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  The Famous Race between the...

  Sidney Keyes

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  Sidney Keyes' great allegorical tale of a race between a newfangled steamroller with a top speed of five miles per hour and a horse-drawn hearse, whose two old nags are accustomed to a stately pace appropriate to the transportation of the dead. The race takes on a wider significance as an allegory of progress and the advent of the age of the machine versus the old thoughtful way of life.When the two vehicles set off from their starting point, the village inn ("The Sad Man's Rest") nobody can really predict which vehicle will arrive first at the finish line, eight miles away. As it turns out, the outcome of the race is very different and more momentous than anyone could have predicted. A story which truly challenges the listener to think through the wider implications of what started out as a simple pub challenge.

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  The Perfect Arrangement - A Year...

  Katie Ganshert

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  They've helped orchestrate the perfect day for countless couples. Now 12 new couples will find themselves in the wedding spotlight in the second Year of Weddings novella collection. 
  Meeting Nate was truly an accident - but Amelia finds that he's one of the few people she can count on. Amelia Woods is a small-town wallflower and the proud owner of Forget-Me-Nots, a quaint flower shop that once belonged to her mother. Despite her success in business, her love life has always been a bit lackluster. Until she spies on her ex-boyfriend's wedding and ends up in a horrifyingly embarrassing fender bender with handsome wedding guest Nate Gallagher. 
  Meanwhile Amelia's younger brother, William, has proposed to his girlfriend. Amelia would be excited except she has evidence that the fiancée is not who she says she is. How can she be supportive and be the protective big sister, too? It seems Nate is the only one available for any advice giving, and he's good at it - and pretty fun to talk to, too. Amelia and Nate strike up an online relationship, but always lingering in Amelia's mind is the fear that he'll realize she's not nearly as appealing in real life. 
  As Amelia works to craft the perfect flower arrangements for other people, she begins to wonder if real love is better than the dream. And if it is, will Nate still be interested when he learns who she is?

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  The Squaw

  Bram Stoker

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  Bram Stoker (1847 - 1912) is best known for his masterpiece of horror, "Dracula". But he was also the author of many exceptional horror stories, of which "The Squaw" is a prime example.It tells the story of a brash but kind-hearted American visiting Europe. He and his travelling companions are keen to visit the Torture Tower in the Burg at Nuremburg. But on their way, the American unfortunately drops a pebble over the parapet... setting in motion a terrible series of events.

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  Sailing the Seven Sustainable Seas

  Martin Chambers

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  "What I like about sailing is that it is sustainable. You set the sails and the wind propels and you can go to the end of the world with little extra thought. You don't need too many clothes and certainly you are not a slave to fashion or the need to dress in the latest style. Some locally sourced food and off you go." 
  These entertaining stories of sailing life began when Martin and his wife Kerryn departed from Adelaide on thier run-down yacht. They were headed for Fremantle but they forgot to turn right at Kangeroo Island and arrived in Hobart. It was an easy navigational error to make. 
  Once in Hobart, in order to avoid an almost global pandemic they remained in Tasmania. After all, Tasmania is at the end of the world and even a virus wouldn't want to go there. It was a strategy as successful as their navigation, but here you will hear no sotries of lockdowns or vaccinations. Instead, seven stories about wildlife, onboard catering, waste and power managment. Stories inspired by the reality of sustainable sailing in the same way the desire to sail home to Fremantle resulted in a trip to Tasmania.

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  The Woman at the Store

  Katherine Mansfield

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  New Zealand-born Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf.'The Woman at the Store' is a sinister tale about a woman living at a remote farm and general store in New Zealand with her small daughter and sheepdog...and a dark secret...A Red Door Consulting production.

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  Stars in Her Eyes

  Becky Lee Weyrich

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  Two lovers transcend space and time, life, and death in this wildly inventive novella from a Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award–winning author.   Emily Larchmont is on a voyage back from England to her home in the States. The young widow hopes to start anew. She’ll be helped along the way by the dashing Jonathan Webb, who is all too eager for Emily to cast off her mourning dress and learn to love life once more. But after a storm sinks the ship, Emily fears she has lost Jonathan forever.   Back home, adjusting to her new life, Emily attends a party where Jonathan shows up, hale and hearty. But is it really him? Or is it someone from beyond the stars? Either way, a passion has been ignited between the two that will leave them both changed forever.   “One of the finest and most gifted writers. A master storyteller!” —Romantic Times

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