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This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In the archives of a German abbey, the English antiquary Mr Somerton finds a riddle left behind by Abbot Thomas von Eschenhausen, a sixteenth-century churchman rumoured to have hidden a fortune in gold before his death. The clue is hidden in the painted...

Decades of research demonstrate how important the relationships with peers and professors are for students academically, personally, and professionally. Yet many students lack the strategies to develop educationally purposeful relationships in college. Connections Are Everything shows students the simple steps they can take to make their own college experience meaningful and transformational.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Professor Parkins does not believe in ghosts. A sensible Cambridge academic, he has come to the quiet seaside town of Burnstow for a peaceful golfing holiday. While exploring the ruins of an old Templar site, he finds a small bronze whistle with a...

A new Earth, assembled and perfected. That was the promise. It's not the reality. For Austin Caine, the question is everywhere he looks: what did the machines do with two hundred years and a world of their own? Someone made sure there's no easy answer. He's going to find one anyway.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. When Mr. Anderson checks into the Golden Lion, a venerable old inn in the Danish town of Viborg, he finds himself in Room Number 12 — comfortable enough, though strangely narrower by day than it seems at night. Odder still, the hotel has no Room...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Mr Wraxall is an English travel writer of modest means and considerable curiosity, gathering material in a quiet corner of Sweden. His hosts at the manor house are hospitable, the family archives are extensive, and the more he reads of the estate's...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Something has waited in that tree for two hundred years. When Sir Richard Fell inherits Castringham Hall, he gives little thought to the old ash tree growing just outside his bedroom window — or to the local legend of a witch hanged generations ago...

This lavish visual history—featuring over 180 all-new illustrations—is a stunning introduction to House Targaryen, the iconic family at the heart of HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon. For hundreds of years, the Targaryens sat the Iron Throne of Westeros while their...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Perfect for fans of A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones—an epic history of Westeros and the lands beyond, featuring all-new material from George R. R. Martin! If the past is prologue, then George R. R. Martin’s masterwork—the most inventive and...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. “Ghost Stories of an Antiquary” is a collection of mysterious and atmospheric tales by renowned writer M.R. James. Transporting us into the realm of supernatural fiction, James weaves intriguing narratives that evoke feelings of unease and mystery...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A quiet country house. A kind guardian. And a past that refuses to stay buried. In Lost Hearts, M. R. James crafts a chilling tale of a young boy sent to live with his enigmatic cousin: an eccentric scholar with a troubling fascination for ancient...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. An old church, a nervous guide… and a book that should never have been opened. In Canon Alberic’s Scrap-book, M. R. James draws you into a quiet corner of rural France, where a curious English scholar stumbles upon a mysterious manuscript—filled...

Delve into the eerie world of Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936), a renowned medieval scholar and Provost of King‚s College, Cambridge, who masterfully crafted ghost stories intended to be shared aloud during the haunting hours of Christmas Eve. Set against tranquil rural landscapes, his tales feature unassuming, scholarly protagonists who find themselves entwined with supernatural forces. The horror in his narratives is subtly woven, relying on the serene backdrop to heighten the dread of otherworldly encounters. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary‚ compiles two of his celebrated collections ...

This is an unabridged audio collection of the "best of the best" science fiction stories published in 2013 by current and emerging masters of the genre, edited by Allan Kaster, as narrated by top voice talents. In "Zero for Conduct," by Greg Egan, an Afghani teenager, living in a near-future Iran with her exiled grandfather, makes a game-changing superconductor discovery. A young girl struggles to survive on a planet, with a stringent class structure, where Doors are used to go off-world in "Exile, Interrupted," by C. W. Johnson.

In Unmasked: The Corruption Chronicles of the Democratic Party, R.M. Spears delivers a searing exposé that peels back the layers of deception, power, and greed within one of America's most influential political institutions. This meticulously researched and gripping account takes readers on a...

A physician in recovery tells his story from two seats: the professional who ran from his problems and judged everyone else’s, and the compulsive gambler who finally made it into recovery. Along the way we’ll cover wellness, mental health, burnout, work-life balance, peer support, and living life one day at a time.

The Manyari, a people of both Man and beast, have found a home in the Greater Wilds, and after years of diligence, they have learned to thrive in exile. Now, they are preparing to choose their next Chieftess, who will lead a new tribe farther into the wilderness than ever before. But first...

Story Listings: The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs / Timber by John Galsworthy / The Mask Of The Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe / The Squaw by Bram Stoker / Martin's Close by M.R. James / The Man In The Bell by W.E. Aytoun / Caterpillars by E.F. Benson / A Tale Of Terror by Thomas Hood Read by...

Step into the chilling world of M. R. James, the master of the English ghost story, with this anthology of his finest supernatural tales. From mysterious rooms in curious inns to cursed manuscripts and vengeful spectres, James’s stories weave an atmosphere of dread and suspense that lingers long after the final tick

Montague Rhodes James is cited as perhaps the greatest English writer of ghost stories, an opinion few would disagree with. Many of his elegant yet terrifying tales were created by discarding the prevailing gothic clichés and placing his characters and narrative in a realistic setting. Thereby the stories gained atmosphere and menace on a grand scale and he was famed as the originator of the antiquarian ghost story. Although story-telling and writing these 30 or so tales was a hobby, when published their effect transformed the genre and still chill the bones in our more modern times.