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  The Gold-Bug and Other Stories

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  "The Gold-Bug and Other Stories" by Edgar Allan Poe is a captivating collection featuring the iconic tale "The Gold-Bug," where a cryptic cipher leads to a hunt for hidden treasure. The collection includes more of Poe's masterful short stories, such as the chilling "The Tell-Tale Heart," exploring the mind of a murderer haunted by guilt. "The Fall of the House of Usher" delves into themes of madness and the macabre, while "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" introduces the detective C. Auguste Dupin in a groundbreaking detective mystery. Through Poe's intricate narratives and dark imagination, the collection delves into the depths of the human psyche, leaving readers both thrilled and haunted by his tales of mystery, horror, and psychological tension.

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  Mysterious Island

  Jules Verne

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  "Mysterious Island" by Jules Verne is an adventure novel that follows a group of five castaways who are stranded on a remote and uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean. After escaping from a Confederate prison during the American Civil War in a hot air balloon, they find themselves on this mysterious island with limited resources. Using their ingenuity, they work together to survive, build a new life, and explore the island, which is filled with strange phenomena and hidden dangers. Throughout their journey, they encounter various challenges, including hostile environments, wild animals, and mysterious occurrences, ultimately leading them to uncover the island's secrets and a surprising connection to Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus. The novel combines elements of science, exploration, and suspense, showcasing Verne's imagination and his interest in the wonders of science and technology.

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  The Alchemist - The Original...

  Ben Jonson

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  An outbreak of plague in London forces a gentleman, Lovewit, to flee temporarily to the country, leaving his house under the sole charge of his butler, Jeremy. Jeremy uses the opportunity given to him to use the house as the headquarters for fraudulent acts. He transforms himself into 'Captain Face', and enlists the aid of Subtle, a fellow conman and Dol Common, a prostitute. In The Alchemist, Jonson unashamedly satirizes the follies, vanities and vices of mankind, most notably greed-induced credulity. People of all social classes are subject to Jonson's ruthless, satirical wit. He mocks human weakness and gullibility to advertising and to "miracle cures" with the character of Sir Epicure Mammon, who dreams of drinking the elixir of youth and enjoying fantastic sexual conquests. The Alchemist focuses on what happens when one human being seeks advantage over another. In a big city like London, this process of advantage-seeking is rife. The trio of con-artists - Subtle, Face and Dol - are self-deluding small-timers, ultimately undone by the same human weaknesses they exploit in their victims. 
   
  Benjamin Jonson was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence upon English poetry and stage comedy.

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  Night Before Christmas The - The...

  Clement Clarke Moore

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  'Tis the season for classic stories! Clement Clarke Moore's timeless Christmas poem comes gloriously to life as a soundscape audiobook. 
  Root & Twig Sound's fifth production is complete with delightful narration by Phil Dragash, festive original music by Alexander Amadeo and a guest appearance by the Virginian carolers, The Yuletides. Enjoy the Christmas season in a brand new way! 
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  A Root & Twig Sounds Production 
  Written by Clement Clarke Moore 
  Original text published on December 23rd of 1823 
  Produced as a Soundscape Audiobook on December 23rd of 2024 
  Read and Performed by Phil Dragash 
  Produced and Directed by Phil Dragash and A.Y. Barker 
  Original Music Composed by Alexander Amadeo 
  Special Thanks to Violet Virginia Mills Barker, Emma Purzycki, the families of Bedford and The Yuletides. 
  Cover Art by Phil Dragash 
  © Root & Twig Sounds, 2025 
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  The mission of Root and Twig Sounds is to be a beacon of classic stories spectacularly done for the modern ear, helping the world remember its great storytelling heritage. Find Root & Twig soundscape audiobooks wherever audiobooks are sold.

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  Mrs Dalloway

  Virginia Woolf

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  “Fear no more, says the heart, committing its burden to some sea, which sighs collectively for all sorrows, and renews, begins, collects, lets fall.” 
  In the aftermath of World War I, Clarissa Dalloway is an upper-class politician’s wife, who longs for the carefree, impassioned days of her youth. Her marriage to a sensible man gives her many opportunities to socialize and progress in society, but this practicality also prevented her from following other romantic and personal passions. 
  These old regrets come to new light as Clarissa is reintroduced to Peter Walsh, a man she loved – and who had proposed to her – in her younger days. His reappearance in her life makes her reflect on all that she has lost through the years, the pieces of her frivolous self that were put aside when she compromised for the promise of stability. 
  Mrs. Dalloway’s regrets are juxtaposed against the life of Septimus Warren Smith, a veteran who is lost in his mind in the aftermath of the war. Like Clarissa, he longs for the days of his past, but is further drawn inward than her. These two characters, though different in status and class, are similar in their search for the hope and vitality that they once had. Through the novel, they come to unique conclusions about their places in a world recuperating from global conflict. 
  Mrs. Dalloway is perhaps Virginia Woolf’s most beloved and well-known novels, and offers a glimpse into the collective thoughts, attitudes, and sensibilities of both normal citizens and veterans after the first World War.

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  From Here to Eternity

  James Jones

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  A novel of army life in the calm before Pearl Harbor: A New York Times bestseller, a National Book Award winner, and “one of the great books of our time” (Newsday).  At the Pearl Harbor army base in 1941, Robert E. Lee Prewitt is Uncle Sam’s finest bugler. A career soldier with no patience for army politics, Prewitt becomes incensed when a commander’s favorite wins the title of First Bugler. His indignation results in a transfer to an infantry unit whose commander is less interested in preparing for war than he is in boxing. But when Prewitt refuses to join the company team, the commander and his sergeant decide to make the bugler’s life hell.    An American classic now available with scenes and dialogue considered unfit for publication in the 1950s, From Here to Eternity is a stirring picture of army life in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. This ebook features an illustrated biography of James Jones including rare photos from the author’s estate.

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