Baker Street Dozen - Sherlock Holmes Starring Sir John Gielgud Ralph Richardson and Orson Welles 12 Dramatized Episodes Get Other Classic Books on Audio click here Baker Street Dozen - Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Audio Book CD New 5.25 Hours 6 CDs The acclaimed exciting fully dramatized performances of twelve Conan Doyle classics. It’s elementary that any Conan Doyle fan will want this splendid set of Sherlock Holmes mysteries—twelve timeless classics performed as radio theater linked by violin music interludes. The great Sir John Gielgud stars as the sleuth of Baker Street with Ralph Richardson as his venerable companion Dr. Watson and Orson Welles as the nefarious Professor Moriarty. With three giants of the theater in such colorful roles it’s no more details.....

The Odyssey by Homer Read by Sir Ian McKellen Translated by Robert Fagles See also Homers The iliad on Audio Book click here The Odyssey by Homer Read by Sir Ian McKellen Unabridged Audio Book CD Brand New : 13 Hours 11 CDs Unabridged When Robert Fagles' translation of the Iliad was published in 1990 critics and scholars alike hailed it as a masterpiece. Now one of the great translators of our time presents us with the Odyssey Homer's best-loved poem recounting Odysseus' wanderings after the Trojan War. With wit and wile the 'man of twists and turns' meets the challenges of gods and monsters only to return after twenty years to a home besieged by his wife's suitors. In the myths and legends retold in this immortal poem Fagles has captured the energy of Homer's original in a bold contemporary idiom. This is an Odyssey to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. If the Iliad is the world's greatest war epic the Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey through life. Odysseus' reliance on more information.....

Aesop's Fables - Audio Book MP3-CD Aesops Fables - Audio Book MP3-CD 284 Fables on MP3 CD - This will not play on a Car/Portable CD player unless it is plays MP3 disks - it is however suitable to be copied to iPOD portable mp3 player Mobile Phone or any other device that plays MP3s (more information on MP3-CD click here) Aesop's Fables or Aesopica refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop (620–560 BC) a slave and story-teller who lived in Ancient Greece. Aesop's Fables have become a blanket term for collections of brief fables usually involving anthropomorphic animals. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today. Many stories included in Aesop's Fables such as The Fox and the Grapes (from which the idiom "sour grapes" was derived) The Tortoise and the Hare The North Wind and the Sun and The Boy Who Cried Wolf are well-known throughout the world. Apollonius of Tyana the 1st click here.....

The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy Unabridged read by J Charles Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here The Hunt for Red October - Tom Clancy - AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 13 Audio CDs 15 Hours Marko Ramius a Lithuanian who has risen to high levels of trust in the Soviet Navy intends to defect to the United States with his officers and the experimental nuclear submarine Red October a Typhoon-class submarine equipped with a revolutionary stealth propulsion system. The propulsion system is described as a pumpjet or magnetohydrodynamic system nicknamed "Caterpillar Drive" making sonar detection extremely difficult. The result as is immediately apparent to Jack Ryan and the admirals in the Joint Chiefs of Staff is a strategic weapon platform that is capable of sneaking its way into American home waters and launching nuclear missiles with little or no warning. It is also not lost upon Ramius whose defection is spurred by several other factors as well. In particular he is deeply affected by the death of his wife due to a doctor's incompetence. Because the doctor was more.....

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Unabridged - Read by Sissy Spacek Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 11 Audio CDs 12 hrs The story takes place during three years of the Great Depression in the fictional "tired old town" of Maycomb Alabama. The narrator six-year-old Scout Finch lives with her older brother Jem and their widowed father Atticus a middle-aged lawyer. Jem and Scout befriend a boy named Dill who visits Maycomb to stay with his aunt for the summer. The three children are terrified of and fascinated with their neighbor the reclusive "Boo" Radley. The adults of Maycomb are hesitant to talk about Boo and for many years few have seen him. The children feed each other's imaginations with rumors about his appearance and reasons for remaining hidden and they click here.....

