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Short Stories About Survival

A collection of survival stories from some of the greatest authors in history.

by Honoré de Balzac, Leo Tolstoy, Bret Harte, Jack London, Richard Connell, Saki, Stephen Crane, William Hope Hodgson, Zane Grey ...

Narrated by Eric Meyers, Mark Rice-Oxley, Christopher Ragland ...

Unabridged

7 hours 53 min

Our ‘fight of flight’ response is something hardwired into the primitive part of our brain. Our need to survive, to outlive whatever danger poses, that immediate threat to our lives is little short of a marvel. Everything else is abandoned in order to survive. Whilst in modern times that ability has been somewhat modified and ‘reasoned’ away to an extent, in past years it’s what usually kept you ... Read more

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Our ‘fight of flight’ response is something hardwired into the primitive part of our brain. Our need to survive, to outlive whatever danger poses, that immediate threat to our lives is little short of a marvel. Everything else is abandoned in order to survive. Whilst in modern times that ability has been somewhat modified and ‘reasoned’ away to an extent, in past years it’s what usually kept you
... Read more
Mask of Death

by William J. Connell ...

It's not the story you think you know.Do you like stories? So do I. If you have time, I have an interesting one to tell.Our story begins somewhere in Turin, northwestern Italy. Specifically, Sacra di San Michele, a fortress-like abbey located at the pinnacle of Mount Pirchiriano. The time is the mid-14th century. The black plague, or the great mortality as it is sometimes called, is in full bloom ... Read more

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It's not the story you think you know.Do you like stories? So do I. If you have time, I have an interesting one to tell.Our story begins somewhere in Turin, northwestern Italy. Specifically, Sacra di San Michele, a fortress-like abbey located at the pinnacle of Mount Pirchiriano. The time is the mid-14th century. The black plague, or the great mortality as it is sometimes called, is in full bloom
... Read more
Race wih the Black Death

Black Death Tales

by William J. Connell ...

Series series Black Death Tales
As the Black Death drowns medieval Europe in blood and fear, two orphaned heirs are on the run with plague-scarred performers while behind them stalks an immortal flesh‑eater.In plague-ravaged fourteenth-century Europe, Elizabeth Malatesta, a sentient flesh-eater and queen of a growing cult, seeks the blood of her last living kin to halt her decay. The children, Maddalena and Bartolome, flee with ... Read more

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As the Black Death drowns medieval Europe in blood and fear, two orphaned heirs are on the run with plague-scarred performers while behind them stalks an immortal flesh‑eater.In plague-ravaged fourteenth-century Europe, Elizabeth Malatesta, a sentient flesh-eater and queen of a growing cult, seeks the blood of her last living kin to halt her decay. The children, Maddalena and Bartolome, flee with
... Read more
The Routledge History of Italian Americans

Edited by William Connell, Stanislao Pugliese ...

Series series Routledge Histories
The Routledge History of Italian Americans weaves a narrative of the trials and triumphs of one of the nation’s largest ethnic groups. This history, comprising original essays by leading scholars and critics, addresses themes that include the Columbian legacy, immigration, the labor movement, discrimination, anarchism, Fascism, World War II patriotism, assimilation, gender identity and popular ... Read more

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The Routledge History of Italian Americans weaves a narrative of the trials and triumphs of one of the nation’s largest ethnic groups. This history, comprising original essays by leading scholars and critics, addresses themes that include the Columbian legacy, immigration, the labor movement, discrimination, anarchism, Fascism, World War II patriotism, assimilation, gender identity and popular
... Read more
"Capitalism and Slavery" Revisited

The Impact and Legacy of Eric Williams's Trailblazing Work

by Natalie A. Zacek, Ph.D, Erica Williams Connell, Catherine Hall, Devin Leigh, Stephen Mullen, Gervase Phillips, Sheryllynne Haggerty, Dexnell Peters, Christer Petley ...

