By: Mark Twain
These ten classic stories from four of America's greatest authors of the 19th and early 20th century were selected for their literary importance as well as their dramatic oral qualities. The stories include Mark Twain's (The One-Million Pound Bank...
By: Symphony Space
Hilarity, suspense, and high drama are offered up in the mix of tales of travel to locales familiar and exotic found on this three-CD compilation from National Public Radio's Selected Shorts. An award-winning series of classic and contemporary short...
By: Edgar Allan Poe
This collection includes five of the greatest stories of American classic horror. The richest of language is used to create extraordinary atmosphere - gloom, darkness, solitude, despair - and the relentless feeling of impending doom. Includes: The...
By: Virginia Woolf
This eclectic collection celebrates long-neglected short fiction by great women writers best known for their novels. Highlights include Jane Austen's The Watsons, thought by many to be a study for her classic novel Emma; Elizabeth Gaskell's The...
By: Stephen King
'...the face of the man in the black suit grows ever clearer, ever closer, and I remember every word he said. I don't want to think of him, but I can't help it, and sometimes at night my old heart beats so hard and so fast I think it will tear...
By: James Thurber
This three-CD compilation features some of the best short stories from National Public Radio's Selected Shorts, an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by distinguished stage and screen actors and recorded live at the...
By: Walter Mosley
The acclaimed annual short fiction series--this year featuring guest editor Walter Mosley, creator of the Easy Rawlins mystery series--showcases the work of such notable authors as Louise Erdirch, Dorothy Allison, Edwidge Danticat, Dan Chaon, Mona...
By: David Sedaris
A collection of favorite contemporary and classical short fiction works, selected by the author of Barrel Fever and Me Talk Pretty One Day, includes pieces by such writers as Alice Munro, Tobias Wolff, and Joyce Carol Oates. Original. Simultaneous.
By: Elizabeth George
A collection of twenty-three indelible stories—all never before published—from today's top female crime writers and some talented newcomers, selected by the New York Times bestselling author Anger . . ....
By: Stephen Coonts
Charles Dean is retired from the military, determined to be done with that part of his life. But when Julie Girard, the daughter of his old commander, seeks him out, he can't say no to a simple lunch. What she has in mind isn't quite so simple. She...
By: James Fenimore Cooper
Here are eight stories from master American writers of the 19th century. They vary from sinister tales by Ambrose Bierce - why is that window boarded up? - and a reflective moment in the life of a woman without children, to classic short stories by...
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
Guaranteed to keep readers on the edge of their seats, Murder Most Foul collects the most thrilling and suspenseful short stories by the masters of mystery. In "Bluebeard's Bathtub" a couple marries quickly, but is it for the right reasons?...
By: Mark Twain
Chuckle along with the best 19th-century humorists, who provide you with tall tales, puns, and witty ripostes. The collection is edited by Mark Twain; seven of these 27 gems are written by Twain himself. No guarantees of political correctness, but...
By: Linda Fairstein
After the crime is over, the real drama begins. From the best mystery writers at work today come twenty-two new stories about gripping courtroom and legal showdowns.
By: Symphony Space
Offering a mix of classic and contemporary fiction, this funny, sensual, delectable collection serves up literary morsels to please every food lover. Delicious tales about food and eating by authors such as M. F. K. Fisher, Anton Chekhov, and Damon...
By: Kay Hooper
This Christmas, celebrate the joys of the season with a trio of exquisitely crafted, richly romantic tales by three of the brightest stars in contemporary fiction—bestselling authors Kay Hooper, Iris Johansen, and Fayrene Preston. Filled with...
By: John Updike
Finding wonderful stories that you don't already know is one of this collection's great pleasures....Updike has made some surprising--even striking--selections, and in consequence this collection seems far less predictable than it might have...
By: George R. R. Martin
Dubbed “the American Tolkien” by Time magazine, #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin is a giant in the field of fantasy literature and one of the most exciting storytellers of our time. Now he delivers a rare treat for...
By: Nicholson Baker
This three-CD collection features more best-loved selections from National Public Radio's Selected Shorts, an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by acclaimed actors and recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony Space in...
By: Charles Dickens
This is one of the defining novels of English writer Julian Barnes. An entertaining melange of stories starting with a contemporary account of the launch of Noahs Ark takes us into unexpected areas of human foibles, activities and tendencies. After...
By: James Joyce
The world-class writers featured in this collection are adept at conjuring the depth of passion that surrounds all stories of love and loss. The short story form is perfect for capturing the uplift and dizzying heights that accompany a new object of...
By: Audiobooks America Bbc
This inspiring anthology collects enduring and entertaining stories that have enthralled young and old ever since they were first published. Perfect for the family car trip or at-home listening, these brand new recordings sparkle with the wit and...
By: Audiobooks America Bbc
Enjoy the great detectives of the Golden Age of classic mysteries in this unique collection of audio whodunits. Newly recorded for this original anthology, the crimes, criminals, and sleuths depicted here set the standard for decades to come, and...
By: Tracy Brown
Reckless is an exciting, sexy anthology from three hot authors of urban lit. [*The title by Cydney Rax is yet to be announced] ''Sinful'' by Niobia Bryant features Brie Bailey, a psychologist specializing in addiction. When her...
By: Tracy Brown
[This is the MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case.]Reckless is an exciting, sexy anthology from three hot authors of urban lit. [*The title by Cydney Rax is yet to be announced] ''Sinful'' by Niobia Bryant features Brie...
By: Willa Cather
Enduring stories that are as relevant today as they were when written at the turn of the century by influential women writers. Includes: "On the Divide" and "The Garden Lodge" by Willa Cather; "A Point at Issue,"...
By: Linda Fairstein
After the crime is over, the real drama begins. From the best mystery writers at work today come twenty-two new stories about gripping courtroom and legal showdowns.
By: Marita Golden
In It's All Love, black writers celebrate the complexity, power, danger, and glory of love in all its many forms: romantic, familial, communal, and sacred. Editor Marita Golden recounts the morning she woke certain that she would meet her soul mate...
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
This wonderful collection of short stories includes work by some of literature's most treasured names. The stories include:Young Goodman Brown (Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1835)The...
By: Perry Keenlyside
The remarkable story of the world's richest literary resource, the story telling, poetry, the growth of the novel and the greatest histories and essays, which have informed the language and the imagination wherever English is spoken.