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In this unique series of books - you are the artist. As you listen through this adventure you can draw, sketch, color, make patterns, and create as much as your imagination allows.
In this adventure, Oscar experiences Christmas like never before. Who or what is Oscar? What does the adventure Oscar has look like? What does who Oscar meets look like?
Create your own illustrations, drawings, and sketches as you enjoy exploring Christmas with Oscar.
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 63
In Dinosaurs Before Dark, adventure is waiting to happen! Jack and his younger sister, Annie, stumble upon a tree house filled with books. Where did the tree house come from? How long has it been there? When Jack reads a book about the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago, and wishes he could really see the pteranodon, it suddenly appears at his window. Magically. Before Jack and Annie can figure out the mystery, the tree house whisks them back to the prehistoric past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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magic tree house
- By Suzanna on 01-12-05
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The Snow Goose
- By: Paul Gallico
- Narrated by: Steve Mackintosh, Georgia Groome, Deborah Findlay, and others
- Length: 57 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 75
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 74
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Paul Gallico’s The Snow Goose by Nick Warburton, starring Steven Mackintosh.
When Open Book asked various authors to champion a favourite neglected classic on the programme, Michael Morpurgo chose The Snow Goose - perhaps no surprise, with his own story 'War Horse' depicting a friendship between a boy and his horse which takes them both into the horror of World War I.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Snow Goose
- By Sarah FitzGerald on 08-29-11
By: Paul Gallico
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Mountains of the Mind
- Adventures in Reaching the Summit
- By: Robert Macfarlane
- Narrated by: James A. Gillies
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 113
Combining accounts of legendary mountain ascents with vivid descriptions of his own forays into wild, high landscapes, Robert Macfarlane reveals how the mystery of the world's highest places has come to grip the Western imagination - and perennially draws legions of adventurers up the most perilous slopes. His story begins three centuries ago, when mountains were feared as the forbidding abodes of dragons and other mysterious beasts.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pretentious Narrator
- By karla arens on 09-07-20
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Time of Wonder
- By: Robert McCloskey
- Narrated by: James Naughton
- Length: 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21
Lovely watercolor paintings capture the sights and sounds of nature on a Maine Island.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The narration takes you there
- By GT on 04-20-20
By: Robert McCloskey
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In the Kingdom of Ice
- The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
- By: Hampton Sides
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,403
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,090
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,084
In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: The North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans. On July 8, 1879, the USS Jeannette set sail from San Francisco to cheering crowds in the grip of "Arctic Fever." The ship sailed into uncharted seas, but soon was trapped in pack ice. Two years into the harrowing voyage, the hull was breached. Amid the rush of water and the shrieks of breaking wooden boards, the crew abandoned the ship.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Superb tale that unravels at an iceburg's pace
- By Mel on 03-19-15
By: Hampton Sides
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Rudolph Shines Again
- By: Robert L. May
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
- Length: 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 124
Fans of the greatest reindeer of all will have a double helping of Christmas fun with this collection, which includes the title story plus Rudolph Shines Again. Near and dear to so many hearts, this is the story, the original story, of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, written by Robert L. May in 1939. Rudolph, loveable and generous, humble and good, embodies the spirit of Christmas, and reminds us of the magical possibilities that exist within us all.
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4 out of 5 stars
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WE LOVED IT!
- By FotL Fitformeha on 05-21-23
By: Robert L. May
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Icebound
- Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
- By: Andrea Pitzer
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 275
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 235
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 234
In the best-selling tradition of Hampton Sides’ In the Kingdom of Ice, a “gripping adventure tale” (The Boston Globe) recounting Dutch polar explorer William Barents’ three harrowing Arctic expeditions - the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging year-long fight for survival.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great book - missing maps :(
- By Stephen on 01-20-21
By: Andrea Pitzer
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Defiant Courage
- A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
- By: Astrid Karlson Scott, Tore Haug
- Narrated by: Peter Altschuler
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Story5 out of 5 stars 132
In late March of 1943, four commandos arrive in northern Norway with a mission of establishing a base for sabotage operations. Before they can unload their cutter, they are betrayed, as a German Schnell boat arrives and turns the quiet fjord into a battle zone. Only one man, Jan Baalsrud, surrvives the attack. This is the story of his perilous journey to freedom. Wounded, the dauntless soldier swims icy fjord waters, climbs snow-laden granite peaks, endures violent snowstorms and is hurled off a mountain by an avalanche.
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3 out of 5 stars
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GOOD STORY THAT'S JUST TOO LONG
- By The Louligan on 09-01-14
By: Astrid Karlson Scott, and others
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Chasing Venus
- The Race to Measure the Heavens
- By: Andrea Wulf
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
On June 6, 1761, the world paused to observe a momentous occasion: the first transit of Venus between the earth and the sun in more than a century. Through that observation, astronomers could calculate the size of the solar system - but only if they could compile data from many different points of the globe, all recorded during the short period of the transit. Fortunately, transits of Venus occur in pairs: eight years later, the scientists would have another opportunity to succeed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating history, beautifully told
- By GC1 on 04-26-16
By: Andrea Wulf