Classic Love

A masked man. A night of passion. An unexpected revelation… After months of social distancing Christy has pandemic fatigue. She needs to socialize. She needs to talk to someone who is not on Zoom. She needs…to scratch an itch. A year of isolation is a long time to be alone with nothing but her battery-operated boyfriend to keep her company. When her friend suggests they get together in real life and attend an underground masquerade party downtown, Christy decides it’s worth the risk. She shares an incredible night with a total stranger, but when the masks come off and she realizes ...

They went in for pie and left with something sweeter... Once upon a time Keri and Jeff were best friends -- and secretly in love with each other. They were inseparable during college, but they lost touch after graduation. When Keri is hired as the new Director of Student Affairs at Evermore University ten years later, she’s shocked to run into her old friend in a pie shop. He’s a bit…different now. Bigger. Stronger. Hotter. And also…dating a man? Jeff and Miguel are finally recovering from a bad break-up with the mercurial woman who they thought they’d spend the rest of their ...

The Barbary pirate who captures the young English girl decides to keep her and soon they fall deeply into bliss, fulfilling each other’s every desire. Serad is the rich and powerful Barbary pirate whose plundering is legendary. No one knows his true identity, but pirates captured him and gave him his name when he was just a boy. Serad, the master of the seas, is accustomed to owning and possessing whatever woman he wants. HE STEALS HER FREEDOM… Boarding La Mouette, the captured ship, to loot the treasure, Serad gathers the captives. He heard there is an English lady and demands that she...

It was now just five short years after George Bailey had his first miraculous meeting with a saving angel in Bedford Falls, and a new Bailey had come into town with his own great challenge that needed a miraculous solution! It was a wonderful life indeed when John Bailey and Anabelle Smith first came to be that otherwise perfect “match made in Heaven” shortly after they first met at the traditional New Year’s Eve Dance of Bedford Falls. It seemed so perfect, when Anabelle tragically died, and then far more surprisingly returned on that very next Christmas saying that she had come back...

'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times'; so the recording begins and ends with some of Dickens's best-known words, and between those lines is every Briton's view of the worst excesses of the French Revolution. Set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution, the audiobook tells the story of a French doctor who is imprisoned for 18 years in the Bastille in Paris. Upon his release, he moves to London with his daughter, Lucie, whom he had never met.

As the relationship between the two swiftly develops, so does the danger. It’ll be a test of the young couple’s fledgling romance and their faith in God as things rapidly escalate. Just graduated from high school, Wendy Lucas takes an internship at a local news show’s offices, hoping to fulfill her dream of becoming an anchor someday. Another dream she has is to solve the mystery of who continues to harass her family on their ranch, resorting to everything from sabotage to assault to perpetrate an unclear vendetta. But she can’t do it alone. Ken Field wants to be a camera guy. He ...

This carefully compiled anthology aims to bring Classic Poetry back to your night and coffee tables. It will give you and your families a great excuse to spend quality time together, reading, interpreting, debating, and discovering how magical words can be. This is a book of poetry for everyone, and not -only- aimed at children, as the title might suggest. It is an excuse for adults to buy it for their entire family and discover, together, the magic of Classic Poetry. Also great as a gift or to enrich your own collection. The 100 Poems in this collection are distributed in seven themes: Of ...

A CHRISTMAS CLASSIC! THE BEST CHRISTMAS STORY IN 100 YEARS! Most people think they know the whole story of Ebenezer Scrooge, but they would be wrong. Charles Dickens only told us those parts of Scrooge's life that he felt best fit his story and not all of what he told was true. In addition, he told us almost nothing of Ebenezer's partner, Jacob Marley. f you only read one Christmas story this season make it "The Redemption of Jacob Marley" Jacob Marley played a much more important role in Scrooge's life than Charles Dixons told us. Perhaps the reason that Dickens omitted and changed so much...

For anyone who's in love - or hopes to be - what greater celebration could there be than to hear the world's greatest love poetry read lovingly by Richard Armitage? With 13 poems by William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and more, Classic Love Poems is a listening treat for Valentine's Day - or any day.

