockney sporting plates" by illustrator Robert Seymour,[and to connect them into a novel. The book became Britain's first real publishing phenomenon, with bootleg copies, theatrical ... Read more

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The Pickwick Papers was Charles Dickens' first novel. Because of his success with Sketches by Boz published in 1836 Dickens was asked by the publisher Chapman & Hall to supply descriptions to explain a series of comic "cockney sporting plates" by illustrator Robert Seymour,[and to connect them into a novel. The book became Britain's first real publishing phenomenon, with bootleg copies, theatrical
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A Dickens Christmas

by Charles Dickens ...

Narrated by Cyril Taylor-Carr, The Cliff ...

Unabridged

16 hours 54 min

Charles Dickens created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius. After the success of A Christmas Carol in 1843 Dickens continued the series throughout the 1840s, ... Read more

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Charles Dickens created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius. After the success of A Christmas Carol in 1843 Dickens continued the series throughout the 1840s,
... Read more
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Vanity Fair

by William Makepeace Thackeray ...

Narrated by Cyril Taylor-Carr, The Cliff ...

Unabridged

35 hours 9 min

One of the great Victorian novels by an author at the height of his powers, Vanity Fair follows the fortunes of the calculating, upwardly-mobile Becky Sharp and her gentle, good-hearted friend Amelia Sedley as they leave their boarding school and embark upon their lives in Vanity Fair the social-climbing, wealth-obsessed world of Regency England in the time of the Napoleonic Wars. William ... Read more

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One of the great Victorian novels by an author at the height of his powers, Vanity Fair follows the fortunes of the calculating, upwardly-mobile Becky Sharp and her gentle, good-hearted friend Amelia Sedley as they leave their boarding school and embark upon their lives in Vanity Fair the social-climbing, wealth-obsessed world of Regency England in the time of the Napoleonic Wars. William
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The Odyssey

by Homer ...

Narrated by Cyril Taylor-Carr, The Cliff ...

Unabridged

11 hours 6 min

The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Iliad, the poem is divided into 24 books. It follows the Greek hero Odysseus, king of Ithaca, and his journey home after the Trojan War. After the war itself, which lasted ten years, his journey lasted for ten additional ... Read more

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The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Iliad, the poem is divided into 24 books. It follows the Greek hero Odysseus, king of Ithaca, and his journey home after the Trojan War. After the war itself, which lasted ten years, his journey lasted for ten additional
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