Reexamining a seminal work on British capitalism and Caribbean slavery and its continuing reverberations in the twenty-first centuryEric Williams’s Capitalism and Slavery (1944), with its insightful and provocative theses about the relationship between Caribbean slavery and the growth of the British economy and the Industrial Revolution, has proved an enduring and controversial book. Never out of ... Read more

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Reexamining a seminal work on British capitalism and Caribbean slavery and its continuing reverberations in the twenty-first centuryEric Williams’s Capitalism and Slavery (1944), with its insightful and provocative theses about the relationship between Caribbean slavery and the growth of the British economy and the Industrial Revolution, has proved an enduring and controversial book. Never out of
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Terror in 16-bits

by Adrean Messmer, Sean M. Thompson, Julie K. Godard, Jonathan Raab, Richard Wolley, J.R. Hamantaschen, William Tea, Brian O'Connell, Matthew M. Bartlett, Amberle L. Husbands, Jack Burgos, Amber Fallon, Thomas C. Mavroudis, Alex Smith, Orrin Grey ...

Now you're playing with…TERRORDemons stalk the circuit boards. Phantoms roam the arcade. Programmers embed occult secrets into the code. Madness spreads from player to player like a virus. Virtual and augmented reality are haunted by unspeakable forces. Doom-cursed warriors live and die and live and die again and again, in bloody and brutal fashion. The denizens of a tortured cyberworld begin to ... Read more

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Now you're playing with…TERRORDemons stalk the circuit boards. Phantoms roam the arcade. Programmers embed occult secrets into the code. Madness spreads from player to player like a virus. Virtual and augmented reality are haunted by unspeakable forces. Doom-cursed warriors live and die and live and die again and again, in bloody and brutal fashion. The denizens of a tortured cyberworld begin to
... Read more
Austerity and Recovery in Ireland

Europe's Poster Child and the Great Recession

Edited by William K. Roche, Philip J. O'Connell, Andrea Prothero ...

In international commentary and debate on the effects of the Great Recession and austerity, Ireland has been hailed as the poster child for economic recovery and regeneration out of deep economic and fiscal contraction. While the genesis of Ireland's financial, economic, and fiscal crisis has been covered in the literature, no systematic analysis has yet been devoted to the period of austerity, to ... Read more

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In international commentary and debate on the effects of the Great Recession and austerity, Ireland has been hailed as the poster child for economic recovery and regeneration out of deep economic and fiscal contraction. While the genesis of Ireland's financial, economic, and fiscal crisis has been covered in the literature, no systematic analysis has yet been devoted to the period of austerity, to
... Read more
Fantastic Stories Presents The Vampire Super Pack

Over 225,000 words of startling Vampire fiction by writers such as Bram Stoker, F. Marion Crawford, Steve Rasnic Tem, Robert E. Howard, Jay O'Connell, John William Polidori, and many, many more!

by Bram Stoker, F. Marion Crawford, Steve Rasnic Tem, Robert E. Howard, Jay O’Connell, John William Polidori, Lord Byron, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Arthur Conan Doyle, Stanislaus Eric, Count Stenbock, Eric Stenbock, E. F. Benson, Darrell Schweitzer, Warren Lapine, Alledria Hurt, Lillian Csernica, J. A. Campbell, Darin Kennedy, Joann Verostko, Alice Askew, Claude Askew, Melanie Tem, F. G. Loring, Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg, Hume Nisbet, Stephen Woodworth, Gerri Leen, Charles S. Ramsburg, Jr., Linda Tiernan Kepner, Stephen Antczak, Mary E. Braddon, Victoria Glad, Marilyn Mattie Brahen, Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, Jan Neruda, L. Jagi Lamplighter, Augustus Hare, T. F. Ridgwell, Théophile Gautier ...

