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- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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Nebula Award-winning duo Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough add another thrilling chapter to their sweeping Petaybee saga with Changelings. Yana and Sean are beside themselves with joy over the arrival of their twins Ronan and Murel. But the children's shape-changing abilities attract unwanted attention from an off-world scientist. Now Yana and Sean will do anything to protect their precocious youths from danger.
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not like Pern books
- By Kathy on 09-27-06
By: Anne McCaffrey, and others
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The Little Prince
- By: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Richard Howard - translator
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
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A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see, standing before him, the most extraordinary little fellow. "Please," asks the stranger, "draw me a sheep." And the pilot realizes that when life's events are too difficult to understand, there is no choice but to succumb to their mysteries. He pulls out pencil and paper... And thus begins this wise and enchanting fable that, in teaching the secret of what is really important in life, has changed forever the world for its readers.
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A children's story for adults
- By Heather on 07-03-11
By: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and others
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An Elephant in the Garden
- By: Michael Morpurgo
- Narrated by: Fiona Clarke
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
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It’s 1944. Elizabeth's father is fighting with the German army on the eastern front. Her mother works at Dresden zoo, where her favourite animal is a young elephant named Marlene. When the zoo director tells her the dangerous animals must be shot to prevent them running amok when the town is bombed, Elizabeth's mother moves Marlene into the back garden to save her… and then the bombs start to fall.
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Amazing story!!
- By MPofahl on 03-26-19
By: Michael Morpurgo
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West
- By: Edith Pattou
- Narrated by: Renée Raudman, Kirby Heyborne, Taylor Meskimen, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
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When Rose first met Charles, he was trapped in the form of a white bear. To rescue him, Rose traveled to the land that lay east of the sun and west of the moon to defeat the evil Troll Queen. Now, Rose has found her happily ever after with Charles - until a sudden storm destroys his ship and he is presumed dead. But Rose doesn’t believe the shipwreck was an act of nature, nor does she believe Charles is truly dead. Something much more sinister is at work.
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Wonderful!
- By Diane on 05-01-19
By: Edith Pattou
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The Water Horse
- By: Dick King-Smith
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Parker
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
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When eight-year-old Kirstie brings home a strange egg from the Scottish shore, her family never expects it to hatch. But the next day, Kirstie discovers a baby sea monster swimming in her bathtub! Part horse, part toad, part turtle and part crocodile, he's the oddest-looking creature Kirstie's family has ever seen. Only Kirstie's grandfather knows what the beastie really is: a Water Horse! This lovable creature is the perfect pet. The only trouble is, he can't stop growing.
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This is a good book about a sea monster!
- By frequent warehouse Customer on 10-15-09
By: Dick King-Smith
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Windhaven
- By: Lisa Tuttle, George R.R. Martin
- Narrated by: Harriet Walter
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
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The planet of Windhaven was not originally a home to humans, but it became one following the crash of a colony starship. It is a world of small islands, harsh weather, and monster-infested seas. Communication among the scattered settlements was virtually impossible until the discovery that, thanks to light gravity and a dense atmosphere, humans were able to fly with the aid of metal wings made of bits of the cannibalized spaceship.
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A promising early Martin work
- By Ryan on 12-04-12
By: Lisa Tuttle, and others
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Flight of the Eagles
- Seven Sleepers, Book 1
- By: Gilbert Morris
- Narrated by: Tim Lundeen
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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Josh Adams, 14, awakes from a 50-year sleep. Ancient prophecy commands him and the other Sleepers to unite in battle against the evil priests and combat the doubt that threatens their faith.
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An excellent story of adventure and heroism.
- By Rex S. Vance on 02-16-19
By: Gilbert Morris
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The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
- A Novel
- By: Mathias Malzieu, Sarah Ardizzone - translator
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
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A fantastical novel, a wildly inventive tale—by turns poignant and funny, lusty and wrenching—about love and heartbreak. Edinburgh, 1874: Born with a frozen heart, Jack is nearly dead when his mother abandons him to the care of Dr. Madeleine—witch doctor, midwife, protector of orphans—who saves Jack by placing a cuckoo clock in his chest. It is in her orphanage that Jack grows up, amid tear-filled flasks, eggs containing memories, a man with a musical spine.
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Jim Dale is the only reason to listen
- By Jeanie on 04-13-10
By: Mathias Malzieu, and others
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Meet the Austins
- Austin Family Chronicles, Book 1
- By: Madeleine L'Engle
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
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For a family with four kids, two dogs, assorted cats, and a constant stream of family and friends dropping by, life in the Austin family home has always been remarkably steady and contented. When a family friend suddenly dies in a plane crash, the Austins open their home to an orphaned girl, Maggy Hamilton. The Austin children - Vicky, John, Suzy, and Rob - do their best to be generous and welcoming to Maggy. Vicky knows she should feel sorry for Maggy, but having sympathy for Maggy is no easy thing.
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My new favorite story
- By Gracie2010 on 06-30-19
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Falcon Quinn and the Black Mirror
- By: Jennifer Finney Boylan
- Narrated by: Fred Berman
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
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Thirteen-year-old Falcon Quinn and his neighbors, Max and Megan, board bus number 13 for school on an ordinary day in Cold River, Maine. Only the bus doesn't take its ordinary route, and Falcon and his friends soon find themselves in an extraordinary place on Shadow Island, at the Academy for Monsters. With a student body stranger than the cast of any monster movie Falcon has ever seen, the academy is home to creatures and oddities of all kinds.
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Brilliant Narration
- By framed on 03-29-12
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The Princess and the Goblin
- By: George Macdonald
- Narrated by: Peter Joyce
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
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Revolutionary for the time in encouraging children to think like children, the adventure of Princess Irene and Curdie, the boy miner, was to influence generations of writers, including Chesterton and Tolkien. Overflowing with fantastic ideas and images to delight the young and allegory to inspire their morality ‘The Princess and the Goblin’ has remained one of the most exciting tales for over 100 years.Irene lives in a castle on a mountain under which there is a labyrinth of tunnels inhabited by Goblins.
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A Classic Fairy Tale for All Ages
- By Joseph on 03-05-12
By: George Macdonald