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"Before he gained wide fame as a novelist, Ernest Hemingway established his literary reputation with his short stories. Set in the varied landscapes of Spain, Africa, and the American Midwest, this definitive audio collection traces the development and maturation of Hemingway's distinct and revolutionary storytelling style -- from the plain bold language of this first story to his mastery of seamless prose that contained a spare, eloquent pathos, as well as a sense of expansive solitude. These stories showcase the singular talent of a master, the most important American writer of the twentieth century. The Short Stories Volume III features Stacy Keach reading such favorites as: An Alpine Idyll, A Pursuit Race, Today is Friday, Banal Story, Now I Lay Me, After the Storm, A Clean, Well-lighted Place, The Light of the World, God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen, The Sea Change, A Way You'll Never Be, The Mother of the Queen, One Reader Writes, Homage to Switzerland, A Day's Wait, A Natural History of the Dead, Wine of Wyoming, The Gambler, The Nun, and the Radio, and Fathers and Sons. ALL STORIES ARE UNABRIDGED"

Ernest Hemingway (Author), Stacy Keach (Narrator)

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The Short Stories Volume II

"The definitive short story collection that established Ernest Hemingway's literary reputation, originally published in 1938. Ernest Hemingway is a cultural icon—an archetype of rugged masculinity, a romantic ideal of the intellectual in perpetual exile—but, to his countless readers, Hemingway remains a literary force much greater than his image. Of all of Hemingway's canonical fictions, perhaps none demonstrate so forcefully the power of the author's revolutionary style as his short stories. In classics like "Hills like White Elephants," "The Butterfly in the Tank," and "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," Hemingway shows us great literature compressed to its most potent essentials. We also see, in Hemingway's short fiction, the tales that created the legend: these are stories of men and women in love and in war and on the hunt, stories of a lost generation born into a fractured time. The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway presents many of Hemingway's most famous classics alongside rare and unpublished material: Hemingway's early drafts and correspondence, his dazzling out-of-print essay on the art of the short story, and two marvelous examples of his earliest work—his first published story, "The Judgment of Manitou," which Hemingway wrote when still a high school student, and a never-before-published story, written when the author was recovering from a war injury in Milan after WWI. This work offers vital insight into the artistic development of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. It is a perfect introduction for a new generation of Hemingway readers, and it belongs in the collection of any true Hemingway fan."

Ernest Hemingway (Author), Stacy Keach (Narrator)

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The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: Volume I

Ernest Hemingway (Author), Stacy Keach (Narrator)

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Riding the Bullet

"From international bestseller Stephen King the first ebook ever published—a story about a young man who hitches a ride with a driver from the other side. Riding the Bullet is "a ghost story in the grand manner" from the bestselling author of Bag of Bones, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, and The Green Mile—a short story about a young man who hitches a ride with a driver from the other side."

Stephen King (Author), Josh Hamilton (Narrator)

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Edith Wharton: Stories: The Eyes; The Daunt Diana; The Moving Finger; and The Debt

"Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist Edith Wharton was most well known for her novels that illuminated privileged life in the 19th century, such as The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth. In addition to her award-winning novels, she also wrote poetry and short stories. Collected here are some of her best works of short fiction, including: 'The Eyes,' a famous ghost story; 'The Daunt Diana,' which tells about the love of art; 'The Moving Finger,' an eerie story about a man clinging to his wife's memory; and 'The Debt,' a story of loyalty."

Edith Wharton (Author), Ralph Cosham (Narrator)

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Shakespeare's Sonnets & Tales from Shakespeare

"William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. His father, John Shakespeare, was a store owner and a farmer, and at one point, also served as the town's mayor. William was the third of eight children. He was married to Anne Hathaway who was eight years older than himself. They had three children Susanna (1583), and twins-- Hamnet and Judith (1585). Shakespeare wrote 36 plays, 154 Sonnets and two narrative poems. He died on April 23, 1616 and was buried at Trinity Church in Stratford, England."

