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ID: 427676

Title: Book of Dragons

Author: Edith Nesbit

Narrator: Laurie Anne Walden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:06:27

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Genres: Kids, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

A princess is locked away on a remote island guarded by a dragon. Many suitors try and fail to save her, but one day a clever boy arrives. So begins The Island of Nine Whirlpools, one of Edith Nesbitts eight dragon stories in The Book of Dragons (1899). The tales may be over a hundred years old, but they contain a timeless quality that ignites the imagination and creates a sense of wonder. Child or adult, these stories are written with such warmth and wit, anyone will find themselves laughing out loud with regular intervals. They may revoke a certain Tolkien feeling, and C.S. Lewis, who read Nesbitts books as a child, was clearly inspired by her works.

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Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English author of childrens literature and a one of the political founders of the socialist organization, the Fabian Society. She adopted several of her husbands

Children whom he fathered with other women, and supported her large family by writing and collaborating on more than 60 books.

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ID: 427769

Title: Lord Jim

Author: Joseph Conrad

Narrator: Stewart Wills

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14:19:28

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

'Men act badly sometimes without being much worse than others.'

Charlie Marlow from Conrads previous adventure novel, Heart of Darkness, is back, and he is trying to piece together and understand the life of Jim, a British seaman with a shameful past. Once a mate aboard a merchant ship carrying hundreds of Muslim pilgrims, Jim and the crew made the mistake of abandoning all the passengers, believing the ship would sink. But it did not, and the passengers lived to tell the tale.

Praised by Virginia Wolf, Conrads writing is ambitious, intriguing and humane. Lord Jim (1900) is a classic tale of redemption.

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Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was a Polish-born author who left Poland in his teens to avoid enlistment in the Russian Army. He learned English aboard British ships and started writing in that language after settling in England. His most famous novel is Heart of Darkness (1899), which was inspired by his experiences on the open sea.

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ID: 427695

Title: Princess and the Goblin

Author: George MacDonald

Narrator: Andy Minter

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:05:15

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

The Princess and the Goblin is an enthralling fantasy tale written by George MacDonald. Her nurse Lootie raises the princess Irene in a house on a mountain, it is here that she meets her mysterious great great grandmother, and her friend the minor boy Curdie. Things are peaceful for Irene until the hideous race of goblins that live beneath the mountain start planning something big.

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George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian minister. A pioneer of fantasy literature, he was the mentor of Lewis Carroll. Among his notable works are 'Phantastes' (1858), 'David Elginbrod' (1863), 'At the Back of the North Wind' (1871), 'The Princess and the Goblin' (1872), and 'Lilith' (1895).

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ID: 456233

Title: Netocrats

Author: Alexander Bard, Jan Söderqvist

Narrator: Bert Deivert

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:22:38

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Genres: Global Politics

Summary:

History is always written from the perspective of the ruling or rising elite at the time of writing. Concepts like The Stone Age, The Bronze Age, et cetera, were of course unknown during those periods that used to be called the stone age and the bronze age. They were invented during the 19th century to make sense of a development that seemed to reach its climax with industrialisation and the modern factory.

The Netocrats is a history of the world from the perspective of the netocrats, the rising elite of Informationalism, the emerging society of information networks, shaped by digital interactivity. And it also looks beyond the past and the present, far into the future of all the central aspects of society: politics, culture, economy, consumption, creation of social identity, et cetera. Why do these dramatic changes occur? How do they compare with information-technological revolutions in the past like speech, writing and print? Who will benefit? Which, of course, makes The Netocrats not only the most penetrating but also the most indispensable guide to the digital future. 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: 427638

Title: Youth, a Narrative

Author: Joseph Conrad

Narrator: Christ Hughes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:16:23

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

'I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any morethe feeling that I could last for ever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men.'

Over a shared bottle of wine with friends, Charles Marlow tells a tale of being young and sailing from England to India on a doomed ship. Storms, wrecks, fires. It seemed that whatever could go wrong, went wrong, and the ships motto 'Do or Die' began to ring eerily true.

No one could write adventure stories at sea like Joseph Conrad, whose first-hand accounts brings buckets of authenticity to his writing. Youth, a Narrative (1898) is a tragi-comic portrait of a middle-aged man looking back on his youthful self.

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Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was a Polish-born author who left Poland in his teens to avoid enlistment in the Russian Army. He learned English aboard British ships and started writing in the language after settling in England. His most famous novel is Heart of Darkness (1899), which was inspired by his experiences on the open sea.

