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Rune Runner: The Shadow's Grasp

by David William Shaw ...

Narrated by Christopher Tester ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Rune Runner
Unabridged

11 hours 20 min

In a world called Dennere, in the cursed land of the Nightshawl, where eternal darkness reigns, hope is a rare commodity. For Kai, a young Rune Runner who defies the witches’ curse, survival means braving the shadows to uncover ancient secrets. When Kai unlocks the chest to a rare crystal dagger—rumored to hold the power to undo the witches’ dark legacy—he becomes a central figure in a perilous ... Read more

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In a world called Dennere, in the cursed land of the Nightshawl, where eternal darkness reigns, hope is a rare commodity. For Kai, a young Rune Runner who defies the witches’ curse, survival means braving the shadows to uncover ancient secrets. When Kai unlocks the chest to a rare crystal dagger—rumored to hold the power to undo the witches’ dark legacy—he becomes a central figure in a perilous
... Read more
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Short Stories About A Deal with the Devil

What would you sacrifice for your dreams to become reality

by Leo Tolstoy, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charles Baudelaire, John Buchan, Niccolo Machiavelli, Nikolai Gogol, Robert Louis Stevenson, Washington Irving, William Makepeace Thackeray ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Christopher Ragland ...

Unabridged

7 hours 1 min

It’s really very simple. You will sell me your eternal soul and in return I shall make you fabulously rich, powerful, talented and famous for your entire Earthly life. Or maybe even eternity.For an atheist it’s a great deal, though it does suggest atheism may have a weak point. For those of faith it’s a matter of jam now and purgatory tomorrow. A bargain many artists feel is something they can ... Read more

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It’s really very simple. You will sell me your eternal soul and in return I shall make you fabulously rich, powerful, talented and famous for your entire Earthly life. Or maybe even eternity.For an atheist it’s a great deal, though it does suggest atheism may have a weak point. For those of faith it’s a matter of jam now and purgatory tomorrow. A bargain many artists feel is something they can
... Read more
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Stories From the Shadows - Black Magic

Embrace the darkness

by H P Lovecraft, George Eliot, Louisa May Alcott, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Thomas Hardy, W W Jacobs, Ion Luca Caragiale, Violet Mary Firth, Sax Rohmer, F Marion Crawford, Louisa Baldwin, Violet Hunt, Arthur Gray, William Hope Hodgson, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, R Ellis Roberts, D K Broster, William Hunt ...

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

Unabridged

11 hours 2 min

An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into ... Read more

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An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into
... Read more
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3 Stories - Set During Pandemics

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

by Edgar Allan Poe, Fred M White, Jack London ...

Narrated by Christopher Ragland, David Shaw-Parker, William Dufris ...

Unabridged

1 hour 42 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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Rhyme A Dozen, A - Paintings

12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic

by Edith Wharton, Ford Madox Ford, Anne Kingsmill-Finch, Emily Dickinson, Ezra Pound, Henry Alford, James Russell Lowell, James Weldon Johnson, Qiu Jin, Richard Le Gallienne, Robert Herrick, William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Kelly O'Doherty, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

21 min

‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.01 - A Rhyme A ... Read more

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‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.01 - A Rhyme A
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Vampyre, The - A Tale

by John William Polidori ...

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

Unabridged

1 hour 40 min

John William Polidori was born on 7th September 1795 in London to Gaetano Polidori, an Italian political émigré scholar, and Anna Maria Pierce, an English governess. He was the eldest of 8 children.From 1804 Polidori was a pupil at the recently formed Ampleforth College. In 1810 he proceeded to the University of Edinburgh, where he wrote a thesis on sleepwalking and received his degree as a doctor ... Read more

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John William Polidori was born on 7th September 1795 in London to Gaetano Polidori, an Italian political émigré scholar, and Anna Maria Pierce, an English governess. He was the eldest of 8 children.From 1804 Polidori was a pupil at the recently formed Ampleforth College. In 1810 he proceeded to the University of Edinburgh, where he wrote a thesis on sleepwalking and received his degree as a doctor
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Scary Stories for Teenagers

Classic stories that are the original form of horror movies

by Robert Louis Stevenson, Washington Irving, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Algernon Blackwood, H P Lovecraft, W W Jacobs, Saki, E F Benson, M R James, W F Harvey, John Willaim Polidori ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, William Dufris, Mark Rice-Oxley ...

