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The Crack Cocaine Diet by Laura Lippman
The Crack Cocaine Diet
Laura Lippman
The Crack Cocaine Diet by Laura Lippman

The Crack Cocaine Diet

By: Laura Lippman

Narrated by: Linda Emond & Francois Battiste

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman has been hailed as one of the best crime fiction writers in America today, winning virtually every major award in the genre. The author of the enormously popular series featuring Baltimore P.I. Tess Monaghan as well as three critically lauded stand-alone novels, Lippman now turns her attention to... Read more

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The Babysitter's Code by Laura Lippman
The Babysitter's Code
Laura Lippman
The Babysitter's Code by Laura Lippman

The Babysitter's Code

By: Laura Lippman

Narrated by: Linda Emond & Francois Battiste

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman has been hailed as one of the best crime fiction writers in America today, winning virtually every major award in the genre. The author of the enormously popular series featuring Baltimore P.I. Tess Monaghan as well as three critically lauded stand-alone novels, Lippman now turns her attention to... Read more

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Benjamin Button was literally born an old man. He lived a backwards life, for his body grew younger as the years passed him by. Come and listen to the original, unabridged story by F. Scott Fitzgerald which inspired the movie. Read more

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Sandhill County Lines by Clay Reynolds
Sandhill County Lines
Clay Reynolds
Sandhill County Lines by Clay Reynolds

Sandhill County Lines

By: Clay Reynolds

Narrated by: Julia Gibson, Cynthia Darlow, Larry Pine & Jeff...

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Comprising nine hardscrabble tales set across the great state of Texas and beyond, Sandhill County Lines is a triumph from author Clay Reynolds. Off the beaten path, concealed behind the weather-worn clapboard walls of decaying farm houses, desperate folk struggle and strive. These are their stories. "Clay Reynolds's stories are earthy, frank,... Read more

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Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories, with eBook by Washington Irving
Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories, with eBook
Washington Irving
Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories, with eBook by Washington Irving

Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories, with eBook

By: Washington Irving

Narrated by: Donada Peters

Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

You are probably familiar with the popularized stories "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," but have you heard the original unabridged versions by Washington Irving? His skillfully written and colorful tales have much more meaning and depth. In "Rip Van Winkle," Irving makes a profound social comment about the changes that were... Read more

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The Baron of Grogswig by Charles Dickens
The Baron of Grogswig
Charles Dickens
The Baron of Grogswig by Charles Dickens

The Baron of Grogswig

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The Baron of Grogswig abandons his riotous ways of carousal and gaiety, and settles down - only to discover that simple domesticity is not the peaceful life he had envisioned. But, just when the Baron feels he can't take it any more, an unexpected visitor changes everything. Read more

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Aesop's Fables, with eBook by Aesop
Aesop's Fables, with eBook
Aesop
Aesop's Fables, with eBook by Aesop

Aesop's Fables, with eBook

By: Aesop

Narrated by: Jonathan Kent

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Aesop, an ancient Greek poet who was sold into slavery in the early sixth century BC, relied on animal stories to convey his key points to his masters in court. Aesop's Fables are classic, memorable morality plays in which amusing animal characters drive home thought-provoking morals to generations of listeners and modern-day audiences. They... Read more

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The Ambitious Guest by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Ambitious Guest
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Ambitious Guest by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Ambitious Guest

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A vicious tempest is raging on a New England mountainside. A young traveler sojourns through the sea of wind and snow, finding refuge in a cottage, cozily nestled in the notch of a hill. The traveler burns with a determination to make his name known to the world. But that will all have to wait until the storm subsides. Read more

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The Women of Brewster Place - Abridged by Gloria Naylor
The Women of Brewster Place - Abridged
Gloria Naylor
The Women of Brewster Place - Abridged by Gloria Naylor

The Women of Brewster Place - Abridged

By: Gloria Naylor

Narrated by: Tonya Pinkins

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The National Book Award-winning novel—and contemporary classic—that launched the brilliant career of Gloria Naylor, now with a foreword by Tayari Jones

“[A] shrewd and lyrical portrayal of many of the realities of black life . . . Naylor bravely risks sentimentality and melodrama to write her compassion and outrage large, and she pulls it off... Read more

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Dubliners - Abridged by James Joyce
Dubliners - Abridged
James Joyce
Dubliners - Abridged by James Joyce

Dubliners - Abridged

By: James Joyce

Narrated by: Gerald McSorley

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dubliners was completed in 1905, but a series of British and Irish publishers and printers found it offensive and immoral, and it was suppressed.  The book finally came out in London in 1914, just as Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man began to appear in the journal Egoist under the auspices of Ezra Pound.  The first three stories in... Read more

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Fine Just The Way It Is by Annie Proulx
Fine Just The Way It Is
Annie Proulx
Fine Just The Way It Is by Annie Proulx

Fine Just The Way It Is

By: Annie Proulx

Narrated by: Will Patton

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

2009 Audie Award Finalist for Short Stories/Collections

From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Annie Proulx, an "unforgettable" (Miami Herald) and "vivid" (Oprah Daily) collection of stories set in Wyoming.

Winner of two O. Henry Prizes, Annie Proulx has been anthologized in nearly every major collection of great American stories. Her bold, inimitable... Read more

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Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger by Louis Sachar
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger
Louis Sachar
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger by Louis Sachar

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger

By: Louis Sachar

Narrated by: Louis Sachar

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Louis Sachar knows how to make readers laugh. And there are laughs galore in perennial favorite Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger!

