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February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln’s beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. “My poor boy, he was too good for this earth,” the president says at the time. “God has called him home.”

Oscar Wilde was an Irish writer who made up special stories for children filled with sweetness and tenderness, as well as lessons about life. Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author and poet best remembered for his fairy tales with lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity. In this pairing of classics, Dudley Moore reads "The Happy Prince"— Oscar Wilde's tale of charity and loyalty—and David Dukes reads Hans Christian Andersen's "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," a fable about a toy soldier's love for a paper ballerina.

In 1920s Leicester, Lewis Eliot must escape the drudgery of a council clerk's office and his provincial lower class background to begin his decades-long rise to power. As the years pass, and Lewis progresses to successful London lawyer, to Cambridge don, to wartime service in Whitehall, to senior civil servant and finally retirement, he faces in his own life and the lives of those around him collapsing marriages, terrible illness, the politics of academia, Nazism, nuclear weapons, the price of power and the ever-present realities of war.

The most beloved fairy tales of Danish author, Hans Christian Andersen, narrated by the very best of British stage and screen talent. Perfect for bedtime, the long car journey or rainy afternoons at home, let Andersen delight and enchant children (and adults) of all ages with characters that stand the test of time.

This compelling trilogy is the story of a mother's struggle with substance addiction, domestic violence, and the foster care system. Counselors, teachers, and educators may find it a great resource for students in similar situations.

Martial arts master Lin Su Yoshimura is a force to be reckoned with. Now in the US after being shunned as a mixed-race Chinese-Japanese girl, then kidnapped as a teen and sold into the sex-trafficking trade, Lin Su is rescued from an abusive New York pimp by one of the city’s top-level cocaine dealers. Navigating both back alleys and opulent venues with lethal grace, Lin Su finds her way forward through the underbelly of the city, as she wrestles with the horrors of her past.

Seven great chapters on the foundations of marriage and family, including "Why Women Are Weird & Men Are a Mess", "How to Love Your Spouse - Regardless", "Why Christian Children Rebel", and more.

A collection of short bedtime stories for children by Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm and Andrew Lang.

A wonderful collection of short stories for children about animals. Stories by Beatrix Potter, E. Nesbit and Rudyard Kipling.

With the voices of the survivors this is a condensed account of the first and final voyage of RMS Titanic.

The poem written by Wilde while in exile about his time in Reading Prison and the hanging of Charles Thomas Wooldridge.

A Shropshire Lad contains 63 poems by Housman which talk about mortality and living life to the full.

It’s Christmas Eve in Harlem, but 12-year-old Lolly Rachpaul and his mom aren’t celebrating. They’re still reeling from his older brother’s death in a gang-related shooting just a few months earlier. Then Lolly’s mother’s girlfriend brings him a gift that will change everything: two enormous bags filled with Legos. Lolly’s always loved Legos, and he prides himself on following the kit instructions exactly. Now, faced with a pile of building blocks and no instructions, Lolly must find his own way forward.

"An impassioned call for solidarity and unity in a time of political and social uncertainty."

A collection of seven of the finest short stories by noted American satirist and critic Ambrose Bierce. This audiobook contains nine of his best, including "A Wireless Message", "Present at a Hanging", "The Boarded Window", and his most famous work, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge".

A collection of spine chilling short stories by M. R. James, Saki, Lord Byron, and Ambrose Bierce.

Classic spine-tingling tales to thrill you.

A collection of six classic chilling horror stories including "The Three Strangers", "The Phantom Coach", "The Open Window", and "The Travellers Story of a Terribly Strange Bed".

Prepare to be spooked! Here are tales of vampires, werewolves, and things that go bump in the night!

This audiobook contains a collection of ghostly tales to send a shiver up your spine!