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  The Duel

  Anton Chekhov

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  The Duel is a novella by Anton Chekhov and was published in 1891. It tells the story of the debates between a scientist, a government worker, his mistress, a deacon, and a physician about wits and ethics. This verbal battle leads to a violent contest: the duel. The story begins with Ivan Andreitch Laevsky – a government worker - who has run off with a married woman, Nadyezyhda Fyodorovna to a small town in the Caucasus. While there, he forms several acquaintanceships with a colorful array of characters. Among them, he has friends and enemies. But there’s one person in particular who has it in for him – the zoologist Von Koren. Von Koren is broad-shouldered, swarthy, vigorous and hardheaded realist young man.This version of the book is translated by Matin Karimi to Persian (Farsi) and narrated by Amir Mohammadi. The Persian version of Duel’s audiobook is published by Maktub worldwide.

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  The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  Originally published in 1927, these short stories represent the fifth and final collection of Arthur Conan Doyle's tales featuring Sherlock Holmes. Included are the following stories, originally published in Strand Magazine beginning in 1921 and stretching through 1927: The Adventure of the Illustrious Client The Adventure of the Blanched Solider The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone The Adventure of the Three Gables The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire The Adventure of the Three Garridebs The Problem of Thor Bridge The Adventure of the Creeping Man The Adventure of the Lion's Mane The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place The Adventure of the Retired Colourman Note: The original text contained wording and phrasing choices that represented outdated cultural beliefs related to race. Per the publisher's discretion, this audiobook edition makes minor edits to these instances to avoid perpetuating racial prejudice and stereotyping. With these texts now available in the public domain, listeners are free to view the original text via sources such as Project Gutenberg, Wikisource, or Faded Page.

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  Dorothy and The Wizard of Oz

  L. Frank Baum

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  When an earthquake swallows Dorothy, her kitten Eureka and cousin Zeb, and Zeb's horse Jim, they're captured by the Mangaboos! The Wizard of Oz must save them by winning a magic contest—using only his wits and nine tiny piglets. Then: watch out for the savage Invisible Bears, who devour anyone they catch! Dorothy and her friends race across the Invisible Valley, trying to reach the spiral staircase inside Pyramid Mountain. But halfway up the mountain lives the strange Braided Man! Plus: Dorothy meets her old friends - the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, Cowardly Lion and more! And Eureka is charged with murder for eating one of the Wizard's piglets! The Wizard of Oz has a secret plan to save Eureka, but can it possibly work? Don't miss this thrilling installment in the critically acclaimed Oz adaptations!

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  Three Ghost Stories

  Charles Dickens

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  A small collection of short ghost stories, penned by Charles Dickens, narrated here by Michael Ward. "The Haunted House" When the narrator witnesses a dreary house in rural England, he is soon told the place is deeply haunted. But is it really? "The Trial for Murder" Haunted by visions of a murdered man, the narrator is called to Jury duty, and see's in the dock, the man accused of his murder... "The Signalman" The narrator strikes up a friendship with a local railway signalman, who confides in him that he is haunted by a mysterious spectre, what can it all mean? 
  Narrated by Michael Ward.

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  O Pioneers!

  Willa Cather

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  This powerful early Cather novel, a landmark of American fiction, tells the story of the young Alexandra Bergson, whose dying father leaves her in charge of the family and of the Nebraska lands they have struggled to farm. In Alexandra’s lifelong fight to survive and succeed, Cather relates an important chapter in the history of the American frontier, evoking the harsh grandeur of the prairie, and comparing with keen insight the experiences of Swedish, French and Bohemian immigrants in the United States.

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  The Untroubled Mind

  Herbert J. Hall

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  A very wise physician has said that "every illness has two parts—what it is, and what the patient thinks about it." What the patient thinks about it is often more important and more troublesome than the real disease. What the patient thinks of life, what life means to him is also of great importance and may be the bar that shuts out all real health and happiness. The following pages are devoted to certain ideals of life which I would like to give to my patients, the long-time patients who have especially fallen to my lot

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