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  The House with the Mezzanine And...

  Anton Chekhov

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  Anton Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. Chekhov was a physician by profession. "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress." 
   
  Chekhov renounced the theatre after the reception of The Seagull in 1896, but the play was revived to acclaim in 1898 by Konstantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre, which subsequently also produced Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and premiered his last two plays, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. These four works present a challenge to the acting ensemble as well as to audiences because in place of conventional action Chekhov offers a "theatre of mood" and a "submerged life in the text". The plays that Chekhov wrote were not complex, but easy to follow, and created a somewhat haunting atmosphere for the audience. 
   
  Chekhov at first wrote stories to earn money, but as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations that influenced the evolution of the modern short story. He made no apologies for the difficulties this posed to readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them. 
   
  Here is perhaps his finest collection. A true audiobook treasure!

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  Invasion of the Gym Class Zombies

  Scott Nickel

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  Trevor thought his zombie-busting days were over.  Then his new teacher turned the gym class into radio-controlled jocks!  Can Trevor save his zombified classmates from this muscle-bound madman?

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  The Mariner's Whisper - Islamic...

  Zaid Shaikh

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  In the bustling ports of the ancient East, Zayd ibn Musa is known for his unmatched skill and his paralyzing anxiety. His small dhow, Al-Barakah, is his last hope for survival against the oppressive monopoly of the great merchant Bahlul. Forced onto the treacherous Deep Route—a sea of uncharted shallows and violent squalls—Zayd’s preparations are stripped away, forcing him to confront his deepest fear: the loss of control. 
  From a miraculous escape from the Sea of Shallows to weathering a devastating squall, Zayd’s voyage becomes a sequence of physical and moral tests. His ultimate challenge is Layla, a young fugitive carrying explosive evidence against Bahlul, offering Zayd instant, but morally corrupted, wealth. 
  Listen to this epic journey of self-discovery where the power of human effort (Asbab) meets the serenity of divine reliance (Tawakkul). Discover what Zayd finds in the wreckage of his ship: a certainty (Yaqeen) that provision comes not from the ledger, but from the purity of the heart.

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  Plain Jane Tagalong and the...

  Marie Claire

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  Born and raised in the small prairie town of Lanigan, Saskatchewan, Jane Smith had to be the most awkward girl around. She had reached an age when her parents were allowing her to experiment with make-up, and all the boys around her were becoming more attractive as each day passed. Especially Todd. He was her biggest secret crush. Unfortunately, Jane was too shy to do anything about it. 
  It did not help matters that all her friends now had boyfriends, but Jane still did not. It seemed to her that she was forever cursed to be single in this small prairie town where she was nothing more than an ugly duckling next to all the pretty and sociable girls. 
  When Jane was not following her friends around from the movie theatre to the hockey rink, learning the latest juicy gossip from them, and silently adoring her biggest crush, she was alone in her bedroom writing: letters to her Chinese penpal, diary entries, and the beginnings of a romance novel. She often dreamed about her first love and first kiss. Alas, this was a dream she feared would never come true, so she also wished for a new start and a whole new life for herself. 
  Little did Jane know that her creative hobbies were the very thing that would make these dreams come true. Little did she know she was capable of magic!

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  Roots

  Torill Thorup

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  Inga Svartdal has just been married off to the much older Niels. She quickly realises that Gudrun, Niels' adult daughter from his first marriage, does not intend to relinquish control of the family farm. Inga is forced to bow to the will of her wicked stepdaughter.
  
  It doesn't take long until Niels starts asserting what he believes to be his rights in bed, which causes Inga distress on the nights he spends at home. But where is he on all the other nights?
  
  Everything changes when Martin, a neighbour, appears on the farm. Feelings between Inga and Martin quickly blossom, and even though she's a married woman, Inga cannot stop herself from falling in love.

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  Jesus christ (before the...

  Blessed Attah

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  story plot : a young man named john began to narate the times of the end in a warm apartment listening to sweet love songs after listening for a while he heard a noise that made him to hide but two angels appeared and kept him safe. then satan sent some demons to deceive the city of magog and gog. when the demons arrived on earth they deceived so many but few overcame the devil and fought till the deceived were destroyed.

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