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Unabridged 16 CD Audio Book Set Get other Fiction AudioBook CDs click here Get other Classic AudioBook CDs click here Great Expectations - by Charles Dickens - Audio Book CD Brand New (16 CDs - 20 hours): About Great Expectations Great Expectations chronicles the progress of Pip from childhood through adulthood. as he moves from the marshes of Kent to London society he encounters a variety of extraordinary characters: from Magwitch the escaped convict to Miss Havisham and her ward the arrogant and beautiful Estella. In this fascinating story Dickens shows the dangers of being driven by a desire for wealth and social status. Pip must establish a sense of self against the plans which others seem to have for him - extra info.....

Emma by Jane Austen Abridged 3 CD Audio Book Set Get other Classic AudioBook CDs click here Get other Fiction AudioBook CDs click here Emma - by Jane Austen - Audio Book CD Brand New (3 CDs - 3 3/4 hours): About Emma Jane Austen began to write Emma in January of 1814 and finished it a little over a year later in March of 1815. At the time of completion Austen was thirty-nine years old. Emma was published at the end of 1815 with 2 000 copies being printed—563 more than a quarter were still unsold after four years. She earned less than forty pounds from the book during her lifetime though it earned more after her death. Austen died a year and a half after publication. Emma was Austen's fourth published novel and the last to appear before her death. Both Persuasion and Northanger Abbey would be published posthumously. Though she published anonymously her previous works were noticed by critics and literature lovers. One of her admirers was H.R.H. The Prince Regent. Through the prince's librarian Austen was invited to dedicate one of her works to the prince she complied to the royal command in the dedication of Emma—though her reluctance to do s click here.....

The Iliad by Homer Read by Sir Derek Jacobi The Epic Story of Troy Translated by Robert Fagles See also Homers Oddessy on Audio Book click here The Iliad by Homer Read by Sir Derek Jacobi abridged Audio Book CD Brand New : 9 Hours 8 CDs abridged This groundbreaking English version by Robert Fagles is the most important recent translation of Homer's great epic poem. The verse translation has been hailed by scholars as the new standard providing an Iliad that delights modern sensibility and aesthetic without sacrificing the grandeur and particular genius of Homer's own style and language. The Iliad is one of the two great epics of Homer and is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time but to say the Iliad is a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles Helen Hector and other heroes of Greek myth and history in the tenth and final year of the Greek siege of Troy. About Homer Tradition holds that Homer was blind and various Ionian cities claim to be his birthplace but otherwise little is known about his life. There is considerable scholarly debate about whether Homer was a real extra info.....

50 Prosperity Classics by Tom Butler-Bowden Attract It Create it Manage it Share it - wisdom from the most valuable books on wealth creation and abudance. 50 Self Help Classics / 50 Success Classics / 50 Prosperity Classics/50 Spiritual Classics on Audio click here 50 Prosperity Classics - Tom Butler-Bowden - Audio-Book CD Brand New : Unabridged 9 CDs ( a summary and analysis of the 50 books and the key ideas -not a reading of all 50 books) # An introduction to the prosperity literature with list and thematic guide to the landmark works. # 50 commentaries on 50 classic works: the story of each book's writing their life-changing ideas their impact some representative quotes the meaning of each book 'in a nutshell' and cross-referencing to similar classics. # Includes 'quick tour of the literature' 'characteristics of successful people' and chronological list of titles. Read Tom Butler-Bowdon's summary of characteristics of successful people 50 Prosperity Classics Introduction 1. James Allen The Path to Prosperity (1905) 2. Robert G Allen Multiple Streams of Income (2000) 3. David Bach The Automatic Millionaire (2003) 4. PT Barnum The Art of Money Getting (1885) 5. Genevieve Behre more details.....

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Unabridged AudioBook Get other Fiction Classics on AudioBook - click here The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 4.5 hours 4 CDs The Great Gatsby is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published on April 10 1925 the story is set in New York City and Long Island during the summer of 1922. The novel chronicles an era that Fitzgerald himself dubbed the "Jazz Age." Following the shock and chaos of the First World War American society enjoyed unprecedented levels of prosperity during the 1920s as the economy soared. At the same time Prohibition the ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment made millionaires out of bootleggers and encouraged organized crime. Although Fitzgerald like Nick Carraway in his novel idolized the find out more.....

