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American Indian Fairy Tales
- MP3 CD $10.00 - With no written language, Native Americans living
in the Lake Superior region passed their cultural identity down through the generations by way of stories. Far more than mere
tales to amuse children, they passed along the collective wisdom of the tribes. In the 1830s, government Indian Agent and
ethnologist Henry R Schoolcraft learned the language of these people and went out to collect and preserve their stories before
the tribes disappeared under the westward rush of American civilization. Though these stories were recast as children's
fairy tales in the 1920s, they contain much of the old wisdom of a culture which has largely disappeared. Read by chip.
With no written language, Native Americans living in the Lake Superior region passed their cultural identity down through
the generations by way of stories. Far more than mere tales to amuse children, they passed along the collective wisdom of
the tribes. In the 1830s, government Indian Agent and ethnologist Henry R Schoolcraft learned the language of these people
and went out to collect and preserve their stories before the tribes disappeared under the westward rush of American civilization.
Though these stories were recast as children's fairy tales in the 1920s, they contain much of the old wisdom of a culture
which has largely disappeared. Read by chip.
Beowulf
- MP3 CD $8.00 - This is a Classic beautiful narrated audiobook, and the Gummere translation really
captures the feel of the Old English. Beowulf tells the story of a mysterious young warrior who saves the Spear-Danes from
the terrible monster Grendel and his venomous mother, who chosen to prey upon their people till they are wiped out. Many brave
warriors have tried to saly Gendel, but none lived. This has long been a mainstay of English Literature 101 courses at universities
around the world, it is not only one of the oldest, but one of the most exciting English folktales ever invented
Black Beauty -
MP3 CD $8.00 - Black Beauty (in full: Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, first published November
24, 1877) is Anna Sewell's only novel, composed in the last years of her life between 1871 and 1877 while confined to her house as an invalid. The story is told in the first person (or "first horse") as an autobiographical memoir told by a highbred
horse named Black Beauty—beginning with his carefree days as a foal on an English farm, to his difficult life pulling
cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country. Along the way, he meets with many hardships and recounts many tales
of cruelty and kindness. Each short chapter recounts an incident in Black Beauty's life containing a lesson or moral typically
related to the kindness, sympathy, and understanding of horses, with Sewell's detailed observations and extensive descriptions
of horse behaviour lending the novel a good deal of accuracy
A
Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court - MP3 CD $8.00 - by
Mark Twain Come and hear the strange tale of The Boss Hank Morgan, a modern day (at the time of publication)
Connecticut Yankee who oddly finds himself transported to the court of the legendary King Arthur . Hank, or simply,
The Boss, as he comes to be most frequently known, quickly uses his modern day knowledge and education to pass himself off
as a great magician, to get himself out of all sorts of surprising, and often amusing situations, as well as to advance
the technological and cultural status of the nation in which he finds himself. In the rather un-subtle sub-text
of the story, Twain uses The Boss to express a surprisingly pragmatic and frequently contradictory philosophy. The Boss explores
the relative merits of Democracy, and Monarchy, he expresses his views on the “Nature v. Nurture” debate.
Dorothy and the Wizard in the Land
of Oz - MP3 CD $8.00 - Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz was the 4th
of 14 Oz books written by L. Frank Baum . Published in 1908, while residing in Coronado, California, it is considered one
of the "darker" of the Oz tales. However, it also is enlivened by Baum’s considerable wit, penchant for puns,
and dry social commentary. In this title, Dorothy, her kitten Eureka, Jim, a cab horse, and Zeb, a ranch hand, descend into
the earth through a rift opened by an earthquake. There they encounter the "humbug" wizard who once ruled Oz. In
their journey back to the earth’s surface, they meet a number of potentially dangerous magical peoples and creatures
including the cold-blooded Mangaboos, invisible bears, the flying wooden Gargoyles, a den of dragonettes, and an eccentric
inventor. With a little help from Ozma, the group end up in Oz where they are treated to feasts and celebrations. The animals
end up humbled by a few of their experiences in Oz, where all animals can talk, and return home a little wiser
The Heathen - MP3 CD $9.00 - Author: Jack London (1876-1916). "I met him first
in a hurricane. And though we had been through the hurricane on the same schooner, it was not until the schooner had gone
to pieces under us that I first laid eyes on him." Jack Londons story of a common sailor who first meets his soon to be best friend and business partner
for life when their ship goes apart during a hurricane. Tells of their years as sailors and entrepeneurs in the wide Pacific
during the 1800s in search of fortune while avoiding cannibals, head hunters and storms. The English sailor and the heathen
from Bora Bora.
