- Anthologies & Short Stories (231)
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The Things They Carried
- By: Tim O'Brien
- Narrated by: Bryan Cranston
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The Things They Carried’s portrayal of the boots-on-the-ground experience of soldiers in the Vietnam War is a landmark in war writing.....
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What is a true war story?
- By John on 24-12-14
By: Tim O'Brien
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Voice of the Fire
- 25th Anniversary Edition
- By: Alan Moore
- Narrated by: Maxine Peake, Jason Williamson, Toby Jones, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Northampton. The center of England. Twelve extraordinary characters transport you through 6,000 years of astonishing history....
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superb
- By mr on 09-08-21
By: Alan Moore
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The Berlin Stories
- By: Christopher Isherwood
- Narrated by: Michael York
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
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Christopher Isherwood's dramatized memoirs are prophetic images of a country preparing itself...
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goodbye to berlin
- By Chloe Simon on 29-11-17
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The Brigandshaw Chronicles Box Set
- Books 1 to 3
- By: Peter Rimmer
- Narrated by: Alex Bhat
- Length: 49 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1887, British ships continue to arrive at the bustling, growing port of Cape Town in South Africa. On board, one of them is a young man, Sebastian Brigandshaw, exiled from England by his abusive father....
By: Peter Rimmer
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My Evil Mother
- A Short Story
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 57 mins
- Unabridged
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A bittersweet short story about mothers, daughters, and the witches’ brew of love—and control—that binds them, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments....
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Rigid OCR “Performance”
- By "imnancyg3" on 04-03-24
By: Margaret Atwood
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The Slave
- By: Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Narrated by: David Chandler, Tracy Sallows
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Singer's famous and never-before-recorded novel about a passionate, forbidden love affair between Jew and Gentile in 17th century Poland....
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Wonderful and amazing book
- By Benny on 29-02-24
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The Things They Carried
- By: Tim O'Brien
- Narrated by: Bryan Cranston
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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The Things They Carried’s portrayal of the boots-on-the-ground experience of soldiers in the Vietnam War is a landmark in war writing.....
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What is a true war story?
- By John on 24-12-14
By: Tim O'Brien
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Voice of the Fire
- 25th Anniversary Edition
- By: Alan Moore
- Narrated by: Maxine Peake, Jason Williamson, Toby Jones, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Northampton. The center of England. Twelve extraordinary characters transport you through 6,000 years of astonishing history....
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superb
- By mr on 09-08-21
By: Alan Moore
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The Berlin Stories
- By: Christopher Isherwood
- Narrated by: Michael York
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
- Abridged
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Christopher Isherwood's dramatized memoirs are prophetic images of a country preparing itself...
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goodbye to berlin
- By Chloe Simon on 29-11-17
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The Brigandshaw Chronicles Box Set
- Books 1 to 3
- By: Peter Rimmer
- Narrated by: Alex Bhat
- Length: 49 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1887, British ships continue to arrive at the bustling, growing port of Cape Town in South Africa. On board, one of them is a young man, Sebastian Brigandshaw, exiled from England by his abusive father....
By: Peter Rimmer
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My Evil Mother
- A Short Story
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 57 mins
- Unabridged
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A bittersweet short story about mothers, daughters, and the witches’ brew of love—and control—that binds them, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments....
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Rigid OCR “Performance”
- By "imnancyg3" on 04-03-24
By: Margaret Atwood
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The Slave
- By: Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Narrated by: David Chandler, Tracy Sallows
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Singer's famous and never-before-recorded novel about a passionate, forbidden love affair between Jew and Gentile in 17th century Poland....
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Wonderful and amazing book
- By Benny on 29-02-24
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Train Dreams and Jesus' Son
- By: Denis Johnson
- Narrated by: Will Patton
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Here are two complete audiobooks by Denis Johnson, narrated by Will Patton. Listen to both Train Dreams, and Jesus’ Son, as well as an excerpt from Denis Johnson’s National Book Award-winning Tree of Smoke....
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A Modern Clasic
- By JF7588 on 11-06-12
By: Denis Johnson
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A Touch of Scandal
- A Historical Romance
- By: Connie Brockway
- Narrated by: Heather Wilds
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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For as long as she can remember, beautiful Laurel deCourtney has loved Matthew Hughes....