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen read by Julie Christie Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen - AudioBook CD Brand New : abridged 6 Audio CDs 5.5 Hours Sense and Sensibility is a novel by the English novelist Jane Austen. Published in 1811 it was the first of Austen's novels to be published under the pseudonym "A Lady". The story revolves around Elinor and Marianne two daughters of Mr. Dashwood by his second wife. They have a younger sister Margaret and an older half-brother named John. When their father dies the family estate passes to John and the Dashwood women are left in reduced circumstances. The novel follows the Dashwood sisters to their new home a cottage on a distant relative's property where they experience both romance and heartbreak. The contrast between the sisters' characters is eventually resolved as they each find love and lasting happiness. This leads some to believe that the book's title describes how Elinor and Marianne find a balance between sense and sensibility in life and love. The book has been adapt more here.....

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Unabridged read by Alfred Molina Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson - Unabridged AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 6 Audio CDs 7 Hours Jim Hawkins is a young boy who lives at his parents’ sleepy seaside inn the "Admiral Benbow" near Bristol England in the 18th century (Stevenson writing "in the year of grace 17--") some time following the year 1745. One day an old and menacing sea captain referred to as Billy Bones appears and takes a room at the inn. The captain paying "three or four gold pieces" in advance stays for "month after month so that all the money had been long exhausted". One day an equally menacing figure named Black Dog ar find out more.....

Paradise Lost by John Milton Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here Paradise Lost by John Milton - Unabridged AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 7 Audio CDs 9 Hours - read by Ralph Cosham Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books. A second edition followed in 1674 redivided into twelve books (in the manner of the division of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout and a note on the versification. The poem concerns the Judeo-Christian story of the Fall of Man; the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton's purpose stated in Book I is to "justify the ways of God to men" and elucidate the conflict between God's eternal foresight and free will. In the early nineteenth century the Romantics began to regard Satan as the protagonist of the epic. Milton presents Satan as an ambitious and proud being who defies his more information.....

I am Legend by Richard Matheson Unabridged read by Robertson Dean Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here I am Legend - Richard Matheson - AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 5 Audio CDs 5.5 Hours I Am Legend is a 1954 science fiction novel by Richard Matheson about the last man alive in a future Los Angeles California. It is notable as influential on the developing modern vampire genre as well as the zombie genre in popularizing the fictional concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease and in exploring the notion of vampirism as a disease. The novel was a success and was adapted to film as The Last Man on Earth in 1964 as The Omega Man in 1971 and again in 2007 as I Am Legend. This release of the novel includes several of Matheson's short stories: Buried Talen more.....

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte read by Joanna David Get Other Bronte Audio Books CD click here Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte - AudioBook CD Brand New : abridged 6 Audio CDs Jane Eyre is not your typical romance. It is a story of a woman who struggles with a world in which she doesn’t quite fit. Once finished with her schooling and with no family that really cares for her she strikes out on her own as a governess. Jane Eyre searches for love someone to care for her and someone to care for and finds it in unexpected places. Jane Eyre is a young orphan being raised by Mrs. Reed her cruel wealthy aunt. A servant named Bessie provides Jane with some of the few kindnesses she receives telling her stories and singing songs to her. One day as punishment for fighting with her bullying cousin John Reed Jane's aunt imprisons Jane in the red-room the room in which Jane's Uncle Reed died. While locked in Jane believing that she sees her uncle's more details.....

MacBeth by William Shakespeare A fully dramatised recording Get other William Shakespeare plays on Audio CD click here Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here MacBeth by William Shakespeare - Unabridged Audio CD Brand New : Unabridged 2 Audio CDs 2.1 Hours The first act of the play opens amidst thunder and lightning with the Three Witches deciding that their next meeting shall be with Macbeth. In the following scene a wounded sergeant reports to King Duncan of Scotland that his generals Macbeth who is the Thane of Glamis and Banquo have just defeated the allied forces of Norway and Ireland who were led by the rebel Macdonwald. Macbeth the King's kinsman is praised for his bravery and fighting prowess. The scene changes. Macbeth and Banquo enter discussing the weather and their victory ("So foul and fair a day I have not seen"). As they wander onto a heath the three Witches who have been waiting greet them with prophecies. Even though it is Ban click here.....

