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  The Death of Ivan Ilych -...

  Leo Tolstoy

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  Leo Tolstoy's timeless tale of a court official's long and drawn out death is both a masterful metaphysical exploration of the meaning of death, and a masterstroke of inspirational storytelling. First published in 1886, this classic of Russian literature is considered one of the great examples of the novella in all of literary fiction. An absorbing listen of a classic story. 
  The Death of Ivan Ilych, by Leo Tolstoy 
  Narrated by Edison McDaniels.

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  Broken Glass

  Arthur Miller

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  Set in 1938 Brooklyn, this gripping psychological mystery begins when attractive, level-headed Sylvia Gellburg suddenly loses her ability to walk. The only clue lies in Sylvia’s obsession with news accounts from Germany. Though safe in Brooklyn, Sylvia is terrified by Nazi violence - or is it something closer to home? A Laurence Olivier Award Winnder for Best New Play.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Jane Brucker, David Dukes, Lawrence Pressman, Linda Purl, John Vickery and JoBeth Williams.

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  The Bells

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  LibriVox readers bring you 18 recordings of "The Bells." This was the Fortnightly Poetry selection for January 30 to February 13, 2011.  
   
  "The Bells" is a heavily onomatopoeic poem by Edgar Allan Poe which was not published until after his death in 1849. It is perhaps best known for the diacopic repetition of the word "bells." The poem has four parts to it; each part becomes darker and darker as the poem progresses from "the jingling and the tinkling" of the bells in part 1 to the "moaning and the groaning" of the bells in part 4. (From Wikipedia)

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  Victory for the Slain by Hugh...

  Hugh Lofting

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  Hugh John Lofting was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire on January 14th, 1886 to English and Irish parents.  
  Lofting was initially educated at Mount St Mary’s College in Spinkhill, Derbyshire, a Jesuit boarding school from the age of eight. By 1905 at age eighteen he was to study abroad, taking classes at the esteemed Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA in civil engineering. Thereafter he embarked on a quest to travel widely before settling down to write of his adventures. 
  Lofting had always leaned towards pacifism but the Great War was about to erupt all over Europe. Initially Lofting worked for the British Government whilst based in New York but by 1918 he had enlisted and was fighting on the front line.  Life on the front line, in the trenches, was hell beyond description.  Lofting didn’t want to include this grim horror in letters to his children.  The answer for them and for him was to write.  With these first letters the imaginative world and the foundations of the very successful Doctor Dolittle novels for children now began. 
  But life, for Lofting, in the battle weary trenches was now rudely interrupted.  In 1918, as the Allies swept forward against the retreating German lines, Lofting was wounded by shrapnel from a hand grenade that lodged in his upper thigh. This injury would plague him for the rest of his life as some of the metal fragments were impossible to remove. 
  After his recovery he was invalided out of the Army.  It was now that the family decided to re-locate and they now moved to Killingworth, Connecticut, in the United States. It was to be from here that the Doctor Dolittle series; the adventures of a country physician who learned to talk with animals would be written. 
  As we know the books were successful around the world and have been adapted for film and television many times, as well as for stage and for radio. 
  Hugh John Lofting died on September 26th, 1947, at age 61 in Topanga, California. 
   This volume comes to you from Portable Poetry, a specialized imprint from Deadtree Publishing.  Our range is large and growing and covers single poets, themes, and many compilations.

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  Arsenic and Old Lace

  Joseph Kesselring

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  An easygoing drama critic discovers that his kind and gentle aunts have a bizarre habit of poisoning gentlemen callers and burying them in the cellar.

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  brainwaves

  Ziggy Alberts

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  ABOUT THE BOOK  
  A debut collection of poetry from platinum ARIA accredited artist Ziggy Alberts, 'brainwaves', explores life's experiences and emotions, inwards and out. Deeply personal, frank, insightful yet relatable, Alberts uncovers his introspective thoughts and lessons learned in conscious and intentional living. Differentiating from his lyrical work, readers can discover some of Alberts' most personal realisations from life at home and on the road.   
  Divided into 4 chapters, each poem entices the next train of thought. Alberts masterfully draws observations of the natural environment to paint his experience of introspective moments. He contemplates modern-day dilemmas, timeless topics of purpose, trust, stillness, and love. 
  brainwaves 
  is a polite request 
  an invitation into 
  a vulnerable relationship 
  between the writer 
  and the reader 
  it is an ode 
  to word of mouth 
  to paper pages 
  to hard copies 
  handed to strangers 
  shared with lovers 
  kept with family 
  to taking chances on books 
  without knowing 
  the entirety of its contents first 
  to do and practice just that 
  of which we do so little of today 
  with books and relationships alike. 
  brainwaves 
  was not made for the internet 
  it was made for you

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