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managed to finish
- By Jo Kindle on 07-06-22
By: Connie Brockway
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Everything My Mother Taught Me
- Inheritance collection
- By: Alice Hoffman
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 50 mins
- Unabridged
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In this haunting short story of loyalty and betrayal, a young woman in early 1900s Massachusetts discovers that in navigating her treacherous coming-of-age, she must find her voice first....
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Skillful tale-telling in a short story
- By AZ on 03-04-21
By: Alice Hoffman
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Cheating at Canasta
- Short Story Collection
- By: William Trevor
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley, Gerard Doyle, Heather O'Neill, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The publication of a new book by William Trevor is a true literary event....
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Nothing now can ever come to any good
- By Barbara on 08-12-18
By: William Trevor
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Hannibal: The Patrol
- By: Ben Kane
- Narrated by: Michael Praed
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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The thrilling prequel to Ben Kane's Hannibal: Fields of Blood. An exclusive straight to digital short story....
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short
- By Anonymous User on 29-06-18
By: Ben Kane
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London Tales
- Short Stories
- By: Tim Walker
- Narrated by: Richard James
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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London Tales is a collection of short stories from Tim Walker that offer dramatic pinpricks in the rich tapestry of London’s timeline, a city with two thousand years of history.
By: Tim Walker
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Heathcliff Lennox - France 1918
- By: Karen Baugh Menuhin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst -Phillips
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
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Spring, 1918. The Great War is at a crucial stage, the Germans are making one last push into France, and the Allies are struggling to hold them back. Battle lines are shifting, and men, and their machines, are being sent up and down the front to shore up defenses....
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Beautiful
- By PJD on 12-11-21
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The June Paintings
- Blaze Collection
- By: Maggie Shipstead
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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On a remote island, an unfulfilled young female painter finds a singular kind of inspiration in this cunning short story about identity and empowerment by New York Times bestselling author Maggie Shipstead.
By: Maggie Shipstead
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Loving Michael
- By: Kate Pearce
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Michael Waterstone has learned to live within restricted boundaries and taught himself not to yearn for what he can never have....
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Short story
- By Miss A. on 24-12-22
By: Kate Pearce
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This Telling
- Out of Line collection
- By: Cheryl Strayed
- Narrated by: Kristen Bell
- Length: 41 mins
- Unabridged
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A genealogy test sparks a woman’s reflection on the two accounts of her life--the real one and the one she’s always told the world--in this poignant short story by Cheryl Strayed, the bestselling author of Wild....
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well written and read
- By Anna B. Perkowska on 31-12-20
By: Cheryl Strayed
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Doce cuentos peregrinos [Strange Pilgrims]
- By: Gabriel García Márquez
- Narrated by: Carlos Manuel Vesga
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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En el prólogo de estos Doce cuentos peregrinos, García Márquez nos regala su explicación de por qué doce, por qué cuentos y por qué peregrinos....
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Me ha encantado el libro y la narracion
- By A Kindle Customer on 31-08-18
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The Tiger Came to the Mountains
- Trespass Collection
- By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
- Length: 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Mexico, 1917. On a farm during the violent tumult of revolution, a more immediate threat prowls in a short, emotional story about survival by the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic....
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Entertaining but unremarkable
- By Franki on 05-04-24
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The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 7
- The Frontier Stories
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In Louis L'Amour's frontier stories, the American West is the crucible in which character is tested, reputations are won or lost, and life always hangs in the balance....
By: Louis L'Amour
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Heart Bond
- Elven Alliance, Book 8
- By: Tara Grayce
- Narrated by: Liz Brand
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Fan favorites find their happy endings in this collection of Elven Alliance short stories and novellas....
By: Tara Grayce
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Noi siamo tempesta
- Storie senza eroe che hanno cambiato il mondo
- By: Michela Murgia
- Narrated by: Michela Murgia
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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"Sventurata è la terra che ha bisogno di eroi", scriveva Bertolt Brecht, ma è difficile credere che avesse ragione se poi le storie degli...
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Storie importanti raccontate benissimo
- By mafalda on 20-10-23
By: Michela Murgia
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Murder by Witchcraft: A Pendle Witch Short Story
- The Great Northern Witch Hunts, Book 1
- By: Karen Perkins
- Narrated by: Karen Perkins
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Jennet Preston was an ordinary woman with an extraordinary death. Pursued and vilified by her young lord and master, Thomas Lister, she was accused and tried - twice - for murder by witchcraft in 1612. This is the story of her second trial....
