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25+ The World's Greatest Short Stories. Vol. 2

Roger Malvin's Burial, Notes From The Underground, The Mark On The Wall, Heart Of Darkness and other

by Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Franz Kafka, Charles Dickens, Ivan Turgenev, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Joseph Conrad, Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, Arthur Conan Doyle, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Guy De Maupassant, Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, Herbert George Wells, Stendhal, Honore De Balzac, Mark Twain, Aldous Huxley, Ernest Hemingway, Nikolay Gogol, O. Henry, Jack London ...

Narrated by Kenneth Eliot, David Miles, Peter Coates, John Broun, Trevor O'Harre, Richard Williams, Cari Hughes, Joshua Szatmari, Joanne Thompson, Mark Bowen, Andrey Repin, Lusy Stone, Joe Phoenix, Jim Girard, John Lingua ...

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39 hours 31 min

Contents:• Washington Irving: Rip Van Winkle• Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders In The Rue Morgue• Fyodor Dostoevsky: Notes From The Underground• Franz Kafka: The Metamorphosis• Charles Dickens: The Chimes• Ivan Turgenev: Mumu• Francis Scott Fitzgerald: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button• Joseph Conrad: Heart Of Darkness• Ambrose Bierce: Chickamauga• Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study In Scarlet• H. P. ... Read more

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Contents:• Washington Irving: Rip Van Winkle• Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders In The Rue Morgue• Fyodor Dostoevsky: Notes From The Underground• Franz Kafka: The Metamorphosis• Charles Dickens: The Chimes• Ivan Turgenev: Mumu• Francis Scott Fitzgerald: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button• Joseph Conrad: Heart Of Darkness• Ambrose Bierce: Chickamauga• Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study In Scarlet• H. P.
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Kinship, Church and Culture

Collected Essays and Studies by John W. M. Bannerman

by John W. M. Bannerman ...

John Bannerman (1932-2008) saw the history of Scotland from a Gaelic perspective, and his outstanding scholarship made that perspective impossible to ignore. As a historian, his natural home was the era between the Romans and the twelfth century when the Scottish kingdom first began to take shape, but he also wrote extensively on the MacDonald Lordship of the Isles in the fourteenth and fifteenth ... Read more

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John Bannerman (1932-2008) saw the history of Scotland from a Gaelic perspective, and his outstanding scholarship made that perspective impossible to ignore. As a historian, his natural home was the era between the Romans and the twelfth century when the Scottish kingdom first began to take shape, but he also wrote extensively on the MacDonald Lordship of the Isles in the fourteenth and fifteenth
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50 Stories from Russia's Greatest Authors

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, Notes From the Underground, First Love, The Queen of Spades, The Death of Ivan Ilych, The Nose, The Cloak, A Dead Body, A Russian Christmas Party and others

by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ivan Turgenev, Aleksandr Kuprin, Alexander Pushkin, Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Leonid Andreyev, Maxim Gorky, Mikhail Bulgakov, Nikolai Gogol ...

Narrated by Michael Goodrick, Peter Coates, Joe Phoenix, Richard Williams, Mike Hogan, Antony Bottoms, Jason Dettrey, Sharon Plummer, Judy Kriz, Trevor O' Hare, John Lingua, Belinda Hillman, John Broun, Rick Walz, Mark Bowen ...

Unabridged

31 hours 43 min

This book collects a magnificent set of works by Russian classical authors: Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Bulgakov. Each original story, springing from a common creative heritage, delivers a glimpse of the immortal Russian Soul and has influenced modern literary trends. These stories are interesting to their core and will bring pleasure to ... Read more

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This book collects a magnificent set of works by Russian classical authors: Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Bulgakov. Each original story, springing from a common creative heritage, delivers a glimpse of the immortal Russian Soul and has influenced modern literary trends. These stories are interesting to their core and will bring pleasure to
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Scotland

A History from Earliest Times

by Alistair Moffat ...

Five hundred million years of Scottish history from the author of Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms: "Deserves a prominent place in the history canon" ( Scots Magazine).Covering the Ice Age to the recent Scottish Referendum, the acclaimed historian and author explores the history of the Scottish nation. Focusing on key moments such as the Battle of Bannockburn and the Jacobite risings, Moffat also ... Read more

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Five hundred million years of Scottish history from the author of Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms: "Deserves a prominent place in the history canon" ( Scots Magazine).Covering the Ice Age to the recent Scottish Referendum, the acclaimed historian and author explores the history of the Scottish nation. Focusing on key moments such as the Battle of Bannockburn and the Jacobite risings, Moffat also
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Strathclyde and the Anglo-Saxons in the Viking Age

by Tim Clarkson ...

This book traces the history of relations between the kingdom of Strathclyde and Anglo-Saxon England in the Viking period of the ninth to eleventh centuries AD. It puts the spotlight on the North Britons or 'Cumbrians', an ancient people whose kings ruled from a power-base at Govan on the western side of present-day Glasgow. In the tenth century, these kings extended their rule southward from ... Read more

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This book traces the history of relations between the kingdom of Strathclyde and Anglo-Saxon England in the Viking period of the ninth to eleventh centuries AD. It puts the spotlight on the North Britons or 'Cumbrians', an ancient people whose kings ruled from a power-base at Govan on the western side of present-day Glasgow. In the tenth century, these kings extended their rule southward from
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Culloden Tales

Stories from Scotland's Most Famous Battlefield

by Hugh G. Allison ...

