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Winesburg, Ohio

The iconic collection of small town American life stories

de Sherwood Anderson ...

Narrado por Michael Lyons, Laurel Lefkow, Warren Keyes ...

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7 hora 33 minutos

Sherwood Anderson was born on 13th September 1876 in Camden, Ohio.When his father’s business failed the family was forced to move on a regular basis before finally settling in Clyde, Ohio.Anderson, one of 7 children, left school at 14 to take a number of jobs to help with the family finances. These were difficult years.He moved to Chicago in search of opportunities before joining the Army for the ... Leer más

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Sherwood Anderson was born on 13th September 1876 in Camden, Ohio.When his father’s business failed the family was forced to move on a regular basis before finally settling in Clyde, Ohio.Anderson, one of 7 children, left school at 14 to take a number of jobs to help with the family finances. These were difficult years.He moved to Chicago in search of opportunities before joining the Army for the
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Thinker, The

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

de Sherwood Anderson ...

Narrado por Warren Keyes ...

Completo

33 minutos

Sherwood Anderson was born on 13th September 1876 in Camden, Ohio.When his father’s business failed the family was forced to move on a regular basis before finally settling in Clyde, Ohio.Anderson, one of 7 children, left school at 14 to take a number of jobs to help with the family finances. These were difficult years.He moved to Chicago in search of opportunities before joining the Army for the ... Leer más

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Sherwood Anderson was born on 13th September 1876 in Camden, Ohio.When his father’s business failed the family was forced to move on a regular basis before finally settling in Clyde, Ohio.Anderson, one of 7 children, left school at 14 to take a number of jobs to help with the family finances. These were difficult years.He moved to Chicago in search of opportunities before joining the Army for the
... Leer más
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The Mis-Education of the Negro

de Carter Godwin Woodson ...

Narrado por Warren Keyes ...

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5 hora 8 minutos

‘The Mis-Education of the Negro’ by Carter Godwin Woodson (1933), addresses important economic and social issues that were face by African-Americans. Woodson criticises education in American schools, and the emphasis on the history of the Greeks, Romans and British. He explores the legacy of slavery and the economic situation of blacks in the time of depression. In each chapter he considers the ... Leer más

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‘The Mis-Education of the Negro’ by Carter Godwin Woodson (1933), addresses important economic and social issues that were face by African-Americans. Woodson criticises education in American schools, and the emphasis on the history of the Greeks, Romans and British. He explores the legacy of slavery and the economic situation of blacks in the time of depression. In each chapter he considers the
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Hoodoo, The

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

de Martha Gruening ...

Narrado por Warren Keyes ...

Completo

22 minutos

The bookshelves of American literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is Martha Gruening. ... Leer más

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The bookshelves of American literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is Martha Gruening.
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Short Story Press Presents Beyond the Green Curtain

A Single Mother Follows the Yellow Brick Road to an Impossible Choice

de Short Story Press, Brandon Humphreys ...

Narrado por Warren Keyes ...

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1 horas 45 minutos

Mary is a gas-station attendant with an epileptic son who can barely make ends meet, when she makes them meet at all. She has dreams of a forbidden love but can’t focus on those dreams when she can’t even buy her son’s medicine. She has a real knack for staying calm under pressure, and steadfastly does what she needs to in order to keep food on their table and a roof over their heads. One day she ... Leer más

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Mary is a gas-station attendant with an epileptic son who can barely make ends meet, when she makes them meet at all. She has dreams of a forbidden love but can’t focus on those dreams when she can’t even buy her son’s medicine. She has a real knack for staying calm under pressure, and steadfastly does what she needs to in order to keep food on their table and a roof over their heads. One day she
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Poetry of Alfred Kreymborg, The

Collection from an early 20th Century New York poet

de Alfred Kreymborg ...

Narrado por Michael Lyons, Warren Keyes, Machelle Williams ...

