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Title: The Noel Coward Audio Collection (Unabridged Selections)

Author: Noel Coward

Narrator: Simon Jones

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-15-05

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

The collection includes two short stories, "Cheap Excursion" and "The Kindness of Mrs. Radcliffe", and various poems. And from the Caedmon Treasury Sir Noel Coward himself and Margaret Leighton perform Coward's adaptation of his "Brief Encounter", scenes from "Blithe Spirit" and "Present Laughter", the interlude from Bernard Shaw's "The Apple Cart", concluding with the duo reading more from Coward's Collected Verse.

Critic Reviews:

2005 Audie Award Nominee, Classic and Short Stories/Collections

Members Reviews:

A genius

It was so good to hear Noel Coward himself read a few of his brilliant works. The other pieces were very funny read by others. I'm so glad I added this to my collection.

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Title: The Christmas Stories

Author: Charles Dickens

Narrator: Simon Vance

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-10-04

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 26 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

No writer is more identified with the modern idea of Christmas than Charles Dickens. In some ways, Dickens helped define the holiday that we now celebrate by immortalizing it as a time of warmth and sharing, with an emphasis on family and friends.

Dickens wrote all the stories presented here during the 1850s as contributions to the special Christmas issues of Household Words, the weekly magazine he founded and edited. Included are fictional sketches verging on the autobiographical, recollections of childhood, reflections on past holidays and old friends, as well as tales of misunderstandings and lost opportunities. They reaffirm the virtue of nurturing our traditions, and offer a master storyteller's vision of the real meaning of Christmas.

The stories on this audiobook are:

Critic Reviews:

"Robert Whitfield superbly performs this exciting spy novel....Whitfield's subtle shadings of tone, cadence, and inflection artistically reveal the rich subtleties that Gerald Seymour has woven into this fine book." (AudioFile)

Members Reviews:

Christmas, sort of

The stories were interesting and had all of the fine qualities of Charles Dickens' works, but I suppose I was expecting something a little more heartwarming. I realize the problem is not the stories by my expectations, but if you're expecting "Christmasy" stories, you should look up some of the tales online first to see if they are what you're after.

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Title: Cakewalk

Author: Lee Smith

Narrator: Linda Stephens, Tom Stechschulte

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-18-04

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

With each story you will meet wonderful, vivid characters from towns throughout the South. Smith's knack for mannerisms and voices makes you feel these are real people whom you have known for years. And as their sometimes bizarre behavior becomes understandable, you will learn the secrets of their hearts.

Narrators Linda Stephens and Tom Stechschulte add to the Southern ambiance by providing just the right voices for Smith's menagerie of colorful characters. Their skilled performances let you fully enjoy the gentle humor and pathos that season these stories.

Critic Reviews:

"Smith has a perfect voice, incorporating hints of both refinement and shabbiness. Quite simply, excellent writing." (Booklist)

"Lee Smith strikes dead center the nerves of women's lives and does it with a grace and style that make her one of the writers to watch most closely." (The Houston Post)

Members Reviews:

Tantalizing but Unfulfilling

Almost without exception, I loved every character and every story Lee Smith introduced me to in "Cakewalk". From Joline Newhouse and her dark secrets, to Georgia Rose and her hidden powers, and to Martha Rasnick and the stranger she kept hidden in her garage, Ms Smith kept me entertained. But for the very reason that I am not a fan of short stories, I felt cheated by the time each story ended. Just as I grew to know each new character and to be baited with each new plot, it was over. In every story, Ms Smith has the groundwork to write an entire book - complete with plots full of potential and a cast of new and diverse characters. I have read several of her novels and look forward to reading those I have not managed to get to yet, but I'm simply not into short stories.

If you are a fan of short stories and a fan of fiction set in the Deep South, then I do recommend "Cakewalk". But if you are like me and like to really settle in for a while with a novel, then try one of Lee Smith's full-length works instead.

Lee Smith, who would have known ...

I heard about this author (actually I read about her in The Oxford American) and liked her so much that I ordered more books by her. This is just ONE of them.

NT

the seller should be more specific with the product

Even though it is a second-hand book, the seller should have warned that it comes from a public library. (It even comes with the tags and tickets of North Carolina Public Library). The sending was quick.

A great collection that does not disappoint!

One of the best short stories i have ever read is by Lee Smith (Live Bottomless, in News of the Spirit). So i was really looking forward to this book. I have to admit that short stories are not for everyone. Sometimes, especially if they are too good, you may feel let down when they finish. But the stories in this collection are great. Each one of them, though, would make great preludes to a novel.

Lee Smith writes about Southern characters without the common fallback of making them seem lovable hicks. There's many an author (and especially movie writers) who love to portray Southerners as a bunch of illiterate adorable rednecks. This is not the case with her.

