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Since I Died

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps ...

Narrated by Samya de Meo ...

Unabridged

20 min

Mary Gray Phelps was born on 31st August 1844 in Boston, Massachusetts.Her mother, who wrote the Kitty Brown children’s book series, died when she was only 8. The young girl asked to be renamed in honor of her mother.Two years later her father married her mother's sister, Mary Stuart, also a writer, but she died of tuberculosis only 18 months later. A mere six months later he married for a third ... Read more

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Mary Gray Phelps was born on 31st August 1844 in Boston, Massachusetts.Her mother, who wrote the Kitty Brown children’s book series, died when she was only 8. The young girl asked to be renamed in honor of her mother.Two years later her father married her mother's sister, Mary Stuart, also a writer, but she died of tuberculosis only 18 months later. A mere six months later he married for a third
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Stories From The Shadows – The 1870’s

Embrace the darkness

by Gustave Flaubert, Jan Neruda, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Clara Venn ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Richard Mitchley, Samya de Meo ...

Unabridged

2 hours 3 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

$27.47 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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Neglected Authors, The - Women Born 1800-1849

Celebrated in their time, forgotten in ours

by Lady Augusta Gregory, Helena Blavatsky, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Rhoda Broughton, Mrs Craik, Bithia Mary Croker, Vera Jelihovsky, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Mary E Mann, Rosa Mulholland, Margaret Oliphant, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Charlotte Riddell ...

Narrated by Eve Karpf, Ghizela Rowe, Samya De Meo ...

Unabridged

8 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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Stories From The Shadows – Lost Love

Embrace the darkness

by Johann Hebel, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Anatole France, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Richard Le Gallienne ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, David Shaw-Parker, Samya de Meo ...

Unabridged

1 hour 27 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

$27.47 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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Stories From The Shadows – Lovers and Loved Ones Return as Ghosts

Embrace the darkness

by Lafcadio Hearn, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, William Hunt, Ambrose Bierce, Mrs Ellen Wood, Mary Elizabeth Braddon ...

Narrated by Mark Rice-Oxley, David Shaw-Parker, Samya de Meo ...

Unabridged

2 hours 10 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

$27.47 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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Two Offers

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Frances E W Harper ...

Narrated by Samya De Meo ...

Unabridged

30 min

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was born free on 24th September 1825 in Baltimore, Maryland which, at that time, was still a slave state.By age 3 Frances had been orphaned and thereafter raised by her maternal aunt and uncle who also gave her her surname; Watkins.At 13 she was working as a seamstress and then as a nursemaid for a white family that owned a bookshop. Here any spare time was used to ... Read more

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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was born free on 24th September 1825 in Baltimore, Maryland which, at that time, was still a slave state.By age 3 Frances had been orphaned and thereafter raised by her maternal aunt and uncle who also gave her her surname; Watkins.At 13 she was working as a seamstress and then as a nursemaid for a white family that owned a bookshop. Here any spare time was used to
... Read more
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Poetry of Damon Runyon, The

We have an exciting poetry anthology here, from the celebrated author Runyon, whose stories were the source material for the musical Guys & Dolls.

by Damon Runyon ...

Narrated by Eric Meyers, Christopher Ragland, Samya De Meo ...

Unabridged

1 hour 6 min

Alfred Damon Runyan was born on 4th October 1880, in Manhattan, Kansas.When Runyon was two his father was forced to sell his newspaper and the family moved eventually settling in Pueblo, Colorado where Runyon spent his youth.By most accounts, he attended school only through the fourth grade and then worked for his father in the newspaper trade.In 1898 Runyon enlisted in the U.S. Army to fight in ... Read more

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Alfred Damon Runyan was born on 4th October 1880, in Manhattan, Kansas.When Runyon was two his father was forced to sell his newspaper and the family moved eventually settling in Pueblo, Colorado where Runyon spent his youth.By most accounts, he attended school only through the fourth grade and then worked for his father in the newspaper trade.In 1898 Runyon enlisted in the U.S. Army to fight in
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Where Dogs Bark with Their Tails

A Novel

by Estelle-Sarah Bulle ...