Unabridged

9 hours 20 min

In that extraordinary time between childhood and adulthood are those years that most parents dread; The Teenage Years. Hormones rage, personalities can become belligerent, lives are lived in partial secrecy as their brains undergo re-wiring and their bodies shoot out in all sorts of places.How then to find stories they can engage with? There’s an easy answer. The same way we as adults engage. ... Read more

$24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In that extraordinary time between childhood and adulthood are those years that most parents dread; The Teenage Years. Hormones rage, personalities can become belligerent, lives are lived in partial secrecy as their brains undergo re-wiring and their bodies shoot out in all sorts of places.How then to find stories they can engage with? There’s an easy answer. The same way we as adults engage.
... Read more
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - The 1860's - The Men

The top ten short stories written in the 1860s by male authors

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, Bret Harte, Charles Baudelaire, Edward Everett Hale, Henry James, Himslef, Sabine Baring-Gould, William Hunt ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley, Eve Karpf ...

Unabridged

6 hours 44 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

$14.99 USD 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
... Read more
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Short Stories Set in Winter & The Cold

Tales of braving storms or them merely being a backdrop for the storms within

by Jack London, Alexander Pushkin, F Scott Fitzgerald, Anton Chekhov, Anton Chekhov, James Joyce, Hugh Walpole, Willa Cather, Mary Diana Dods, John Galt, Maxim Gorky0, Amelia Edwards1, Leo Tolstoy2 ...

Narrated by Jim Norton3, William Dufris4, David Shaw-Parker5 ...

Unabridged

11 hours 17 min

1 - Short Stories Set in Winter - The Cold - An Introduction2 - An Odyssey of the North - Part 1 by Jack London3 - An Odyssey of the North - Part 2 by Jack London4 - The Blizzard by Alexander Pushkin5 - The Ice Palace by F Scott Fitzgerald6 - Misery by Anton Chekhov7 - The White Silence by Jack London8 - The Dead - Part 1 by James Joyce9 - The Dead - Part 2 by James Joyce10 - The Snow by Hugh ... Read more

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1 - Short Stories Set in Winter - The Cold - An Introduction2 - An Odyssey of the North - Part 1 by Jack London3 - An Odyssey of the North - Part 2 by Jack London4 - The Blizzard by Alexander Pushkin5 - The Ice Palace by F Scott Fitzgerald6 - Misery by Anton Chekhov7 - The White Silence by Jack London8 - The Dead - Part 1 by James Joyce9 - The Dead - Part 2 by James Joyce10 - The Snow by Hugh
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Poetry Of Animals, The

by Thomas Hardy, William Blake, Emily Dickinson ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Eve Karpf, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

35 min

Animal Poems. We all love animals, even if sometimes its only from afar on TV or at a zoo. But many of us have felt friendship and companionship with our friends in the animal world. We talk and react to them as if they really do understand us. Perhaps they do. In this volume Hardy, Thackeray, Carroll, DH Lawrence, Emily Dickinson and many others share their words with our ears. ... Read more

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Animal Poems. We all love animals, even if sometimes its only from afar on TV or at a zoo. But many of us have felt friendship and companionship with our friends in the animal world. We talk and react to them as if they really do understand us. Perhaps they do. In this volume Hardy, Thackeray, Carroll, DH Lawrence, Emily Dickinson and many others share their words with our ears.
... Read more
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Narrative Poetry, The

Listen to the master at work

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

1 hour 49 min

Despite William Shakespeare being regarded as the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, relatively little is known about his early life and his later ‘lost years’. Even the exact date of his birth is uncertain. 23rd April generally accepted to be the date of his birth, could be a scholarly mistake amplified by the coincidence of it also being the date of his death.What is known ... Read more

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Despite William Shakespeare being regarded as the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, relatively little is known about his early life and his later ‘lost years’. Even the exact date of his birth is uncertain. 23rd April generally accepted to be the date of his birth, could be a scholarly mistake amplified by the coincidence of it also being the date of his death.What is known
... Read more
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From the Memoirs of Satan

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by William Hauff ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

21 min

The bookshelves of European literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is William Hauff. ... Read more

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The bookshelves of European literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is William Hauff.
... Read more

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