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  A Respectable Woman - From their...

  Kate Chopin

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  Katherine O'Flaherty was born on the 8th February 1850 in St Louis, Missouri to parents of French and Irish descent. 
  At age 5, she was sent to the Sacred Heart Academy and, apart from a 2 year period at home when her father died, remained there until graduating in 1868.  Whilst there she began writing and became an avid reader of almost anything that crossed her path.   
  Kate married Oscar Chopin in 1870 and the couple moved to New Orleans, and later to the rural setting of Cloutierville, Louisiana to raise their 6 children.  
  In 1882 her husband died leaving her in a deep trench of debt.  Despite her best efforts to turn the businesses around they were sold, and she moved the family back to St Louis and the financial help of her mother.  Sadly, her mother died within the year.  Kate, now struggling with depression, pushed herself to write and gained a local reputation as a writer of short stories that captured the local color and vibrancy of her surroundings. 
  By the early 1890’s her short stories were published nationally.  With this widespread audience also came negative reviews, controversy, and cries of immorality as themes such as interracial relationships, the rights of women and other burning issues of the day were written about. 
  Despite the criticism, which unnerved her, she continued to write though in the main her works, around 100 short stories and two novels, were not attributed with any literary worth. 
  Kate Chopin died from a brain haemorrhage in St Louis Missouri on the 22nd of August 1904.  She was 54. 
  For much of the 20th Century her work was forgotten and out of print.  It was only in early 1970’s, with the rise of feminism and the call for a more just society that she was given the status her works had long described and shone a literary light at.  She is now safely revered as one of America’s great authors.

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  Zuleika Dobson - An Oxford Love...

  Max Beerbohm

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  Max Beerbohm crafts a delightful satire set in the hallowed halls of Oxford. The enchanting yet unremarkable Zuleika Dobson entrances the university's elite, igniting a whirlwind of romantic obsession among the young men, including the Duke of Dorset. As infatuations turn to comically tragic extremes, Beerbohm explores themes of beauty, vanity, and the folly of love in this whimsical tale that deftly skewers Edwardian society.

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  The Odyssey

  Homer Homer

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  The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Iliad, the poem is divided into 24 books. It follows the Greek hero Odysseus, king of Ithaca, and his journey home after the Trojan War. After the war itself, which lasted ten years, his journey lasted for ten additional years, during which time he encountered many perils and all his crewmates were killed. In his absence, Odysseus was assumed dead, and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus had to contend with a group of unruly suitors who were competing for Penelope's hand in marriage.The Odyssey was originally composed in Homeric Greek in around the 8th or 7th century BCE and, by the mid-6th century BCE, had become part of the Greek literary canon. In antiquity, Homer's authorship of the poem was not questioned, but contemporary scholarship predominantly assumes that the Iliad and the Odyssey were composed independently, and the stories themselves formed as part of a long oral tradition.  Scholars still reflect on the narrative significance of certain groups in the poem, such as women and slaves, who have a more prominent role in the epic than in many other works of ancient literature. This focus is especially remarkable when considered beside the Iliad, which centers on the exploits of soldiers and kings during the Trojan War.The Odyssey is regarded as one of the most significant works in the Western canon. The first English translation of the Odyssey was in the 16th century. Adaptations and re-imaginings continue to be produced across a wide variety of mediums. In 2018, when BBC Culture polled experts around the world to find literature's most enduring narrative, the Odyssey topped the list. Here is the great tale as an exciting extended Icon Audiobook!

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  Apple An

  Sarah Theel

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  A great American metropolis with gleaming towers and bustling streets. 
  Never before has there been a safer place to live and work because citizens know that when disaster strikes, they can count on the protection of the Hero.

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  Confessions of Beau the Gardener...

  Christopher Allen

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  Confessions of Beau the Gardener – England Late 1970's  
  Book 1 of 6 – The Baroness's Secret Garden  
  Music Extended Version  
  The summary of the first book in the series is as follows: 
  In 1978, 19-year-old Beau James, a university dropout with a knack for gardening, is hired by the elegant Baroness Eleanor Whitmore to restore the overgrown gardens of her estate. As Beau revives the neglected 
   grounds, he and the widowed Baroness form a quiet bond—she finds solace in his work, while he discovers his true passion. Their connection is tested when Eleanor’s estranged daughter, Victoria, arrives, stirring tension with her jealousy and sharp words. Amidst the garden’s rebirth, Beau uncovers a  hidden grotto, a symbol of Eleanor’s past love, deepening the emotional undercurrents.  
  At a grand garden party, Victoria’s drunken accusations force unspoken truths to light. Recognizing their time together must end, Eleanor gifts Beau funds to start his own business, parting with gratitude. Beau leaves Whitmore Estate changed, carrying the summer’s lessons into his future. A story of growth, secrets, and fleeting connections. 
  The initial opening credit music, “Boy, you've got it”, which does run to approximate ly 3 minutes plus and the “customer” is hungry for his presence. The closing music, “Same time next week, ends the story with a cheerful optimism, I am coming back don't worry absence makes the heart grow fonder and release then is so much sweeter.  
  The story and music itself runs to just shy of 30 minutes and is narrated in my own voice, 
  I do hope you enjoy this audiobook and let me know what you think, there are a lot more to come 
  Christopher Allen - At your service

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  Artemis

  Jessica Cale

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  Actress Charlotte Halfpenny is in trouble. Pregnant, abandoned by her lover, and out of a job, Charlotte faces eviction two weeks before Christmas. When the reclusive Earl of Somerton makes her an outrageous offer, she has no choice but to accept. Could he be the man of her dreams, or is the nightmare just beginning?

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