- Anthologies & Short Stories (270)
Bestsellers
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The Things They Carried
- By: Tim O'Brien
- Narrated by: Bryan Cranston
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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The Things They Carried’s portrayal of the boots-on-the-ground experience of soldiers in the Vietnam War is a landmark in war writing.....
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Heavy Load
- By Mel on 10-28-13
By: Tim O'Brien
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Seven Stones to Stand or Fall
- A Collection of Outlander Fiction
- By: Diana Gabaldon
- Narrated by: Robert Ian MacKenzie, Allan Scott-Douglas, Davina Porter, and others
- Length: 24 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The author presents a collection of seven short stories set in the Outlander universe, including two original stories and featuring beloved character Jamie Fraser....
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Two new works and five previously published
- By Mary R on 07-03-17
By: Diana Gabaldon
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My Evil Mother
- A Short Story
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 57 mins
- Unabridged
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A bittersweet short story about mothers, daughters, and the witches’ brew of love—and control—that binds them, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments....
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Great easy read
- By Fundamental I. on 04-02-22
By: Margaret Atwood
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Heathcliff Lennox - France 1918
- By: Karen Baugh Menuhin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst -Phillips
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
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Spring, 1918. The Great War is at a crucial stage, the Germans are making one last push into France, and the Allies are struggling to hold them back. Battle lines are shifting, and men, and their machines, are being sent up and down the front to shore up defenses....
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Another great Heathcliff Lennox
- By Katydid65 on 06-04-21
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Uhtred's Feast
- Inside the World of The Last Kingdom
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Matt Bates
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The Last Kingdom is one of the most successful historical fiction series of our time. The novels tell the epic story of the birth of England and introduces one of the greatest ever fictional heroes: the iconic Uhtred of Bebbanburg, the Saxon-born, Norse-raised warrior and rebel....
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thank you, Bernard Cornwell
- By debra on 02-05-24
By: Bernard Cornwell
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The View from Castle Rock
- By: Alice Munro
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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In stories that are more personal than any that she has written before, Alice Munro pieces her family history into gloriously imagined fiction....
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Entrancing
- By Richard K. Moore on 03-22-15
By: Alice Munro
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The Things They Carried
- By: Tim O'Brien
- Narrated by: Bryan Cranston
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The Things They Carried’s portrayal of the boots-on-the-ground experience of soldiers in the Vietnam War is a landmark in war writing.....
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Heavy Load
- By Mel on 10-28-13
By: Tim O'Brien
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Seven Stones to Stand or Fall
- A Collection of Outlander Fiction
- By: Diana Gabaldon
- Narrated by: Robert Ian MacKenzie, Allan Scott-Douglas, Davina Porter, and others
- Length: 24 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The author presents a collection of seven short stories set in the Outlander universe, including two original stories and featuring beloved character Jamie Fraser....
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Two new works and five previously published
- By Mary R on 07-03-17
By: Diana Gabaldon
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My Evil Mother
- A Short Story
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 57 mins
- Unabridged
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A bittersweet short story about mothers, daughters, and the witches’ brew of love—and control—that binds them, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments....
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Great easy read
- By Fundamental I. on 04-02-22
By: Margaret Atwood
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Heathcliff Lennox - France 1918
- By: Karen Baugh Menuhin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst -Phillips
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
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Spring, 1918. The Great War is at a crucial stage, the Germans are making one last push into France, and the Allies are struggling to hold them back. Battle lines are shifting, and men, and their machines, are being sent up and down the front to shore up defenses....
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Another great Heathcliff Lennox
- By Katydid65 on 06-04-21
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Uhtred's Feast
- Inside the World of The Last Kingdom
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Matt Bates
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The Last Kingdom is one of the most successful historical fiction series of our time. The novels tell the epic story of the birth of England and introduces one of the greatest ever fictional heroes: the iconic Uhtred of Bebbanburg, the Saxon-born, Norse-raised warrior and rebel....
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thank you, Bernard Cornwell
- By debra on 02-05-24
By: Bernard Cornwell
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The View from Castle Rock
- By: Alice Munro
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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In stories that are more personal than any that she has written before, Alice Munro pieces her family history into gloriously imagined fiction....
