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Alexander Pushkin - A Short Story Collection

Born in Moscow with African roots, Pushkin is considered by many to be the founder of modern Russian literature.

by Alexander Pushkin ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Tom McLean ...

Unabridged

2 hours 59 min

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was born on 26th May 1799 in Moscow into a family of Russian nobility.Raised by nursemaids and French tutors in French he learnt Russian only via the household staff.He graduated from the prestigious Imperial Lyceum, near St Petersburg and plunged into the vibrant and raucous intellectual youth culture of what was then the capital of the Russian Empire.In 1820, he ... Read more

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Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was born on 26th May 1799 in Moscow into a family of Russian nobility.Raised by nursemaids and French tutors in French he learnt Russian only via the household staff.He graduated from the prestigious Imperial Lyceum, near St Petersburg and plunged into the vibrant and raucous intellectual youth culture of what was then the capital of the Russian Empire.In 1820, he
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3 Sad Stories - About People Desperate for Companionship

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

by Katherine Mansfield, Maxim Gorky, Sherwood Anderson ...

Narrated by Eve Karpf, Christopher Ragland, Tom McLean ...

Unabridged

48 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
The Worshiping Body

Chenu, Liturgy and Sacraments

Edited by Joris Geldhof, Sam Goyvaerts, Tom McLean ...

Discover the groundbreaking liturgical and sacramental scholarship of Marie-Dominique Chenu.Why is Chenu’s scholarship still relevant today? Like his slightly younger confrere Yves Congar, the French Dominican Marie-Dominique Chenu (1895–1990) was an important visionary of Catholic theology in the twentieth century. Long before scholars like Louis-Marie Chauvet, Chenu elaborated on the essential ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Discover the groundbreaking liturgical and sacramental scholarship of Marie-Dominique Chenu.Why is Chenu’s scholarship still relevant today? Like his slightly younger confrere Yves Congar, the French Dominican Marie-Dominique Chenu (1895–1990) was an important visionary of Catholic theology in the twentieth century. Long before scholars like Louis-Marie Chauvet, Chenu elaborated on the essential
... Read more
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - Brtitish Gothic

The ten best gothic short stories of all time by British authors

by Arthur Machen, Margaret Oliphant, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, M R James, Hume Nisbet, Rhoda Broughton, W W Jacobs, Amelia Edwards ...

Narrated by Robbie McNab, David Shaw-Parker, Tom McLean ...

Unabridged

8 hours 26 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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Changing World: Origin: A LitRPG Saga (Book 1)

by Sergei Katz ...

Narrated by Tom McLean ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Changing World
Unabridged

11 hours 37 min

He’s entered the ultimate VRMMO. But will a glitch prevent him from leaving with his sanity?Unable to see color, smell, or taste, Dave longs for a more vibrant life. So when he learns of a Japanese company seeking beta testers in a unique full-immersion game, he jumps at the chance to escape his bland monochromatic world. But when a code-error causes him to skip the tutorial, he’s thrown into play ... Read more

$11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

He’s entered the ultimate VRMMO. But will a glitch prevent him from leaving with his sanity?Unable to see color, smell, or taste, Dave longs for a more vibrant life. So when he learns of a Japanese company seeking beta testers in a unique full-immersion game, he jumps at the chance to escape his bland monochromatic world. But when a code-error causes him to skip the tutorial, he’s thrown into play
... Read more
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Short Stories of Franz Kafka, The

Jewish master of the bizarre and creator of Kafkaesque

by Franz Kafka ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Mark Rice-Oxley, Tom McLean ...

Unabridged

1 hour 59 min

Franz Kafka was born on 3rd July 1883 in Prague, then in Bohemia, the eldest of 6, into a middle-class Jewish family.Life for the young Kafka and his passion for literature was often made an ordeal by his over-bearing and domineering entrepreneur of a father.In 1889 Kafka was sent to the Deutsche Knabenschule, an elementary school in Prague. His father would only allow him to be educated in German ... Read more

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Franz Kafka was born on 3rd July 1883 in Prague, then in Bohemia, the eldest of 6, into a middle-class Jewish family.Life for the young Kafka and his passion for literature was often made an ordeal by his over-bearing and domineering entrepreneur of a father.In 1889 Kafka was sent to the Deutsche Knabenschule, an elementary school in Prague. His father would only allow him to be educated in German
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3 Stories About - Art

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

by Franz Kafka, Washington Irving, Virginia Woolf ...

