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Seven Classic Plays

by Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky, William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Anton Chekhov, Euripedes1, Henrik Ibsen2, various authors7, Molière8, Alexandre Dumas9 ...

Narrated by Yuri Rasovsky, a full cast, John Glover, Nicholas Kepros, Barry Morse, Brian Murray0, F. Murray Abraham3, Rosemary Harris4, Lois Nettleton5, Fritz Weaver6 ...

Unabridged

11 hours 41 min

Blackstone Audio is proud to present seven great plays in a collection that illustrates the development of European drama from ancient times to the threshold of the modern theater: Medea by Euripides, The Tempest by Shakespeare, The Imaginary Invalid by Molière, Camille by Dumas, An Enemy of the People by Ibsen, Arms and the Man by Shaw, and Uncle Vanya by Chekhov.A superb repertory company with ... Read more

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Blackstone Audio is proud to present seven great plays in a collection that illustrates the development of European drama from ancient times to the threshold of the modern theater: Medea by Euripides, The Tempest by Shakespeare, The Imaginary Invalid by Molière, Camille by Dumas, An Enemy of the People by Ibsen, Arms and the Man by Shaw, and Uncle Vanya by Chekhov.A superb repertory company with
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Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee (Dee Goong An)

An Authentic Eighteenth-Century Chinese Detective Novel

by Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky ...

Narrated by Mark Bramhall, Lorna Raver, Stefan Rudnicki ...

Unabridged

7 hours 47 min

Long before Western writers had even conceived the idea of writing detective stories, the Chinese had developed a long tradition of literary works that chronicled the cases of important district magistrates. One of the most celebrated of these was Judge Dee, who lived in the seventh century AD.This book, written anonymously in the eighteenth century, interweaves three of Judge Dee’s most baffling ... Read more

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Long before Western writers had even conceived the idea of writing detective stories, the Chinese had developed a long tradition of literary works that chronicled the cases of important district magistrates. One of the most celebrated of these was Judge Dee, who lived in the seventh century AD.This book, written anonymously in the eighteenth century, interweaves three of Judge Dee’s most baffling
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Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls

An Audio Melodrama in Three Despicable Acts

by Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky, John Baker, Steven Ovitsky, Tony Barrand, John Roberts ...

Narrated by a full cast, Robertson Dean, Martin Jarvis, Moira Quirk0, Simon Templeman1, Phil Proctor2, Rosalind Ayres3, W. Morgan Sheppard4 ...

Unabridged

2 hours 20 min

The insidious Fleet Street barber slit his first throat in an 1846 "penny dreadful," one of those gaudy serialized novels that gleefully offered thrills and gore to sensation-hungry Victorians. TitledThe String of Pearls, it told of Sweeney Todd, whose shop stood next to St. Dunstan's Church, just a few blocks from the Royal Courts of Justice. On this site, he robbed and murdered hundreds of ... Read more

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The insidious Fleet Street barber slit his first throat in an 1846 "penny dreadful," one of those gaudy serialized novels that gleefully offered thrills and gore to sensation-hungry Victorians. TitledThe String of Pearls, it told of Sweeney Todd, whose shop stood next to St. Dunstan's Church, just a few blocks from the Royal Courts of Justice. On this site, he robbed and murdered hundreds of
... Read more
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The Sibyl

by John Baker, Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky, Pär Lagerkvist ...

Narrated by Lorna Raver, Kristoffer Tabori, Yuri Rasovsky ...

Unabridged

4 hours 27 min

In this powerful, poetic, and moving parable, the Wandering Jew of medieval Christian legend journeys to Delphi to consult the famed oracle of the pagans. He is turned away, but not before learning that one of the most adept of the old priestesses, or sibyls, lives in disgrace in the mountains above the temple. In her rude goat-hut he seeks the meaning of his disastrous brush with the son of God. ... Read more

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In this powerful, poetic, and moving parable, the Wandering Jew of medieval Christian legend journeys to Delphi to consult the famed oracle of the pagans. He is turned away, but not before learning that one of the most adept of the old priestesses, or sibyls, lives in disgrace in the mountains above the temple. In her rude goat-hut he seeks the meaning of his disastrous brush with the son of God.
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Flory

A Miraculous Story of Survival

by Flory A. Van Beek, John Baker, Yuri Rasovsky ...

Narrated by Kirsten Potter ...