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Entrancing
- By Richard K. Moore on 03-22-15
By: Alice Munro
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A Registry of My Passage upon the Earth
- Stories
- By: Daniel Mason
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch, Susannah Jones, Jay Ben Markson, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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On a fateful flight, a balloonist makes a discovery that changes her life forever. A telegraph operator finds an unexpected companion in the middle of the Amazon....
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Amazing Literary Chops!
- By Chuck Jones on 01-01-21
By: Daniel Mason
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The Private Life of Spies and The Exquisite Art of Getting Even
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- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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From the beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a new short story collection: half spy stories, half tales of revenge, all highlight the kinder, funnier, and gentler side of espionage and retribution....
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Brilliant
- By C. Gall on 12-12-23
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Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures: Volume 2
- More Mysterious Stories, Unfinished Manuscripts, and Lost Notes from One of the World's Most Popular Novelists
- By: Louis L'Amour, Beau L'Amour
- Narrated by: James Naughton, Jason Culp, J. D. Jackson
- Length: 19 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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More unpublished works from the archives of Louis L’Amour: complete short stories, partial novels, treatments, and notes that will transport listeners from the Western frontier to India, China, and even the future....
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don't miss these
- By Robert B. on 11-14-23
By: Louis L'Amour, and others
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This Telling
- Out of Line collection
- By: Cheryl Strayed
- Narrated by: Kristen Bell
- Length: 41 mins
- Unabridged
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A genealogy test sparks a woman’s reflection on the two accounts of her life--the real one and the one she’s always told the world--in this poignant short story by Cheryl Strayed, the bestselling author of Wild....
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So tired of foul books and stories
- By Kathy Campbell on 09-03-20
By: Cheryl Strayed
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The Thing Around Your Neck
- By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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In her most intimate and seamlessly crafted work to date, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie turns her penetrating eye on America in 12 dazzling stories that explore the ties that bind....
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Chima...The a solute Best
- By PAUL NGALAME on 05-17-18
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Beyond the Great Snow Mountains
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Terrence Mann
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
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From the American West to the Siberian coast, from Hollywood to the boxing ring, here are timeless tales of war, mystery, romance, crime, and punishment as only Louis L'Amour can tell them....
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10 Stars
- By Marie on 12-08-16
By: Louis L'Amour
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Everything My Mother Taught Me
- Inheritance collection
- By: Alice Hoffman
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 50 mins
- Unabridged
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In this haunting short story of loyalty and betrayal, a young woman in early 1900s Massachusetts discovers that in navigating her treacherous coming-of-age, she must find her voice first....
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This story is incredible
- By Shumpie on 02-01-20
By: Alice Hoffman
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The June Paintings
- Blaze Collection
- By: Maggie Shipstead
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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On a remote island, an unfulfilled young female painter finds a singular kind of inspiration in this cunning short story about identity and empowerment by New York Times bestselling author Maggie Shipstead.
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A perfectly constructed short story. The reader enhanses the pleasure of the experience.
- By California and NY on 04-05-24
By: Maggie Shipstead
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The Canterbury Tales
- By: Geoffrey Chaucer
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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If you want to understand the daily life and psychology of the late Middle Ages, Ronald Ecker’s classic translation of The Canterbury Tales provides one of the very best means of doing so....
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The book was better
- By Lana Whited on 08-28-20
By: Geoffrey Chaucer
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The Monogram Murders
- The New Hercule Poirot Mystery
- By: Sophie Hannah, Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Now, for the first time ever, the guardians of her legacy have approved a brand new novel featuring Dame Agatha's most beloved creation, Hercule Poirot....
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Not Agatha Christie
- By Molly on 09-17-14
By: Sophie Hannah, and others
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Train Dreams and Jesus' Son
- By: Denis Johnson
- Narrated by: Will Patton
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Here are two complete audiobooks by Denis Johnson, narrated by Will Patton. Listen to both Train Dreams, and Jesus’ Son, as well as an excerpt from Denis Johnson’s National Book Award-winning Tree of Smoke....
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Two Brilliant Novellas Read Brilliantly
- By Darwin8u on 10-07-15
By: Denis Johnson
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The Slave
- By: Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Narrated by: David Chandler, Tracy Sallows
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Singer's famous and never-before-recorded novel about a passionate, forbidden love affair between Jew and Gentile in 17th century Poland....
