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ID: 483181

Title: Phaedo: Unabridged

Author: Plato

Narrator: George Doyle

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:59:00

Language: English

Release date: 12-25-17

Publisher: Bookwire USD

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction

Summary:

Phaedo, also known to ancient readers as On the Soul, is one of the best-known dialogues of Plato's middle period, along with the Republic and the Symposium. The Phaedo, which depicts the death of Socrates, is also Plato's fourth and last dialogue to detail the philosopher's final day. In the dialogue, Socrates discusses the nature of the afterlife on his last day before being executed by drinking hemlock. Socrates has been imprisoned and sentenced to death by an Athenian jury for not believing in the gods of the state and for corrupting the youth of the city. The dialogue is told from the perspective of one of Socrates' students, Phaedo of Elis, who has been present at Socrates' death bed. By engaging in dialectic with a group of Socrates' friends, Socrates explores various arguments for the soul's immortality in order to show that there is an afterlife in which the soul will dwell following death. After the discussion Phaedo and the others were there to witness the death of Socrates. Artist Bio Author: Plato (428-348 BC) was a philosopher in Classical Greece. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science.

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ID: 483707

Title: Mosses from an Old Manse: Unabridged

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Narrator: George Doyle

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18:42:08

Language: English

Release date: 12-25-17

Publisher: Bookwire USD

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

Many of the tales collected in Mosses from an Old Manse are allegories and, typical of Hawthorne, focus on the negative side of human nature. Hawthorne's friend Herman Melville noted this aspect in his review about Hawthorne and His Mosses: 'This black conceit pervades him through and through. You may be witched by his sunlight,transported by the bright gildings in the skies he builds over you; but there is the blackness of darkness beyond; and even his bright gildings but fringe and play upon the edges of thunder-clouds.' William Henry Channing noted in his review of the collection, that its author 'had been baptized in the deep waters of Tragedy', and his work was dark with only brief moments of 'serene brightness' which was never brighter than 'dusky twilight'.

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ID: 483680

Title: God's Fool: Unabridged

Author: Maarten Maartens

Narrator: Caroline Collins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14:36:07

Language: English

Release date: 12-25-17

Publisher: Bookwire USD

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

God's fool (1892) is a novel by Maarten Maartens, set in a fictional Dutch town. The novel's 'hero', Elias Lossell, becomes deaf and blind from an accident when he is nine years old. The people around him can communicate with him by writing letters with a finger on the palm of his hand. Although communication is possible, mentally he always remains a boy of nine. Thanks to a somewhat thoughtless testament Elias becomes the rightful owner of a tea-merchant firm. His half-brothers, the twins Hendrik and Hubert, manage the firm on his behalf. Elias lives in a house of his own at the outskirts of the town, looked after by his old nurse, and occupies himself by growing flowers and helping the needy. A quarrel between the twins in Elias's house escalates into a murder, and the novel has an open ending after a twist. The title is based on 1 Corinthians 3:19: 'For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.' Elias Lossell, the principal person, may be a fool, but he has God's wisdom.

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ID: 483346

Title: Master Flea: Unabridged

Author: E. T. A. Hoffmann

Narrator: George Doyle

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:15:10

Language: English

Release date: 12-25-17

Publisher: Bookwire USD

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

Master Flea: A Fairy-Tale in Seven Adventures of Two Friends is a humorous fairytale fantasy novel by E. T. A. Hoffmann first published in 1822. Set in the city of Frankfurt am Main, the novel follows the story of Peregrinus Tyss, who becomes entangled in the conflict between supernatural characters in bourgeois form over Dörtje Elverdink, in reality Princess Gamaheh of Famagusta. Artist Bio Author: E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) was a Prussian Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist.

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ID: 483135

Title: Common Sense: Unabridged

Author: Thomas Paine

Narrator: George Doyle

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:19:53

Language: English

Release date: 12-24-17

Publisher: Bookwire USD

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Written in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution, and became an immediate sensation. It was sold and distributed widely and read aloud at taverns and meeting places. In proportion to the population of the colonies at that time (2.5 million), it had the largest sale and circulation of any book published in American history. As of 2006, it remains the all-time best selling American title, and is still in print today. Artist Bio Author: Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an English-American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

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ID: 483106

Title: Bartleby, the Scrivener: Unabridged

Author: Herman Melville

Narrator: George Doyle

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:51:26

Language: English

Release date: 12-24-17

Publisher: Bookwire USD

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

The narrator, an elderly, unnamed Manhattan lawyer, already employs two scriveners to copy legal documents by hand. An increase in business leads him to hire a third: the forlorn-looking Bartleby. At first, Bartleby produces a large volume of high-quality work. But one day, when asked to proofread, Bartleby answers with what soon becomes his perpetual response to every request: 'I would prefer not to.' From that point Bartleby performs fewer and fewer tasks and eventually none. The narrator makes several futile attempts to reason with him and to learn something about him, and one Sunday morning he discovers that Bartleby has started living in the office. The lawyer cannot bring himself to remove Bartleby from his premises, and moves his office instead, but the new proprietor removes Bartleby to prison, where he perishes Artist Bio Author: Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet. His best known works are Typee, about his Polynesian life, and his whaling novel Moby-Dick.

