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    The Fellowship of the Ring cover art
    • The Fellowship of the Ring

    • Lord of the Rings, Book 1
    • Written by: J. R. R. Tolkien
    • Narrated by: Andy Serkis
    • Length: 22 hrs and 38 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 490
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 438
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 437

    In a sleepy village in the Shire, a young hobbit is entrusted with an immense task. He must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ruling Ring of Power - the only thing that prevents the Dark Lord Sauron’s evil dominion....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Perfect audio and amazing voices

    • By Austin Baxter on 2021-09-29
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    • The Two Towers

    • Lord of the Rings, Book 2
    • Written by: J. R. R. Tolkien
    • Narrated by: Andy Serkis
    • Length: 20 hrs and 46 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 264
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 236
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 235

    The company of the Ring is torn asunder. Frodo and Sam continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin - alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Back to Middle-Earth!

    • By Stu F on 2021-09-29
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    • The Fellowship of the Ring

    • Book One in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
    • Written by: J. R. R. Tolkien
    • Narrated by: Rob Inglis
    • Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 2,509
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 2,191
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 2,185

    Inspired by The Hobbit, and begun in 1937, The Lord of the Rings is a trilogy that J.R.R. Tolkien created to provide "the necessary background of history for Elvish tongues"....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Nightshift

    • By Mike on 2019-01-02
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    • The Return of the King

    • Lord of the Rings, Book 3
    • Written by: J. R. R. Tolkien
    • Narrated by: Andy Serkis
    • Length: 21 hrs and 52 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 141
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 115
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 113

    The armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads even wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves, and Ents unite forces to battle against the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring...

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Andy Serkis. Nothing else to say

    • By Amazon Customer on 2021-10-25
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    • Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

    • Written by: Marcus Aurelius
    • Narrated by: Alan Munro
    • Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 65
    • Performance
      3.5 out of 5 stars 54
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 51

    Meditations is former U.S. President Bill Clinton's favorite book. This audio consists of a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor 161-180 AD, setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy....

    • 2 out of 5 stars
    • Get the book with a different narrator

    • By Alejandro Gonzalez on 2019-03-04
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    • The Hobbit

    • Written by: J. R. R. Tolkien
    • Narrated by: Rob Inglis
    • Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 3,297
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,827
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 2,819

    Like every other hobbit, Bilbo Baggins likes nothing better than a quiet evening in his snug hole in the ground, dining on a sumptuous dinner in front of a fire....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Very Good reading of a Classic Children's Fantasy

    • By Langer on 2019-08-14
    The Fellowship of the Ring cover art
    • The Fellowship of the Ring

    • Lord of the Rings, Book 1
    • Written by: J. R. R. Tolkien
    • Narrated by: Andy Serkis
    • Length: 22 hrs and 38 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 490
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 438
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 437

    In a sleepy village in the Shire, a young hobbit is entrusted with an immense task. He must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ruling Ring of Power - the only thing that prevents the Dark Lord Sauron’s evil dominion....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Perfect audio and amazing voices

    • By Austin Baxter on 2021-09-29
    The Two Towers cover art
    • The Two Towers

    • Lord of the Rings, Book 2
    • Written by: J. R. R. Tolkien
    • Narrated by: Andy Serkis
    • Length: 20 hrs and 46 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 264
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 236
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 235

    The company of the Ring is torn asunder. Frodo and Sam continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin - alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Back to Middle-Earth!

    • By Stu F on 2021-09-29
    The Fellowship of the Ring cover art
    • The Fellowship of the Ring

    • Book One in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
    • Written by: J. R. R. Tolkien
    • Narrated by: Rob Inglis
    • Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 2,509
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 2,191
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 2,185

    Inspired by The Hobbit, and begun in 1937, The Lord of the Rings is a trilogy that J.R.R. Tolkien created to provide "the necessary background of history for Elvish tongues"....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Nightshift

    • By Mike on 2019-01-02
    The Return of the King cover art
    • The Return of the King

    • Lord of the Rings, Book 3
    • Written by: J. R. R. Tolkien
    • Narrated by: Andy Serkis
    • Length: 21 hrs and 52 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 141
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 115
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 113

    The armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads even wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves, and Ents unite forces to battle against the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring...

