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Top 10 Short Stories, The - The 1910's - The British

The ten best stories written from 1910-1919 by British authors

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, Virginia Woolf, Saki, D H Lawrence, E F Benson, Bram Stoker, Algernon Blackwood, W F Harvey, Arnold Bennett ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

5 hours 43 min

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will ... Read more

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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
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - 1900s

The top ten short stories of the 1900's.

by Leo Tolstoy, John Galsworthy, Jack London, Willa Cather, G K Chesterton, M R James, Mark Twain, O Henry, Stephen Crane, W W Jacbos ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Laurel Lefkow, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

6 hours 11 min

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will
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The Last Wolf

by David Shaw Mackenzie ...

'So what is the novelist's duty then?''Oh, to tell the truth of course.'But what is the truth when there are at least two sides to every story?Brothers Maurice and Christopher have not spoken to each other for over 40 years, despite living on the same small island. And nobody talks about Maurice's first wife, Hester – until an apparently unconnected act of vengeance reverberates across the ... Read more

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'So what is the novelist's duty then?''Oh, to tell the truth of course.'But what is the truth when there are at least two sides to every story?Brothers Maurice and Christopher have not spoken to each other for over 40 years, despite living on the same small island. And nobody talks about Maurice's first wife, Hester – until an apparently unconnected act of vengeance reverberates across the
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Neglected Authors, The - Volume 2

Celebrated in their time, forgotten in ours

by William E Burton, Mary Butts, Bernard Capes, Charles W Chesnutt, Mary Cholmondeley, Frederick Cowles, Mrs Craik, Isabella Valancy Crawford, Bithia Mary Croker, Ella D'Arcy, Uriah Derick D'Arcy, Ulric Daubeny, Alphonse Daudet, E M Delafield, Maria Edgeworth, Dorothy Edwards, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Rudolph Fisher, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, Lettice Galbraith, Zona Gale ...

Narrated by Lisa Bowerman, Darrell Joe, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

12 hours 37 min

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Read more

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Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - The 20th Century - Horror

The ten best horror stories written in the 20th century

by H P Lovecraft, Arthur Conan Doyle, M R James, Saki, A M Burrage, E F Benson, Arthur Machen, William Hope Hodgson, W F Harvey, F Marion Crawford ...

Narrated by Mark Rice-Oxley, Garrick Hogan, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

6 hours

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will
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Stories With Nightmares

It's not safe, even when you're asleep

by H G Wells, Edgar Allan Poe, H P Lovecraft, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alexander Pushkin, E F Benson, Guy De Maupassant, Edward Lucas White, Bram Stoker, W F Harvey, Violet Mary Firth writng as Dion Fortune, Ulric Daubeny, Hume Nisbet, Vernon Lee ...

Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick, Ian Holm, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

8 hours 6 min

1 - Stories with Nightmares - An Introduction2 - A Dream of Armageddon - Part 1 by H G Wells3 - A Dream of Armageddon - Part 2 by H G Wells4 - The Sphinx by Edgar Allan Poe5 - The Leather Funnel by Arthur Conan Doyle6 - Polaris by H P Lovecraft7 - The Coffin Maker by Alexander Pushkin8 - The Face by E F Benson9 - The Horla by Guy De Maupassant10 - The Judge's House by Bram Stoker11 - The House of ... Read more

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1 - Stories with Nightmares - An Introduction2 - A Dream of Armageddon - Part 1 by H G Wells3 - A Dream of Armageddon - Part 2 by H G Wells4 - The Sphinx by Edgar Allan Poe5 - The Leather Funnel by Arthur Conan Doyle6 - Polaris by H P Lovecraft7 - The Coffin Maker by Alexander Pushkin8 - The Face by E F Benson9 - The Horla by Guy De Maupassant10 - The Judge's House by Bram Stoker11 - The House of
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Flying Cloud

The True Story of America's Most Famous Clipper Ship and the Woman Who Guided Her

by David W. Shaw ...

