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Title: Andy Adams Library Vol 2

Author: Andy Adams, Raging Bull Publishing

Narrator: George Utley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 21 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-29-17

Publisher: Raging Bull Publishing

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This Raging Bull Publishing Box Set contains three classic Western books by Andy Adams, including:

Cattle Brands (1906)

A collection of 14 western short campfire stories. Bandits, desperadoes, cattle, and bloody shoot-outs are just some of the highlights of these easy to listen to snippets which continued to mimic Andy's life on the cattle trail.

Reed Anthony, Cowman (1907)

Tells the story of Virginian born Reed Anthony who served during the Civil War, then migrated to Texas to start life as a cowboy, herding cattle to rail heads for transport eastward. More realistic glimpses into western life with Andy Adams.

Wells Brothers (1911)

Dell and Joel Wells are about to abandon their dead father's claim on Beaver Creek because it won't grow crops. Then unexpected events, and a drover seeking aid, allow them a decent chance in life. The boys develop their own ranch on the Beaver, without capital but with honor. No amount of savvy can entirely prepare them for the risks: cruel winters, rapacious wolf packs, summer droughts, mysterious Texas fever, or the shifting circumstances of the cattle trade.

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Title: The Robe of Peace

Author: O. Henry

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-29-17

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), an American writer of outstanding short stories, known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and surprise endings.

'The Robe of Peace' is a story which explains the mysterious disappearance of New York's leading swell, the fashion king Johnny Bellchambers.

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Title: Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

Subtitle: Summary & Analysis

Author: Hunter Hitchens

Narrator: Sam Slydell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-17

Publisher: Hunter Hitchens

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Cat's Cradle is the fourth novel by American writer Kurt Vonnegut, first published in 1963. It explores issues of science, technology, and religion, satirizing the arms race, and many other targets along the way. After turning down his original thesis in 1947, the University of Chicago awarded Vonnegut his master's degree in anthropology in 1971 for Cat's Cradle.

The title of the book derives from the string game "cat's cradle." Early in the book, the character Felix Hoenikker, (a fictional co-inventor of the atom bomb), was playing cat's cradle when the bomb was dropped, and the game is later referred to by his son, Newton Hoenikker.

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Title: The Masque of the Red Death

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrator: Chris Lutkin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-25-17

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

First published in an 1842 edition of Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine, "The Masque of the Red Death" tells the story of Prince Prospero as he tries to avoid a plague by confining himself and his nobles to a masquerade in an abbey. Often considered a Gothic allegory, the story reflects on not only life and death but also the illusion of control.

Members Reviews:

Short, but filled with horror

This rather short horror tale by the famed Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is free on Amazon and is worth reading, not only because of the price but the story is interesting though filled with horror. A movie that I haven't seen yet was made containing the film version of the tale. In the tale, a fatal pestilence is devastating the country. The Prince, apparently concerned about the lives of his upper class friends gathers a thousand of them to a lavishly adorned Abbey to escape the red death. (Red referring to the blood that flows from dying plague-infected people.) Outside was death, but inside the seven-chambered Abbey there was music, wine, dancing, and laughter.

One night, the inhabitants noticed a new figure. Like the others the new comer was masked (masqued) for the celebration. But the newcomer frightened the others and they moved away. The prince, seeing their reaction, ordered his guests to unmask the newcomer, but all were afraid to approachâ.

What happens next is typical Poe.

A Classic

A classic. It makes clear that no one escapes from all the problems of the world. Eventually, even if you lock yourself away, evil, and misfortune will find you.Required reading in High School. Personally, I am a fan of Poe, so I know I will be rereading other works of his.

Great classic for my collection, and easily accessible from my Kindle library.

Love this classic & it's great to have it readily on my Kindle so I can read it whenever I feel the inspiration. Please let me know if you found this review helpful.

Not what expected. Quick publishing?

This product is not what I was expecting but it is the story of the Masque of Red Death and the cover is quite beautiful. This book also included a couple of other stories as well which was a pleasant surprise. The font is large and easy to read. It includes some pictures likely found on an online search that somewhat pertain to the story. Overall, for the price and the fact you can find this story for free online it is a decent deal.

Special effects

When one speaks of special effects now we are usually referring to fx or visual, technological tricks. Poe uses only words to create his effects and they remain in your mind.

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Title: The Purloined Letter

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrator: Chris Lutkin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-25-17

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

First published in an 1844 literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1845, "The Purloined Letter" is the third and final story that features Poe's detective, C. Auguste Dupin. In it, Dupin is approached by the prefect of the police to help with a case that involves a stolen letter containing compromising information.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

A very well written story. I didn't understand the French expression. It brought Sherlock Holmes to mind.

A good read!