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Andy Serkis. Nothing else to say

    • By Amazon Customer on 2021-10-25
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    • Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

    • Written by: Marcus Aurelius
    • Narrated by: Alan Munro
    • Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 65
    • Performance
      3.5 out of 5 stars 54
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 51

    Meditations is former U.S. President Bill Clinton's favorite book. This audio consists of a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor 161-180 AD, setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy....

    • 2 out of 5 stars
    • Get the book with a different narrator

    • By Alejandro Gonzalez on 2019-03-04
    The Hobbit cover art
    • The Hobbit

    • Written by: J. R. R. Tolkien
    • Narrated by: Rob Inglis
    • Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 3,297
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,827
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 2,819

    Like every other hobbit, Bilbo Baggins likes nothing better than a quiet evening in his snug hole in the ground, dining on a sumptuous dinner in front of a fire....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Very Good reading of a Classic Children's Fantasy

    • By Langer on 2019-08-14
    Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection cover art
    • Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection

    • Written by: Stephen Fry - introductions, Arthur Conan Doyle
    • Narrated by: Stephen Fry
    • Length: 71 hrs and 57 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 1,393
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,238
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 1,232

    Audible is proud to present Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection, read by Stephen Fry, a lifelong fan of Doyle's detective fiction....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • An Elementary Purchase

    • By Gentleman Gamer on 2017-09-21
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    • The Silmarillion

    • Written by: J. R. R. Tolkien
    • Narrated by: Martin Shaw
    • Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 558
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 477
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 477

    The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Pronunciation Issues Aside, a Brilliant Rendering

    • By Anonymous User on 2019-02-15
    The Two Towers cover art
    • The Two Towers

    • Book Two in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy
    • Written by: J. R. R. Tolkien
    • Narrated by: Rob Inglis
    • Length: 16 hrs and 40 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 1,763
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,545
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 1,540

    The Fellowship has been forced to split up. Frodo and Sam must continue alone towards Mount Doom, where the One Ring must be destroyed....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • EXCELLENT!!!

    • By Anonymous User on 2020-10-22
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    • The Hobbit

    • Written by: J. R. R. Tolkien
    • Narrated by: Andy Serkis
    • Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 369
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 331
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 332

    This brand-new unabridged audio book of J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved The Hobbit will be coming to listeners everywhere this September, read by the BAFTA award-winning actor, director and author, Andy Serkis....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Andy Serkis is incredible

    • By Amazon Customer on 2021-04-22
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    • Children of Dune

    • Written by: Frank Herbert
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick, Simon Vance
    • Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 600
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 513
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 513

    The sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered, and fertile....

    • 2 out of 5 stars
    • A Slog of Navel-Gazing

    • By Chris Elder on 2021-08-04
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    • Dune Messiah

    • Written by: Frank Herbert
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick, Katherine Kellgren, Euan Morton, and others
    • Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 996
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 844
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 843

    The second Dune installment explores new developments on the planet Arrakis, with its intricate social order and strange, threatening environment....

    • 2 out of 5 stars
    • Not Sure

    • By Anonymous User on 2021-11-21
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    • The Return of the King

    • Book Three in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy
    • Written by: J. R. R. Tolkien
    • Narrated by: Rob Inglis
    • Length: 18 hrs and 19 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 909
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 769
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 766

    The Return of the King is the towering climax to J. R. R. Tolkien’s trilogy that tells the saga of the hobbits of Middle-earth and the great War of the Rings....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Absolutely amazing! Loved it!

    • By Marconius on 2020-01-16
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    • Fahrenheit 451

    • Written by: Ray Bradbury
    • Narrated by: Tim Robbins
    • Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,139
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,007
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,005

    Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of 20th-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future, narrated here by Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • A dystopian tale relevant today

    • By Tee on 2018-06-13
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    • The Emperor's Legion

    • Watchers of the Throne: Warhammer 40,000, Book 1
    • Written by: Chris Wraight
    • Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong, John Banks, Emma Gregory
    • Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 227
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 206
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 205

    The Custodian Guard have stood watch over the Emperor's Palace on Terra since the foundation of the Imperium....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Decent Option For A WH40K Newbie

    • By Langer on 2021-09-05
    To Kill a Mockingbird cover art
    • To Kill a Mockingbird

    • Written by: Harper Lee
    • Narrated by: Sissy Spacek
    • Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 905
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 788
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 784

    Harper Lee’s Pulitzer prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep south - and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • wonderful