Unabridged

7 hours 5 min

Like Anne Frank, Flory Van Beek was a young girl caught in the ruthless Nazi occupation of Holland—but Flory survived to recount her extraordinary story of persecution and survival.Flory and her husband, Felix, endured the sinking of a ship bound for safety in the New World, the increasing danger of the occupation, and finally a life in hiding. There, cut off from the outside world and their ... Read more

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Like Anne Frank, Flory Van Beek was a young girl caught in the ruthless Nazi occupation of Holland—but Flory survived to recount her extraordinary story of persecution and survival.Flory and her husband, Felix, endured the sinking of a ship bound for safety in the New World, the increasing danger of the occupation, and finally a life in hiding. There, cut off from the outside world and their
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Die, Snow White! Die, Damn You!

A Very Grimm Tale

by Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky, Laura Sims, Josh Stanton8, Becca Tripp9, the Hollywood Theater of the Ear0 ...

Narrated by Sandra Oh, Simon Helberg, Kate Burton, a full cast, Laura Sims, Barry Creyton, Robin Sachs0, Armin Shimerman1, Ned Schmidtke2, Melinda Peterson3, Keith Szarabajka4, Kitty Swink5, Meshach Taylor6, Phil Proctor7 ...

Unabridged

2 hours 5 min

With the premiere of two new film versions of the Snow White tale, Blackstone enters the fray with its own adult, edgy, and not altogether serious full-cast exposé of fairy-taledom. At last it can be told! Was Snow White really as pure as the driven snow? Did her allegedly wicked stepmother get a bum rap from the Grimm brothers? What went on behind the closed Dutch doors of the dwarves’ cottage? ... Read more

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With the premiere of two new film versions of the Snow White tale, Blackstone enters the fray with its own adult, edgy, and not altogether serious full-cast exposé of fairy-taledom. At last it can be told! Was Snow White really as pure as the driven snow? Did her allegedly wicked stepmother get a bum rap from the Grimm brothers? What went on behind the closed Dutch doors of the dwarves’ cottage?
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Beowulf

by Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky, Anonymous ...

Narrated by Robertson Dean ...

Unabridged

2 hours 47 min

The earliest extant heroic epic in any European vernacular, Beowulf is considered the most important poem in Old English. The title character is a warrior of superhuman strength who accomplishes glorious deeds to honor his king. He also represents the ideal lord and vassal, generous to his own men while fulfilling all the forms of courtesy at court. The narrative itself falls into two parts: ... Read more

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The earliest extant heroic epic in any European vernacular, Beowulf is considered the most important poem in Old English. The title character is a warrior of superhuman strength who accomplishes glorious deeds to honor his king. He also represents the ideal lord and vassal, generous to his own men while fulfilling all the forms of courtesy at court. The narrative itself falls into two parts:
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The Art of War

The Essential Translation of the Classic Book of Life

by Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky, Sun Tzu ...

Narrated by Ray Porter ...

Unabridged

9 hours 16 min

Master Sun said: “Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.”For more than two thousand years, The Art of War has stood as a cornerstone of Chinese culture, a lucid text that reveals as much about psychology, politics, and economics as it does about battlefield strategy. For those seeking a deeper understanding of this seminal work, ... Read more

$19.95 USD

Master Sun said: “Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.”For more than two thousand years, The Art of War has stood as a cornerstone of Chinese culture, a lucid text that reveals as much about psychology, politics, and economics as it does about battlefield strategy. For those seeking a deeper understanding of this seminal work,
... Read more
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The Future of Freedom

Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad

by Fareed Zakaria, Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky ...

Narrated by Ned Schmidtke ...

Unabridged

10 hours 5 min

More democracy means more freedom. Or does it?American democracy is, in many people's minds, the model for the rest of the world. Fareed Zakaria points out that the American form of democracy is one of the least democratic in use today. Members of the Supreme Court and the Federal Reserve, institutions that fundamentally shape our lives, are appointed, not elected. The Bill of Rights enumerates a ... Read more

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More democracy means more freedom. Or does it?American democracy is, in many people's minds, the model for the rest of the world. Fareed Zakaria points out that the American form of democracy is one of the least democratic in use today. Members of the Supreme Court and the Federal Reserve, institutions that fundamentally shape our lives, are appointed, not elected. The Bill of Rights enumerates a
... Read more
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Saint Joan

A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue

by Amy Irving, Edward Herrmann, Kristoffer Tabori, Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky, Josh Stanton, Mark Bramhall, Scott Brick0, Robin Sachs1, Robertson Dean2, John Lee3, Stefan Rudnicki4, Ned Schmidtke5, Armin Shimerman6, Steven Ovitsky7, Andrew Barnes8, Ken Danziger9, Gregory Itzen0, Kitty Swink1, Granville van Dusen2, the Amadis Ensemble3, Suzanne Schmidtke4, Stewart Sloke5, George Bernard Shaw6 ...

Narrated by a distinguished cast ...

Unabridged

3 hours 16 min

“Joan of Arc, a village girl from the Vosges, was born about 1412—burnt for heresy, witchcraft, and sorcery in 1431—rehabilitated after a fashion in 1456—designated Venerable in 1904—declared Blessed in 1908—and finally canonized in 1920. She is the most notable Warrior-Saint in the Christian calendar, and the queerest fish among the eccentric worthies of the Middle Ages.”—George Bernard ShawWith ... Read more

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“Joan of Arc, a village girl from the Vosges, was born about 1412—burnt for heresy, witchcraft, and sorcery in 1431—rehabilitated after a fashion in 1456—designated Venerable in 1904—declared Blessed in 1908—and finally canonized in 1920. She is the most notable Warrior-Saint in the Christian calendar, and the queerest fish among the eccentric worthies of the Middle Ages.”—George Bernard ShawWith
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A Grown-Up’s Halloween

Fantasies and Fables for the Philosophically Fiendish

by various authors, Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky, John Baker ...

Narrated by a full cast, Tom Towles, Mark Bramhall, Ira Burton, Robertson Dean0, Bo Foxworth1, Jane Jacobs2, James Otis3, Lorna Raver4, Stefan Rudnicki5, Tom Alderman6, Annabel Armour7, Carolyn Brenner8, Viola Berwick9, Hamilton Camp0, David Chadderdon1, James Deuter2, John Doremus3, Michelle M. Faith4, Gary Gears5, Joe Greco6, Melissa Greenspan7, Richard Kind8, Glenn Kovacevich9, Sonja Lanzener0, Stephen Markle1, David Mink2, Roger Mueller3, William Munchow4, Brian Murray5, Phil Proctor6, David Rasche7, Avery Schreiber8, Pat Terry9 ...

Unabridged

6 hours 29 min

Blackstone Audio presents an eclectic mix of stories, plays and sketches dedicated to the thinking paranoiac. Gore, sex, horror, literature and edifying morals—what more could you want from an audiobook?This collection includes "In a Grove," upon which Akira Kurosawa based his classic film, Rashomon; an adult fairy tale by the author of Winnie-the-Pooh; the real story (honest!) behind Edgar Rice ... Read more

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Blackstone Audio presents an eclectic mix of stories, plays and sketches dedicated to the thinking paranoiac. Gore, sex, horror, literature and edifying morals—what more could you want from an audiobook?This collection includes "In a Grove," upon which Akira Kurosawa based his classic film, Rashomon; an adult fairy tale by the author of Winnie-the-Pooh; the real story (honest!) behind Edgar Rice
... Read more
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The Dybbuk

by S. Ansky, S. Ansky, Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky, Edward Asner, Theodore Bikel0, Ashley Gardner1, Carl Reiner2, Richard Kind3, Kenneth Mars4, Marian Mercer5, Robertson Dean6, Barbara Rosenblat7, Kristoffer Tabori8, Janet Borrus9, Harlan Ellison0, Amanda Karr1, James Otis2, Alan Miller3, Lorna Raver4, Stefan Rudnicki5, Shelly Hanson6, Steven Ovitsky7 ...

Narrated by a full cast ...

Unabridged

1 hour 35 min

In the folklore of Eastern European Jewry, a dybbuk is a wandering soul that comes to rest in the body of a living person. In this case, the dybbuk is an impoverished student that possesses a young bride on her wedding day. She is taken to a great Chassidic rabbi for exorcism. But before he can expel the spirit, the sage must discover who the dybbuk was in life, why he has possessed the maiden, ... Read more

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In the folklore of Eastern European Jewry, a dybbuk is a wandering soul that comes to rest in the body of a living person. In this case, the dybbuk is an impoverished student that possesses a young bride on her wedding day. She is taken to a great Chassidic rabbi for exorcism. But before he can expel the spirit, the sage must discover who the dybbuk was in life, why he has possessed the maiden,
... Read more

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