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne Abridged 2 CD Audio Book Set Get other Classic AudioBooks click here Around the World in Eighty Days - By Jules Verne - Audio Book CD Brand New (2 CDs - 2.5Hours): About Around the World in Eighty Days Phileas Fogg is a man of habit a Victorian gentleman who follows the same routine every day--until he accepts a wager that he can circle the globe within eighty days. Thus begins a hair-raising journey in which Fogg's obsession with his timetable is complemented by the dynamism and versatility of his French manservant Passepartout whose has a talent for getting into scrapes as the two dash across continents in a suspenseful race against time. The world's greatest works of more information.....

Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech Unabridged read by Scott Wolf Get Other Childrens Audio Books CD click here Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech - Unabridged AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 1 Audio CDs 1 Hours Hate That Cat continues the story of Jack from Love That Dog. It is a new school year and Jack learns that his previous year's teacher Miss Stretchberry has also moved up a grade along with him. "You understand my brain " he says. Once again Miss Stretchberry introduces Jack and his classmates to poems that intrigue and entice Jack allowing him to talk about things that are on his mind: mean cats sound silence worry and joy. You don't really think Miss Stretchberry is going to let Jack hate a cat do you? Hmm. About the Author Sharon Creech Sharon Creech is an American novelist of children's fiction. Her novel Walk Two Moons received in 1995 Newbery Medal; The Wanderer was a 2001 Newbery Honor book and Ruby Holler received the 2002 Carnegie Medal. In 2007 Heartbeat was a finalist in the more details.....

Great Classic Stories 22 Unabridged Classics 6 CDs - 7 Hours Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here 22 Great Classic Stories - AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 6 Audio CDs A treasure-chest of the written and spoken word this collection is read by brilliant actors who make this audio anthology a genuine treat for the listener. Includes: * Reginald on House Parties by Saki read by Nigel Hawthorne * The Sphinx Without a Secret by Oscar Wilde read by Martin Jarvis * Tobermory by Saki read by Barbara Leigh-Hunt * On Being Idle by Jerome K. Jerome read by Hugh Laurie * For Better or Worse by W.W. Jacobs read by Joanna David * The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde read by T.P. McKenna * The Garden of Truth by E. Nesbit read by Harriet Walker * The Cat That Wa click here.....

Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad - Audio Book MP3 Read by Kristin Luoma Unabridged Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad - Audio Book MP3-CD Unabridged 4.2 Hours on MP3 CD - This will not play on a Car/Portable CD player unless it is plays MP3 disks - it is however suitable to be copied to iPOD portable mp3 player Mobile Phone or any other device that plays MP3s (more information on MP3-CD click here) Heart of Darkness is a novella by Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad. Before its 1902 publication it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It is widely regarded as a significant work of English literature and part of the Western canon. This highly symbolic story is actually a story within a story or frame narrative. It follows Charles Marlow as he recounts from dusk through to late night his adventure into the Congo to a group of men aboard a ship anchored in the Thames Estuary. The story details an incident when Marlow an Englishman took a foreign assignment as a ferry-boat captain employed by a Belgian trading company on what readers may assume is the Congo River in the Congo Free State a private colony of King Leopold II; the country is never spe extra info.....

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare A fully dramatised recording Get other William Shakespeare plays on Audio CD click here Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare - Unabridged Audio CD Brand New : Unabridged 2 Audio CDs 137 minutes Prior to the first act an Induction frames the play as a "kind of history" played in front of a drunkard named Sly who thinks he is a Lord. The "Shrew" is Katherina Minola the eldest daughter of Baptista Minola a Lord in Padua. Her temper is extremely volatile and no man can control her. She ties her sister to a chair in one scene and in another attacks a music tutor with his own fiddle. Her younger sister Bianca Minola is nubile and much sought after by the nobles. Baptista has sworn not to allow his younger daughter to marry before Katherina is wed. Bianca has several suitors and two of them agree that they will work together to marry off Katherina so that they will be free to compete for Bianca. One suitor Gremio is old and grey and the other one Hortensio is feisty and young. T extra info.....

