R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)
by Karel Čapek
Translated by Paul Selver and Nigel Playfair
R.U.R.**(Rossum's Universal Robots) is a science-fiction drama that was first presented in the original Czech version in January 1921. It introduced the term "robot", which is derived from a Czech wo...
Enough Rope was Dorothy Parker's first published collection of poems, and was a best seller. The Nation described her verse as "caked with a salty humor, rough with splinters of disillusion, and tarred with a bright black authenticity."
Jennifer Pickens performs these poems in her own distinct voi...
All bets are off when it comes to murder...
Take a Chance Tours is on the road again—this time to the casinos and mouth-watering buffets of Biloxi, Mississippi. Betty Chance hosts the tour, along with perky effervescent bus driver and ex-con, Tillie McFinn. Riding along are the original fan club m...
Addiction is a difficult and painful road, and to love an addict is to try and maneuver that road without ever having learned how to drive. For the codependent, loving an addict is going 100 miles an hour without a seatbelt. As loved ones of addicts, the more we can understand addiction and codepend...
The Witch of Atlas
By Percy Bysshe Shelley
Narrated by Denis Daly and Linda Barrans
The Witch of Atlas is a poetic narrative, written in 1820 and published posthumously in 1824.
The witch is the daughter of the Pleiades, the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione. The plot is built around her...
Bigger, newer, faster. Demolish and rebuild, then demolish and rebuild again. Smoke, soot, and noise are the badges of prosperity, and growth is for growth's sake.
The second book in what would become known as Booth Tarkington's "growth trilogy" is about a small Midwestern town rapidly transformin...
Zap! One day you are the coolest kid wearing the coolest clothes. Suddenly, your hair is parted drastically to one side, inside the front pocket of your checkered shirt is a pocket protector, and old disco is the music of choice. What happened? You were just stung by the Nerdfly.
Tired of being a...
Thornton Burgess wrote the Burgess Flower Book for children to instill a love of flowers in young children. Burgess uses one of his favorite characters, Peter Rabbit, to search for flowers. The story begins in early spring as Peter discovers the first blooms. Peter's search for flowers continues all...
Adam Bates, the Land King of Hartley, Indiana, rules his 16 children with a firm hand and a tight purse. All work tirelessly on the family farm until the sons, at 21, are given 200 acres of land with a house and barn (they pay the taxes while their father holds the deeds). The daughters, at 18, get...
The Loaded Dog
By Henry Lawson
Narrated by Denis Daly
This quirky tale is one of the most popular works of Australian poet and short story writer, Henry Lawson (1867-1922).
A resourceful miner devises an ingenious scheme to expedite his fishing, but it does not quite go as planned.
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