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They’re back! The all-star cast multi-award-winning cult hit comedy returns, with more surreal goings-on in the lives and loves of the doctors and staff at East Hampton Hospital (warning: contains very little medical content).

The Ultimate Horror Collection is a fully-indexed collection of over 60 classic horror stories, read by four Audie-winning narrators. Included here are stories by H.P. Lovecraft; Edgar Allan Poe; M.R. James; Oscar Wilde; Joseph Le Fanu; Bram Stoker; Mary Shelley; Robert Louis Stevenson; and Henry James.

The Ultimate Gothic Horror Collection is a fully indexed collection of classic gothic stories, read by four Audie-winning narrators. Included here are stories by Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sheridan Le Fanu, Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

November 5th, 1982. It's been one of the worst days of Detective Sergeant Jack Frost's life. He has buried his wife Mary, and must now endure the wake, attended by all of Denton's finest. All, that is, apart from DC Sue Clark, who spends the night chasing a bogus tip-off, before being summoned to the discovery of a human foot. And the night gets worse. Local entrepreneur Harry Baskin is shot inside his club, an off-licence is set on fire and a famous painting goes missing. And Superintendant Mullett's attempts to join the Freemasons are being rudely thwarted.

From Boston's social underworld emerges Verena Tarrant, a girl with extraordinary oratorical gifts, which she deploys in tawdry meeting-houses on behalf of "the sisterhood of women". She acquires two admirers of a very different stamp: Olive Chancellor, devotee of radical causes, and marked out for tragedy; and Basil Ransom, veteran of the Civil War, with rigid views concerning society and women's place therein. Is the lovely, lighthearted Verena made for public movements or private passions?

Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Emmy winner Emma Thompson lends her immense talent and experienced voice to Henry James' Gothic ghost tale, The Turn of the Screw. When a governess is hired to care for two children at a British country estate, she begins to sense an otherworldly presence around the grounds. Are they really ghosts she's seeing? Or is something far more sinister at work?

Wealthy Maggie Verver has everything she could ever ask for - except a husband and a title. While in Italy, acquiring art for his museum back in the States, Maggie’s millionaire father, Adam, decides to remedy this and acquire a husband for Maggie. Enter Prince Amerigo, of a titled but now poor aristocratic Florentine family. Amerigo is the perfect candidate.

Published in 1904, The Golden Bowl is the last completed novel of Henry James. In it, the widowed American Adam Verver is in Europe with his daughter Maggie. They are rich, finely appreciative of European art and culture, and deeply attached to each other. Maggie has all the innocent charm of so many of Jamess young American heroines. She is engaged to Amerigo, an impoverished Italian prince; he must marry money, and as his name suggests, an American heiress is the perfect solution.

Eugenia, an American expatriate brought up in Europe, arrives in rural New England with her charming brother Felix, hoping to find a wealthy second husband after the collapse of her marriage to a German prince. Their exotic, sophisticated airs cause quite a stir with their affluent, God-fearing American cousins, the Wentworth's - and provoke the disapproval of their uncle, suspicious of foreign influences.

The Portrait of a Lady, a celebrated novel by Henry James, first appeared as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillans Magazine between 1880 and 1881, before being published as a book in 1881. This compelling tale follows the spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who boldly confronts her destiny, only to find it overwhelming. After inheriting a substantial fortune, she becomes ensnared in the Machiavellian machinations of two American expatriates. Set primarily in England and Italy, the novel is widely regarded as a masterpiece of Jamess early work, exploring the stark contrasts ...

In Tragic Muse, Nick Dormer grapples with the timeless conflict between art and politics. The story centers on Mirian Ruth, a determined aspiring actress who embodies the tragic muse of the title. As she navigates her passion for acting, she must confront societys expectations will she be accepted as an actress, or must she sacrifice her dreams for the sake of a respectable marriage? Accompanied by a vibrant cast of secondary characters, this novel offers both intrigue and insight. For fans of Trollope and Dickens, Henry Jamess sharp observations and wit make this an engaging listen. Take a ...

The definitive collection of full-cast BBC radio dramatisations of Henry James’ classic novels - plus a bonus documentary about his life and work. One of the greatest and most influential American novelists, Henry James is loved for his compelling storytelling, vividly realised characters and perceptive exploration of the shifting relationships between Europeans and Americans. But he also possessed extraordinary insights into the secrets of the human heart, as shown in the 10 dramas in this collection.

In this captivating exploration of life and identity, we follow Isabel Archer, a young woman from Albany, New York, whose modest means and self-perceived lack of beauty are overshadowed by her vibrant imagination and insatiable curiosity about the world. When her aunt whisks her away to England, Isabel unexpectedly inherits a significant fortune from her wealthy uncle, an American banker in London. This newfound wealth promises to put a little wind in her sails, allowing her to embark on adventures that would otherwise remain out of reach. Although the book received mixed reviews upon its ...

In Outcry, a proud but financially struggling British aristocrat faces a storm of public outrage as he contemplates selling a renowned painting to a wealthy American art collector intent on acquiring priceless masterpieces from Europe. The situation escalates when his spirited younger daughter and her outspoken art critic friend rally against the sale, igniting a passionate debate about heritage and ownership. Will they succeed in thwarting the sale, or will the allure of wealth prove too powerful? - Summary by shih-ping

When Beale and Ida Farange go through a bitter divorce, their young daughter Maisie is caught in the middle, forced to split her time between two self-absorbed parents. As they use her as a pawn in their ongoing feud, Maisies innocence and well-being hang in the balance, revealing a poignant tale of childhood amidst chaos. (Summary by Wikipedia.)

Maisie is an innocent six year-old, torn between her divorced parents, pathetically isolated yet tragically involved.

When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy the freedom that her fortune has opened up and to determine her own fate, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors, declaring that she will never marry. It is only when she finds herself irresistibly drawn to the cultivated but worthless Gilbert Osmond that she discovers that wealth is a two-edged sword.

Pressured into a political career by his traditional, establishmentarian family, Nick Dormer longs to be a painter. Eventually, encouraged by the carefree aesthete Gabriel Nash, reminiscent of Oscar Wilde, he resigns from Parliament and follows his artistic dream. His journey is counterpointed with that of budding young actress Miriam Rooth, the subject of Nick's most successful paintings, and the "tragic muse" of the title, who too sacrifices an affluent life (marriage with Nick's cousin Peter) for her art.

James Dixon pairs up with Justin Henry for the third book in the Titan trilogy. Titan Screwed provides a look at the WWF from January 1997 through WrestleMania XIV, covering every major element of the WWF's evolution into the Attitude Era.