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Rural Voices

15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America

by Nora Shalaway Carpenter, David Bowles, Joseph Bruchac, Veeda Bybee, Shanna Edwards, Shawn Cosby, Rob Costello, Randy DuBurke, Rainey Nasugraq Hopson, David Macinnis Gill0, Estelle Laure1, Ashley Hope Perez2, Tirzah Price3, Monica M. Roe4, Yamile Saied Méndez5 ...

Think you know what rural America is like? Discover a plurality of perspectives in this enlightening anthology of stories that turns preconceptions on their head.Gracie sees a chance of fitting in at her South Carolina private school, until a “white trash”–themed Halloween party has her steering clear of the rich kids. Samuel’s Tejano family has both stood up to oppression and been a source of it, ... Read more

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Think you know what rural America is like? Discover a plurality of perspectives in this enlightening anthology of stories that turns preconceptions on their head.Gracie sees a chance of fitting in at her South Carolina private school, until a “white trash”–themed Halloween party has her steering clear of the rich kids. Samuel’s Tejano family has both stood up to oppression and been a source of it,
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Antony and Cleopatra

by William Shakespeare, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright ...

Narrated by a full cast, David Burke, Charles Simpson, Eve Matheson, Trevor Martin, Estelle Kohler, Emma Gregory, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Ciaran Hinds ...

Series series The Arkangel Shakespeare Collection
Unabridged

3 hours 23 min

Mark Antony, one of the three rulers of the Roman world, has become the thrall of the fascinating Cleopatra.Affairs of state call Mark Antony to Rome, but the attractions of the queen of Egypt prove impossible to resist. From one of history’s greatest love stories Shakespeare builds this magnificent tragedy of the clash between love and duty.Cleopatra is played by Estelle Kohler, Mark Antony by ... Read more

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Mark Antony, one of the three rulers of the Roman world, has become the thrall of the fascinating Cleopatra.Affairs of state call Mark Antony to Rome, but the attractions of the queen of Egypt prove impossible to resist. From one of history’s greatest love stories Shakespeare builds this magnificent tragedy of the clash between love and duty.Cleopatra is played by Estelle Kohler, Mark Antony by
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Henry VI, Part 3

by William Shakespeare, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright ...

Narrated by a full cast, David Troughton, Kelly Hunter, David Tennant, Clive Merrison, Stephen Boxer ...

Series Audiobook 3 - The Arkangel Shakespeare Collection
Unabridged

2 hours 55 min

The monstrous power of one of Shakespeare's most memorable characters, Richard Plantagenet, emerges in Henry VI, Part 3, a portent of things to come.The Yorkists have been temporarily victorious and the Duke of York has assumed the throne, but the Lancastrians, led by Queen Margaret, counter-attack. As the fortunes of war shift, both the innocent and the guilty are swept up in the maelstrom. And ... Read more

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The monstrous power of one of Shakespeare's most memorable characters, Richard Plantagenet, emerges in Henry VI, Part 3, a portent of things to come.The Yorkists have been temporarily victorious and the Duke of York has assumed the throne, but the Lancastrians, led by Queen Margaret, counter-attack. As the fortunes of war shift, both the innocent and the guilty are swept up in the maelstrom. And
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Henry VI, Part 2

by William Shakespeare, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright ...

Narrated by a full cast, Kelly Hunter, David Tennant, Norman Rodway ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Arkangel Shakespeare Collection
Unabridged

3 hours 1 min

Rife with intrigue and treachery, this history play depicts the onset of the fifteenth-century Wars of the Roses between the houses of Lancaster and York.Young King Henry VI has married the beautiful Margaret of Anjou, but the new queen is ruthless and ambitious. Supported by the powerful Duke of Suffolk, Margaret plots the overthrow of her enemies, chief among them the Duke of Gloucester. But the ... Read more

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Rife with intrigue and treachery, this history play depicts the onset of the fifteenth-century Wars of the Roses between the houses of Lancaster and York.Young King Henry VI has married the beautiful Margaret of Anjou, but the new queen is ruthless and ambitious. Supported by the powerful Duke of Suffolk, Margaret plots the overthrow of her enemies, chief among them the Duke of Gloucester. But the
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Titus Andronicus

by William Shakespeare, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright ...

Narrated by a full cast, Harriet Walter, David Troughton ...

Series series The Arkangel Shakespeare Collection
Unabridged

2 hours 42 min

The noble Titus returns victorious to Rome, bringing Tamora, queen of the Goths, as his captive. When one of Tamora's sons is condemned to die, she vows revenge, and, aided by the villainous Aaron, she exacts a terrible retribution, inaugurating a grim cycle of rape, murder, and cannibalism. This macabre, often brilliant tragedy comes from the earliest stage of Shakespeare's dramatic career.Titus ... Read more

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The noble Titus returns victorious to Rome, bringing Tamora, queen of the Goths, as his captive. When one of Tamora's sons is condemned to die, she vows revenge, and, aided by the villainous Aaron, she exacts a terrible retribution, inaugurating a grim cycle of rape, murder, and cannibalism. This macabre, often brilliant tragedy comes from the earliest stage of Shakespeare's dramatic career.Titus
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Much Ado about Nothing

by William Shakespeare, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright ...

Narrated by a full cast, Amanda Root, David Bradley, Jason O'Mara, Samuel West, Abigail Docherty, Steve Hodson, Saskia Reeves, Paul Jesson, Bryan Pringle ...

