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Wealthy ne'er-do-well Humphrey Van Weyden is a castaway who is put to work on the schooner Ghost, run by brutal Wolf Larsen. Toughened by life at sea, Humphrey develops the strength to protect another castaway, Maud Brewster, and stand up to the increasingly deranged Larsen. Experience the crashing, relentless power of the sea through this compelling story, made hauntingly immediate by author London's vivid prose.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great entertainment
- De Ross en 05-31-03
De: Jack London
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The Captain of the Pole Star
- De: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrado por: B. J. Harrison
- Duración: 1 h y 6 m
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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.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Conan Doyle wrote more than Mr. Holmes.
- De Kristi R. en 11-14-11
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H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural
- 20 Classic Tales of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself
- De: Henry James, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, y otros
- Narrado por: Davina Porter, Steven Crossley, Bronson Pinchot
- Duración: 16 h y 45 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 136
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H. P. Lovecraft is arguably the most important horror writer of the 20th century. Culled from his 1927 essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature”, Lovecraft acknowledges those authors and stories that he feels are the very finest the horror field has to offer, including Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Ambrose Bierce, and Arthur Conan Doyle. This chilling collection includes 20 works, each prefaced by Lovecraft's own opinions and insights in each author’s work.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not all the stories are complete
- De SteffiT en 10-21-13
De: Henry James, y otros
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Edgar Allan Poe - The Complete Short Stories
- De: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrado por: Bob Thomley
- Duración: 16 h y 34 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,309
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,157
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All of Edgar Allan Poe’s great short stories in one 16-hour collection.
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3 out of 5 stars
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NEVERMORE
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 11-23-15
De: Edgar Allan Poe
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Childhood's End
- De: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrado por: Eric Michael Summerer, Robert J. Sawyer - introduction
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,607
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,002
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The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city - intellectually, technologically, and militarily superior to humankind. Benevolent, they made few demands: unify earth, eliminate poverty, and end war. With little rebellion, humankind agreed, and a golden age began.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Food for Thought
- De Kindle Customer en 11-17-08
De: Arthur C. Clarke
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The Stars, Like Dust
- De: Isaac Asimov
- Narrado por: Jon Lindstrom
- Duración: 8 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 761
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 662
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 664
His name was Biron Farrill and he was a student at the University of Earth. A native of one of the helpless Nebular Kingdoms, he saw his home world conquered and controlled by the planet Tyrann - a ruthless, barbaric Empire that was building a dynasty of cruelty and domination among the stars. Farrill’s own father had been executed for trying to resist the Tyrann dictatorship and now someone was trying to kill Biron. But why? His only hope for survival lay in fleeing Earth and joining the rebellion that was rumored to be forming somewhere in the Kingdoms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Great Literary Master
- De Michael F. kloppel en 06-21-21
De: Isaac Asimov
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The Secret of High Eldersham
- De: Miles Burton
- Narrado por: Gordon Griffin
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Samuel Whitehead, landlord of the Rose and Crown, is a stranger in the lonely East Anglian village of High Eldersham. And when the newcomer is stabbed to death in his pub, it seems that the veil dividing High Eldersham from the outside world is about to be lifted. Detective Inspector Young forms a theory about the case so utterly impossible that merely entertaining the suspicion makes him doubt his own sanity. Surrounded by sinister forces beyond his understanding, he calls on a brilliant amateur and 'living encyclopedia', Desmond Merrion.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great listen
- De Ms Peach en 01-08-19
De: Miles Burton
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Tales of Terror
- De: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrado por: Jack Foreman
- Duración: 4 h y 50 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 65
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 31
Edgar Allan Poe, the master of terror, wrote some of literature's most entertaining and influential short stories, works that invented or anticipated modern detective novels, science fiction, and the horror genre. Tales of Terror collects nine of Poe's best-loved stories, all performed in chilling, highly dramatic readings by Jack Foreman. This collection includes such classics as "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Fall of the House of Usher", and what many consider his masterpiece, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Poe's Best Horror by an Outstanding Narrator
- De Gary en 08-29-04
De: Edgar Allan Poe
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Vampirates
- Demons of the Ocean
- De: Justin Somper
- Narrado por: Daniel Philpott
- Duración: 7 h y 4 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 174
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 121
Conor and Grace are twins, recently orphaned after their widowed father's death. They decide to set sail for new pastures in their father's last possession, his sailboat. But a vicious storm capsizes their boat, and the twins are separated. Two mysterious ships sail to their rescue, each picking up one twin before disappearing into the mist. Conor wakes to find himself on a pirate ship; Grace finds herself locked in a darkened room, as the vampirates wait for night to fall and their feasting to begin.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Decent... with a lackluster finale
- De Halbert en 11-29-07
De: Justin Somper
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Scythe
- De: Neal Shusterman
- Narrado por: Greg Tremblay
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 21,120
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 18,927
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 18,904
A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: Humanity has conquered all those things and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life - and they are commanded to do so in order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe - a role that neither wants. These teens must master the "art" of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Teenage Thumbs up
- De Lila Reading en 04-01-17
De: Neal Shusterman
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Midshipman Bolitho
- De: Alexander Kent
- Narrado por: Michael Jayston
- Duración: 7 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 303
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 257
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 258
October 1772, Portsmouth. Sixteen-year-old Richard Bolitho waits to join the Gorgon, ordered to sail to the west coast of Africa and to destroy those who challenge the King's Navy. For Bolitho, and for many of the crew, it is a severe and testing initiation into the game of seamanship.
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3 out of 5 stars
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This is *not* the book advertised.
- De Robert Bolin en 08-26-16
De: Alexander Kent
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Bulldog Drummond
- De: Sapper
- Narrado por: Roy McMillan
- Duración: 8 h y 38 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 50
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 38
Demobilised officer, finding peace incredibly tedious, would welcome diversion. Legitimate if possible; excitement essential. When Captain Hugh Drummond, DSO, MC placed that advertisement, he was looking for adventure. What he finds is an international plot headed by the greatest criminal mastermind in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Narration
- De nooch85 en 07-21-18
De: Sapper
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Sacred Hunger
- De: Barry Unsworth
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
- Duración: 22 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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In this Booker Prize-winning work, Barry Unsworth follows the failing fortunes of William Kemp, a merchant pinning his last chance to a slave ship; his son, who needs a fortune because he is in love with an upper-class woman; and his nephew, who sails on the ship as its doctor because he has lost all he has loved. The voyage meets its demise when disease spreads among the slaves and the captain's drastic response provokes a mutiny.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wise, Perceptive, Heart-breaking
- De S. Coldsmith en 04-16-16
De: Barry Unsworth
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- 05-10-23
Hmmmm
Good story but dated presentation as this is well over 50 years old or older.
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