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Title: Wigwam Evenings

Author: Charles Eastman, Elaine Goddale Eastman

Narrator: Walter Covell, Cindy Hardin Killavey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-18-04

Publisher: Jimcin Recordings

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 32 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

He is unique among Indian writers, whether storytellers or oral historians. He was raised traditionally, as a Woodland Sioux, by his grandmother, from 1858 to 1874, until he was 15. He thus gained a thorough first-hand knowledge of the lifeways, language, culture, and oral history. His father (thought to have been hanged at Mankato, Minnesota) reappeared and insisted he receive the white man's education. Educated at Dartmouth and Boston University Medical School, Eastman became a highly literate physician, who was the only doctor available to the victims of the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890, a major historical event, often described as "ending the Indian wars." Other Indian writers of this period were either entirely acculturated (had never lived the traditional life of their people or been educated out of their native knowledge) or were not literate, and were able to provide only "as told to" materials, through the filters of interpreters and non-Indian writers. Eastman had the lifeways and historical events experiences, and he did not need the literary filters of translators and white anthropologists or collectors.

Wigwam Evenings was written in collaberation with his wife, Elaine Goddale Eastman. It is a condensed collection of the values of the Sioux Indians, presented in a style that is at once both direct and engaging. These allegories are the essence of the Sioux culture told in prose a child of any time or place can understand. A rich collection of wisdom.

Critic Reviews:

"Covell is a graceful, deep-voiced storyteller and his inflections give full color." (Kliatt)

Members Reviews:

Indian version of Aesop's fables

This is the Sioux's version of Aesop's Fables. Good lessons for young listeners but may be a little boring for the more mature.

A unique collection of Native American Stories

Mr. Eastman was about 16 years old when he was taken from his life with his Grandmother. He was forced to attend white Christen school, and eventually became a medical doctor. A recent movie ('Bury My Heart At Wounded Knew') was the story of his early life.

The part not shown in the movie was he and his wife left the US and lived in England for most of the rest of their lives. They wrote this collection of stories when he realized there were no other collections being published. He appears to be the only native to have remembered the stories from a time before the whites, and was able to write them down in English and get them published. The real value in these stories is they are the closest thing to the original left to us today, anything else is tainted by white influence.

i love folklore

and some of these i had not heard.

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Title: More Writers in the Garden

Subtitle: An Anthology of Garden Writing

Author: Abby Adams, Karl Capek, Geoffrey B. Charlesworth

Narrator: Lisa Banes, Boyd Gaines

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-25-01

Publisher: HighBridge, a Division of Recorded Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Outside in the sunshine, with flowers and plants, Abby Adams, Susan Hill, Christopher Lloyd, and more let their creative juices flow to produce this companion to The Writer in the Garden. It too is filled with passionate observations and philosophical meanderings. Ironic, amusing, and idiosyncratic, these delightful tales are a joyful addition to the first volume. So roll up your sleeves and play in the mud while these talented writers inspire you with their words.

©1998 Learning Designs. Recording (P)1998 Learning Designs; Packaging ©1998 HighBridge Company

Critic Reviews:

"So engrossing and inspiring that you'll want to listen...while weeding." (House & Garden)

"A spoken word celebration." (USA Today)

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Title: A Simple Christmas

Author: Mike Huckabee

Narrator: Mike Huckabee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-03-09

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 23 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Christmas has become synonymous with shopping, overindulging, competition, and stress. But according to Mike Huckabee (who was a pastor before getting into politics), that was never God's intention. Going back to the nativity, Christmas is supposed to be about simple things: faith, love, family, and hope. The hard part, in today's crazy world, is remembering that those simple things are the most precious of all.

©2009 Mike Huckabee; (P)2009 Penguin

Members Reviews:

This a book I must read every Christmas !

I this book so much , it will be on my Christmas read list every year!

Great!!!

I loved this read so much that I bought the book for me to have at home, a gift for a friend, and then used the first chapter when teaching middle schoolers in Sun. school. I highly recommend!!!

Just like Huckabee

This book is indeed just like Huckabee, humorous, entertaining, insightul, and truth revealing. You get a great view of the down to earth lifestyle of a man and wife who live what they believe. It is interesting to here Huckabee's side as he reveals the reality of how the press can twist and distort truth to meet their preconceived ideas and agendas. My wife and I enjoyed it to the point we didn't want it to end.

A Simple Christmas

I enjoyed it very much. I also liked Mike reading it. He was very good. Thank you for a very nice story written with a lot of promise and hope that you and your wife had even in very hard times. You showed how your faith carried you through. You were so young and yet so mature that it did my heart good to see how you did what had to be done. I sure hope that somday you will be my president. The country would be a much better place.. Good luck, I will be here for you.

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Title: Wall Street's War Against Jihadism

Subtitle: A Tale of Bankers, Politicians and One Muslim's Fight for Justice

Author: Dawn Sterlumpf

Narrator: Jeff Werden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-08-16

Publisher: Dawn Sterlumpf

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Bilal Muhammad was living the American Dream.