    • By Sally on 2019-01-14
    The Time Traveler's Wife cover art
    • The Time Traveler's Wife

    • Written by: Audrey Niffenegger
    • Narrated by: Fred Berman, Phoebe Strole
    • Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 139
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 128
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 126

    Clare and Henry have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was 36. They were married when Clare was 23 and Henry was 31....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Not a favorite

    • By Shelagh Hislop on 2021-02-01
    Foundation (Apple Series Tie-in Edition) cover art
    • Foundation (Apple Series Tie-in Edition)

    • Written by: Isaac Asimov
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 595
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 511
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 507

    For 12,000 years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future - to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Timeless politics

    • By D. Urquhart on 2019-06-17
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    • American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition (A Full Cast Production)

    • Written by: Neil Gaiman
    • Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Daniel Oreskes, full cast
    • Length: 19 hrs and 39 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,039
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 930
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 925

    Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Excellent presentation of Neil Gaiman's classic

    • By Jeff on 2017-10-25
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    • Catch-22

    • Written by: Joseph Heller
    • Narrated by: Jay O. Sanders
    • Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 159
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 132
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 133

    Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Great book, tough as audiobook

    • By Andrew S on 2018-02-15
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    • Lord of the Flies

    • Written by: William Golding
    • Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
    • Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 270
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 230
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 230

    A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assembles on the beach and waits to be rescued....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Enjoyed listening to this classic

    • By Thomas Armstrong on 2021-03-11
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    • Animal Farm

    • Written by: George Orwell
    • Narrated by: Adriel Brandt
    • Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 430
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 360
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 361

    Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell, first published in the UK in 1945. It is the tale of farm animals that rebel against the farmer, intending to establish a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. However, the rebellion is betrayed....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • wonderful!

    • By Amazon Customer on 2020-11-30
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    • Foundation and Empire

    • Written by: Isaac Asimov
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 277
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 244
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 244

    The second novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series. Led by its founding father, the psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and utilizing science and technology, the Foundation survived the greed and barbarism of its neighboring warrior-planets....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Another Great Listen

    • By AC on 2021-07-30
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    • The Great Gatsby

    • Written by: F. Scott Fitzgerald
    • Narrated by: Jake Gyllenhaal
    • Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 699
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 611
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 612

    F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American novel of the Roaring Twenties is beloved by generations of readers and stands as his crowning work....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Great performance

    • By Nika on 2018-01-31
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    • The Godfather

    • Written by: Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola - introduction, Anthony Puzo - note, and others
    • Narrated by: Joe Mantegna, Anthony Puzo, Angelo Di Loreto
    • Length: 18 hrs and 48 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 278
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 235
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 234

    With its brilliant and brutal portrayal of the Corleone family, The Godfather burned its way into our national consciousness. This unforgettable saga of crime and corruption, passion and loyalty continues to stand the test of time, as the definitive novel of the Mafia underworld.... 

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Great Book That Is Difficult To Put Down

    • By Josh D on 2017-09-18
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    • The Fifth Season

    • The Broken Earth, Book 1
    • Written by: N. K. Jemisin
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 828
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 744
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 739

    This is the way the world ends...for the last time. It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter....

    • 2 out of 5 stars
    • Not for me

    • By Melissa on 2019-08-24
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    • The Talisman

    • Written by: Stephen King, Peter Straub
    • Narrated by: Frank Muller
    • Length: 28 hrs
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 302
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 273
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 272

    On a brisk autumn day, a 13-year-old boy stands on the shores of the gray Atlantic, near a silent amusement park....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Fabulous book and excellent narration.

    • By hdamoca on 2018-03-27
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    • The Bands of Mourning

    • Written by: Brandon Sanderson
    • Narrated by: Michael Kramer
    • Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 535
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 468
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 465

    The Bands of Mourning are the mythical metalminds owned by the Lord Ruler, said to grant anyone who wears them the powers that the Lord Ruler had....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Good book, fun uncovering secrets

    • By Adrian Pinnock on 2021-07-17
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    • Crooked Kingdom

    • Written by: Leigh Bardugo
    • Narrated by: Roger Clark, Jay Snyder, Elizabeth Evans, and others
    • Length: 17 hrs and 58 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 709
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 634
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 632

    Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • this book is so good!

