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  Short Story Press Presents...

  Short Story Press, Tara Mitchell

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  Benji's Books is the tale of a young man who hates school and reading. He seeks refuge in a library to get out of a terrible storm. There he encounters a woman who would change his way of thinking and his life forever. 
  Elsa, the Librarian, asks Benji to lend her a hand in putting books away. They immediately establish a strong connection and forge a lasting friendship. She encourages him to read from the subjects and topics he enjoys. She prompts him to follow his desires. Benji soon learns there is a vast world in front of him to make of, what he wishes. He gains confidence to make decisions for himself concerning his education and future. 
  Benji and Elsa discuss the adventures they find in books, they spend long hours debating current events. Elsa helps Benji improve his grades as he progresses through high school. He takes an apprenticeship position at the library in his last two years of high school. 
  Together they study for college aptitude testing. When the time finally comes Elsa helps Benji work through the college and scholarship application processes. 
  Their friendship helps to keep Benji focused on academics, and looking to the future. He continues his education, graduating from college, but working every summer in the library with his friend Elsa. 
  Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

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  Conjure Volume 1 - Dark Poetry

  Rena Aliston

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  Conjure Volume 1 explores the allure of love tainted by darkness—relationships that straddle the line between pleasure and pain. Passion and enmity collide in this dark poetry collection, blurring the line between devotion and despair.

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  Short Poetry Collection 002

  Various

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  Librivox’s Short Poetry Collection 002: a collection of 22 public-domain poems.

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  River Duddon The: A Series of...

  William Wordsworth

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  Located in a part of Cumbria that was once part of Lancashire, the River Duddon rises in the high fells of the Lake District and flows for 25 miles through varied scenery before disappearing into the sands between Millom and Barrow-in-Furness. Wordsworth’s series of sonnets, inspired by his walks along the river, were written over a period of years, but are arranged so as to follow its downward course from the fells to the sea. Part One of this reading consists of the 33 sonnets and postscript that were first published as a series in 1820. Later editions of Wordsworth’s works included a 34th sonnet, which is appended to Part One. Part Two contains Wordsworth’s rather eccentric notes on the sonnets, which are largely taken up by an account of the remarkable career of the Reverend ‘Wonderful’ Walker, who lived to the age of 94 after serving as curate of Seathwaite chapel for 67 years from 1735 to 1802. I have read the sonnets using a northern English accent as I believe Wordsworth may have read them himself. (Summary by Phil Benson)

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  The Seagull

  Anton Chekhov

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  Love triangles and unfulfilled dreams abound at a Russian country estate in this nineteenth-century dark comedy. Drama is unfolding on a stage at the country estate of ailing ex-civil servant Pyotr Sorin. His nephew Konstantin Treplev is producing his new play in Sorin’s garden with aspiring actress Nina. In the audience are Konstantin’s mother, successful actress Irina Arkadina, and her lover, famous writer Boris Trigorin. Konstantin is hoping to impress, but his mother seems unsympathetic. Meanwhile, everyone’s unfulfilled hopes and desires begin to fester, resulting in disaster . . .  First premiered in 1896, The Seagull continues to be performed on stages around the world. It has been adapted numerous times for theater, musicals, opera, ballet, and film, including a 2018 production starring Annette Bening and Saoirse Ronan.

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  Come To Tower - Poems with Music...

  Ayse Balkos

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  Finding Freedom in the Face of Grief: A journey of Family and Self-Discovery. Ayse is incredible and she is not even aware of it. 
  Ayse Balkos's first book, Come To Tower, is the poetry collection of a fresh voice of a renegade woman, angry, hopeful, strong, confused, clear and vulnerable. The poems are accompanied by Ash Gray’s beautiful tones of Hummingbird Gibson acoustic guitar, dazzlingly honest, unpretentious and real journey of a soul. 
  A goodbye letter and a fresh new journey. Her voice is elegant, unique and original. This is what a new poetry bursting from raw heart sounds like. 
  Ayse's untamed words and Ash’s melodies will take you on a journey to a different reality. 
  She was born with a sense of void and that void taught her how to listen to her feelings. We are grateful for that sense and pain she had to go through to write these verses. 
  This audio book is an hour long.

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