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Title: Hunting the Deceitful Turkey

Author: Mark Twain

Narrator: Glenn Hascall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-10-14

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

When Mark Twain reflects on childhood you can be certain humor will follow. Such is the case with a young boy and an attempt to capture a turkey bare handed. You may wonder if you should sympathize with the turkey - or the boy.

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Title: The Fulness of Life

Author: Edith Wharton

Narrator: Lee Ann Howlett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-10-14

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

A woman dies and discovers that the afterlife allows her to choose a soul mate for eternity if she felt she was denied one in life. After complaining that her husband never understood her and had many habits that annoyed her, she is introduced to another soul who seems to be her perfect match. Who will she choose? This story touches on ideas of different types of love and how our wants and our needs may be two very different things.

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Title: Lost in a Pyramid

Subtitle: Or, the Mummy's Curse

Author: Louisa May Alcott

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-09-14

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

When Paul Forsyth and his archeologist friend Professor Niles are exploring the Cheops pyramid in Egypt, they become separated from their guide and lose their way in the labyrinthine tunnel network. Finding themselves close to a female mummy, they decide to create a fire using the wooden case in the hope of attracting the attention of the Egyptian guides.

Professor Niles is keen to unwrap the mummy and see what items may have been hidden in the bandages. They do indeed find treasures...one of which is a golden box containing some mysterious seeds...and another is a scrap of parchment casting a curse on anyone who disturbs the rest of the mummy, who in life had been a sorceress. Shortly afterwards, Forsyth and Niles are rescued...but as they discover over the following months, the curse of the mummy has been irrevocably unleashed....

Members Reviews:

Reminded me of the movie, The Mummy

Fun and entertaining read and can be read in one sitting. A bit sophomoric stylistically but for a nice enjoyable summer beach read it is worth reading.

Well Written and Entertaining

This short horror story, written by Louisa May Alcott is about an Egyptologist and the love of his life and a mummy's curse. It has a strong Victorian feel to it. It's a short story so it doesn't get into the wonderful characterizations that Louisa May Alcott is so good at. The story is still well written and entertaining and you can see Louisa May Alcott's voice in it.

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Title: The Death of a Soldier

Author: Louisa May Alcott

Narrator: Karen White

Format: Unabridged

Length: 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-02-13

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Before Louisa May Alcott achieved national fame with Little Women, she received success and recognition for Hospital Sketches, which was published in 1863. The book is based on her experience as a Civil War nurse at a Union hospital in Georgetown. In "The Death of a Soldier," an excerpt from the fourth chapter, she recounts the final days of a young Virginian blacksmith named John. Told through his nurse, Periwinkle, who stands by his side until his death, John never wavers in his desire to return to his post as a soldier and fulfill his duty.

Proceeds from sale of this title go to Reach Out and Read, an innovative literacy advocacy organization.

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Title: Eclipse

Author: James Fenimore Cooper

Narrator: Garrick Hagon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-20-13

Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This is a story from the More Classic American Short Stories collection.

Here are eight stories from master American writers of the 19th century. They vary from sinister tales by Ambrose Bierce - why is that window boarded up? - and a reflective moment in the life of a woman without children, but forced to look after children, to classic short stories by O. Henry and Stephen Crane. There is even an elegiac description of an eclipse by James Fenimore Cooper, author of The Last of the Mohicans. Read with sensitivity and skill by Garrick Hagon and Liza Ross.

Editorial Reviews:

In this short piece, James Fenimore Cooper remembers his experience of a solar eclipse that occurred when he was still a young man. Using this unique event as a starting point, Cooper describes life in his beloved hometown, as well as the different people who lived there and their varying reactions to the eclipse. Narrator Garrick Hagon's full-bodied performance brims with spirit, and his description of the details of town life is both charming and familiar. Hagon tempers his lively narration with a contemplative tone that brings this recollection to a satisfying close.

Members Reviews:

A cheap read, but little else.

First off, here are the short stories included on the 2 discs:

A Horseman in the Sky - Ambrose Bierce

Regret - Kate Chopin

Eclipse - James Fenimore Cooper

The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky - Stephen Crane

The Cop and the Anthem - O. Henry

The Princess and the Puma - O. Henry

The Whirligig of Life - O. Henry

Read by Garrick Hagon and Liza Ross

Based on the name recognition of the authors, I was expecting much more. None of the stories were known to me (and probably not to anyone outside an english lit department). Two of the stories were decent, but the rest were unimpressive. Wasn't impressed with the readers either, as they tended towards over-acting (though perhaps the material lent itself to that).

