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  Maxim Gorky - A Short Story...

  Maxim Gorky

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  Alexei Maximovich Peshkov was born on 28th March 1868, in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. 
   
  Better known as Maxim Gorky he was orphaned at 11 and ran away from home at 12.  At 19 he had already attempted suicide and thereafter travelled, by foot, across the Russian Empire for 5 years. 
   
  His first book ‘Essays & Stories’ in 1898 was a sensation and so began a long career as an author of short stories, novels and plays.  Gorky saw writing as a moral and political act that would help to change the unjust world around him.  He was an ardent early advocate of the emerging Marxist movement and publicly opposed the Tsarist regime leading several times to his arrest.  
   
  In 1904 he began his own theatre but the censor banned every play and Gorky was forced to abandon the project. 
   
  But Gorky was a financially successful author, editor, and playwright and gave monies to political parties as well as for civil rights and social reform.  The brutal shooting of workers, which set in motion the Revolution of 1905, pushed Gorky more decisively toward radical solutions.  
   
  In 1906 he went to the United States to raise funds for the Bolsheviks. Those experiences including a scandal over travelling with his lover and not his wife deepened his contempt for the ‘bourgeois soul.’ 
   
  Gorky now moved to Capri in Italy, both for health reasons and to escape the increasingly repressive times in Russia.  
   
  An amnesty for the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty saw him return to Russia in 1914. His politics remained close to the Bolshevik cause.  But soon, after the 1918 revolution, his essays referred to Lenin as a tyrant for his senseless arrests and repression.  He was soon appealing to the outside world for food aid after the catastrophic crop failure. 
   
  In October 1921 Gorky returned to Italy, now in Fascist hands, and settled in Sorrento until 1932.  His health worsened with the onset of tuberculosis. 
   
  He wrote several successful books there but now decided to find an understanding with the communist regime. Stalin invited him home and his return was hailed as a major propaganda victory.  He was decorated with the Order of Lenin, and a province, a park, and various streets re-named in his honour. 
   
  But he had his faults too.  In 1933, Gorky co-edited a book on the White Sea-Baltic Canal and denied even a single prisoner died during its construction, but thousands had. As well, knowing that some Nazis were homosexual, a phrase was attributed to him that said ‘exterminate all homosexuals and fascism will vanish’.  Although he was himself was quoting another he was decidedly homophobic. 
   
  With the increase of Stalinist repression in 1935 Gorky was placed under unannounced house arrest. 
   
  Maxim Gorky died on the 18th June 1936 from pneumonia.  He was 68. 
   
  Stalin and Molotov were among those who carried Gorky's urn of ashes at his funeral. 
   
  01 - Maxim Gorky - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 
  02 - Twenty-Six Men and a Girl by Maxim Gorky 
  03 - One Autumn Night by Maxim Gorky 
  04 - In The Steppe by Maxim Gorky 
  05 - Her Lover by Maxim Gorky 
  06 - Chelkash - Part 1 by Maxim Gorky 
  07 - Chelkash - Part 2 by Maxim Gorky 
  08 - Chelkash - Part 3 by Maxim Gorky

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  If We Dare

  J.H. Croix

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  Have you ever gone on a fake date? With your brother's best friend? 
   
   
   
  Jade: It all started when he rescued me from a dumpster. Not my best moment. 
   
   
   
  Grumpy, broody, too hot to handle Walker needs a date for a wedding. Let the complications begin. 
   
   
   
  Walker: It's not even a real date. I'm not even supposed to notice smokin' hot Jade. I don't believe in love, and weddings give me hives. Jade is smart and feisty, and she claims she's man-proof. She's perfect. 
   
   
   
  Perfect until we're stuck together for the weekend, and I can hardly keep my eyes, or my hands, off her. Perfect until I kiss her, and one kiss turns into so many more. And more. 
   
   
   
  One wedding. One weekend. Two hearts. It's all for show, right? 
   
    
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  He Can’t Stop Climaxing : MILF’s...

  Tori Westwood

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  This is a milf, younger man story, with a potent hunk who has plenty to give to his mature lover - in public! 
  Gaynor Rose doesn’t know what to do with her non-stop climaxing lodger Devin, so she takes him on a talk-show for the whole of America to see! 
  The show turns wild, and Gaynor shows the audience what she means, exciting Devin until the audience realize that Gaynor is Devin’s antagonist, and she loves his release as much as anyone!

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  Edgar Allen Poe: Five Creepy...

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Edgar Allan Poe has the genius to manipulate language so well that he could engage my imagination and get me terrified even though little was 'done' in the sense of horrible actions described. My imagination, under the power of his creepy words, conjured the atmosphere and amplified the scariness all by itself. In this recording I've chosen some of his stories that did this so well and succeed in leaving lingering hair raising memories with me to enjoy all through my life: The Telltale Heart; The Masque of the Red Death; The Black Cat; The Raven and the Casque of Amontillado. I hope you enjoy listening to them as much as I did narrating them.

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  The Teacher’s Pet

  M A Hunter

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  The BRAND NEW pulse-pounding psychological thriller from BESTSELLER M A Hunter 
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  David Balfour

  Robert Louis Stevenson

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  In David Balfour , Robert Louis Stevenson crafts a gripping coming-of-age tale set in 18th-century Scotland. After his father’s death, young David inherits little but a mysterious letter directing him to the House of Shaws. There, he encounters his miserly uncle Ebenezer, who plots against him. Betrayed and kidnapped, David finds himself aboard the ship Covenant , where he befriends the outlaw Alan Breck Stewart. Together, they face danger, adventure, and betrayal across the Scottish Highlands. This journey shapes David’s character, teaching him courage, loyalty, and resilience while uncovering secrets about his family’s past.

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