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ID: 427717

Title: Grand Babylon Hotel

Author: Arnold Bennett

Narrator: Anna Simon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:42:28

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

When American millionaire Theodore Racksole impulsively purchases the luxurious Grand Babylon Hotel in London, a string of strange things start occurring. Amidst the many disappearances and deaths, Racksole and his daughter Nella begin investigating, suspecting foul play. Soon the Racksoles are embroiled in a political and criminal conspiracy, leading them on a thrilling adventure across Europe. 'The Grand Babylon Hotel' is a thrilling and charming adventure mystery from Arnold Bennett from the turn of the century.

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Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was a British novelist, playwright, critic, and essayist and a key literary figure of his time. His most famous works include 'The Old Wives' Tale' (1908), 'The Clayhanger Family' (1925), and 'The Card' (1911). He also wrote a series of self-improvement books.

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ID: 427742

Title: Rupert of Hentzau

Author: Anthony Hope

Narrator: Andy Minter

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:38:34

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Classics

Summary:

Rupert of Hentzau (1898) picks up three years after The Prisoner of Zenda ended with Rudolf Rassendyll sadly leaving behind his love, Queen Flavia. Now unhappily married, Flavia writes Rassendyll to reconcile, but the letter is stolen and before long, Rassendyll once again finds himself forced to impersonate the king. Only this time, the ploy promises to leave behind several fatalities.

A decidedly darker sequel, this novel once again asks the question, Duty or love? And the answer might surprise you. The dashing villain, Rupert of Hentzau, has been portrayed on screen by many popular Hollywood actors throughout the years, among these Ramon Novarro (1922), Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (1937) and James Mason (1952).

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Anthony Hope (1863-1933) was an English novelist and playwright, known for his adventure novel The Prisoner of Zenda, the first draft of which he wrote in just one month, and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau. Hope had trained as a lawyer and barrister and completed the final stage of his education under the future Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, but ultimately chose writing as his profession.

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ID: 427634

Title: Poems of William Blake

Author: William Blake

Narrator: Sam Stinson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:55:05

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

Rethinking Miltons 'Paradise Lost', William Blake examines innocence and experience in this beautiful collection. 'Poems of William Blake' combines three classic books of his essential poetry. In 'The Book of Thel', Blake tells the story of Thel who wanders from her home in the Vales of Har to the underground realm of the dead. In the deceptively simple and lyrical 'Songs of Innocence' and its counterpoint 'Songs of Experience', Blake further explores this dichotomy, juxtaposing poems such as 'The Lamb' and 'The Tyger', and 'The Blossom' and 'The Sick Rose'.

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William Blake (1757-1827) was an English poet, painter and printmaker, largely unrecognized in his own lifetime, but now widely acclaimed as a major figure in the history of the poetry and art of the Romantic Age. His major works include 'Songs of Innocence', 'Songs of Experience', 'The Book of Thel', and 'Milton: A Poem'

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ID: 456235

Title: Global Empire

Author: Alexander Bard, Jan Söderqvist

Narrator: Bert Deivert

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15:37:19

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Genres: Science & Technology, Animals & Nature

Summary:

The Global Empire has correctly been described as Bard & Söderqvist's philosophically most profound work. In this book, they explore what a world view is, how it is constructed, how it is defended under pressure from surrounding technological change, and how it finally implodes and must be replaced at the tipping point that is called a paradigm shift. The authors then move ahead and construct a new credible world view for the internet age where they replace the God of feudalism and the Individual from capitalism with The Net itself as the metaphysical centre of the digital age. The placing of The Net over The Earth is the starting point from which humans can identify themselves as dividuals rather than individuals, living inside subcultures rather than nation-states.

The Global Empire is then filled with early examples of this metaphysics already being subconsciously implemented, and the book discusses how almost all ideological constructions are dramatically affected by this necessary change of focus. Everything is from now on a result of network dynamics in a world where everything affects everything else, including itself. It is consequently The Net itself that creates the entity which carries the title of the book, namely the global empire. This book is part 1 of 3 in the Futurica Trilogy. About the triology: The Futurica Trilogy is a work of philosophy, sociology and futurology in three closely related movements. The first volume, The Netocrats, deals with human history from the perspective of the new elite of Informationalism, the emerging society of information networks, shaped by digital interactivity, making prophecies about the digital future of politics, culture, economy, et cetera. The second volume, The Global Empire, explores the near future of political globalisation and the struggle to form new, functioning ideologies for a world where global decision making is a necessity.

The third volume, The Body Machines, deals with the sad demise of the Cartesian subject. It discusses the implications of a materialist image of humanity and explains how it relates to the new, emerging hypertechnological paradigm. It explains why we are all nothing but body machines, and why this is actually good news.

