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A Face in the Crowd
- By: Stephen King, Stewart O'Nan
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
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Dean Evers, an elderly widower, sits in front of the television with nothing better to do than waste his leftover evenings watching baseball. His adopted Florida baseball team, the Rays, is going strong. Suddenly, in a seat a few rows up beyond the batter, Evers sees the face of someone he knows from decades past, someone who shouldn't be at the ballgame, shouldn't even be on the planet. And so begins a parade of people from Evers's past, people he has wronged, all of them behind home plate.
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A good short story
- By Wras on 21-06-17
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A Face in the Crowd
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Release date: 21-08-12
- Language: English
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The Elephant Vanishes
- By: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Nezar Alderazi, Susan Momoko Hingley
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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When a man's favourite elephant vanishes, the balance of his whole life is subtly upset. A couple's midnight hunger pangs drive them to hold up a McDonald's. A woman finds she is irresistible to a small green monster that burrows through her front garden. An insomniac wife wakes up in a twilight world of semi-consciousness in which anything seems possible - even death. In every one of these stories Murakami makes a determined assault on the normal.
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So disappointing
- By Susanne on 10-04-21
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The Elephant Vanishes
- Narrated by: Nezar Alderazi, Susan Momoko Hingley
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 29-10-20
- Language: English
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Old Babes in the Wood
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- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Margaret Atwood, Linda Lavin, Dan Stevens, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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From Margaret Atwood, the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments, comes a dazzling collection of fifteen stories. These stories explore the full warp and weft of experience, from two best friends disagreeing about their shared past, to the right way to stop someone from choking; from a daughter determining if her mother really is a witch, to what to do with inherited relics such as World War II parade swords.
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Thanks Margaret
- By Susan Pirie on 13-07-23
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Old Babes in the Wood
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- Narrated by: Margaret Atwood, Linda Lavin, Dan Stevens, Kimberly Farr, Rebecca Lowman, Bahni Turpin, Dawn Harvey, Allan Corduner
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 07-03-23
- Language: English
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The Once in a Blue Moon Guesthouse
- By: Cressida McLaughlin
- Narrated by: Emma Tate
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Robin Brennan has come home to Campion Bay. Now her parents have retired, she's set to become the new landlady of The Campion Bay Guesthouse. Bookings have been as thin as the hand towels, and it doesn't take long for Robin to realise that the place needs a serious makeover. Perhaps throwing herself into the task will help to heal her sadness at the tragic end to her dreams in London. As she gives the guesthouse a new lease of life, Robin encounters old friends and new, including old flame Tim, who'd clearly like to reboot their romance.
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Once in a Blue Moon Guesthouse.
- By Leigh on 15-01-18
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The Once in a Blue Moon Guesthouse
- Narrated by: Emma Tate
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 29-06-17
- Language: English
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Daft Wee Stories
- By: Limmy
- Narrated by: Limmy
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Daft Wee Stories is Limmy’s first book. It is a collection of stories. There are short stories. There are longer stories. There are stupid stories. There are thoughtful stories. There are upside-down stories. There are normal-way-up stories. There are weird stories. There are less weird stories. There are really weird stories. There is nothing else like it. Have a listen.
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Vast collection of funny stories
- By Steve on 22-09-15
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Daft Wee Stories
- Narrated by: Limmy
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 30-07-15
- Language: English
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They Shall Not Grow Old
- A Roald Dahl Short Story
- By: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Cillian Murphy
- Length: 40 mins
- Unabridged
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The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of 'They Shall Not Grow Old', a short, gripping story of life in wartime from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale. Read by the actor Cillian Murphy. In 'They Shall Not Grow Old', Roald Dahl, one of the world’s favourite authors, tells of a pilot who goes missing for two days and the strange tale he eventually reveals on his return.
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Beautiful story, enchantingly read
- By A. Simmonds on 27-01-21
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They Shall Not Grow Old
- A Roald Dahl Short Story
- Narrated by: Cillian Murphy
- Length: 40 mins
- Release date: 13-09-12
- Language: English
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Animal Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland
- By: Sharon Jacksties
- Narrated by: Sharon Jacksties
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Stories and animals have long travelled the same routes. Through our heritage of charming, quirky and profound tales, you will find yourself re-acquainted with Britain's wondrous fauna. Find out how hedgehog ended up with spines and what makes him scuttle so fast, discover how pigs saved a prince from leprosy and why the wealthy lord was so intent on capturing the black fox. Sharon Jacksties' wonderful book combines traditional stories, little-known zoological facts and true anecdotes to create a treasure trove of stories for animal lovers of every kind.
