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The Top 10 Short Stories - Love Audiobook

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author's brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted 'Top Tens' across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions - Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.In this volume our classic authors turn their pens to the immortal quest for love. What they find and what they reveal are, of course, illuminating, beguiling and the best of magical literature.01 - The Top 10 - Love - An Introduction02 - Araby by James Joyce03 - A Modern Lover - Part 1 by D H Lawrence04 - A Modern Lover - Part 2 by D H Lawrence05 - The Fullness of Life by Edith Wharton06 - About Love by Anton Chekhov07 - Mr and Mrs Dove by Katherine Mansfield08 - The Blizzard by Alexander Pushkin09 - On the Gull's Road by Willa Cather10 - Madame Rose Hanie by Khalil Gibran11 - The Gift of the Magi by O Henry12 - The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde

Alexander Pushkin, Anton Chekhov, D.H. Lawrence, Edith Wharton, James Joyce, Katherine Mansfield, Khalil Gibran, O Henry, Oscar Wilde, Willa Cather (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Jim Norton, Kelly O'doherty (Narrator)

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Unrequited Love - Short Stories

Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all. In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. Love is perhaps the most difficult rejection of all. They are the one you want to be with. Its so obvious. You exist. But the reality is that for them, you are not the one. Every protestation, every effort, every act of love is rebuffed at worse, or kindly set aside at best. This union was clearly never meant to be.1 - Unrequited Love - Short Stories - An Introduction2 - Araby by James Joyce3 - Souls Belated by Edith Wharton4 - The Border Line by D H Lawrence5 - Her Lover by Maxim Gorky6 - Winter Dreams by F Scott Fitzgerald7 - An Imaginative Woman by Thomas Hardy8 - On the Gull's Road by Willa Cather9 - Psychology by Katherine Mansfield10 - The Daughter of Lilith by Anatole France11 - Apple Blossom in Brittany by Ernest Dowson12 - The Muse's Tragedy by Edith Wharton13 - A Painful Case by James Joyce14 - The Old Adam by D H Lawrence

Anatole France, F Scott Fitzgerald (Author), Janet Maw, Jim Norton (Narrator)

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Sad Love - Short Stories

Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all. In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. When love’s flaws begin to stretch and amplify then heartbreak must surely follow. Love requires not just yearning and devotion but commitment and protection of an ideal. When that crumbles love finds pain, being in love becomes more difficult. And what our literary greats share with us in this difficult volume brings that truth home.1 - Sad Love - Short Stories - An Introduction2 - The Lagoon by Joseph Conrad3 - The Rendezvous by Ivan Turgenev4 - Eveline by James Joyce5 - Mr and Mrs Dove by Katherine Mansfield6 - Two Little Soldiers by Guy de Maupassant7 - On the Gull's Road by Willa Cather8 - Pyramus & Thisbe by Ovid9 - About Love by Anton Chekhov10 - Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin11 - The Canary by Katherine Mansfield12 - Odour of Chrysanthemums by D H Lawrence13 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev14 - The Furnished Room by O Henry15 - A Dill Pickle by Katherine Mansfield16 - The Shaker Bridal by Nathaniel Hawthorne17 - Her Lover by Maxim Gorky18 - Mrs Pierrepoint by Amy Levy19 - The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde20 - The Victory by Rabindranath Tagore21 - Since I Died by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps22 - The Jew by Ivan Turgenev23 - The Informer by Joseph Conrad24 - Life of Ma Parker by Katherine Mansfield25 - The Dead - Part 1 by James Joyce26 - The Dead - Part 2 by James Joyce

Joseph Conrad, Katherine Mansfield (Author), Eve Karpf, Jim Norton (Narrator)

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Love & Choices - Short Stories

Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all. In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. There are times when love is not a revelation and a calling from one soul to another but a carefully navigated path, or maybe a badly chosen path that decimates happiness. Which way will our literary leviathans take us? Inevitably it will be more than one.1 - Love and Choices - Short Stories - An Introduction2 - Eveline by James Joyce3 - The Ice Palace by F Scott Fitzgerald4 - St Johns Eve by Nikolai Gogol5 - The Informer by Joseph Conrad6 - A Wicked Woman by Jack London7 - The Dream by Mary Shelley8 - The Skylight Room by O Henry9 - The Converts by Israel Zangwill10 - An Awakening by Sherwood Anderson11 - Two Offers by Frances Watkins Harper12 - The Kiss by Kate Chopin13 - A New England Nun by Mary E Wilkins Freeman14 - Spurs by Tod Robbins15 - The Lady, or the Tiger by Frank Stockton16 - Fantomina or, Love in a Maze - Part 1 by Eliza Haywood 17 - Fantomina or, Love in a Maze - Part 2 by Eliza Haywood

Eliza Haywood, Jack London (Author), Jim Norton, Laurel Lefkow (Narrator)

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Thorndyke: Forensic Investigator: A BBC Radio Collection

A thrilling collection of stories from R Austin Freeman John Evelyn Thorndyke, medical doctor, scientist and barrister, was the creation of R Austin Freeman, himself a medical man and something of an adventurer. Freeman wrote the Thorndyke stories over almost a forty year period from 1907 to 1941, from the early Edwardian period to the middle of the Second World War. Thorndyke is arguably the first true forensic detective for, while we remember Sherlock Holmes for his genius in unearthing significant detail, only Thorndyke's methods pass the test of real-world authenticity. It might be maintained that while Holmes perhaps did it with style, Thorndyke does it with science. Read by William Gaminara and Jim Norton. Produced by John Taylor A Fiction Factory production

R Austin Freeman (Author), Jim Norton, William Gaminara (Narrator)

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Christmas Stories - Tales of Joy and Terror

Christmas may come but once a year but human emotions, the driving force of our characters are with us every day. Yet, somehow these same emotions when they happen at Christmas, seem amplified, we seem more tender to their touch, their words.Whether it's a long-lost returning soldier wondering how best to return to the arms of his family without too great a risk of shock ....... Or a prodigal son whose taken path has driven pain into his own and others hearts..... Or a murderer carrying out his thoughtless deed but then enmeshed in a dialogue for salvation.....These stories reveal much about the human condition. The landscape of our lives reveals that we all have choices, and how we use those choices influences, nourishes, or decays those around us.These stories are tidings of both joy and of terror .

Edward Payson Roe, Louisa May Alcott, Willa Cather (Author), Christopher Ragland, Jim Norton, Patricia Rodriguez (Narrator)

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The Dead

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was born on the 2nd February 1882 in Dublin into a middle-class family, and the eldest of ten surviving siblingsAdmired as a brilliant student he briefly attended the Christian Brothers-run O'Connell School before excelling at the Jesuit schools of Clongowes and Belvedere. From there he went on to attend University College Dublin from 1898, studying English, French and ItalianIn 1902, Joyce was now in his early twenties, and went to Paris to study Medicine but soon abandoned his teachings. Back in Dublin to attend to his dying Mother he met Nora Barnacle. They bonded immediately into a life-long match. Together they decided to emigrate to Europe. The couple lived in Trieste, Rome, Paris, and finally Zürich where Joyce pursued a variety of jobs and ventures to supplement his literary pursuits but none of these paid off. After publishing a poetry volume, ‘Chamber Music’, in 1907, his short story collection ‘The Dubliners’, in 1914, helped establish his talent in the rapidly changing world. Although far from home Joyce’s literary heart and works were set in his recollections of Dublin. Characters are close resemblances of family and friends and indeed enemies. His landmark work ‘Ulysses’, published in 1922, is set in the streets and alleyways of the city as it parallels Homer’s Odyssey in a variety of styles including its famed stream of consciousness.His pen continued to produce classics of the order of ‘A Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man’ and ‘Finnegan’s Wake’ together with several volumes of poetry and a play ‘The Exiles, in 1918. On the 11th January 1941, Joyce underwent surgery in Zürich for a perforated duodenal ulcer. The next day he fell into a coma. On the 13th after a brief period of lucidity in which he called for his wife and son he passed. He was 58.

