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  Plutarch's Lives - Volume 1 of 2

  Plutarch

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  Plutarchs's (46-120 A.D.) epic chronicle of the lives of great Grecians and Romans. Beginning with the founding of Rome and Athens, the lives of the men who created the ancient world are brought to life in this new, high quality recording. Greats such as Romulus, Pericles, Theseus, Lycurgus, and many others come alive as their politics, economy, and their individual stories play out in the time of the Ancients. This translation by John Dryden, which is considered by scholars to be the quintessential translation.

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  Don Quixote de la Mancha

  Miguel Cervantes

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  Entranced by romantic tales of heroism and chivalry, Don Quixote—             self-proclaimed knight errant—             embarks on a delusional quest for fame and adventure. The eccentric Spanish country gentleman and his companion Sancho encounter an array of unforgettable characters and undertake some of the most famously foolhardy exploits in literature. Listeners will delight in following their chivalrous misadventures to right wrongs and punish evil in this timeless, laugh-out-loud tale.

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  Hansel & Gretel's Big Adventure...

  Joel Thielke

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  The tale of Hansel and Gretel is well known, but Sleep Stories brings it to you in an exciting new light. Welcome to the new Sleep Stories adaptation of the Brothers Grimm's story, Hansel and Gretel. Sleep Stories are the perfect sleep aid for listeners of all ages. Just lay back and relax, and enjoy a new twist on classic tales. And just listen to the soothing voice of narrator Meg Saricks as she guides you gently to sleep.  
  This sleep story has a sleep induction and introduction to help guide you into a deep sleep. Hansel and Gretel's Big Adventure follows a brother and sister who are left in the woods during a famine. The two must fend for themselves and outsmart a wicked witch living in a gingerbread house.

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  The Misanthrope

  Molière Molière

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  This timeless comedy of manners is considered one of Molière’s most probing and mature works. While it’s still an exemplar of 16th century farce, Molière went beyond his usual comic inventiveness to create a world of rich, complex characters, especially in the cynical title character Alceste, played here by the Tony Award-winning actor Brian Bedford.
  Lead funding for this production is provided by the Sidney E. Frank Foundation.
  This recording also includes an interview with Larry F. Norman author of “The Public Mirror: Molière and the Social Commerce of Depiction”.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance. Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Translated by Richard Wilbur.
  ©2013 L.A. Theatre Works (P)2013 L.A. Theatre Works

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  Struggle with a Devil Fish A...

  Victor Hugo

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  Victor-Marie Hugo 26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote abundantly in an exceptional variety of genres: lyrics, satires, epics, philosophical poems, epigrams, novels, history, critical essays, political speeches, funeral orations, diaries, and letters public and private, as well as dramas in verse and prose.A STRUGGLE WITH A DEVIL FISH: The sea was growing calmer. But there was still a heavy swell, which made his departure, for the present at least, impossible. The day, too, was far advanced.

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  First Men in the Moon The...

  H. G. Wells

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  When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr Cavor, an absent-minded scientist on the brink of developing a material that blocks gravity. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments, only to tell a stunned Bedford the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon. With Bedford motivated by money, and Cavor by the desire for knowledge, the two embark on the expedition. But neither are prepared for what they find - a world of freezing nights, boiling days and sinister alien life, on which they may be trapped forever.

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