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Four classic stories featuring bold and daring protagonists, abridged especially for young listeners: Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, The Railway Children, The Secret Garden. Hours of audio fun to keep children entertained while on the move!
Introduce your children to four classic stories with strong female characters. These abridged versions of classic stories will become firm favourites in your family.
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Little Women
Anne of Green...
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Introduce your family to a selection of folk tales from around the world, written especially for children. Filled with sound effects and fun, these stories will introduce your children to a wider world of classic stories.
· How the Elephant Got His Trunk
· East of the Sun
· West of the Moon
· Full Moon Night in Silk Cotton Tree Village
· Little Bear
· The Boy with Wings
· The Boy Who Cried Wolf
· The Firebird
· The King Who Thought he was...
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Introduce your children to a selection of folk tales from around the world, written especially for children. Filled with sound effects and fun, these stories will introduce your children to a wider world of classic stories.
· George and the Dragon
· Greedy Anansi and his Three Cunning Plans
· How the Birds got their Colours
· The Golden Turtle
· The Rat-Catcher of Hamelin
· The Honey-Guide Bird
· The Story of Nian
· The Hairy Flip-Flops
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Introduce your children to a selection of classic fairy tales written especially for children. Filled with sound effects and fun, your children will come away with a newfound love for these classic stories!
· Hansel & Gretel
· Jack and the Beanstalk
· The Hare and the Tortoise
· Rumpelstiltskin
· Snow White and Rose Red
· The Selfish Giant
· The Tinderbox
· The Twelve Dancing Princesses
· Dick Whittington
· Puss in Boots
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The new United States in central Germany launches a one-plane Doolittle Raid on Paris, France. The target: their arch-enemy, Cardinal Richelieu. Meanwhile, an ambassador from the Mughal Empire of northern India is being held captive in Austria by the Habsburg dynasty. Mike Stearns decides to send a mercenary company to rescue him, led by two seventeenth-century mercenary officers: an Englishman and a Irishman, who seem to spend as much time fighting...
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The sixth rollicking anthology of tales set in Eric Flint's phenomenal bestselling Ring of Fire universe.
A cosmic accident sets the modern West Virginia town of Grantville down in war-torn seventeenth century Europe. It will take all the gumption of the resourceful, freedom-loving up-timers to find a way to flourish in the mad and bloody birth of the Renaissance. Are they up for it? You bet they are.
Edited by Eric Flint, and inspired by his now-legendary...
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Hosted by Cecil B. DeMille and starring numerous icons of the screen, this collection of old-time radio classics includes six episodes of The Lux Radio Theatre-one of the longest running, most extravagant shows from radio's golden age. The show featured the greatest stars in Hollywood appearing in hour-long radio adaptations of their biggest motion pictures, making this lavish production a veritable checklist of many of Hollywood's best films from...
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On February 2, 2002, Stephen King, Pat Conroy, John Grisham and Peter Straub gathered at New York's Town Hall for a very special evening. These four best selling authors stepped up to the microphone to raise money for one of the most recognizable voices in audiobooks, Frank Muller, an actor who sustained terrible injuries from a motorcycle accident. Muller, who has recorded hundreds of novels, including many by these authors, may never work again.
This...
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El Comité de Traducción Literaria de Shaanxi creó el programa PILS (Programa Internacional de Literatura de Shaanxi) con el objetivo de difundir las obras de los escritores más notables de esta provincia, semillero del talento literario en China. Convencida de que la mejor forma de conocer la cultura y las tradiciones deun pueblo es a través de sus cuentos, la Asociación de Escritores de Shaanxi ha seleccionado para esta obra 20 de los más...
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This enchanting collection of stories gathers together legends from across Scotland in one special volume. Drawn from The History Press' popular Folk Tales series, herein lies a treasure trove of tales from a wealth of talented storytellers. From the Spaeman's peculiar advice and a laird who is transformed into a frog, to a fugitive hiding in a dark cave and the stoor worm battling with Assipattle, this book celebrates the distinct character of Scotland's...
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One of the top entertainers of the twentieth century, Frank Sinatra, stars in fourteen broadcasts from the golden age of radio. Although 'Ol' Blue Eyes' would conquer records, film, and television, it was radio that first made Frank Sinatra a star. Spanning the years 1943 to 1954, this collection showcases Sinatra from such shows as Suspense, The Frank Sinatra Show, The Jack Benny Program, The Burns and Allen Show, and more. Included is the final...
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Proverbs for the People is an astounding collection of contemporary African-American fiction, featuring stories by such well known authors as Pearl Cleage, Omar Tyree, Margaret Johnson-Hodge, Travis Hunter, Parry "Ebony Satin" Brown, Gwynne Forster, Edward Jackson and Vicki L. Andrews. These widely varied stories resonate with the power and wisdom of the ages, speaking of universal truths that will heal and guide the wayward spirit.
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This collection contains twelve of the greatest radio shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio! You'll hear Freeman Gosden and Charlezas Correll as Amos and Andy, Howard Duff as Detective Sam Spade, Tom Conway as the immortal Sherlock Holmes, Jim and Marian Jordon as Fibber McGee and Molly, Willard Waterman as the Great Gildersleeve, Eve Arden as Connie Brooks of Our Miss Brooks, William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke, Charles...
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The Lux Radio Theatre was one of the longest running-and most extravagant-shows from radio's golden age. The show featured the greatest stars in Hollywood appearing in hour-long radio adaptations of their biggest motion pictures. Cecil B. DeMille was the host for the lavish production of what was to become a veritable checklist of many of Hollywood's best films from the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s. The stars of the movie usually appeared in their...
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The CBS Radio Workshop regularly featured the works of the world's greatest writers, including Ray Bradbury, Archibald MacLeish, William Saroyan, Lord Dunsany, and Ambrose Bierce, among others. The radio series aired from January 27, 1956, through September 22, 1957, and was a revival of the prestigious Columbia Workshop from the 1930s and 1940s.Creator William Froug launched the series with this powerhouse two-part adaptation of Brave New World and...
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Sherlock Holmes is one of the most iconic and lasting figures in literature. His feats of detection are legendary, and he continues to capture audiences today in stories, movies, and on TV. In this new edition of Baker Street Irregulars, authors present the iconic detective in over a dozen wildly entertaining new ways. In Keith DeCandido's "Six Red Dragons," Sherlock is a young girl in modern New York City. In Sarah Stegall's "Papyrus," Sherlock is...
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