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Sounds like it was recorded in a bathroom
- By Karen Harvey on 19-11-19
By: Karen Perkins
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Cousin Phillis
- By: Elizabeth C Gaskell
- Narrated by: Nicola Bonn
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Elizabeth Gaskell, famed author of Cranford, is cherished for her incise social observations....
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The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour
- Volume 3 (Unabridged Selections)
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
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This third volume of Louis L'Amour's collected stories is a thrilling tribute to the unique spirit of our frontier heritage....
By: Louis L'Amour
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The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: Volume Four
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Louis L'Amour's tales of adventure cannot be surpassed for sheer storytelling excitement, and they stand as a testament to his legendary appeal....
By: Louis L'Amour
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An Indecent Wager
- A Steamy Regency Romance Book, Book 3
- By: Georgette Brown
- Narrated by: Em Brown
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
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For Deana Herwood, losing a hand of cards to the wealthy Lord Rockwell was bad enough. To settler her loss, she must offer her body to him for one night of pleasure....
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Terrible narration
- By TW on 06-10-21
By: Georgette Brown
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Thames Valley Tales
- Short Stories, Book 1
- By: Tim Walker
- Narrated by: Richard James
- Length: 4 hrs
- Unabridged
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Thames Valley Tales is a light-hearted yet thought-provoking collection of nine stories by Tim Walker. These tales are based on the author's experience of living in Thames Valley towns....
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Enjoyable..
- By Fabiola on 08-08-23
By: Tim Walker
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The Richard Jackson Saga: Volume VI
- The Richard Jackson Saga, Books 11-12
- By: Ed Nelson
- Narrated by: Fred Berman
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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The untimely death of Chairman Mao has set in motion enormous changes in the world. The new empress of China is a contact of Rick’s, and this leads to his involvement in events in China, the Vietnams, and Hong Kong....
By: Ed Nelson
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Horror Stories: Scary Ghosts, Paranormal & Supernatural Horror Short Stories Anthology Book 4
- By: Ron Ripley, David Longhorn, Eric Whittle, and others
- Narrated by: John Pirhalla
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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A young woman’s night-time escapade goes eerily wrong. A man is forced to relive the horrible accident that tore his family apart over and over again. An underground thrill through ancient catacombs proves disastrously horrific....
By: Ron Ripley, and others
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The Beautiful Indifference
- By: Sarah Hall
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Uniquely disturbing and deeply erotic, this collection confirms Sarah Hall as one of the greatest writers of her generation....
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Wow. A knockout!
- By D. Lloyd on 25-08-23
By: Sarah Hall
New Releases
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It Is Never Too Late: Short Stories
- By: Roman Litovsky
- Narrated by: Scotty Kwas
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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This book is a true-to-life collection of 30 short stories from physicist and electrical engineer Roman Litovsky chronicling his family’s harrowing emigration journey in 1989 from Ukraine to the United States during the height of the impending collapse of the USSR. It details his life in Kyiv, traveling throughout Europe to gain freedom from the oppressive Soviet regime, settling in the U.S., and his life after that with a great engineering career at a prominent U.S. electro-acoustic company.
By: Roman Litovsky
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London Tales
- Short Stories
- By: Tim Walker
- Narrated by: Richard James
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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London Tales is a collection of short stories from Tim Walker that offer dramatic pinpricks in the rich tapestry of London’s timeline, a city with two thousand years of history. The stories offer glimpses of imagined lives and dramatic moments, starting with a tribal perspective on the Roman invasion followed by the terror of Boudica’s destruction of the fledgling city.
By: Tim Walker
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Historical Fiction Short Stories Collection, Vol 1
- By: L. Ron Hubbard
- Narrated by: R.F. Daley
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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A world traveler and adventurer, L. Ron Hubbard was a keen observer and astute researcher and imbued his fiction with authentic characters, local color, and real-life adventure. Whether sailing the high seas with Lord Nelson’s fleet, digging in a scorching desert for Alexander’s treasure, or ducking bullets across war-torn China, these stories will carry you on adventure to other times and places.
