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Gone With the Wind (Recorded Books Contemporary Classics)

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, Margaret Mitchell’s great novel of the South is one of the most popular books ever written. Within six months of its publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind had sold a million copies. To date, it has been translated into 25 languages, and more than 28 million copies have been sold.

Here are the characters that have become symbols of passion and desire: darkly handsome Rhett Butler and flirtatious Scarlett O’Hara. Behind them stand their gentler counterparts: Ashley Wilkes and Melanie Hamilton. As the lives and affairs of these absorbing characters play out against the tumult of the Civil War, Gone With the Wind reaches dramatic heights that have swept generations of fans off their feet. Having lived in Atlanta for many years, narrator Linda Stephens has an authentic ear for the dialects of that region. Get ready to hear Gone With the Wind exactly as it was written: every word beautifully captured in a spectacular unabridged audio production.

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C.S. Lewis: The Signature Classics Audio Collection: The Problem of Pain, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, Mere Christianity

Using allegoric narrative, stinging satire, reasoned insight, and his signature wealth of compassion, C.S. Lewis wrote highly entertaining and deeply illuminating essays and books of popular theology that revealed the shared beliefs of Christianity and explored the nature of good and evil. This collection of four of his most imaginative and intelligent works displays a scintillating brilliance that remains strikingly fresh and confirms C.S. Lewis’s reputation as one of the leading writers and thinkers of our or any age.

Collection includes:

The Problem of Pain Read by James Simmons
The Screwtape Letters Read by Joss Ackland
The Great Divorce Read by Robert Whitfield
Mere Christianity Read by Geoffrey Howard

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A Theory of Human Motivation (Psychology Classics)

Essential Reading For Psychology Students

A Theory of Human Motivation by Abraham H. Maslow is one of the most famous psychology articles ever written. Originally published in 1943, it was in this landmark paper that Maslow presented his first detailed representation of Self-Actualization – the desire to become everything that one is capable of becoming – at the pinnacle of a hierarchy of human needs.

Bonus Content:

In A Theory of Human Motivation Maslow draws upon some of his earlier published work. Three of these key references, Conflict, Frustration And The Theory of Threat, The Dynamics of Psychological Security-Insecurity and Preface To Motivation Theory are also presented in full.

A Theory of Human Motivation has been produced as part of an initiative by the website All About Psychology to make important psychology publications widely available.

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The Affirmation (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)

“Priest writes extraordinarily well . . . his best novel to date . . . an atmosphere of increasingly oppressive menace.” – Francis King, The Spectator

“An original and haunting novel.” – London Times

“A brilliant and sustained novel of imaginative power.” – Vector

Peter Sinclair, a 29-year-old Londoner, is reeling after losing his father, his girlfriend, his job and his flat. Taking refuge in a friend’s rural cottage, he tries to make sense of things and figure out where his life began to go wrong by writing an autobiography. But it is possible that none of this is true …

Peter Sinclair is a 31-year-old native of the city of Jethra in Faiandland who has just won the grand prize in a lottery: a trip to the Dream Archipelago, a neverending series of idyllic islands, where he will undergo a medical procedure that gives him immortality. Because the process also results in total amnesia, Peter must first set down all the details of his life in a manuscript in order to recover the memories afterwards. But it is also possible that none of this is true …

As the two narratives intersect and intertwine, the reader must decide what is real and what is not in this brilliant literary mindgame from Christopher Priest, the award-winning author of The Prestige and The Separation.

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Discovering Odyssey (Adventures in Odyssey Classics #2)

Start with the excitement of old-time radio dramas, and add action- packed stories, intriguing mysteries, and lessons in faith. The result? Adventures in Odyssey! This collection of previously released episodes will introduce new listeners to the characters and places that make Odyssey, well, Odyssey. This 3-CD set also includes a collector’s booklet.

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1984 (Signet Classics)

View our feature on George Orwell’s 1984.

