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10 Classic Gothic Works You Should listen

by H.P Lovecraft, Henry James, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Horace Walpole, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, Gaston Leroux ...

Narrated by Brian Kelly, Sean Murphy, Steven Smith, Erica Collins, Claire Walsh, Sinead Dixon, Owen Joyce, Mark Mcnamara ...

Unabridged

62 hours 52 min

This Audiobook contains the following works : The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole The Damned (Là-bas) - Joris-Karl Huysmans The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving Frankenstein - Mary Shelley The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde Dracula - Bram Stoker The Turn of the Screw - Henry James The Dunwich Horror - H.P Lovecraft The Masque of the Red Death - Edgar Allan Poe The Phantom of ... Read more

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This Audiobook contains the following works : The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole The Damned (Là-bas) - Joris-Karl Huysmans The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving Frankenstein - Mary Shelley The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde Dracula - Bram Stoker The Turn of the Screw - Henry James The Dunwich Horror - H.P Lovecraft The Masque of the Red Death - Edgar Allan Poe The Phantom of
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The Damned (Là-bas)

by Joris-Karl Huysmans ...

Narrated by Owen Joyce ...

Unabridged

8 hours 54 min

The plot of Là-Bas concerns the novelist Durtal, who is disgusted by the emptiness and vulgarity of the modern world. He seeks relief by turning to the study of the Middle Ages and begins to research the life of the notorious 15th-century child-murderer Gilles de Rais. Through his contacts in Paris (notably Dr. Johannes, modeled after Joseph-Antoine Boullan), Durtal finds out that Satanism is not ... Read more

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The plot of Là-Bas concerns the novelist Durtal, who is disgusted by the emptiness and vulgarity of the modern world. He seeks relief by turning to the study of the Middle Ages and begins to research the life of the notorious 15th-century child-murderer Gilles de Rais. Through his contacts in Paris (notably Dr. Johannes, modeled after Joseph-Antoine Boullan), Durtal finds out that Satanism is not
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The Wrong Box

by Robert Louis Stevenson ...

Narrated by Owen Joyce ...

Unabridged

6 hours 11 min

the Wrong Box is a comedy about the ending of a tontine (a tontine is an arrangement whereby a number of young people subscribe to a fund which is then closed and invested until all but one of the subscribers have died. That last subscriber then receives the whole of the proceeds). The story involves the last two such survivors and their relations, a train crash, missing uncles, surplus dead ... Read more

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the Wrong Box is a comedy about the ending of a tontine (a tontine is an arrangement whereby a number of young people subscribe to a fund which is then closed and invested until all but one of the subscribers have died. That last subscriber then receives the whole of the proceeds). The story involves the last two such survivors and their relations, a train crash, missing uncles, surplus dead
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Poets & Their Trades - Journalists

Poems from writers who were also members of the clergy

by Walt Whitman, Rudyard Kipling, William Cullen Bryant, Oscar WIlde, Stephen Crane, William Ernest Henley, Willa Cather, Damon Runyon, Tom Kettle, Eugene Field, Charles Mackay, John Oxenham, Owen Seamen, Joyce Kilmer ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, Eric Meyers ...

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The life and career of a Poet is often thought of as musing at a desk, or lying in a meadow, or on long journeys to find inspiration for their next masterwork. But more often than not a poet was a part-time profession in subservient submission to their a ... Read more

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The life and career of a Poet is often thought of as musing at a desk, or lying in a meadow, or on long journeys to find inspiration for their next masterwork. But more often than not a poet was a part-time profession in subservient submission to their a
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Lawrence and the Arabs

by Robert Graves ...

Narrated by Joseph Porter ...

Unabridged

13 hours 38 min

T. E. Lawrence began his lifelong affair with the Middle East while still a student at Oxford, taking a four-month walking tour of Syria to study the Crusaders’ castles. He later returned to the area as an archaeologist and, at the outbreak of World War I, was attached to British Army Intelligence in Egypt. In 1916 he set out on his greatest adventure: with no backing, Lawrence joined Arab forces ... Read more

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T. E. Lawrence began his lifelong affair with the Middle East while still a student at Oxford, taking a four-month walking tour of Syria to study the Crusaders’ castles. He later returned to the area as an archaeologist and, at the outbreak of World War I, was attached to British Army Intelligence in Egypt. In 1916 he set out on his greatest adventure: with no backing, Lawrence joined Arab forces
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The Crocodile Bird

by Ruth Rendell ...

Narrated by Jill Tanner ...

Unabridged

12 hours 19 min

Liza is raised in a remote rural hamlet. One evening, Liza's mother orders her to leave home forever. Paralyzed at having to fend for herself, Liza finds refuge with Sean, a drifter with whom she begins to share the bizarre story of her life. ... Read more

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Liza is raised in a remote rural hamlet. One evening, Liza's mother orders her to leave home forever. Paralyzed at having to fend for herself, Liza finds refuge with Sean, a drifter with whom she begins to share the bizarre story of her life.
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Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth, The

by H. G. Wells ...