"Details the record-breaking 1851 New York-to-San Francisco voyages of the clipper ship Flying Cloud, focusing on its navigator, Eleanor Creesy." — Library JournalIn 1851, navigator Eleanor Creesy set sail on the maiden voyage of the clipper ship Flying Cloud, traveling from New York to San Francisco in only eighty-nine days. This swift passage set a world record that went unbroken for more than a ... Read more

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"Details the record-breaking 1851 New York-to-San Francisco voyages of the clipper ship Flying Cloud, focusing on its navigator, Eleanor Creesy." — Library JournalIn 1851, navigator Eleanor Creesy set sail on the maiden voyage of the clipper ship Flying Cloud, traveling from New York to San Francisco in only eighty-nine days. This swift passage set a world record that went unbroken for more than a
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Sea Wolf of the Confederacy

The Daring Civil War Raids of Naval Lt. Charles W. Read

by David W. Shaw ...

In June 1863, just days before the epic clash at Gettysburg ended the last rebel land invasion of the North, a small party of the Confederate Navy mounted a devastating series of raids on the New England coast, culminating in a battle off Portland, Maine. Veteran author David W. Shaw brilliantly re-creates this almost forgotten chapter of the Civil War in rich narrative detail drawn from accounts ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

In June 1863, just days before the epic clash at Gettysburg ended the last rebel land invasion of the North, a small party of the Confederate Navy mounted a devastating series of raids on the New England coast, culminating in a battle off Portland, Maine. Veteran author David W. Shaw brilliantly re-creates this almost forgotten chapter of the Civil War in rich narrative detail drawn from accounts
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Supernatural Murder Mysteries

Classic tales from an iconic thrilling genre

by Charles Dickens, Guy de Maupassant, Jean Lorrain, Algernon Blackwood, F Marion Crawford, J Y Ackerman, Hugh Walpole, Ambrose Bierce, W F Harvey, Edith Stewart Drewery, Mary Cholmondeley.wav, Amelia Edwards ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Elliot Fitzpatrick, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

8 hours 5 min

In this volume we give the murder mystery a dastardly twist with an element of the Supernatural. With this simple addition stories become flights of evil fancy and thoughts from the dark recesses of our author’s minds. ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In this volume we give the murder mystery a dastardly twist with an element of the Supernatural. With this simple addition stories become flights of evil fancy and thoughts from the dark recesses of our author’s minds.
... Read more
NMAP Essentials

Harness the power of Nmap, the most versatile network port scanner on the planet, to secure large scale networks

by David Shaw ...

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThis book is for beginners who wish to start using Nmap, who have experience as a system administrator or of network engineering, and who wish to get started with Nmap.What you will learnLearn about the inner workings of networks and the importance of portsRun a basic or default scan to detect services using NmapRun an advanced scan with Nmap to designate different ... Read more

$23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThis book is for beginners who wish to start using Nmap, who have experience as a system administrator or of network engineering, and who wish to get started with Nmap.What you will learnLearn about the inner workings of networks and the importance of portsRun a basic or default scan to detect services using NmapRun an advanced scan with Nmap to designate different
... Read more
The Plagues of Pharaoh

by David Shaw ...

Ancient Egypt is a powerful and prosperous land filled with proud, modern, and pious people. Their Pharaoh is a descendent of the gods; touched by immortality and incapable of doing wrong. His people love, worship, and fear him as they do the god Ra who appears to them daily as the sun and whose departure they serenade at dusk every evening.Hannu is one of Pharaoh’s highest and favorite ministers, ... Read more

$5.48 CAD

Ancient Egypt is a powerful and prosperous land filled with proud, modern, and pious people. Their Pharaoh is a descendent of the gods; touched by immortality and incapable of doing wrong. His people love, worship, and fear him as they do the god Ra who appears to them daily as the sun and whose departure they serenade at dusk every evening.Hannu is one of Pharaoh’s highest and favorite ministers,
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Jake Wolf Attorney at Law

by David Shaw ...

This short story tells about an ex-marine with a law degree. He is also a full-blooded American Indian. He opened his law office in Omaha close to the reservation where he grew up. He met some of his past acquaintances, who told him about the troubles with the Indian people and the law. He knew they needed legal help. Jake went to the reservation to check on the background information of two of ... Read more

$5.99 CAD

This short story tells about an ex-marine with a law degree. He is also a full-blooded American Indian. He opened his law office in Omaha close to the reservation where he grew up. He met some of his past acquaintances, who told him about the troubles with the Indian people and the law. He knew they needed legal help. Jake went to the reservation to check on the background information of two of
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