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  Serpent - A Deep Sea Thriller

  Michael Cole

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  Some things are meant to remain in the past.Dr. Hugh Meyer believed he had created the ultimate miracle. Using the DNA of ancient creatures preserved in the Arctic, he had genetically engineered one of the most remarkable species of sea creature to ever exist: Serpentem Vectem Cel—Serpent Eel. Believed to possess the cure for countless diseases, the creature holds great promise for the medical community.All goes awry when the beast escapes containment. With a rapid growth rate and remarkable physical evolution, the beast travels to the coastal town of Spiral Bay. There, the creature designed to save human life instead starts taking it.Fishing vessels are found wrecked, paddleboaters mysteriously disappear, and large whales turn up dead. Realizing his creation has become Mankind's worst nightmare, Hugh Meyer must join forces with the local police chief, a skillful mechanic, and a rich reality show star to bring the Serpent's rampage to a dead halt.

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  The Brown Hand - and Other Tales...

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is of course famous for his creation of the great Sherlock Holmes. The stories of the master detective are justifiably well known but he also wrote many short stories which are not so well known but deserve to be. The four stories in this recording were first published singly in magazines, principally “The Strand.” They later appeared in the collection “The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen” in 1919. They are:“The Brown Hand”“Playing with Fire”“How it Happened”“De Profundis”

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  A Hunger Artist

  Franz Kafka

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  In the days when hunger could be cultivated and practiced as an art form, the individuals who practiced it were often put on show for all to see. One man who was so devout in his pursuit of hunger pushed against the boundaries set by the circus that housed him and strived to go longer than forty days without food. As interest in his art began to fade, he pushed the boundaries even further. In this short story about one man's plight to prove his worth, Franz Kafka illustrates the themes of self-hatred, dedication, and spiritual yearning.

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  Philomel Cottage

  Agatha Christie

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  The recently married Alix Martin is obsessed with a recurring dream of her new husband’s murder. Each time she can see the murderer clearly, and it’s the mild-mannered man she had previously been engaged to, taking his revenge. But, what’s worse is that at the end of the dream she thanks the murderer. Perplexed, Alix tries to calm herself by spending time in the garden of her picturesque cottage. But her gardener confuses her further by wishing her well on her trip to London—a trip which Alix knows nothing about. Now Alix is scared: is the gardener imagining things, or is she?

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  10 Masterpieces You Have to...

  Golden Deer Classics, Charles...

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  This audiobook collection contains the following works:White Fang by Jack LondonTess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas HardyThe Call of Cthulhu by H.P LovecraftA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainThe Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoyevskyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

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  You Know When the Men Are Gone

  Siobhan Fallon

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  In Fort Hood housing, like all army housing, you get used to hearing through the walls. You learn too much. And you learn to move quietly through your own small domain. You also know when the men are gone. No more boots stomping above, no more football games turned up too high, and, best of all, no more front doors slamming before dawn as they trudge out for their early formation, sneakers on metal stairs, cars starting, shouts to the windows above to throw them down their gloves on cold desert mornings. Babies still cry, telephones ring, Saturday morning cartoons screech, but without the men, there is a sense of muted silence, a sense of muted life.There is an army of women waiting for their men to return to Fort Hood, Texas. As Siobhan Fallon shows in this collection of loosely interconnected short stories, each woman deals with her husband's absence differently. One wife, in an attempt to avoid thinking about the risks her husband faces in Iraq, develops an unhealthy obsession with the secret life of her neighbor. Another woman's simple trip to the PX becomes unbearable when she pulls into her Gold Star parking space. And one woman's loneliness may lead to dire consequences when her husband arrives home. In gripping, no-nonsense stories that will leave you shaken, Fallon allows you into a world tightly guarded by gates and wire. It is a place where men and women cling to the families they have created as the stress of war threatens to pull them apart.Track listing for You Know When the Men Are Gone:Disc 1"You Know When the Men Are Gone"-Track 1"Camp Liberty"-Track 21Disc 2"Remission"-Track 15Disc 3"Inside the Break"-Track 7"The Last Stand"-Track 22Disc 4"Leave"-Track 14Disc 5"You Survived the War, Now Survive the Homecoming"-Track 6"Gold Star"-Track 17

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