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Top 10 Short Stories, The - American Women

The top ten short stories of all time written by American female authors.

by Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, Louisa May Alcott, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Dorothy Parker, Kate Chopin, Mary Elizabeth Wilkins Freeman, Sarah Orne Jewett, Susan Glaspell ...

Narrated by Laurel Lefkow, Liza Ross, Joe Darrell ...

Unabridged

6 hours 54 min

The top 10 short stories of all time written by American female authors.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 ... Read more

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The top 10 short stories of all time written by American female authors.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
... Read more
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3 Stories About - Women’s Insecurities on Appearances

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

by Alice Dunbar Nelson, Amy Levy, F Scott Fitzgerald ...

Narrated by Darrell Joe, Janet Fullerlove, Laurel Lefkow ...

Unabridged

2 hours 27 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

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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Marriage - Short Stories

Tales of dysfunctional relationships to the perfect couples and everything in between

by Oscar Wilde, Frances Watkins Harper, Anthony Hope, Charles W Chesnutt, D H Lawrence, Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Sinclair, Sherwood Anderson, W F Harvey, Wilkie Collins ...

Narrated by Ian Holm, Darrell Joe, Garard Green ...

Series series Love for stories, stories for love
Unabridged

9 hours 56 min

Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all.In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. By a choice of vows each ... Read more

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Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all.In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. By a choice of vows each
... Read more
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Black Words Matter

Poets From The 18th Century To The Harlem Renaissance

by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, Frances E. W. Harper ...

Narrated by Darrell Joe, Laurel Lefkow, Trei House ...

Unabridged

3 hours 51 min

This anthology focuses on African-American poets. We start in the 18th century and end with the Harlem Renaissance. Many poets featured are, and were, rarely heard and have been painfully neglected. To be of colour was deemed at best to be second class so few of our poets had the privileges most of us take for granted or a means to market. Down the ages they illuminate the stain on our humanity ... Read more

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This anthology focuses on African-American poets. We start in the 18th century and end with the Harlem Renaissance. Many poets featured are, and were, rarely heard and have been painfully neglected. To be of colour was deemed at best to be second class so few of our poets had the privileges most of us take for granted or a means to market. Down the ages they illuminate the stain on our humanity
... Read more
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Born in the USA - Exploring America in Poems - The Mid-West Poets

A celebration of American poetry

by Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Alice Cary, Eugene Field, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Vachal Lindsay, Henrietta Cordelia Ray, James Whitcomb Riley, Priscilla Jane Thompson, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Clara Ann Thompson ...

Narrated by Darrell Joe, William Dufris, Jamal West ...

Unabridged

2 hours

Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to ... Read more

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Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to
... Read more
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Born in the USA - Exploring America in Poems - The Great Lakes Poets

A celebration of American poetry

by Ambrose Bierce, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Vachel Lindsay, James Madison Bell, Clara Ann Thompson, James Whitcomb Riley, Fenton Johnson, Alice Cary ...

Narrated by Laurel Lefkow, Darrell Joe, John-Michael MacDonald ...

Unabridged

1 hour 41 min

Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to
... Read more
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Rhyme A Dozen, A - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic ― America

12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic

by Emma Lazarus, Ann Plato, Katharine Lee Bates, Frances E W Harper, Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Weldon Johnson, William Carlos Williams, Langston Hughes, Elinor Wylie, Emily Dickinson, Edna St Vincent Millay, Walt Whitman ...

Narrated by John-Michael MacDonald, Laurel Lefkow, Darrell Joe ...

Unabridged

21 min

‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.1 - A Rhyme A ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.1 - A Rhyme A
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Top 10 Poets, The - The 20th Century - American Men

Five poems each from some of the male poets ever born in America

by T S Eliot, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, William Carlos Williams, Hart Crane, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Stephen Vincent Benét, Claude McKay ...

Narrated by Eric Meyers, Darrell Joe, Christopher Ragland ...

Unabridged

1 hour 44 min

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be
... Read more
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Wife of His Youth, The

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Charles W Chesnutt ...

Narrated by Darrell Joe ...

Unabridged

26 min

Charles Waddell Chesnutt was born on 20th June 1858 in Cleveland, Ohio, to parents who were both ‘free persons of color’. His paternal grandfather was a white slaveholder, and Chesnutt although he identified as African-American noted that he was seven-eighths white.By age 20 Chesnutt had married and settled in Cleveland. After reading law and passing the bar exam he established a lucrative court ... Read more

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Charles Waddell Chesnutt was born on 20th June 1858 in Cleveland, Ohio, to parents who were both ‘free persons of color’. His paternal grandfather was a white slaveholder, and Chesnutt although he identified as African-American noted that he was seven-eighths white.By age 20 Chesnutt had married and settled in Cleveland. After reading law and passing the bar exam he established a lucrative court
... Read more
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3 Stories - Racial Identity

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

by Charles W Chesnutt, Louisa May Alcott, Alice Dunbar-Nelson ...

Narrated by Laurel Lefkow, Darrell Joe, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

2 hours 15 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

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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Top 10 Poets, The - The 20th Century

Five poems each from some of the best poets born in the 20th Century

by Robert Frost ...

Narrated by Darrell Joe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 25 min

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be
... Read more
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American Short Story, The - Volume 5

A Chronological History - Volume 5

by Booth Tarkington, Stephen Crane, Paul Laurence Dunbar ...

Narrated by Eric Meyers, Darrell Joe, Kelly Burke ...

Unabridged

7 hours 8 min

The American literary tradition has, in a far shorter span of time than others throughout history, achieved a glowing and glittering reputation.From its transatlantic roots it has absorbed the sons and daughters of other cultures, other lands and made them part of her own.America prides itself on liberty, on justice for all and, if you are a wealthy white man, that is essentially true. Sadly, many ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The American literary tradition has, in a far shorter span of time than others throughout history, achieved a glowing and glittering reputation.From its transatlantic roots it has absorbed the sons and daughters of other cultures, other lands and made them part of her own.America prides itself on liberty, on justice for all and, if you are a wealthy white man, that is essentially true. Sadly, many
... Read more