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Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain
By: Lucia Perillo
Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
Length: 5 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
A stunning debut from an award-winning poetPopulating a small town in the Pacific Northwest, the characters in Lucia Perillo's story collection all resist giving the world what it expects of them—and are surprised when the world comes roaring back. An addict trapped in a country house becomes obsessed with vacuum cleaners and the people who... Read more
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Scar Tissue
By: Marcus Sakey
Narrated by: Marcus Sakey
Length: 2 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
FROM THE FOREWORD BY J.A. KONRATH: "Scar Tissue will make your heart race and your heart ache, often in the same sentence." Marcus Sakey's thrillers have won numerous awards and been translated into twenty languages. Celebrities like Ben Affleck and Tobey Maguire have snatched up his film rights. Now from the "modern master of suspense" (Chicago... Read more
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Beasts On The Lawn
By: Saki
Narrated by: Full Cast & Pippa Haywood
Length: 1 hour 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Beasts on the Lawn is a collection of Edwardian short stories by Saki (H. H. Munro) recycled and restaged in a modern day gated community for the far too wealthy for their own good. The tales are woven together by the character of Clovis, a security guard. She recalls the events of strange days and long nights. The five stories are: Tobermory,... Read more
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Short Stories by O. Henry - Abridged
By: O. Henry
Narrated by: Emma Hignett & Emma Topping
Length: 1 hour 8 minutes
Abridged: Yes
This audiobook contains four short stories by O. Henry, including "A Retrieved Reformation", "The Cop and the Anthem", "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Ransom of Red Chief". Read more
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Baseball in April and Other Stories
By: Gary Soto
Narrated by: Stephanie Diaz & Miguel Gongora
Length: 2 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
Gary Soto, an award-winning poet, is renowned for getting at the heart of a young person’s everyday life. In these eleven stories, performed with spice and energy by young actors Stephanie Diaz and Miguel Gongora, Soto again scores. With a sensitivity and humor born from his own experiences while growing up in California’s Central Valley, the... Read more
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Winesburg, Ohio
By: Sherwood Anderson
Narrated by: Terry Bregy
Length: 6 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
Winesburg, Ohio, a collection of stories set in a fictitious town in the 1890s, has long been considered Sherwood Anderson's masterpiece. This groundbreaking work set the stage for a new era in writing, greatly influencing Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and John Steinbeck, among many others. Anderson wrote simply, brilliantly crafting a... Read more
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The Lion Hunter and the Lady
By: Louis L’Amour
Narrated by: Tom Weiner
Length: 38 minutes
Abridged: No
No one describes the adventures of the lone cowboy better than Louis L’Amour, who portrays the human side of the Old West before the days of law and order. Here is one of Louis L’Amour’s short stories, with text restored according to the state of its initial publication.In “The Lion Hunter and the Lady,” the lion hunter is called Cat Morgan... Read more
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Suddenly, a Knock on the Door
By: Etgar Keret
Narrated by: Ira Glass & Willem Dafoe
Length: 5 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Bringing up a child, lying to the boss, placing an order in a fast-food restaurant: in Etgar Keret's new collection, daily life is complicated, dangerous, and full of yearning. In his most playful and most mature work yet, the living and the dead, silent children and talking animals, dreams and waking life coexist in an uneasy world. Overflowing... Read more
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Rip Van Winkle
By: Washington Irving
Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
Length: 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Rip Van Winkle lived in a quiet colonial town, and had a habit of attending to everyone else's chores. Henpecked and poor, he goes squirrel hunting in the woods one day, only to exit twenty years later. Read more
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Cheesus Christ
By: Etgar Keret
Narrated by: Dave Eggers
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
A story from Suddenly, a Knock on the Door read by Dave Eggers Read more
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Man Riding West
By: Louis L’Amour
Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
No one tells tales of the frontier better than Louis L’Amour, who portrays the human side of westward expansion—the good and the bad—before the days of law and order. Here is one of the stories penned by America’s favorite Western author with its text restored to the state of its initial publication in the magazine West in 1950.It starts out... Read more
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I Am an Executioner
By: Rajesh Parameswaran
Narrated by: Neil Shah
Length: 9 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
In the unforgettable opener, 'The Infamous Bengal Ming,' a misunderstood tiger's affection for his keeper goes horribly awry. In 'Demons,' a woman tries to celebrate Thanksgiving after the sudden death of her husband, even though his corpse is still sprawled on their living-room floor. In 'The Strange Career of Dr. Raju Gopalarajan,' an... Read more
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The Raven and Selected Short Stories
By: Edgar Allan Poe
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki & Bronson Pinchot
Length: 8 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
The title work in this collection of twelve short stories and poems is widely regarded as the most famous of Edgar Allan Poe's writings. This unsettling tale in verse tells of a man's slow descent into madness as he mourns the loss of his lover. The mysterious visit of a talking raven that utters only one word sparks the man's steady decline.Now... Read more
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Sealed with a Kiss: Exclusive Short Story
By: Fiona Walker
Narrated by: Jane Collingwood
Length: 1 hour 24 minutes
Abridged: No
Digital download exclusive short story: a wonderfully warm comedy of mistaken identity from the incomparable Fiona Walker, ahead of her new novel The Love Letter.