Narrated by Eric Meyers, Eve Karpf, Tom McLean ...

Unabridged

59 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

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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3 Stories About - Human Connection

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

by Virginia Woolf, Sherwood Anderson, Anton Chekhov ...

Narrated by Eve Karpf, Christopher Ragland, Tom McLean ...

Unabridged

50 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

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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Love Never Surrenders

Time travel powered by music

by Steve Moretti ...

Narrated by Tom McLean, Bethany Mason, Ania Hejnar ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Song for a Lost Kingdom
Unabridged

14 hours 44 min

Adeena Stuart is cellist in 2019 who finds herself living the life of another woman in 1746 Scotland, fighting to save a doomed man – the father of the woman's unborn child. Adeena is an alluring musician driven to compose and perform.But it’s not until she somehow becomes Katharine, an 18th century cellist and composer herself, that the music inside both women finds its timeless perfection.Their ... Read more

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Adeena Stuart is cellist in 2019 who finds herself living the life of another woman in 1746 Scotland, fighting to save a doomed man – the father of the woman's unborn child. Adeena is an alluring musician driven to compose and perform.But it’s not until she somehow becomes Katharine, an 18th century cellist and composer herself, that the music inside both women finds its timeless perfection.Their
... Read more
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Music is Not Bound by Time

Time travel powered by music

by Steve Moretti ...

Narrated by Bethany Mason, Tom McLean ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Song for a Lost Kingdom
Unabridged

10 hours 54 min

A time-slip fantasy-adventure powered by music that refuses to be bound by time – and an impossible love that defies the tragic fate already determined by history.Crushed with the rejection of joining a world-renowned orchestra, a modern-day cellist finds new hope in an unexpected summons to Scotland. Adeena’s dying grandmother has a gift for her; a lost music score that Adeena performs on the ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A time-slip fantasy-adventure powered by music that refuses to be bound by time – and an impossible love that defies the tragic fate already determined by history.Crushed with the rejection of joining a world-renowned orchestra, a modern-day cellist finds new hope in an unexpected summons to Scotland. Adeena’s dying grandmother has a gift for her; a lost music score that Adeena performs on the
... Read more
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Insomnia

Interesting poem from 18th Century Scottish writer buried next to Shakespeare

by James Thomson B V ...

Narrated by Tom McLean ...

Unabridged

15 min

James Thomson B V was born in Port Glasgow, Scotland on the 23rd November 1834.At the age of 8 his sister died and his father suffered a stroke. Thomson was now sent south to be raised in a London orphanage, the Royal Caledonian Asylum on Chalk near Holloway. Shortly thereafter he was given the news that his mother had also now died. It was a bleak beginning to the next chapters of his life and ... Read more

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James Thomson B V was born in Port Glasgow, Scotland on the 23rd November 1834.At the age of 8 his sister died and his father suffered a stroke. Thomson was now sent south to be raised in a London orphanage, the Royal Caledonian Asylum on Chalk near Holloway. Shortly thereafter he was given the news that his mother had also now died. It was a bleak beginning to the next chapters of his life and
... Read more
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Pyotr: The Life and Music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

He changed ballet forever and hid his wounds even longer.

by Paul van Geldrop, Steve Moretti ...

Narrated by Paul van Geldrop, Tom McLean ...

Unabridged

5 hours 43 min

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was bestowed with a rare musical gift, but burdened by demons of self-doubt and passions forbidden in 19th century Russia.He struggled to release the music inside his head. And equally, to find romantic fulfillment that always remained just beyond his reach. He was deeply affected by the women in his life – those he loved, those he despised, and those whose affection he ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was bestowed with a rare musical gift, but burdened by demons of self-doubt and passions forbidden in 19th century Russia.He struggled to release the music inside his head. And equally, to find romantic fulfillment that always remained just beyond his reach. He was deeply affected by the women in his life – those he loved, those he despised, and those whose affection he
... Read more