Heidi - MP3 CD $8.00 - by Johanna Spyri (1827-1901). Hear Heidi if you’ve ever
longed to see the Swiss mountain slopes. This story transports the listener from the fine air and freedom of the mountaintop
to the confines of Frankfurt, back to the peaks again, in flowered fields with goats at your heels and sky utterly surrounding
you We meet Heidi when she is 5, led up the mountain by her aunt who has raised the orphan but must leave now for a position
in Frankfurt. In a mountain cottage overlooking the valley is Heidi’s grandfather, and there with him the girl’s
sweet, free nature expands with the vista. The author and readers voice is straightforward, with the child’s wonder,
devotion, and sometimes humorous good intentions. When Heidi is taken from the mountains and nearly doesn’t make it
back again, the most humorous as well as most heart-wringing scenes occur. All she learns during her absence from the mountain
she brings back as seeds that will grow to benefit everyone around her. Narrated - Total runtime: 9:45:20
Huckleberry Finn
- MP3 CD $9.00 - 1884 by Mark Twain is one of the truly great American novels,beloved
by children, adults, and literary critics alike. The book tells the story of Huck Finn (first introduced as Tom Sawyer's
sidekick in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer), his friend Jim, and their journey down the Mississippi River on a raft. Both are
on the run, Huck from his drunk and abusive father, and Jim as a runaway slave. Read by Annie Coleman
The
Inferno Of Dante - MP3 CD $15.00 - This is a dramatic reading by
John Cleese of Dante Aligheri's epic poem: the story tells of Dante's travels through the nine circles of Hell with
the poet Virgil as his guide: translated by poet laureate Robert Pinsky. Produced by Audio Literature LLc in 1997, second
re-issue.
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Legend Of Robin Hood
- MP3 CD $10.00 - Experience the life of Robin Hood,prince of thieves, through the eyes
of Nottingham.and Sherwood Forest. An Earl of the region returning from the Crusades found his lands usurped, and the Sheriff
of Nottingham and Prince John, brother to the absent King Arthur still away on the Crusades, in control of the country and
abusing its people. Calling himself Robin Hood, and with the aid of Maid Marian he assembles The Merry Men Of Sherwood, dispossessed
men to fight the evil and injustice til the return of the King. This is their full cast drama of that tale.
Pilgrim's
Progress - MP3 CD $9.00 - by John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress
is one of the most famous classics of literature. It is an allegorical novel, describing a Christian's journey through
life to reach heaven. Part 1 was written by John Bunyan in 1679 whilst he was imprisoned for conducting unauthorized religious
services, whilst Part 2 was not written until 1684, and is not included in many versions of this text. This recording includes
both parts, and inline scripture references.
Robinson Crusoe - MP3 CD $9.00 - Author: Daniel Defoe. Son of a middle-class Englishman, Robinson
Crusoe spurns his fathers wealth and takes to the sea to find adventure as a slaver. He finds more than he wanted when
on one of his voyages he is shipwrecked on a deserted South American island for thirty-five years.After scavenging his broken
ship for useful items, he has only his skills and ingenuity to keep him alive as there was to be no one else on the island
for the next twenty-four years. In the middle of that twenty-fourth year he rescues a native about to be eaten by cannibals
who were using his island for a place of feasting. Crusoe named him Friday, after the day of his rescue. Friday became
his faithful servant and friend, and even returned with him to England after their deliverance by an English ship
The Screwtape Letters - MP3 CD $15.00 - A dramatic reading of
this tale is told by John Cleese for Audio Literature LLC, done in 1988. The C. S. Lewis book is a moral fable about temptation,
cast in the form of letters from the demon Screwtape to a lesser devil.This 3rd re-issue of this audio book in MP3 is complete
at 3 hours.
She
- MP3 CD $10.00 - This MP3 audiobook of the exciting fantasy story of SHE, the white
Queen of a lost civilization in Africa in the late 1800s. Listen and find out what they really meant when they said "She
who must be obeyed!" First published in 1887 this story still maintains it's popularity today (at least 3 movies
have been made from it!). Written by Sir henry Rider Haggard.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - MP3 CD $10.00 - (published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American
youth. Mark Twain's lively tale of the scrapes and adventures of boyhood is set in St. Petersburg, Missouri, where Tom
Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn have the kinds of adventures many boys can imagine: racing bugs during class, impressing
girls, with fights and stunts in the schoolyard, getting lost in a cave, and playing pirates on the Mississippi river. Read
By John Greeman, unabridged.
White Fang - MP3 CD $10.00 - Jack London's 1906 novel. As many will remember, London
tells the story of a wolf-dog who endures great cruelty before he comes to know human kindness. White Fang eventually gets
taken in by men, first an Indian tribe where he is "tamed" with brutality, then by white traders who use him for
their own base purposes. Through it all we see the cruel world in which he lives and feel his pain and hunger and anger. It
is a well-plotted adventure carefully observed, and serves as a great reminder of how savage the untamed wilderness is, and
that mankind is often only a bare step above it.
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