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Title: The Lost Word

Subtitle: A Christmas Legend of Long Ago

Author: Henry Van Dyke

Narrator: Ken Eaken

Format: Unabridged

Length: 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-07-08

Publisher: Listener's Digest Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This is a tale of an early Christmas. It is also a story of the healing power of divine knowledge. Only a clergyman of the caliber of Rev. Henry Van Dyke could bring a story of Christmas and a profound lesson of life in one delightful piece of fiction.

©2007 Listener's Digest Inc; (P)2007 Listener's Digest Inc

Members Reviews:

Rwells

In today's world many books are written to take us on a journey of wonder or spectacular intrigue. Reading this book allows the reader to reflect on their own life, their own values and goals.

Another element is the writing and the use of words. Van Dyke was able to string words into a story that is on a higher level than most writing today.

I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did; and can step back to reflect on your life and what means the most to you.

Insightful

The way in which this story is written brings home the dangers of casting away what we know at one time to be true and essential. Caught up in the joys and accumulation of perishable things of this world we lose our ability to call forth our faith, which we have let waver, when we desperately need it.

However, our living GOD comes to us and rescues us and brings back to our heart of remembrance what/Who we desperately need in our hour of trial.

Faithful GOD.

About more than Christmas - a reconversion story.

Not a classic, but a very good read. For me, a Catholic, it was interesting to read a story where Saint John Chrysostom plays an essential part, written by a Presbyterian. It's a quick read and worth a look.

THE LAST WORD

What a gift to read a story about God are Father and his Son Jesus Christ. They are real just as the devil is real. This story teaches us to not make light of their name or their power.

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Title: The Last Asset

Author: Edith Wharton

Narrator: Katrina Rosati Kross

Format: Abridged

Length: 1 hr and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-06-08

Publisher: Listener's Digest Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Edith Wharton's ironic stories won her numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. This story of conflict between individual and social fulfillment wins her the admiration of readers and writers of all ages. With tongue in cheek, she mocks the phoniness of the pretentious, while sympathizing with the pitiful and ends up with a story that cries for equity.

©2007 Listener's Digest Inc; (P)2007 Listener's Digest Inc

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Título: El Escarabajo de Oro (Texto Completo) [The Gold Bug ]

Autor: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrador: Gabi Pareja

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 1 hr and 28 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 05-21-08

Editor: Audio Libro CD

Calificaciones: 4 de 5 de 3 votos

Categorías: Classics, American Literature

Resumen del editor:

"Hace muchos años trabé amistad íntima con un mister William Legrand. Era de una antigua familia de hugonotes, y en otro tiempo había sido rico; pero una serie de infortunios habíanle dejado en la miseria."

Así empieza este apasionante relato en que el protagonista, mister Legrand, encuentra un escarabajo de color dorado. A partir de ese momento se comportará de una manera extraña, lo que hace pensar a los que le rodean, que se está volviendo loco.

Please Note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

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Title: The Whale Tooth

Length: 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-03-08

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

In his tales of the South Seas, Jack London often employs dark humor and grim irony in order to illuminate the clash of cultures. In "The Whale Tooth", a white man becomes the victim of his own impulse to proselytize the benighted "heathens" on Melanesia.

©2008 Listen & Live Audio, Inc.; (P)2008 Listen & Live Audio, Inc.

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Title: The Furnished Room

Author: O. Henry

Narrator: Walter Zimmerman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-05-08

Publisher: Jimcin Recordings

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This ghost story is a very unusual tale for O. Henry - longer than most and one of the few he wrote that dealt with the supernatural.

© and (P)1978 Jimcin Recordings

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Romantic in the inimitable O. Henry way.

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Title: A Sampler of American Humor

Author: Mark Twain, E. P. Butler, W. A. Butler, Edith Wharton

Narrator: Flo Gibson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-29-08

Publisher: Audio Book Contractors, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

These rib-ticklers include Mark Twain's "The Story of the Old Ram" and "The Story of a Speech"; E. P. Butler's "Pigs Is Pigs"; W. A. Butler's "Nothing to Wear"; Charles Dudley Warner's "How I Killed a Bear"; Eugene Field's "Oon Criteek de Bernhardt", William Livingstone Alden's "Carrie's Comedy", and Edith Wharton's "The Pelican".

©1984 Audio Book Contractors, Inc.; (P)2007 Audio Book Contractors, Inc.

Members Reviews:

Great Witty Humor!

Would you listen to A Sampler of American Humor again? Why?

Yes, they were not just humorous---but CLEAN stories.

What was one of the most memorable moments of A Sampler of American Humor?

Mark Twain's story about the visitors to the old man's cabin--great story

What about Flo Gibsons performance did you like?

Her characters were easy to distinguish and follow.

If you could take any character from A Sampler of American Humor out to dinner, who would it be and why?

I don't know about a Character---but I would love to have had dinner with Mark Twain---he was intellegent and his stories were interesting.

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Title: The Lady or the Tiger and Other Stories

Author: Frank Stockton

Narrator: Walter Zimmerman, Cindy Hardin Killavey, Jim Killavey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-17-08

Publisher: Jimcin Recordings

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

His most famous story is "The Lady, or the Tiger?" (1882), about a man sentenced to an unusual punishment for having a romance with a king's beloved daughter. Taken to the public arena, he is faced with two doors, behind one of which is a hungry tiger that will devour him. Behind the other is a beautiful lady-in-waiting, whom he will have to marry, if he finds her. While the crowd waits anxiously for his decision, he sees the princess among the spectators, who points him to the door on the right. The lover starts to open the door and....the story ends abruptly there. Did the princess save her love by pointing to the door leading to the lady-in-waiting, or did she prefer to see her lover die rather than see him marry someone else? That discussion hook has made this story a staple of English classes in American schools.

