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  Pollyanna

  Eleanor Porter

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  When Pollyanna was published in 1913, it became an overnight success. It immediately sold over a million copies as young and old alike fell in love with the little freckled orphan girl and her spirited optimism. Many of Beldingsville’s citizens are ill, misguided, and even despairing. The sparkling, ingenuous eleven-year-old who descends upon them with her ‘glad game’ gives them renewed hope and  changes their lives forever. Then unexpected tragedy strikes, and Pollyanna can no longer find the silver lining in any cloud. Can a child’s suffering possibly serve any purpose? Author Eleanor Porter wrote, “ I have never believed that we ought to deny discomfort and pain and evil: I have merely thought that it is far better to greet the unknown with a cheer.” With the added bonus of Barbara Caruso’s skillful reading, even adult readers will be challenged to finish the book dry-eyed.

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  Gambler's Luck

  E. T. A. Hoffmann

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  E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror as well as a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. His stories were highly influential during the 19th century, and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement. 
  'Gambler's Luck' tells the story of a young German baron who is enjoying a streak of beginner's luck at the gambling tables. As his winnings mount up, the young man is gradually becoming sucked into the addictive habit of gambling. One night a stranger appears at the gambling table and watches the baron intently. The stranger appears night after night, until the baron is infuriated and challenges the man. A later chance meeting between the two results in the stranger relating a most unusual and gripping tale....

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  Bedtime Stories for Children

  H Jadoon

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  Bedtime can be a real challenge for a lot of families, and sometimes, the same old stories and routines don’t work anymore.There can be a lot of gimmicks out there to try and help your children fall asleep faster or with greater ease, but let’s face it, how often do those gimmicks actually work. 
  You will find some of the following benefits in this audiobook:Moral tales to teach kids important lessons through creative storytellingHelpful ways to enjoy relaxation at any ageGuided meditations to help kids feel centered, calm, and ready to restNew tellings of old stories, like the Tortoise and the Hare, and Moby DickImaginative journeys all around the world, to different places in the mind, and even into outer space!Stories to help kids focus on learning mindfulness and paying attention to the little things in lifeTales to relax the body, mind, spiritComforting and enjoyable characters and plots that keep the listener feeling harmonious at nightFun and creative ways to use the imagination while learning to relax and breatheAnd more!

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  Let Loose

  Mary Cholmondeley

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  Mary Cholmondeley (1859-1925) was an English novelist and short story writer. 'Let Loose' is a supernatural ghost story where a young architect wishes to research a unique fresco in the crypt of a remote and ancient parish church in Yorkshire.The parish clergyman is remarkably reluctant to hand over the keys to the crypt and sets some odd conditions to their use. On the subsequent days after the young architect has opened the crypt, terrible and mysterious deaths begin to plague the village. Something has been let loose...something horrible and sinister....

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  The Horror in the Burying-Ground

  H. P. Lovecraft, Hazel Heald

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  A gravedigger in a certain village discovers a substance that gives the appearance of death to living beings. He intends to use it on his enemies, but in the end, he himself becomes a victim.The horror in the cemetery is distinguished by a slightly gallows humor and the rustic slang of the characters. The story at times resembles the works of the master of macabre, Ambrose Bierce.The last of the stories written by Lovecraft for Hazel Heald. Common to all of them is the motif of transformation and paralysis or incapacitation. Heald paid regularly, and H.P. Lovecraft didn't seem to complain about her, which cannot be said about other clients

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  The Cremona Violin

  E. T. A. Hoffmann

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  E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror as well as a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. His stories were highly influential during the 19th century, and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement.'The Cremona Violin' is the story of Councillor Krespel, an eccentric violin maker who lives with a mysterious woman, Antonia, who has the most beautiful singing voice ever heard by anyone in the town, but she was only ever heard to sing once. Krespel makes the best violins in the world but never sells any and plays each violin only once. There is a strange secret behind this odd behaviour...but it is only years later that the strange truth comes out.

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