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  Our Man in Havana

  Graham Greene

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  MI6's man in Havana is Wormold, a former vacuum-cleaner salesman turned reluctant secret agent out of economic necessity. To keep his job, he files bogus reports based on Charles Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare and dreams up military installations from vacuum-cleaner designs. Then his stories start coming disturbingly true . . . 
   
   
    
  First published in 1959 against the backdrop of the Cold War, Our Man in Havana remains one of Graham Greene's most widely enjoyed novels. It is an espionage thriller, a penetrating character study, and a political satire of government intelligence that still resonates today.

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  Death in Venice

  Thomas Mann

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  In Death in Venice, Thomas Mann crafts a masterful tale of inner turmoil and aesthetic longing. Gustav von Aschenbach, a distinguished writer facing creative and existential decline, journeys to Venice in search of renewal. Amid the city's languid atmosphere and looming decay, he becomes captivated by the ethereal beauty of a young boy - an infatuation that leads him into a profound psychological descent.
  Set against the backdrop of a city gripped by an invisible plague, this novella explores the tension between discipline and desire, intellect and instinct. Mann's lyrical prose and philosophical depth offer a timeless reflection on the human condition and the perilous allure of idealized beauty.

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  Love’s Labor’s Lost

  Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom...

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  A play replete with puns and double-entendres, this is one of Shakespeare’s earliest and most lighthearted. 
  The young king of Navarre and three of his courtiers have vowed to lock themselves away for three years of study and fasting, and to forswear the company of women for this period. No sooner is their vow made than it is tested, however, as the princess of France and three of her ladies arrive in Navarre on a diplomatic mission. The young men fall instantly and hopelessly in love, and the tension between their vow and their passion forms the subject of this charming and sparkling early comedy. 
  Berowne is played by Alex Jennings and Rosaline by Emma Fielding. Samantha Bond is the princess, and Greg Wise the king of Navarre. Alan Howard plays Don Armado.

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  Great American Stories II

  Herman Melville, Nathaniel...

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  These treasured stories from the most influential authors of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are selected for their literary importance as well as their dramatic, oral qualities. 
  Listen to these ten unabridged classics by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, O. Henry, and Willa Cather. This recording includes: 
  - Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “My Kinsman, Major Molineux,” “The Minister’s Black Veil: A Parable,” and “Endicott and the Red Cross;” narrated by David Drummond. 
  - Herman Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener” and “The Lightning Rod Man;” narrated by Todd McLaren. 
  - O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi,” “A Retrieved Reformation,” and “A Cosmopolite in a Café;” Nnarrated by Norman Dietz. 
  - Willa Cather’s “The Sculptor’s Funeral” and “Paul’s Case;” narrated by Laural Merlington.

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  Rip Van Winkle - Classic Tales...

  Washington Irving

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  Rip Van Winkle lived in a quiet colonial town, and had a habit of attending to everyone else's chores. Henpecked and poor, he goes squirrel hunting in the woods one day, only to exit twenty years later.

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  The Magic Mountain

  Thomas Mann

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  The Magic Mountain is a novel by Thomas Mann, first published in German in November 1924. It is widely considered to be one of the most influential works of twentieth-century German literature. Mann started writing The Magic Mountain in 1912. It began as a much shorter narrative that comically revisited aspects of Death in Venice, a novella that he was preparing for publication. The newer work reflected his experiences and impressions during a period when his wife, who was suffering from respiratory disease, resided at Dr. Friedrich Jessen's [de] Waldsanatorium in Davos, Switzerland, for several months. In May and June 1912, Mann visited her and became acquainted with the team of doctors and patients in this cosmopolitan institution. According to Mann, in the afterword that was later included in the English translation of his novel, this stay inspired his opening chapter ("Arrival").

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