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After spending all the wealth left to him by his father, Sinbad goes to sea to repair his fortune. He sets ashore on what appears to be an island, but this island proves to be a gigantic sleeping whale on which trees have taken root ever since the world was young. Awakened by a fire kindled by the sailors, the whale dives into the depths, the ship departs without Sinbad, and Sinbad is saved by the grace of Allah.

"You must know, my lord," said the wretched prisoner, "that my father, named Mahmoud, was monarch of this country. This is the kingdom of the Black Isles, which takes its name from the four small neighboring mountains; for those mountains were formerly isles, and the capital where the king, my father, resided was situated on the spot now occupied by the lake you have seen. The sequel of my history will inform you of the reason for those changes.

The Tale of Pigling Bland is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. The story describes the adventures of the pig of the title and how his life changes upon meeting a soul mate. This version is published in the Audible Enhanced audiobook format.

> The Roly-Poly Pudding is a children's book written by Beatrix Potter. The book is dedicated to the author's fancy rat "Sammy" and tells of Tom Kitten's escape from two rats who plan to make him into a pudding. This version is published in the Audible Enhanced audiobook format and includes original illustrations synchronized with the narration.

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes is a children's book written by Beatrix Potter. Timmy Tiptoes is an eastern grey squirrel who grows so fat eating nuts stored in a hollow tree, he cannot escape. This version is published in the Audible Enhanced audiobook format and includes original illustrations synchronized with the narration.

The Pie and the Patty-Pan is a children's book written by Beatrix Potter. The story is about a cat named Ribby and a tea party she holds for a dog named Duchess. Complications arise when Duchess attempts to replace Ribby's mouse pie with her own ham and veal pie. This version is published in the Audible Enhanced Audio Book format and includes original illustrations synchronized with the narration.

The Tale of Two Bad Mice is a children's book written by Beatrix Potter. The story is about two mice vandalizing a doll's house. This version is published in the Audible Enhanced audiobook format and includes original illustrations synchronized with the narration.

The Tailor of Gloucester is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. The story is about a tailor whose work on a waistcoat is finished by the grateful mice he rescues from his cat and was based on a real world incident involving a tailor and his assistants. For years, Potter declared that of all her books, it was her personal favorite. This version is published in the Audible Enhanced audiobook format and includes original illustrations synchronized with the narration.

> The Tale of Mr. Tod is a book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. Mr. Tod, a fox, and Tommy Brock, a badger, are both troublesome neighbors and "disagreeable people". Mr. Tod owns a number of homes around the wood. Whenever he moves from one house to another, Tommy Brock moves in to the vacated premises, without permission. This version is published in the Audible Enhanced audiobook format.

There formerly reigned in the city of Harran a most magnificent and potent sultan, who loved his subjects, and was equally beloved by them. He was endued with all virtues, and wanted nothing to complete his happiness but an heir.

There was, in olden time, and in an ancient age and period, in the land of the Persians, a king named Shahzeman, and the place of his residence was Khorassan. He had not been blest, during his whole life, with a male child nor a female; and he reflected upon this, one day, and lamented that the greater portion of his life had passed, and he had no heir to take the kingdom after him as he had inherited it from his fathers and forefathers. So the utmost grief befell him on this account.

The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. The story follows the six bunny children of Benjamin and Flopsy Bunny as they search for food and unwittingly become the victims of Mr. McGregor in the process. They are saved by Thomasina Tittlemouse, a wood mouse. This version is published in the Audible Enhanced audiobook format.

> The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher is a children's book written by Beatrix Potter. The story's origins lie in a letter sent to a child in 1893 that tells of the misadventures of a frog as he fishes for his dinner. his version is published in the Audible Enhanced audiobook format and includes original illustrations synchronized with the narration.

Meditation Guide: How to Meditate and Free Your Mind is a text that introduces the listener to the practice of meditation. It explains what meditation really is, highlights all of the benefits, and dispels a lot of the myths that are associated with the practice. For centuries, persons have been using meditation as a way to free their mind of the stress that they have accumulated throughout the day. It has come to the fore once again as persons seek some form of peaceful escape from the fast-paced society that we live in.

I was a king, and the son of a king; and when my father died, I succeeded to his throne, and governed my subjects with justice and beneficence. I took pleasure in sea-voyages; and my capital was on the shore of an extensive sea, interspersed with fortified and garrisoned islands, which I desired, for my amusement, to visit; I therefore embarked with a fleet of ten ships, and took with me provisions sufficient for a whole month.

The Turn of the Screw, a novella written by Henry James, is often considered the prototypical ghost story. The story begins: “The story had held us, round the fire, sufficiently breathless, but except the obvious remark that it was gruesome, as, on Christmas Eve in an old house, a strange tale should essentially be, I remember no comment uttered till somebody happened to say that it was the only case he had met in which such a visitation had fallen on a child.”

This is an easy to hear audiobook on global business, written by one of America's foremost experts. It is written in one-liner format. This means you have no excuse not to listen to it!