Before you enter Wayside School, you should know that it’s a thirty-story building with one classroom on each floor. Mrs. Jewls teaches the class on the thirtieth... Read more

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The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield
The Garden Party
Katherine Mansfield
The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield

The Garden Party

By: Katherine Mansfield

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The fifteen stories collected in this volume demonstrate the genius of a woman who, in her own short lifetime, was compared to Chekhov. The tales are sensitive revelations of human behavior in ordinary situations. With careful, quiet observation, Mansfield illuminates complicated relationships and profound, often troubling ideas. Her stories... Read more

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The Mercedes Coffin by Faye Kellerman
The Mercedes Coffin
Faye Kellerman
The Mercedes Coffin by Faye Kellerman

The Mercedes Coffin

By: Faye Kellerman

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A cold case turns red hot, threatening to consume detective Peter Decker and his wife, Rina Lazarus in the spellbinding new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman.Billionaire genius Genoa Greeves never got over the shocking death of her favorite teacher, Bennett ""Dr. Ben"" Alston Little, murdered execution-style and... Read more

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The Eyes by Edith Wharton
The Eyes
Edith Wharton
The Eyes by Edith Wharton

The Eyes

By: Edith Wharton

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A story of how individual destiny can be shaped and formed by mentors and friends. Culwin is a modern villain, whose crimes arise from holding his tongue at crucial moments, so that events further entangle themselves. Read more

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The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley
The Mortal Immortal
Mary Shelley
The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley

The Mortal Immortal

By: Mary Shelley

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

An ancient alchemist drags out his weary life in search of the elixir of immortality. But, when his vengeful assistant quaffs the mixture, he discovers that the effects of the draft of immortality may never wear off. Mary Shelley explores the concept of immortality, following a character that never ages through a ponderous and thought provoking... Read more

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Fly by Michael Veitch
Fly
Michael Veitch
Fly by Michael Veitch

Fly

By: Michael Veitch

Narrated by: Michael Veitch

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Fly is Michael Veitch's second collection of 24 interviews with pilots, navigators and gunners - now all in their 80s - who flew during the Second World War. Here are stories of bravery and fear, moments of terror and relief and vivid details of flying under fire. A passion for history and a boyhood obsession with World War II aircraft inspired... Read more

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The Captain of the Pole Star by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Captain of the Pole Star
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Captain of the Pole Star by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Captain of the Pole Star

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Word goes among the crew of the Pole Star that the captain is haunted by demons. And after the days turn into weeks in the frigid Arctic Ocean, stories begin to circulate of ghosts and midnight hauntings. Read more

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Runaway by Alice Munro
Runaway
Alice Munro
Runaway by Alice Munro

Runaway

By: Alice Munro

Narrated by: Kymberly Dakin

Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The incomparable Alice Munro’s bestselling and rapturously acclaimed Runaway is a book of extraordinary stories about women of all ages and circumstances—and about love and its infinite betrayals and surprises.The runaway of the title story is a young woman who is incapable of leaving her husband. In “Passion,” a country girl emerging into the... Read more

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Abenteuer: Spannende Hörspiele - Abridged by Robert L. Stevenson & Daniel Defoe
Abenteuer: Spannende Hörspiele - Abridged
Robert L. Stevenson & Daniel Defoe
Abenteuer: Spannende Hörspiele - Abridged by Robert L. Stevenson & Daniel Defoe

Abenteuer: Spannende Hörspiele - Abridged

By: Robert L. Stevenson & Daniel Defoe

Narrated by: Robert Doppelbauer, Michael Brandes, Sascha Fis...

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Zwei spannende Klassiker der Abenteuerliteratur aufwändig vertont: Robinson Crusoe - Ich bin Robinson Crusoe - Hier bin ich 1659 gelandet - Freitag und ich Die Schatzinsel - Teil 1 - Teil 2 Read more

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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Alexander Spencer

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Eleven short stories including The Musgrave Ritual, The Reigate Squires and The Final Problem. Read more

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Zwergelinchen - Abridged by Tanja Strohm, Kurt Hummel, Karsten Stingl & Matthias Frey
Zwergelinchen - Abridged
Tanja Strohm, Kurt Hummel, Karsten Stingl & Mat...
Zwergelinchen - Abridged by Tanja Strohm, Kurt Hummel, Karsten Stingl & Matthias Frey

Zwergelinchen - Abridged

By: Tanja Strohm, Kurt Hummel, Karsten Stingl & Mat...

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ein Musical nach dem Buch "Zwergelinchen - eine phantasievolle Reise ins Land der Entspannung" von Tanja Strohm. Das unterhaltsame und spannende Hörvergnügen für Kinder und Erwachsene beinhaltet sieben traumhafte Songs plus original Playbacks und alle Texte zum Mitsingen: - Hippelich und zickelich - Zwergelinchen - Leo, der... Read more

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The Last Oracle by James Rollins
The Last Oracle
James Rollins
The Last Oracle by James Rollins

The Last Oracle

By: James Rollins

Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez

Length: 14 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

In this superb thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins, Sigma Force must battle a group of rogue scientists who have unleashed a diabolical project that could bring about the extinction of mankind.Salvation . . . or annihilation?What if scientists could bio-engineer the next great world prophet—the next Buddha, Mohammed,... Read more

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Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by Z. Z. Packer
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Z. Z. Packer
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by Z. Z. Packer

Drinking Coffee Elsewhere

By: Z. Z. Packer

Narrated by: Shirley Jordan

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Audie® Award Finalist!

A remarkable debut short-story collection by a fresh and captivating new voice in American literature. Read more

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