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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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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

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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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

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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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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Senility

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Sherwood Anderson ...

Narrated by Darrell Joe ...

Unabridged

6 min

Sherwood Anderson was born on 13th September 1876 in Camden, Ohio.When his father’s business failed the family was forced to move on a regular basis before finally settling in Clyde, Ohio.Anderson, one of 7 children, left school at 14 to take a number of jobs to help with the family finances. These were difficult years.He moved to Chicago in search of opportunities before joining the Army for the ... Read more

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Sherwood Anderson was born on 13th September 1876 in Camden, Ohio.When his father’s business failed the family was forced to move on a regular basis before finally settling in Clyde, Ohio.Anderson, one of 7 children, left school at 14 to take a number of jobs to help with the family finances. These were difficult years.He moved to Chicago in search of opportunities before joining the Army for the
... Read more
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Scapegoat, The

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Paul Laurence Dunbar ...

Narrated by Darrell Joe ...

Unabridged

27 min

Paul Laurence Dunbar was born on June 27th, 1872 in Dayton Ohio. His parents had been slaves in Kentucky before the Civil War.Dunbar wrote his first poem at age 6 and gave his first public recital at age 9. By 16 he was already published as a poet in ‘The Herald’, a local newspaper.After completing his formal schooling in 1891, Dunbar was employed as an elevator operator, at $4 a week. His hopes ... Read more

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Paul Laurence Dunbar was born on June 27th, 1872 in Dayton Ohio. His parents had been slaves in Kentucky before the Civil War.Dunbar wrote his first poem at age 6 and gave his first public recital at age 9. By 16 he was already published as a poet in ‘The Herald’, a local newspaper.After completing his formal schooling in 1891, Dunbar was employed as an elevator operator, at $4 a week. His hopes
... Read more
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American Short Story, The - Volume 1

A Chronological History - Volume 1

by Uriah Derrick D'Arcy, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe ...

Narrated by Darrell Joe, William Dufris, Eric Meyers ...

Unabridged

7 hours 5 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
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - Men 1900s

The top ten Short Stories of the 1900's written by male authors

by D H Lawrence, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Algernon Blackwood, O Henry, Maxim Gorky, Barry Pain, Jack London, Leonid Andreyev, M R James, William Hope Hodgson ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, David Shaw-Parker, Darrell Joe ...

Unabridged

4 hours 51 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

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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Lessons from Literature - Stories Dealing With Racism

Learn from the oldest form of communication and education - storytelling

by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Kate Chopin, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Louisa May Alcott, Annie McCary, Ruth D Todd, Martha Gruening, Lydia Maria Child, Charles W Chesnutt, Pauline E Hopkins, Rudolph Fisher ...

Narrated by Darrell Joe, Ghizela Rowe, Warren Keyes ...

Unabridged

5 hours 43 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

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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Neglected Authors, The - Men - Volume 1

Celebrated in their time, forgotten in ours

by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Grant Allen, Leonid Andreyev, Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev, Stacy Aumonier, William Austin, Richard Harris Barham, Robert Barr, Charles Baudelaire, John Davys Beresford, Ernest Bramah, Valery Bryusov, Thomas Burke, William E Burton, Bernard Capes, Charles W Chesnutt, Frederick Cowles ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Richard Mitchley, Darrell Joe ...

Unabridged

10 hours 57 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

$24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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