Allegra North's second thoughts about splitting with childhood sweetheart Francis need a first-class stamp. But with her unfinished letter to him still in her handbag, she can't find... Read more
The Horror Of The Heights
By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 42 minutes
Abridged: No
A rare science fiction story by the ever-masterful Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The tale narrates the mysterious fate of pioneer aviator Joyce-Armstrong, whose attempts to explore a mysterious and perilous "air jungle" just over thirty thousand feet above Wiltshire brings him face to face with hitherto unseen monsters. Read more
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Teamwork
By: Etgar Keret
Narrated by: Mathieu Amalric
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
A story from Suddenly, a Knock on the Door read by Mathieu Amalric. Read more
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Grab the Cuckoo by the Tail
By: Etgar Keret
Narrated by: Gary Shteyngart
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
A story from Suddenly, a Knock on the Door read by Gary Shteyngart Read more
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Healthy Start
By: Etgar Keret
Narrated by: Ben Foster
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
A story from Suddenly, a Knock on the Door read by Ben Foster Read more
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The Rocking Horse Winner
By: D. H. Lawrence
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Growing up in a strange dysfunctional family, Paul discovers that he has a unique gift. He is able, with the aid of his rocking horse, to predict the winners of horse races. In order to gain his mother's affection, Paul sets about winning enough money to sate her consuming passion for luxury with one last enormous wager.... Read more
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Mark Twain’s Mystery Tales
By: Mark Twain
Narrated by: Grover Gardner, Robin Field & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Mark Twain is a master of adventure, mystery, and wit. This collection, containing three tales of mystery, offers a healthy dose of each—and more! In Tom Sawyer, Detective, a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Tom Sawyer Abroad, take a ride down the Mississippi to Uncle Silas’ farm. Mark Twain’s... Read more
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Puck of Pook’s Hill
By: Rudyard Kipling
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Length: 5 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
On Midsummer’s Eve, Dan and Una enact A Midsummer Night’s Dream three times over—right under Pook’s Hill. That is how they meet Puck, “the oldest Old Thing in England,” and the last of the People of the Hills.Through Puck, they are introduced to the nearly forgotten pages of old England’s history and to characters that can illuminate their own... Read more
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From Hereabout Hill
By: Michael Morpurgo
Narrated by: Harry Man
Length: 3 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
A thought-provoking and rich collection of short stories, many of which reflect the author’s love of myths and legends, his close observations of family life, and his skills as a unique storyteller. A beautiful collection of short stories written by one of the best loved children’s authors of all time. Giant’s... Read more
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Children Songs and Stories 2
By: Various Authors
Narrated by: Dorothy Green
Length: 1 hour 17 minutes
Abridged: No
Smith Show Media presents Children Songs and Stories 2 read by Dorothy Green. These are classic songs and stories for kids. Read more
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The Three Apples
By: Anonymous
Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
Length: 21 minutes
Abridged: No
"The Three Apples" is a story contained in the One Thousand and One Nights collection (also known as the Arabian Nights). Scheherazade tells the history of a murder — making this the first mystery story put to paper. Read more
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