Series Book 35 - Positronic Super Pack Series
Vampires have fascinated mankind for centuries. These creatures of the night enthrall us, terrify us, and seduce us. The Vampire Super Pack brings together 42 vampires stories spanning almost 200 years. With over 225,000 words of fascinating fiction this is the Vampire anthology you’ve been waiting for. Included herein are: • ‘Lipstick on a Business Card’ by Alledria Hurt • ‘The Vampyre’ by John ... Read more

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Vampires have fascinated mankind for centuries. These creatures of the night enthrall us, terrify us, and seduce us. The Vampire Super Pack brings together 42 vampires stories spanning almost 200 years. With over 225,000 words of fascinating fiction this is the Vampire anthology you’ve been waiting for. Included herein are: • ‘Lipstick on a Business Card’ by Alledria Hurt • ‘The Vampyre’ by John
... Read more
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The End of Empire

1805-1862

by George Graham Vest, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Charles Phillips, Robert Emmet, Napoleon Bonaparte, Frederick Douglass, Red Jacket, Daniel O'Connell, William Lloyd Garrison ...

Narrated by Charles Featherstone ...

Series Audiobook 4 - History's Great Speeches
Unabridged

1 hour 47 min

No discussion of the 19th Century is complete without Napoleon. We begin with Charles Phillips’ eulogy, summarizing the strangeness and contradiction of the most influential man of his time. Followed by 7 brief speeches by Napoleon himself.Two speeches chronicle the injustice and tyranny of British rule. Robert Emmet’s Speech From The Dock in 1803 is a classic of Irish Republicanism, given after ... Read more

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No discussion of the 19th Century is complete without Napoleon. We begin with Charles Phillips’ eulogy, summarizing the strangeness and contradiction of the most influential man of his time. Followed by 7 brief speeches by Napoleon himself.Two speeches chronicle the injustice and tyranny of British rule. Robert Emmet’s Speech From The Dock in 1803 is a classic of Irish Republicanism, given after
... Read more
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Lessons from Literature - Short Stories Exploring Peoples Greatest Fears

Learn from the oldest form of communication and education - storytelling

by Edgar Allan Poe, Richard Connell, William Mudford ...

Narrated by William Dufris, Christopher Ragland, Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

2 hours 44 min

We all have fears. They may be irrational, dark or even logically coherent, but we all believe that, at some point, we will be subject to their grasp and punishment. Here our classic authors ladle up stories that both shock and resonate.1 - Short Stories Exploring People's Greatest Fears - An Introduction2 - The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe3 - The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell4 ... Read more

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We all have fears. They may be irrational, dark or even logically coherent, but we all believe that, at some point, we will be subject to their grasp and punishment. Here our classic authors ladle up stories that both shock and resonate.1 - Short Stories Exploring People's Greatest Fears - An Introduction2 - The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe3 - The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell4
... Read more
Lessons in Literature - Short Stories Exploring Peoples Greatest Fears

by Edgar Allan Poe, William Mudford, Richard Connell ...

We all have fears. They may be irrational, dark or even logically coherent, but we all believe that, at some point, we will be subject to their grasp and punishment. Here our classic authors ladle up stories that both shock and resonate. ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

We all have fears. They may be irrational, dark or even logically coherent, but we all believe that, at some point, we will be subject to their grasp and punishment. Here our classic authors ladle up stories that both shock and resonate.
... Read more
"A Son of the Forest" and Other Writings

by William Apess ...

Series series Native Americans of the Northeast
Designed especially for classroom use, this book brings together the best-known works of the nineteenth-century Indian writer William Apess, including the first extended autobiography by a Native American. The text is drawn from On Our Own Ground, which was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book. Barry O'Connell has written a new introduction for this abbreviated edition. ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Designed especially for classroom use, this book brings together the best-known works of the nineteenth-century Indian writer William Apess, including the first extended autobiography by a Native American. The text is drawn from On Our Own Ground, which was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book. Barry O'Connell has written a new introduction for this abbreviated edition.
... Read more

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