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 fantasize about how to get him out of his house. Following two summers of friendship with Dill Scout and Jem find that someone is leaving them small gifts in a tree outsid more data
The Comedy of Errors 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 Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare - Unabridged Play on Audio CD Brand New : Unabridged 2 Audio CDs 88 minutes Egeon faces execution unless he can pay a fine of a thousand marks. He tells his sad story. In his youth he married and had twin sons. On the same day a poor woman also gave birth to twin boys and he purchased these as slaves to his sons. Soon afterwards the family made a sea voyage and was hit by a tempest. Egeon lashed himself to the main-mast with one son and one slave while his wife was rescued by one boat Egeon by another. Egeon never again saw his wife or the children with her. Recently his son Antipholus of Syracuse now grown and his son’s slave Dromio of Syracuse left Syracuse on a quest to find their further data
Animal Farm by George Orwell read by Ralph Cosham Get Other George Orwell AudioBook CD click here Get Other Classic AudioBook CD click here Animal Farm - George Orwell - Audio Book CD Brand New : (unabridged) 3 CDs - 3 hours Old Major a prize-winning boar gathers the animals of the Manor Farm for a meeting in the big barn. He tells them of a dream he has had in which all animals live together with no human beings to oppress or control them. He tells the animals that they must work toward such a paradise and teaches them a song called “Beasts of England ” in which his dream vision is lyrically described. The animals greet Major's vision with great enthusiasm. When he dies only three nights after the meeting three younger pigs—Snowball Napoleon and Squealer—formulate his main principles into a philosophy called Animalism. Late one night the animals manage to defeat the farmer Mr. Jones in a battle running him off the land. They rename the property Animal Farm and dedicate themselves to achieving Major's dream. The car find out more.....
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 (fr related info
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 - and somehow discover a firm set of values and priorities. About Charles Dickens Dickens was born on F click here.....
50 Psychology Classics - by Tom Butler-Bowden A thinking persons guide to Popular Psychology 50 Self Help Classics / 50 Success Classics / 50 Prosperity Classics/50 Spiritual Classics on Audio click here 50 Psychology Classics - Tom Butler-Bowden -Audio-Book CD Brand New : Unabridged 10 CDs ( a summary and analysis of the 50 books and the key ideas -not a reading of all 50 books) If you have always been fascinated by the human mind and what makes people behave the way they do this audio-book is for you. In a journey that spans 50 books hundreds of ideas and over a century in time 50 Psychology Classics looks at some of the most intriguing questions relating to what motivates us what makes us feel and act in certain ways how our brains work and how we create a sense of self. 50 Psychology Classics explores writings from some iconic figures such as Freud Adler Jung skinner Ja click on
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Unabridged read by Juliet Mills Get Other Bronte Audio Books CD click here Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - Unabridged AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 16 Audio CDs 19.5 Hours Orphaned at an early age Jane Eyre leads a lonely life until she finds work as a governess at Thornfield Hall where she meets the mysterious Mr. Rochester and sees a ghostly woman who roams the halls by night. This is a story of passionate love travail and final triumph. The relationship between the heroine and Mr. Rochester is only one episode albeit the most important in a detailed fictional autobiography in which the author transmuted her own experience into high art. In this work the plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance but possesses an indomitable spirit a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced t extra
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 rooms never touched; her clothes still ready to be worn; and her servant the sinister Mrs. Danvers still royal. And as an eerie presentiment of evil tightened around her heart the s much more info
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien The BBC dramatisation Get Other Middle Earth Audio Books click here The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien - BBC Audio Dramatisation CD Brand New (still shrink wrapped): . 4 hours 5CDs The Hobbit is a novel written by J. R. R. Tolkien in the tradition of the fairy tale. It was first published on September 21 1937. While it also stands in its own right it is often seen as a prelude to Tolkien's monumental fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings (published in 1954 and 1955). Bilbo Baggins the hobbit is a peaceful sort who lives in a cozy hole in the Shire a place where adventures are uncommon--and rather unwanted. So when the wizard of Gandalf whisks him away on a treasure hunting expedition with a troop of rowdy dwarves he's not entirely thrilled. Encountering ruthless trolls beastly orcs gigantic spiders and hungry wolves Bilbo discovers within himself astonishing strength and courage. And at the ultimate confrontation with the fearsome dragon Smaug the hobbit will brave the dangers of dark and dragon-fire alone and unaided. J.R.R. Tolkien's timeless and beloved tale is presented in a stunning dramatization that resounds with all the excitement of a theater details
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 United Kingdom in 1914 (at age 25) and became a British subject in 1927 at the age of 39. Of his nationality and its role in his work Eliot said: "[My poetry] wouldn’t be what it is if I’d been born in come here
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 secondarily on his novels. Among many volumes of poetry Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical est click on