Narrated by Raphael Croft ...

Unabridged

6 hours 35 min

"The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth" by H.G. Wells is a thought-provoking science fiction tale exploring the unintended consequences of scientific discovery. Two scientists invent "Herakleophorbia," a substance that accelerates growth, leading to giant animals, plants, and children. As these colossal beings grow, they disrupt society, challenging human authority and societal norms. ... Read more

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"The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth" by H.G. Wells is a thought-provoking science fiction tale exploring the unintended consequences of scientific discovery. Two scientists invent "Herakleophorbia," a substance that accelerates growth, leading to giant animals, plants, and children. As these colossal beings grow, they disrupt society, challenging human authority and societal norms.
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The New Adventures of Ellery Queen

by Ellery Queen ...

Narrated by Robert Fass ...

Series Audiobook 1940 - The Ellery Queen Mysteries
Unabridged

10 hours 33 min

Trick I—The first thing to vanish is a worthless doorstop. Then, in the twinkling of an eye, goes its rich and elderly owner. And, for the grand finale, both reappear—each as dead as the other.Trick II—From the House of Darkness issues more bafflement. In total darkness and from a distance of twelve feet, four bullets are pumped within an inch of each other into a spectator's back—a feat utterly ... Read more

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Trick I—The first thing to vanish is a worthless doorstop. Then, in the twinkling of an eye, goes its rich and elderly owner. And, for the grand finale, both reappear—each as dead as the other.Trick II—From the House of Darkness issues more bafflement. In total darkness and from a distance of twelve feet, four bullets are pumped within an inch of each other into a spectator's back—a feat utterly
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Medieval Maritime Warfare

by Charles D. Stanton ...

Narrated by James Cameron Stewart ...

Unabridged

19 hours 32 min

Following the fall of Rome, the sea is increasingly the stage upon which the human struggle of western civilization is played out. In a world of few roads and great disorder, the sea is the medium on which power is projected and wealth sought. Yet this confused period in the history of maritime warfare has rarely been studied; it is little known and even less understood. Charles Stanton uses an ... Read more

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Following the fall of Rome, the sea is increasingly the stage upon which the human struggle of western civilization is played out. In a world of few roads and great disorder, the sea is the medium on which power is projected and wealth sought. Yet this confused period in the history of maritime warfare has rarely been studied; it is little known and even less understood. Charles Stanton uses an
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The Square of Revenge

by Pieter Aspe ...

Narrated by Steven Crossley ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Inspector Van In Mysteries
Unabridged

8 hours 52 min

The beautiful medieval architecture of Bruges belies the dark longings of her residents. When the wealthy and powerful Ludovic Degroof's jewelry store is broken into, nothing is stolen, but the jewels have been dissolved in jars of aqua regia, an acid so strong it can even melt gold. In the empty safe is a scrap of paper on which a strange square has been drawn. At first, Inspector Van In pays ... Read more

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The beautiful medieval architecture of Bruges belies the dark longings of her residents. When the wealthy and powerful Ludovic Degroof's jewelry store is broken into, nothing is stolen, but the jewels have been dissolved in jars of aqua regia, an acid so strong it can even melt gold. In the empty safe is a scrap of paper on which a strange square has been drawn. At first, Inspector Van In pays
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The Last Woman in His Life

by Ellery Queen ...

Narrated by Mark Peckham ...

Series Audiobook 1970 - The Ellery Queen Mysteries
Unabridged

6 hours 24 min

John Lovering Benedict had more than most men—more money, more mansions, more cars, but most of all more women, including three ex-wives with little in common but their extraordinary physiques. For Ellery Queen the question was which one of them had bashed in Benedict's skull with a hunk of iron statuary? The clues were many … but puzzling. All had been planted at the scene of the crime, but by ... Read more

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John Lovering Benedict had more than most men—more money, more mansions, more cars, but most of all more women, including three ex-wives with little in common but their extraordinary physiques. For Ellery Queen the question was which one of them had bashed in Benedict's skull with a hunk of iron statuary? The clues were many … but puzzling. All had been planted at the scene of the crime, but by
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Gandhi & Churchill

The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age

by Arthur Herman ...

Narrated by John Curless ...

Unabridged

29 hours 24 min

In this fascinating and meticulously researched book, bestselling historian Arthur Herman sheds new light on two of the most universally recognizable icons of the twentieth century, and reveals how their forty-year rivalry sealed the fate of India and the British Empire.They were born worlds apart: Winston Churchill to Britain’s most glamorous aristocratic family, Mohandas Gandhi to a pious middle ... Read more

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In this fascinating and meticulously researched book, bestselling historian Arthur Herman sheds new light on two of the most universally recognizable icons of the twentieth century, and reveals how their forty-year rivalry sealed the fate of India and the British Empire.They were born worlds apart: Winston Churchill to Britain’s most glamorous aristocratic family, Mohandas Gandhi to a pious middle
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