Nine Classics: Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, The Wold and Seven Kids, Little Red Riding Hood, The Magic Table, Puss in Boots, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, The Musicians of Bremen

A novel of Regency England which centers upon a self-assured young lady who is determined to arrange her life and the lives of those around her into a pattern dictated by her romantic fancy.

Humans battle evil aliens to save Earth and its people from certain doom when the Martians land in England.

This audiobook is based on literature that was written in a past cultural or historical context, and includes language and depictions of people or cultures that are considered offensive to listeners. Please keep this in mind when deciding if, how and when you'll listen. Banned in the 1920s, and not released widely until the 1960s, Lady Chatterley's Lover was considered one of the most scandalous books of all time. Lady Constance Chatterley is stuck...

A collection of six short mystery and crime stories by the author of The Leavenworth Case. Known as "the mother of the detective novel," Anna Katharine Green invented many of the genre's most enduring characteristics. In this collection she masterfully combines an American sensibility with well-crafted, legally accurate plotlines. Set in Baltimore just before the Civil War, "The Bronze Hand" tells the story of a man who answers a beautiful woman's...

For two weeks Washington has been abuzz with talk about what happened at the Moore house. The historic old building, dating back to colonial times, has long been a subject of unease as the site of multiple deaths. But pretty young Veronica Moore decides to defy superstition and hold her lavish wedding at the ancestral property-an event that turns tragic when a guest's lifeless body is discovered. Now, a man has reported to the police that he spotted...

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, in seven parts, with preface, introduction, and concluding remarks, is the classic translation of what is arguably the world's oldest sex manual and relationship advice handbook. Much more than just erotic advice, this is a revelation of the social mores and customs of the ancient world and the daily lives of men and women in India, their views of intimacy, love and communication between the sexes -- all filtered through...

The word pragmatism is used everywhere today, from business to sports to politics. Although the word hadn't yet entered everyday language when William James published 'Pragmatism' in 1907, the philosopher believed its doctrine had virtually become common sense in twentieth-century America. For James, pragmatism was a specific philosophical alternative to essentialism and foundationalism and argued that ideas are meaningful only insofar as they have...

Short story written by famous American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Short story written by famous American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne.