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Title: Through the Gates of the Silver Key

Author: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrator: Mike Vendetti

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-03-13

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Randolph Carter disappeared from the site of man 7 October, 1928, at the age of 54, and a group of men have met in an olibanum scented room in New Orleans to settle his estate, assuming that Carter is, in fact, dead. A mysterious swami attends proceedings proclaiming that Carter is not dead. We will travel with the swami through space and eons of time, cataloguing the travels of Randolph Carter. The proof that Carter is alive will shock and spellbound you. Oh, what evil lurks!

Members Reviews:

Good.

Reading this, I can see why the worlds the author created have inspired so many derivative works. Enjoyed it, good short read.

Five Stars

As good as all the hype. So strange and beautify and full of dread.

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Title: The American Crisis

Subtitle: Common Sense

Author: Thomas Paine

Narrator: David Stifel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-03-13

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

"These are the times that try men's souls." With these words, Thomas Paine began a series of 13 extraordinary pamphlets reporting on the American Revolution. Part newsfeed, part op-ed, these pieces were widely circulated in the States and in Britain during the war. They reported on the progress of the war, argued for the reasons for the war, made recommendations on the conduct of the war, and taught citizens of a new country just what their obligations and duties were in support of their new country. A sobering series of lessons on beginning American civics 101.

Members Reviews:

Too much Common sense

After listening to this for an hour; you're ready for some stupidity. History is dealt out in the form of letters to King George or his Generals. Pointing out their failings and ignorance. However a little of this venue goes a long way and is soon boring. Common Sense was originally dealt out in small portions in the form of a pamphlet and was quite popular for it's wisdom and wit.

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Title: The Hemingway Short Story

Subtitle: A Study in Craft for Writers and Readers

Author: Robert Paul Lamb

Narrator: Kirk Hanley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-15-13

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

In his highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed Art Matters: Hemingway, Craft, and the Creation of the Modern Short Story, Robert Paul Lamb delivers a dazzling analysis of the craft of this influential writer. Lamb scrutinizes a selection of Hemingway's exemplary stories to illuminate the author's methods of construction and to show how craft criticism complements and enhances cultural literary studies.

The Hemingway Short Story reconciles the creative writer's focus on art with the concerns of cultural critics, establishing the value that craft criticism holds for all readers.

Beautifully written in clear and engaging prose, Lamb's study presents close readings of representative Hemingway stories such as ''Soldier's Home,'' ''A Canary for One,'' ''God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen,'' and ''Big Two-Hearted River.'' Lamb's examination of ''Indian Camp,'' for instance, explores not only its biographical contexts - showing how details, incidents, and characters developed in the writer's mind and notebook as he transmuted life into art--but also its original, deleted opening and the final text of the story, uncovering otherwise unseen aspects of technique and new terrains of meaning. Lamb proves that a writer is not merely a site upon which cultural forces contend, but a professional in his or her craft who makes countless conscious decisions in creating a literary text.

Revealing how the short story operates as a distinct literary genre, Lamb provides the detailed readings that the form demands - showing Hemingway practicing his craft, offering new inclusive interpretations of much debated stories, reevaluating critically neglected stories, analyzing how craft is inextricably entwined with a story's cultural representations, and demonstrating the many ways in which careful examinations of stories reward us.

Critic Reviews:

Just as Ernest Hemingway is among the great masters of the short story in the English language, Robert Paul Lamb is among Hemingway's most astute critics. Lamb's insightful readings delight and instruct, and will be cited for years to come. (Susan F. Beegel, editor of The Hemingway Review)

Reading The Hemingway Short Story is like attending a master class on literary craft; an expert scholar-critic reveals the subtle methods and moves that produce the distinctive, memorable effects that comprise Hemingway's literary signature. (J. Gerald Kennedy, author of Imagining Paris)

Members Reviews:

Thoughtful and Detailed

This is a thoughtful and detailed examination of some of Hemingway's finest short stories. It offers scene-by-scene and, in some cases, paragraph-by-paragraph and even sentence-by-sentence breakdowns, discussing the author's use of perspective and other writing techniques. It also includes observations on the stories from many authors and scholars. Not for the casual listener, but it is a real eye-opener for serious students and writers.

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Title: Uncle Tom's Cabin

Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Narrator: Flo Gibson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-12-13

Publisher: Audio Book Contractors

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 17 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The narrow escape of Eliza, the brutality of Simon Legree, the sweetness of little Eva and the kindness and faith of Uncle Tom are all part of this inspiring novel. This audiobook contributed significantly to the arousal of anti-slavery sentiment before the Civil War and helped to pave the way for civility and equal rights. Please be advised that this audiobook contains racial epithets of the period that may be offensive to some of today's listeners.

