Audiobooks
Mark of the Founder: A litRPG Saga
Summary
A new Founder marked with otherworldly power. An epic quest to build a sanctum settlement. A fabled class that wields monstrous magic. The Founders were the first marked, and they used those powers to build kingdoms, subjugate the land, and enrich themselves. They will not suffer another to join their ranks. Lost in a world with levels, stats, and monsters, Hal fights to survive in an unforgiving land, and to escape execution from its rulers. Ingenuity and courage won’t be enough. With marked powers he doesn’t understand, he’s easy prey for all the goblins, bandits, aberrations, and foul monsters that plague the realm. He’ll need to abandon his humanity by embracing the beast within. To fight monsters, one has to risk becoming a monster...if he can survive long enough to level up. Freedom and safety cannot be achieved alone. Only by forging bonds with fellow adventurers and monsters alike do Hal and his would-be kingdom have any chance of surviving the hazardous realm. Beastborne in an isekai litRPG adventure series full of dungeon crawling, spell-slinging action, and deep magic systems.
©2020 James T. Callum (P)2021 Podium Audio
Sense and Sensibility
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"The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!" (Marianne Dashwood) Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility is a classic staple of English literature. Published in 1811, this novel tells the story of the Dashwood ladies - Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret - as their family is forced to move to a new estate. Elinor and Marianne, the oldest of the trio, come of age in a tumultuous time, and the novel focuses on their romances, tribulations, and relationships with one another as they grow up. Like Austen's other famous novels, Sense and Sensibility has been successful since its publication and is often adapted for stage and screen. The story of Elinor and Marianne's first forays into love and heartbreak is relatable to audiences several decades removed from Austen's time. People across generations identify with the headstrong women who seek love and companionship, often in the wrong places.
Public Domain (P)2020 InAudio
Lessons for a Sunday Father
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It's never too late to grow up.... This is the story of: Scott, who finds his belongings outside in a bin bag one day and realises he may have made a Big Mistake Gail, who wishes her husband were under guarantee so she could send him back and get a refund Nat, who discovers that growing up isn't all it's cracked up to be Rosie, who just wants her dad back - or if not, then at least some new glitter nail polish. Four lives, one story: love, loss and learning to be a grown-up.
©2021 Claire Calman (P)2021 Boldwood Books Ltd
When We Dead Awaken: Full Cast Production
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An audiobook adaptation of Iben's classic, When We Dead Awaken. First published in 1899 it is a despairing and dream-like play rich in symbolism. This was also Ibsen's final play written at the time of his return to Norway after an extended absence a theme which is also reflected in the plot and it is interesting to speculate how much of Ibsen is contained in the lead character, the sculptor, Rubek, including Ibsen's own relationship with his masterpiece, A Doll's House. It is a relatively underperformed work compared to Ibsen's more well-known classics, though this lack of stage-time appears unwarranted. The play tells of a famous sculptor, his wife, and his muse, and offers an apparently bleak interpretation on aspects of life and death. Rich in metaphor this is a theatrical audio-production by a full cast. It is adapted for audio by Argentine playwright Juan Franco Siri. The play is in some ways evocative of Brand and The Master Builder, and is believed to be inspired by Auguste Rodin's relationship with his student Camille Claudet. This version also includes introductory and concluding comments by Siri. This is an important piece of classic Ibsen theater.
©2021 Historical Audiobooks (P)2021 Historical Audiobooks
A Madman's Jury
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Saul Peterson is having nightmares. Fleeting memories of watchful eyes. Impossible dreams of being taken while he sleeps. Visions of a catastrophic end. A society on the verge of revolution. Saul Peterson will stop at nothing to reveal the truth, but that truth may come at the greatest price of them all.... Based on the 2011 concept album by the Iowa-based metal band Salvaged, Billie Dean Shoemate III brings the horrifying and surreal story to life. All rise. Court is in session.