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Unabridged 61 hours read by Frederick Davidson Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - Read by Frederick Davidson - AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 48 Audio CDs 61 Hours War and Peace is a novel by Leo Tolstoy first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russkii Vestnik which tells the story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era. It is usually described as one of Tolstoy's two major masterpieces (the other being Anna Karenina) as well as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace offered a new kind of fiction with a great many characters caught up in a plot that covered nothing less than the grand subjects indicated by the title combined with the equally large topics of youth marriage age and death. Though it is often called a novel today it broke so many conventions of the form that it was not considered a novel in its time. Indeed Tolstoy himself considered Anna Karenina (1878) to be his first attempt at a novel in the European more details.....

The Caedmon Poetry Collection A Century of Poets reading their work Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here Get other Poetry audio books on CD click here The Caedmon Poetry Collection - AudioBook CD Brand New : 3 Audio CDs 3.5 Hours A rare and thrilling listening experience. A choice gathering of some of the twentieth century's greatest poetry... read by the century's greatest poets - here available on CD A reawakened love for the sound of poetry has made modern poems subtly different from the poems of the eighteenth and nineteenth centures. We have only to listen to these poets reading their own works to know how important their interpretations are to a full comprehension of their poems. The ministerial intona find out more.....

Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens translated by Robert Whitfield Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens - AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 25 Audio CDs 31.5 Hours The most gorgeously theatrical of all Dickens’s novels Nicholas Nickleby follows the delightful adventures of a hearty young hero in nineteenth-century England. Nicholas a gentleman's son fallen upon hard times must set out to make his way in the world. His journey is accompanied by some of the most swaggering scoundrels and unforgettable eccentrics in Dickens’s pantheon. From the dungeon-like Yorkshire boys’ boarding school run by the cruel Wackford Squeers to the high-spirited stage of Vincent Crummles’s extraordinary acting troupe Nicholas Nickleby is a triumph of the imagination bursting with color humor and poignant social commentary. About the Author Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA pen-name " find out more.....

The Complete Star Wars Trilogy The Original Radio Dramas - Audio CDs Get Other Star Wars Audio Books click here The Complete Star Wars Trilogy - The original radio drama audio CDs Brand New (still shrink wrapped): 15 CD 29 episodes. An expanded radio dramatization of the original Star Wars trilogy was produced in 1981 1983 and 1996. The first two radio series based on Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back were produced and broadcast by National Public Radio as part of NPR Playhouse. A dramatization of Return of the Jedi was produced by most of the same team and also broadcast on NPR. The radio serials were made with the full co-operation of George Lucas who for one dollar each sold the rights to KUSC-FM the public radio affiliate at his alma mater the University of Southern California. Lucas also allowed the use of original sound effects and music from the films. The adaptations for radio are part of Star Wars canon within its Expanded Universe. Star Wars Star Wa extra info.....

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Unabridged read by Susan O'Malley Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here Get Other Kids AudioBooks CD click here Anne of Green Gables by L.M Montgomery - Unabridged - AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 9 Audio CDs 10.5 Hours Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert unmarried middle-aged siblings who live together at Green Gables a farm in the town of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island decide to adopt a boy from an orphan asylum in Nova Scotia as a helper on their farm. Through a series of mishaps the person who ends up under their roof is a precocious girl of eleven named Anne Shirley. Anne is bright and quick eager to please and talkative but dissatisfied with her name her pale countenance dotted with freckles and with her long braids of red hair. Although wishing she was named Cordelia she insists that if you are to call her Anne it must be spelt with an more here.....

World without End by Ken Follett Unabridged AudioBook 36 CDs Get Other Classic Audio Books click here Get Other Ken Follett AudioBooks click here World Without End - Ken Follett - Audio Book Unabridged CD Brand New (still shrink wrapped): . 45.5 hours 36 CDs The novel begins in the fictional city of Kingsbridge England in the year 1327. Four children — Caris Gwenda Merthin and Ralph — go into the woods on All Hallows Day. Gwenda brings her three-legged dog Hop whom Ralph shoots with Merthin's home-made bow foreshadowing Ralph's later cruel behaviour. The children witness two men killed in the forest by Sir Thomas Langley aided by Ralph. The children then flee with the exception of Merthin. Sir Thomas asks him to help bury a letter and then flees to Kingsbridge and seeks refuge in the monastery where he joins the O find out more.....

