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  The Tell-Tale Heart

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Experience one of Poe’s classics with crisp, clear audio.  Listen to our whole collection of Poe’s top stories: The Black Cat, The Cask of Amontillado, The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, and The Fall of the House of Usher.  Orange Island Book Shop is proud to present Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tales like you’ve never heard them before.

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  Travels by the Fireside

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of Travels by the Fireside by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 6, 2012.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator. He predominantly wrote lyric poems which are known for their musicality and which often presented stories of mythology and legend. He became the most popular American poet of his day and also had success overseas. He has been criticized, however, for imitating European styles and writing specifically for the masses. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia)

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  In the Lonely Hours

  Shannon Morgan

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  On a small island in a remote corner of northwest Scotland lies Maundrell castle, owned by its wealthy namesake family for centuries—until now. Edwina Nunn is shocked to learn a relative she never heard of has bequeathed the castle and its land to her. What awaits Edie and her teenage daughter, Neve, is even more startling, for the castle is home to a multitude of ghosts.Yet there's a strange beauty in the austere architecture and the eerie, bloody waters of Loch na Scáthanna, the Lake of Shadows. Beguiled by a frightened ghost who gazes longingly out of the castle's windows, Edie and Neve are drawn to the legends shrouding the island and the mystery of the Maundrell Red—a priceless diamond that disappeared decades before.Is the gem really cursed, and the cause of the family tragedies that have all occurred on Samhain—Scottish Halloween? As Samhain approaches once more, Edie and Neve race to peel back the dark secrets entwining the living and the dead—a twisted story of bitter cruelty and hidden love—or they will become another Maundrell tragedy trapped in the lonely hours . . .

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  Tortured Dreams - Dreams &...

  Hadena James

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  Includes brand new chapters available exclusively in audio!Aislinn Cain's life is a horror story.When the US Marshals Serial Crimes Tracking Unit comes knocking at Aislinn Cain's door, she is given a chance to use her past to save other people's futures. She has survived attacks by two different serial killers and devoted her life to studying the darker side of human history.A new killer is using medieval torture methods to slay his victims. She can give them a glimpse into his twisted world, but not without a cost. If she opens herself, she risks falling into the depths of her own darkness. Can she afford to help, knowing that the cost could be her own humanity?Content warning: This audiobook contains detailed descriptions of violence which some listeners may find upsetting.

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  The Admiral

  O. Henry

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  O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), an American writer of outstanding short stories known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings. "The Admiral" is the bittersweet tale of a young and simple sailor who is unexpectedly made Admiral of the Fleet of the Republic of Anchuria as a drunken joke during a cabinet meeting of the new corrupt government.  Taking command of the fleet... consisting of one sloop, recently confiscated from a band of smugglers, the new admiral sets out to build up his crew - three sailors. As the government neglects to allocate him any budget or pay any salaries, the "fleet" is forced to conduct jobbing trade around the coast to keep its sailors fed. But the admiral lives in hope that one day he will receive orders which will enable him to serve his country...

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  Sacrament

  Clive Barker

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  “A weirdly absorbing and entertaining tale that offers more disturbing delights from one of our most inventive and risk-taking writers.” —Kirkus Reviews 
   
  Will Rabjohns, perhaps the most famous wildlife photographer in the world, has made his reputation chronicling the fates of endangered species. But after a terrible accident, Will is left in a coma. And in its depths, he revisits the wildernesses of his youth and relives his life with a mysterious couple who have influenced his life as an artist and a man. 
   
  When Will awakens, he sets out on a journey of self-discovery—one where he will penetrate the ultimate mystery and finally unlock the secret of his destiny. 
   
  Soaring, provocative and passionate, Sacrament is the book Clive Barker’s millions of readers knew he had to write someday: the troubling and passionate masterwork from the pen of one of today’s most acclaimed authors. 
   
  “A gripping book that weaves a compulsive spell almost to the final page. Vintage Barker.” —The London Times 
   
  “Barker’s most ambitious work to date . . . Rapturously full of emotions.” —L.A. Life 
   
  “Breathtaking drama . . . Barker presents an astonishing array of ideas, visions and epiphanies.” —Publishers Weekly 
   
  “Spellbinding treat . . . an impressively majestic vision told in beautiful prose.” —People 
   
  “It deserves to be as big a hit as anything Barker’s done.” —Booklist

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