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Forbidden Love
- By Craig B. Kurtz on 09-24-05
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The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: Volume Four
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Louis L'Amour's tales of adventure cannot be surpassed for sheer storytelling excitement, and they stand as a testament to his legendary appeal....
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Classic L'Amour
- By Steve Blakeman Moorcroft WY on 09-23-15
By: Louis L'Amour
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The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 7
- The Frontier Stories
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In Louis L'Amour's frontier stories, the American West is the crucible in which character is tested, reputations are won or lost, and life always hangs in the balance....
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Western Stories to Fire the Imagination
- By Sophia Rose on 04-02-23
By: Louis L'Amour
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Crooked Hallelujah
- By: Kelli Jo Ford
- Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The remarkable debut from Plimpton Prize winner Kelli Jo Ford, Crooked Hallelujah follows four generations of Cherokee women across four decades....
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Couldn’t end quickly enough
- By D. Rubinstein on 11-22-20
By: Kelli Jo Ford
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Doce cuentos peregrinos [Strange Pilgrims]
- By: Gabriel García Márquez
- Narrated by: Carlos Manuel Vesga
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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En el prólogo de estos Doce cuentos peregrinos, García Márquez nos regala su explicación de por qué doce, por qué cuentos y por qué peregrinos....
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Excelente libro
- By Rolando Sanchez on 09-23-17
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Women of Brewster Place
- By: Gloria Naylor
- Narrated by: Tonya Pinkins
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
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The National Book Award-winning novel—and contemporary classic—that launched the brilliant career of Gloria Naylor, now with a foreword by Tayari Jones....
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Abridged!
- By Annoyance on 11-07-17
By: Gloria Naylor
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Moose. Indian.
- A Dark Confession
- By: Kip Koelsch
- Narrated by: Ed Romanoff
- Length: 35 mins
- Unabridged
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I’ve often wondered at the meaning lurking behind the reported final words—moose, Indian—of Henry David Thoreau. For some reason, I’ve always imagined a somewhat dark, untold tale at their root....
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Interesting and imaginative interpretation
- By Gabrielle Jolin on 05-31-24
By: Kip Koelsch
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The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour (Unabridged Selections from The Frontier Stories, Volume Two)
- What Gold Does to a Man; The Ghosts of Buckskin Run; The Drift; No Man's Mesa
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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This exclusive audio collection includes four unabridged tales from The Frontier Stories: Volume Two that will continue to inspire and delight listeners....
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Louis L'Amour is Always a Good Choice
- By Lady M on 07-11-16
By: Louis L'Amour
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In the Year 2889
- By: Jules Verne
- Narrated by: Scott Thrift
- Length: 36 mins
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In the Year 2889 by Jules Verne is a diary of the observations of Fritz Napoleon Smith, the editor of an influential futuristic newspaper. It is an action-packed tale of technological advances and science fiction scenarios. Some of the predictions were remarkably accurate....
By: Jules Verne
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The Brigandshaw Chronicles Box Set
- Books 1 to 3
- By: Peter Rimmer
- Narrated by: Alex Bhat
- Length: 49 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1887, British ships continue to arrive at the bustling, growing port of Cape Town in South Africa. On board, one of them is a young man, Sebastian Brigandshaw, exiled from England by his abusive father....
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Engaging & fascinating tale!
- By JohnK on 01-31-24
By: Peter Rimmer
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Return to Paradise
- By: James A. Michener
- Narrated by: Larry McKeever
- Length: 21 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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James A. Michener, the master of historical fiction, revisits the scenes of his first great work, Tales of the South Pacific: the Pulitzer Prize winner that brought him international acclaim....
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Not what I expected
- By Mark B. on 09-28-17
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The Tsar of Love and Techno
- Stories
- By: Anthony Marra
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall, Beata Pozniak, Rustam Kasymov
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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This stunning, exquisitely written collection introduces a cast of remarkable characters whose lives intersect in ways both life-affirming and heartbreaking....
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The Nutcracker's Cosmonautic March
- By W Perry Hall on 10-08-15
By: Anthony Marra
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Gordo
- Stories
- By: Jaime Cortez
- Narrated by: Alejandro Ruiz
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The first ever collection of short stories by Jaime Cortez, Gordo is set in a migrant workers camp near Watsonville, California, in the 1970s....