    • By Loftwerks on 2019-05-08
    The House in the Cerulean Sea cover art
    • The House in the Cerulean Sea

    • Written by: TJ Klune
    • Narrated by: Daniel Henning
    • Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 576
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 510
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 507

    Linus Baker is a by-the-book case worker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He's tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world....

    • 1 out of 5 stars
    • Narrator sounds like a bad computer generated voic

    • By Ryan on 2020-12-24

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    • Maud Martha

    • Written by: Gwendolyn Brooks, Margo Jefferson - introduction
    • Narrated by: Angela Lewis
    • Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Maud Martha Brown is a little girl growing up on the South Side of 1940s Chicago. Amidst the crumbling taverns and overgrown yards, she dreams: of New York, romance, her future. She admires dandelions, learns to drink coffee, falls in love, decorates her kitchenette, visits the Jungly Hovel, guts a chicken, buys hats, gives birth. But her lighter-skinned husband has dreams, too: of the Foxy Cats Club, other women, war. And the 'scraps of baffled hate'—a certain word from a saleswoman, that visit to the cinema, the cruelty of a department store Santa Claus—are always there.

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    • Youth

    • Written by: Joseph Conrad
    • Narrated by: Graham Scott
    • Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Marlow—the narrator of Lord Jim and Heart of Darkness—tells the story of his first voyage to the exotic, romantic East, as a 20-year-old second officer of the ancient barque Judea. It is a story of almost comical disaster—and of the resilience of youthful hope and enthusiasm. 

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    • The King of Elfland's Daughter & The Gods of Pagana

    • Written by: Lord Dunsany
    • Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
    • Length: 9 hrs
    • Unabridged
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    The King of Elfland's Daughter is one of the most beloved fantasy novels of our time. Lord Dunsany, in his inventive, poetic style, tells the heartbreaking story of a marriage between a mortal man and an elf princess. This masterpiece has influenced some of our greatest contemporary fantasists, including Neil Gaiman, J.R. Tolkien, H.P. Lovecraft, Fritz Leiber, Ursula K. Le Guin, and C.L. Moore, who stated: "No one can imitate Dunsany, and probably everyone who's ever read him has tried." Dunsany's "The Gods of Pegana" follows "The King of Elfland's Daughter." 

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    • Tish: The Chronicles of Her Escapades and Excursions

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    • Narrated by: Sandra Cullum
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    Letitia Carberry is not your ordinary spinster aunt. Letitia, Tish to her friends, entangles her friends Aggie and Lizzie into all sorts of adventures and scrapes from solving a murder, car races and camping, and horse trekking. Letitia Carberry is a force to be reckoned with.

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    • 3 by Beerbohm

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    In "The Happy Hypocrite", mischievous Cupid compels disreputable Lord George Hell to win the love of sweet young Jenny Mere by assuming a saintly mask of true love to disguise his own wicked features. "Zuleika Dobson" tells the story of the effect of the devastatingly attractive Miss Dobson on the all-male undergraduate body of Oxford, culminating in a watery end to the Eights Week boat races. And in "Seven Men", Beerbohm blurs the boundary between fact and fiction to tell the incredible stories of six men (Beerbohm himself is the seventh) from the world of the 1890s.

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    • The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry

    • Written by: Mary Roberts Rinehart
    • Narrated by: Sandra Cullum
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    Letitia Carberry, Tish to her friends, is off again on three entirely different adventures. Tish, Aggie and Lizzie, three middle-aged spinsters, are on track to create havoc wherever they go, but Tish is definitely the ringleader and leads where the other two ladies would rather not go.

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    • Maud Martha

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    • Narrated by: Angela Lewis
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    Maud Martha Brown is a little girl growing up on the South Side of 1940s Chicago. Amidst the crumbling taverns and overgrown yards, she dreams: of New York, romance, her future. She admires dandelions, learns to drink coffee, falls in love, decorates her kitchenette, visits the Jungly Hovel, guts a chicken, buys hats, gives birth. But her lighter-skinned husband has dreams, too: of the Foxy Cats Club, other women, war. And the 'scraps of baffled hate'—a certain word from a saleswoman, that visit to the cinema, the cruelty of a department store Santa Claus—are always there.