The two-disc set served its purpose of keeping me awake on a long drive to a fishing cabin, but little else. I did like the fact that I could stop between short stories, unlike a longer novel. On my last long trip, I was listening to Shadow Divers (great book!) and arrived at my destination in the middle of a dive emergency. Had to wait three days to learn the fate of the divers.

Can't say I would really recommend this compilation, but if you're a voracious reader/listener who goes through books like candy, the price is hard to beat. Also might be more enjoyable to someone else for the nostalgic qualities.

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Title: Brown Wolf

Author: Jack London

Narrator: William Roberts

Format: Unabridged

Length: 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-20-13

Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This is a story from the Classic American Short Stories collection.

Five great American short story writers, dating from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, are represented here. Different in atmosphere and writing style, they nevertheless caught the mood and concerns of the day in a way that was distinctly American. Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" leaves echoes in the imagination; the stories by Crane and London recall the themes of the Civil War and the Klondike for which they are well known. Twain's humor is to the fore in "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," and O. Henry's sharp observations make his neat tales a joy to listen to. An attractive and accessible collection!

Editorial Reviews:

Recipient of an AudioFile Earphones Award, narrator William Roberts does not disappoint with his robust performance of Jack London's short story about a brown wolf who appears at a mountain cottage and is eventually won over by a married couple who later discover that the wolf has an owner. Roberts unreels the story at a brisk but accessible pace, and listeners will appreciate his lively descriptions of the relationships between man, animal, and nature. Roberts depicts the characters - including the wolf - with distinctive voices that ring with sympathy and realism, and he conveys the story's bittersweet ending with a restrained wistfulness.

Members Reviews:

Good price and fast delivery

Interesting selection from Barnes and Noble. Good price and fast delivery. Thank you.

Wonderful stories, melodramatic readings; nearly unlistenable

It is almost a crime to subject classic short stories such as these to this kind of audio treatment. Each is introduced with cheap sound effects or maudlin music. The reader is hopelessly overdramatic, mispronounces words like "coquettry" and cheapens the narrative with dripping emotion and weird rhetorical lifts in his voice. Worst of all is the dialogue which, as if in a radio play, is read by a variety of voices, women for female characters, men for male. Accents are over-wrought, turning the dialogue of masters like Twain and Fitzgerald into caricature. These great stories should be read and, if they must be read aloud, done with respect rather than fear that listeners might be bored without cheap theatrics.

Excellent Readings

These are very good readings of some good stories. Particularly impressive is Bierce's classic "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." This story holds up well on re-reading. On one level it's a cool "Twilight Zone" kind of story: man has out of body experience as he's about to be hanged. But on a deeper level, the story is about the interplay of mind and matter and about how to face death.

The O Henry pieces are all amusing, but his stories are a bit superficial and contrived, and I'm not sure they really deserve to dominate this collection. Nor are the Crane and London pieces their best.

But these are good stories, and the readers are excellent.

Five Stars

Beautiful and loved.

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Title: A Horseman in the Sky

Author: Ambrose Bierce

Narrator: Garrick Hagon, Liza Ross

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-20-13

Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This is a story from the More Classic American Short Stories collection.

Here are eight stories from master American writers of the 19th century. They vary from sinister tales by Ambrose Bierce - why is that window boarded up? - and a reflective moment in the life of a woman without children, but forced to look after children, to classic short stories by O. Henry and Stephen Crane. There is even an elegiac description of an eclipse by James Fenimore Cooper, author of The Last of the Mohicans. Read with sensitivity and skill by Garrick Hagon and Liza Ross.

Editorial Reviews:

Young Carter Druse has asleep at his post. The son of a wealthy Virginian, Carter has joined the Union forces, to his father's dismay. When he wakes, he is stunned at the sight of a Confederate soldier riding a horse in the distance. He contemplates the beauty of the moment, agonizing over whether to kill the man. But as a soldier, he is bound by duty to pull the trigger. Ambrose Bierce's narrative comes to a brutally ironic conclusion, but Garrick Hagon and Liza Ross emphasize his beautiful prose with a deliberate style that savors his descriptions of Carter's torment.