Series series The Arkangel Shakespeare Collection
Unabridged

2 hours 8 min

Young Claudio has fallen for the lovely heiress Hero, who also loves him. Their path to the altar looks smooth, until the evil Don John intervenes.All ends happily, thanks to his incompetent assassins and the lucky discoveries of the bungling constable Dogberry. Central to the play, one of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies, are Beatrice and Benedick, masters of wit and sworn foes to marriage—until ... Read more

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Young Claudio has fallen for the lovely heiress Hero, who also loves him. Their path to the altar looks smooth, until the evil Don John intervenes.All ends happily, thanks to his incompetent assassins and the lucky discoveries of the bungling constable Dogberry. Central to the play, one of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies, are Beatrice and Benedick, masters of wit and sworn foes to marriage—until
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The Gazelle’s Dream

Game Drives of the Old and New Worlds

by Jack W. Brink, Anna Jansson, Espen Finstad, Olivier Barge, Jacques Elie Brochier, Jwana Chahoud, Chrisitine Chataigner, Emmanuelle Regagnon, Marie-Laure Chambrade, David Burke, Wael Abu-Azizeh, Mohammad Barakat Tarawneh, Dani Nadel, Dan Malkinson, Guy Bar-Oz, Amnon Nachmias, Uzi Avner, Liora K. Horwitz, Naomi Porat, D.L. Kennedy, Ueli Brunner, Per Storemyr, Vadim N. Yagodin, Shamil Amirov, Toni Huber, Maria Nieves Zedeño, Lars Pilø, Rémy Crassard, Juan Antonio Sánchez Priego ...

Series series Adapa Monographs
Once the world’s prairies, grasslands, steppes and tundra teemed with massive herds of game: gazelle, wild ass, bison, caribou and antelope. Humans seeking to hunt these large fast-moving herds devised a range of specialised traps that share many characteristics across all continents. Typically consisting of guiding walls or lines of stones leading to an enclosure or trap, game drives were ... Read more

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Once the world’s prairies, grasslands, steppes and tundra teemed with massive herds of game: gazelle, wild ass, bison, caribou and antelope. Humans seeking to hunt these large fast-moving herds devised a range of specialised traps that share many characteristics across all continents. Typically consisting of guiding walls or lines of stones leading to an enclosure or trap, game drives were
... Read more
The Man Who Thought He Was Napoleon

Toward a Political History of Madness

by Laure Murat ...

Translated by Deke Dusinberre ...

The Man Who Thought He Was Napoleon is built around a bizarre historical event and an off-hand challenge. The event? In December 1840, nearly twenty years after his death, the remains of Napoleon were returned to Paris for burial—and the next day, the director of a Paris hospital for the insane admitted fourteen men who claimed to be Napoleon. The challenge, meanwhile, is the claim by great French ... Read more

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The Man Who Thought He Was Napoleon is built around a bizarre historical event and an off-hand challenge. The event? In December 1840, nearly twenty years after his death, the remains of Napoleon were returned to Paris for burial—and the next day, the director of a Paris hospital for the insane admitted fourteen men who claimed to be Napoleon. The challenge, meanwhile, is the claim by great French
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Henry VI, Part 1

by William Shakespeare, Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright ...

Narrated by a full cast, Amanda Root, Norman Rodway, David Tennant, Kelly Hunter ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Arkangel Shakespeare Collection
Unabridged

2 hours 39 min

The all-conquering King Henry V is dead and the throne is occupied by his infant son, Henry VI. The good Duke Humphrey of Gloucester has been appointed protector, but a struggle for power soon develops between the young king’s Lancastrian relatives and the powerful house of York under Richard Plantagenet. Meanwhile the French, led by Joan of Arc, the maid of Orleans, threaten to win back the ... Read more

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The all-conquering King Henry V is dead and the throne is occupied by his infant son, Henry VI. The good Duke Humphrey of Gloucester has been appointed protector, but a struggle for power soon develops between the young king’s Lancastrian relatives and the powerful house of York under Richard Plantagenet. Meanwhile the French, led by Joan of Arc, the maid of Orleans, threaten to win back the
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All's Well That Ends Well

by William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit ...

Narrated by Josh Verbae ...

Series series Shakespeare Stories
Unabridged

13 min

Helena, the low-born ward of a French countess, is in love with the countess' son, Bertram, who is indifferent to her. Bertram goes to Paris to replace his late father as attendant to the ailing King of France.Helena, the daughter of a recently deceased doctor, follows Bertram, ostensibly to offer the King her services as a healer. The King is sceptical, and she guarantees the cure with her life: ... Read more

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Helena, the low-born ward of a French countess, is in love with the countess' son, Bertram, who is indifferent to her. Bertram goes to Paris to replace his late father as attendant to the ailing King of France.Helena, the daughter of a recently deceased doctor, follows Bertram, ostensibly to offer the King her services as a healer. The King is sceptical, and she guarantees the cure with her life:
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Two Noble Kinsmen, The

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Martin G ...

Unabridged

3 hours 7 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Based on Chaucer"s Knight"s Tale, The Two Noble Kinsmen was written at the end of Shakespeare"s career, as a collaboration with the rising young dramatist John Fletcher. Neglected until recently by directors and teachers, the play deserves to be better known for its moving dramatization of the conflict of love and friendship. ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Based on Chaucer"s Knight"s Tale, The Two Noble Kinsmen was written at the end of Shakespeare"s career, as a collaboration with the rising young dramatist John Fletcher. Neglected until recently by directors and teachers, the play deserves to be better known for its moving dramatization of the conflict of love and friendship.
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King John

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Martin G ...

Unabridged

2 hours 30 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.King John is pitted against the united powers of France, Brittany, Austria, and the Papacy. As alliances are made, broken, and remade, the paranoid and erratic John reveals his weakness and reliance on those around him. Will England be destroyed by his fatal indecision? ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.King John is pitted against the united powers of France, Brittany, Austria, and the Papacy. As alliances are made, broken, and remade, the paranoid and erratic John reveals his weakness and reliance on those around him. Will England be destroyed by his fatal indecision?
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