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Audiobooks Narrated by Katinka Wolf
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Listen to Plaisir D'Amour and step into a world of rich in sensuality. A World of illicit liaisons and secret rendezvous on tree lined boulevards and smoke filled cafes, of silk stockings and snatched glances, of bohemian bawdiness and haute monde decadence - where blissful afternoons are spent in half shuttered rooms and cognac and whispered propositions melt the will. Enter the intimate circle of Jeanne Verney, her brothers Maurice and Gerard, and their friends and lovers who all form an intricate ronde in pursuit of - Plaisir D'Amour.
The Scarlet Letter is one of the great classics of American literature, Set in the harsh Puritan environment of seventeenth century Boston, it describes the plight of Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman who stands alone against society. Having given birth to a child after an illicit affair, she refuses to name the father and is forced to wear the letter 'A' for Adulteress embroidered on her dress.
Here are the stories of nine people whose energy, imagination, courage and determination changed the world. From Christopher Columbus, who set off into unknown seas in a small ship in the fifteenth century, to a young girl, Anne Frank, caught in the turmoil of the twentieth, who wrote a remarkable diary while in hiding in Amsterdam during the Second World War. Their personalities and their achievements make them heroes and heroines for our time also.
Here are sixty of the finest and most entertaining poems for younger listeners. There are nonsense poems ('The Jumblies') classic animal poems ('The Snail') stories of adventure ('The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens') and Robert Browning's classic tale of adults getting their come-uppance - The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Modern poetry also makes its contribution with wordplay ('Zoe's Ear-rings') and images of nature ('Weathers'). Though principally aimed at eight to thirteen-year-olds, this is a collection to delight listeners young and old alike.