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Stellar reading
- By Margaret Ellen Rosa on 06-20-23
By: Jaime Cortez
New releases
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A Kindness for Christmas
- Confederate Widows, Spinsters, and Proxy Brides
- By: Lynne Lanning
- Narrated by: Spencer Dillehay
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Jerry got caught up in a war he wanted no part of; one that left him paralyzed from the waist down on the day of Lee’s surrender. Now he stood the risk of losing his ranch if he wasn’t married by the deadline. But what woman wanted a man who may never walk again? Leanne was left destitute as the war raged. Her hometown was now taken over by a wealthy criminal…and he had his sights set on her.
By: Lynne Lanning
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Thank You, Mr. Darwin
- With Ockham's Epiphany
- By: Anaxagoras Pen
- Narrated by: Anaxagoras Pen
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Thank You, Mr. Darwin is a short story of epistolary fiction. The author Anaxagoras Pen writes Charles Darwin a letter. The letter writer tell a wild and humorous story about his father. The short story has a surprise ending.
By: Anaxagoras Pen
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Echoes From the Hocker House
- By: Virginia Watts
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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• 2024 Eric Hoffer Book Awards Finalist • Best Indie Books of 2023 [KIRKUS] • 2024 FEATHERED QUILL BOOK AWARD WINNER (BRONZE) • 2024 da Vinci Eye Finalist This collection of the literary fiction by acclaimed author Virginia Watts includes the following short stories: Aerial View The Bitterest Winter The Echoes in Gleeva Elias Wolf Queenie Homecoming Dollhouse Due North Starscraper The Shadows Outside Mystery Box August The Hocker House Scar Just About ThereDon't miss this unique collection! A National Book Award nominee!
By: Virginia Watts
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Table for Two
- By: Amor Towles
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, J. Smith Cameron
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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The millions of listeners of Amor Towles are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories set in New York City and a novella in Los Angeles. The New York stories, most of which are set around the turn of the millennium, take up everything from the death-defying acrobatics of the male ego, to the fateful consequences of brief encounters, and the delicate mechanics of comprise which operate at the heart of modern marriages.
By: Amor Towles
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Grooms of Sliver Springs Box Set
- By: Joi Copeland
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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The Harden Brothers' Stories begins... A Bride for Bear-Tired of living in his oldest brother’s shadow, Barrett Harden, Bear to family and friends, accepts his inheritance from his parents and decides to strike out on his own. Unfortunately, he must agree to the terms of his inheritance. He needs to find a business to purchase or start his own in the town of Silver Springs, Colorado. Then, Bear only has three months to find a wife after he purchases the mercantile. If he fails in either venture, he must return to the ranch and work off the money he spent. His younger brother urges Bear to...
By: Joi Copeland
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William and the Dancer
- The Saelvatici
- By: Steven C. Davis
- Narrated by: Joanna Swan
- Length: 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Before the Hooded. Before Hurnungaz and Wulfrun of Scarsdale and before Caerne, the Sheriff of Nottingham and the Black Bishop. William of Gisborough is a young man, serving in the King's Army, fighting in the Holy Land. He is making a name for himself as a capable and competent warrior, serving under Captain Hwitbei. He believes in the cause, in the Holy War. One night, half asleep, watching a sensuous dancer practicing her art, his rest and composure is disturbed by the arrival of a commanding brother, a servant of The Christ of the East.
By: Steven C. Davis
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A Kindness for Christmas
- Confederate Widows, Spinsters, and Proxy Brides
- By: Lynne Lanning
- Narrated by: Spencer Dillehay
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Jerry got caught up in a war he wanted no part of; one that left him paralyzed from the waist down on the day of Lee’s surrender. Now he stood the risk of losing his ranch if he wasn’t married by the deadline. But what woman wanted a man who may never walk again? Leanne was left destitute as the war raged. Her hometown was now taken over by a wealthy criminal…and he had his sights set on her.
By: Lynne Lanning
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Thank You, Mr. Darwin
- With Ockham's Epiphany
- By: Anaxagoras Pen
- Narrated by: Anaxagoras Pen
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Thank You, Mr. Darwin is a short story of epistolary fiction. The author Anaxagoras Pen writes Charles Darwin a letter. The letter writer tell a wild and humorous story about his father. The short story has a surprise ending.