The Voice of the Poet by T.S. Eliot - read by the Author Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here The Voice of the Poet - T.S. Eliot - Audio CD and Book Brand New : 1Audio CD and Book of the Poems Featuring rare archival recordings of the featured poet reading his own work! Each program in Random House Audio Voices' exclusive THE VOICE OF THE POET series is accompanied by a book containing the text of the poems and a commentary by J.D. McClatchy. About the Author T.S. Eliot (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet dramatist and literary critic. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Among his most famous writings are the poems The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock The Waste Land The Hollow Men Ash Wednesday and Four Quartets; the plays Murder in the Cathedral and The Cocktail Party; and the essay "Tradition and the Individual Talent". Eliot was born in the United States moved to the more.....

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - Audio Book MP3 Read by Karen Savage Unabridged Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - Audio Book MP3 Unabridged 10.5 Hours on MP3 CD - This will not play on a Car/Portable CD player unless it is plays MP3 disks - it is however suitable to be copied to iPOD portable mp3 player Mobile Phone or any other device that plays MP3s Pride and Prejudice first published on 28 January 1813 is the most famous of Jane Austen's novels and one of the first "romantic comedies" in the history of the novel. Its manuscript was first written between 1796 and 1797 initially called First Impressions but was never published under that title. Following revisions it was first published on 28 January 1813. Lik more information.....

Lord of the Flies by William Golding Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here Lord of the Flies by William Golding - AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 6 Audio CDs 6.9 Hours Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding. It discusses how culture created by man fails using as an example a group of British school-boys stuck on a deserted island who try to govern themselves with disastrous results. The key idea that William Golding focuses on in The Lord of the Flies is when removed from civilised society people will devolve and return back to being primitive creatures. Golding portrays this idea throughout the whole book by using different characters. The book is about a group of boys who are stranded on a tropical island without any adults. At first they seem very excited about the situation and votes for one of the boys Ralph as a leader. Another one of the boys Jack leaves the group to form his own tribe who become more and more violent and obsessed with hunting pigs and the so-called beast that they believe lives on the island. At the end of the book they try to kill Ralph before all being rescued by a naval officer. The title more information.....

I Claudius by Robert Graves Read by Derek Jacobi Other Classic Audio Book CDs Click here Get the Odyessy by Homer on AudioBook click here I Claudius by Robert Graves - Read by Derek Jacobi AudioBook CD Brand New : 4 Audio CDs - 5 Hours I Claudius and Claudius the God were written as if they were the secret autobiography of Claudius the fourth emperor of Rome (r. 41-54 A.D.). The historical Claudius was kept out of public life by his family the Julio-Claudians until his sudden elevation at the age of 49. This was due to several disabilities—including a stammer a limp and various nervous tics—which made him appear mentally deficient to his relatives. This is how he was defined by scholars for most of history and Graves uses these peculiarities to develop a sympathetic character whose survival in a murderous dynasty depends upon the incorrect assumption that he is a harmless idiot. Robert Graves claimed that after he read Suetonius Claudius came to him in a dream one night and demanded that his real story be told. The life of Claudius provid more here.....

The Lord of the Rings BBC Dramatisation - Audio CD This trilogy of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth is presented in dramatisation from the BBC with original music and sound effects Get Other Middle Earth Audio Books click here The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien - BBC - Audio Book CDs Brand New (still shrink wrapped): 13 Hours 12 CDs This trilogy of Tolkien's Middle Earth is presented in dramatisation from the BBC with original music and sound effects. It has actors playing the parts of the stories characters - it is not a reading of the book. In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths and Sauron The Dark Lord forged the One Ring filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins. From his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor Sauron's power spread far and wide. He gathered all the Great Rings to him but ever he searched far and wide for the One Ring that would complete his dominion. On his eleventy-first birthday Bilbo disappeared beque more details.....

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer translated by Burton Raffel Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer - AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 18 Audio CDs 22.3 Hours The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose the rest in verse). The tales some of which are originals and others not are contained inside a frame tale and told by a collection of pilgrims on a pilgrimage from London Borough of Southwark to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.[1] The Canterbury Tales are written in Middle English. The tales are considered to be his magnum opus influenced by the structure of The D find out more.....