An immigrant from Pakistan, Bilal graduated from a prestigious northeastern US university and worked as an investment banker at one of Wall Street's best.

But one day, Bilal's life changed forever.

What was once a dream turned into a nightmarish clash of race, religion, politics, and government. Louis Farrakhan, Congress, and the President get involved.

Can Bilal put a nation - and world - behind his back and bring about change and progress?

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Title: The Honest Swindler

Author: Ellery Queen

Narrator: Traber Burns

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-14-16

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Previously part of a collection, this rare Ellery Queen mystery is available as a standalone audiobook for the first time.

In "The Honest Swindler", Ellery is challenged to solve an imaginary riddle devised by three members of the Puzzle Club. He must explain how an old prospector could have spent five years on a fruitless uranium hunt and still have returned every penny of his backers' money.

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Title: Scary Halloween Stories

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Honor de Balzac, Jerome K. Jerome

Narrator: Nelson Olmsted, Laurence Olivier, Basil Rathbone

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-29-10

Publisher: Saland Publishing

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 26 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Nine spine-chilling stories from Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Jerome K. Jerome, read by Laurence Olivier, Nelson Olmsted, and Basil Rathbone. Includes:

Members Reviews:

Campy old readings

These are great old readings of classic horror stories, we had a lot of fun listening to them leading up to Halloween.

The production though leaves something to be desired--I guess they're taken from radio and one even has part of an old radio ad in the middle. Also you have to consult the details section of the audiobook to know which story is coming up, no one could be bothered to have an announcer state the title and author within the flow of the recording.

Boring and hard to find the story

I downloaded this as part of an activity for high school students and found it to be boring. Also, the stories blend into one another and there is no title to let you know which one you are listening to. Skip it and stick with one of the the Poe collections.

Well packaged but patchy

This collection has a good profile - good stories, some big names and a presentable design. However it is really a rag bag of fairly mediocre readings.

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Title: Law of the Desert Born (Dramatization)

Author: Louis L'Amour

Narrator: uncredited

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-05-08

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Meet men like Shad Marone, the gunfighter who killed in self-defense, but who is forced to run because he killed the wrong man - the sheriff's brother; Matt Sabre, as tough as the Texas trail he rides, on a mission of mercy to the wife of the man he gunned down; and Kim Sartain, a reckless young drifter who refuses to back down from a showdown with a vicious outlaw killer.

Every story in this collection bears Louis L'Amour's distinctive brand of unbridled action and unembellished authenticity - taking us into the white-hot deserts, stone-cold canyons, and rough-and-tumble towns of the world only he knows so well.

Members Reviews:

Great Western short stories by America's master storyteller

I'm a huge fan of the late Louis L'Amour. I've read many of his Western novels, Western short stories, his non Western novels and his first book of poems. See my reviews... almost all 5 stars. INMO Louis L'Amour is one of America's greatest authors and not just a writer of Western stories. He is the only author to receive both the Presidential and Congressional Gold Award. Truly a master.

Law of the Desert born is a great book of Western short stories. L'Amour again shows he is a master of character development, scenery description and great flowing stories. I liked that he wrote a one page writing of true events of the old west before each of his fictional stories. That was so interesting. Included are a great Forward. The stories are... Law Of The Desert Born, Riding On, The Black Rock Coffin Makers, Desert Death Song, Ride You Tonto Riders!, One Last Gun Notch, The Gun Talk Loud, Grub Line Rider,and The Marshal Of Painted Rock. L'Amour said he is throwing in the story Trap of Gold of his that has been printed in unauthorized books so the reader can have the authorized stories in one Law Of The Desert Born.

Also L'Amour claims there is an unauthorized group of books like his Frontier series by some magazine and he will not autograph a copy of an unauthorized book. I've bought a lot of his books and have his Frontier series. Its a nice beautiful book and I think its an authorized edition but now I'm not sure. If I have time before passing away,and if I can afford it, I plan to buy all L'Amour's writings I can at used prices to read and add to our family library. INMO one of America's best authors. I'm sorry I never met Louis L'Amour as he led a colorful life with many fascinating occupations( some of his stories are based on them) and visited many Foreign lands before settling down to do his writings. Law Of The Desert Born... rated 5 stars

RMD - Law or the Desert Born

When I first started I excepted to be disappoint. I was not. The further I read the more I enjoyed. The second story really grabbed my attention. After that I settled into a fun and entertaining read. Although I enjoy longer books, these short stories where very good. Enjoy

Gripping adventure

I prefer L'Amour's short stories even though I have read many of his novels and loved them. But it is harder to get a really good story conveyed in only a few pages. He is the master of both forms. I have read these short stories numerous times and continue to enjoy them.

Loved the graphics.... Too damn much cussing

I was hoping to read this new graphical novel with my grandsons, but there's too much cussing.