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Neglected Authors, The - Russian Men

Celebrated in their time, forgotten in ours

by Leonid Andreyev, Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev, Valery Bryusov, Vsevolod Garshin, I N Potapenko, Nikolai Schedrin, S T Semyonov, Fyodor Sologub ...

Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick, David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley ...

Unabridged

4 hours 58 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.
... Read more
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Foundations of Fiction, The - Russian Realism

Stories that helped shape one of literatures most acclaimed genres

by Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Anton Chekhov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Ivan Turgenev, Nikolai Gogol, Leonid Andreyev, Maxim Gorky, Ivan Bunin, Vsevolod Garshin, Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev0, I N Potapenko1, Vera Jelihovsky2, Mikhail Bulgakov3 ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley4, David Shaw-Parker5, Mark Rice-Oxley6 ...

Unabridged

13 hours 44 min

In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.Success ... Read more

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In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.Success
... Read more
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Doctors As The Protagonists – Short Stories

Wide spanning anthology with similar main characters

by Robert Louis Stevenson, Honore de Balzac, Franz Kafka, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ivan Turgenev, W F Harvey, Mikhail Bulgakov, Sheridan Le Fanu ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley, Richard Mitchley ...

Unabridged

7 hours 42 min

The Hippocratic oath is sacred. Until it’s not. Human foibles and frailties can quickly grow and make the Doctor into a romantic hero, or a despised villain, or hopeless professional in the face of what is around him.In this volume our protagonists are the people we look to for help and certainty when we are in distress and pain. Our authors place these characters in stories that are as relevant ... Read more

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The Hippocratic oath is sacred. Until it’s not. Human foibles and frailties can quickly grow and make the Doctor into a romantic hero, or a despised villain, or hopeless professional in the face of what is around him.In this volume our protagonists are the people we look to for help and certainty when we are in distress and pain. Our authors place these characters in stories that are as relevant
... Read more
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Russian Short Story, The - Volume 4

Nikolai Lyeskov to Anton Chekhov

by Anton Chekhov, Helena Blavatsky, Vladimir Korolenko ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley, Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

7 hours 17 min

The Russian novel has a reputation that is immense, both in narrative and in length. Unquestionably though the ideas, themes and characters make many novels rightly revered as world class, as icons of literature.Perhaps an easier way to enjoy a wider selection of the Russian heritage, with its varied and glorious literary talents, is with the short story. These gems sparkle and beguile the mind ... Read more

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The Russian novel has a reputation that is immense, both in narrative and in length. Unquestionably though the ideas, themes and characters make many novels rightly revered as world class, as icons of literature.Perhaps an easier way to enjoy a wider selection of the Russian heritage, with its varied and glorious literary talents, is with the short story. These gems sparkle and beguile the mind
... Read more
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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

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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 1920's - The Europeans

The ten best stories written from 1920-1929 by European authors

by Mikhail Bulgakov, Franz Kafka, D H Lawrence, Stefan Zweig, Hristo Smirenski, Luigi Pirandello, Isaac Babel, John Buchan, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Dorothy Edwards ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Mark Rice-Oxley ...

Unabridged

5 hours 53 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

$19.99 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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Stories From the Shadows - Vampires

Embrace the darkness

by John Willaim Polidori, E T A Hoffman, Jan Neruda, Phil Robinson, Hume Nisbet, E F Benson, F G Loring, Ernst Raupach ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Mark Rice-Oxley ...

Unabridged

4 hours 40 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 Horror Stories - About Body Parts Gaining Powers

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

by W F Harvey, F Marion Crawford, A J Alan ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Richard Mitchley, Mark Rice-Oxley ...

Unabridged

2 hours 35 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

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series: Breast Cancer

Important Facts, Inspiring Stories

by Edward Creagan, Canfield Jack, Mark Victor Hansen ...

Narrated by Farrah Parker ...

Abridged

2 hours 3 min

Transforming the breast cancer journey from dark times to surviving and thriving, Chicken Soup for the Soul presents inspirational stories combined with positive, practical medical advice for caregivers and patients. It provides a blend of emotional support and vital information on breast cancer, covering topics such as:• Understanding Your Diagnosis• Working with Your Doctor• Talking with Friends ... Read more

$22.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

Transforming the breast cancer journey from dark times to surviving and thriving, Chicken Soup for the Soul presents inspirational stories combined with positive, practical medical advice for caregivers and patients. It provides a blend of emotional support and vital information on breast cancer, covering topics such as:• Understanding Your Diagnosis• Working with Your Doctor• Talking with Friends
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
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Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy, The

Epic collection of stories from the grandmaster of literature

by Leo Tolstoy ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Richard Mitchley, Mark Rice-Oxley ...

Unabridged

2 hours 9 min

Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 in the Russian province of Tula to a wealthy noble family. As a child, he had private tutors but he showed little interest in any formal education. When he went to the University of Kazan in 1843 to study oriental languages and law, he left without completing his courses. Life now was relaxed and idle but with some writing also taking place. Gambling debts forced an ... Read more

$16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 in the Russian province of Tula to a wealthy noble family. As a child, he had private tutors but he showed little interest in any formal education. When he went to the University of Kazan in 1843 to study oriental languages and law, he left without completing his courses. Life now was relaxed and idle but with some writing also taking place. Gambling debts forced an
... Read more
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3 Stories - Tragic 19th Century Love

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

by Amelia Edwards, Robert Barr, Morley Roberts ...

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

Unabridged

1 hour 16 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

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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
Dead Harvest: A Collection of Dark Tales

by Mark Parker ...

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST BEFORE THE HARVEST . . .Each year, as summer fades to memory, and the sky begins to grow dark, and the leaves change color and fall, the faint, fetid scent of death—of slowly rotting things—begins to drift in, hanging on the chill air like a ghostly pall, making us wonder what this year's harvest will produce.Well...the harvest is here. And it's dead.With these 50 dark tales ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST BEFORE THE HARVEST . . .Each year, as summer fades to memory, and the sky begins to grow dark, and the leaves change color and fall, the faint, fetid scent of death—of slowly rotting things—begins to drift in, hanging on the chill air like a ghostly pall, making us wonder what this year's harvest will produce.Well...the harvest is here. And it's dead.With these 50 dark tales
... Read more

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