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Kipps

The Story of a Simple Soul

by H. G. Wells ...

Narrated by Chris MacDonnell ...

Unabridged

12 hours 41 min

First published in 1905, H. G. Wells’s Kipps is an appraisal of society and class framed in a “rags to riches” style plot. The protagonist, Arthur Kipps, is an orphan who, from an early age, is entrusted to his Aunt and Uncle who own a shop in New Romney on the Kent coast in Southern England. Educated poorly at a cheap, middle-class seminary boarding school, he is later apprenticed for seven years ... Read more

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First published in 1905, H. G. Wells’s Kipps is an appraisal of society and class framed in a “rags to riches” style plot. The protagonist, Arthur Kipps, is an orphan who, from an early age, is entrusted to his Aunt and Uncle who own a shop in New Romney on the Kent coast in Southern England. Educated poorly at a cheap, middle-class seminary boarding school, he is later apprenticed for seven years
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Murder in Trade

by Holly Newman ...

Narrated by Chris MacDonnell ...

Series series Chance Inquiry
Unabridged

8 hours 49 min

A husband murdered . . . A widow's ruse to find the killer . . . A nobleman's curiosity . . . Lead to a white slavery ring destroyed and a love found . . .Although her marriage to George Waddley has been passionless, the beautiful widow Cecilia Haukstrom Waddley vows to unmask the man responsible for her husband's murder. Suspecting the culprit traveled in society circles, she diverts attention ... Read more

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A husband murdered . . . A widow's ruse to find the killer . . . A nobleman's curiosity . . . Lead to a white slavery ring destroyed and a love found . . .Although her marriage to George Waddley has been passionless, the beautiful widow Cecilia Haukstrom Waddley vows to unmask the man responsible for her husband's murder. Suspecting the culprit traveled in society circles, she diverts attention
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Tales from Shakespeare

by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb ...

Narrated by Chris MacDonnell ...

Unabridged

11 hours 17 min

“The following Tales are meant to be submitted to the young reader as an introduction to the study of Shakespeare, for which purpose his words are used whenever it seemed possible to bring them in; and in whatever has been added to give them the regular form of a connected story, diligent care has been taken to select such words as might least interrupt the effect of the beautiful English tongue ... Read more

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“The following Tales are meant to be submitted to the young reader as an introduction to the study of Shakespeare, for which purpose his words are used whenever it seemed possible to bring them in; and in whatever has been added to give them the regular form of a connected story, diligent care has been taken to select such words as might least interrupt the effect of the beautiful English tongue
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Murder in Gold

by Holly Newman ...

Narrated by Chris MacDonnell ...

Series series Chance Inquiry
Unabridged

6 hours 28 min

When newlyweds Sir James and Lady Cecilia Branstoke come to console a widow on the death of her husband, they discover some things don't add up about the death of the young Lord. Worse, a man who won't state his purpose, but is obviously military, wants a carte blanche to search the dead man's library! The sheer effrontery!What begins as sympathy and concern for a troubled neighbor escalates into ... Read more

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When newlyweds Sir James and Lady Cecilia Branstoke come to console a widow on the death of her husband, they discover some things don't add up about the death of the young Lord. Worse, a man who won't state his purpose, but is obviously military, wants a carte blanche to search the dead man's library! The sheer effrontery!What begins as sympathy and concern for a troubled neighbor escalates into
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An English Murder

by Cyril Hare ...

Narrated by Chris MacDonnell ...

Unabridged

6 hours 10 min

A country house murder mystery classic, as a party find themselves snowed-in on Christmas Eve with a murderer among them . . .The snow is thick, the phone line is down, and no one is getting in or out of Warbeck Hall. All is set for a lovely Christmas, with friends and family gathered round the fire, except as the bells chime midnight, a murder is committed. But who is responsible? The scorned ... Read more

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A country house murder mystery classic, as a party find themselves snowed-in on Christmas Eve with a murderer among them . . .The snow is thick, the phone line is down, and no one is getting in or out of Warbeck Hall. All is set for a lovely Christmas, with friends and family gathered round the fire, except as the bells chime midnight, a murder is committed. But who is responsible? The scorned
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The Sublime Object of Ideology

by Slavoj Zizek ...

Narrated by Chris MacDonnell ...

Unabridged

12 hours 21 min

Slavoj Žižek's first book is a provocative and original work looking at the question of human agency in a postmodern world. In a thrilling tour de force that made his name, he explores the ideological fantasies of wholeness and exclusion which make up human society. ... Read more

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Slavoj Žižek's first book is a provocative and original work looking at the question of human agency in a postmodern world. In a thrilling tour de force that made his name, he explores the ideological fantasies of wholeness and exclusion which make up human society.
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The Mill on the Floss

by George Eliot ...

Narrated by Diana Croft, Chris MacDonnell ...