This is an interesting story. Recommended by a friend because something that happened to us and illustrates that life does imitate fiction, sometimes!!

Classic

I like to read one of the old classics once in awhile as a brain exercise. This was a short lap.

An Eye for Detection

Classically told short tale of detection. Could easily fit within a Sherlock Holmes story. Found the possible manners of concealment of the letter as laid out by the French police officer to quite interesting. I won't give away the story but suffice it to say you will recognize this device as one used even today. A read well worth your time!

The Purloined Letter

A short entertaining story, somewhat along the early lines of a Sherlock Holmes mystery in deductive reasoning. Not Mr. Poe's best work by far. However, a good read on a cold night.

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Title: 'Drag' Harlan

Author: Charles Alden Seltzer, Raging Bull Publishing

Narrator: George Utley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-05-17

Publisher: Raging Bull Publishing

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Harlan establishes himself as the protector of Barbara Morgan and deals out punishment to the girl's enemies through the lightning flash of drawn guns.

First published in 1921, this new Raging Bull Edition contains the original text as well as background articles including:

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Title: st for Paradis [East of Eden]

Author: John Steinbeck

Narrator: Dan Schlosser

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-10-17

Publisher: Viatone

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

st for paradis (1952) er Steinbecks store dramatiske slgtsroman over tre generationer, hvor det gode kmper mod det onde, som det er skildret i myten om Kain og Abel. I Steinbecks fortlling gentages kampen i to generationers brdrepar. I frste generation er Charles i misundelse og ondskab tt p at sl sin bror Adam ihjel. I anden generation flger vi brdrene Aaron og Caleb, der er snner af Adam og den forfrende, men dmonisk ondsindede Cathy. Et mgtigt vrk over livet i USA fra borgerkrigen til 1. Verdenskrig med et stort og mesterligt skildret persongalleri.

Please note: This audiobook is in Danish.

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Title: The Screaming Skull

Author: F. Marion Crawford

Narrator: Roy Macready

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-16

Publisher: Spiders' House Audio

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The Screaming Skull is one of F. Marion Crawford's Uncanny Tales, which was first published, posthumously, in London in 1911 and was issued two weeks later in America as Wandering Ghosts.

Members Reviews:

Great, spooky story!

Great, spooky short story. See the movie too. A classic horror movie from the 50s and based only loosely on the short story but still good.

Supernatural rip off

"The Screaming Skull" is a good ghost story, but you can buy F. Marion Crawford's complete set of supernatural short stories under the title "The Complete Wandering Ghosts" for almost the same price. If you'd like more variety, read "Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural," edited by Herbert A. Wise and Phyllis Fraser. The latter book is one of the finest supernatural anthologies ever published and it also contains "The Screaming Skull."

There are probably other good anthologies that contain this story, so don't make the same mistake I did and acquire this Kessinger Publishing version. It is just one story, not the collected work of F. Marion Crawford, and if you buy it you too will be screaming, "Rip off!"

single story for the kindle

The Screaming Skull; read this on a recommendation... found it to be a terrifically creepy ghost story. It was a short easy read, but kept me engrossed til the end... and left me with a screaming question that I won't ask lest I spoil it for others.

Wish I could find more by this author, either in a collection or as singles.

Set on repeat, and not because it's enjoyable

This is a good ghost story premise which goes on about five times as long as it should. It's SO repetitive! If this had been written in the last decade, Crawford's editor would have beat him about the head for going on so long.

The basic story is that a man is haunted by a screaming skull, which reacts whenever it is moved from its favorite spot. He suspects it is the skull of a friend of his, killed one night after he had dinner with the man and wife and described the details of a particular murder. He fears that his chatter inspired the wife in how to kill, and fears the skull more for the proof of his guilt, rather than the screaming.

But he says this WHO KNOWS HOW MANY TIMES!?

I could see this as being great to lull you to sleep, seeing as how the words repeat enough to be hypnotic. But for suspense? Utterly ruined. Go elsewhere.

This story is in the public domain and can be found free from many sources. I listened to an audio production from Librivox.

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Title: More Strange Tales

Author: E. Nesbit, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, M. R. James, Saki, Hugh Walpole, E. F. Benson, F. Marion Crawford, Ambrose Bierce

Narrator: Roy Macready

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-17-16

Publisher: Spiders' House Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Another collection of 16 classic tales of the macabre and supernatural by some of the best-known writers in these genres.

E.Nesbit - "John Charrington's Wedding"

Edgar Allan Poe - "The Black Cat" and "The Tell-Tale Heart"

Arthur Conan Doyle - "The Leather Funnel" and "The Horror of the Heights"

M.R. James - "Lost Hearts" and "A Warning to the Curious"

Saki - "Sredni Vashtar" and "Gabriel Ernest"

Hugh Walpole - "The Tarn" and "The Tiger"

E.F. Benson - "Naboth's Vineyard" and "Mrs Amworth"

F. Marion Crawford - "For the Blood is the Life" and "The Doll Ghost"

Ambrose Bierce - "The Moonlit Road"

Members Reviews:

An interesting selection and great narrator

Roy Macready has a way with the classics: just listen to the sample and you'll hear what I mean.

