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Washington Irving - A Short Story Collection

One of the "founding fathers" of American literature, this collection includes classics and lesser known, yet equally pristine, stories

by Washington Irving ...

Narrated by Eric Meyers ...

Unabridged

3 hours 7 min

Washington Irving was born on 3rd April, 1783, the youngest of 11, in New York.Irving found his real interests away from school in literature and the theatre. An outbreak of yellow fever at 15 moved him away from Manhattan and into the surrounding countryside providing valuable settings for later works such as ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’.By 19 Irving was writing regularly to the New York Morning ... Read more

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Washington Irving was born on 3rd April, 1783, the youngest of 11, in New York.Irving found his real interests away from school in literature and the theatre. An outbreak of yellow fever at 15 moved him away from Manhattan and into the surrounding countryside providing valuable settings for later works such as ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’.By 19 Irving was writing regularly to the New York Morning
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Boss of the Grips

The Life of James H. Williams and the Red Caps of Grand Central Terminal

by Eric K. Washington ...

Winner • Herbert H. Lehman Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in New York HistoryWinner • GANYC Apple Award for Outstanding Book Writing (Nonfiction)Finalist • Brendan Gill Prize (Municipal Art Society of New York)Open Letters Review • 10 Best Biographies of 2019The Bowery Boys Podcast • 10 Favorite Books of 2019A long-overdue biography of the head of Grand Central Terminal’s Red Caps, who ... Read more

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Winner • Herbert H. Lehman Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in New York HistoryWinner • GANYC Apple Award for Outstanding Book Writing (Nonfiction)Finalist • Brendan Gill Prize (Municipal Art Society of New York)Open Letters Review • 10 Best Biographies of 2019The Bowery Boys Podcast • 10 Favorite Books of 2019A long-overdue biography of the head of Grand Central Terminal’s Red Caps, who
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Getting Back Up After The Death Of A Child

by Eric Washington ...

The door opened, and I was asked to come in. Walking as slow as I could possibly walk, I walked through the door and looked over at the large refrigerators for the deceased and saw one drawer opened. As I got closer, I could see my son's beard sticking out of the body bag. I froze, didn't and couldn't breathe, staring at my boy. Got closer and noticed he still had a breathing tube in his mouth, ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

The door opened, and I was asked to come in. Walking as slow as I could possibly walk, I walked through the door and looked over at the large refrigerators for the deceased and saw one drawer opened. As I got closer, I could see my son's beard sticking out of the body bag. I froze, didn't and couldn't breathe, staring at my boy. Got closer and noticed he still had a breathing tube in his mouth,
... Read more
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Boss of the Grips

The Life of James H. Williams and the Red Caps of Grand Central Terminal

by Eric K. Washington ...

Narrated by David Sadzin ...

Unabridged

10 hours 11 min

A long-overdue biography of the head of Grand Central Terminal's Red Caps, who flourished in the cultural nexus of Harlem and American railroads.In a feat of remarkable research and timely reclamation, Eric K. Washington uncovers the nearly forgotten life of James H. Williams (1878–1948), the chief porter of Grand Central Terminal's Red Caps—a multitude of Harlem-based black men whom he organized ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

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A long-overdue biography of the head of Grand Central Terminal's Red Caps, who flourished in the cultural nexus of Harlem and American railroads.In a feat of remarkable research and timely reclamation, Eric K. Washington uncovers the nearly forgotten life of James H. Williams (1878–1948), the chief porter of Grand Central Terminal's Red Caps—a multitude of Harlem-based black men whom he organized
... Read more

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A Burning House

Redeeming American Evangelicalism by Examining Its History, Mission, and Message

by Brandon Washington ...

Despite the civil rights progress he fought for and saw on the horizon in the 1950s and '60s, Martin Luther King Jr.—increasingly concerned by America's moral vision, admitted—"I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."In A Burning House, Brandon Washington contends that American Evangelicalism is a house ablaze: burning in the destructive fires of discrimination and ... Read more

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Despite the civil rights progress he fought for and saw on the horizon in the 1950s and '60s, Martin Luther King Jr.—increasingly concerned by America's moral vision, admitted—"I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."In A Burning House, Brandon Washington contends that American Evangelicalism is a house ablaze: burning in the destructive fires of discrimination and
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3 Stories About - Art

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

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

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

Unabridged

59 min

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says ... Read more

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There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says
... Read more
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Art of Bookmaking, The

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Washington Irving ...

Narrated by Eric Meyers ...

Unabridged

17 min

Washington Irving was born on 3rd April, 1783, the youngest of 11, in New York.Irving found his real interests away from school in literature and the theatre. An outbreak of yellow fever at 15 moved him away from Manhattan and into the surrounding countryside providing valuable settings for later works such as ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’.By 19 Irving was writing regularly to the New York Morning ... Read more

$2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Washington Irving was born on 3rd April, 1783, the youngest of 11, in New York.Irving found his real interests away from school in literature and the theatre. An outbreak of yellow fever at 15 moved him away from Manhattan and into the surrounding countryside providing valuable settings for later works such as ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’.By 19 Irving was writing regularly to the New York Morning
... Read more
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Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The

The iconic gothic tale of the headless horseman that is still widely known today despite being written over 200 years ago

by Washington Irving ...

