DescriptionIn 1764, the great Samuel Johnson, irascible genius and the toast of all society, is plagued by ill health and has become jaded with his bickering dependants. Suffering from a bout of melancholy, he accepts an introduction to the table of Henry Thrale, a wealthy Southwark brewer, and his vivacious wife Hester. It is left to Hester's neglected oldest daughter, named after her mother but known as Queeney, to provide her own sharp commentary on the destruction that ensues.
DescriptionAn eccentric, reclusive billionaire looking for a way to die, burnt-out Washington litigator just out of rehab for the fourth time, and a woman who left the modern world to live and work with a primitive tribe of Indians in the jungles of Brazil. They are all brought together by the startling secret of The Testament .
DescriptionWhether searching for the buried treasure of Captain Kidd in "The Gold Bug, " seeking revenge in "The Cask of Amontillado, " entering a web of murder and betrayal from within "The Tell-Tale Heart, " or caught in a place of chilling madness in "The Fall of the House of Usher, " the words of the master storyteller will thrill and envelop the listener. This exciting full-cast presentation is like nothing you've ever heard before!
DescriptionOriginally published in 1845 as a sequel to The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure. Two decades have passed since the Three Musketeers and D'Artagnan triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady. Time has weakened their resolve, and dispersed their loyalties. But treasons and stratagems still cry out for justice: civil war endangers the throne of France, while in England Cromwell threatens to send Charles I to the scaffold. Dumas brings this immortal quartet out of retirement to cross swords with time, the malevolence of men, and the forces of history. But their greatest test is a titantic struggle with the son of Milady, who wears the face of evil.
DescriptionFrom childhood on, something or Someone has called us on a journey of the heart. It is a journey full of intimacy, adventure, beauty, and more than a little danger. The Sacred Romance calls to us in our fondest memories, our greatest loves, our nob…
DescriptionHe wakes alone, nameless, in a strangely bucolic day-after-tomorrow world. His amnesia is near-total; he cannot remember his name and doesn't recognize anything around him, but he knows with absolute certainty that someone has tried to kill him - and…
