Paul Bunyan Stories
By: Various Authors
Narrated by: Seth Thompson
Length: 1 hour 17 minutes
Abridged: No
Characters that are passed down through history are larger than life, and Paul Bunyan is a fabled figure whose stories have been passed between generations and grown to epic proportions throughout time. The legendary giant lumberjack accompanied by trusty Babe the Blue Ox is a classic character whose legends have lived for over a hundred years.... Read more
View audiobookЧеловек из ресторана
By: Иван Шмелев
Narrated by: Виктор Рудниченко
Length: 6 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Замысел повести "Человек из ресторана" (1911), по словам автора, русского писателя Ивана Сергеевича Шмелева (1918-1950) – выявить слугу человеческого, который по своей специфической деятельности как бы в фокусе представляет всю массу слуг на разных путях жизни. Действующие лица повести образуют единую социальную пирамиду. И чем ближе к вершине... Read more
View audiobookБогомолье
By: Иван Шмелев
Narrated by: Вячеслав Герасимов
Length: 6 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Созданная в 1930-1931 годах автобиографическая проза Ивана Сергеевича Шмелева "Богомолье" и "Лето Господне" обращена к прошлому России. "Богомолье" – повествование о паломничестве. Сюжет соткан из дорожных эпизодов, свидетелем которых становится мальчик Ваня, из описания судеб богомольцев. Событийный ряд, земной путь героев к Лавре соединён в... Read more
View audiobookЭтот лучший из миров
By: Виктория Токарева
Narrated by: Юлия Тархова
Length: 7 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
"Почти у каждого человека бывает в жизни главная любовь и несколько не главных. Не главные — забываются. А главная — остается, но не в чувственной памяти, а в душевной. Память души — не проходит". В. Токарева "Все перемешалось в этом лучшем из миров, в этом ужасном из миров. И вовсе не надо дожидаться смерти, все здесь – и рай, и ад…". Сборник... Read more
View audiobookA Hunger Artist
By: Franz Kafka
Narrated by: Cori Samuel
Length: 28 minutes
Abridged: No
The protagonist, a hunger artist who experiences the decline in appreciation of his craft, is an archetypical creation of Kafka: an individual marginalized and victimized by society at large. The title of the story has been translated also to "A Fasting Artist" and "A Starvation Artist".A Hunger Artist explores the familiar Kafka themes of... Read more
View audiobookSelected Works of Edgar Allan Poe
By: Edgar Allan Poe
Narrated by: Jake Urry & Joanne Evans (Credits)
Length: 8 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
In Edgar Allan Poe's short and turbulent life, he laid the groundwork for the genre of modern horror and, almost as an aside, invented the modern detective story. This collection brings together Poe's most popular short stories and poems, listed below: The Masque of the Red Death Berenice The Fall of the House of Usher The Murders in the Rue... Read more
View audiobookСказать - не сказать…
By: Виктория Токарева
Narrated by: Юлия Тархова
Length: 8 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
"Есть понятие: поговорить по душам. Человек выворачивает душу, как карман, выкидывает что лишнее, наводит порядок. И можно жить дальше. Если не общаться — сойдешь с ума. Жизнь — это общение. А общение — это искренность". У произведений Виктории Токаревой есть особенность: они повествуют не о каких-то абстрактных, выдуманных литературных... Read more
View audiobookEl llano en llamas
By: Juan Rulfo
Narrated by: Mauricio Carrera
Length: 4 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
La obra contiene 17 cuentos publicados por Juan Rulfo a partir de 1945, cuando aparece el titulado "Nos han dado la tierra" en las revistas América y Pan. Rulfo comenta los relatos que sigue escribiendo en cartas a su novia Clara Aparicio. En 1951 se publica el séptimo, "Diles que no me maten", en la revista América. Gracias a la primera beca... Read more
View audiobookZero Hour
By: Ray Bradbury
Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
Length: 25 minutes
Abridged: No
It’s going to be so much fun! All of the kids in the neighborhood are playing a super fun game – Invasion! ¶ Ray Bradbury’s unbridled imagination created worlds and monsters that paved the way for a new generation of horror, fantasy, and science fiction. He was a master storyteller, a champion of creative freedom, and a space-age visionary. Zero... Read more
View audiobookThe Left-Handed Marriage
By: Leigh Buchanan Bienen
Narrated by: Leigh Buchanan Bienen
Length: 13 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
A debut collection of short fiction includes the author's award-winning story "My Life As a West African Gray Parrot," "He Was a Big Boy, Still Is" about a white public defender counseling the mother of a mentally impaired black defendant, and "Technician," in which an ordinary, unemployed Trenton man is hired a state executioner. Read more
View audiobookLa máscara de la Muerte Roja
By: Edgar Allan Poe
Narrated by: Max Garzón
Length: 17 minutes
Abridged: No
- En Español Latino- La historia tiene lugar en la abadía almenada del "intrépido, feliz y sagaz" príncipe Próspero. Próspero y otros mil nobles se han refugiado en esta abadía para escapar de la muerte roja, una terrible plaga con síntomas espantosos que se ha extendido sobre la tierra. Las víctimas son superados por los "dolores agudos",... Read more
View audiobookZu Hause
By: LS Morgan
Narrated by: Désirée Singson
Length: 12 minutes
Abridged: No