©2014 Billie Dean Shoemate III (P)2021 Billie Dean Shoemate III
Happiness Samurai
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Happiness is beautiful intrinsically when combined with your true purpose, your life’s true IKIGAI. Manny narrates this book to awaken the Happiness Samurai that sleeps within each one of us. The book consists of insightful yet practical ways of dealing with life’s vicissitudes and blessings for leading a life like a Japanese Samurai with wisdom, courage, honour and a true sense of happiness. The foreword of the book is written by John Abraham, who is an accomplished Indian film actor, producer and most importantly a fantastic human being. About the book, he says, “Listen to this book not because you are down or low – listen to this book because it will teach you the value of happiness. Hear this book to understand how you can create your own happiness with what you have within you in the here and now.” Manny captures his life events, adventures and varied experiences authentically with the lens of IKIGAI wisdom and creates a wealth of knowledge through the journey. We hope you’ll love listening to this book, and we wish you the very best through this powerful tome on happiness. All adults were once children, but only a select few who follow their Ikigai remember it. To the others, there is a beautiful story unfolding inside you, a unique passion that gives meaning to your days and drives you to share the best of yourself with the world. If you don’t know what your story is yet, we hope the Happiness Samurai will help you discover it. Stop Trying and Start Being Simple truth. In the end, life is challenging - right? But know this: you have been playing and splashing in the shallow end, thinking that is your world and that is your only shot at happiness; that is the only extent of your happiness. What happens when you dive deeper? What if you sink? Well, Manny asks you this - what if you swim? Arigato gozaimasu!
©2021 Happiness Quotient Global Private Limited (P)2021 9f10.com
Hammer of the Gods. Led Zeppelin - Die Saga
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In Stephen Davis Band-Biografie, die das Genre begründete, bleibt kein Aspekt der unglaublichen Karriere von Led Zeppelin unberücksichtigt: Von den berühmt-berüchtigten Begegnungen mit allzeit bereiten Groupies und den narkotischen, alkoholischen und psychischen Exzessen über den verstörenden Einfluss des Magiers Aleister Crowley auf Lead-Gitarristen Jimmy Page bis hin zum Tod von John Bonham. Über allem steht dabei der umwerfende, alles und jeden umblasende Effekt der Musik von Led Zeppelin.Auch nach fast 30 Jahren Bandpause haben Robert Plant, Jimmy Page und John Paul Jones - an den Drums unterstützt durch John Bonhams Sohn Jason - nichts von ihrer Anziehungskraft verloren. Anlässlich ihres Live-Comebacks am 10. Dezember 2007 sind über 20 Millionen Kartenanfragen beim Konzertveranstalter eingegangen.
(c)+(p) 2009 Edel Germany GmbH
The Game of Stars and Comets
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Danger in the stars! The birth of a hero is never easy. Clumsy as an elephant in high heels, he is nothing like his legendary scout father. But inside that bull-moose-of-a-body lies the heart of a hero whose moment has arrived! Next, a boy survives alien invasion - but must learn to think and act like his reptilian enemy to exact retribution for slaughter. These and two other tales of coming-of-age-through-peril from the writer who invented the genre, Andre Norton. Includes "The X Factor," "Voorloper", "The Eye of the Monster", and "The Sioux Spaceman" - all set in Norton's Council/Confederation universe.
©1965 Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. (The X-Factor); copyright 1960 by Ace Books, Inc. (The Sioux Spaceman); copyright 1962 by Ace Books, Inc. (Eye of the Monster); copyright 1980 by Andre Norton (Voorloper) (P)2021 Tantor
The Halls of Montezuma
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Earth has fallen. The Core Worlds have collapsed into chaos. War is breaking out everywhere as planetary governments declare independence, entire sectors slip out of contact, and warlords battle for power. The remnants of the once-great Empire are tearing themselves apart. And in the shadows, the Terran Marine Corps works to save what little they can to preserve civilization and build a better tomorrow. But now they might have met their match. The marines have beaten off a desperate attempt by the corporate worlds to recover Hameau, but the war is very far from over. The corprats remain powerful, gathering their strength to resume the offensive, locate the marines, and impose their society on the ruins of empire. To stop them, the marines will have to stake everything on a desperate gamble to tear out the heart of the enemy empire and slay the fascist beast in its lair. But the enemy are equally desperate to win....
©2021 Ravenscroft (P)2021 Podium Audio
Unbound
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The ultimate guide to owning your power - and mastering how to use it. How can so many women feel "good and mad" yet still reluctant to speak up in a meeting or difficult conversation? Why do women often feel like they're too much - and, at the same time, not enough? What causes us, at the most critical moments in our lives, to freeze? Kasia Urbaniak teaches power to women - and her answers to these questions may surprise you. Based on insights from her experiences as a dominatrix, her training to become a Taoist nun, and the countless women she has taught to expand their influence, this book offers precise, practical instruction in how to stand in your power, find your voice, and use it well. Learn how to: Embrace your desires as the pathway to your destiny. Ask for - and get - what you need in your life, work, and in the bedroom. Skillfully navigate hearing "no" and any resistance, even your own. Flip power dynamics when someone crosses your boundaries and puts you on the spot. Create new and expanded roles for the people in your life with precise, targeted asks. Whether you're getting crystal clear on exactly what you want, or turning the tables on a man who has shut you up and shut you down, Urbaniak's methods teach women to stand for themselves in every interaction. Part manual, part manifesto, part behind-the-scenes look, Unbound is a how-to guide to the impossible, the outrageous, the unimaginable - a field guide to living your wildest, best, and most satisfying life.