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    • Youth

    • Written by: Joseph Conrad
    • Narrated by: Graham Scott
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    Marlow—the narrator of Lord Jim and Heart of Darkness—tells the story of his first voyage to the exotic, romantic East, as a 20-year-old second officer of the ancient barque Judea. It is a story of almost comical disaster—and of the resilience of youthful hope and enthusiasm. 

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    • The King of Elfland's Daughter & The Gods of Pagana

    • Written by: Lord Dunsany
    • Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
    • Length: 9 hrs
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    The King of Elfland's Daughter is one of the most beloved fantasy novels of our time. Lord Dunsany, in his inventive, poetic style, tells the heartbreaking story of a marriage between a mortal man and an elf princess. This masterpiece has influenced some of our greatest contemporary fantasists, including Neil Gaiman, J.R. Tolkien, H.P. Lovecraft, Fritz Leiber, Ursula K. Le Guin, and C.L. Moore, who stated: "No one can imitate Dunsany, and probably everyone who's ever read him has tried." Dunsany's "The Gods of Pegana" follows "The King of Elfland's Daughter." 

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    • Tish: The Chronicles of Her Escapades and Excursions

    • Written by: Mary Roberts Rinehart
    • Narrated by: Sandra Cullum
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    Letitia Carberry is not your ordinary spinster aunt. Letitia, Tish to her friends, entangles her friends Aggie and Lizzie into all sorts of adventures and scrapes from solving a murder, car races and camping, and horse trekking. Letitia Carberry is a force to be reckoned with.

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    • 3 by Beerbohm

    • Written by: Max Beerbohm
    • Narrated by: Graham Scott
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    In "The Happy Hypocrite", mischievous Cupid compels disreputable Lord George Hell to win the love of sweet young Jenny Mere by assuming a saintly mask of true love to disguise his own wicked features. "Zuleika Dobson" tells the story of the effect of the devastatingly attractive Miss Dobson on the all-male undergraduate body of Oxford, culminating in a watery end to the Eights Week boat races. And in "Seven Men", Beerbohm blurs the boundary between fact and fiction to tell the incredible stories of six men (Beerbohm himself is the seventh) from the world of the 1890s.

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    • The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry

    • Written by: Mary Roberts Rinehart
    • Narrated by: Sandra Cullum
    • Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Letitia Carberry, Tish to her friends, is off again on three entirely different adventures. Tish, Aggie and Lizzie, three middle-aged spinsters, are on track to create havoc wherever they go, but Tish is definitely the ringleader and leads where the other two ladies would rather not go.

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    • Silas Marner

    • Written by: George Eliot
    • Narrated by: Stephanie Beacham
    • Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Falsely accused of a crime and betrayed by his closest friend, the weaver Silas Marner has been hoarding his earnings for 15 years. Distanced from his religious community, he has devoted himself to his work and taken pleasure only in counting his coins. Then in a single day, his gold is stolen and a lovely child appears on his doorstep. As he changes his life to meet the irresistible needs of the child, Marner accepts that the loss of the gold was a necessary exchange for the child.

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    • John Macnab

    • Written by: John Buchan
    • Narrated by: Steve King
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    • Unabridged
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    Three high-flying men—a barrister, a cabinet minister, and a banker—are suffering from boredom. They concoct a plan to cure it. They inform three Scottish estates that they will poach from each two stags and a salmon in a given time. They sign collectively as "John McNab" and await the responses. This novel is a light interlude within the Leithen Stories series—an evocative look at the hunting, shooting and fishing lifestyle in Highland Scotland.

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    • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal in Bohemia: Learn Spanish with English Parallel Text

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    • Narrated by: Lucas Engel, Scott Miller
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    Are you learning Spanish? Did you know that learning Spanish using stories is one of the most powerful methods for language immersion? In this book, you get to follow along with the first short story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about the world’s most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes and his good friend Dr. John Watson. This book was specifically designed for Spanish learners. Are you ready for the challenge? Dig into this thrilling story right now! 

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    • Heart of Darkness

    • Written by: Joseph Conrad
    • Narrated by: Richard Thomas
    • Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Heart of Darkness tells of the conflicting drives of two men—Charles Marlow, the captain of a steamboat, and Mr. Kurtz, a mysterious figure who oversees a trading post in Africa. After an arduous journey, Marlow finally encounters Kurtz, and the men come to grips with their differences—and their similarities. 

