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The Neon Wilderness

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10 hours 16 min

As rock and roll novelist Tom Carson writes in his introduction, “The Neon Wilderness is the pivotal book of Nelson Algren’s career—the one which bid a subdued but determined farewell to everything that had earlier made him no more than just another good writer, and inaugurated the idiosyncratic, bedeviled, cantankerously poetic sensibility that would see him ranked among the few literary ... Read more

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As rock and roll novelist Tom Carson writes in his introduction, “The Neon Wilderness is the pivotal book of Nelson Algren’s career—the one which bid a subdued but determined farewell to everything that had earlier made him no more than just another good writer, and inaugurated the idiosyncratic, bedeviled, cantankerously poetic sensibility that would see him ranked among the few literary
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Somebody in Boots

by Nelson Algren ...

Narrated by Ramiz Monsef ...

Unabridged

11 hours 57 min

Nelson Algren was a renowned writer, known for his penetrating and influential social novels such as The Man With the Golden Arm and A Walk on the Wild Side. Originally published in 1935, Somebody in Boots was Algren’s first novel, based on his experiences living in Texas during the Great Depression. A wonderful companion to Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, this new edition of Somebody in Boots ... Read more

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Nelson Algren was a renowned writer, known for his penetrating and influential social novels such as The Man With the Golden Arm and A Walk on the Wild Side. Originally published in 1935, Somebody in Boots was Algren’s first novel, based on his experiences living in Texas during the Great Depression. A wonderful companion to Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, this new edition of Somebody in Boots
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The Last Carousel

by Nelson Algren ...

Narrated by Richard Poe, Richard Ferrone, Ramiz Monsef, Nicol Zanzarella ...

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19 hours 2 min

The fiction and reportage included in The Last Carousel, one of the final collections published during Nelson Algren’s lifetime, was written on ships and in ports of call around the world, and includes accounts of brothels in Vietnam and Mexico, stories of the boxing ring, and reminiscences of Algren’s beloved Chicago White Sox, among other subjects. In this collection, not just Algren’s intensity ... Read more

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The fiction and reportage included in The Last Carousel, one of the final collections published during Nelson Algren’s lifetime, was written on ships and in ports of call around the world, and includes accounts of brothels in Vietnam and Mexico, stories of the boxing ring, and reminiscences of Algren’s beloved Chicago White Sox, among other subjects. In this collection, not just Algren’s intensity
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The Devil’s Stocking

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A boxer finds himself the targeted victim of a vindictive group in the story of one man’s battle against injustice in the dark underworld of urban America.The Devil’s Stocking is the story of Ruby Calhoun, a boxer accused of murder in a shadowy world of low-purse fighters, cops, con artists, and bar girls. Chronicling a battle for truth and human dignity which gives way to a larger story of life ... Read more

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A boxer finds himself the targeted victim of a vindictive group in the story of one man’s battle against injustice in the dark underworld of urban America.The Devil’s Stocking is the story of Ruby Calhoun, a boxer accused of murder in a shadowy world of low-purse fighters, cops, con artists, and bar girls. Chronicling a battle for truth and human dignity which gives way to a larger story of life
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Never Come Morning

by Nelson Algren, Emily Janice Card ...

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki ...

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10 hours 31 min

Bruno Bicek, “Lefty,” is a prizefighter and small-time hood in Chicago. Boxing is his ticket to escape hard times and gang life, but when Bruno doesn’t prevent the brutal gang rape of his girlfriend, Steffi, it tears them apart, their worlds changed forever. Bruno is sent to jail and Steffi to a brothel governed by the brutality of a local crime boss, the Barber. Sinister and dark, the Barber ... Read more

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Bruno Bicek, “Lefty,” is a prizefighter and small-time hood in Chicago. Boxing is his ticket to escape hard times and gang life, but when Bruno doesn’t prevent the brutal gang rape of his girlfriend, Steffi, it tears them apart, their worlds changed forever. Bruno is sent to jail and Steffi to a brothel governed by the brutality of a local crime boss, the Barber. Sinister and dark, the Barber
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A Walk on the Wild Side

by Nelson Algren ...

Narrated by Keith Szarabajka ...

Unabridged

10 hours 42 min

With its depictions of the downtrodden prostitutes, bootleggers, and hustlers of Perdido Street in the old French Quarter of 1930s New Orleans, A Walk on the Wild Side found a place in the imaginations of all the generations that have followed. “I found my way to the streets on the other side of the Southern Pacific station, where the big jukes were singing something called ‘Walking the Wild Side ... Read more

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With its depictions of the downtrodden prostitutes, bootleggers, and hustlers of Perdido Street in the old French Quarter of 1930s New Orleans, A Walk on the Wild Side found a place in the imaginations of all the generations that have followed. “I found my way to the streets on the other side of the Southern Pacific station, where the big jukes were singing something called ‘Walking the Wild Side
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The Man with the Golden Arm

by Nelson Algren ...

Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

Unabridged

14 hours 26 min

Winner of the first National Book Award in 1950, this modern classic takes us into the gritty underbelly of post–World War II America. It is the story of “Frankie Machine,” a veteran, drug addict, and card-dealer in an illicit poker game being run in Chicago’s near northwest side. Frankie has just returned from the federal prison for narcotics addicts in Louisville, Kentucky, where he was exposed ... Read more

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Winner of the first National Book Award in 1950, this modern classic takes us into the gritty underbelly of post–World War II America. It is the story of “Frankie Machine,” a veteran, drug addict, and card-dealer in an illicit poker game being run in Chicago’s near northwest side. Frankie has just returned from the federal prison for narcotics addicts in Louisville, Kentucky, where he was exposed
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Submission

Erotica for Women

Edited by Alex Algren ...

Eyes blindfolded. Mouth gagged. Hands chained to the headboard. You’re on display, ready for him—ready to be used. And the only sound in the room is your own breathing...until you hear him close the door behind you. Let these tales give you inspiration for the next time you find yourself in a tight spot. This collection of stories featuring guys dominating their eager, submissive lovers is bound ... Read more

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Eyes blindfolded. Mouth gagged. Hands chained to the headboard. You’re on display, ready for him—ready to be used. And the only sound in the room is your own breathing...until you hear him close the door behind you. Let these tales give you inspiration for the next time you find yourself in a tight spot. This collection of stories featuring guys dominating their eager, submissive lovers is bound
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Backdoor Pleasures

Anal Erotica

Edited by Alex Algren ...

“When I read a book of erotica,” says editor Alex Algren, “I'm not looking for romance and happily ever after. But I am looking for great writing and a searing hotness that gets you sweaty.” Here, Algren has curated a set of smart and sexy stories of anal eroticism celebrating every imaginable kind of Backdoor Pleasure. Algren and her top notch contributors explore the exquisite pleasures of toys, ... Read more

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“When I read a book of erotica,” says editor Alex Algren, “I'm not looking for romance and happily ever after. But I am looking for great writing and a searing hotness that gets you sweaty.” Here, Algren has curated a set of smart and sexy stories of anal eroticism celebrating every imaginable kind of Backdoor Pleasure. Algren and her top notch contributors explore the exquisite pleasures of toys,
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Bare Assed

Kinky Spanking Stories

Edited by Alex Algren ...

Spanking is probably the most unconsidered model of balance. Though spanking is commonly seen as an act of submission, the spanked has the unasserted power to bring the spanker to their quivering knees. Each of these six stories, paints a picture of spanking that is drastically different from the rest. NT Morley’s “I’m Going to Grab Your Hair” gives us a play by play of what a man driven by lust ... Read more

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Spanking is probably the most unconsidered model of balance. Though spanking is commonly seen as an act of submission, the spanked has the unasserted power to bring the spanker to their quivering knees. Each of these six stories, paints a picture of spanking that is drastically different from the rest. NT Morley’s “I’m Going to Grab Your Hair” gives us a play by play of what a man driven by lust
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Fairy Tale Sex

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Flesh or fantasy? In Fairy Tale Sex, you can have BOTH! A baker wonders whether an intriguing sweet-toothed fairy is after sugar or something more tantalizing in “Devil’s Food Cake” by Shanna Germain.Mexican folk tales meet the story of the little magic girl in Anne Meadows’ “Matches” for a more romantic and hopeful twist on the original. Evan Mora’s Pinoccio is granted a transformation of a ... Read more

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Flesh or fantasy? In Fairy Tale Sex, you can have BOTH! A baker wonders whether an intriguing sweet-toothed fairy is after sugar or something more tantalizing in “Devil’s Food Cake” by Shanna Germain.Mexican folk tales meet the story of the little magic girl in Anne Meadows’ “Matches” for a more romantic and hopeful twist on the original. Evan Mora’s Pinoccio is granted a transformation of a
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The Man with the Golden Arm

by Nelson Algren ...

A novel of rare genius, The Man with the Golden Arm describes the dissolution of a card-dealing WWII veteran named Frankie Machine, caught in the act of slowly cutting his own heart into wafer-thin slices. For Frankie, a murder committed may be the least of his problems.The literary critic Malcolm Cowley called The Man with the Golden Arm "Algren's defense of the individual," while Carl Sandburg ... Read more

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A novel of rare genius, The Man with the Golden Arm describes the dissolution of a card-dealing WWII veteran named Frankie Machine, caught in the act of slowly cutting his own heart into wafer-thin slices. For Frankie, a murder committed may be the least of his problems.The literary critic Malcolm Cowley called The Man with the Golden Arm "Algren's defense of the individual," while Carl Sandburg
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