©2020 Kasia Urbaniak (P)2020 Penguin Audio
Powers of Darkness
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Powers of Darkness is an incredible literary discovery. In 1900, Icelandic publisher and writer Valdimar Asmundsson set out to translate Bram Stoker's world-famous 1897 novel Dracula. Called Makt Myrkranna (literally, 'Powers of Darkness'), this Icelandic edition included an original preface written by Stoker himself. Makt Myrkranna was published in Iceland in 1901 but remained undiscovered outside of the country until 1986, when Dracula scholarship was astonished by the discovery of Stoker's preface to the book. However, no one looked beyond the preface and deeper into Asmundsson's story. In 2014, literary researcher Hans de Roos dove into the full text of Makt Myrkranna, only to discover that Asmundsson hadn't merely translated Dracula but had penned an entirely new version of the story, with all new characters and a totally reworked plot. The resulting narrative is one that is shorter, punchier, more erotic, and perhaps even more suspenseful than Stoker's Dracula. Incredibly, Makt Myrkranna has never been translated or even read outside of Iceland until now. Powers of Darkness presents the first ever translation into English of Stoker and Asmundsson's Makt Myrkranna. With a foreword by Dacre Stoker, Bram Stoker's great-grandnephew and best-selling author, and an afterword by Dracula scholar John Edgar Browning, Powers of Darkness will amaze and entertain legions of fans of Gothic literature, horror, and vampire fiction. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc. (P)2018 Hans Corneel de Roos
Highland Conquest
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The Bride by Julie Garwood meets To Tame a Highland Warrior by Karen Marie Moning in this new Highlander series from award-winning author Heather McCollum. Clever and bold, Ella Sutherland has won the right to call herself chief of her clan and struggles to hold onto the chiefdom against those who doubt a woman’s rule. When she’s captured by the darkly handsome Sinclair chief, she chooses death over wedding him and giving up her clan to their long-time enemy. For she has a secret, an oath she took years ago to protect and keep the clan seat for a great ruler to come. Cain refuses to let his brother, Death, honor Ella’s choice with an execution. He’s never before met a woman so brave and passionate. Everything about her, from the scars she hides on her face to the way she can ride a horse while standing on the saddle, intrigues him. Despite their growing attraction, she continues to resist his plans to unite and conquer. When enemies within the Sutherland clan threaten the oath Ella made, she escapes the Sinclairs and Cain to defend it. Hurt by her desertion, Cain rallies his armies to take revenge, defeating the Sutherlands once and for all. But the wise words of his grandmother and the pressure growing in his heart make him question everything he’s been raised to believe. Can victory possibly come from surrender?
©2020 Heather McCollum (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing
Marathon Mum
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'It's the finish line, not the finish time.' In the late '80s, our Rachel was having a boss time as a podium dancer at the Pleasuredrome, Birkenhead. Fast forward several years, and she's married, with the kids she's always dreamed of, but the body she's always dreaded. To make things worse, her husband, Trevor, begins to show his true controlling colours and Rachel blames herself, spiralling into depression. Until she discovers running. Buzzing from her epiphany, the 'Forrest Gump of the Mersey' is derided by Trevor, but catches the attention of some local women, all struggling and vulnerable in their own ways. These disparate women persuade Rachel to lead them in a running club, to get a bit of whatever she's on, where they all discover more than the mere chance to shed a few pounds in this burgeoning sisterhood. Dealing with the dark and many faces of depression with a refreshing lightness of touch unique to this working-class woman from the Wirral, Marathon Mum is an uplifting story of the healing to be found in community, and the corners we can turn when we push ourselves across the line.
©2021 Rachel Brown and Warren FitzGerald (P)2021 Boldwood Books
Sea Girl
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Long before Suzanne Collins created Katniss Everdeen and Octavia Butler wrote Parable of the Sower, there were many traditional folktales full of adventure, intrigue, and intrepid female characters. Feminist Folktales from Around the World collects these forgotten classics. Volume three in the series, Sea Girl features an introduction by Daniel Jose Older, the New York Times best-selling author of The Book of Lost Saints. In legends from China, Finland, India, Canada, and more, brave heroines encounter monstrous rivers and ogres' nests while outsmarting desperate sharks and hungry tigers. They courageously save families and villages - and, most importantly, they always choose their own fate.