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    • Sense and Sensibility

    • Written by: Jane Austen
    • Narrated by: Glenda Jackson
    • Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
    • Unabridged
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    In a timeless tale of misguided romance and heartbreak, Jane Austen's first novel of love and marriage is seen through the eyes of two very different heroines, the Dashwood sisters—cautious, level-headed Elinor and impulsive lively Marianne—one representing sense and the other sensibility.

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    • The Great Book of King Arthur

    • And His Knights of the Round Table
    • Written by: John Matthews
    • Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong, Jot Davies
    • Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
    • Unabridged
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    The stories of King Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot and Guinevere, Galahad, Gawain, Tristan and the rest of the Knights of the Roundtable, and the search for the Holy Grail have been beloved for centuries and are the inspiration of many modern fantasy novels, films, and shows. These legends began when an obscure Celtic hero named Arthur stepped on to the stage of history sometime in the sixth century. The Great Book of King Arthur brings these legends into the modern age, using accessible prose for contemporary listeners for the first time.

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    • The Masterworks and Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe

    • Written by: Edgar Allan Poe
    • Narrated by: Paul Scofield
    • Length: 5 hrs
    • Unabridged
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    From Edgar Allan Poe—the master of the short story and lyric poem—comes this rare treasury of classics. The outstanding works "A Descent into the Maelstrom," "Annabelle Lee," "Eldorado," "The Bells," and "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall," illustrate Poe's meticulous sense of construction, with signature themes of romance and melancholy that characterized his short and troubled life. 

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    • Tarzan: Return to Pal-ul-don

    • The Wild Adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs
    • Written by: Will Murray
    • Narrated by: John McLain
    • Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
    • Unabridged
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    With the African continent engulfed by World War II, John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, abandons his role as Lord of the Jungle in order to combat the spreading Nazi menace. Flying a P-40 Tomahawk warplane, Clayton is sent on his first mission: to rescue the missing British Military Intelligence officer code-named Ilex. But the daring task plunges him into his savage past after he’s forced down in a lost land that seems hauntingly familiar. 

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    • The Greatest Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy

    • Written by: Leo Tolstoy
    • Narrated by: David Fox, Kenneth K. Wortman
    • Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
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    Tolstoy is regarded as one of the greatest writers in history and this collection features his highly acclaimed short stories. This collection includes "God Sees the Truth, but Waits" and "A Prisoner in the Caucasus", which Tolstoy himself considered as his best, as well as "How Much Land Does a Man Need?", "Ivan the Fool", etc. These stories give a snapshot of Russia and its people in the late 19th century. The message in all his stories is presented with such humor that the listener hardly realizes that it is strongly didactic.

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    • The Sun Also Rises

    • Written by: Ernest Hemingway
    • Narrated by: Todd Menesses
    • Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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    Gertrude Stein, in conversation with Ernest Hemmingway, once made the comment: “You are all a lost generation.” She was referring to the young adults who struggled to find their purpose in the wake of World War I, yet showed incredible resilience against all odds.

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    • Tarzan's First Love

    • A Tarzan Story
    • Written by: Edgar Rice Burroughs
    • Narrated by: Peter Silverleaf
    • Length: 45 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Tarzan's courtship of the female ape Teeka ends in failure when her preference turns to their mutual friend, the male ape Taug. Tarzan wrestles with his humanness versus his ape-ness. The allusion to Helen of Troy enriches the story, making Tarzan and Taug's fight over Teeka take on symbolic proportions. Stan Galloway writes: "when Burroughs chooses to name Helen as an objective correlative for Teeka, he expects both literal and emotional connections to occur." Tarzan's final claim of the story - "Tarzan is a man. He will go alone." - echoes the plight of Adam in the Garden of Eden.

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    • 25+ The World's Greatest Short Stories, Vol. 2

    • Roger Malvin's Burial, Notes from Underground, The Mark on the Wall, Heart of Darkness and Others
    • Written by: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and others
    • Narrated by: Peter Coates, Mark Bowen, David J. Miles, and others
    • Length: 39 hrs and 32 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Here is a collection that is entirely modern. The authors represented are among the leading authors of the day, the stories are principally stories of present-day life, and the themes are themes of present-day thought. The students who listen to this book will be more awake to the present. Stories are included by Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Franz Kafka, Charles Dickens, Ivan Turgenev, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Joseph Conrad, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Conan Doyle, H. P. Lovecraft, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Guy de Maupassant, Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, and others.

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