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller Unabridged read by Jay O. Sanders Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here Catch 22 by Joseph Heller - Unabridged AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 16 Audio CDs 19.5 Hours During the second half of World War II a soldier named Yossarian is stationed with his Air Force squadron on the island of Pianosa near the Italian coast in the Mediterranean Sea. Yossarian and his friends endure a nightmarish absurd existence defined by bureaucracy and violence: they are inhuman resources in the eyes of their blindly ambitious superior officers. The squadron is thrown thoughtlessly into brutal combat situations and bombing runs in which it is more important for the squadron members to capture good aerial photographs of explosions than to destroy their targets. Their colonels continually raise the number of missions that they are required to fly before being sent ho more advice
Romeo and Juliet 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 Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare - Unabridged Audio CD Brand New : Unabridged 3 Audio CDs The play starts with a street brawl between Montagues and Capulets. The Prince of Verona intervenes and declares that further breach of the peace will be punishable by death. Later Count Paris talks to Lord Capulet about marrying his daughter but Capulet is wary of the request because Juliet is still only thirteen. Capulet asks Paris to wait another two years and invites him to attend a planned Capulet ball. Lady Capulet and Juliet's nurse try to persuade Juliet to accept Paris' courtship. After the brawl Benvolio talks with his cousin Romeo Lo related info
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 o more information.....
The Essential Dylan Thomas Dylan Thomas - Audio CD Poetry and Recordings Get other Poetry audio books on CD click here The Essential Dylan Thomas - Audio CD Brand New : 4 CDs 4.8 hours This varied well-chosen selection brings onto one CD set the best of Dylan Thomas: the legendary recording of 'Under Milk Wood ' with Richard Burton and Richard Bebb as narrators plus also two radio productions he wrote before that great classic which while interesting in themselves show how 'Under Milk Wood' grew gradually in his imagination. Thomas was a charismatic if idiosyncratic performer of his own poetry and stories and this set provides a representative selection. But performances of Dylan Thomas have moved on and the greatness of the writer as a poet and storyteller are perhaps best heard in new recordings by actors of our own time. Here Bebb Madoc and Hughes share some of Thomas finest most challenging and endearing works. CDs 1 2: Historical Recordings 'Under Milk Wood' - the legendary historic performance with Richard Burton and cast 'Quite Early One Morning ' 'Return Journey to Swansea ' and other poems and stories read by Dylan Thomas. CDs 3 4: New Recordings Read by Philip considerably 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 English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. The story was adapted into a Broadway play by Dale Wasserman in 1963. Narrated by the gigantic but docile half-Indian "Chief" B related info
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 much more info
Emma - Jane Austen - Audio Book MP3 Read by Sherry Crowther Unabridged Emma - Jane Austen - Audio Book MP3 Unabridged 18 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 Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen first published in 1816 about the perils of misconstrued romance. The main character Emma Woodhouse is described in the opening paragraph as "handsome clever and rich" but is also rather spoiled. Prior to starting the novel Austen wrote "I am going to take a heroine whom no-one but myself will much like." About the Author Jane Austen Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was a British novelist whose realism biting social commentary and masterful use of free indirect speech burlesque and irony have earned her a place as one of the most wi further data
N Unabridged 22 CDs 25 hours Read by Richard Poe The masterpiece of Steinbeck's later years-a vastly ambitious novel that is at once a family saga and a modern retelling of the Book of Genesis In his journal Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book " and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families-the Trasks and the Hamiltons-whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Here is a work in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity the inexplicability of love and the murderous consequences of love's absence. more advice
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 75th Anniversary edition read by Michael York Get Other Science Fiction Audio Books CD click here Brave New World - Aldous Huxley- AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 7 Audio CDs 8.3 Hours Brave New World is a 1932 novel by Aldous Huxley. Set in the London of AD 2540 (632 A.F. in the book) the novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology and sleep-learning that combine to change society. Huxley answers this book with a reassessment in an essay Brave New World Revisited (1958) and with his final work a novel titled Island (1962) both summarized below. Brave New World is Huxley's most famous novel. The ironic title ultimately derives from Miranda's speech in Shakespeare's The Tempest Act V Scene I: "O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world That hath such people in't!" However a derivation not only more recent but more apposite occurs in Rudya here
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 belie full details