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ID: 427734

Title: Black Tulip

Author: Alexandre Dumas

Narrator: Gail Timmerman Vaughan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:33:04

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Classics

Summary:

The Black Tulip is a historical novel written by Alexandre Dumas. The story begins with a historical event - the 1672 lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary (roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister) Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis, by a wild mob of their own countrymen - considered by many as one of the most painful episodes in Dutch history, described by Dumas with a dramatic intensity. It then unfold around The city of Haarlem, Netherlands, that has set a prize of 100,000 guilders to the person who can grow something very rare; a black tulip, sparking competition between the country's best gardeners to win the money, honor and fame. The novel follows the young Cornelius van Baerle, who almost succeeded in cultivating a black tulip when thrown into the Loevestein prison. Here Cornelius meets the jailer's daughter, Rosa, and a romance has begun.

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Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) is one of the most read French writers. His adventurous historical novels, including the very famous The Three Musketeers, were originally published as a serial.

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ID: 427645

Title: De Profundis

Author: Oscar Wilde

Narrator: Aaron Elliot

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:48:50

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies, Classics

Summary:

'But it is a very unimaginative nature that only cares for people on their pedestals. A pedestal may be a very unreal thing. A pillory is a terrific reality.' Thus wrote Oscar Wilde in a farewell letter to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas (Bosie) in 1897 while serving a two-year sentence for 'gross indecency with other male persons'. In it, he sorts out his life and his love for Bosie, who, he feels, abandoned him to his fate. It is an intensely personal letter that follows the stages of grief and interlaces the religious with art. It was published in 1905, five years after Wildes death, and given the Latin title, De Profundis which translates to 'from the depths'. In 2016 Patti Smith went to Reading Prison, where Wilde was incarcerated, and read the letter out loud as part of an exhibition.

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Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet, famous for The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest to name a couple. He was believed to be gay and met a lot of resistance in his life on that account. He died in Paris at the age of 46.

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ID: 427643

Title: Adventures of Paddy the Beaver

Author: Thornton W. Burgess

Narrator: John Lieder

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:38:08

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Genres: Kids, Sports

Summary:

Something strange is going on ... The waters of the Smiling Pool and the Laughing Brook have been mysteriously reduced to tiny streams and the creatures of the Green Forest are in a panic! Until they discover the reason: Paddy the Beaver has arrived to make a new home for himself and therefore stopped the flow of the waters. The Adventures of Paddy Beaver (1917) is another one of Thornton W. Burgess wonderful stories set in the surroundings of nature and its inhabitants. He teaches children valuable lessons about friendship, trust and respect for the environment without ever being preachy.

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Thornton W. Burgess (1874-1965) was an American childrens book author and naturalist. He wrote more than a hundred books and thousands of short stories until his death at 91 years old.

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ID: 427773

Title: Voyage Out

Author: Virginia Woolf

Narrator: Grant Hurlock

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17:38:07

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

A party of English people are headed for South America on a boat. One of them is 24-year-old Rachel Vinrace, a naïve and sheltered young woman. Rachel is taken under the wing of her aunt Helen, who sets out to teach Rachel 'how to live'. Maturing through conversations about politics, art, science, religion and relationships, Rachel eventually falls in love with Terence Hewet, a young writer. A haunting exploration of one young womans mind, Virginia Woolfs first novel 'The Voyage Out', published in 1915, shows the very beginnings of her experimental style. Told through steam of consciousness and shifts in focus between central and peripheral characters, this is the novel in which one of Woolfs most famous and beloved characters, Mrs. Dalloway, is first introduced.

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Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) is considered one of the most important modernist authors of the twentieth century. She was also an essayist and a key figure in feminist literary history. Woolfs works are formally experimental, modernist and impressionistic. Her major novels include 'Mrs Dalloway' (1925), 'To the Lighthouse' (1927) and 'Orlando' (1928). She is also known for her essays, including 'A Room of Ones Own' (1929).

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ID: 427635

Title: Red Shadows

Author: Robert E. Howard

Narrator: Paul Siegel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:02:12

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

The roaming vigilante Solomon Kane comes upon a bleeding girl. As she lay dying in his arms, he vows to avenge her death and destroy the evil Le Loup. This gothic classic from Robert E. Howard is filled with suspense, horror and memorable monsters and villains. The action-packed 'Red Shadows' is the first Solomon Kane story ever published. The 2009 film 'Solomon Kane', starring James Purefoy and Max von Sydow, is based on Howards famous hero.

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Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American author of a wide range of genres. He created the pulp fiction hero Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.

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ID: 427648

Title: Evangeline

Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Narrator: Leonard Wilson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:00:58

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie, is an epic poem by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, published in 1847. The poem follows an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during the time of the Expulsion of the Acadians. The idea for the poem came from Longfellow's friend, Nathaniel Hawthorne. Longfellow used dactylic hexameter, imitated from Greek and Latin classics, though the choice was criticized. It was published in 1847 and became Longfellow's most famous work in his lifetime. It remains one of his most popular and enduring works. The poem had a powerful effect in defining both Acadian history and identity in the nineteenth and twentieth century. More recent scholarship has revealed the historical errors in the poem and the complexity of the Expulsion and those involved, which the poem ignores.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was an American poet. A popular figure in his day, his major works include 'Paul Revere's Ride' (1860), 'The Song of Hiawatha' (1855), and 'Evangeline' (1847). 1867, he was the first American to translate Dantes 'Divine Comedy'.

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