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Audio Drama Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here Les Miserables - Victor Hugo - Audio Drama CD Brand New : Audio Drama 3 Audio CDs 169 minutes - not recommended for children under 8 The story that has thrilled millions comes to life in a brand new way in Focus on the Family Radio Theatre’s Les Miserables. This audio drama beautifully portrays the redeeming power of forgiveness through the story of Jean Valjean an embittered convict whose life is changed by a single act of kindness. Recorded in London with some of England’s finest actors it will mesmerize adults and families alike. About the Author Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet playwright novelist essayist visual artist statesman human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France. In France Hugo's literary reputation rests primarily on his poetic and dramatic output and only second click here.....

A Room with a View E.M Forster Unabridged Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here A Room with a View - E. M. Forster - AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 7 Audio CDs The first part of the novel is set in Florence Italy and describes a young Englishwoman's confusion over her feelings for an Englishman staying at the same hotel. Lucy Honeychurch is touring Italy with her overbearing older cousin and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett and the novel opens with their complaints about the hotel 'The Pension Bertolini'. Their primary concern is that although a "room with a view" has been promised to each of them their rooms instead look over a courtyard. A Mr Emerson interrupts their "peevish wrangling" offering to swap rooms as he and his son George Emerson look over the Arno. This causes Miss Bartlett some consternation this behaviour being seen as impolite. Without letting Lucy speak Miss Bartlett refuses the offer looking down on the Emersons because of their unconventional behaviour and thinking it would place her under an "unseemly obligation" towards them. However another guest at the pension an Anglican clergyman named Mr Beebe persuade extra info.....

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen read by Joanna David Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - AudioBook CD Brand New : abridged 6 Audio CDs 5.5 Hours Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen. First published on 28 January 1813 it is her second published novel. Its manuscript was initially written between 1796 and 1797 in Steventon Hampshire where Austen lived in the rectory. Originally called First Impressions it was never published under that title and in following revisions it was retitled Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth Bennet is a country gentleman's daughter in 19th Century England. She is one of five daughters a plight that her father bears as best he can with common sense and a general disinterest in the silliness of his daughters. Elizabeth is his favorite because of her level-headed approach to life when his own wife's greatest concern is getting her daughters married off to well-established gentlemen. Only Jane Elizabeth's older sister is nearly as sensible and practical as Elizabeth but Jane is also the bea find out more.....

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here Rebecca - by Daphne du Maurier - AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 12 CDs 14 hrs. 45minutes "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." So begins the classic Rebecca the unsurpassed modern masterpiece of romantic suspense -- one of the bestselling novels of all time! And so begins the remembrances of the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter as she recalls the events that led her to the isolated gray stone manse on the windswept Cornish coast. With a husband she barely knew the young bride arrived at this immense estate only to be inexorably drawn into the life of the first Mrs. de Winter the beautiful Rebecca -- dead but never forgotten; her suite of room find out more.....

Dracula by Bram Stoker read by Richard E. Grant Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here Dracula - Bram Stoker - Read by Richard E. Grant - AudioBook CD Brand New : abridged 3 Audio CDs 3 Hours Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker featuring as its primary antagonist the vampire Count Dracula. Dracula has been attributed to many literary genres including vampire literature horror fiction the gothic novel and invasion literature. Structurally it is an epistolary novel that is told as a series of diary entries and letters. Literary critics have examined many themes in the novel such as the role of women in Victorian culture conventional and conservative sexuality immigration colonialism postcolonialism and folklore. Although Stoker did not invent the vampire the novel's influence on the popularity of vampires has been singularly responsible for many theatrical and film interpretations throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. The novel is mainly composed o more here.....

1984 by George Orwell read by Richard Brown Get Other George Orwell AudioBook CD click here Get Other Classic AudioBook CD click here 1984 - Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell - Audio Book CD Brand New : (unabridged) 9 CDs - 11.5 hours Ministry of Truth bureaucrat Winston Smith is the protagonist; although unitary the story is three-fold. The first describes the world of 1984 as he perceives it; the second is his illicit romance with Julia and his intellectual rebellion against the Party; the third is his capture and imprisonment interrogation torture and re-education in the Ministry of Love. The plotline is therefore virtually identical to that of a 1921 Russian novel titled We which occurs in a world similar to that of Nineteen Eighty-Four. The intellectual Winston Smith is a member of the Outer Party lives in the ruins of London (the "chief city of Airstrip One" a province of Oceania) who grew up in the post-World War II United Kingdom d more here.....

