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A collection of the best and most popular programs from the Golden Age of Radio, digitally remastered, and including performances from some of Hollywood’s most beloved stars, like Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Jane Russell, and many more.

When the villagers of Godestone report a series of bizarre and troubling events, Sir Hugo, his heavily pregnant wife, Lady Alice, and her distant kinsman Father Gilbert are honor bound to investigate, for they are “born to the Fang,” shape-shifters dedicated to fighting evil in secret. And the events are worrying indeed - stolen farm implements, a mutilated goat, and now a missing child. Their investigation is further complicated by the arrival of Robert Fynch, who was drawn to the scene by the tales of mysterious happenings in the village.

War. Mercenaries. Jungle. When an abandoned Cold War radio station starts transmitting from the South Pacific, SERA agents must confront enemies old and new before history’s deadliest secrets rise again. A hidden bunker. A forgotten signal. A secret worth killing for. Dispatched to a remote island scarred by Cold War history, agents of the Strategic Exploration and Recovery Agency (SERA) are tasked with uncovering the source of an uncharted transmission. What they find among the ruins could expose one of the last great mysteries of a vanished world power—and rewrite the rules of the ...

Bringing together six short stories - two of which are previously unpublished - One Last Dram Before Midnight is perfect for fans of Denzil Meyrick. These tales take us from Jim Daley's early days pounding the beat in Glasgow as a young constable to a lighthearted whisky smuggling romp involving Hamish and some ghostly pipers.

EVIL SURFACES WHEN A DIABOLICAL PLOT TURNS LAKE TAHOE INTO A KILLING GROUND DRAWING THE RIKERS INTO THEIR MOST TERRIFYING ADVENTURE! Interrupting Nash and McKenna Riker’s search for the mysterious so called Visionary Stacia Giannini, is a trio of bodies littering a horse ranching valley while elsewhere on the shores of scenic Lake Tahoe a creeping horror makes itself known threatening a stunned silver mining community on the eve of its make or break visit by foreign dignitaries with their eye on the town’s motherlode. It’s a bad day for Lincoln’s Lawman when tackling a triad of ...

In The Man With Two Left Feet, P. G. Wodehouse invites you into a world where earnest intentions, impeccable logic, and a dash of romantic optimism collide in the most gloriously impractical ways. Here, intelligence may not save you, dignity is perpetually under threat, and even the simplest ambition can spiral into a masterpiece of comic misadventure. Wodehouse's genius lies not in what happens, but in how exquisitely it goes wrong. Expect charming absurdity, gentle satire, and that uniquely buoyant humour in which catastrophe never quite loses its elegance.

Skinheads and Bikers clash in this graphic tale of subcultures gone wild. Eddie and his crew of non-racist skinheads take on Sadistic Sammy and his entire Motorcycle Club! The streets run red as both groups fight for survival.

With his signature insight and gift for storytelling, Jon Katz here shares 16 stories about one of life’s most unique relationships. In the title story, a housekeeper loses her job, but discovers her four-legged “children” have some toe-tapping talents that just may get the whole family back on its feet.

The Best in Romance: Collection #1 Hot and Handsome Heroes that will wow you with action, overwhelm your heart with romance, and keep you turning the pages late into the night. Special Agent Finnegan: Book #2 in the Undercover FBI Series – a sexy Irish FBI agent who’s determined to quit until a sassy cop who looks like a teenager lures him back behind the badge. Special Agent Maximilian: Book #3 in the Undercover FBI Series – a hot stunner who never knew he had a double until they discovered each other in a coffeehouse, a meeting that led them both to a battle for their lives. ...

En este relato, Scott Fitzgerald nos demuestra cómo la perspectiva es fundamental a la hora de concluir lo que se ha visto. Benjamín es un hombre que nace viejo pero a medida que pasan los años va recuperando la juventud, lo cual le va a permitir ver a la sociedad que le rodea con los ojos con gran capacidad crítica, que le permite una perspectiva completamente diferente.

For the animals and plants of the Arizona desert, every day is about staying alive. But it’s all the other stuff—desire, fidelity, hope, envy, grief, betrayal—that bridges the gap between science and fiction, and highlights the interconnectedness of the human and natural worlds. A wealthy Gila monster suffers from halitosis. A young peccary chooses a side in war. A rattlesnake upends the historic enmity between serpent and man. A subterranean termite princess comes home. These and dozens more characters run, hop, slither, and fly through captivating storylines.

The Vampire of the Forest An Emilio Salgari adventure that will leave you breathless Step into the most dangerous jungles of South America, where two brave Sicilian brothers face unimaginable perils in search of fortune. Giovanni and Marco Puraco discover a gold lode that promises to make them rich... but they are not alone in those virgin lands. A mysterious enemy lurks in the shadows. An Indian who calls himself "The Vampire of the Forest" and who dominates the jungle's most lethal creatures: a vampire bat that sucks the blood of its victims while they sleep, and a fierce, trained jaguar ...

Absolution is a haunting and psychologically rich short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, first published in 1924. In this deeply introspective tale of guilt, imagination, and spiritual crisis, young Rudolph Miller—a devout eleven-year-old boy—finds himself entangled in a web of religious expectations, private transgressions, and the fragile dance between truth and illusion. When he tells a lie during confession, a crisis of faith erupts, leading him down a path of inner turmoil that starkly mirrors the disillusionments of adulthood.

Award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti reads this Joseph Conrad classic tale of two white traders, Carlier and Kayerts, comical and pathetic, who move from polite society to the Congo, where they hope to become wealthy on the "Dark Continent" by spreading commerce and civilization to black Africa. But as was often the case, the longer they are away from civilization, the more the refinements of civilization slip away, along with their sanity.

The Legends of King Arthur & His Knights is an enthralling audio book read in an easily digestible format. Bringing together the many tales of the legend of King Arthur into one audio book, Sir James Knowles' descriptive narrative will transport you to times gone by.

To Build a Fire is the best known of all London's stories. It tells the story of a new arrival to the Klondike who stubbornly ignores warnings about the folly of traveling alone. He falls through the ice into a creek in 70-below weather, and his survival depends on being able to build a fire and dry his clothes—which he is unable to do. The famous version of this story was published in 1908.

After a breakthrough experiment, a doctor arrives in a bizarre city and searches for evidence to prove its existence to his peers.

Bible Stores includes 33 of the best known stories from the Holy Bible, including Adam and Eve, Noah and the Ark, Hagar and Ishmael, Abraham and Issac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Gideon, Samson, Ruth, David, Solomon, Elijah, Daniel, Jesus' birth, the Wise Men, Jesus in the temple, the Sermon on the Mount, the good shepherd, the betrayal of Jesus, and many more.

Una historia atmosférica situada en un rincón repleto de libros en el Londres del siglo XIX. Una maravillosa novela. Un retrato de los lugares en los que los libros y las historias te pueden transportar a la vida real. Una joya de libro para todos aquellos que alguna vez soñaron con tener un rincón propio repleto de libros y de sueños...

A teenager's death by suicide places a final exclamation point on the unraveling lives of two families.