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Victorian Ghost Story, The - A Compendium

18 hours of stories from one of literatures greatest eras

by Elizabeth Gaskell, J Y Ackerman, Sheridan Le Fanu, Mrs Craik, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Charles Dickens, Reverend R S Hawker, Rhoda Broughton, Henry James, Mrs Ellen Wood, Tom Hood, Thomas Street Millington, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Amelia Edwards, Margaret Oliphant, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Charlotte Riddell, Rudyard Kipling, B M Croker.wav, Jerome K Jerome, Edith Nesbit, Lettice Galbraith, M R James, Gertrude Atherton, W W Jacobs, F G Loring, Barry Pain ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Mark Rice-Oxley, Ian Holm ...

Unabridged

18 hours 18 min

01 - The Victorian Ghost Story - A Compendium - An Introduction02 - The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell03 - The Miniature by J Y Ackerman04 - An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street by Sheridan Le Fanu09 - The Last House in C Street by Mrs Craik06 - The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain - Part 1 by Edward Bulwer Lytton07 - The Haunted and the Haunters; ... Read more

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01 - The Victorian Ghost Story - A Compendium - An Introduction02 - The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell03 - The Miniature by J Y Ackerman04 - An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street by Sheridan Le Fanu09 - The Last House in C Street by Mrs Craik06 - The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain - Part 1 by Edward Bulwer Lytton07 - The Haunted and the Haunters;
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Neglected Authors, The - Volume 1

Celebrated in their time, forgotten in ours

by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Grant Allen, Leonid Andreyev, Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev, Gertrude Atherton, Lady Augusta Gregory, Stacy Aumonier, William Austin, William Austin, Richard Harris Barham, Robert Barr0, Charles Baudelaire1, Aphra Behn2, John Davys Beresford3, Helena Blavatsky4, Marjorie Bowen5, Mary Elizabeth Braddon6, Ernest Bramah7, D K Broster8, Rhoda Broughton9, Valery Bryusov0, Thomas Burke1 ...

Narrated by Eve Karpf2, Mark Rice-Oxley3, David Shaw-Parker4 ...

Unabridged

12 hours 31 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.
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Journey Beyond Borders: 30 Books on Immigration Experiences

Pelle the Conqueror, Little Aliens, The Italians, The Able McLaughlins, Mr. Dooley Says, etc.

by Martin Andersen Nexø, Myra Kelly, Frances Minto Dickinson Elliot, Margaret Wilson, Friedrich Gerstäcker, Finley Peter Dunne, Broughton Brandenburg, Mary Antin, Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge, Peter A. Speek, George Fraser Black, Sui Sin Far, United States. Office of Education, Inc. Columbia Broadcasting System, John Robertson Henry, Council of Women for Home Missions, Home Missions Council, Eva Stern, Anzia Yezierska, Eustace Hale Ball, Stephen Graham, Emily P. Weaver, Thomas Ostenson Stine, J. P. MacLean, George T. Flom, Clara M. S. Lowe, Patrick Matthew, Scots New Zealand Land Company, F. S. Brereton, James Seton Cockburn, George A. Birmingham ...

Journey Beyond Borders: 30 Books on Immigration Experiences offers a profound exploration of the immigrant narrative through an array of literary styles, from poignant autobiographies to insightful essays and fiction. This anthology embraces the complexity of the immigrant experience by collating stories that discuss the nuances of cultural identity, displacement, and assimilation. The works ... Read more

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Journey Beyond Borders: 30 Books on Immigration Experiences offers a profound exploration of the immigrant narrative through an array of literary styles, from poignant autobiographies to insightful essays and fiction. This anthology embraces the complexity of the immigrant experience by collating stories that discuss the nuances of cultural identity, displacement, and assimilation. The works
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The Quasimodo Killings

by John Broughton ...

Series Book 1 - Vance and Shepherd Mysteries
Detective Inspector Jacob Vance and his assistant, Detective Sergeant Brittany Shepherd, are called upon to prevent a series of murders across London.The Metropolitan Police Commissioner has provoked a psychopath with her inaugural speech. Soon later, the commissioner receives a letter threatening a series of nine killings, culminating in 'the big one’, unless the police chief retracts her speech ... Read more

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Detective Inspector Jacob Vance and his assistant, Detective Sergeant Brittany Shepherd, are called upon to prevent a series of murders across London.The Metropolitan Police Commissioner has provoked a psychopath with her inaugural speech. Soon later, the commissioner receives a letter threatening a series of nine killings, culminating in 'the big one’, unless the police chief retracts her speech
... Read more
The Runes Of Victory

by John Broughton ...

Series Book 1 - The Sceapig Chronicles
In 798 AD, the peaceful life of deer herder Deormund is overturned when Vikings arrive to raid the isle of Sceapig. Pursued by the marauders, he kills their chieftain and takes his sword as a trophy, unaware that there is more to the weapon than meets the eye.Compelled by a neighbouring thegn to join his bodyguards, Deormund's prowess increases the leader's respect for him. But after the Vikings ... Read more

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In 798 AD, the peaceful life of deer herder Deormund is overturned when Vikings arrive to raid the isle of Sceapig. Pursued by the marauders, he kills their chieftain and takes his sword as a trophy, unaware that there is more to the weapon than meets the eye.Compelled by a neighbouring thegn to join his bodyguards, Deormund's prowess increases the leader's respect for him. But after the Vikings
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The Ghosts by Gaslight MEGAPACK®

by H.G. Wells, Charlotte Riddell, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Amelia B. Edwards, Mrs. Margaret Oliphant, W.W. Jacobs, Arthur Morrison, Sir Walter Scott, Rhoda Broughton, Mark Lemon ...