James Joyce (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Jim Norton (Narrator)

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The James Joyce BBC Radio Collection: Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man & Dubliners

Three BBC radio productions of major works by James Joyce - plus Gordon Bowker's fascinating biographical account of his life Ulysses In this full-cast dramatisation of Joyce's epic modernist novel, the stories of Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom combine as they meander through Dublin in the course of one day, 16 June 1904. Andrew Scott stars as Stephen, with Henry Goodman as Bloom, Niamh Cusack as Molly Bloom and Stephen Rea as the Narrator. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man An abridged reading of James Joyce's autobiographical masterpiece portraying the adolescence of Stephen Dedalus, who must question the culture and religion of his native land before he can break free to become an artist. Read by Andrew Scott. Dubliners This abridged collection of fifteen naturalistic tales depicts an array of characters from childhood, through adolescence, to maturity. Stories of love, loss, friendship, marriage, politics and family combine to create a unified world and a celebration of a city. Read by Stephen Rea. James Joyce - A Biography Gordon Bowker's comprehensive study explores Joyce's years spent in exile in Europe, and examines how his life shaped his genius. Read by Jim Norton, with Andrew Scott as the voice of Joyce.

Gordon Bowker, James Joyce (Author), , Andrew Scott, Frances Barber, Henry Goodman, Jim Norton, Niamh Cusack, Stephen Rea (Narrator)

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Everybody Is Awful: (Except You!)

Foreword by Jim Norton A rant-ish memoir by the veteran stand-up comedian and former cohost of That Metal Show, with a foreword by Jim Norton Twitter Trolls. Facebook Freaks. Instagram Exhibitionists. These are just a few of the creatures our technology-obsessed culture has spawned in its quest to simplify our lives. The madness is so universal now that everyone has dealt with it. You log in to Facebook, read a stupid post, and immediately want to tell your "friend" to go have relations with himself. Sure, social media may keep us connected, but it is a breeding ground for idiots, and these idiots have crowd-sourced a storm of useless information, corny jokes, and douchebag drama that's wasting our time and screwing with our peace of mind. Thankfully, popular comedian and television host Jim Florentine has a solution for those of us on the verge of bashing our iPhones to bits. In Everybody Is Awful, Florentine attacks awful people and awful situations with the same biting satire and cringe-worthy humor that made him famous on television shows like Crank Yankers, Meet the Creeps, and That Metal Show. Along the way, Everybody Is Awful takes readers through the author's formative years, a time filled with rebellion and horrible behavior, to the crazy early days of his career as a stand-up comedian. Florentine also recounts how he developed an obsession with pranks that morphed into his uniquely vigilante style of comedy and made him one of the most legendary prank callers of all time. Florentine excels at channeling the core rage we all feel at the seemingly small annoyances of life, and his fans love the cathartic experience of his hilarious ranting and raving, a tradition continued in Everybody Is Awful. Acting as a de facto therapist, Florentine diagnoses awful behavior, shames awful people, and offers comedic takes on how to reclaim our lives from it all.

Jim Florentine (Author), Jim Florentine, Jim Norton (Narrator)

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The Dubliners

Set against the background of Dublin at the turn of the century, Joyce's celebrated collection of short stories recount a series of unremarkable incidents in the lives of ordinary men and women. Stylistically straightforward, it is Joyce's eye for detail, matched only by his interest in the habits and patterns of daily life and celebration of the unique wit and landscape of the Irish that makes these stories so enchanting.

James Joyce (Author), Jim Norton (Narrator)

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Jim Norton: Please Be Offended

Comedian and best-selling author Jim Norton pulls no punches, going after jaw-dropping laughs not intended for the faint of heart. Chief among his targets: the national hypersensitivity epidemic afflicting leading celebrities, talking heads and regular Joes alike to get offended by just about anything. Norton's got a message for those people, and it's in the title.

Jim Norton (Author), Jim Norton (Narrator)

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Finnegans Wake

Finnegans Wake, the greatest avant-garde novel of all time, was first published seventy years ago - and people are still trying to work out what it is about. There is Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker - aka HCE (Here Comes Everyone) - and Anna Livia Plurabelle, but also Finnegan the hod carrier (or was he a giant?), whose wake is the subject of the book. This masterly reading of the abridged version, with copious notes aiding comprehension, is republished with a new cover.

James Joyce (Author), Jim Norton, Marcella Riordan (Narrator)

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