By: L. Ron Hubbard
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Historical Fiction Short Stories Collection, Vol 2
- By: L. Ron Hubbard
- Narrated by: R.F. Daley
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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A world traveler and adventurer, L. Ron Hubbard was a keen observer and astute researcher and imbued his fiction with authentic characters, local color and real-life adventure. Whether sailing the high seas with Lord Nelson’s fleet, digging in a scorching desert for Alexander’s treasure, or ducking bullets across war-torn China, these stories will carry you on adventure to other times and places.
By: L. Ron Hubbard
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The June Paintings
- Blaze Collection
- By: Maggie Shipstead
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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June Tremblay is struggling to find herself as a painter when she accepts a summer job as assistant to renowned artist Hiram Lammergeier on his private island off the Maine coast. The reclusive legend has one peculiar rule: under no circumstances is June to create any art of her own. Caught between her need to paint and her desire for Lammergeier, June rebels, and her transgression sets off a chain of retaliation that will shape the rest of her life.
By: Maggie Shipstead
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All That Glitters Is Not Gold
- Ice and Gold, Book IV
- By: Steven Trebilcock
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The gold drew them into the wilderness, only to test them with the most trying and thrilling experiences of their lives. It held them in the boom town of Dawson with a fever that would not break as long as nuggets, flakes, and dust could still be dredged from the muddy creeks, as long as there was even a chance at getting rich off the yellow metal as it spilled to the scales for services rendered, or found its way secreted into one’s pockets for the same.
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It Is Never Too Late: Short Stories
- By: Roman Litovsky
- Narrated by: Scotty Kwas
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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This book is a true-to-life collection of 30 short stories from physicist and electrical engineer Roman Litovsky chronicling his family’s harrowing emigration journey in 1989 from Ukraine to the United States during the height of the impending collapse of the USSR. It details his life in Kyiv, traveling throughout Europe to gain freedom from the oppressive Soviet regime, settling in the U.S., and his life after that with a great engineering career at a prominent U.S. electro-acoustic company.
By: Roman Litovsky
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London Tales
- Short Stories
- By: Tim Walker
- Narrated by: Richard James
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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London Tales is a collection of short stories from Tim Walker that offer dramatic pinpricks in the rich tapestry of London’s timeline, a city with two thousand years of history. The stories offer glimpses of imagined lives and dramatic moments, starting with a tribal perspective on the Roman invasion followed by the terror of Boudica’s destruction of the fledgling city.
By: Tim Walker
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Historical Fiction Short Stories Collection, Vol 1
- By: L. Ron Hubbard
- Narrated by: R.F. Daley
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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A world traveler and adventurer, L. Ron Hubbard was a keen observer and astute researcher and imbued his fiction with authentic characters, local color, and real-life adventure. Whether sailing the high seas with Lord Nelson’s fleet, digging in a scorching desert for Alexander’s treasure, or ducking bullets across war-torn China, these stories will carry you on adventure to other times and places.
By: L. Ron Hubbard
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Historical Fiction Short Stories Collection, Vol 2
- By: L. Ron Hubbard
- Narrated by: R.F. Daley
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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A world traveler and adventurer, L. Ron Hubbard was a keen observer and astute researcher and imbued his fiction with authentic characters, local color and real-life adventure. Whether sailing the high seas with Lord Nelson’s fleet, digging in a scorching desert for Alexander’s treasure, or ducking bullets across war-torn China, these stories will carry you on adventure to other times and places.
By: L. Ron Hubbard
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The June Paintings
- Blaze Collection
- By: Maggie Shipstead
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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June Tremblay is struggling to find herself as a painter when she accepts a summer job as assistant to renowned artist Hiram Lammergeier on his private island off the Maine coast. The reclusive legend has one peculiar rule: under no circumstances is June to create any art of her own. Caught between her need to paint and her desire for Lammergeier, June rebels, and her transgression sets off a chain of retaliation that will shape the rest of her life.
By: Maggie Shipstead
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All That Glitters Is Not Gold
- Ice and Gold, Book IV
- By: Steven Trebilcock
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The gold drew them into the wilderness, only to test them with the most trying and thrilling experiences of their lives. It held them in the boom town of Dawson with a fever that would not break as long as nuggets, flakes, and dust could still be dredged from the muddy creeks, as long as there was even a chance at getting rich off the yellow metal as it spilled to the scales for services rendered, or found its way secreted into one’s pockets for the same.