Classics

Frodo and Sam reckon with the power of Sauron in this conclusion to the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Performed by Andy Serkis.

The War of the Ring takes shape in Helm's Deep and Isengard as Frodo and Sam continue towards Mount Doom. Performed by Andy Serkis.

In the prelude to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Bilbo Baggins begins his great journey "there and back again." Narrated by Andy Serkis.

One of the most significant books ever written by a head of state, the Meditations are a collection of philosophical thoughts by the Emperor Marcus Aurelius....

The forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion tells the earlier history of Middle-earth, recounting the events of the First and Second Ages, and introducing some of the key characters, such as Galadriel, Elrond, Elendil and the Dark Lord, Sauron....

The sci-fi series continues! The second Dune volume journeys through the changes of planet Arrakis's social order and surreal environment.

Linus Baker is a by-the-book case worker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He's tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world....

The fellowship forms and the hobbit Frodo begins his journey to destroy the One Ring. Performed by Rob Inglis.

Unabridged recordings of A Tale of Two Cities, Bleak House, Great Expectations, The Old Curiosity Shop, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Our Mutual Friend, Little Dorrit, Dombey and Son and A Christmas Carol....

This audiobook, read by Audie award-winning narrators, includes unabridged recordings of all Fyodor Dostoyevky's greatest works: 15 novels and novellas, 18 short stories, a short study of Dostoyevsky by Virginia Woolf, and two books of non-fiction - his Letters and European travel journal....

After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen—Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin....

In this sequel to The Alloy of Law, Wax, Wayne, and Marasi must unravel a conspiracy that threatens Scadrial’s progress.

Traumatized by the bombing of Dresden at the time he had been imprisoned, Pilgrim drifts through all events and history, sometimes deeply implicated, sometimes a witness....

This audiobook collection contains the following works of Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Secret Adversary, The Murder on the...

From #1 New York Times best-selling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical action.

A great American classic with many invaluable teaching moments. It continues to touch hearts and minds.

George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution is an intimate part of our contemporary culture....

Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of 20th-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future, narrated here by Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins....

One of the most beloved novels of our time, Watership Down is an epic journey, a stirring tale of adventure, courage, and survival....

One of the 20th century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize-winning career....

Leo Tolstoy: The Complete Collection includes unabridged recordings of Leo Tolstoy's 3 timeless novels; all his major novellas and short stories; and 4 renowned works of non-fiction in one audiobook, all read by Audie Award-winning narrators....

Like every other hobbit, Bilbo Baggins likes nothing better than a quiet evening in his snug hole in the ground, dining on a sumptuous dinner in front of a fire....

Frodo and Sam reckon with the power of Sauron in this conclusion to the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Performed by Rob Inglis.

The War of the Ring takes shape in Helm's Deep and Isengard as Frodo and Sam continue towards Mount Doom. Performed by Rob Inglis.

Edgar Allan Poe was a writer, poet, editor and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre, and is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and of American literature....

En 1984, la sociedad ha cambiado tanto que resulta irreconocible. La Franja Aérea 1, la antigua Gran Bretaña, está sometida a la implacable vigilancia del Gran Hermano. Nadie puede escapar de ella... salvo, tal vez, Winston Smith. En su puesto del Ministerio de la Verdad, donde trabaja reescribiendo la historia, sueña en secreto con ser libre. En un mundo donde el amor y el sexo están prohibidos, donde no es fácil diferenciar amigos de enemigos, conocerá a Julia y a O’Brien, y jurará rebelarse.

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume One is a continent-hopping, century-spanning collection of 15 essential classic novels by British, American, and Russian authors, read by a cast of incredible narrators including Stephen Fry, Jason Isaacs, Adjoa Andoh, David Rintoul, and many more.

È il 1984, e la vita è cambiata al punto da essere irriconoscibile. Pista Uno, un tempo conosciuta come Gran Bretagna, è ora un luogo in cui il Grande Fratello osserva tutto ininterrottamente, e nessuno sfugge al suo sguardo. Nessuno, eccetto forse Winston Smith. Impiegato agli archivi del Ministero della Verità, dove revisiona la storia per adattarla alla narrativa del Partito, Winston coltiva in segreto il sogno della libertà. In un mondo in cui amore e sesso sono proibiti, e dove è difficile discernere tra amico e nemico, Winston incontra Julia e O'Brien, e insieme decidono di ribellarsi.

Daphne du Maurier was one of the 20th century’s most popular writers. Extraordinarily prolific, she produced a string of bestsellers, many of which were adapted as award-winning films. From romance and adventure yarns to psychological thrillers and supernatural tales, the breadth and imaginative variety of her storytelling continues to thrill us today. This bumper collection features her most famous works and some lesser-known gems, beginning with full-cast adaptations of seven of her much-loved novels.

H. G. Wells (1866-1946) was fascinated with imagined realities, alien worlds that intersect with human life, and the human condition developing throughout generations. With his keen observation of human behavior, Wells imagines worlds vastly different than the one in which he was writing.