Have you ever wondered why first impressions are so often wrong, and why love has a way of finding us when we least expect it? Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is a brilliant dissection of human nature and the delicate dance of courtship. In a world where financial security depends on marriage, Elizabeth Bennet refuses to settle. When the enigmatic Mr. Darcy arrives, their initial clash of pride and prejudice gives way to one of literature's most compelling emotional journeys.

She went to the Beast’s castle to save her father. She never expected to find a wounded heart beneath the curse. Isobel Vale has always lived a quiet life in the village of Briarfall, caring for her father, dreaming through books, and longing for a world beyond poverty, gossip, and unwanted expectations. But when her father loses his way in the deadly Black Woods and stumbles upon a hidden castle, one desperate mistake changes everything. He takes a single rose from a winter garden, and the Beast who rules the castle demands payment. To save her father, Isobel goes in his place. The ...

Discover the timeless tale of love, sin, and redemption with "The Scarlet Letter: Adapted for Modern Readers." This refreshed edition presents Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic through a contemporary lens, featuring clean formatting, updated typography, and lightly clarified language. Perfect for today's audience, it offers an easier yet authentic reading experience, making Hawthorne's intricate prose and profound themes more accessible without losing the original's depth and nuance. Set against the rigid backdrop of 17th-century Puritan New England, this novel explores themes of guilt, ...

Zilpha Williams has spent twenty-nine years living the life expected of her—quiet, obedient, and utterly unremarkable. In a world governed by duty and appearances, she has learned to silence her desires, to endure rather than to hope, and to accept that love was never meant for her. Until the day everything changes. A single letter delivers a devastating truth: her life will be short. With time suddenly slipping through her fingers, the rules that once bound her begin to lose their power. Fear, which has shaped every choice she has ever made, no longer holds the same authority. And so, ...

For the first time ever, the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society has produced an audio recording of all of Lovecraft's stories. These are not dramatizations like our Dark Adventure Radio Theatre - rather, this is an audiobook of the original stories, in all-new, never-before-heard recordings made by the HPLHS' own Andrew Leman and Sean Branney exclusively for this collection. This collection spans his entire career from his earliest surviving works of childhood to stories completed shortly before his death. All tales include original music by HPLHS composer Troy Sterling Nies.

The Forbidden Manuscript That Cost Its Author Her Life On June 1, 1310, Marguerite Porete was burned at the stake in Paris. Her crime was not a deed, but a book. The Mirror of Simple Souls was so radical, so dangerously free, that Church authorities attempted to erase it from history. Yet the text survived—copied in secret, translated anonymously, passed hand to hand by those who recognized its truth. This book is not theology. It is not doctrine. It is a map of inner freedom. Written for seekers who sense that surrender—not effort—is the final path, The Mirror of Simple Souls ...

Thus with a kiss I die. Romeo and Juliet, written by English dramatist William Shakespeare during 1594–1596, is one of the bard's most popular and frequently performed plays. It was first published in an unauthorised quarto in 1597. An authorised longer quarto was published in 1599.

This annotated edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover includes: • An original critical afterword on the novel and its obscenity trials • A detailed biographical essay on the life of D. H. Lawrence • A note on the texts: the three versions and the 1928 unexpurgated edition • Historical and literary context on Lawrence's England and his argument A volume in CLASSICS OF WORLD LITERATURE from Erato Press. For thirty years it could not be sold. When Penguin finally published Lady Chatterley's Lover in full, the British Crown put the book on trial for obscenity — and the prosecutor asked ...

Step into the moors with a fresh perspective in "Wuthering Heights: Adapted for Modern Readers." This edition invites you to experience Emily Brontë's timeless tale with contemporary typography and a streamlined format. Lightly clarified language makes the classic narrative accessible without losing its original tone and intensity. Discover Heathcliff and Catherine's turbulent world through a lens that resonates with today's readers, ensuring the haunting beauty of the story is both engaging and comprehensible. Set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, "Wuthering Heights" explores ...

The story tells the story of the boy's childhood, when he would come to the tree every day, gathering leaves to weave into a crown, climbing the trunk, swinging on the swing, eating apples, and playing with the tree. The tree felt extremely happy and satisfied because of the boy's company. This is a story about a little boy playing by the river.

"My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973." So begins the story of Susie Salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven, a place that is not at all what she expected, even as she is watching life on earth continue without...