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  Return The (Librovox)

  John J. McGuire

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  Two-hundred years after a global nuclear war, two explorers from a research outpost, that largely survived the cataclysm, discover a settlement of humans who have managed to maintain their civilisation despite ferocious cannibal neighbours, the Scowrers. However, the explorers must turn detective in order to understand the mystery of their hosts philosophy and religion. (Description by Reynard)

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  Cuibhle an Fhortain

  Mòrag Law

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  An Dàn – caochladach, dìomhair is uaireanan gu math cruaidh.
  Cò nar measg nach do dh' fhuiling buaidh An Dàn air ar beatha?
  Bho fàsaichean Àstrailia gu na h-Innse Gall, bho taigheadas seann dhaoine gu casino anns a' bhaile mhòr tha an cruinneachadh seo a' sealltainn dhuinn làmh An Dàin ag obair ann am beathannan agus anns na dàimhean caochladh charactaran. Buidheann sgrìobhadairean ag ionnsachadh leasan ùr iongantach , cupall a' dèiligeadh ri laigse na h-aoise.  Pàrantan  a' strì ri thuigsinn inbheachd ùr an nighean ,fear a' dèanamh bargan nach eil ag obrachadh a-mach ann an dòigh san robh dùil aige. Ann an cuid de na sgeulachdan bidh caractaran a' tachradh ris An Dàn ann an cumadh strainnsear no neach-tadhail aig nach robh dùil aca. Tha sgeulachdan ann far a bheil An Dàin a' tighinn am follais ann an tachartasan sònraichte agus cuid eile far a bheil caractaran a' feuchainn ri cothachadh leis a' bhuaidh 's a tha An Dàin a' fàgail orra bho na làithean a dh'fhalbh.
  Gu tric bi iad gar fàgail le ceistean mun àm ri teachd, ' s iad uile a' cuir cuideam air dè cho mi-chìnnteach 's a tha beatha mac an duine, far nach eil fhios aig duin' againn dè tha air thoisich oirnn.
  
  Fate – fickle, mysterious and sometimes very cruel.
  From the outback of Australia to the Hebrides, from a city casino to the confines of sheltered housing, this collection of stories shows the hand of Fate at work in the lives and relationships of a wide variety of characters. There are the members of a writers' group who learn a new and surprising lesson, a couple coming to terms with the restrictions of age, parents forced to acknowledge the growing maturity of their child, a man who makes a bargain with unforeseen results. In some stories, the characters encounter Fate in the guise of a stranger or unexpected visitor, or while experiencing significant – sometimes life-changing – events. In others, the characters are facing up to the effects of a fateful experience in their past.
  All the stories will leave you with as many questions as answers and make you think anew about the effect of Fate on all our lives.

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  Henry James - A Short Story...

  Henry James

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  Henry James was born 15th April 1843 in New York City. 
   
  His youth was spent travelling with his family receiving what was an "extraordinarily haphazard and promiscuous" education as they journeyed through London, Paris, Geneva, Boulogne-sur-Mer and Newport, Rhode Island, according to the father's current interests and publishing ventures. James studied primarily with tutors and only briefly attended schools.    
   
  Undoubtedly the quality of his writing has ensured his name is enshrined in the American literary tradition.  
   
  James was a committed Anglophile and spent most of his adult life as an expatriate in Europe.  Many of his novels juxtapose the Old World with the New World. Classics such as ‘The Portrait of a Lady’, ‘Daisy Miller’ and ‘The Ambassadors’, display the entanglement between American and European cultures and mentalities. They highlight the differences between the two worlds through following the experiences of American expatriates in Europe.  
   
  A prolific author he was able to easily move across genres to create vivid and totally real worlds and situations and to offer sophisticated observations of human relations as well as realistic, social criticism. 
  As a critic James was unafraid to venture into reviews and essays of those other literary giants around him.  These together with his short stories and, of course, classic novels, make Henry James an author to be not only admired but read, and read often.  
   
  In 1915 Henry James became a British citizen. 
   
  On 28th February 1916, at the age of 72, Henry James died in Chelsea, London. 
   
  He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911, 1912 and 1916. He never won.

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  Destiny - A Heartwarming Story...

  Patricia Dixon

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  The author of the popular Destiny novels returns to French wine country for a heartwarming, life-changing Christmas in this delightful story collection. Fans of Patricia Dixon’s Destiny series are once again carried off to the Loire Valley, this time for the holiday season, where we learn what life has in store for Anna and Daniel, Grace and Max, and Ruby and Rosie. Then, as a special holiday treat, Patricia Dixon introduces a brand new family in the final story, A Christmas Tale. Barbara and Ned are spending the festivities away from their children and rather unruly grandchildren, relaxing in their wintry countryside home whilst avoiding the hustle and bustle of Christmas in England. Despite escaping to France, both know they have a special task to perform, keeping a solemn promise and saying goodbye to loved ones, once and for all. This magical tale recaptures the innocence of childhood Christmases, embracing the spirit of the season and the precious gift of abiding love.Destiny was previously published under the title Return Journeys.

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  Sea Poems: An Idiosyncratic...

  Various Various

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  Seventeen poems about the sea or in which the sea plays an important role. - Summary by david wales

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  Fyodor Dostovesky - A Short...

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

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  Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow on 11th November, 1821 to distinguished multi-ethnic parents from a Lithuanian background.   
   
  His childhood years were at the family home in hospital grounds which also contained an orphanage, an insane asylum and a cemetery for criminals.  The young Fyodor often disobeyed his father by talking to the ill in the hospital gardens.   
   
  His health was compromised at age 9 when he experienced his first epileptic fit. By the time he was a teenager both parents had died and he was now enrolled in a military academy where he graduated and eventually became a Lieutenant in 1842.  He left military service the next year. 
   
  In 1846 he published his first novel ‘Poor Cow’ to great literary acclaim.  His next was unable to emulate that success but his short stories helped provide an income.  Life as an author was definitely difficult. As he began his next work he was arrested and incarcerated for treason and participation in the political and literary Petrashevsky Circle. Although the case was weak and unjustified he was sentenced to 4 years of hard labour followed by 5 years of military service in a Siberian regiment.  
   
  Despite the undoubted hardships and setbacks in his life, and whether they helped or hindered his writing, his talents produced many exceptional works of literature including ‘Crime and Punishment’, ‘The Idiot’ and ‘The Brothers Karamazov’.   
   
  Dostoevsky’s ability to get under the skin of his characters and show the inner workings of their mind was hugely influential and ahead of its time.  Interwoven with this was the influence of the broader social, spiritual and political forces at work in a person's psyche.   
   
  Fyodor Dostoevsky struggled financially and remained in poor health for much of his adult life.  He died from a lung haemorrhage on 9th February, 1881. 
   
  1 - Fyodor Dostoyevsky - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 
  2 - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostovesky 
  3 - An Honest Thief by Fyodor Dostoyveskey 
  4 - Bobok by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 
  5 - The Beggar Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 
  6 - The Crocodile. An Extraordinary Incident - Part 1 by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 
  7 - The Crocodile. An Extraordinary Incident - Part 2 by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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