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Lessons from Literature - Stories Dealing with Death and Loss

Learn from the oldest form of communication and education - storytelling

by Leo Tolstoy, Guy de Maupassant, Rudyard Kipling, Henry James, Mary Shelley, Anton Chekhov, Luigi Pirandello, Winifred Holtby, Winifred Holtby, D H Lawrence, Barry Pain0, Johann Hebel1, Stacy Aumonier2, Mary Butts3, Mary Cholmondeley4, O Henry5, Katherine Mansfield6, Gertrude Atherton7, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps8, Leonid Nikolaevich Andreyev9, Vera Jelihovsky0 ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell1, Richard Mitchley2, Eric Meyers3 ...

Unabridged

10 hours 54 min

Being curious, learning from all of our experiences, is one of our most pleasing traits as human beings.In this series we examine particular facets of ourselves and, with the aid of many classic authors, delve into characters and stories that not only entertain us, but inform us on how short stories can help us both deal and understand issues that touch and weave into our lives with the words and ... Read more

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Being curious, learning from all of our experiences, is one of our most pleasing traits as human beings.In this series we examine particular facets of ourselves and, with the aid of many classic authors, delve into characters and stories that not only entertain us, but inform us on how short stories can help us both deal and understand issues that touch and weave into our lives with the words and
... Read more
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3 Stories - Madness in Diaries

A trio of classic tales perfect for a commute, walk or quiet night in

by Nikolai Gogol, Barry Pain, Leo Tolstoy ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley ...

Unabridged

1 hour 40 min

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says ... Read more

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There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says
... Read more
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Victorian Ghost Story, The - The Men

Titans of literature such as Charles Dickens, M R James, Rudyard Kipling & more

by J Y Ackerman, Sheridan Le Fanu, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Charles Dickens, Reverend R S Hawker, Henry James, Tom Hood, Thomas Street Millington, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Jerome K Jerome, M R James, W W Jacobs, F G Loring, Barry Pain ...

Narrated by Ian Holm, Richard Mitchley, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

8 hours 57 min

Almost always when we think of Ghost Stories, we first think of those written by the Victorians.When you consider the depth of literary talent available over the extraordinary length of Queen Victoria’s reign, allied to the fascination with their all things spiritual on ‘the other side’, then perhaps it’s simply right place, right time.Whatever the reasons given or proffered the reality and known ... Read more

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Almost always when we think of Ghost Stories, we first think of those written by the Victorians.When you consider the depth of literary talent available over the extraordinary length of Queen Victoria’s reign, allied to the fascination with their all things spiritual on ‘the other side’, then perhaps it’s simply right place, right time.Whatever the reasons given or proffered the reality and known
... Read more
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Psychological Stories

Explore the human mind

by Amelia Edwards, Anton Chekhov, Barry Pain, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, E T A Hoffman, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Nesbit, F Anstey, Franz Kafka, Fyodor Dostovesky, Kate Chopin, Katherine Mansfield, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Mikhail Bulgakov, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nikolai Gogol, Sherwood Anderson, Willa Cather ...

Narrated by Liza Ross, Bill Wallis, Richard Mitchley ...

Unabridged

11 hours 53 min

What we have in front of us here in this volume is a simple premise but an author’s words may say one thing and mean another. With talents such as E T A Hoffman, Katherine Mansfield, Willa Cather, Mikhail Bulgakov and many others our minds are under almost permanent assault with words, characters and narratives that pursue us to the end.1 - Psychological Stories - An Introduction2 - The Dream of a ... Read more

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What we have in front of us here in this volume is a simple premise but an author’s words may say one thing and mean another. With talents such as E T A Hoffman, Katherine Mansfield, Willa Cather, Mikhail Bulgakov and many others our minds are under almost permanent assault with words, characters and narratives that pursue us to the end.1 - Psychological Stories - An Introduction2 - The Dream of a
... Read more
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - Unreliable Narrator

The ten best short stories of all time with unreliable narrators

by George Eliot, Edgar Allan Poe, Guy De Maupassant, Nikolai Gogol, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Barry Pain, Ambrose Bierce, J M Barrie, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Robert W Chambers ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ian Holm, Liza Ross ...

Unabridged

7 hours 31 min

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will ... Read more

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Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will
... Read more
Choose Wisely

Rationality, Ethics, and the Art of Decision-Making

by Barry Schwartz, Richard Schuldenfrei ...

A leading psychologist and philosopher challenge the shortcomings of rational choice theory—and propose a new framework for understanding decision-makingFor many decision scientists, their starting point—drawn from economics—is a quantitative formula called rational choice theory, allowing people to calculate and choose the best options. The problem is that this framework assumes an overly ... Read more

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A leading psychologist and philosopher challenge the shortcomings of rational choice theory—and propose a new framework for understanding decision-makingFor many decision scientists, their starting point—drawn from economics—is a quantitative formula called rational choice theory, allowing people to calculate and choose the best options. The problem is that this framework assumes an overly
... Read more

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Port Arthur: A Monster Heroism

by Richard Barry ...

