Canterbury Tales

July 23, 2009
canterbury tales audio book

Canterbury Tales Chaucer’s greatest work, written towards the end of the fourteenth century, paints a brilliant picture of medieval life, society and values. The stories range from the romantic, courtly idealism of The Knight’s Tale to the joyous bawdy of The Miller’s; all are told with a freshness and vigour in this modern verse translation [...]

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Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra

July 23, 2009
anthony and cleopatra audio book

Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra. Dramatisation of Shakespeare’s tradegy. Frances Barber and David Harewood star in Shakespeare’s towering tale of great love, political intrigue and tragedy. BBC radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923, when the newly formed company broadcast its first full-length play, generations of actors and producers have honed [...]

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Audio Books from High School Reading Lists

July 20, 2009
the yellow wallpaper

Many of the High School Summer Reading List English books are also available in audio books format. The Yellow Wallpaper is an example, and here is a short video you can watch: Watch a short video about the yellow wallpaper. Charlotte Perkins Gilman gained much of her fame with lectures on women’s issues, ethics, labor, [...]

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

July 17, 2009
huckleberry finn audio book

Ernest Hemingway wrote: “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.” The book Papa Hemingway credits has been the subject of controversy since its publication in 1884. It is an unblinking portrait of American society during slave times, as seen through the eyes of the title character, who narrates [...]

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Paul Gigante Audiobook Narrator

February 16, 2009
paul gigante audio book narrator

Paul Gigante is a narrator of such classic audio books as Beyond the Highland Mist, Blood Brothers, The Highlanders Touch and many more. He has been nominated more than once for an Audie Award, the highest award available to audio book narrators. He is also an actor, director, and producer. He is at his best [...]

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Audio Book Version of Healing Autism

February 9, 2009
autism on audio book

This is the story of a mother’s experience of facing up to the fact that hes son was diagnosed with autism. One morning, Jenny McCarthy sensed something was wrong and ran into her two-year-old son Evan’s room to discover he was having a seizure. In that moment, Jenny was thrust into the midst of a medical [...]

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