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The Great Book of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table: A New Morte D’Arthur by John Matthews

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/516561 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/516561] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Book of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table: A New Morte D’Arthur Author: John Matthews Narrator: Gareth Armstrong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 25 minutes Release date: June 9, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: The most famous and influential work of English fantasy ever published, reimagined for a new generation of readers by John Matthews, one of the world’s leading Arthurian experts. The tales of how the boy Arthur drew the Sword from the Stone, or the love of Lancelot and Guinevere, or how the knights of the Round Table rode out in search of the Holy Grail are known and loved the world over. It all began when an obscure Celtic hero named Arthur stepped on to the stage of history, sometime in the sixth century, and oral tales led to a vast body of stories from which, 900 years later, Thomas Malory wrote the famous Morte D’Arthur. THE GREAT BOOK OF KING ARTHUR presents these well-loved stories for a modern reader, for the first time collecting many tales of Arthur and his knights either unknown to Malory or written in other languages. Here, you will read of Avenable, the girl brought up as a boy who becomes a famous knight. You will learn of Gawain's strange birth, his upbringing amongst poor folk and his final rise to the highest possible rank – Emperor of Rome. There is also the story of Morien whose adventures are as fantastic and exciting as any to be found in the pages of Malory. In addition, there are some of the earliest tales of Arthur, deriving from the tradition of Celtic storytelling. Here is the original Arthur, represented in such powerful stories as ‘The Adventures of Eagle-Boy’, and 'The Coming of Merlin', based on the early medieval text Vita Merlini, which gives a completely new version of the great Enchanter's story. These age-old stories, still as popular today as they were from the Middle Ages onwards, and in this new book their inspiration for series like The Lord of the Rings and A Game of Thrones becomes clear.

West Side Story by Irving Shulman

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/521858 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/521858] to listen full audiobooks. Title: West Side Story Author: Irving Shulman Narrator: Christian Barillas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 16 minutes Release date: November 16, 2021 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: The classic novelization of one of Broadway’s most enduring and beloved musicals, updated with a beautiful new cover. Maria is young and innocent and has never known love—until Tony. And Tony, searching for life beyond the savagery of the streets, has discovered love for the first time with her, too. But Maria’s brother is the leader of the Sharks and Tony had once led the rival Jets. Now, both gangs are claiming the same turf and with tensions rising to the point of explosion, it seems there is no way to stop a rumble. Tony promised Maria that he would stay out of it. But will he be able to keep his word or will their newfound love be destroyed by violence or even death? Evocative and unforgettable, this novelization brings out all of the depth, drama, and beauty of one of the most enduring stories in the history of American theater.

New Year's Eve Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/521359 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/521359] to listen full audiobooks. Title: New Year's Eve Fairy Tales Author: Hans Christian Andersen Narrator: Alex Lehman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 3 minutes Release date: October 28, 2021 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Bring in the New Year with the whimsical fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen! This collection of wonderful stories are centred around New Year’s Eve and will enchant children and adults alike. The collection contains the following fairy tales: - The Little Match Girl - The Story of the Year - Ole, the Tower Keeper - The Porter's Son - The Gardener and the Noble Family - Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist. Celebrated for children’s literature, his most cherished fairy tales include 'The Emperor's New Clothes', 'The Little Mermaid', 'The Nightingale', 'The Steadfast Tin Soldier', 'The Snow Queen', 'The Ugly Duckling' and 'The Little Match Girl'. His books have been translated into every living language, and today there is no child or adult that has not met Andersen's whimsical characters. His fairy tales have been adapted to stage and screen countless times, most notably by Disney with the animated films 'The Little Mermaid' in 1989 and 'Frozen', which is loosely based on 'The Snow Queen', in 2013.  Thanks to Andersen's contribution to children's literature, his birth date, April 2, is celebrated as International Children's Book Day.

Classic Hallowe'en Stories by Tba

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/514541 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/514541] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Classic Hallowe'en Stories Author: Tba Narrator: Thomas Judd, Imogen Church, Robert G. Slade, Samuel West Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: September 30, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: As the nights draw in and Halloween is just around the corner, what better to listen to than this collection of seriously spooky stories about ghosts, ghouls and things that go bump in the night. Read to you by an ensemble cast of unforgettable readers - including Imogen Church, Samuel West, Thomas Judd and Robert G. Slade. Ghost stories became hugely popular during the nineteenth century and the Victorians became the masters of the genre. This deliciously chilling collection of Classic Hallowe'en Stories includes authors such as Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton, Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Cholmondeley, Mary E Wilkins Freeman and M. R. James. So dim the lights, close the curtains and revel in the frisson of fear from these most chilling of anecdotes. The stories included are: Lost Hearts by M. R. James The Phantom Coach by Amelia B. Edwards A Far Away Melody by Mary E Wilkins Freeman Bone to His Bone by E. G. Swain The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth by Rhoda Broughton The Signalman by Charles Dickins The Cold Embrace by Mary E Braddon The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs The Eyes by Edith Wharton The Nature of Evidence by May Sinclair The Little Ghost by Hugh Walpole The Furnished Room by O Henry Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley

The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/514664 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/514664] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Emigrants Series: #1 of Emigrant Novels Author: Vilhelm Moberg Narrator: Ann Marie Arvdal Richardson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 16 minutes Release date: September 14, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Considered one of Sweden's greatest 20th-century writers, Vilhelm Moberg created Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson to portray the joys and tragedies of daily life for early Swedish pioneers in America. His consistently faithful depiction of these humble people's lives is a major strength of the Emigrant Novels. Moberg's extensive research in the papers of Swedish emigrants in archival collections, including the Minnesota Historical Society, enabled him to incorporate many details of pioneer life. First published between 1949 and 1959 in Swedish, these four books were considered a single work by Moberg, who intended that they be read as documentary novels. These editions contain introductions written by Roger McKnight, Gustavus Adolphus College. Book 1 introduces Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson, their three young children, and eleven others who make up a resolute party of Swedes fleeing the poverty, religious persecution, and social oppression of Småland in 1850.