"Port Arthur: A Monster Heroism" by Richard Barry is a gripping narrative that delves into the harrowing events surrounding the infamous Port Arthur massacre. The book intricately weaves together personal stories and historical context, providing readers with a profound understanding of the tragedy that unfolded in Tasmania. Barry's meticulous research and compelling storytelling bring to life the ... Read more

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"Port Arthur: A Monster Heroism" by Richard Barry is a gripping narrative that delves into the harrowing events surrounding the infamous Port Arthur massacre. The book intricately weaves together personal stories and historical context, providing readers with a profound understanding of the tragedy that unfolded in Tasmania. Barry's meticulous research and compelling storytelling bring to life the
... Read more
Studies in Irish History, 1603-1775: Being a Course of Lectures Delivered before the Irish Literary Society of London

by Richard Barry O'Brien ...

“The truth is, they that gape after poor Irishmen’s lands do what they can to have a colour to beg them”—(State Papers, Ireland, 1610, p. 415). These words were written in an appeal for justice, or even the formality of a trial, by one who was betrayed by the English whom he had served. Sir Donnell O’Cahan had left his own people to seek an English alliance, and was rewarded by an imprisonment of ... Read more

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“The truth is, they that gape after poor Irishmen’s lands do what they can to have a colour to beg them”—(State Papers, Ireland, 1610, p. 415). These words were written in an appeal for justice, or even the formality of a trial, by one who was betrayed by the English whom he had served. Sir Donnell O’Cahan had left his own people to seek an English alliance, and was rewarded by an imprisonment of
... Read more
God Has a Smoking Jacket

And Other Poetic Musings

by Richard H. Barry ...

Is God having fun?Richard H. Barry, author of Her Name is Mystery, invites you once more into a spiritual landscape where God defies expectations. In place of gloom and doom, God Has a Smoking Jacket offers a message of divine levity - reveling in intimacy over distance, playfulness over rigidity, and the inherent goodness of humanity and creation over ingrained negativity. Could it be that God, ... Read more

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Is God having fun?Richard H. Barry, author of Her Name is Mystery, invites you once more into a spiritual landscape where God defies expectations. In place of gloom and doom, God Has a Smoking Jacket offers a message of divine levity - reveling in intimacy over distance, playfulness over rigidity, and the inherent goodness of humanity and creation over ingrained negativity. Could it be that God,
... Read more
Robin Wood on the Horror Film

Collected Essays and Reviews

by Robin Wood ...

Series series Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media
Robin Wood's writing on the horror film, published over five decades, collected in one volume.Robin Wood—one of the foremost critics of cinema—has laid the groundwork for anyone writing about the horror film in the last half-century. Wood's interest in horror spanned his entire career and was a form of popular cinema to which he devoted unwavering attention. Robin Wood on the Horror Film: ... Read more

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Robin Wood's writing on the horror film, published over five decades, collected in one volume.Robin Wood—one of the foremost critics of cinema—has laid the groundwork for anyone writing about the horror film in the last half-century. Wood's interest in horror spanned his entire career and was a form of popular cinema to which he devoted unwavering attention. Robin Wood on the Horror Film:
... Read more
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Media, The - A Short Story Collection

Classic stories before the age of social media

by Henry James, E M Delafield, E M Delafield, Frank R Stockton, H D Everett, W F Arnold, Barry Pain, Dorothy Edwards, Robert Duncan Milne, Owen Oliver, Winifred Holtby0, Charlotte Perkins Gilman1, C E Montague2 ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley3, Robert Maskell4, Eric Roberts5 ...

Unabridged

7 hours 49 min

The Modern Age is one of information overload. Bombarded, surrounded, and battered by facts, figures, opinions and seemingly whatever else comes out of anyone’s head from all directions at all hours of the day and night. It’s exhausting.However, in this volume we go back a little way to when social media was an actual chat on the street corner or a dinner party, when breaking news was tomorrow’s ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Modern Age is one of information overload. Bombarded, surrounded, and battered by facts, figures, opinions and seemingly whatever else comes out of anyone’s head from all directions at all hours of the day and night. It’s exhausting.However, in this volume we go back a little way to when social media was an actual chat on the street corner or a dinner party, when breaking news was tomorrow’s
... Read more
Siblins Bully Showdown

by Richards Barry, Richards Barry ...

Illustrated by Richards Barry ...

CJ is full of worries after a school bully promises to beat him up. He listens to advice from sisters Tookie, Tay and then his dad, but he’s still confused. So the next day after school when he finds himself face-to-face with the menace, he’s not sure what he will do… ... Read more

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CJ is full of worries after a school bully promises to beat him up. He listens to advice from sisters Tookie, Tay and then his dad, but he’s still confused. So the next day after school when he finds himself face-to-face with the menace, he’s not sure what he will do…
... Read more

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