Members Reviews:

I <3 Flo Gibson

Flo really brought out the soul of this wonderful novel. While she didn't do much accent work, she always has a way of narrating that is both unobtrusive and engaging.

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Title: John Muirs Last Journey

Subtitle: South to the Amazon and East to Africa

Author: John Muir

Narrator: Allan Robertson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-29-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

"I am now writing up some notes, but when they will be ready for publication I do not know... It will be a long time before anything is arranged in book form." These words of John Muir, written in June 1912 to a friend, proved prophetic. The journals and notes to which the great naturalist and environmental figure was referring have languished, unpublished and virtually untouched, for nearly a century. Until now.

Here edited, published and read for the first time, John Muir's travel journals from 1911-12, along with his associated correspondence, finally allow us to read in his own words the remarkable story of John Muir's last great journey.

Leaving from Brooklyn, New York, in August 1911, John Muir, at the age of seventy-three and traveling alone, embarked on an eight-month, 40,000-mile voyage to South America and Africa. The 1911-12 journals and correspondence reproduced in this volume allow us to travel with him up the great Amazon, into the jungles of southern Brazil, to snowline in the Andes, through southern and central Africa to the headwaters of the Nile, and across six oceans and seas in order to reach the rare forests he had so long wished to study.

Although this epic journey has received almost no attention from the many commentators on Muir's work, Muir himself considered it among the most important of his life and the fulfillment of a decades-long dream.

Editorial Reviews:

John Muir was the famous naturalist and preservationist whose tireless travels and passionate activism helped protect - among many other wonders - the beloved American treasures Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park, and his namesake, Muir Woods.

John Muirs Last Journey, performed in rich baritone by Allan Robertson, is a collection of Muirs notes and journals as he travelled from Brooklyn to South America and Africa near the end of his life in 1911-12. The listener is transported through Muirs own words on exciting and dangerous adventures to dazzling undiscovered places.

Travel lovers will certainly delight in listening to this true historical artifact from an American visionary.

Members Reviews:

Lots of weather talk

Lots of weather talk. Interesting places and talk about the trees, but overall it was just a series of reports about the weather and the sky

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Title: The Age of Fable: Part One, Chapters 1-14

Author: Thomas Bulfinch

Narrator: David Thorn, Bobbie Frohman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-29-13

Publisher: Alcazar AudioWorks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Thomas Bulfinch, as one reviewer put it, "Created an anthology of mythology." This audiobook contains the first 14 chapters of The Age of Fable, the first of three volumes, comprising Bulfinch's complete work. The Age of Fable recounts stories of Greek Gods, Demigods and the best known characters in mythology. In our times, many references are made to these stories and characters in the arts, especially in the fine arts, theatre, and literature.

The stories include:

1. Introduction

2. Prometheus and Pandora

3. Apollo and Daphne, Pyramus and Thisbe, Cephalus and Procris

4. Juno and Her Rivals, Io and Callisto, Diana and Actaeon, Latona and the Rustics

5. Phaeton

6. Midas, Baucis and Philemon

7. Proserpine, Glaucus and Scylla

8. Pygmalion, Dryope, Venus and Adonis, Apollo and Hyacinthus

9. Ceyx and Halcyone (The Halcyon Birds)

10. Vertumnus and Pomona

11. Cupid and Psyche

12. Cadmus, The Myrmidons

13. Nisus and Scylla, Echo and Narcissus, Clytie, Hero and Leander

14. Minerva, Niobe

Thomas Bulfinch (1796 1867), was both an author and a banker. Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Bulfinch was the son of an architect who help create the US Capitol building in Washington. Best known for Bulfinch's Mythology, a posthumous collection of his many works popularizing mythology, Bulfinch's style was known for "Extending the enjoyment of elegant literature."

Members Reviews:

Wonderful.

Excellent addition to any library, wonderful introduction to classical tales for all ages.

Four Stars

Purchased for school. It was an interesting read.

Five Stars

still the standard

He loved it. Great gift.

Great gift

Interesting.

Interesting reading if your tastes run in this vein.

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Title: Martin Eden [Russian Edition]

Author: Jack London

Narrator: Ilya Bobylev

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-15-13

Publisher: IDDK

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Izdanie vkljuchaet v sebja znamenityj roman vydajushhegosja amerikanskogo pisatelja Dzheka Londona (1876-1916) Martin Iden. Vo mnogom, avtobiograficheskij, javljajushhijsja odnim iz samyh chitaemyh proizvedenij pisatelja, roman rasskazyvaet o zhizni cheloveka iz samyh nizov, stavshego znamenitym pisatelem. Dobivshis' v zhizni ochen' mnogogo, Martin Iden prinimaet reshenie ujti iz zhizni....