This volume includes "The Lady or the Tiger" as well as its sequel, "The Discourager of Hesitancy".

Also included are:

Members Reviews:

HARD TO READ

Very disappointing - I returned this book as the text was hard to read. The print looked as though it had been typed on a typewriter which had keys that didn't strike fully. Weird.....

Contents of this edition

vii * The Life of Frank Stockton * essay by Jane Yolen

xi * Foreword (The Lady or the Tiger and Other Stories) * essay by Jane Yolen

1 * The Lady, or the Tiger? * (1882) * shortstory by Frank R. Stockton (variant of The Lady or the Tiger?) [as by Frank Stockton ]

10 * The Discourager of Hesitancy (A Continuation of "The Lady, or the Tiger?") * (1883) * shortstory by Frank R. Stockton [as by Frank Stockton ]

19 * The Griffin and the Minor Canon * (1885) * shortstory by Frank R. Stockton [as by Frank Stockton ]

38 * The Sisters Three and the Kilmaree * (1882) * shortstory by Frank R. Stockton [as by Frank Stockton ]

62 * The Bee-Man of Orn * (1887) * shortstory by Frank R. Stockton [as by Frank Stockton ]

76 * Old Pipes and the Dryad * (1887) * shortstory by Frank R. Stockton [as by Frank Stockton ]

98 * The Castle of Bim * (1881) * shortstory by Frank R. Stockton [as by Frank Stockton ]

122 * The Magician's Daughter and the High-Born Boy * (1881) * shortstory by Frank R. Stockton [as by Frank Stockton ]

143 * Ting-a-Ling * (1870) * shortstory by Frank R. Stockton [as by Frank Stockton ]

169 * Ting-a-Ling and the Five Magicians * (1870) * shortstory by Frank R. Stockton [as by Frank Stockton ]

193 * Ting-a-Ling's Visit to Tur-il-i-ra * (1870) * shortstory by Frank R. Stockton [as by Frank Stockton ]

209 * Afterword (The Lady or the Tiger and Other Stories) * shortfiction by Jane Yolen

Entertaining and Thought Provoking Collection of Great Stories

"The Lady or the Tiger," and other stories by Frank Stockton, the penname of clergyman Thonias Hewlings Stockton, is one of his most popular works. This is a collection of short stories and the title story, "Lady or The Tiger," is the most thought provoking. Originally written in 1882, this classic is a good story for children to develop their critical thinking skills. All of these stories can be enjoyed by adult readers as well. Each story is entertaining and a great read.

Stockton's stories contain strange occurrences and events. Coupled with a touch of irony, Stockton weaves tales of complex plots and paradoxes, combined with a dash of satire.

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Title: Great American Short Stories

Subtitle: Volume 2

Author: Mark Twain, O. Henry, Nathaniel Hawthorne

Narrator: Walter Covell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-08

Publisher: Jimcin Recordings

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

"Majorie Daw" by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

"The McWilliams and the Burglar Alarm" and "Mrs. McWilliams and the Lighting" by Mark Twain

"The Phonograph and the Graft" and "The Lotus and the Bottle" by O. Henry

"The Wild Horse of Tartary" by Clara Morris

"Legend of the Rose of the Alhambra" and "The Phantom Island" by Washington Irving

"The Great Stone Face" and "My Kinsman, Major Molinaux" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Chickamauga" and "The Coup de Grace" by Ambrose Bierce

"The Premature Burial" and "The Oblong Box" by Edgar Allen Poe

"The Descent of Man" by Edith Wharton

"A Mystery of Heroism" by Stephen Crane

"The Boy Who Drew Cats" by Lafcadio Hearn

"The Altar of the Dead" by Henry James

Members Reviews:

Another good set

Another good selection of stories and, same as the 1st, well read. Looking forward to Volume 3 now.

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Title: Women in Literature

Subtitle: The Short Story

Author: Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton, Willa Cather

Narrator: Cindy Hardin Killavey, Walter Zimmerman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-08

Publisher: Jimcin Recordings

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Stories included are:

"The Story of an Hour", by Kate Chopin

"The Other Two", by Edith Wharton

"Desiree's Baby", by Kate Chopin

"Wiser Than a God", by Kate Chopin

"A Pair of Silk Stockings", by Kate Chopin

"A Wagner Matinee", by Willa Cather

"A White Heron", by Sarah Orne Jewett

"The Marquise", by George Sand (Aurore Dupin)

"A Village Singer", by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

"The Mission of Jane", by Edith Wharton

"The Sculptor's Funeral", by Willa Cather

"Turkey Red", by Frances Gilchrist Wood

"The Revolt of Mother", by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

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Title: A Bite of Bierce

Author: Ambrose Bierce

Narrator: Robert Bethune, Susie Berneis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-20-07

Publisher: Freshwater Seas

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Included:

"Staley Fleming's Hallucination", in which the ghost of a Newfoundland dog with a white forefoot is hungry for revenge!

"The Damned Thing", in which we meet a wild, ferocious animal determined to drive a man off his land - or drive him insane, once he realizes the strange truth about the danger he faces.

"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", in which a life, flashing before the eyes, and a miraculous escape from certain death, suddenly becomes something else entirely in Bierce's strangest and most famous fantasy. (In 1963, a movie version of this story by Paul De Roubaix and Marcel Ichac won the Academy Award for live action short subject. And the Twilight Zone version of it is, of course, justly famous.)

"Diagnosis of Death", involves a doctor whose incredibly accurate diagnoses are not at all conducive to a long and healthy life.

Last but not least: "The Boarded Window", in which a window is forever boarded up and a love forever gone.