William Shakespeare (Author), David Butler, Sean Pratt (Narrator)

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The Veteran: Five Heart-Stopping Stories

"From master storyteller Frederick Forsyth—best-selling author of The Day of the Jackal and The Odessa File--comes this collection of five suspenseful gems. Justice does not always come easily, and it comes in many guises. On the seedier side of London, a shopkeeper witnesses a brutal beating in 'The Veteran' (read by Patrick Macnee). In a better neighborhood, a famous London auction house is scammed in 'The Art of the Matter' (also read by Macnee). The additional stories recount a persecution in 16th century Sienna ('The Miracle'—read by Christopher Cazenove), a mid-flight drug smuggling heist ('The Citizen'—also read by Macnee), and the lone survivor of Custer's Last Stand ('Whispering Wind'—read by Bruce Boxleitner). Mixing together the elements of great suspense—revenge, mystery, murder and deception—this collection is Forsyth at his best."

Frederick Forsyth (Author), Bruce Boxleitner, Christopher Cazenove, Patrick Macnee (Narrator)

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Among the Missing: A Novel

"In this haunting, bracing new collection, Dan Chaon shares stories of men, women, and children who live far outside the American Dream, while wondering which decision, which path, or which accident brought them to this place. Chaon mines the psychological landscape of his characters to dazzling effect. Each story radiates with sharp humor, mystery, wonder, and startling compassion. Among the Missing lingers in the mind through its subtle grace and power of language."

Dan Chaon (Author), Becky Ann Baker, Dylan Baker (Narrator)

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Pedro's Fables

"Twenty-Five Spanish Children's Stories, in English, written by Pedro Pablo Sacristan, produced and directed by Joe Bevilacqua, voiced by Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg. These timeless tales for all ages are among the more than two hundred short bedtime stories, fables, and fairy tales that entertain and educate, with all sorts of funny and dramatic characters and situations. This a great educational resource for parents and teachers. Includes: The Lazy Bird, The Poor Bunny's Magic Present, The Drawing That Talked, The Mysterious Juggling Clown, The Mocking Tiger, The Carnivorous Plant and the Butcher, August Heat, The Happy Sweeper, The Tree and the Vegetables, The Opera Singer, The Beauty Contest, The Deductive Mr. Horsefly, The Hypersensor, The Crashed Marian, A Pessimistic Dog, The Wicked Prince, The Respectful Prince and the Dwarfs, The Resentful Thumb, The Unfriendly River, The Robot with a Virus, A Frog and a Frying Pan, Stickybeard's Treasure, The Colorless Tiger, Manute the Brave, Bigmouth Fox."

Pedro Sacristan (Author), Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg (Narrator)

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What Salmon Know

"Compared by critics to such masterful storytellers as Raymond Carver, Rick Bass, and Thom Jones, Elwood Reid, author of the acclaimed novel If I Don't Six, signals a powerful presence on the American literary landscape with his knockout story collection, What Salmon Know. Reid's characters are tough men living in a world tougher than they are. Life's disappointments fester in their hearts, dashing earnest hopes and provoking violent tendencies made manifest in bad behavior and fatalistic posturing. But there's more to these men than meets the eye, and with great emotional acuity, Reid sheds light on their opaque souls."

Elwood Reid (Author), Andre Sogliuzzo (Narrator)

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These Hands

"'Caroline is watchful and sincere, shy yet earnest. She seldom speaks, and when she does her lips scarcely part, so that sometimes Lewis must listen closely to distinguish her voice from the cycling of her breath. Her eyes are a miracle - a startled blue with frail green spikes bound by a ring of black - and he is certain that if he could draw his reflection from them, he would discover there a face neither foreign nor lost. Caroline sleeps face down, her knees curled to her chest: she sleeps often and with no sheets or blankets. Her hair is brown, her skin pale. Her smile is vibrant but brief, like a bubble that lasts only as long as the air is still. She is eighteen months old.' Kevin Brockmeier draws the listener in with poetic prose that paints a picture of beauty and purity, and becomes a part of a love story that tests the boundaries of morality without ever quite crossing them. Lewis Winters, a thirty-four year-old writer of fairy tales, recounts his short-lived relationship with Caroline Mitchell, and the anguish of having to let go without getting to say good-bye."

Kevin Brockmeier (Author), Andre Sogliuzzo (Narrator)

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Best of O. Henry

O. Henry (Author), Michael Hanson (Narrator)

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