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  Rob Roy - Extended Annotated &...

  Walter Scott

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  This is the fully illustrated and extended annotated edition including a rare and extensive biographical essay on the author, his life and works plus a wealth of illustrations.
  
  Rob Roy MacGregor was a historical figure—an outlaw who "owed his fame in a great measure to his residing on the very verge of the Highlands, and playing such pranks in the beginning of the eighteenth century as are usually ascribed to Robin Hood in the Middle Ages,—and that within forty miles of Glasgow." He was implicated in the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 —which is the period of this story—but from motives of self-interest.
  
  Francis Osbaldistone, the ostensible narrator of this tale, is a young Londoner whose father is a successful merchant and naturally wishes his son to succeed him in the business. But Francis has other ideas, and a quarrel results, in which his father sets him adrift in the world to make his own way, and threatens to disinherit him in favor of Rashleigh Osbaldistone, a Scottish cousin. Francis rides northward on a visit to Rashleigh's father, Sir Hildebrand of Osbaldistone Hall. On his way thither he falls in with a nervous traveller named Morris, who afterwards accuses him wrongly of the theft of his bag; but is cleared on the intervention of a supposed cattle-dealer, Campbell ...

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  The Hobbit

  J.R.R. Tolkien

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  The original American full dramatization as broadcast on National Public Radio. Bilbo Baggins, a gentle hobbit who loves the comforts of home, reluctantly joins a company of dwarves on a journey to recover plundered gold from a fierce dragon. It's a tale of high adventure and astonishing courage—and a magical prelude to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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  Les Diaboliques

  Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly

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  Les DiaboliquesBy Jules-Amédée Barbey d'AurevillyNarrated by Cate Barratt and John BurlinsonThis translation, by an unknown hand, of D'Aurevilly's salacious miscellany, which consists of six novellas, was published in 1900 under the title “Weird Women” and is in the public domain.When the collection was first published in France in 1874, it caused up an uproar; it was declared a danger to public morality and the Prosecutor issued orders for its seizure on the grounds of blasphemy and obscenity.Contents1) The Crimson Curtain: An old vicomte tells a younger friend about his first sexual adventure and its disastrous consequences.2) The Greatest Love of Don Juan: An aged playboy, surrounded by past lovers, relates the tale of his most remarkable love affair.3) Happiness in Crime: A comte falls in love with his fencing mistress, resulting in adultery, fraud and much worse.4) Beneath the Cards of a Game of Whist: The secret affair of a lady and an expert whist player leads to an horrific act.5) At a Dinner of Atheists: A French officer defends his attendance at church to a group of free-thinkers by relating a tale of love and lust with the wife of one of his fellow officers.6) A Woman's Revenge: A wealthy princess adopts an extreme strategy to punish her ignoble husband in the most damaging way.Production copyright 2021 Voices of Today

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  The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

  Beatrix Potter

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  The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes is written by the popular children's author Beatrix Potter. Timmy and his wife Goody are collecting nuts for winter. But Timmy falls into a hole and can't get out! Goody searches for him everywhere. The moral of the story is: concentrate on your own life and don't mind others. Recommended for age 3+.

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  On the Laws

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

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  On the Laws (Latin: De Legibus) was written shortly after Cicero's "On the Commonwealth" during the last years of the Roman Republic. The three surviving books (out of an original six), in order, expound on Cicero's beliefs in Natural Law, recast the religious laws of Rome (in reality a rollback to the religious laws under the king Numa Pompilius) and finally talk of his proposed reforms to the Roman Constitution. (Summary Adapted from Wikipedia)

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  Tales from the Book of the...

  Richard F. Burton

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  Bawdy and exotic, Tales from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night features the wily, seductive Scheherazade, who saves her own life by telling tales of magical transformation, genies and wishes, flying carpets and fantastical journeys, terror and passion to entertain and appease the brutal King Shahryar.  
   
  First introduced in the West in 1704, the stories of "The Thousand and One Nights" are most familiar to American readers in sanitized children's versions. This modern edition, culled from the first three volumes of Richard F. Burton's famous ten-volume translation, restores the sensuality and lushness of the original Arabic. Intricate and imaginative, these stories continue to captivate audiences as they have for centuries. 
   
  The following stories can be found in this audiobook: 
   
  "Tale of the Bull and the Ass" 
   
  "Tale of the Trader and the Jinni" 
   
  "The First Shaykh's Story" 
   
  "The Second Shaykh's Story" 
   
  "The Third Shaykh's Story" 
   
  "The Fisherman and the Jinni" 
   
  "The Tale of the Wazir and the Sage Duban" 
   
  "King Sindibad and his Falcon" 
   
  "The Tale of the Husband and the Parrot" 
   
  "The Tale of the Prince and the Ogress" 
   
  "The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince" 
   
  "The Tale of the Three Apples" 
   
  "The Hunchback's Tale" 
   
  "The Nazarene Broker's Story" 
   
  "The Reeve's Tale" 
   
  "The Tale of the Jewish Doctor" 
   
  "The Tale of the Tailor" 
   
  "The Barber's Tale of Himself" 
   
  "The Barber's Tale of His First Brother" 
   
  "The Barber's Tale of His Second Brother" 
   
  "The Barber's Tale of His Third Brother" 
   
  "The Barber's Tale of His Fourth Brother" 
   
  "The Barber's Tale of His Fifth Brother" 
   
  "The Barber's Tale of His Sixth Brother" 
   
  "The End of the Tailor's Tale" 
   
  "Nur Al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis Al-Jalis" 
   
  "The Birds and Beasts and the Carpenter" 
   
  "The Hermits" 
   
  "Tale of the Water Fowl and the Tortoise"

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