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  Blessed Are the Meek - From...

  Mary Webb

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  Mary Gladys Meredith was born on 25th March 1881 at Leighton Lodge in the village of Leighton, near Shrewsbury in Shropshire.  
  Mary was home-schooled by her father before being sent to a finishing school in Southport in 1895. Her longs walks in the countryside helped her develop a heightened sense of observation and description, of both people and places, which later infused both her poetry and prose. 
  When she was 20 she developed symptoms of Graves' disease, a thyroid disorder that caused bulging protuberant eyes and throat goitre. This caused life-long ill health and was a possible contributor to her early death.  
  Mary was first published as a teenager when her brother sent to a local newspaper her poem on a recent rail accident.  Mary, who was in the habit of destroying her work was appalled though placated when she discovered that it had received some positive appreciation in readers letters. 
  1912 brought marriage to Henry Bertram Law Webb, a teacher. He supported her literary work which, in 1917, resulted in the publication of her novel ‘The Golden Arrow.’ 
  A few years later they acquired a property in London where, it was hoped, recognition of her literary talents would be more easily recognised.   
  Her 1924 novel, ‘Precious Bane’, won the Prix Femina Vie Heureuse, the prestigious French literary prize awarded by an all-female jury. 
  Most of her poetry and various other works were only published after her death. 
  By 1927 her health was deteriorating and her marriage failing.   
  Mary Webb died on 8th October 1927 at St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex.  She was 46.

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  Celephaïs

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  Kuranes, an English Nobleman ill-content with his real life, once dreamed of the city of Celephaïs. Many years later, at the height of his discontent, he manages to slip away permanently into his dreams. After a guided recollection of his childhood, he comes upon Celephaïs. While his psyche happily remains guard over the city, his body is found back in the real world, washed ashore on the banks of his family’s land.  

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  Herman Melville 3 Complete Works...

  Herman Melville

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  Herman Melville, born in 1819 in New York City, led a life filled with adventure, literary exploration, and contemplation. His early experiences as a sailor aboard whaling ships provided the inspiration for his most famous work, "Moby-Dick," a literary masterpiece that would later secure his place in literary history. Melville's writings delve into profound themes such as obsession, the human condition, morality, and the conflict between man and nature. 
   
  While Melville's works did not achieve commercial success during his lifetime, his legacy grew in the years following his death in 1891. The publication of "Moby-Dick" in 1851 was met with mixed reviews, but the novel's exploration of existential themes and its rich symbolism garnered appreciation and recognition from later generations of readers and scholars. Today, Melville is considered one of the greatest American writers, with "Moby-Dick" hailed as a monumental achievement in American literature. 
   
  Melville's writings often reflect his own personal struggles and the tumultuous historical context of his time. His novella "Billy Budd, Sailor" explores themes of justice, innocence, and the corrupting influence of authority, drawing parallels to the social and political conflicts of the mid-19th century. His early novels, such as "Typee" and "Omoo," were based on his real-life experiences as a sailor in the South Seas, highlighting the clash between Western civilization and the indigenous cultures he encountered. 
   
  Herman Melville's life and writings continue to resonate with readers, inviting them into a world of adventure, philosophy, and introspection. His works inspire deep reflection on the human condition and the mysteries of existence. Melville's legacy as a literary pioneer, exploring the depths of the human psyche and confronting existential questions, remains enduring.

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  The Family Hour A 30 Pack...

  Collected by Dennis Edward Delaney

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  The Family Hour A 30 Pack Variety Of Old Time Radio Shows 
  Collected by Dennis Edward Delaney - Narrator Dennis Edward DelaneyAbout this Audiobook 
  Cover Design by David Earl DeWitt | ZacaPublishing.com 
  Featuring Don Ameche, Frances Langford, Orson Welles, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Alan Ladd, William Conrad, James Arness, Boris Karloff, Greer Garson, Ray Milland, Eve Arden, Dick Powell, Peter Lorre, Robert Taylor, John Wayne and many others. 
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  The Ford Theatre - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 
  The Bickersons - Everybody Has A Baby 
  Black Museum - The .22 Caliber Pistol 
  Bold Venture - Russian Roulette 
  Box 13 - House of Darkness 
  The Clock - Jungle Drums 
  Crime Classics - Good Evening, My Name Is Jack the Ripper 
  Escape - Three Skeleton Key 
  Gunsmoke - Home Surgery 
  Inner Sanctum - Corridor of Doom  
  The Lone Ranger - Horse Thieves Steal Silver 
  The African Queen - Humphrey Bogart and Greer Garson 
  Mystery in the Air - The Great Barastro - Peter Lorre 
  Nero Wolfe - The Calculated Risk - Sydney Greenstreet 
  Our Miss Brooks - The Surprise Party - Eve Arden  
  The Adventures of Philip Marlowe - The Fatted Calf 
  Quiet Please - The Thing on the Fourble Board 
  Richard Diamond - The Singing Critic-Dick Powell 
  Sam Spade - The Death Bed Caper-Howard Duff 
  Screen Directors' Playhouse-Stagecoach-John Wayne 
  Screen Directors' Playhouse - The Dark Mirror-Olivia de Havilland 
  Suspense - The House In Cypress Canyon 
  Lights Out - The Devil and Mr. O 
  The Shadow - Orson Welles 
  Screen Directors' Playhouse - The Uninvited - Ray Milland  
  The Whistler-Urge to Kill 
  The Weird Circle - The Warning 
  Superman - The Baby from Krypton - Clark Kent Reporter - Landslide 
  Quiet Please - The Thing on the Fourble Board 
  The Lives of Harry Lime - Rogues Gallery 
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  The Alchemist

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  Presented by Aetherborne Creations, this audiobook edition of The Alchemist offers H.P. Lovecraft’s early Gothic tale as it was always implied. Not as a sensational horror, but as a measured testament set down by an aged hand. 
  Written in Lovecraft’s youth, yet steeped in ancestral decay and the quiet tyranny of time, The Alchemist unfolds as a first-person account of lineage, inheritance, and a fate long prepared. Within the ruins of a once-noble château, the last heir of an ancient family records the history of a curse that has claimed each generation before its prime. 
  This production is newly recorded and crafted expressly for attentive listening. The narration is delivered as the final memoir of an elder scholar, penning his reckoning by candlelight — unhurried, restrained, and dignified. No musical underscore intrudes upon the telling; the voice alone bears the weight of memory, stone, and years endured. 
  Faithful to the sombre beauty of Lovecraft’s early style, this edition favours atmosphere over excess, and reflection over spectacle. It is an audiobook for listeners who value literary horror, gothic restraint, and the quiet power of a story told as it must finally be told. 
  The Alchemist endures — not as a tale of monsters, but as a meditation upon time, ancestry, and the inescapable reckoning of the past.

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  Pride and Prejudice

  Jane Austen

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  Jane Austen's classic tale of love overcoming preconceptions centers on the two eldest daughters of the Bennet family: Jane and Elizabeth. Elizabeth has to fend off an unwelcome offer of marriage from the Rev. Collins, while mistakenly falling for the charms of the dashing Mr Wickham, before realizing that appearances are deceptive and that her prejudice against Mr Darcy has blinded her to his real character. Witty, humorous and ultimately satisfying, this masterpiece of classic fiction has endured for more than two hundred years.

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