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ID: 483495

Title: Looking Backward: 2000-1887: Unabridged

Author: Edward Bellamy

Narrator: Caroline Collins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:46:11

Language: English

Release date: 12-24-17

Publisher: Bookwire USD

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

Looking Backward is a futuristic novel by Edward Bellamy. It tells the story of Julian West, a young American, who, towards the end of the 19th century, falls into a deep, hypnosis-induced sleep and wakes up one hundred and thirteen years later. He finds himself in the same location (Boston, Massachusetts), but in a totally changed world: it is the year 2000 and, while he was sleeping, the United States has been transformed into a socialist utopia. The remainder of the book outlines Bellamy's thoughts about improving the future. The major themes include problems associated with capitalism, a proposed socialist solution of a nationalization of all industry, the use of an 'industrial army' to organize production and distribution, as well as how to ensure free cultural production under such conditions. Artist Bio Author: Edward Bellamy (1850-1898) was an American author and socialist, most famous for his utopian novel, Looking Backward.

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ID: 483169

Title: Socialism: Utopian and Scientific: Unabridged

Author: Friedrich Engels

Narrator: George Doyle

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:44:33

Language: English

Release date: 12-24-17

Publisher: Bookwire USD

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

In Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (1883) Friedrich Engels explains that Marxism is scientific socialism. Engels claims that whereas utopian socialism is idealist, reflects the personal opinions of the authors and claims that society can be adapted based on these opinions, scientific socialism derives itself from reality. It focuses on the materialist conception of history, which is based on an analysis over history, and concludes that communism naturally follows capitalism. Engels begins the book by chronicling the thought of utopian socialists, starting with Saint-Simon. He then proceeds to Fourier and Robert Owen. In Chapter Two, he summarizes dialectics, and then chronicles the thought from the ancient Greeks to Hegel. Chapter Three summarizes dialectics in relation to economic and social struggles, essentially echoing the words of Marx. Artist Bio Author: Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) was a German philosopher, social scientist, journalist and businessman. He founded Marxist theory together with Karl Marx.

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ID: 483214

Title: Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers: Unabridged

Author: Charles Edward Jefferson

Narrator: Ella Porter

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:26:05

Language: English

Release date: 12-21-17

Publisher: Bookwire USD

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers is a book of advice by Charles E. Jefferson. As an experienced clergyman he could write short but sharp, smart and still relevant remarks, like:

'If a minister says he loves God, and in his heart slights or despises his people, he is not only a liar but a murderer of the spiritual life of his parish.'

'Honorable men will not toy with churches.'

'Popularity is the most fearful of all tests.'

'The clergyman who is able to trudge bravely through the years, filling the months with quiet honest work, pressing himself close upon his people and holding his people and himself close to the heart of Christ may cause little stir in the world but he will make an impression which will be felt in heaven.'

'Envy is a sin of weakness, and whoever is guilty of it confesses his inferiority.'

'Sheep like to be fed. They never resist. When repeatedly fed by the same shepherd they will follow him whithersoever he leads them.'

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ID: 483061

Title: Extract from Captain Stormfields Visit to Heaven: Unabridged

Author: Mark Twain

Narrator: Frank Harrison

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:27:19

Language: English

Release date: 12-21-17

Publisher: Bookwire USD

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit To Heaven (1909) is a science fiction short story by Mark Twain. Excerpt from the book: 'Well, when I had been dead about thirty years I begun to get a little anxious. Mind you, had been whizzing through space all that time, like a comet. Like a comet! Why, Peters, I laid over the lot of them! Of course there wasn't any of them going my way, as a steady thing, you know, because they travel in a long circle like the loop of a lasso, whereas I was pointed as straight as a dart for the Hereafter; but I happened on one every now and then that was going my way for an hour or so, and then we had a bit of a brush together. An ordinary comet don't make more than about 200,000 miles a minute. Of course when I came across one of that sortlike Encke's and Halley's comets, for instanceit wasn't anything but just a flash and a vanish, you see. But after I got outside of our astronomical system, I used to flush a comet occasionally.' Artist Bio Author: Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American writer, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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