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ID: 427739

Title: Frankenstein

Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Narrator: Caden Vaughn Clegg

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:59:19

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Classics, Paranormal

Summary:

Told in the form of a series of letters Frankenstein follows a young and charismatic Victor Frankenstein as he attempts to make his mark on the world of science. Taking a number of body parts from various corpses, he brings a monstrous creation to life which instead of being his crowning glory, terrifies him. The nameless monster escapes from his lab, taking many innocent lives before Frankenstein can track it down again. Shelley took inspiration from her trips through Germany and the legends of Castle Frankenstein, where an allusive alchemist engaged in dark experiments two centuries before. It is a thrilling novel that has inspired a whole genre of horror, as well as countless films adaptations, most recently Victor Frankenstein starring James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe.

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Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was an English author of science fiction, historical fiction and travel writing who is best known for her classic novel Frankenstein (1818). Shelley conceived of the idea for the novel at the age of eighteen when she was on holiday in Switzerland with Lord Byron and John William Polidori. Following the death of her husband and two children she returned to England with her only surviving son, to dedicate herself to his upbringing and writing professionally. She wrote numerous works in this time such as the apocalyptic novel The Last Man (1826) and the historical fiction tale Valperga (1823).

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ID: 427694

Title: Dream Days

Author: Kenneth Grahame

Narrator: Catharine Eastman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:49:38

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

'Dream Days' is a whimsical collection of Kenneth Grahames nostalgic childhood reminiscences and joyful childrens stories. Told from the point of view of a boy and his siblings, this 1898 collection explores the blooming, magical imagination of childhood. Contains the popular story 'The Reluctant Dragon', the basis for the famous 1941 Disney movie of the same name.

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Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) is a Scottish writer. His major works include 'The Wind in the Willows' (1908) and the short story 'The Reluctant Dragon' from his collection of childhood stories and reminiscences 'Dream Days' (1898). Both 'The Wind in the Willows' and 'The Reluctant Dragon' have been adapted many times, most notably by Disney in 'The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad' and 'The Reluctant Dragon'.

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ID: 427678

Title: Ozma of Oz

Author: L. Frank Baum

Narrator: Phil Chenevert

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:10:57

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Genres: Kids, Classics

Summary:

Good news for those who found themselves missing the original heroine of Oz in the second book because in Ozma of Oz (1907), Dorothy is back! Traveling to Australia with her uncle, Dorothy is once again caught up in a natural disaster a huge storm at sea that separates her from her uncle. She washes ashore in the land of Ev, a fairyland that has recently lost its royal family, and Dorothy is once more entangled in the conflicts of a foreign place. Not everything is new however, as Dorothy unites with old friends and places. Along with the previous novel in the Oz series, Ozma of Oz was adapted into a movie, Return to Oz in 1985, featuring Fairuza Balk as Dorothy.

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L. Frank Baum (1956-1919) was an American author, actor, and filmmaker best known for his childrens books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and its thirteen sequels. He started writing young and created a journal with his brother, which they handed out for free.

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ID: 427757

Title: Sense and Sensibility

Author: Jane Austen

Narrator: Karen Savage

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:57:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

Sense and Sensibility (1811) was Jane Austens first published novel. When their father dies the Dashwood sisters and their mother find themselves destitute and soon, under the influence of his greedy wife Fanny, their half-brother John forces them out of their home in Sussex and the bereaved women have to move to a distant relatives cottage in Devonshire. The two oldest sisters Elinor and Marianne struggle with their newfound lower status, as they fall in love and face heartbreak. Elinor is responsible and restrained whilst Marianne is passionately romantic but both have to meet societys expectations of respectable young ladies despite their hardships. As Austen writes, 'Young women who have no economic or political power must attend to the serious business of contriving material security'. Like Pride and Prejudice and Emma, Sense and Sensibility features Austens trademark witty writing and was, amongst other, turned into the award-winning eponymous 1995 movie, featuring Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, and Alan Rickman.

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Jane Austen (1775-1817) is one of the most beloved British writers of all time. During her short life she published six novels: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, that are all considered as literary classics today. Her writing is full of sharp observations on the society in which she evolved, as well as ripe with timeless irony, and a solid dose of humour. She has created immortal characters that have inspired countless authors, novels, and movies such as Bridget Jones and Clueless.

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ID: 427745

Title: Rose in Bloom

Author: Louisa May Alcott

Narrator: Maria Therese

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:55:47

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

After traveling around the world for several years, Rose Campbell returns home to find her boy cousins all grown up. In this upbeat sequel to Eight Cousins, Rose has become an attractive heiress and is now drawing the attention of several male suiters. But like Pride & Prejudice and Anne of Green Gables, Rose in Bloom (1876) shows a woman ahead of her time with her own ideas about her future. Besides, who would love Rose for her and not her money? The answer might surprise her. Heart-warming and swoony, Rose in Bloom is the story of a little girl who has grown into a young woman with her own great love story.

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Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American writer and feminist. She grew up poor, but among intellectualists, and started writing at an early age. Her most famous novel, Little Women (1868), was inspired by her upbringing.

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