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  The Nightingale and the Rose

  Oscar Wilde

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  The Nightingale and the Rose is a short tragic fantasy story for children. It was first published in 1888 in the anthology The Happy Prince and Other Tales, which, in addition to its title story, also includes "The Happy Prince", "The Devoted Friend", "The Selfish Giant" and "The Remarkable Rocket".
  In The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde we have theme of love, sacrifice, selflessness, pity, materialism and gratitude.
  The story's plot is set in motion when a nightingale overhears a young student express his fears about losing the young woman he loves forever. The young woman threatens to abandon the student unless 
  he gives her a red rose. Taking pity on the student, the nightingale sacrifices her life in order to procure a red rose for the young man. However, the birds' sacrifice proves to be in vain.

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  The Hidden Face of Fren-Z

  Chris Everheart

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  When someone hacks the Federal Reserve Bank computer, the Recon Academy needs to act fast. If they don’t stop the techno thief soon, the world’s economy could crumble. But not even Ryker, the group’s computer whiz, can do it alone. He’ll need help from the entire team to bust this e-bandit and discover the hidden face of Fren-Z.

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  Incubators - A Graphic History

  Paige V. Polinsky

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  When babies are born early, they often have trouble surviving. But special containers called incubators help babies grow by keeping them warm and protected.
  
  At first, people in the medical world were skeptical about incubators. But some trailblazing doctors believed in the technology—and put it on display across Europe and the United States. "Incubator exhibits" showed the public how incubators saved lives. The controversial displays led people to accept this medical innovation. Meet the doctors who invented the incubator, and follow the incubator's fascinating rise with this graphic history.

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  Magic and Wishes

  Jill Perry

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  A rebellious girl is fed up with the strict rules of her London boarding school for "Proper Young Ladies." When a punishment forces her to dig through the trash, she discovers an old sardine tin containing a grumpy, stubborn djinni who refuses to be bossed around by a schoolgirl. 
  Soon, she's being chased by an orphan from the neighboring charitable home, a mysterious man with fiery whiskers, an irritable school employee, and a ruthless business tycoon all determined to claim the djinni for themselves. With her quick thinking, sharp wit, and fierce spirit, she must outsmart her relentless pursuers and protect her magical discovery. 
  Get ready to meet an unforgettable heroine who refuses to play by the rules and isn’t afraid to take destiny into her own hands.

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  The House with the Mezzanine And...

  Anton Chekhov

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  Anton Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. Chekhov was a physician by profession. "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress." 
   
  Chekhov renounced the theatre after the reception of The Seagull in 1896, but the play was revived to acclaim in 1898 by Konstantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre, which subsequently also produced Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and premiered his last two plays, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. These four works present a challenge to the acting ensemble as well as to audiences because in place of conventional action Chekhov offers a "theatre of mood" and a "submerged life in the text". The plays that Chekhov wrote were not complex, but easy to follow, and created a somewhat haunting atmosphere for the audience. 
   
  Chekhov at first wrote stories to earn money, but as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations that influenced the evolution of the modern short story. He made no apologies for the difficulties this posed to readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them. 
   
  Here is perhaps his finest collection. A true audiobook treasure!

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  Dark Road Parts One and Two...

  Yoshitaka Amano, Hideyuki Kikuchi

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  "D has crossed over the southern border, into the domain of the cruelest and most evil of the royalty, General Gaskell. On the way, he picks up a ""victim"" — one of few survivors in the villages-and makes way with her and the Deliverers. Along the way, he is attacked by the Drowned, and fights many more unspeakably horrible enemies. All of this suggests that Gaskell — who was supposed to have been put to death under the light of the sun — is still very much alive. But why? 
   
  Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music! 
   
  Performed by Scott McCormick, David Cui Cui, Terence Aselford, Shravan Amin, Joey Sourlis, Stephen Carpenter, Damon Alums, Tia Shearer, Megan Dominy, Yenni Ann, Donald Guzzi, Christopher Williams, Samantha Cooper, Ryan Carlo Dalusung, Peter Holdway, Elias Khalil, and Gabriel Michael."

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