Dostoyevsky & Tolstoy: The Major Novels, masterfully read by two Audie award-winning narrators - Jonathan Keeble and David Rintoul - includes unabridged recordings of four of the greatest novels of all time and the great authors' lasting masterpieces: The Brothers Karamazov; Crime and Punishment, WAr & Peace, and Anna Karenina. Translations by Constance Garnett and Aylmer & Louise Maude.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Don Quixote and experience the compelling world of this classic novel!

Anthony Cade undertakes a small, seemingly innocuous favour for a friend which begins to draw him into the center of a deadly conspiracy. Unable to escape the web he becomes entangled within, he begins to realize that the simple favor has placed him in serious danger. As events unfold, the combined forces of the Metropolitan Police and the French Sûreté corner in on Chimneys, the great country estate that hides an unbelievable secret.

Gerry Wade is known to his houseguests as a man who can sleep the day away, so a practical joke is devised at his expense. Eight alarm clocks are set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6:30 a.m. But when morning arrives, one clock is not where they left it, and the joke has unfolded with tragic consequences.

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read, performed, and adapted today.

Christmas should be a time of joy and warmth, but for Miss Marple, it brings a haunting sense of dread. When she meets a charming couple during a holiday stay, her instincts tell her something is horribly wrong. The woman's life, Miss Marple fears, hangs by a thread, though everyone else sees nothing but holiday cheer. As a veil of deadly intent lurks beneath festive decorations and warm firesides, Miss Marple races against the ticking clock of the holiday season to expose a sinister plot.

A surfing, boy-crazy teenager comes of age in the summer of 1957 in this classic novel that inspired movies, television, and created an American pop culture icon. This is Franzie, part Holden Caulfield, part Lolita. The guys call her Gidget—short for girl midget. Based on the experiences of his daughter, Frederick Kohner's novel became an international sensation with an irrepressible heroine whose voice still echoes every thrill, every fear, and every hope that every teenager ever had about growing up.

This collection features unabridged recordings of the first three novels in E.F. Benson’s beloved Mapp and Lucia series. Narrated by Geraldine McEwan and Prunella Scales, this collection brings to life E.F. Benson’s comic tales of marriage, mishaps and mayhem.

Blackwood’s writing covers many aspects of the Supernatural, including Nature Gods and Goddesses in “The Touch of Pan” and “Initiation,” psychological horror in “The Occupant of the Room” star-crossed lovers in “The Tryst” and “A Desert Episode,” and a truly wholesome story involving a young lad and his ghostly grandfather in “The Other Wing.” This collection of eerie short stories also includes “The Wings of Horus,” “Cain’s Atonement,” “An Egyptian Hornet,” “By Water,” “H.S.H.,” “A Bit of Wood,” “A Victim of Higher Space,” “Transition,” and “The Tradition.”

Reegarded by many as the greatest American novel, Herman Melville’s tale of the hunt for the white whale, Moby-Dick, is a sublime work of the imagination, an American Odyssey. It is at once an adventure story of the high seas, and an exploration of the uncharted regions of the soul.

Danny n’a que cinq ans, mais il possède le " shining ", un don qui le fait rayonner d’une énergie psychique. Lorsque son père devient le gardien d’un vieil hôtel, les visions de Danny deviennent incontrôlables. Isolé du reste du monde par le blizzard, l’hôtel semble développer une force maléfique. Et qui sont ces mystérieux clients qui hantent ce lieu prétendument désert ?

Finstere Intrigen, schauerliche Geheimnisse und unverzagte Helden – ein Frühwerk Karl Mays! Der Roman beginnt in den Wäldern des Nordens und führt zu den sonnendurchglühten Ufern des Nils. Die märchenhaft-geheimnisvolle Handlung erzählt von Abenteuern in der Wüste und im Mittelmeer und vom Aufstieg eines Nilbarkenführers zum Kapudan-Pascha, zum Großadmiral des Sultans. I. Der schwarze Kapitän II. Das Geheimnis der Gitana

This coming-of-age novel explores themes including religious skepticism, socialism, ennui, English society, sexual relationships, and metaphysics, as George searches for an ideal to which he can devote his life. Like all Wells’s novels, Tono-Bungay abounds with social critique.

Una de las grandes novelas del Premio Nobel de Literatura Ernest Hemingway, ambientada en Pamplona. Esta hermosa y punzante historia narra la excursión a Pamplona de un grupo de americanos e ingleses exiliados en París en los años veinte, donde se reencuentran la seductora Brett Ashley y el desventurado Jake Barnes, que durante la Primera Guerra Mundial vivieron un amor genuino e irrealizable. El ambiente del París rive gauche y las descripciones de las corridas de toros en España, brutalmente realistas, son la metáfora de una era de bancarrota moral, amores imposibles e ilusiones perdidas.

Partners in Crime is a collection of short stories featuring Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, a couple who own and manage Blunt’s International Detective Agency. In their previous adventure Tommy and Tuppence rescued the pink pearl against all odds. Now the best and brightest are at their door, and throughout these 15 stories we see them crack cases from the mysterious to the murderous.