DescriptionWhen the horse that wins a race gallops in with frothing mouth and popping eyes, what is more natural than to suspect that someone?s slipped a booster into his oats? With eleven steeplechasers hurtling over the finish line in this pepped up states and all the dope tests conclusively negative, the Earl of October had something of a problem if he wanted to preserve the health of his favorite sport. What he needed was an insider's view of the stables, a planted stable lad with an outer appearance shifty enough to attract the seedier element in the racing world and a nose sharp enough to smell out foul play. What he needed was Daniel Roke.
DescriptionThey don't know who he really is. They never know where he'll show up. But the citizens of Gotham City™ know they have a protector. He's the Caped Crusader™, with an arsenal of amazing weaponry and a repertoire of incredible acrobatics. He's the legend they call Batman. He fights evil where he finds it, and in this case the evil is a bone-white, green-haired, eternally grinning villain named The Joker™ . There's never enough wealth, power, or revenge for The Joker, and in the timeless, violent war between criminal and crime fighter, Batman vs. The Joker is the ultimate duel.
DescriptionInaugurating Dove Audio's Modern Classics Collection - an eclectic compendium of the finest short fiction of the last 150 years - Masterpieces of Modern Short Fiction features: "The Imperial Icehouse" by Paul Theroux; "Amy Foster" by Joseph Conrad; "High Darktown" by James Ellroy; "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" by Ambrose Bierce; "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gillman; "The Gioconda Smile" by Aldous Huxley; "You Can't Tell a Man By the Song He Sings" by Philip Roth; and "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
DescriptionWhen Joe is traveling to stay with his mother and stepfather for Christmas, little does he imagine the excitement and magical intrigue that await him when he falls headfirst into an evil plot to rid England of witches. With great bravery and more than a little help from his half sister, Esme, and a new friend, Twiggy, he has to muster all his courage and ingenuity to solve the riddles surrounding him and save his newfound friends. A fabulously detailed and richly exciting adventure story that grips the listener in its magical clutches from the very beginning.
DescriptionNothing interesting ever happened in the small, eastern Washington wheat town of Antioch - until now. Without warning, Antioch has suddenly become a gateway for the supernatural - from sightings of angels and messianic images materializing in the sky to a weeping crucifix with the power to heal. Yet these miracles are only the beginning of something much bigger: the return of the Messiah as prophesied in the Bible. Then a self-proclaimed prophet mysteriously appears at a local ranch with a message - but is it a message from God? In search of answers and hungry for miracles, the national media - along with the curious - flock in droves to the all-but-forgotten town. The startling secret behind this visitation ultimately pushes one man into a supernatural confrontation that will forever alter the lives of everyone involved.