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1 horas 2 minutos

Alfred Francis Kreymborg was born on the 10th December 1883, in New York City's East Side.Despite attending New York public schools, he was largely self-educated teaching himself both the piano and mandolin. He was also an excellent chess player.As a poet he was an early American proponent of both free verse and prose poetry. His individual style was evident in his published volumes and he was ... Leer más

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Alfred Francis Kreymborg was born on the 10th December 1883, in New York City's East Side.Despite attending New York public schools, he was largely self-educated teaching himself both the piano and mandolin. He was also an excellent chess player.As a poet he was an early American proponent of both free verse and prose poetry. His individual style was evident in his published volumes and he was
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City of Refuge, The

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

de Rudolph Fisher ...

Narrado por Warren Keyes ...

Completo

38 minutos

The bookshelves of American literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is Rudolph Fisher and his often startling take on racism in his own country. ... Leer más

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The bookshelves of American literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is Rudolph Fisher and his often startling take on racism in his own country.
... Leer más
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Drink

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

de Sherwood Anderson ...

Narrado por Warren Keyes ...

Completo

21 minutos

Sherwood Anderson was born on 13th September 1876 in Camden, Ohio.When his father’s business failed the family was forced to move on a regular basis before finally settling in Clyde, Ohio.Anderson, one of 7 children, left school at 14 to take a nu ... Leer más

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Sherwood Anderson was born on 13th September 1876 in Camden, Ohio.When his father’s business failed the family was forced to move on a regular basis before finally settling in Clyde, Ohio.Anderson, one of 7 children, left school at 14 to take a nu
... Leer más
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - The US Authors of the South

The top ten Short Stories of all time written by American authors born in the South

de Mark Twain, Willa Cather, Alice Dunbar Nelson, O Henry, Ellen Glasgow, Fanny Kemble Johnson, Robert E Howard, Rudolph Fisher, Ruth D Todd, Thomas Wolfe ...

Narrado por Eric Meyers, Warren Keyes, Kelly Burke ...

Completo

6 hora 1 minutos

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 ... Leer más

$19.99 USD o gratis con 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
... Leer más
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Untold Lie, The

An unhappy family man tries to impart wisdom on a youth

de Sherwood Anderson ...

Narrado por Warren Keyes ...

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Sherwood Anderson was born on 13th September 1876 in Camden, Ohio.When his father’s business failed the family was forced to move on a regular basis before finally settling in Clyde, Ohio.Anderson, one of 7 children, left school at 14 to take a number of jobs to help with the family finances. These were difficult years.He moved to Chicago in search of opportunities before joining the Army for the ... Leer más

$3.99 USD

Sherwood Anderson was born on 13th September 1876 in Camden, Ohio.When his father’s business failed the family was forced to move on a regular basis before finally settling in Clyde, Ohio.Anderson, one of 7 children, left school at 14 to take a number of jobs to help with the family finances. These were difficult years.He moved to Chicago in search of opportunities before joining the Army for the
... Leer más
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Neglected Authors, The - North American Women

Celebrated in their time, forgotten in ours

de Frances Watkins Harper, Pauline E Hopkins, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, Gertrude Atherton, Susan Glaspell, Georgia F Stewart, Ellen Glasgow, Ruth D Todd, Mollie Frank Bloch, Zona Gale, Eudora Welty, Isabella Valancy Crawford, Mary Boyle O'Reilly, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps ...

Narrado por Laurel Lefkow, Kelly Burke, Warren Keyes ...

Completo

All too often the talents of women have been scorned, mocked and laughed at. In reality that was more usually by those who’s own talents were hardly fit to even grace their shadows.But society in general still connived and set women to one side in almost everything that men considered their rightful territory. And literature was one such territory. Remarkably resilient as well as talented these ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

All too often the talents of women have been scorned, mocked and laughed at. In reality that was more usually by those who’s own talents were hardly fit to even grace their shadows.But society in general still connived and set women to one side in almost everything that men considered their rightful territory. And literature was one such territory. Remarkably resilient as well as talented these
... Leer más
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Rhyme A Dozen, A - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic ― Birthdays

12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic

de Christina Rossetti, Lucretia Maria Davidson, Lord Byron, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, William Ross Wallace, Jonathan Swift, Edmund Waller, James Russell Lowell, Henry Baker, Jane Austen, Martin Farquhar Tupper, John Milton ...

Narrado por Stella Gonet, Ghizela Rowe, Warren Keyes ...

Completo

33 minutos

‘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 ... Leer más

$2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

‘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
... Leer más