Written in 1948, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, Orwell’s narrative is timelier than ever. 1984 presents a startling and haunting vision of the world, so powerful that it is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the power of this novel, its hold on the imaginations of multiple generations of readers, or the resiliency of its admonitions—a legacy that seems only to grow with the passage of time.

Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell’s nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff’s attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell’s prescience of modern life–the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language–and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written.

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Car Talk Classics: Four Perfectly Good Hours

Four all-time favorite episodes from the popular radio show—complete, unexpurgated, and hilarious.

Click and Clack may be America’s most trusted car repair experts. They are certainly the funniest, as millions of listeners who tune in each week to Car Talk can attest. As each show unfolds, it develops its own zany feeling and rhythm, sometimes due to the strength of the coffee or a particularly large burr in Tommy’s undershorts.

This Car Talk set is for fans who want to waste another four perfectly good hours. Rather than a “best of” collection, it’s four complete shows—every call, every joke, every “Don’t drive like my brother” admonition, every puzzler, every punny mention of a fictional show staff member (chauffeur Picov Andropov, night club manager Don Kashane), and every maniacal laugh.

The four shows include the 2002 Mother’s Day extravaganza with Click and Clack’s long-suffering mom, and “You Can’t Do It Unless the Number Is Two” from February 2001, the show that gave birth to a new Car Talk mantra and exposed Tommy’s radical views on education (like, it should end after 7th grade).

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Great Classic Stories: 22 Unabridged Classics

A treasure chest of the written and spoken word, this collection is read by brilliant actors who make this audio anthology a genuine treat for the listener. This audio recording includes: Reginald on House Parties by Saki, narrated by Nigel Hawthorne The Sphinx Without a Secret by Oscar Wilde, narrated by Martin Jarvis Tobermory by Saki, narrated by Barbara Leigh-Hunt On Being Idle by Jerome K. Jerome, narrated by Hugh Laurie For Better or Worse by W.W. Jacobs, narrated by Joanna David The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde, narrated by T.P. McKenna The Garden of Truth by E. Nesbit, narrated by Harriet Walker The Cat That Walked by Himself by Rudyard Kipling, narrated by Liza Goddard The Girl From Arles by Alphonse Daudet, narrated by Stephen Fry Mr. & Mrs. Dove by Katherine Mansfield, narrated by Rosalind Ayres Georgie Porgie by Rudyard Kipling, narrated by Edward Fox Caterpillars by E.F. Benson, narrated by Patrick Malahide Lost Hearts by M.R. James, narrated by Richard Pasco Ship to Tarshish by John Buchan, narrated by Iain Cuthbertson The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, narrated by Richard Pasco The Man of the Night by Edgar Wallace, narrated by Robin Bailey Dr. Heideggers Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne, narrated by Nicky Henson B-24 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by Brian Cox Pat Hobby & Orson Welles by F. Scott Fitzgerald, narrated by Kerry Shale Mad by Guy de Maupassant, narrated by Derek Jacobi The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe, narrated by Richard Griffiths The Monkeys Paw by W. W. Jacobs, narrated by Patrick Malahide.

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The Adventure Begins: The Early Classics (Adventures in Odyssey Golden Audio Series No. 1)

The Adventure begins! Welcome to a small town called Odyssey—where big things happen! These 12 classic shows laid the foundation for the lively characters and heartwarming stories that are the hallmark of Adventures in Odyssey. It’s a great place for new listeners to start, and longtime fans can relive the whimsical history!

The Gold series includes bonus tracks, fun facts, and behind-the-scenes details!

Volume 1 contains the following stories (and themes): Whit’s Flop (The very first episode!) A Member of the Family 1 & 2 (We meet Whit’s family) The Life of the Party (Acceptance) Connie Comes to Town (We meet Connie Kendall) Recollections (Whit’s End) Gifts for Madge and Guy (A Christmas fable) The Day after Christmas (Loving one another year round) Promises, Promises (New Year’s resolutions) Nothing to Fear (Courage in God) The Tangled Web (Dishonesty) A Change of Hart (Salvation)