DescriptionThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Martin Dressler returns with a magical novella filled with the transforming power of the (almost) full moon. On a hot summer night in southern Connecticut, people are being awakened by a chorus of night voices. Among them are: a fourteen-year-old girl; a failed writer; three teenage boys looking for trouble; a gang of girls who roam the night; a lonely young man looking for love; and assorted dolls, toys, and animals long forgotten in an attic. Only Steven Millhauser could transform our childhood legends into an hypnotic adult tale of passionate enchantment, encounters with darkness and illumination, human passions, and inhuman awakenings.
DescriptionThe Reverse of the Medal is in all respects an unconventional naval tale. Jack Aubrey returns from his duties protecting whalers off South America and is persuaded by a casual acquaintance to make investments in the City on the strength of supposedly certain information. From there he is led into the half worlds of the London criminal underground and of government espionage, the province of his friend, Stephen Maturin, on whom alone he can rely. Those who are already devoted fans of Patrick O'Brian will find here all the brilliance of characterisation and sparkle of dialogue which they have come to expect. For those who listen to him for the first time there will be the pleasure of discovering, quite unexpectedly, a novelist of unique character.
DescriptionBill Harley understands that as kids our job was to explore the gray area between yes and no. In this collection, Harley, one of today's most prolific and celebrated kid's performers, explores the troublesome and troublemaking times in our life (particularly between 4th grade and middle school). Hear him sing with his trademark hilarity "In the Back of the Bus" and perform "Bottlecaps" (about the confiscation of his world-class bottlecap collection) and "Mr. Anderson, " who was Indiana State Bus Driver of the Year (an honor brought upon mostly because he had eyes in the back of his head).
DescriptionEnglish literature may very well be the greatest body of imaginative writing the world has yet seen. The human experience has been understood, interpreted, and conveyed by writers of genius in a tradition stretching through six or more centuries, from Chaucer to Philip Larkin, from Defoe to William Golding. Here, accompanied by a wealth of examples, is the story of a literature that has touched the hearts and stirred the minds of countless readers through the ages.
DescriptionKnow your enemy. Hear his battle plan. We have intercepted material never intended for human ears - audio containing classified letters from the enemy. Listen to each word with care. What's at stake is greater than you can imagine...