From fog-shrouded railway carriages to candlelit séance rooms, from haunted manor houses to snow-swept country roads, the gaslight era produced some of the finest ghost stories ever written—and many of the best have been hiding in the yellowed pages of forgotten magazines for over a century.This collection gathers twenty tales of the supernatural from the Victorian and Edwardian periods, drawn ... Read more

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From fog-shrouded railway carriages to candlelit séance rooms, from haunted manor houses to snow-swept country roads, the gaslight era produced some of the finest ghost stories ever written—and many of the best have been hiding in the yellowed pages of forgotten magazines for over a century.This collection gathers twenty tales of the supernatural from the Victorian and Edwardian periods, drawn
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Brando's Bride

by Sarah Broughton ...

In October 1957 Marlon Brando married an Indian actress called Anna Kashfi. He was thirty-three and at the pinnacle of his fame, having recently won an Oscar for On the Waterfront. He could, and did, have any woman he wanted. Anna Kashfi was twenty-three and pregnant. The day after the wedding, a factory worker living in Wales, William O'Callaghan, claimed that the woman who called herself Anna ... Read more

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In October 1957 Marlon Brando married an Indian actress called Anna Kashfi. He was thirty-three and at the pinnacle of his fame, having recently won an Oscar for On the Waterfront. He could, and did, have any woman he wanted. Anna Kashfi was twenty-three and pregnant. The day after the wedding, a factory worker living in Wales, William O'Callaghan, claimed that the woman who called herself Anna
... Read more
A Shortcut to Africa

by Jalna J. Broughton ...

Orphaned Sally Ann lives in the Msawi Nature Reserve with her grandfather, happy, settled and on the verge of adulthood. The unexpected arrival of Willem Van Cleef however starts a chain of events that no one could have foreseen.Willem is bewitched by Sally Ann’s youthful beauty, but she immediately dislikes him. Jealous of her close relationship with Blondi, her grandfather’s deputy, Willem ... Read more

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Orphaned Sally Ann lives in the Msawi Nature Reserve with her grandfather, happy, settled and on the verge of adulthood. The unexpected arrival of Willem Van Cleef however starts a chain of events that no one could have foreseen.Willem is bewitched by Sally Ann’s youthful beauty, but she immediately dislikes him. Jealous of her close relationship with Blondi, her grandfather’s deputy, Willem
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Wyrd Of The Wolf

The Unification Of Saxon Southern England

by John Broughton ...

Series Book 1 - Wyrd Of The Wolf
Among the political and religious upheaval of seventh century England, nobody is safe.As the old gods are eroded by the new church and and ambitious men vie for power, blood is shed throughout the land. In the south, ealdorman Aelfhere believes that for his only daughter, 16-year-old Cynethryth, marriage to a Saxon king is the way to security. And so, against her own wishes, Cynethryth is ... Read more

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Among the political and religious upheaval of seventh century England, nobody is safe.As the old gods are eroded by the new church and and ambitious men vie for power, blood is shed throughout the land. In the south, ealdorman Aelfhere believes that for his only daughter, 16-year-old Cynethryth, marriage to a Saxon king is the way to security. And so, against her own wishes, Cynethryth is
... Read more
Sward And Sword

by John Broughton ...

Amidst the bloodshed of 11th century combat and conquest, Saxon Godwine elevates himself from landless youth to trusted confidante of the most powerful man in England.A kingmaker, Godwine's fealty propels six monarchs to occupy the English throne in his lifetime. But the pursuit of power is not without peril, and his skillful diplomacy and battle prowess are constantly tested by the schemes of ... Read more

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Amidst the bloodshed of 11th century combat and conquest, Saxon Godwine elevates himself from landless youth to trusted confidante of the most powerful man in England.A kingmaker, Godwine's fealty propels six monarchs to occupy the English throne in his lifetime. But the pursuit of power is not without peril, and his skillful diplomacy and battle prowess are constantly tested by the schemes of
... Read more
The Aspromonte Riddle

by John Broughton ...

Rome, 1847. Renowned watercolourist Edward Lear convinces his pupil, Lord John Proby to accompany him on a painting tour of Sicily.After Lear suggests an adventure into the Aspromonte Mountains of Calabria, the two start exploring paths untrodden by other Englishmen. Hiring a guide and a mule, the two encounter spectacular scenery as well as brigands, liberal revolutionaries and repressive ... Read more

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Rome, 1847. Renowned watercolourist Edward Lear convinces his pupil, Lord John Proby to accompany him on a painting tour of Sicily.After Lear suggests an adventure into the Aspromonte Mountains of Calabria, the two start exploring paths untrodden by other Englishmen. Hiring a guide and a mule, the two encounter spectacular scenery as well as brigands, liberal revolutionaries and repressive
... Read more
Saints And Sinners

In the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of Mercia and Lindsey

by John Broughton ...

Series Book 1 - Saints And Sinners
Saxon times were not called the Dark Ages for nothing. It was a violent, unrecognizable world of kill or be killed.In seventh century England, tribes and so-called kings vie for power and blood flows throughout the land. Aethelred - ruler of Mercia - is being pressed from all sides, and his wife Osthryth dies under unknown circumstances. Osthryth's ring falls into the hands of warrior noble ... Read more

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Saxon times were not called the Dark Ages for nothing. It was a violent, unrecognizable world of kill or be killed.In seventh century England, tribes and so-called kings vie for power and blood flows throughout the land. Aethelred - ruler of Mercia - is being pressed from all sides, and his wife Osthryth dies under unknown circumstances. Osthryth's ring falls into the hands of warrior noble
... Read more

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