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The stories are great and insightful
- By Anonymous User on 21-08-24
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Animal Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland
- Narrated by: Sharon Jacksties
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 27-10-22
- Language: English
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Thorndyke
- 31 Short Stories
- By: R. Austin Freeman
- Narrated by: Graham Scott
- Length: 36 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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A collection of 31 tales of mystery and murder from the career of the great scientific detective, Dr John Thorndyke. Including every story from John Thorndyke's Cases (1909), The Adventures of Dr Thorndyke (1912), Percival Bland's Proxy (1913), The Missing Mortgagee (1914), Dr Thorndyke's Case-book (1923), and The Puzzle Lock and Other Stories (1925)
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Thorndyke
- 31 Short Stories
- Narrated by: Graham Scott
- Length: 36 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 17-05-23
- Language: English
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Joe Ledger: Secret Missions, Volume One and Two
- By: Jonathan Maberry
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
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Joe Ledger is back! Joe Ledger: Secret Missions collects some of Ledger's most dynamic and bizarre short-story adventures - classic reprints as well as exciting new material! From the icy wastes of the Antarctic to the Gate of Hell in Turkmenistan, Ledger and his team are the last best hope that stands between the unsuspecting public and unimaginable dangers!
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Anthology but not badly
- By Anonymous User on 19-01-22
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Joe Ledger: Secret Missions, Volume One and Two
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Series: A Joe Ledger and Rogue Team International Novel
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 14-01-22
- Language: English
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Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket
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- By: Hilma Wolitzer, Elizabeth Strout - foreword
- Narrated by: Hilary Huber
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
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Another day! And then another and another and another. It seemed as if it would all go on forever in that exquisitely boring and beautiful way. But of course it wouldn’t; everyone knows that. In this collection, Hilma Wolitzer invites us inside the private world of domestic bliss, seen mostly through the lens of Paulie and Howard’s gloriously ordinary marriage. From hasty weddings to meddlesome neighbours and ex-wives who just won’t leave, Wolitzer captures the tensions, contradictions and unexpected detours of daily life with wit, candour and an acutely observant eye.
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Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket
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- Narrated by: Hilary Huber
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 11-11-21
- Language: English
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The Shock of the Fall
- By: Nathan Filer
- Narrated by: OIiver Hembrough
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
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'I'll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name's Simon. I think you're going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he'll be dead. And he was never the same after that.' The Shock of the Fall is an extraordinary portrait of one man's descent into mental illness. It is a brave and groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fiction.
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Tender and heartwarming
- By Kaggy on 08-07-14
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The Shock of the Fall
- Narrated by: OIiver Hembrough
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 16-01-14
- Language: English
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Mothers and Sons
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Caroline Lennon, Frank Grimes, Luis Soto
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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Colm Tóibín's Mothers and Sons is a sensitive and beautifully written meditation on the dramas surrounding this most elemental of relationships. Psychologically intricate and emotionally incisive, each finely wrought story teases out the delicate and difficult strands woven between mothers and sons. This is an acute, masterful and moving collection that confirms Tóibín as a great prose stylist of our time.
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beautiful story telling..
- By Mr Andrew Rochester on 08-02-22
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Mothers and Sons
- Narrated by: Caroline Lennon, Frank Grimes, Luis Soto
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 03-05-18
- Language: English
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Le piccole virtù
- By: Natalia Ginzburg
- Narrated by: Giovanna Mezzogiorno
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
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Autoritratto magistrale per ricchezza di temi e leggerezza di tono, "Le piccole virtù" racconta di figli, di amicizie, di nostalgie, di infanzia, adolescenza e maturità. Come afferma Mario Fortunato nell'Introduzione, "questi testi non sono racconti e non sono saggi, ma pagine che fanno la spola tra un capo e l'altro dello stesso universo letterario." Scritti tra l’autunno del 1944 e la primavera del 1960, questi testi continuano a essere una lezione di vita e di letteratura.