Narrated by Imani Jade Powers, Samya De Meo, Jade Wheeler, William DeMeritt ...

Unabridged

8 hours 47 min

The tales of one family and their larger-than-many-lives sister, Antoine, weaves together the vibrant, epic story of Guadaloupe and its diaspora.A young woman born in the suburbs of Paris—whose skin color and memories of occasional childhood visits alone connect her to her father’s native Guadeloupe—yearns to understand her lineage and her métis identity. Upon her request, her old aunt Antoine, ... Read more

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The tales of one family and their larger-than-many-lives sister, Antoine, weaves together the vibrant, epic story of Guadaloupe and its diaspora.A young woman born in the suburbs of Paris—whose skin color and memories of occasional childhood visits alone connect her to her father’s native Guadeloupe—yearns to understand her lineage and her métis identity. Upon her request, her old aunt Antoine,
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
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Dances

A Novel

by Nicole Cuffy ...

Narrated by Samya De Meo ...

Unabridged

9 hours 55 min

**A ballerina at the height of her powers becomes consumed with finding her missing brother in this “striking debut” (Oprah Daily).“A compelling novel about the spiritual and bodily costs of the dogged pursuit of art.”—Raven Leilani, author of Luster**LONGLISTED FOR THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION • LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARDAt twenty-two years old, Cece Cordell reaches the ... Read more

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**A ballerina at the height of her powers becomes consumed with finding her missing brother in this “striking debut” (Oprah Daily).“A compelling novel about the spiritual and bodily costs of the dogged pursuit of art.”—Raven Leilani, author of Luster**LONGLISTED FOR THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION • LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARDAt twenty-two years old, Cece Cordell reaches the
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Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland

by Lady Augusta Gregory ...

The Sidhe cannot make themselves visible to all. They are shape-changers; they can grow small or grow large, they can take what shape they choose; they appear as men or women wearing clothes of many colours, of today or of some old forgotten fashion, or they are seen as bird or beast, or as a barrel or a flock of wool. They go by us in a cloud of dust; they are as many as the blades of grass. They ... Read more

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The Sidhe cannot make themselves visible to all. They are shape-changers; they can grow small or grow large, they can take what shape they choose; they appear as men or women wearing clothes of many colours, of today or of some old forgotten fashion, or they are seen as bird or beast, or as a barrel or a flock of wool. They go by us in a cloud of dust; they are as many as the blades of grass. They
... Read more
Damon Runyon Omnibus

Enriched edition. Broadway Underworld Tales of Gamblers, Hustlers, and Gangsters in Witty Prohibition-Era New York

by Damon Runyon ...

The "Damon Runyon Omnibus" is a masterful collection of short stories that encapsulates the vibrant tapestry of New York City's underworld during the early 20th century. Runyon's distinctive literary style blends humor with pathos, employing rich, colloquial language that reflects the booming era of Broadway and its colorful characters. His narratives often revolve around gamblers, showgirls, and ... Read more

$2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The "Damon Runyon Omnibus" is a masterful collection of short stories that encapsulates the vibrant tapestry of New York City's underworld during the early 20th century. Runyon's distinctive literary style blends humor with pathos, employing rich, colloquial language that reflects the booming era of Broadway and its colorful characters. His narratives often revolve around gamblers, showgirls, and
... Read more
Damon Runyon Omnibus

by Damon Runyon ...

Full of humorous stories about gangsters, bootleggers, gamblers, and their women inhabiting New York's Broadway. A world of speakeasies and dancing girls where a gambler or bootlegger is perfectly normal and respectable in every way. Those familiar with "Guys and Dolls" know what to expect! ... Read more

$1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Full of humorous stories about gangsters, bootleggers, gamblers, and their women inhabiting New York's Broadway. A world of speakeasies and dancing girls where a gambler or bootlegger is perfectly normal and respectable in every way. Those familiar with "Guys and Dolls" know what to expect!
... Read more