Please Note: This audiobook is in Russian.

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Title: Colonial Latin American Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Rolena Adorno

Narrator: Chris Carwithen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-06-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

A vivid account of the literary culture of the Spanish-speaking Americas from the time of Columbus to Latin American Independence, this Very Short Introduction explores the origins of Latin American literature in Spanish and tells the story of how Spanish literary language developed and flourished in the New World.

A leading scholar of colonial Latin American literature, Rolena Adorno examines the writings that debated the justice of the Spanish conquests, described the novelties of New World nature, expressed the creativity of Hispanic baroque culture in epic, lyric, and satirical poetry, and anticipated Latin American Independence. The works of Spanish, creole, and Amerindian authors highlighted here, including Bartolomé de las Casas, Felipe Guaman Poma, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, and Andrés Bello, have been chosen for the merits of their writings, their participation in the larger literary and cultural debates of their times, and their resonance among readers today.

Members Reviews:

Poorly presented, boring

The narration is monotonous and the presentation dull, dull, dull - a very long and formulaic introduction delivered with little or no enthusiasm.

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Title: The Story of an Hour

Author: Kate Chopin

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-06-13

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Kate Chopin's brilliant short story about an hour in the life of a young wife.

When news arrives that Louise's husband has been killed in a railroad accident, her family and friends are careful to break it to her gently, knowing that she has a heart condition. Louise locks herself in her room for an hour, during which she realizes that this bereavement is the start of a new life of freedom and independence. But a much greater shock awaits her when she leaves her room and goes downstairs....

Members Reviews:

A brilliant little story

This is one of my very favorite short stories. It manages to be complex and deep and hugely effective in a very short time. It is very well read by the narrator.

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Title: Tin Woodman of Oz

Author: L. Frank Baum

Narrator: Karen White

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-21-13

Publisher: Harmonic Wave

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Woot the Wanderer finds himself at the home of the Tin Woodman of Oz and desires to hear the story of how a woodman made of tin could come to be. The Tin Woodman tells the tale of how he was once Nick Chopper, a man of flesh and blood, in love with a young girl named Nimmie Amee. The Wicked Witch of the East was not happy about this and so she enchanted his axe and had him cut off his limbs one at a time, which were replaced with limbs made of tin.

Nimmie Amee still loved the tin Nick, but he was unable to love her back because he had no heart left in his tin body. The conversation makes the Tin Woodman decide to go and find his old love, with the help of Woot and the Scarecrow. Meeting other characters and adventures along the way, they venture to find Nimmie Amee on a quest to see if she still loves the Tin Woodman and whether the two can live happily ever after.

L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American author of children's books, most famous for his The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Baum wrote 13 sequels to his first Oz book and still has a huge fan base to this day. The Tin Woodman of Oz was the 12th book in the Oz series and serves as a back story to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Members Reviews:

A Delight

Baum's 12th Oz book. While the stories had become a bit repetitive by this point, the introduction of new characters continues to entertain and there's something just so charming about these. They are, in every respect, American fairytales. If you like fantasy or have kids of any age, get these books.

Amusement and Adventure

The Tin Woodman, along with the Scarecrow and Woot the Wanderer, set off on a journey to find the Tin Woodmanâs former love, Nimmie Amee. Along the way they have many adventures including meeting the Tin Woodmanâs near twin, the Tin Soldier, and meet many old friends including Polychrome the Rainbowâs Daughter.

As with all Oz books, this twelfth one, The Tin Woodman of Oz is filled with adventure and amusement. Wordplay isnât as common in this one, but when itâs there itâs lovely (for example, the Tin Soldierâs original name was Captain Fyter). I highly recommend this and all the Oz books to people of all ages.

No pictures; many typographical errors

There are no pictures in this edition at all. Most, maybe all, of the original editions did have some pictures, which I would have liked to have seen. Also, as with the other free editions in this series, there are many typographical errors, mainly misspellings. There is also the occasional bit of text that's randomly bold for no apparent reason. I suspect that a printed copy of the book was scanned and run through OCR, with no follow-up accuracy check.

The story itself is pretty good. Although all of this series is clearly written for children, it's entertaining enough for adults to enjoy reading as well. But as an adult, I couldn't help but notice that many of the characters in all of these Oz stories, including the central characters, are often conceited, arrogant, and rude, yet at the same time, quite polite about it.

came fast and was nice.

am giving as a gift for a collector.