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A guideline to life
- By Anonymous User on 12-07-22
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Le piccole virtù
- Narrated by: Giovanna Mezzogiorno
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 07-03-19
- Language: Italian
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Learning French Through Stories (French Edition)
- Intermediate Short Stories for French Learners
- By: Monique Boudreault
- Narrated by: David Meslet
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
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If you are a French language learner looking to advance your reading skills and enhance your vocabulary, then this book will guide you through dialogue and story listening in your second language. We often are instructed with conventional activities in the form of worksheets, overlooking that words are 20 times more likely to be remembered if they are a part of a story (Bruner, 2017). Language learners retain more in the context of a story and become accustomed to the natural syntax of that language.
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Unlock Your French Potential - Learn and Retain wi
- By Simon Says on 07-08-23
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Learning French Through Stories (French Edition)
- Intermediate Short Stories for French Learners
- Narrated by: David Meslet
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 21-02-23
- Language: French
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Conversations with the Devil, Expansion
- Humanae Conditioni
- By: Daniel Wescott
- Narrated by: Michael Mau, Julia Garlotte
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
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Conversations with the Devil, Expansion is a thought-provoking collection of vignettes that delve deep into the complexities of the Human Condition. It is a powerful exploration of the human psyche, capturing the inner turmoil and conflicts we all face as human beings. As in this collections predecessor, the Devil is a central figure in each story, while the Main Characters vary. The Evil One herein is more like the Native American deity Old Man Coyote than the Satan from the Bible. Plus, he continues to be on Vacation, Paid Time Off, or doing Hellish Community Outreach.
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An Emotional and Reflective Exploration
- By Andrew Turner on 24-09-24
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Conversations with the Devil, Expansion
- Humanae Conditioni
- Narrated by: Michael Mau, Julia Garlotte
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 21-08-24
- Language: English
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The Lottery and Other Stories
- By: Shirley Jackson
- Narrated by: Francine Brody
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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In these stories an excellent host finds himself turned out of home by his own guests; a woman spends her wedding day frantically searching for her husband-to-be; and in Shirley Jackson's best-known story, a small farming village comes together for a terrible annual ritual. The creeping unease of lives squandered and the bloody glee of lives lost is chillingly captured in these tales of wasted potential and casual cruelty by a master of the short story.
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Some stories were good but some fell flat
- By Charlotte on 26-03-24
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The Lottery and Other Stories
- Narrated by: Francine Brody
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 08-10-20
- Language: English
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Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
- By: Thomas Ligotti, Jeff VanderMeer - foreword
- Narrated by: Jon Padgett, Linda Jones
- Length: 21 hrs and 54 mins
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Thomas Ligotti’s debut collection, Songs of a Dead Dreamer, and his second, Grimscribe, permanently inscribed a new name in the pantheon of horror fiction. Influenced by the strange terrors of Lovecraft and Poe and by the brutal absurdity of Kafka, Ligotti eschews cheap, gory thrills for his own brand of horror, which shocks at the deepest, existential, levels.
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Hard Work
- By Sheridan Le Fanu on 04-09-24
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Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
- Narrated by: Jon Padgett, Linda Jones
- Length: 21 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 21-02-23
- Language: English
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Changing Planes
- By: Ursula Le Guin
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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Sita Dulip has missed her flight out of Chicago. But instead of listening to garbled announcements in the airport, she discovers a method of bypassing the crowds at the desks, a nasty lunch, whimpering children, their punitive parents, and the blue plastic chairs bolted to the floor: she changes planes—literally. Sita discovers entire planes of existence and visits societies not found on Earth—bizarre societies that share similarities with Earth's cultures and sometimes open doors into the alien.
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Changing Planes
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 24-03-22
- Language: English
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The Entire Original Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant
- By: Guy de Maupassant
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt
- Length: 48 hrs and 19 mins
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Guy de Maupassant is widely regarded as the father of the modern short story. As his 13 volumes of short stories attest, he was a prolific writer of this form. He had a simple, efficient style of writing and, like Anton Chekhov, found inspiration for his stories in the day-to-day lives of characters, in which their hidden natures are often revealed. Many of his works also centered on the Franco-Prussian War, in which he served.
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The Entire Original Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt
- Length: 48 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 24-03-22
- Language: English
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Bagombo Snuff Box
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Alexander Marshall
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
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From the author of such classics as Breakfast of Champions and Cat's Cradle comes this collection of unabridged short fiction originally published in some of America's most popular magazines of the 1950s and 60s. Vonnegut himself selected his best early works for this collection, and he reads the preface and afterword to boot!
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Abridged
- By Gypsyboy on 16-07-24
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Bagombo Snuff Box
- Narrated by: Alexander Marshall
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 07-12-99
- Language: English
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