As with the first collection, there are a couple of disappointing stories which have not stood the test of time, but most are good-to-excellent. (Also, Saki's "Sredni Vashtar" is repeated, which must be an oversight).

I loved hearing more Benson, especially the two here!

In the quiet village of Maxley, Sussex, precious little happens to disturb the peace until the arrival of "Mrs. Amsworth," who has very particular dietary requirements.

In "Naboth's Vineyard," a barrister used to getting what he wants goes a bit too far in securing a coveted piece of real estate.

"The Tiger" by Hugh Walpole, is bizarre and unsettling. A diminutive, nervous man dreams of a jungle, and afterward, is caught up in a descent into what appears to be madness. Walpole was an unusual writer, and his stories often touch on themes of alienation, estrangement, and isolation.

His other story here, "The Tarn," is very different. Mediocre writer Fenwick secretly despises successful novelist and visitor Fostor. (There is a touch of "The Cask of Amontillado" here, but without its subtlety). When the two make a visit to see a favorite spot in nature, Fenwick comes to regret his decision.

"The Doll's Ghost" is a sad story, quite sentimental and perhaps suited to the genre of "instructive" Victorian-style stories for older children. Nina, a broken doll, is repaired in a German-run doll hospital, but returning her to her owner is problematic.

"Gabriel-Ernest" is unique among vampires, and he's a being only Saki could create!

Overall, good, with exceptional narration.

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Title: This Side of Paradise

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Narrator: C. James Moore

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 07-29-16

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

In This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald gives us Amory Blaine, who, from boyhood through his early 20s, is on a quest for his identity, his philosophy, and his sense of place in a world never quite his own, a world in which he moves with barely concealed ego-fueled disgust and contempt. Fitzgerald's breakthrough novel, written in 1920 when the author was 23, manages to be both a thinly veiled autobiography and a sincere attempt by Fitzgerald to get into the head of the young, privileged personages of his time. This Side of Paradise follows the arc of Amory's life from a shakily moneyed Midwestern childhood through a tortuous tenancy at St. Regis prep school, on to the almost mystical grounds of Princeton, finally arriving in the real world of labor and responsibility. Along the way Amory must come to terms with that great irritant in his life: women.

Neither as a boy nor as a young man does Amory come fully to grips with his bipolar reactions to the schoolgirls, starry-eyed debutants, and emotionally off-the-wall women who cross his path so many times throughout the story. Hopeful love turns hopeless, exciting relationships become dull, proximate hearts eventually wander away and fade. It seems that for every emotional or intellectual perigee in Amory's life, there is a soul-punishing apogee waiting in the next minute. Amory's sole companion through much of his journey is Monsignor Darcy, a former pagan from Asheville (as described by Fitzgerald) who, suffering from unfulfilled love for Amory's mother, Beatrice, turned to the Catholic Church with a vengeance.

Through richly descriptive narrative, achingly plaintive poetry, and even a theatrically formatted interlude or two, Fitzgerald chronicles the stutter-step journey of a handsome, educated, yet stubbornly socially and emotionally naïve young man blessed with a creative brain but remarkably, frustratingly deficient in human understanding. Amory Blaine strives to comprehend his place in a nation roiling in economic, political, and moral turmoil, a postwar America on the cusp of what? Greatness or peril? In This Side of Paradise, Fitzgerald leads his protagonist inexorably to those two choices, choices that are as much gateways for Amory as they proved to be for Fitzgerald himself. At the story's end, Amory's hand is pressing on a handle.... Which gate will open?

Members Reviews:

Chaos

We left this young man aimlessly drifting in chaos. He began with no desire to kiss a girl only to love where, in his heart, it would remain only unrequited with 3 or4 young women. He was an intellectual with no ambition after a Princeton education and fighting in a war. I had high hopes for him. I suppose if he lived in this day and time, we would find him at Starbucks playing chess and writing poetry. I enjoyed it but expected more.

Fitzgerald is one of my favorite authors. I loved Gatsby and Benjamin Button

Fitzgerald is one of my favorite authors. I loved Gatsby and Benjamin Button, this was yet another great tale, with great characters woven through. Certainly a hidden gem as was Benjamin Button (but we had to watch that for a psychology class which lead me to read it -- the book was much better than the movie as is often the case.)

Worth It! Such an interesting piece of literature.

Worth It! Such an interesting piece of literature.