Culloden was the last battle on British soil. It marked the end of clan culture and was the harbinger of the Highland Clearances. It ensured the inevitability of the American Revolution and increased the outpouring of Scots across the globe. It is the only battle that British Army regiments are not permitted to include in their battle honours; the only battle that Bonnie Prince Charlie ever lost; ... Read more

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Culloden was the last battle on British soil. It marked the end of clan culture and was the harbinger of the Highland Clearances. It ensured the inevitability of the American Revolution and increased the outpouring of Scots across the globe. It is the only battle that British Army regiments are not permitted to include in their battle honours; the only battle that Bonnie Prince Charlie ever lost;
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William Wallace

Brave Heart

by Dr James Mackay ...

Sir William Wallace of Ellerslie is one of history's greatest heroes, but also one of its greatest enigmas - a shadowy figure whose edges have been blurred by myth and legend. Even the date and place of his birth have been mis-stated - until now. James Mackay uses all his skills as a historical detective to produce this definitive biography, telling the incredible story of a man who, without ... Read more

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Sir William Wallace of Ellerslie is one of history's greatest heroes, but also one of its greatest enigmas - a shadowy figure whose edges have been blurred by myth and legend. Even the date and place of his birth have been mis-stated - until now. James Mackay uses all his skills as a historical detective to produce this definitive biography, telling the incredible story of a man who, without
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The Secrets of Rosslyn

by Roddy Martine ...

The centuries-old secrets of the famous Scottish chapel are decoded in this revealing history—"a fascinating read" ( Scotland Magazine).Overlooking the village of Roslin just seven miles from the center of Edinburgh, Rosslyn Chapel is one of the world's most fascinating historic sites. Since its construction in the mid fifteenth century it has cast a mesmerizing spell over all who have visited it, ... Read more

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The centuries-old secrets of the famous Scottish chapel are decoded in this revealing history—"a fascinating read" ( Scotland Magazine).Overlooking the village of Roslin just seven miles from the center of Edinburgh, Rosslyn Chapel is one of the world's most fascinating historic sites. Since its construction in the mid fifteenth century it has cast a mesmerizing spell over all who have visited it,
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Picts, Gaels and Scots

Early Historic Scotland

by Sally M. Foster ...

A look at Scotland before it was Scotland, with illustrations and photos included: "An outstanding book." — Current ArchaeologyEarly historic Scotland—from the fifth to the tenth century AD—was home to a variety of diverse peoples and cultures, all competing for land and supremacy. Yet by the eleventh century it had become a single, unified kingdom, known as Alba, under a stable and successful ... Read more

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A look at Scotland before it was Scotland, with illustrations and photos included: "An outstanding book." — Current ArchaeologyEarly historic Scotland—from the fifth to the tenth century AD—was home to a variety of diverse peoples and cultures, all competing for land and supremacy. Yet by the eleventh century it had become a single, unified kingdom, known as Alba, under a stable and successful
... Read more
Alexander II

King of Scots 1214-1249

by Richard Oram, Richard D. Oram ...

By equal measure state-builder and political unifier and ruthless opportunist and bloody-handed aggressor, Alexander II has been praised or vilified by past historians but has rarely been viewed in the round. This book explores the king's successes and failures, offering a fresh assessment of his contribution to the making of Scotland as a nation. It lifts the focus from an introspective national ... Read more

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By equal measure state-builder and political unifier and ruthless opportunist and bloody-handed aggressor, Alexander II has been praised or vilified by past historians but has rarely been viewed in the round. This book explores the king's successes and failures, offering a fresh assessment of his contribution to the making of Scotland as a nation. It lifts the focus from an introspective national
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John Knox

by Rosalind K. Marshall ...

A bestselling biography of one of the Reformations' central characters from the author of Mary Queen of Scots: Truth or Lies.Following John Knox's career in Scotland, England, France, Switzerland, and Germany, Rosalind K. Marshall explains in straightforward terms the issues and beliefs which concerned the theologian so deeply. She also focuses on his relationship with the opposite sex, discussing ... Read more

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A bestselling biography of one of the Reformations' central characters from the author of Mary Queen of Scots: Truth or Lies.Following John Knox's career in Scotland, England, France, Switzerland, and Germany, Rosalind K. Marshall explains in straightforward terms the issues and beliefs which concerned the theologian so deeply. She also focuses on his relationship with the opposite sex, discussing
... Read more
Bare-Arsed Banditti

The Men of the '45

by Maggie Craig ...

'Deftly told' The HeraldThey were modern men, the soldiers of the '45: doctors and lawyers, students and teachers, gardeners and weavers. These are the men often written out of history, or else depicted as gallant but misguided fools.But in reality they were children of the Age of Reason, they wrote poetry, discussed the latest ideas in philosophy and science - and rose in armed rebellion against ... Read more

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'Deftly told' The HeraldThey were modern men, the soldiers of the '45: doctors and lawyers, students and teachers, gardeners and weavers. These are the men often written out of history, or else depicted as gallant but misguided fools.But in reality they were children of the Age of Reason, they wrote poetry, discussed the latest ideas in philosophy and science - and rose in armed rebellion against
... Read more

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