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This story wonderfully combines a murder trial and apparitions - or more plainly, ghosts. It describes a moment in the life of a bored bank official who has an alarming experience. A great story, smoothly presented by the pen of Dickens. (American accent narration.)

A dazzling and uplifting biography of the great Saint Francis of Assisi who gained the world by giving up worldly goods to be be independent of all. Less is more at the highest level. Told in a remarkably astute, nuanced, optimistic, uplifting biography by G. K. Chesterton, known as the Prince of Paradox.

One of Oscar Wilde's best-loved short stories, which includes romance, love, and murder. The discussion of murder is light-hearted and witty, in typical Wilde fashion. A must listen for fans of the author.

An Alexander lecture, the most noteworthy in English literature, dealing with pace and nuance in novels, using A Passage to India by E M Forester and his Aspects of the Novel as examples.

The 15-chapter course about how to achieve your personal and financial success. A best seller for decades.

Spoon River has 244 accounts of the lives of people in the town that explain its goings on over a couple of centuries. Each free form verse is presented as an epitaph of one of the citizens delivered themselves, often criticizing the words said about them on their tombstone or the monument or stone left above them. The stories build on one another as well as reference various family members and others mentioned in other stories.

When George hears his mother is sick, he comes home immediately despite looking uncool to his rowdy friends, and soothes his mother. He shows his deep caring for her which moves her as well. Critics have spoken about George's being a drunk, an alcoholic, and the like. But that is not core to the story because George keeps his job for a long time; when he loses it, much of that is because he has been led into thinking work is not cool, to use the modern term.

Mark Twain was the great American wit. There have been many novelists but only two great American wits, Mark Twain and James Thurber. Listen to Twain's great comments for the ages.

Freud's landmark work about the pleasure principle covering ancient times to his own: psychology, arts, literature, science, biology, and social science.

Describes how to pivot in order to get what you want in your personal and work life. Analyzes how to do it, how others have done it, how to turn the proverbial chessboard around to learn from others including a Harvard Business Press case study in hundreds of business schools and a student favorite. Discusses how many great successes pride themselves in pivoting when new trends and facts arise such as Socrates, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Sam Walton, Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett.

This audiobook describes the power and reach of the FAANG Group and why they are important to you. It explains why Microsoft replaces Netflix, how it is the third largest economy in the world, expanding in breadth and depth, and why they are important to you.

The story of a man who does not want to leave his old study for a new house.

Something in the Air: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! This is the 20th of 37 Emma Lathen best sellers; it features John Putnam Thatcher, SVP of the Sloan Guaranty Trust. A discount airline is considering going from a profitable commuter line to a major coast-to-coast airline, taking on the big guys. An internal fight breaks out, and the Sloan is involved through a loan and stock in a trust it manages, so John Putnam must get involved with his henchmen Gabler and Trinkham. This is great fun and deals with many pieties, making it a must-listen.

Describes how to protect your employment, investments, major purchases, family, and more as well as describes the impact of paying for all the free stuff the Democratic platform offers by having a VAT tax as all developed socialist nations have with free stuff.

Abduct is the second book in the Tom Walker Series; 18 is the first. The story features Patricia Highsmith intrigue with a plot line worthy of Agatha Christie and P. D. James.

Jack Walsh's father's old business partner goes on a rampage, killing Tom and Marsha Walsh before trying to take out Jack, who manages to kill him. Jack realizes that if he reports the crime - and his self-defense - he will have a guardian appointed because of his young age, and the event will haunt him for the rest of his life. So he "disappears" his family and the killer by incinerating and disposing of their bodies. After that traumatic event, Jack's other life challenges seem easy, as he roars through high school, college, and then joins the NFL's San Diego Chargers.

John Putnam Thatcher goes to Puerto Rico to settle a jurisdictional battle been international and the Sloan’s inside garment expert and finds murder - including a political contest, industrial sabotage, and more. Rollicking, witty, insightful fun.

This title describes how the fourth age, unregulated populism, took over from third age, regulated populism from FDR to Obama, and how the Democrats need to focus on not going out of business like the Federalists and Whigs.

Perhaps the greatest American novel written, The Great Gatsby is set in New York, in 1922, in a rich, spoiled world with crime and bootlegging in the background.

Arthur Conan Doyle agreed with Sherlock Holmes fans that The Speckled Band was his best Holmes story. The narrative moves along at a rapid pace, with Holmes making many witty and spot-on points based on evidence that only Holmes could deduce.