Eine Kurzgeschichte von LS Morgan.Eine fesselnde und dramatische Erzählung, die uns zu tiefen Gefühlen und wertvollen Fragestellungen führt. Der Schmerz, der Verlust und die Gefühle eines 8-Jährigen Mädchens werden instinktiv gelebt und wir werden mit auf eine Reise zurück in ihre Erinnerungen an den Ort ihrer schmerzlichen aber auch liebenden... Read more
View audiobookShadows in the walls
By: Matt Borne
Narrated by: Andrew Doyle
Length: 42 minutes
Abridged: No
A desperate dark elf seek the wizard’s assistance to ease her husband’s fears. She claims that he can hear shadows in the walls that intend to take him. As she herself is attacked on the street Turik the Wizard and Jendra Andoral has to assist in any way they can, taking them outside the city walls to a place they did not know about.In the... Read more
View audiobookEnoch Soames
By: Max Beerbohm
Narrated by: Max Garzón
Length: 1 hour 25 minutes
Abridged: No
- En Español Latino- Como un narrador que describe acontecimientos de su propio pasado, Beerbohm se presenta como un ensayista y escritor inglés durante la década de 1890. Cuenta la trágica historia de un amigo y colega de nombre Enoch Soames. Soames es un contemporáneo del Beerbohm más joven; un camarada de ingresos seguros pero moderados, que... Read more
View audiobookCuentos para entender el mundo 2
By: Eloy Moreno
Narrated by: Rodri Martín
Length: 1 hour 14 minutes
Abridged: No
¿Y si no fuera tan difícil columpiarse en la luna? Para todos aquellos que siguen siendo niños aunque los adultos les obliguen a disimularlo. «Durante estos años los lectores me habéis dado tanto que me sentía en deuda con vosotros. Por eso he decidido yo también entregaros una parte de mí. Estos textos que os traigo han modelado de alguna... Read more
View audiobookVanha katulyhty
By: H.C. Andersen
Narrated by: Emilia Vihanto
Length: 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Vanha katulyhty on hermostunut, sillä sen eläkeikä häämöttää. Huomenna on aika viedä lyhty pois, ja nähtäväksi jää jatkaako se jatkaa valaisemistaan jossain muualla, vai onko sen tie jo tullut päätökseen. Koska uskollinen katulyhty on toiminut paikallaan jo pitkään, hän huomaa pian saavansa tukea yllättävältä taholta – ja mahtavan... Read more
View audiobookJack Stone-Hard and the Paternal Confrontation
By: Jack Stone
Narrated by: Jessica Cunnilingus & Jack Stone
Length: 17 minutes
Abridged: No
At the end of his journey, Jack and his sons travel back in time to the Wolf Rayet system, to stop Marvin Stone-Hard from releasing a deadly virus in the future. But is Jack being played, and will Jack's sons face terrible consequences for failing to satisfy Marvin's sex robots? Read more
View audiobookRocket Summer
By: Ray Bradbury
Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
Length: 37 minutes
Abridged: No
The world stands on the brink of the rocket age, and everyone is thrilled that humanity has attained this stunning achievement. But William Stanley isn’t convinced we should be here. Will he really stop the launch of this incredible rocket that he has helped to create? ¶Originally released in the spring edition of “Planet Stories” magazine in... Read more
View audiobookThe Rock Eaters
By: Brenda Peynado
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo, Ines del Castillo, Sunil Malhotr...
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
An NPR Best Book of 2021
NYPL 10 Best Books for Adults, 2021
A story collection, in the vein of Carmen Maria Machado, Kelly Link, and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, spanning worlds and dimensions, using strange and speculative elements to tackle issues ranging from class differences to immigration to first-generation experiences to xenophobia
What does... Read more
Demons of the Psyche
By: Raheim Fender
Narrated by: Raheim Fender
Length: 1 hour 33 minutes
Abridged: No
Have you ever been afraid of the dark? Well you should be! You never know what's luring in the shadows. Can you look yourself in the mirror without cringing in fear? Well welcome to Demons of the Psyche if you dare?! Read more
View audiobookThe Van in My Mind
By: Anthony Vano
Narrated by: Wesley Nelson
Length: 1 hour 55 minutes
Abridged: No
'The Van In My Mind' presents four short stories featuring desperate people at a crossroads--grappling for meaning, purpose, and second chances.
In "Angel In Vegas," a burned-out, numbed-out, mid-career advertising exec named Gus meets a mysteriously congenial soul at a Las Vegas casino. Can the old man persuade Gus to recover his spark--before... Read more
Bad Case of Loving You
By: Kait Nolan
Narrated by: Amy McFadden
Length: 1 hour 25 minutes
Abridged: No
She loves weddings
As a romance author, Paisley Parish is a hopeless romantic. Seeing her friends exchange promises of forever does her heart good--even if the whole thing does highlight her own regrettably single status. But that's what cake and champagne are for. She just has to escape the douchecanoe who won't take no for an answer.
He hates... Read more
Everything To Live For
By: Steven Roberts
Narrated by: Jeannie Lin
Length: 23 minutes
Abridged: No
When a distraught high school senior decides to end his own life, he is surprised to meet a man claiming to be his guardian angel who shows him the effect his suicide will have on his friends, loved ones, and even strangers. Read more
View audiobookLa semana de los tres domingos
By: Edgar Allan Poe
Narrated by: Max Garzón
Length: 19 minutes
Abridged: No
- En Español Latino- dos enamorados se la juegan para conseguir el permiso de matrimonio. el amor entre primos es una constante en la literatura de Poe... Read more
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