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  Twelve Years a Slave (Unabridged)

  Solomon Northup

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  Twelve Years a Slave, sub-title: Narrative of Solomon Northup, citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana, is a memoir by Solomon Northup as told to and edited by David Wilson. It is a slave narrative of a black man who was born free in New York state but kidnapped in Washington, D.C., sold into slavery, and kept in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana. He provided details of slave markets in Washington, D.C. and New Orleans, as well as describing at length cotton and sugar cultivation on major plantations in Louisiana.

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  White Snake The - Story Time...

  Brothers Grimm

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  A wise King receives a covered dish every evening. A young servant is intrigued one night when he retrieves the King's dish and discovers a coiled white snake under the cover. The servant takes a small bite and discovers that he can now understand and communicate with animals.

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  Vanity Fair

  William Makepeace Thackeray

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  One of the great Victorian novels by an author at the height of his powers, Vanity Fair follows the fortunes of the calculating, upwardly-mobile Becky Sharp and her gentle, good-hearted friend Amelia Sedley as they leave their boarding school and embark upon their lives in Vanity Fair – the social-climbing, wealth-obsessed world of Regency England in the time of the Napoleonic Wars. William Makepeace Thackeray was a British novelist, author, and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1848 novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of British society, and the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon, adapted for a 1975 film by Stanley Kubrick.

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  Eugenie Grandet

  Honoré de Balzac

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  The story centers on Eugénie, a kind-hearted young woman living under the oppressive rule of her miserly father, Félix Grandet, in provincial France. When her cousin Charles arrives, bringing tales of Parisian glamour and emotional turmoil, Eugénie experiences love for the first time. However, her devotion is met with betrayal as Charles succumbs to greed and societal pressures. Balzac paints a vivid portrait of family dynamics, materialism, and sacrifice, critiquing the destructive power of wealth and selfishness. With poignant detail, the novel explores themes of innocence, resilience, and the enduring impact of love amidst moral decay.

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  Esme - From their pens to your...

  Saki Saki

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  Hector Hugh Munro, more familiarly known by his pen-name ‘Saki’ was born in what was then Akyab in British Burma on 18th December 1870. His father was an Inspector General for the Indian Imperial Police, and his mother the daughter of a Rear Admiral. 
  When he was 2 his mother died and he and his siblings were sent back to England to be raised by their grandmother and paternal maiden aunts in a strict, puritanical household near Barnstaple, Devon. Educated by governesses Saki used many of these women as character models for his later writing. 
  At 17 his father retried and returned to England and then embarked on a series of European travels with Saki and his siblings. 
  After a short stint working in Burma with the Indian Imperial Police Saki decided to move to London to make a living as a writer. Initially he wrote as a journalist for a number of newspapers and magazines before attempting an historical study, ‘The Rise of the Russian Empire’, whose real value lay in directing him to writing short stories instead, the first of which, ‘Dogged’, he published in 1899. 
  From here it was a short stab of the pen to writing political satire before in 1902 he became the foreign correspondent for The Morning Post, first in the Balkans, then Russia, Paris and back to London in 1908, where 'the agreeable life of a man of letters with a brilliant reputation awaited him.'  
  Collections of his short stories full of witty, mischievous and often macabre stories that satirized Edwardian society and two novels now appeared in the years up to the Great War.  At its’ outbreak he was 43 but managed to join as an ordinary trooper. More than once he returned to the battlefield when officially too sick or injured.  
  On 14th November 1916 Hector Hugh Munro was sheltering in crater during the Battle of the Ancre, when he was shot and killed by a German sniper. According to several sources, his last words were "Put that bloody cigarette out!"

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  The Children's Book of Christmas...

  Asa Don Dickinson

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  The Children’s Book of Christmas Stories brings together some of the most beloved stories of all time. With 35 wonderful stories from greats like Dickens, Hans Christian Anderson, Elizabeth Harrison and Theodore Goodridge Roberts this book will be cherished by the whole family for years to come. A Christmas Star by Katherine Pyle The First Christmas Tree by Lucy Wheelock The First New England Christmas by G.L. Stone and M.G. Fickett Why the Chimes Rang by Raymond McAlden A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and many more beloved stories. Here is a delightful classic tail sure to delight children of all ages. A fast moving fun story with lots of surprises guaranteed to elicit a lot of wide-eyed Wonder from the little ones we all love. A true family audio treasure! Sharing wonderful stories between the generations is one of the surest ways to bring a family closer together and keep them that way. Here is an audiobook beautifully crafted in the grandest tradition of fine young people’s literature. I must have for every family!

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