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It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
By: Scott Rice
Narrated by: various narrators, Marni Webb, Bob Nathan, Ray ...
Length: 1 hour 10 minutes
Abridged: No
Little did the obscure novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton know in 1830 when he penned that most relished, imitated, and lampooned opening sentence in English literature, "It was a dark and stormy night..." that his words would inspire countless aspiring writers struggling incessantly like boats against the current to emulate his unparalleled style... Read more
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Jimmy Carter, 1996
By: PBS NewsHour
Narrated by: PBS NewsHour
Length: 12 minutes
Abridged: No
Former President Jimmy Carter talks about his book Living Faith with Charlayne Hunter-Gault. Read more
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Stepping Stones - Abridged
By: Seamus Heaney
Narrated by: Seamus Heaney
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature, poet Seamus Heaney brings beautiful focus to life in Ireland. Through his poetry, he encapsulates the country’s historical and political details while connecting it to the personal lives of the citizens. Read more
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Let's Be Heard - Abridged
By: Robert Grant
Narrated by: Robert Grant
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
THE KING OF CONSERVATIVE TALK RADIO SPEAKS OUT!
"Bob Grant is the king of talk radio in New York...He is one of the few talk show hosts who has lasted in combat radio. He defined it and spawned countless imitators all over the country."
-- Rush Limbaugh
For more than twenty-five years, Bob Grant has mesmerized radio listeners with his... Read more
Richard Ford: Independence Day
By: PBS NewsHour
Narrated by: PBS NewsHour
Length: 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Independence Day is the long awaited sequel to The Sportswriter released in 1986. In this interview, Richard Ford discusses winning the Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Awards, the context of Independence Day, writing a sequel, and more; hear a portion of the novel. Read more
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Jack Miles: God: A Biography
By: PBS NewsHour
Narrated by: PBS NewsHour
Length: 6 minutes
Abridged: No
Author Jack Miles talks about winning a Pulitzer Prize for his book, God: A Biography. Miles explains why he decided to write a biography about God and what he hoped to achieve. Miles explains that he views God as a literary character rather than a religious one for the purpose of the narrative. On NewsHour. Read more
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The Moral Compass - Abridged
By: William J. Bennett
Narrated by: William J. Bennett
Length: 5 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The Moral Compass is the inspiring and instructive companion volume to William J. Bennett's bestselling work, The Book of Virtues, offering many more examples of good and bad, right and wrong, in great works from literature and in exemplary stories from history.
Organized by the stages along life's journey, these stories and poems serve as... Read more
The Book of Virtues Volume II - Abridged
By: William J. Bennett
Narrated by: Joseph Bennett, John Bennett & Elayne Glover Be...
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The second audio volume of William Bennett's Book of Virtues, an inspiring anthology that helps children understand and develop moral character—and helps parents teach it to them.
Responsibility. Courage. Compassion. Honesty. Friendship. Persistence. Faith. Everyone recognizes these traits as essentials of good character. In order for our... Read more
The Book of Virtues - Abridged
By: William J. Bennett
Narrated by: William J. Bennett, Elayne Glover Bennett, Char...
Length: 1 hour 13 minutes
Abridged: Yes
From the author of The Moral Compass and The Death of Outrage, William J. Bennett's bestselling The Book of Virtues is an inspiring anthology that helps children understand and develop moral character—and helps parents teach it to them.
Responsibility. Courage. Compassion. Honesty. Friendship. Persistence. Faith. Everyone recognizes these traits... Read more
The Heart of It
By: Elizabeth McNamer
Narrated by: Elizabeth McNamer
Length: 52 minutes
Abridged: No
The Canterbury Tales & Paradise Lost are two epic works that have been entertaining— and sometimes exasperating— readers for centuries. In a series of lectures, literary scholar Elizabeth McNamer provides engaging insights into these two iconic works of British literature. Geoffrey Chaucer's merry charm and John... Read more
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The Heart of It
By: Elizabeth McNamer
Narrated by: Elizabeth McNamer
Length: 53 minutes
Abridged: No
The Illiad & The Odyssey are two epic poems by Greek author Homer, works that have been entertaining— and perhaps exasperating— readers for centuries. In a series of lectures, literary scholar Elizabeth McNamer provides engaging insights into these two iconic works. McNamer first discusses how The Iliad portrays love,... Read more
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The Heart of It
By: Elizabeth McNamer
Narrated by: Elizabeth McNamer
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Hamlet and Macbeth are two dramas by William Shakespeare that have been thrilling audiences for centuries. Both have been adapted to radio and film and continue to be taught in high schools and universities. But as with most of Shakespeare' s works, modern audiences sometimes need some help absorbing elements of both plays. In a... Read more
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Les carnets du Major Thompson - Abridged
By: Pierre Daninos
Narrated by: Pierre Fresnay, Robert Lamoureux & Pauline Carton
Length: 32 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Combien de fois, à l'époque où j'écrivais Les Carnets du Major Thompson, n'ai-je pas vu apparaître dans mes songes Marmaduke ? Nos discussions étaient terribles. Souvent le Major, rouge et bleu, m'assenait de grands coups d'Encyclopaedia Britannica. J'essayais bien de riposter par un direct-Larousse ou un swing-Littré, mais le Major avait... Read more
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