The Merchant of Venice 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 Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare - Unabridged Audio CD Brand New : Unabridged 2 Audio CDs 137 minutes Bassanio a young Venetian would like to travel to Belmont to woo the beautiful and wealthy heiress Portia. He approaches his friend Antonio a merchant for three thousand ducats needed to subsidize his traveling expenditures as a suitor for three months. As all of Antonio's ships and merchandise are busy at sea he promises to cover a bond so Bassanio turns to the moneylender/usurer Shylock and names Antonio as the loan’s guarantor. Shylock who hates Antonio because he had insulted and spat on him for being a Jew a week previously proposes a condition: if Antonio is unable to repay the loa come here
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville Unabridged 24 hours read by Anthony Heald Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here Moby-Dick - Herman Melvilles - Read by Anthony Heald- AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 19 Audio CDs 24 Hours Moby-Dick is an 1851 novel by Herman Melville. The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab seeks one specific whale Moby Dick a white whale of tremendous size and ferocity. Comparatively few whaleships know of Moby Dick and fewer yet have encountered him. In a previous encounter the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg. Ahab intends to take revenge. In Moby-Dick Melville employs stylized language symbolism and metaphor to explore numerous complex themes. Through the main character's journey the concepts of class and social status good and evil and the existence of gods are all examined as Ishmael speculates upon his personal beliefs and his place in the universe. The narrator's reflections along with his descriptions of a sai more info
The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare by William Shakespeare 38 Plays fully dramatised recording on Audio CD Get other William Shakespeare plays on Audio CD click here Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare - William Shakespeare - Unabridged Audio CD Brand New : Unabridged 98 Audio CDs 101 hours 47 minutes The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare 38 Fully-Dramatized Unabridged Plays on CD Full Cast Production featuring nearly 400 actors almost all past or present members of the Royal Shakespeare Company including Eileen Atkins Joseph Fiennes Sir John Gielgud Ciaran Hinds Alan Howard Jane Lapotaire Amanda Root David Tennant Sophie Thompson Samuel West and Timothy West. Shakespeare for the 21st century. For the first time all of Shakes details
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 literature are now avaialble in these beautiful keepsake volumes. Bound in real cloth and featuring gilt edges and ribbon markers these beautifully produced books are a wonderful way to build a handsome li click
Hamlet 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 Hamlet by William Shakespeare - Unabridged Audio CD Brand New : Unabridged 3 Audio CDs 3.4 Hours The protagonist of Hamlet is Prince Hamlet of Denmark son of the recently deceased King Hamlet. After the death of King Hamlet the King's brother Claudius hastily marries King Hamlet's widow (and Prince Hamlet's mother) Gertrude. In the background is Denmark's long-standing feud with neighbouring Norway and an invasion led by the Norwegian prince Fortinbras is expected. The play opens on a cold night at Elsinore the Danish royal castle. Francisco a sentinel is relieved of hi full details
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 extra
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 an more tips
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder Unabridged read by Cherry Jones Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here Get Other Childrens Audio Books CD click here Little House on the Prairie - Laura Ingalls Wilder - Unabridged AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 6 Audio CDs 5.5 Hours At the beginning of this story Pa Ingalls decides to sell the house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and move to the Indian Territory near Independence Kansas as there were widely circulating stories that the land (technically still under Osage ownership) would be opened to settlement by homesteaders imminently. So Laura along with Pa and Ma and Mary and baby Carrie move to Kansas. Along the way Pa trades his two horses for two Western mustangs which Laura and Mary name Pet and Patty. When the family reaches Indian Territory they meet Mr. Edwards who is extremely polite to Ma but tells Laura and Mary that he is "a wildcat from Tennessee." Mr. Edwards is an excellent neighbor and helps the Ingalls in every way he can beginning with helping Pa erect their house. Then Pa builds a roof and a floor for their house digs a well and the family is finally settled. Du extra info
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh read by Jeremy Irons Get Other Classic AudioBook CD click here Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh - Audio Book CD 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 N click on
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 Abridged 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 Gra more details.....
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Unabridged read by Christopher Hurt Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury - AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 4 Audio CDs 5 Hours Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian speculative fiction novel authored by Ray Bradbury and first published in 1953. The novel presents a future American society in which the masses are hedonistic and critical thought through reading is outlawed. The central character Guy Montag is employed as a "fireman" (which in this future means "book burner"). The number "451" refers to the temperature (in Fahrenheit) at which the books burn when the "firemen" burn them "for the good of humanity". Written in the early years of the Cold War the novel is a critique of what Bradbury saw as an increasingly dysfunctional American society. The concept began with Bradbury's shor considerably more details
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 find out more.....