By: Anaxagoras Pen
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Echoes From the Hocker House
- By: Virginia Watts
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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• 2024 Eric Hoffer Book Awards Finalist • Best Indie Books of 2023 [KIRKUS] • 2024 FEATHERED QUILL BOOK AWARD WINNER (BRONZE) • 2024 da Vinci Eye Finalist This collection of the literary fiction by acclaimed author Virginia Watts includes the following short stories: Aerial View The Bitterest Winter The Echoes in Gleeva Elias Wolf Queenie Homecoming Dollhouse Due North Starscraper The Shadows Outside Mystery Box August The Hocker House Scar Just About ThereDon't miss this unique collection! A National Book Award nominee!
By: Virginia Watts
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Table for Two
- By: Amor Towles
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, J. Smith Cameron
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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The millions of listeners of Amor Towles are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories set in New York City and a novella in Los Angeles. The New York stories, most of which are set around the turn of the millennium, take up everything from the death-defying acrobatics of the male ego, to the fateful consequences of brief encounters, and the delicate mechanics of comprise which operate at the heart of modern marriages.
By: Amor Towles
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Grooms of Sliver Springs Box Set
- By: Joi Copeland
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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The Harden Brothers' Stories begins... A Bride for Bear-Tired of living in his oldest brother’s shadow, Barrett Harden, Bear to family and friends, accepts his inheritance from his parents and decides to strike out on his own. Unfortunately, he must agree to the terms of his inheritance. He needs to find a business to purchase or start his own in the town of Silver Springs, Colorado. Then, Bear only has three months to find a wife after he purchases the mercantile. If he fails in either venture, he must return to the ranch and work off the money he spent. His younger brother urges Bear to...
By: Joi Copeland
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William and the Dancer
- The Saelvatici
- By: Steven C. Davis
- Narrated by: Joanna Swan
- Length: 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Before the Hooded. Before Hurnungaz and Wulfrun of Scarsdale and before Caerne, the Sheriff of Nottingham and the Black Bishop. William of Gisborough is a young man, serving in the King's Army, fighting in the Holy Land. He is making a name for himself as a capable and competent warrior, serving under Captain Hwitbei. He believes in the cause, in the Holy War. One night, half asleep, watching a sensuous dancer practicing her art, his rest and composure is disturbed by the arrival of a commanding brother, a servant of The Christ of the East.
By: Steven C. Davis
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It Is Never Too Late: Short Stories
- By: Roman Litovsky
- Narrated by: Scotty Kwas
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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This book is a true-to-life collection of 30 short stories from physicist and electrical engineer Roman Litovsky chronicling his family’s harrowing emigration journey in 1989 from Ukraine to the United States during the height of the impending collapse of the USSR. It details his life in Kyiv, traveling throughout Europe to gain freedom from the oppressive Soviet regime, settling in the U.S., and his life after that with a great engineering career at a prominent U.S. electro-acoustic company.
By: Roman Litovsky
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We Meet Again
- An Anthology
- By: G. B. Carmichael
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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If you are a fan of shorter literary works like novellas and short stories, this anthology is sure to have something that will interest you. Starting off with a novella about the legacy of enslaved people in the United States, the compilation draws you into the minds of the characters in each story. Some are tender and loving, while others are stark and even a little bit disturbing. Regardless, the stories capture the vivid imagination and personal experiences of the author as she gives us a cross-section of life on this earth — and sometimes what might come afterwards.
By: G. B. Carmichael
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The Daguerreotype
- A Time Travel Story
- By: Regina Clarke
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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A fragile metal plate created in 1847 is found by Prof. Harry Inman in an old bookshop and becomes a pathway into a Victorian summer. Browsing in an old shop, Professor Harry Inman comes across the image of a famous hotel in Saratoga Springs, NY taken on a fragile metal plate in 1847, an actual daguerreotype that had been among the first results of early photography. The small framed image becomes an unexpected window into the past, one that pulls him literally into another time and space. It is a world that appears increasingly mesmerizing and seductive, the Saratoga Springs of grand ...