Narrated by Eric Meyers, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 29 min

Washington Irving was born on 3rd April, 1783, the youngest of 11, in New York.Irving found his real interests away from school in literature and the theatre. An outbreak of yellow fever at 15 moved him away from Manhattan and into the surrounding countryside providing valuable settings for later works such as ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’.By 19 Irving was writing regularly to the New York Morning ... Read more

$6.99 CAD

Washington Irving was born on 3rd April, 1783, the youngest of 11, in New York.Irving found his real interests away from school in literature and the theatre. An outbreak of yellow fever at 15 moved him away from Manhattan and into the surrounding countryside providing valuable settings for later works such as ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’.By 19 Irving was writing regularly to the New York Morning
... Read more
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Atmospheric Horror Stories

Setting the scene in the worst way…

by A M Burrage, Algernon Blackwood, Ambrose Bierce, E F Benson, E T A Hoffman, Ernst Raupach, F Marion Crawford, Jean Lorrain, M R James, Margaret Oliphant, Mary Cholmondeley, Mary Diana Dods writing as David Lyndsey, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, May Sinclair, R Murray Gilchrist, Rosa Mulholland, Washington Irving ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Eric Meyers, Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

13 hours 21 min

Horror stories are designed from the onset to create a story that will suddenly go very wrong and create a sheer horror and hell not only for the characters in the story but by extension ourselves.In this carefully crafted volume, our authors use their talents to create an atmosphere that might start with tingling tension but builds and builds until we can trust nothing but the certainty of the ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Horror stories are designed from the onset to create a story that will suddenly go very wrong and create a sheer horror and hell not only for the characters in the story but by extension ourselves.In this carefully crafted volume, our authors use their talents to create an atmosphere that might start with tingling tension but builds and builds until we can trust nothing but the certainty of the
... Read more
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Wasted Space: Volume Two [Dramatized Adaptation]

Wasted Space 2

by Michael Moreci, Hayden Sherman ...

Narrated by Richard Rohan, Eric Messner, Duyen Washington, Henry W. Kramer, Karen Novack, Chris Genebach, Jacob Yeh, Lolita Horne, James Konicek, Andrew James Spooner ...

Series series Wasted Space
Unabridged

5 hours 14 min

"GraphicAudio and Vault Comics are proud to present WASTED SPACE VOLUME 2! Adapted directly from the graphic novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music.A bitter, driven Billy Bane and his dysfunctional, thrown-together family of adventurers pinball their way through spatial anomalies and galactic raiders to find the long-forgotten planet Earth, in ... Read more

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"GraphicAudio and Vault Comics are proud to present WASTED SPACE VOLUME 2! Adapted directly from the graphic novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music.A bitter, driven Billy Bane and his dysfunctional, thrown-together family of adventurers pinball their way through spatial anomalies and galactic raiders to find the long-forgotten planet Earth, in
... Read more
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Wasted Space Volume One [Dramatized Adaptation]

by Michael Moreci, Hayden Sherman ...

Narrated by A Full Cast, Eric Messner, Duyen Washington, Henry Kramer, Karen Novack, Chris Genebach, Jacob Yeh, Andy Brownstein, Richard Rohan, Nick DePinto, Joe Mallon, Kenyatta Rogers, Chris Stinson, Kimberly Gilbert, Dani Stoller, Amanda Forstrom, Tony Nam, Bradley Smith, Nanette Savard, Steve Wannall, Zeke Alton, Lawrence Redmond, Holly Vagley, Matthew Pauli, Marni Penning, Peter Holdway, Paul Reisman, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Tim Carlin, Ken Jackson ...

Series series Wasted Space
Unabridged

3 hours 43 min

GraphicAudio and Vault Comics are proud to present WASTED SPACE! Adapted directly from the graphic novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music.Billy Bane is a prophet who got it all wrong, and the galaxy has been burning ever since. All he wants is to waste away in the darkest corner of space with his best pal Dust, a supercharged Fuq bot. But when a ... Read more

$21.97 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

GraphicAudio and Vault Comics are proud to present WASTED SPACE! Adapted directly from the graphic novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music.Billy Bane is a prophet who got it all wrong, and the galaxy has been burning ever since. All he wants is to waste away in the darkest corner of space with his best pal Dust, a supercharged Fuq bot. But when a
... Read more
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White Sand: Volume Two [Dramatized Adaptation]

by Brandon Sanderson ...

Narrated by A Full Cast, Terence Aselford, Alexander Strain, Dawn Ursula, Bradley Smith, Yasmin Tuazon, Jason B. McIntosh, Scott McCormick, Frank Britton, Kenyatta Rogers, Mort Shelby, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Duyen Washington, Eric Messner, Joe Mallon, Jonathon Church, Paul Reisman, Steve Wannall, Ken Jackson, Alejandro Ruiz, Michael John Casey, James Lewis, Jonathan Feuer, Colleen Delany, Nick DePinto, Tim Carlin, Matthew Bassett, Andy Brownstein, Nanna Ingvarsson, Holly Vagley, Elizabeth Jernigan, Joy Jones, Alyssa Wilmoth, Chris Davenport ...

Series series White Sand
Unabridged

5 hours 11 min

Following the loss of most of his colleagues in a violent ambush, Kenton has become Lord Mastrell of the few remaining Sand Masters, magicians who can manipulate sand to do their bidding. With the ruling council poised against him, the hot-headed Kenton must become a diplomat to have any hope of preventing the eradication of his people forever. However, there's another complication: assassins are ... Read more

$27.47 CAD

Following the loss of most of his colleagues in a violent ambush, Kenton has become Lord Mastrell of the few remaining Sand Masters, magicians who can manipulate sand to do their bidding. With the ruling council poised against him, the hot-headed Kenton must become a diplomat to have any hope of preventing the eradication of his people forever. However, there's another complication: assassins are
... Read more

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Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The

Atmospheric Horror Stories

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