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut or the Children's Crusade: A Duty Dance with Death Get Other Science Fiction Audio Books CD click here Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut - AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 5 Audio CDs 6 Hours Slaughterhouse-Five; or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance With Death is a 1969 novel by Kurt Vonnegut. One of his most popular works and widely regarded as a classic it combines science fiction elements with an analysis of the human condition from an uncommon perspective using time travel as a plot device. The bombing of Dresden in World War II the aftermath of which Vonnegut witnessed is the starting point. Slaughterhouse-Five spans the life of a man who has "come unstuck in time." It is the story of Billy Pilgrim experiencing different time periods of his life most notably his experience in World War II and his relationship with his family. Th find out more.....
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 Regen link here
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 much more info
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Unabridged read by David Case Get Other Classic Audio Books CD click here Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad - AudioBook CD Brand New : Unabridged 4 Audio CDs 4 Hours Heart of Darkness is a novella written 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. The story details an incident when Marlow an Englishman took a foreign assignment as a ferry-boat captain employed by a Belgian trading company. Although the river is never specifically named readers may assume it is the Congo River in the Congo Free State a private colony of King Leopold II. Marlow is employed to transport ivory downriver; however his more pressing assignment is to re come here
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&rs more advice
50 Spritual Classics by Tom Butler-Bowden Timeless wisdom from 50 great books 50 Self Help Classics / 50 Success Classics / 50 Prosperity Classics/50 Spiritual Classics on Audio click here 50 Spritual 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 success 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 1. Muhammad Asad The Road To Mecca (1954) 2. St Augustine Confessions (400) 3. Richard Bach Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970) 4. Black Elk Black Elk Speaks (1932) 5. Richard Maurice Bucke Cosmic Consciousness (1901) 6. Fritjof Capra The Tao of Physics (1976) 7. Carlos Castaneda Journey to Ixtlan (1972) 8. GK Ch extra
50 Selp-Help Classics by Tom Butler-Bowden 50 Inspirational books to transform your life 50 Self Help Classics / 50 Success Classics / 50 Prosperity Classics/50 Spiritual Classics on Audio click here 50 Self-Help 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) 50 Self-Help Classics : 50 Inspirational Books to Transform Your Life * An introduction to the self-help phenomenon with list and thematic guide to the best works. * 50 commentaries on 50 classic works: the story of each book's writing their life-changing ideas their impact representative quotes the meaning of each book 'in a nutshell' and cross-referencing to similar classics. (Note - these are summaries of the 50 Books NOT the whole 50 books) * Includes a further list '50 More Classics' * Named by Shape magazine (US) as one of the 'Ten best self-help guides' along with t extra info
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 ad full details
Sherlock Holmes - Radio Mysteries The History of Radio Unabridged 8 CD Audio Book Set Get other Sherlock Holmes AudioBooks click here Sherlock Holmes - Radio Mysteries - Audio Book CD Brand New (8 CDs - 6 Hours): About Sherlock Holmes - Radio Mysteries For the First time in half a century Sherlock Holmes returns to radio in a new series of broadcasts! Here is a collection of newly-conceived tales of the world's First consulting detective as told by his friend and associate Dr. John Watson portrayed by actor Lawrence Albert. Sherlock Holmes Radio Mysteries is produced under authority of the estate of Dame Jean Conan Doyle granddaughter of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Each episode is fully dramatized with a professional cast of actors realistic sound effects and a special suite of music that was commissioned for this radio series. But most importantly the creator of the programs Jim French researched and took special care to abide by the Doyle canon: you will hear Holmes played by John Gilbert in all his changeable moodiness and Dr. Watson as his a click
Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein Read by Christopher Hurt Get Other Sci-Fi Audio Books click here Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein - Audio Book Brand New : (still shrink wrapped) Unabridged 16 hours 13 CDs The most famous science fiction novel written Stranger in a Strange Land is the epic saga of an earthling born and educated on Mars who arrives on our planet with superhuman powers and a total ignorance of the mores of man. His name is Valentine Michael Smith and he is destined to become a freak a media commodity a scam artist a searcher a sexual pioneer a neon evangelist a martyr and finally a messiah. This novel became not only the bible of the "love generation " it managed to transcend the science fiction genre to achieve the status of a modern classic; or as others put it Heinlein's earthly "divine comedy." If you want Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein as a book click he further data
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 click on
