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  • A Brief History of the End of the Universe and Everything in It

    by Stephen Ornes ...
    The weird, wonderful, and surprisingly comforting science of how everything ends—from the smallest cells to the universe itself.Demise is inevitable. Cells commit suicide. Bodies decompose after death. Stars exhaust their fuel and swell into spectacular blazes, taking entire planets with them. From the microscopic to the cosmic, everything falls apart according to the inexorable rules of time and ... Read more

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  • The Top 10 Short Stories - American Realism

    by Jack London, Stephen Crane, Sarah Orne Jewett ...
    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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    A Brief History of the End of the Universe and Everything in It

    by Stephen Ornes ...
    Narrated by Christopher Grove ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours

    Demise is inevitable. Cells commit suicide. Bodies decompose after death. Stars exhaust their fuel and swell into spectacular blazes, taking entire planets with them. From the microscopic to the cosmic, everything falls apart according to the inexorable rules of time and entropy—and maybe, suggests award-winning science writer Stephen Ornes, that's OK. In A Brief History of the End of the Universe ... Read more

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  • American Short Stories – Best Books Boxed Set (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. 50+ Classics of American Literature

    by O. Henry, H. P. Lovecraft, Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Ambrose Bierce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, Herman Melville, Kate Chopin0, Stephen Crane1, Bret Harte2, Sarah Orne Jewett3, Ernest Hemingway4, Mary Wilkins Freeman5, Charlotte Perkins Gilman6, William Dean Howells7, Edith Wharton8, Willa Cather9, Louisa May Alcott0, Charles W. Chesnutt1, William Faulkner2, Theodore Dreiser3, Holden Glenwick6 ...
    American Short Stories – Best Books Boxed Set gathers a sweeping canon of American prose, tracing the short story from early national legend and gothic romance to realism, naturalism, modernism, and Southern experimentation. Its range includes uncanny hauntings, frontier sketches, psychological studies, social satire, regional portraits, and compressed tales of disillusionment, making visible the ... Read more

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  • The Best American Short Stories

    by Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Jack London, O. Henry, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, Herman Melville, Kate Chopin, Stephen Crane, Bret Harte, Sarah Orne Jewett, Mary Wilkins Freeman, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, William Dean Howells, Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, Louisa May Alcott, Charles W. Chesnutt, William Faulkner, Theodore Dreiser ...
    The Best American Short Stories is a seminal collection that showcases a rich tapestry of American literature, spanning eras and exemplifying a variety of literary styles. From the poignant realism of the late 19th century to the evocative imaginations of the early modern era, this anthology navigates the complexities of American society and the human condition. It illuminates the diversity and ... Read more

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  • The Greatest American Short Stories (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. 50+ Classics of American Literature

    by Mark Twain, Jack London, O. Henry, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, Herman Melville0, Kate Chopin1, Stephen Crane2, Bret Harte3, Sarah Orne Jewett4, Ernest Hemingway5, Mary Wilkins Freeman6, Charlotte Perkins Gilman7, William Dean Howells8, Edith Wharton9, Willa Cather0, Louisa May Alcott1, Charles W. Chesnutt2, William Faulkner3, Theodore Dreiser4, Wesley Calderwick7 ...
    The Greatest American Short Stories gathers a panoramic selection of fiction that traces the evolution of the American short story from the early national imagination to modernist experimentation. Gothic hauntings, frontier humor, psychological realism, regional portraiture, maritime adventure, social critique, and Jazz Age disillusionment converge in a volume of striking formal range. Its ... Read more

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    American Experience, The

    A Collection of Great American Stories

    by Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jack London, Kate Chopin, Mark Twain, O. Henry, Sarah Orne Jewett, Stephen Crane, Washington Irving ...
    Narrated by Various Narrators ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 28 min

    Ten superbly narrated stories that help explain America by America's best writers. Irving's incredible and amusing tale of the archetypal "Rip Van Winkle" relates the story of a man who slept through history. Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage" tells of a young soldier who must struggle with his conscience no matter what the consequences. "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is ... Read more

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    Lessons from Literature - Stories Exploring the Relationship Between Human and Animal

    Learn from the oldest form of communication and education - storytelling

    by Honore De Balzac, Giovanni Boccaccio, Ivan Turgenev, Saki, Stephen Crane, Katherine Mansfield, Sarah Orne Jewett, Charles Dudley Warner, Jack London, Algernon Blackwood ...
    Narrated by William Dufris, David Shaw-Parker, Richard Mitchley ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 34 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

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  • Thanksgiving Tales for Children

