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Classic Tales for Children: Volume 1

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:38:00 GMT

Classic Tales for Children: Volume 1
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Enjoy four of the most beloved stories written for children in this comforting collection. Meet Pollyanna, the girl who brings sunshine to a town. Journey to the Hundred Acre Wood with Winnie-the-Pooh. Meet the flambouyant Toad and his friends in The Wind in the Willows. Finally, join Alice as she follows the white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland.

Narrated by award-winning narrator B.J. Harrison, this collection is one your family will surely treasure and listen to over and over again.

Running time: 17 hours, 36 minutes

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When the World Screamed, (Professor Challenger, #4), by Arthur Conan Doyle

Mon, 4 Apr 2022 06:21:24 GMT

When the World Screamed, (Professor Challenger, #4), by Arthur Conan Doyle
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The bombastic Professor Challenger is convinced that a sentient being lurks in the mantle of the earth. Aided by Edward Malone and Peerless Jones, he must drill down through the earth’s crust to alert the creature of humankind’s existence.

After his debut in The Lost World, Arthur Conan Doyle went on to develop the grandiloquent Professor Challenger in four other works. When the World Screamed is the fourth in the series, and a satisfying addition to the canon.

Running Time: 1 hour, 13 minutes

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Sinbad the Sailor, from The Arabian Nights

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 06:17:42 GMT

Sinbad the Sailor, from The Arabian Nights
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The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor are captured in the timeless narration of BJ Harrison. Having captivated filmmakers such as Ray Harryhausen and authors such as Ray Bradbury, Sinbad’s Voyages are the very essence of classic adventure.

Islands that turn into whales, snakes that can devour elephants, man-eating giants, giant roc eggs, rivers laden with jewels, bird-people and fire from the sky. As Sinbad leaps from one adventure to the next, the Arabian Nights are revealed as some of the brightest jewels in world literature.

Running time: 3 hours, 33 minutes

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Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 06:54:06 GMT

Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll
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Alice sees the other side of the Looking Glass, and enters another world of whimsical enchantment. She encounters argumentative chessmen, Jabberwocky monsters, Tweedledum and Tweedledee and some very insolent flowers.

Running time: 3 hours, 5 minutes

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Pillar of Fire, by Ray Bradbury

Mon, 7 Jun 2021 07:58:07 GMT

Pillar of Fire, by Ray Bradbury
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300 years after his death, William Lantry awakes from his coffin. One thing is very clear to him – this sterile world without superstition, fear, or imagination must be destroyed.

Ray Bradbury was one of the best-known writers of our time. He was a master storyteller, a champion of creative freedom, and a space-age visionary. He was a close friend of Ray Harryhausen, the stop motion special effects pioneer. Bradbury’s most noteworthy works include The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. “Pillar of Fire” was originally released in the summer issue of the fiction magazine Planet Stories in 1948.

Running Time: 1 hour, 48 minutes

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The Monster Maker, by Ray Bradbury

Fri, 21 May 2021 07:07:45 GMT

The Monster Maker, by Ray Bradbury
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How will Click and Irish survive being marooned on a pirate’s asteroid with only a single gun and a news reel camera to defend themselves?

Ray Bradbury was one of the best-known writers of our time. He was a master storyteller, a champion of creative freedom, and a space-age visionary. He was a close friend with Ray Harryhausen, the stop motion special effects pioneer. Bradbury’s most noteworthy works include The Martian Chronicles, Farenheit 451, and Something Wicked This Way Comes.

Running time: 43 minutes

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Zero Hour, by Ray Bradbury

Thu, 6 May 2021 22:33:22 GMT

Zero Hour, by Ray Bradbury
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It’s going to be so much fun! All of the kids in the neighborhood are playing a super fun game – Invasion!

Ray Bradbury’s unbridled imagination created worlds and monsters that paved the way for a new generation of horror, fantasy, and science fiction. He was a master storyteller, a champion of creative freedom, and a space-age visionary. Zero Hour is a bold example of a young writer who is destined for greatness.

Running time: 25 minutes

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Rocket Summer, by Ray Bradbury

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 16:03:44 GMT

Rocket Summer, by Ray Bradbury
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The Classic Tales Audiobooks · Retail Sample of Rocket Summer, by Ray BradburyThe world stands on the brink of the rocket age, and everyone is thrilled that humanity has attained this stunning achievement. But William Stanley isn’t convinced we should be here. Will he really stop the launch of this incredible rocket that he has helped to create?

The world stands on the brink of the rocket age, and everyone is thrilled that humanity has attained this stunning achievement. But William Stanley isn’t convinced we should be here. Will he really stop the launch of this incredible rocket that he has helped to create?

Originally released in the spring edition of “Planet Stories” magazine in 1947, Ray Bradbury’s unbridled imagination created worlds and monsters that paved the way for a new generation of horror, fantasy, and science fiction. He was a master storyteller, a champion of creative freedom, and a space-age visionary. Rocket Summer is a bold example of a young writer who is destined for greatness.

Running time: 38 minutes

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The Rival Mechanicians, by Lydia Maria Childs

Fri, 9 Apr 2021 08:27:16 GMT

The Rival Mechanicians, by Lydia Maria Childs
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When an aged watchmaker pits his two proteges against each other, the result is magnificent imperfection.

Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) was best known for her stance against slavery, and for her promotion of the rights of Native Americans. The musical version of her Thanksgiving poem, “Over the River and Through the Woods,” is still sung by children today.

“The Rival Mechanicians” has been lauded as one of the finest science fiction tales from the first half of the nineteenth century. The Western Literary Messengerdeclared it to be “above praise,” when it was first published in 1847.

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The Skull, by Philip K. Dick

Fri, 9 Apr 2021 08:21:58 GMT

The Skull, by Philip K. Dick
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An assassin is sent back in time to prevent the ravings of a religious zealot which, if left unchecked, will lead to absolute catastrophe.

A master of the “Silver Age” of science fiction, Philip K. Dick won the Hugo Award in 1963, and the John W. Campbell Memorial award in 1975. Though he lived most of his life in near poverty, he is behind some of the most recognizable science fiction stories to date, penning the stories behind the films Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, Paycheck, andThe Adjustment Bureau.

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