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When Carrie Bradshaw in the Sex and the City movie began reading the book Love Letters of Great Men, millions of women wanted to get their hands on the book. Of course, what could be more romantic than an entire book of love letters, written by men! This edition includes love letters written by Ludwig van Beethoven, Napolean Bonaparte, Robert Browning, Lord Byron, Winston Churchill, Mark Twain, Oliver Cromwell, Pierre Curie, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gustave Flaubert, and many more.

Haunted Voices – a bold and ambitious anthology – showcases some of Scotland’s best oral storytellers, from archived stories of past masters to the work of contemporary performers, and their most disturbing tales of terror.

This holiday bundle features six entertaining and delightful audio stories for the whole family to enjoy year-round. Perfect for the audiobook lovers on your list! Each story is performed by a full cast of voice actors with sound effects and music. Includes Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, The Bell by Hans Christian Andersen, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Cinderella by Charles Perrault, Snow White by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.

The North American Jules Verne Society is pleased to present its first-ever anthology of short stories, written by a select group of modern authors, inspired by classics like Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Around the World in Eighty Days, and other novels and stories by the 19th-century master of “Extraordinary Voyages,” Jules Verne.

Listeners will discover lost and forgotten women who wrote horror every bit as effectively as their male contemporaries. They will learn about their lives and careers, the challenges they faced as women working in a male-dominated field, the way they overcame those challenges, and the way they approached the genre - which was often subtler, more psychological, and more disturbing.

Luckily for humanity, scientist Marie Curie applied her brilliant mind and indomitable spirit to expanding the frontiers of science, but what if she had instead drifted toward the darkness? At the cusp of between child- and adulthood, at the crossroads between science and superstition, a teen Marie Curie faces the factual and the fantastic in this fabulous collection of stories that inspire, delight, and ask the question: What if she had used her talents for diabolical purposes?

VOICES: a sacred sisterscape, spearheaded by Grammy-nominated poet aja monet (When The Poems Do What They Do), is an audio experience of stories written by, narrated by, and centering Black women across the diaspora. It encourages radical listening for the sake of connection, compassion, and community and celebrates the interior lives Black women embody. “We seek to encourage and establish a culture that fosters radical truth-telling love & solidarity,” —aja monet, Artistic Creative Director, Voices at V-Day.

Cowboy Up gathers stories that celebrate the timeless tradition of rodeo. The dust, the grit, the glory—it’s all here. From the echoes of the past to the rodeo arenas of today, these stories will take you on a wild ride through the highs and lows of rodeo life. You’ll share in their triumphs and their heartbreaks. From the unbreakable bond between rider and horse to the courage it takes to get back in the saddle after a fall, this anthology is a tribute to the spirit that keeps rodeo alive.

An anthology featuring famous sleuths: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Purloined Letter", Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Crooked Man" and G.K. Chesterlon's "The Man in the Passage".

Detective stories existed for centuries before the concept of the detective itself—amateur or professional— was fully formulated, and tales of mystery and intrigue have been thrilling readers since ancient times. The Lock and Key Library is the classic overview of the history of the mystery genre, at once a rousing listen for fans of the unsolved and unknown as well as an essential literary resource for those seeking to understand the roots of modern pulp fiction. This volume is sure to delight and enthrall armchair detectives and fans of classic mysteries alike.

Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book. In the wake of Chicago Noir, Twin Cities Noir, and Kansas City Noir - all popular volumes in the Akashic Noir Series - comes the latest Midwest installment, St. Louis Noir. Masterfully curated by Scott Phillips, author of The Ice Harvest (adapted for film, starring John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton), this volume will chill the listener with heartland menace.

Do you ever struggle with feelings of insecurity or doubt? That’s a trick question - we ALL deal with issues of self-esteem at one point or another. However, there is a better way! In this program, you’ll learn from the experts and transform your fears and anxiety into rock-solid confidence and success.

The Revised Geneva Translation of the Holy Bible (RGT) is a 21st-century update of the Geneva Bible. It eliminates archaic and potentially distracting 16th-century words and phrases, while at the same time maintaining the strict attention to original intent for which this version of the Holy Bible has always been known. In addition, the RGT strives to preserve the textual cadence and poetry that is so essential to Elizabethan literature. The living and active characteristic of God's word is very much kept in mind on this recording of the Proverbs of Solomon.

B. J. Harrison does not tire of the adventurous and mysterious settings in his choice of narratives. This time, the horror element is a bit subdued, though Edgar Allan Poe makes up for the lost thrills with his haunting poems "The Raven", "Annabel Lee", and "The Sleeper". P. G. Wodehouse appears with four works, scoring points for his humor.

Do you remember your first love? Have you ever wondered what would happen if you had a second chance to follow your heart? In this collection of novellas written by award-winning and best-selling authors, come home to Echo Ridge as summer winds down and hearts once broken and lost are given one more chance, a second chance to love. This collection includes novellas by Lucy McConnell, Janette Rallison, Cami Checketts, Heather Tullis, and Rachelle J. Christensen.

What happens when the lights go out forever. The day the lights went out is remembered as Day Zero. It wasn't just the lights, it was the phones, the computers and just about everything else that made modern society what it was. Power Loss tells the story of eight individuals, by eight different authors, each trying to come to terms with the blackout and survive in a world that has changed forever.

The stories in this anthology range from quietly strange to ambitiously speculative. Humans transform into cosmic energy or sentient algae. A man wakes up in a new body in a world with continents cut out, months absent from the calendar year, and souls misplaced. Students at a high school regularly vanish without a trace. A woman descends into the depths of the ocean and encounters all-knowing creatures who may have the answers to her deepest questions.

Once Upon a Timeless Tale Collection is a contemporary retelling of the most well-known and best-loved fairy tales of all time. Traditional stories from Hans Christian Anderson and Charles Perrault are brought alive for a fresh generation of listeners, giving these timeless classics a new lease on life. Once Upon a Timeless Tale Collection belongs in every child's audiobook collection.

FAIRACRES PUBLICATIONS 123 From its beginnings, the Church has used hymns as a vivid means of expressing its spirit and doctrine. John McGuckin presents free-verse translations of some of the best-known early hymns, alongside the original Greek and Latin texts. They communicate to us the spirit of the ancient Church, ‘a spirit imbued’, as he says in his Introduction, ‘with the deepest sense of prayerful worship of the Lord of Glory’.

Explores imaginative and futuristic themes, presenting stories that challenge perceptions and delve into the unknown realms of science and technology.