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare A fully dramatised recording Get other William Shakespeare plays on Audio CD click here Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare - Unabridged Audio CD Brand New : Unabridged 2 Audio CDs 139 minutes The play features three interlocking plots connected by a celebration of the wedding of Duke Theseus of Athens and the Amazonian queen Hippolyta and set simultaneously in the woodland and in the realm of Fairyland under the light of the moon. In the opening scene Hermia refuses to follow her father's Egeus's instructions for her to marry his chosen man Demetrius. In response Egeus quotes before Theseus an ancient Athenian law whereby a daughter must marry the suitor chosen by her father or else face death. Theseus does not want this young girl to die and offers her another cho extra info.....

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett Unabridged 32 CDs Get Other Classic Audio Books click here Get Other Ken Follett AudioBooks click here The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett - Audio Book Unabridged CD Brand New (still shrink wrapped): . 41 hours 32 CDs The Pillars of the Earth is a historical novel by Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building of a cathedral in Kingsbridge England. It is set in the middle of the 12th century primarily during the time known as The Anarchy between the time of the sinking of the White Ship and the murder of Thomas Becket. The book traces the development of Gothic Architecture out of the preceding Romanesque Architecture and the fortunes of the Kingsbridge priory again more details.....

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey Unabridged read by Tom Parker Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey - AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 9 Audio CDs 10 Hours One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) is a novel written by Ken Kesey. It is set in an Oregon asylum and serves as a study of the institutional process and the human mind. The novel was written in 1959 by Kesey although it wasn't published until 1962. The novel was such a success that it was later adapted into a 1975 film which won five Academy Awards. Although the novel was controversial when it was released due to the fact that it contained much sexual content it later became known as a classic American novel. Time Magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best Engli more.....

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley read by Richard Pasco Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here Frankenstein - Mary Shelley - AudioBook CD Brand New : abridged 3 Audio CDs 3 Hours Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus generally known as Frankenstein is a novel written by the British author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Shelley started writing Frankenstein when she was 18 and finished when she was 19. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818. Shelley's name appears on the second edition published in 1831. The title of the novel refers to a scientist Victor Frankenstein who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man but larger than average and more powerful. In popular culture people have tended to refer to the Creature as "Frankenstein" despite this being the name of the scientist. Frankenstein is infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement. It was also a warning against the "over-reaching" of modern man and more details.....

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh read by Jeremy Irons Get Other Classic AudioBook CD click here Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh - Audio Book CD Brand New : (unabridged) 10 CDs - 11.5 hours Brideshead Revisited The Sacred Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder is a novel by the English writer Evelyn Waugh first published in 1945. Waugh wrote that the novel "deals with what is theologically termed 'the operation of Grace' that is to say the unmerited and unilateral act of love by which God continually calls souls to Himself". This is achieved by an examination of the aristocratic Marchmain family as seen by the narrator Charles Ryder. Time Magazine included Brideshead Revisited in its list of "All-time 100 Novels". In various letters Waugh himself refers to the novel a number of times as his magnum opus; however in 1950 he wrote to Graham Greene saying "I re-read Brideshead Revisited and was appalled." In Waugh's preface to the 1959 revised edition of Brideshead the author explains the circumstances in which the novel was written in the six months between December 1943 and June 1944 following a minor parachute acci click here.....

The Caedmon Collection Dylan Thomas - Audio Book CD Introduced by Billy Collins Get other Poetry audio books on CD click here Dylan Thomas - The Caedmon Collection - Audio Book CD Brand New (still shrink wrapped): 11 CDs 12.5 Hours Beginning in February 1952 Dylan Thomas made a series of memorable and historic recordings for a new record label called Caedmon. In fact Dylan Thomas was the first to record for this new label started by two 22-year-old women Marianne Roney and Barbara Cohen. Little did they know that in addition to capturing a part of history they also launched an industry of spoken-word recording. This collection not only contains the incredible Caedmon recording sessions but also recordings from the BBC CBC and other archival material Caedmon originally published in the 1950s and 1960s. Highlights include: "A Child's Christmas in Wales" and "Five Poems"; "Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night" his prose: Adventures in the Skin Trade and Qu more.....