Members Reviews:

A cheap read, but little else.

First off, here are the short stories included on the 2 discs:

A Horseman in the Sky - Ambrose Bierce

Regret - Kate Chopin

Eclipse - James Fenimore Cooper

The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky - Stephen Crane

The Cop and the Anthem - O. Henry

The Princess and the Puma - O. Henry

The Whirligig of Life - O. Henry

Read by Garrick Hagon and Liza Ross

Based on the name recognition of the authors, I was expecting much more. None of the stories were known to me (and probably not to anyone outside an english lit department). Two of the stories were decent, but the rest were unimpressive. Wasn't impressed with the readers either, as they tended towards over-acting (though perhaps the material lent itself to that).

The two-disc set served its purpose of keeping me awake on a long drive to a fishing cabin, but little else. I did like the fact that I could stop between short stories, unlike a longer novel. On my last long trip, I was listening to Shadow Divers (great book!) and arrived at my destination in the middle of a dive emergency. Had to wait three days to learn the fate of the divers.

Can't say I would really recommend this compilation, but if you're a voracious reader/listener who goes through books like candy, the price is hard to beat. Also might be more enjoyable to someone else for the nostalgic qualities.

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Title: The War Prayer

Author: Mark Twain

Narrator: John Greenman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-02-13

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This short story by Mark Twain was not published until 1916, six years after his death in 1910, because his family considered it too scandalous. After all, what could be more scandalous then attacking religion and war. Narrator John Greenman takes us inside that church as the preacher beseeches God to grant them victory and protect our troops when a stranger appears.

Members Reviews:

The story itself is a classic and will be well-enjoyed ...

The story itself is a classic and will be well-enjoyed by most readers.

The low rating is because this edition is incredibly difficult to cite for academic purposes. No information about the publisher is readily available. Strongly caution anyone who doesn't want a headache citing this book to pick up a different copy.

Kindle edition = no

1) This is not "annotated," unless you define "annotated" as "includes a brief biography for padding and it's still just 26 pages." I expected information regarding "War Prayer" specifically, that being my definition of "annotated."

2) The "War Prayer" itself can be found in my complete Mark Twain, which goes for the same 99 cents that "War Prayer"alone does.

I was lured in by the "annotated," but I am now returning this Kindle book.

A lesson all should learn

People should realize that upon wishing for victory, they also will the demise of their foes and even those who aren't belligerent. People should realize that they are not the most high and exalted that they should wish for something like this.

As relevant today as it was a century ago.

The War Prayer has long been one of my favorite short stories. A truly thought provoking tale. I recommend this to everyone, especially those in the US.

Five Stars

I had read this before and wanted it ,.

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Title: Long Distance

Author: Edna Ferber

Narrator: Lee Ann Howlett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-27-13

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

War has always changed men physically and mentally. They go away as healthy physically fit young men; when they come back, if they do they are not the same young man who went away. They may have suffered disabling physical injury in addition to a mental injury that may or may not manifest itself physically, but typically it is there. In World War I they called it shell-shocked, today we call it PTSD.

This is a short story by Edna Ferber of a healthy, husky, and slightly arrogant in a nice way young man, and the beautiful girl awaiting his return home. Lee Ann Howlett performs this short gem masterfully.

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Title: The Horror in the Museum

Author: H. P. Lovecraft, Hazel Heald

Narrator: Mike Vendetti

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-24-13

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 17 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

A museum should be a lonely place at night; scary and lonely if one has an active imagination, and finds himself locked inside at night. But what if the things in the museum began to move, and you are trapped inside? This short story of horror, ghostwritten for Hazel Heald by H. P. Lovecraft and narrated by Mike Vendetti, should not be listened to alone and in the dark.

Members Reviews:

Too Many Mispronunciations Distract From The Rnjoy

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The first five minutes of the reading ruined it fir me. I gave up after a string of 9 mispronunciations. As an example, how can anyone read the name 'Necronomicon,' and mangle to into something completely other. It went like that.

The delivery was good enough, but the narrator should have taken the time to check and rehearse the more esoteric words.