By: Regina Clarke
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Duty and Desire: Love and Rebellion in High Society
- By: Petal Fawn
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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Daniel's voice trembles as he races beside the carriage, his eyes locked on Charity's. "Do you love me, Miss Charity? Because I am utterly in love with you. I want you to be my wife, to be by my side, to walk this life with me." In the heart of London's high society, Charity serves Lady Musgrave, secretly longing for the unattainable Duke Daniel Musgrave. Their worlds collide when forbidden emotions bloom, leading to a thrilling pursuit of love and happiness. "Duty and Desire: Love and Rebellion in High Society" unveils a riveting tale of romance that defies social norms. Will love conquer ...
By: Petal Fawn
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The Bootleggers
- By: J.A. Jernay
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 30 mins
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It’s Prohibition-era Detroit. With a family to feed, Edmund Grabowski is short on money and even shorter on patience—until a shady pharmacist makes him a dangerous offer. Will he survive his first descent into criminality—or will it destroy his life?
By: J.A. Jernay
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The Motor City Chronicles
- Short Stories of the 1920s
- By: J.A. Jernay
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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The people were tough, but the times were even tougher. It was Detroit’s Golden Era. The 1920s. The new automobile industry was booming, jobs were plentiful, and people were happy to work for five dollars a day. In this collection of all-new stories, J.A. Jernay paints a picture of a period long gone—an era of immigrants, scrub football teams, factory production, whiskey runners, and violence. There are stories of mothers and fathers, of organized crime and disorganized cops, of ambition and failure, of loud racism and quiet opportunities. Discover the sights, sounds, and challenges of ...
By: J.A. Jernay
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Her Mother's Pearls
- By: J.A. Jernay
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 23 mins
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A string of pearls makes its way through three generations of women in the Clarendon family. Their behavior changes but will respect for family tradition survive?
By: J.A. Jernay
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Río de los Temblores
- The Spanish Explorers
- By: David L. Farebrother
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 51 mins
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Spanish ships have been sailing the coast of Alta California for more than two hundred years. Majestic Manila galleons laden with riches from the Orient cruise past regularly, bound for the port of Acapulco. But no Spaniard has ever ventured inland to explore the inhospitable country lying beyond the rocky shoreline. The King of Spain, Carlos III, is concerned about the predations of English pirates and Russian encroachment from the north. He wishes to secure his possessions in America and has appointed Gaspar de Portolá to the governorship of both Alta and Baja California. Portolá has ...
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Ha'penny Jenny
- By: Dani Haviland
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
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Take a break from videos and enjoy an uplifting historical novella about a loveable pixie. <>Summer of 1781<> Sweet, naïve — and psychic — pre-adolescent Jenny has just been adopted into a wonderful, yet different family. She knows Mommy and Grannie are from someplace where carriages fly in the air and books have moving pictures, but she doesn’t care if they’re odd – she loves them. Jenny’s adoring new parents try to educate the semi-feral youngster and protect her from problems that arise from growing up half-wild. However, no amount of love can prevent the chatty young girl ...
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Too short -Short story
- By Sandra Estevez on 05-21-24
By: Dani Haviland
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London Tales
- Short Stories
- By: Tim Walker
- Narrated by: Richard James
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
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London Tales is a collection of short stories from Tim Walker that offer dramatic pinpricks in the rich tapestry of London’s timeline, a city with two thousand years of history. The stories offer glimpses of imagined lives and dramatic moments, starting with a tribal perspective on the Roman invasion followed by the terror of Boudica’s destruction of the fledgling city.
By: Tim Walker
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After Dinner Conversation (February, 2024)
- Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Literary Magazine
- By: Ely Kane, Noelle Canty, Sarah Archer, and others
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
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Ranked Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill Subs Delight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contribute fascinating philosophical insights on controversial topics like marriage equality, assisted suicide, the meaning of death, animal rights, and defining your "purpose." It's time to go deep in search of truth! If you love reading imaginative short stories on hot topics that ...
By: Ely Kane, and others
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Externalities
- After Dinner Conversation Short Story Series
- By: Geoffrey Hart
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 48 mins
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Synopsis - A traveling wise man gives each customer the service they need, and teaching his apprentice a valuable lesson about externality. After Dinner Conversation is a growing series of short stories across genres to draw out deeper discussions with friends and family. Each story is an accessible example of an abstract ethical or philosophical idea and is accompanied by suggested discussion questions. Podcast discussions of this short story, and others, is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and Youtube. ★★★ If you enjoy this story, subscribe via our website to "After Dinner ...
By: Geoffrey Hart