©2021 Ethel Johnston Phelps (P)2021 OrangeSky Audio
Narrative of a Ghost of a Hand
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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the 19th century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. 'Narrative of a Ghost of a Hand' is a strange story about a haunted house in Ireland. The only part of the sinister apparition which is visible is a white hand which becomes increasingly threatening as the tale goes on.
Public Domain (P)2016 Red Door Audiobooks
Raya and the Last Dragon
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This novelization retells the whole exciting story of the new Disney animated film Raya and the Last Dragon - coming to theaters in Spring 2021! Walt Disney Animation Studios’ fantasy-action-adventure, Raya and the Last Dragon, introduces Raya, a lone warrior from the fantasy kingdom of Kumandra who teams up with a crew of misfits in her quest to find the last dragon and bring light and unity back to their world. Exploring themes of community and hope, and inspired by the beautiful and diverse cultures of Southeast Asia, this novelization retells the whole exciting story and is perfect for listeners ages eight to 12!
©2021 Disney Enterprises, Inc. (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing
The Neil Gaiman Reader
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An outstanding array - 52 pieces in all - of selected fiction from the multiple-award-winning, number-one New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman, curated by his fans around the world, and introduced with a foreword by Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James Spanning Gaiman’s career to date, The Neil Gaiman Reader is a captivating collection from one of the world’s most beloved writers, chosen by those who know his work best: his devoted fans. A brilliant representation of Gaiman's groundbreaking, entrancing, endlessly imaginative fiction, this captivating volume includes excerpts from each of his five novels for adults - Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Anansi Boys, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane - and nearly 50 of his short stories. Impressive in its depth and range, The Neil Gaiman Reader is both an entryway to Gaiman’s oeuvre and a literary trove Gaiman fans old and new will return to many times over. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2020 Neil Gaiman; Foreword copyright (c) 2020 by Marlon James; Preface copyright 2020 by Neil Gaiman (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers
Oliver Twist
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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Presented by The Online Stage Oliver Twist is the well-loved tale of an orphan, who starts life in a workhouse and finds himself embroiled in London's criminal underworld, before being saved by a kind gentleman who knows something of his surprising family history. A satire and social commentary as well as a page-turning yarn, full of grit, wit, and some of the most memorable characters in English Literature. The second published serialised novel by Charles Dickens, The British Library remarks that "it has proven to be one of the best-loved novels in the history of literature". Cast: Narrator and Sikes - Ben Lindsey-Clark Oliver - Sarah Bacaller Fagin - Graham Scott Mr. Bumble - Rob Goll Dodger - Amber Hegarty Nancy - Anna Grace Rose Maylie - Amanda Friday Dr. Losberne - David Prickett Harry Maylie - Mark Crowle-Groves Mrs. Corney - Elizabeth Klett Mrs. Maylie - Lillian Rachel Monks - Jeff Moon Charlie Bates - P. J. Morgan Grimwig - Max Gallo Audio edited by Ben Lindsey-Clark
Public Domain (P)2021 The Online Stage
25 Original Fairy Tales
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In the 19th century, the Brothers Grimm published 200 fairy tales which, to this day, form the most famous collection of fairy tales worldwide. Part 1 of 8 contains 25 unabridged fairy tales like Rapunzel, Hansel and Grethel, The fisherman and his wife, Cinderella, Mother Holle, The seven ravens, and many more. Also included: A pdf document with complete tracklist. The Frog King, Rapunzel, Hansel and Grethel, The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids, Cinderella, Mother Holle, The Seven Ravens, The Valiant Little Tailor. PLEASE NOTE: when you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©gemeinfrei (P)2016 Bäng Management & Verlags GmbH & Co. KG
Dubliners
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Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. The stories comprise a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle-class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences. They center on Joyce's idea of an epiphany: a moment where a character experiences a life-changing self-understanding or illumination, and the idea of paralysis where Joyce felt Irish nationalism stagnated cultural progression, placing Dublin at the heart of this regressive movement. Many of the characters in Dubliners later appear in minor roles in Joyce's novel Ulysses. The initial stories in the collection are narrated by child protagonists, and as the stories continue, they deal with the lives and concerns of progressively older people. This is in line with Joyce's tripartite division of the collection into childhood, adolescence and maturity. James Joyce (1882-1941)
Public Domain (P)2021 Calm Radio