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75+ Horror Anthologies

The Black Cat, The Raven, Dracula, Frankenstein, Carmilla, The Call of Cthulhu, At the Mountains of Madness, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Willows and others

by Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Robert Louis Stevenson, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Algernon Blackwood, Francis Marion Crawford, Robert W. Chambers ...

Narrated by David J. Miles, Michael Goodrick, Peter Coates, Paul Gibson, Martina Mercer-Hall, David McCord, Kenneth Elliot, Alfred Costa ...

Unabridged

87 hours 49 min

Contents:Edgar Allan PoeThe Murders in the Rue MorgueThe Gold BugThe Black CatThe Pit and the PendulumThe Tell-Tale HeartThe Fall of the House of UsherThe Masque of the Red DeathThe Cask of AmontilladoThe Facts in the Case of M. ValdemarHop-FrogThe RavenBram StokerDraculaMary Shelley</... ... Read more

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Contents:Edgar Allan PoeThe Murders in the Rue MorgueThe Gold BugThe Black CatThe Pit and the PendulumThe Tell-Tale HeartThe Fall of the House of UsherThe Masque of the Red DeathThe Cask of AmontilladoThe Facts in the Case of M. ValdemarHop-FrogThe RavenBram StokerDraculaMary Shelley</...
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Three Gothic Novels

Frankenstein, Carmilla, Dracula

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Bram Stoker ...

Narrated by Peter Coates, Paul Gibson, Martina Mercer ...

Unabridged

25 hours 35 min

Three Gothic Novels is a compelling collection that brings together three quintessential works of Gothic literature: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla, and Bram Stoker's Dracula. Each novel delves into the macabre and the supernatural, exploring themes of fear, horror, and the unknown, while also probing deeper questions about humanity, morality, and the boundaries of ... Read more

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Three Gothic Novels is a compelling collection that brings together three quintessential works of Gothic literature: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla, and Bram Stoker's Dracula. Each novel delves into the macabre and the supernatural, exploring themes of fear, horror, and the unknown, while also probing deeper questions about humanity, morality, and the boundaries of
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Dirty Deeds Done Cheap

by Peter Mercer ...

Pete Mercer takes us on an unforgettable journey through the dangerous backstreets of 21st-century Iraq, and reveals that the realities of the ongoing War on Terror are not all that they seem.Northern Iraq, 2004 - a lawless region so dangerous the regular coalition armies were reluctant to put their soliders in harm's way. Enter the 'civilian contractors': private armies in all but name. Working ... Read more

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Pete Mercer takes us on an unforgettable journey through the dangerous backstreets of 21st-century Iraq, and reveals that the realities of the ongoing War on Terror are not all that they seem.Northern Iraq, 2004 - a lawless region so dangerous the regular coalition armies were reluctant to put their soliders in harm's way. Enter the 'civilian contractors': private armies in all but name. Working
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Athens vs. Sparta

The War That Broke Classical Greece (The Great Wars of History)

by Peter Hollins, Nathan Mercer ...

What happens when the greatest civilization in the ancient world turns against itself?Athens was wealthy, innovative, and fiercely democratic. Sparta was disciplined, militaristic, and built upon an uncompromising way of life. Together, they had helped save Greece from the Persian Empire.Then they went to war.What began as a rivalry between two powerful city-states grew into a devastating conflict ... Read more

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What happens when the greatest civilization in the ancient world turns against itself?Athens was wealthy, innovative, and fiercely democratic. Sparta was disciplined, militaristic, and built upon an uncompromising way of life. Together, they had helped save Greece from the Persian Empire.Then they went to war.What began as a rivalry between two powerful city-states grew into a devastating conflict
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The Empire Is the Tailor

Ten Famous Garments and the Conquests That Cut Them

by Nathan Mercer, Peter Hollins ...

You got dressed this morning without knowing you were putting on an empire.The jeans gone soft at the knee. The watch on your wrist. The waterproof coat by the door, the ring on your finger, the heels at the back of the closet. Every one of them began as a weapon, a conquest, or a crime — and then quietly moved into your wardrobe.The Empire Is the Tailor tells the true story of ten everyday ... Read more

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You got dressed this morning without knowing you were putting on an empire.The jeans gone soft at the knee. The watch on your wrist. The waterproof coat by the door, the ring on your finger, the heels at the back of the closet. Every one of them began as a weapon, a conquest, or a crime — and then quietly moved into your wardrobe.The Empire Is the Tailor tells the true story of ten everyday
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25+ The World's Greatest Short Stories. Vol. 1

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Gold Bug, Daisy Miller, The Yellow Wallpaper, The Call of Cthulhu and other

by Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Bret Harte, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Rudyard Kipling, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Anton Chekhov, David Herbert Lawrence, James Joyce, Ivan Turgenev, Nikolai Gogol, Mikhail Bulgakov, Ivan Bunin, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, O. Henry, Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, Robert Louis Stevenson, Herbert George Wells, William Wymark Jacobs, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Alexander Pushkin, Gilbert Keith Chesterton ...

Narrated by Paul Gibson, David Miles, Michael Goodrick, Frank Bailey, Sharon Plummer, Jeremy Albret, John Lingua, Mark Bowen, Richard Williams, Joe Phoenix, Mike Hogan, Peter Coates, Martina Mercer-Hall, Jim Girard, Joanne Thompson, David McCord, Judy Kriz, Jason Dettrey ...

