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Why is Britain Great? Could it be because in charge for many years was Mycroft Holmes, the only man in history more intelligent than Sherlock Holmes? Listen in Further Studies in Statecraft how Mycroft turns the Ripper and the Dreyfus affairs to Great Britain's advantage, extends the political career of Winston Churchill, deals with Hitler's girlfriends and his only Jewish Field-Marshal, and bests American President, Ronald Crump, in a trade negotiation. The political stratagems are straight out of the textbook of Niccolò Machiavelli.

Famed for his effortless blend of satire and realism, Gogol is often considered the Godfather of Russian literature. At turns witty and whimsical, dark and ominous, his stories thrived on vibrant language, absurdist techniques as well as elements of the grotesque – the result of which is utterly unique. In this carefully curated collection, discover the unfortunate power of social status in 'The Overcoat', the doomed obsession with class in 'The Nose', the darkly comic opera, 'A May Night', and much more.

Twenty-three great Sherlock Holmes mysteries as published in Strand Magazine. These stories have won over readers in the thousands and have helped make Sherlock Holmes the most popular and most famous detective of all times. Arthur Conan Doyle, was born in Scotland in 1859. He was educated in Jesuit schools in England and Austria. In 1881 he finished a medical degree and signed on as a surgeon aboard a whaling vessel in the Arctic. After an unsuccessful medical practice, Doyle started writing. Sherlock Holmes was an instant success.

Three of Gogol’s most famous stories, together in one audio collection for the first time.

What really took place in Alcatraz prison during the 1940s? Was the "Battle for Alcatraz" an escape attempt or an uprising? The truth is in this book. The first-hand accounts of the inmate's stories in this book have never before been told. These are voices from the grave, finally being heard after 70 years. Every soul has a song. Every person has a story. They were shackled to chains, and their voices dampened. Their whispers went unheard; until now.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1893, by Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle had decided that these would be the last collection of Holmes's stories, and intended to kill him off in "The Final Problem". Reader demand stimulated him to write another Holmes adventure - The Hound of the Baskervilles. In "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", Holmes relates the aftermath of "The Final Problem", and how he survived.

The Final Problem is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in The Strand Magazine in the UK and McClure's in the US in December 1893. The story, set in 1891, introduces Holmes's arch-nemesis, Professor Moriarty, and was originally intended to mark the detective's death. Doyle later revived Holmes for further stories. In the narrative, Holmes confides in Watson about his pursuit of Moriarty's criminal network and the threats he faces, leading to a dramatic confrontation.

Emotional Memoirs & Short Stories is an audio experience like none you've ever heard before. A compelling, eclectic mix of fiction and non-fiction, tied together by a personal, running memoir that begins each of the 10 short stories, set against the cityscape of Chicago. A unique musical soundtrack becomes the emotional landscape to each short story, creating a vivid mind picture with the dramatic narrative.

What We Thought We Remembered: A Collection of Warped Memoirs is a book of short stories inspired by Dr. Daniel Schacter's The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers. Each story explores the balance between vice and virtue, harmony in the company of duality, through stories depicting each of Schacter's "sins": transience, absent-mindedness, blocking, misattribution, suggestibility, bias, and persistence. Sofie uses evocative imagery to bring her warped memoirs to life in a surreal world beyond our seen reality.

¿Existen las brujas, los fantasmas, los aparecidos o las almas en pena? En Colombia dicen que «no hay que creer en brujas pero que las hay, las hay» y lo mismo puede decirse de los fantasmas, los aparecidos y las almas en pena.

Did you know that O. Henry’s real name was William Syndey Porter? He had many pseudonyms but is most known as "O. Henry". He wrote more than 300 stories and is known for playfully writing a twist at their end. Most of them are based in New York, with characters being average Joes. We hope you enjoy Canarit Audiobooks’ production of Memoirs of a Yellow Dog.

A tale of mystery and suspense. Enter the journalistic narrative of a traumatic childhood, told in the form of short stories.

Enter the journalistic narrative of a traumatic childhood, told in the form of short stories. Listen to Memoirs of My Little Girl: A Collection of Short Stories: Part Two and experience the compelling world of part two in the series.

Six words to tell a story. Not three or eight or 20. You may ask - is six enough? Well, trust me, six is plenty. A new collection of more than 500 original stories, each one exactly six words long. Some stories are funny, some poetic, some vulgar, and some are a little disturbing.

A second marriage after the first ended in tragedy is bound to have its challenges. In the case of DI Peter Johns, his new wife, "Our Bernie", is very different from Angie, the love of his life. This short story plots the path of their friendship from first encounters to final commitment.

DI Peter Johns was brought up in a children's home. He never expected to know his parents and never wanted to. He is unsure how to react when his mother makes contact with him and asks to meet. Follow his thoughts and feelings as he faces this unexpected development in his life.

You would think that the easiest crimes to solve would be the ones where you have several eyewitnesses who saw what happened and are willing to tell the police about it. However, as DI Peter Johns discovers in this short story, witnesses don't always always remember what they saw - and sometimes they even remember things that they did not see!