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  A Christmas Tree and a Wedding

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

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  This short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky was first published in 1848. A man walking past a wedding is reminded of a children's New Year's Eve party he attended 5 years previously – a party that was clearly an excuse for the parents to make advantageous connections in a casual setting. As an outsider at the party, he was able to observe the guests in greater detail than most, and took particular note of the children playing by the Christmas tree, and the social hierarchy they unwittingly participated in. This recording is based on the 1918 translation by Constance Garnett.

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  Remnant Ambush

  Matt Edsand

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  Stanley and Peters expected the next attack wave from space ... 
  But they were looking in the wrong direction ... 
  Humanity on Euphra has begun preparations for the inevitable battle looming ahead of them. But the Rukpli aliens have other insidious plans that no one had ever imagined. 
  Can Stanley and Peters stop a bigger assault on everything they hold dear? Or, will the aliens be successful in their mission? 
  Remnant Ambush, Book 2 of Trebium Wars, is an action-packed Space Opera thrill ride that will leave fans of science fiction adventure wanting for more.

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  A Touch of Angel

  S. E. Babin

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  When an accidental meeting results in an unlikely alliance, Violet discovers earth-shattering secrets . . . Sounds like a Tuesday to her. 
   
   
   
  Lucifer's efforts to secure the angel's cooperation are proving unsuccessful until a chance meeting ends with an invitation to attend a forum. 
   
   
   
  There's only one caveat. Violet's presence is required, and she must offer a demonstration of her powers. 
   
   
   
  Lucifer is against it. Clara wants to destroy them all. Dave is . . . Dave. 
   
   
   
  And the enigmatic ruler of the dragons doesn't care about any of it. He's chosen to pursue Violet with a single-minded focus. But whether he wants her for her or her powers remains unknown. 
   
   
   
  Violet has to decide soon whether she's ready to face the world and claim her heritage. 
   
   
   
  But what she doesn't realize is her heritage isn't straightforward at all, and the choice she has to make could bring the entire world to its knees.

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  Ivy Touched and Bronze Blade

  Kelly St. Clare, Shannon Mayer

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  Ripped from the man I'm bound to. Thrust into fresh danger. And this time I must go alone. 
   
   
   
  Except the task I'm burdened with should belong to a more powerful fae—my mother. Listening to her brought me to this moment of heartache and loss. Perhaps the time has come for a new approach, no matter the consequences. 
   
   
   
  With my trusty gold bat, a tormented Aaden, and a potty-mouthed land kelpie for company, I have an oath to uphold before I can untangle the web of deceit and half-truths in this next quest. Because as it turns out, the child thief I defeated was merely a henchman of the master of darkness. And this master? He has another henchman. 
   
   
   
  I barely survived the encounter with the child thief, and with drained bodies dropping from the sky, can I make sense of the magic and ribbons before humans, fae, and the very realms we live in are claimed? 
   
   
   
  Failure has never been an option. Unfortunately, now it seems like the only one. 
   
   
   
  If you adore Holly Black, Sarah J. Mass, or Elise Kova, you'll love this fast-paced dive into realms where ten impossible things happen before midday and the odds are ever dire. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Bad Bones

  Lauretta Hignett

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  Okay, I might be seriously under-qualified for the job of Enforcer, I'll admit. The Enforcer is supposed to be a human, for starters. It's usually an ex-special forces guy with big muscles and even bigger balls, and a knack for sorting out petty squabbles between the witches and vampires and shifters in the city. 
   
   
   
  And I'm just a technically-dead nail tech—an animated skeleton with a talent for illusion magic and gold gel manicures. But I've recently discovered that I can manifest some pretty big muscles of my own. I've already got the big balls, so I'm halfway there. 
   
   
   
  It's the 'sorting out petty squabbles' part that I might have trouble with. I'm usually the one to start the fights, not finish them. But a girl has got to grow up sometime. 
   
   
   
  My first job is finding a missing person—a half-pixie girl vanished from her home a week ago, and if she doesn't surface soon, the local Fae diplomat is going to raise Hell. Her father is blaming vampires, her boyfriend is pointing the finger at the local werewolves. The clock is ticking. I'm determined to find her alive, and prove to the supes of DC that I've got what it takes to keep this town on the straight-and-narrow.

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  The Odyssey

  Homeros

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  The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. Like the Iliad, the Odyssey 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, which lasted ten years, his journey from Troy to Ithaca, via Africa and southern Europe, lasted for ten additional years during which time he encountered many perils and all of 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 BC and, by the mid-6th century BC, 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 that the stories formed as part of a long oral tradition. Given widespread illiteracy, the poem was performed by an aoidos or rhapsode and was more likely to be heard than read.

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