    Classic Children's Stories of Gratitude, Family, Charity, and Holiday Wonder

    by Lucy Maud Montgomery, Amy Ella Blanchard, Louisa May Alcott, George Eliot, Eugene Field, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Susan Coolidge, Edward Everett Hale, Eleanor H. Porter, Andrew Lang, Mrs. Alfred Gatty, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Phila Butler Bowman, Katherine Grace Hulbert, Agnes Carr, Isabel Gordon Curtis, Eleanor L. Skinner, P. J. Stahl, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Sheldon C. Stoddard, Kate Upson Clark, Albert F. Blaisdell, Francis K. Ball, Winthrop Packard, R. K. Munkittrick, E. S. Brooks, Maud Lindsay, J. T. Trowbridge, Miss L. B. Pingree, Emily Hewitt Leland, Sophie Swett, Fannie Wilder Brown, Alice Wheildon, Annie Hamilton Donnell, Edna Payson Brett, Pauline Shackleford Colyar, Hezekiah Butterworth, H. R. Schoolcraft, Olive Thorne Miller, Rose Terry Cooke, C. A. Stephens, Sarah Orne Jewett ...
    Thanksgiving Tales for Children gathers a capacious repertory of holiday fiction, moral anecdote, domestic sketch, folklore, and nature writing around the season's intertwined ideas of gratitude, charity, family, and communal memory. Its range moves from homely New England scenes and humorous youthful misadventures to fairy-tale inflections and reflective accounts of generosity. Standout holiday ... Read more

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  • Counting Our Blessings: Wonderful Thanksgiving Tales for Children

    Classic Tales of Gratitude, Family, Harvest, and Holiday Generosity for Young Readers

    by Susan Coolidge, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Eleanor H. Porter, Andrew Lang, Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Eliot, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Eugene Field, Edward Everett Hale, Phila Butler Bowman, Katherine Grace Hulbert, Eleanor L. Skinner, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, P. J. Stahl, Sheldon C. Stoddard, Kate Upson Clark, Albert F. Blaisdell, Francis K. Ball, Winthrop Packard, R. K. Munkittrick, E. S. Brooks, Agnes Carr, Maud Lindsay, J. T. Trowbridge, L. B. Pingree, Emily Hewitt Leland, Sophie Swet, Fannie Wilder Brown, Alice Wheildon, Annie Hamilton Donnell, Alfred Gatty, Edna Payson Brett, Pauline Shackleford Colyar, Hezekiah Butterworth, H. R. Schoolcraft, Olive Thorne Miller, Isabel Gordon Curtis, Rose Terry Cooke, C. A. Stephens, Sarah Orne Jewett ...
    Counting Our Blessings: Wonderful Thanksgiving Tales for Children gathers a capacious range of holiday narratives in which gratitude becomes both moral practice and imaginative occasion. Domestic sketches, historical episodes, animal stories, comic incidents, sentimental tales, and folkloric fables create a varied literary landscape for young readers. The volume places the Thanksgiving tradition ... Read more

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    Short Stories About American Realism

    Great American Short Stories From A Golden Age Of Literature

    by O Henry, Kate Chopin, Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Jack London, Sarah Orne Jewett, Stephen Crane ...
    Narrated by Christopher Ragland, Laurel Lefkow, Liza Ross ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 53 min

    Art and life. Each the mirror of the other. This then is the classic definition of what ‘Realism’ as a writing form really is. Some might call it a fancy term for the mundane day to day pursuits but in the hands of an author it comes alive. We are drawn into characters and landscapes that we can empathize with, we can, metaphorically speaking, help shoulder their burden, be on the long trail with ... Read more

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  • Thanksgiving: Heart-Warming Stories for Children

    Classic Holiday Tales of Gratitude, Family, Charity, and Community for Young Readers

    by Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Eleanor H. Porter, Susan Coolidge, Andrew Lang, Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Eliot, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Eugene Field, Edward Everett Hale, Phila Butler Bowman, Katherine Grace Hulbert, Eleanor L. Skinner, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, P. J. Stahl, Sheldon C. Stoddard, Kate Upson Clark, Albert F. Blaisdell, Francis K. Ball, Winthrop Packard, R. K. Munkittrick, E. S. Brooks, Agnes Carr, Maud Lindsay, J. T. Trowbridge, L. B. Pingree, Emily Hewitt Leland, Sophie Swet, Fannie Wilder Brown, Alice Wheildon, Annie Hamilton Donnell, Alfred Gatty, Edna Payson Brett, Pauline Shackleford Colyar, Hezekiah Butterworth, H. R. Schoolcraft, Olive Thorne Miller, Isabel Gordon Curtis, Rose Terry Cooke, C. A. Stephens, Sarah Orne Jewett ...
    Thanksgiving: Heart-Warming Stories for Children gathers a capacious nineteenth- and early twentieth-century literature of gratitude, domestic fellowship, moral growth, and seasonal ritual. Its stories, sketches, recollections, and gently comic episodes range from realistic family narratives and rural portraits to fable-like instruction and historical adventure. Scenes of shared tables, acts of ... Read more

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