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  The Poison Belt - A gripping...

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  The end of the world arrives not with a fiery explosion, but with a silent, suffocating wave. 
  When the brilliant and bombastic Professor George Edward Challenger observes an abnormal blurring of Fraunhofer's lines in the stellar spectrum, he deduces a terrifying truth: the Earth is speeding directly into a cosmic cloud of poisonous ether. As reports of madness, mass sickness, and sudden death pour in from across the globe, Challenger gathers his intrepid companions from his famed Lost World expedition—Lord John Roxton, Professor Summerlee, and the journalist Edward Malone—at his countryside estate. 
  Armed with a limited supply of oxygen cylinders and sealed tightly inside a single room, the men can only watch from their window as the unstoppable tide of death consumes the human race. Will they be the last survivors of a doomed, silent planet, or is there a flicker of hope beyond the poisoned atmosphere? 
  Why you will love this: This masterclass in early Science Fiction will keep you on the edge of your seat. Blending thrilling apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic tropes with philosophical existential dread, the story combines the claustrophobic tension of a locked-room mystery with the vast, terrifying stakes of an extinction-level cosmic event. 
  About the Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) is celebrated worldwide as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. However, his boundless imagination also birthed the formidable Professor Challenger, cementing his legacy as a true pioneer of early speculative fiction and sweeping adventure.

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  Submarine - From their pens to...

  Stella Benson

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  Stella Benson was born on the 6th January 1892 in Easthope, Shropshire to parents who were landed gentry. 
  Her early years involved frequent household moves which was difficult for the child as she suffered from ill-health.  Some of her early education was spent at schools in Germany and Switzerland and by 10 she had developed a lifelong habit of keeping a diary. 
  In the following years her parents separated, and she rarely saw her father. When she did, he encouraged to pause her writing until she had further experience and could better make sense of the world.  When he died, she learned he had been an alcoholic. 
  A winter spent in the West Indies provided material for her first novel ‘I Pose’ published the following year in 1915. 
  During the War years she became involved in the women's suffrage movement and dedicated time outside of writing to support the troops and help the poor. 
  In 1918 she decided to travel spending much time in California, where she also tutored at the University of California, and continued to write.  In China she met her future husband and after marrying in London, journeyed with him to his various Custom postings through Nanning, Beihai, and Hong Kong and the Far East. 
  The works continued to flow novels, short stories, travel essays all helped to build a deserved and burgeoning reputation. 
  Although her works are now in the forgotten and neglected department her writing style, characters, and narratives more than capably demonstrate her obvious talents.   
  Stella Benson died of pneumonia on the 7th December 1933, at Hạ Long in the Vietnamese province of Tonkin.  She was 40.

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  The Door in the Wall

  H. G. Wells

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  Lionel Wallace, a successful but unhappy politician who reminisces about a magical door he discovered in a wall as a child. This door led him to an enchanted garden, a place of wondrous beauty and joy, which he has since longed to find again. As he navigates his disillusioned adult life, Wallace is haunted by the memory of this garden and the fulfillment it represents. This tale beautifully explores the universal themes of lost innocence, the yearning for a simpler, happier existence, and the conflict between duty and personal desire.

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  Snow White & Rose Red and Other...

  The Brothers Grimm

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  This charming collection of Grimms' Fairy Tales includes "Snow White & Rose Red", "Doctor Knowall", "The Seven Ravens", "King Grisly-Beard" and "The Twelve Huntsmen". Grimms' Fairy Tales was first published in Germany in 1812 as "Kinder und Hausmärchen". This series of recordings is based on the original 1823 English translation by Edgar Taylor, with subsequent editing by Marian Edwardes.

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  Early Irish Myths and Sagas

  Jeffrey Gantz

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  First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world—part myth, part legend and part history. Rich with magic and achingly beautiful, they speak of a land of heroic battles, intense love and warrior ideals, in which the otherworld is explored and men mingle freely with the gods. From the vivid adventures of the great Celtic hero Cú Chulaind, to the stunning "Exile of the Sons of Uisliu"—a tale of treachery, honour and romance—these are masterpieces of passion and vitality, and form the foundation for the Irish literary tradition: a mythic legacy that was a powerful influence on the work of Yeats, Synge and Joyce. 
   
  PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. 
   
  This audiobook is expertly read by Alana Kerr Collins, with audio engineering by Alex Brown. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, LLC, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.

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  A Defenceless Creature

  Anton Chekhov

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  Defenceless Creature - a story by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. Written in 1887, first published on February 28, 1887 in the magazine Oskolki. The story describes with irony a stubborn man who achieves his goals by relying on the pity of those around him.
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