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A strange figure stood in front of him, dressed from head to foot in white clothing. The moonlight showed her pale, youthful face. When Walter Hartright meets the woman in white, it is the start of an exciting and dangerous adventure. Who is she and what does she want? At first Walter is happy at Limmeridge House, teaching painting and drawing to Laura Fairlie and Marian Halcombe, but a wicked plot soon threatens to destroy the woman he loves.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In Part II of The Beautiful and Damned, F. Scott Fitzgerald pushes Anthony Patch and Gloria further into a world where privilege can no longer protect them from disappointment. Money, marriage, ambition, and expectation begin to collide as their...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In The Beautiful and Damned, F. Scott Fitzgerald follows Anthony Patch and Gloria Gilbert as love, privilege, and ambition collide with the seductive excess of early twentieth-century New York. Part I introduces their glamorous world of wealth...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In Part III of The Beautiful and Damned, F. Scott Fitzgerald brings Anthony Patch and Gloria to the final stage of their decline. The glamour that once defined their lives gives way to frustration, damaged ambition, and the consequences of years shaped...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In The Bright Messenger, Algernon Blackwood draws readers into a world where the spiritual quietly breaks through the surface of ordinary life. Paul Devon’s encounter with the mysterious Melchizedek Howard challenges everything he believes about...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In The Beautiful and Damned, F. Scott Fitzgerald follows Anthony Patch and Gloria Gilbert through the glittering excess of Jazz Age New York, where privilege, pleasure, and expectation gradually give way to disillusionment. As wealth replaces purpose...

Gulliver's Travels is a classic tale, originally a satire meant for adults, and yet a fascinating fable of magical and unusual events that even children can and will enjoy. First published in 1726, it remain a comic masterpiece popular even today.

This is a collection of four of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved stories, "The Ugly Duckling", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "Thumbellina", and "The Constant Tin Soldier".

Texas Ranger Vaughn Medill, after 20 hard and long years of duty, wants to finally settle down with a wife and children of his own and on his own ranch. He is also in love with Roseta Uvaldo who suddenly and mysteriously disappears. He embarks on a desperate and agonizing search to find and save Roseta and to bring to justice, or even kill, her kidnappers or die trying.

It's been 15 years since Nye Hackett served time in jail for a crime he was framed for by the Buffalo Bow town boss, Bob Cords. Now Cords is planning to use Nye's son Gary as his next scapegoat as he plans the murder of Sheriff Means. Will Nye be able to protect his his son from Cords and somehow restore his reputation?

If there ever was an epic that touches upon every conceivable human emotion and poses the most complex of questions, it has to be the Mahabharata, the most famous of stories from India. The rivalry between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, royal cousins fighting for the throne at Hastinapura, will end in a mighty battle, but what is it that makes such a conflict inevitable? Is it the eldest Kaurava brother's envy of his cousins' exceptional military skills?

Although Simon has no idea why Jesus is beckoning to him from the beach, he agrees to leave his nets and follow him. A robust, enthusiastic fisherman, Simon makes more mistakes and asks more questions than the other disciples. Why then, he wonders, does Jesus call him Peter, which means 'rock'? When Jesus is arrested everybody except Simon Peter flees, but is he brave enough to stand by Jesus until the end? After Jesus' death, how will Simon Peter spread Jesus' teachings? Will he make the right decisions? Can he calm the rivalries developing among Jesus' followers?

The world's greatest classics retold for children. Mahatma Gandhi is best known as the father of the Indian nation and a charismatic leader in the fight for justice for all. But who was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, and what made him the phenomenon he became? Born into a middle-class family, Gandhi's thirst for truth was evident from an early age, and his insistence on speaking and living his truth often got him into trouble.

A word of warning - if you are expecting to listen to a story about model children, you'd better listen to something else. Not one of the seven children in this story is truly good - Australian children never are. The Woolcot children enjoy a life of fun and adventure in their rambling riverside home, despite frequent reprimands from their strict father, Captain Woolcot.

Sybylla Melvyn yearns for a life in the arts. She loves music and is determined to write a book. But as the daughter of a poor dairy farmer, she despairs of ever realising her ambitions. Then comes the opportunity for Sybylla to go and live with wealthy relatives. In her new home she tastes a life of culture and refinement. She also meets handsome, rich Harold Beecham, who offers her a future most young women would dream of.

Little Nell Trent's childhood is over. Her grandfather's mind is failing, his dark secret makes him sad and distracted and he has nobody to care for him but Nell. The grotesque Daniel Quilp is out to cause trouble. What plans does he hatch with the dreadful Sampson and Sally Brass? What use can he hope to make of the foolish Dick Swiveller? Is Nell’s one true friend, Kit, a match for Quilp's villainous mind? Nell and her grandfather must disappear or be separated forever and so they begin their lives as beggars.

Alone in a strange country where it isn't safe to be a single girl, Viola disguises herself as a boy called Cesario and finds work as a servant. But dressing in boy's clothes doesn’t stop Viola falling in love with a man - who is in love with someone else. Will she ever manage to win his love for herself? And who is this other young man that appears, looking so like Cesario? What confusion will result from his arrival? Perhaps Viola's brother didn't drown after all.

The world's greatest classics retold for children. If there ever was an epic that touches upon every conceivable human emotion and poses the most complex of questions, it has to be the Mahabharata, the most famous of stories from India. The deadly rivalry between the royal cousins, the Pandavas and the Kauravas, can only end one way - in the mightiest of battles imaginable. The gods watch in dismay as the opponents draw up their forces. Will the mighty warriors Bhishma and Drona survive to see the end? And what of Karna?

If there ever was an epic that touches upon every conceivable human emotion and poses the most complex of questions, it has to be the Mahabharata, the most famous of stories from India. In the second book of this exciting three-part series a single roll of the dice reverses the fortunes of the Pandavas. The peaceful years following the division of the kingdom of Bharata are soon to end because of Duryodhana's jealousy.

Rama is the embodiment of righteousness, honour and valour - the perfect man and the ideal king of Kosala. Rama's stepmother, Kaikeyi, longs to see her son, Bharata, crowned king and persuades King Dasaratha that Rama, the rightful heir, should be sent into exile for 14 years. Rama's beautiful and devoted wife, Sita, and Lakshmana, his inseparable half-brother, both choose to accompany him.