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29 hours 8 min

Contents:Washington Irving. The Legend of Sleepy HollowEdgar Allan Poe. The Gold BugHerman Melville. Bartleby, the ScrivenerBret Harte. The Luck of Roaring CampLeo Tolstoy. The Death of Ivan IlyichFyodor Dostoevsky. The Dream of a Ridiculous ManRudyard Kipling. Rikki-Tikki-TaviCharlotte Perkins Gilman. The Yellow WallpaperAnton Chekhov. The Lady with the DogD.H. Lawrence. The Prussian Of... ... Read more

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Contents:Washington Irving. The Legend of Sleepy HollowEdgar Allan Poe. The Gold BugHerman Melville. Bartleby, the ScrivenerBret Harte. The Luck of Roaring CampLeo Tolstoy. The Death of Ivan IlyichFyodor Dostoevsky. The Dream of a Ridiculous ManRudyard Kipling. Rikki-Tikki-TaviCharlotte Perkins Gilman. The Yellow WallpaperAnton Chekhov. The Lady with the DogD.H. Lawrence. The Prussian Of...
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Buddha

The Middle Way and The Life and Philosophy of the Buddha

by Peter Hollins, Nathan Mercer ...

He was a prince who had everything. One night, he walked away from all of it.Twenty-five centuries ago, a young man slipped out of his palace, cut off his hair, and vanished into the dark to answer a single question: why do we suffer — and can it end? What he found would shape the inner lives of half a billion people, with no god, no holy book, and no promise of heaven.The Middle Way, Book Four of ... Read more

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He was a prince who had everything. One night, he walked away from all of it.Twenty-five centuries ago, a young man slipped out of his palace, cut off his hair, and vanished into the dark to answer a single question: why do we suffer — and can it end? What he found would shape the inner lives of half a billion people, with no god, no holy book, and no promise of heaven.The Middle Way, Book Four of
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SPICE

Eight Stories of the Flavors That Seasoned Empires

by Peter Hollins, Nathan Mercer ...

For a pinch of flavor, the world went to war.The salt, pepper, nutmeg, and sugar sitting in your kitchen cost a few dollars. For most of history, each was worth more than its weight in gold — and men killed, sailed, enslaved, and built empires to control them.Spice, Book Three of Materials That Changed the World, tells eight true stories of the flavors that seasoned empires. Follow a single ... Read more

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For a pinch of flavor, the world went to war.The salt, pepper, nutmeg, and sugar sitting in your kitchen cost a few dollars. For most of history, each was worth more than its weight in gold — and men killed, sailed, enslaved, and built empires to control them.Spice, Book Three of Materials That Changed the World, tells eight true stories of the flavors that seasoned empires. Follow a single
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The Cradle of Civilization

How the World's First Cities Rose and Vanished

by Peter Hollins, Nathan Mercer ...

Around six thousand years ago, communities between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers began building some of the world’s earliest cities. In Mesopotamia, systems of writing, law, government, trade, religion, and warfare developed in forms that would influence later civilizations.This book traces the rise and decline of the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians. It explores the growth of ... Read more

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Around six thousand years ago, communities between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers began building some of the world’s earliest cities. In Mesopotamia, systems of writing, law, government, trade, religion, and warfare developed in forms that would influence later civilizations.This book traces the rise and decline of the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians. It explores the growth of
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The Spartacus War

Rome and the Slave Revolt, 73-71 BCE

by Peter Hollins, Nathan Mercer ...

The Roman Republic had crushed every enemy it ever faced. It had never faced an enemy like this.In the gladiator schools of Capua, men were bought to bleed and die for the pleasure of the crowd. In 73 BC, seventy of them seized kitchen knives, broke for the gates, and vanished onto the slopes of Vesuvius. Led by a Thracian slave named Spartacus, they would become the deadliest uprising the ancient ... Read more

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The Roman Republic had crushed every enemy it ever faced. It had never faced an enemy like this.In the gladiator schools of Capua, men were bought to bleed and die for the pleasure of the crowd. In 73 BC, seventy of them seized kitchen knives, broke for the gates, and vanished onto the slopes of Vesuvius. Led by a Thracian slave named Spartacus, they would become the deadliest uprising the ancient
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Weather of Empire

How Shifting Climate Built Empires, Toppled Dynasties, and Redrew the Map of History

by Peter Hollins, Nathan Mercer ...

Empires don't only fall to armies. They fall to the sky.For ten thousand years, the weather has been the quietest and deadliest force in human history. A few degrees of warming built Rome. A few degrees of cooling starved dynasties, emptied cities, and toppled the mightiest empires on earth — and the people living through it almost never knew why.Weather of Empire, Book Two of The Forces That ... Read more

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Empires don't only fall to armies. They fall to the sky.For ten thousand years, the weather has been the quietest and deadliest force in human history. A few degrees of warming built Rome. A few degrees of cooling starved dynasties, emptied cities, and toppled the mightiest empires on earth — and the people living through it almost never knew why.Weather of Empire, Book Two of The Forces That
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Michelangelo vs. Leonardo

The True Story of How the Renaissance's Greatest Grudge Match Happened Under One Roof

by Peter Hollins, Nathan Mercer ...

Two titans. One room. A duel history tried to erase.Florence, 1504. The city commissions the two greatest artists alive to paint the facing walls of its grandest hall — at the same time, in full view of each other. Leonardo da Vinci: fifty-two, famous, untouchable. Michelangelo Buonarroti: twenty-nine, and hungry to dethrone him. They already despise each other. Now the Republic has handed them ... Read more

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Two titans. One room. A duel history tried to erase.Florence, 1504. The city commissions the two greatest artists alive to paint the facing walls of its grandest hall — at the same time, in full view of each other. Leonardo da Vinci: fifty-two, famous, untouchable. Michelangelo Buonarroti: twenty-nine, and hungry to dethrone him. They already despise each other. Now the Republic has handed them
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