Unabridged

21 hours 51 min

This powerful and moving 1860 novel is believed to be George Eliot’s most autobiographical novel. She was certainly referencing personal experience when she wrote the character of Maggie Tulliver.The protagonist siblings, Tom and Maggie, are brought up in Lincolnshire, at Dorlcote Mill, on the banks of the imaginary River Floss. Maggie adores and worships her brother. As a young boy, he has ... Read more

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This powerful and moving 1860 novel is believed to be George Eliot’s most autobiographical novel. She was certainly referencing personal experience when she wrote the character of Maggie Tulliver.The protagonist siblings, Tom and Maggie, are brought up in Lincolnshire, at Dorlcote Mill, on the banks of the imaginary River Floss. Maggie adores and worships her brother. As a young boy, he has
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Carrier Pilot

by Norman Hanson ...

Narrated by Chris MacDonnell ...

Unabridged

12 hours 47 min

In 1942 Norman Hanson learned to fly the Royal Navy's newest fighter: the U.S.-built Chance Vought Corsair. Fast, rugged, and demanding to fly, it was an intimidating machine. But in the hands of its young Fleet Air Arm pilots it also proved to be a lethal weapon.Posted to the South Pacific aboard HMS Illustrious, Hanson and his squadron took the fight to the Japanese. Facing a desperate and ... Read more

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In 1942 Norman Hanson learned to fly the Royal Navy's newest fighter: the U.S.-built Chance Vought Corsair. Fast, rugged, and demanding to fly, it was an intimidating machine. But in the hands of its young Fleet Air Arm pilots it also proved to be a lethal weapon.Posted to the South Pacific aboard HMS Illustrious, Hanson and his squadron took the fight to the Japanese. Facing a desperate and
... Read more
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Beauty

A Very Short Introduction

by Roger Scruton ...

Narrated by Chris MacDonnell ...

Unabridged

6 hours 11 min

Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference. In this Very Short Introduction, the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object—either in art, in nature, or the human form—beautiful, and ... Read more

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Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference. In this Very Short Introduction, the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object—either in art, in nature, or the human form—beautiful, and
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The Myth of Disenchantment

Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences

by Jason Ananda Josephson Storm ...

Narrated by Chris MacDonnell ...

Unabridged

16 hours 9 min

A great many theorists have argued that the defining feature of modernity is that people no longer believe in spirits, myths, or magic. Jason A. Josephson-Storm argues that as broad cultural history goes, this narrative is wrong, as attempts to suppress magic have failed more often than they have succeeded. Even the human sciences have been more enchanted than is commonly supposed. But that raises ... Read more

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A great many theorists have argued that the defining feature of modernity is that people no longer believe in spirits, myths, or magic. Jason A. Josephson-Storm argues that as broad cultural history goes, this narrative is wrong, as attempts to suppress magic have failed more often than they have succeeded. Even the human sciences have been more enchanted than is commonly supposed. But that raises
... Read more
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One Step Ahead

by Denver Murphy ...

Narrated by Chris MacDonnell ...

Series series DSI Jeffrey Brandt Murders Trilogy
Unabridged

7 hours 26 min

An embittered and disillusioned policeman takes revenge on society in this riveting serial killer thriller.Retired from the force, Detective Superintendent Jeffrey Brandt goes native. He stabs a woman but holds back from killing her. Frustrated that no one takes any notice, he ups his game. Next time, he'll kill.Brandt fully knows how the police work. He'll use this knowledge to win a sick game; ... Read more

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An embittered and disillusioned policeman takes revenge on society in this riveting serial killer thriller.Retired from the force, Detective Superintendent Jeffrey Brandt goes native. He stabs a woman but holds back from killing her. Frustrated that no one takes any notice, he ups his game. Next time, he'll kill.Brandt fully knows how the police work. He'll use this knowledge to win a sick game;
... Read more
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Highland Hero

by Cynthia Breeding ...

Narrated by Chris MacDonnell ...

Series series Children of the Mist
Unabridged

9 hours 7 min

If Juliana Caldwell said the sky was blue, Rory MacGregor would tell her it was gray with a storm due any minute. No man gets under her skin more than the arrogantly handsome Scot. When she is abducted by a rival clan, Rory is the last person she expects or wants to call her hero.Rory is the best tracker the MacGregors have, so when his brother's sister-by-marriage goes missing, he's ordered to ... Read more

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If Juliana Caldwell said the sky was blue, Rory MacGregor would tell her it was gray with a storm due any minute. No man gets under her skin more than the arrogantly handsome Scot. When she is abducted by a rival clan, Rory is the last person she expects or wants to call her hero.Rory is the best tracker the MacGregors have, so when his brother's sister-by-marriage goes missing, he's ordered to
... Read more

Also available as: eBook