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  The Celtic Prophecy

  Christopher Cartwright

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  On the wild west coast of Ireland, a neolithic burial chamber is uncovered. Inside, and perfectly preserved, is the image of a fabled Nemean lion and its cub drinking from a bubbling fountain of pure fire.
   
  The image matched the one found on an ancient scroll that warned of a Celtic Prophecy. It foretold of an approaching disaster of unimaginable scale hurtling toward the modern world… Sam Reilly needs to solve the Celtic Prophecy and find the fabled Nemean Lions, whose secret may be the only thing that can save his life.
   
  Racing from Ireland’s peat-laden vaults to a sealed druidic chamber hidden beneath a basalt sea cave, Sam and his team must piece together the lost prophecy before its final verse becomes reality.
   
  The past is calling.
   
  And its secrets may cost the very future Sam Reilly’s trying to protect.

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  Revelations - A Classic...

  Katherine Mansfield

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  What if a single day could strip away every comforting illusion? In “Revelations” by Katherine Mansfield, a woman’s carefully constructed sense of self is quietly undone as she moves through a series of encounters that force her to confront truths she would rather avoid. Set against the routines of social obligation and polite interaction, the story follows an emotional shift that unfolds not through dramatic action, but through subtle perception and inward reckoning. As familiar roles begin to feel hollow, moments of discomfort accumulate, revealing the tension between appearance and inner reality. Mansfield exposes how moral certainty, self-image, and social performance can crumble when confronted with an unfiltered view of others - and of oneself. With psychological precision, “Revelations” explores self-deception, judgment, and the unsettling clarity of emotional awakening. Press play and step into a quietly devastating short story whose insight lingers long after the final moment.

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  A Nocturne - From their pens to...

  Clothilde Graves

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  Clotilde Augusta Inez Mary Graves was born on the 3rd June 1863 at Buttevant Castle, Co. Cork, to parents with military backgrounds. 
  At age nine, the family moved to Southsea in England for yet another military posting.  Her father’s postings gave her valuable experiences that would be put to good use in later years in some of her literary works. 
  She was educated at a Catholic convent in Lourdes before returning to London in 1884 to study art in Bloomsbury.  She worked part-time at the British Museum and the Royal Female School of Art and generated further income by drawing little pen-and-ink grotesques for the comic papers.  
  A few years later a chance meeting found her writing extra lyrics for a pantomime version of Puss in Boots.  She followed up with several financially successful plays, both in London and New York, and gained a measure of notoriety in one with the comparison of marriage and prostitution.   
  Despite her dramatic success she published her first novel in 1911 under the pseudonym of Richard Dehan which she continued to use for later works.  As well as novels and plays she published collections of short stories which glow with talent and invention. 
  She was an unusual figure in London society, wearing her hair short, taking on a masculine manner and cut of clothing, and smoking cigarettes in public when such traits were considered eccentric at best.  Add to this her admired collection of Chinese and Japanese trophies, her enthusiasm for fly-fishing and her riding of a tricycle and you have a perfect image of this fascinating writer. 
  Clotilde Graves died at the convent of Our Lady of Lourdes at Hatch End in Middlesex, on the 3rd December 1932.  She was 69.

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  The Outcasts of Poker Flat

  Bret Harte

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  A snow-covered mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada. Four rugged figures—two men, two women—huddle around a dwindling campfire outside a rustic log cabin. One man (John Oakhurst) sits apart, looking solemn. The women are cloaked and shivering. Snow falls gently in the cold dawn light, and the mood is a mix of desolation and quiet dignity, evoking the harsh beauty of the Old West. 
  The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte is a classic tale of fate, morality, and unexpected redemption set in the American Old West. First published in 1869, this emotionally resonant short story follows a group of gamblers, outlaws, and “improper” individuals who are banished from a California frontier town and forced to journey through a snowy wilderness. 
  Stranded by a brutal snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada mountains, the outcasts—including the infamous gambler John Oakhurst—must grapple with survival, prejudice, and their own humanity. As tensions rise and resources dwindle, moments of grace and selflessness emerge in the unlikeliest characters. 
  This full audiobook brings Harte’s vivid frontier storytelling to life with warm, dramatic narration. Combining humor, pathos, and a deeply American voice, The Outcasts of Poker Flat is a timeless story of compassion, judgment, and redemption in the harshest conditions.

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  A Resumed Identity

  Ambrose Bierce

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Thirty-five years vanished between one breath and the next. 
   
  A dazed man wanders into a Civil War army camp at night, certain he is a young lieutenant reporting for duty — and certain the war is still raging around him. The soldiers who find him see something else entirely: an old man, decades out of place, insisting on a world that ended long ago. The truth, when it comes, closes in from both directions at once.

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  The Lion and the Unicorn

  Richard Harding Davis

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  An American playwright in London, a girl he cannot have, a Cuban gun-runner and a young officer off to the war — four stories about people who behave better than they need to. Davis was the most famous reporter of his age, covered six wars, and was the model Charles Dana Gibson drew for the Gibson Man; the title story is his best, and the self-sacrifice in it is done with a shrug rather than a speech.

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