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This is a SoundCraft Audiobooks production complete with music and sound effects to enhance the listener's enjoyment of this classic poem. Twas the Night Before Christmas was originally published anonymously in 1823 as "A Visit from St. Nicholas". Perhaps the most famous Christmas poem of all time, it relates the story of a father awoken from his sleep on Christmas Eve by Santa Claus—St. Nick in the poem—who lands with his sleigh and "eight tiny reindeer" on the roof of the house, comes down the chimney, and delivers toys to the family.

Here is Hugh Lofting's classic tale of the English doctor who learns how to speak to his non-human patients—dogs, cats, rhinos, and monkeys alike—as he travels from England to the jungles of Africa and back again. Doctor Dolittle's entourage of animal friends, including Polynesia the parrot, Gub-Gub the pig, Jip the dog, and Dab-Dab the duck, journey with the doctor and team up to help him out of one scrape after another.

This is a SoundCraft Audiobooks production featuring digitally enhanced performances of some of history's greatest speeches - all presented as they might have originally been heard. The immersive audio experience presented here - complete with sound effects, music, and atmospherics - allows the listener to feel as if they were in attendance when these speeches were first delivered.

In this collection, P.G. Wodehouse - the master of 20th-century humor - presents 10 of his most celebrated stories about the perpetually befuddled Bertie Wooster and his knight-in-shining-tuxedo Jeeves. Wodehouse's Jeeves stories have long been hailed as the most entertaining and hilarious short fiction ever written and Wodehouse holds a special place in literary history as history's premier English humorist. In this collection, Bertie pinballs from crisis to crisis but, as always, his faithful manservant Jeeves is there to bail him out.

Founder of the internet company Alibaba, Chinese businessman Jack Ma ranks as the richest man in China. But his road to success wasn’t so simple. Inside this biography, you’ll learn how Jack Ma overcame all odds to rise to fame and fortune. After a bumpy start and a string of failures, he pushed on with perseverance and determination, and went on to become one of China - and the world’s - richest men.

Bigfoot and Frankenstein team up to terrorize the Wild West.

In "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes," Sir Arthur Conan Doyle attempted a feat that even the greatest criminal minds in England could not accomplish: He tried to kill off Sherlock Holmes. (And he very nearly succeeded.) Doyle's 1894 collection of short stories—which featured some of the most enjoyable tales in the Holmes canon, including "Silver Blaze," "The Musgrave Ritual" and "The Crooked Man"—concludes with what was meant to be the last Sherlock Holmes story, "The Final Problem."

A.A. Milne, the beloved author of the Winnie-the-Pooh series, followed up his success to the first two Pooh books, When We Were Very Young and Winnie-the-Pooh, with Now We Are Six, a collection of poems that has become a classic in children's literature.

This audiobook is your quick start guide to brewing beer from your home.

Originating in Egypt, essential oils have more than made their mark in this world with their natural abilities to heal and cure many of today's ailments. They also boast the profound capability to use their therapeutic properties in order to alleviate emotional and mental conditions. These miracle oils derived are derived from some of the most exquisite botanical and are harbored in their flowers or leaves, and other plants store the precious oils in their seeds or rinds.

Attending a medical conference, Watson returns to Baker Street to find a much older Holmes, withdrawn and very retired. Remarkably, Watson's visit coincides with another: Lil, a girl from the notorious and appalling Old Nichol Rookery housing slum, is unaware the great detective has retired. She brings with her a firsthand sighting of a strange, glowing "ghoul" which frightened her half to death in the dark ginnels of the Rookery. So, will Holmes and Watson, for one very last time, investigate a ghoul who does not like to be seen...?

Conventional sleep tips were not enough to help me sleep. A heavy tranquilizer nearly destroyed my life. But I was shocked when a unique combination of foods and nutrients cured my insomnia. I’ve slept well for almost 10 years now because of them. Do you want natural, concrete, research-based recommendations to get the right stuff into your body for a good night's sleep? That's what I'll give you, in as few words as possible.

After an unexpected divorce, Marla Goldberg yearns to believe “someday is now” and pursue her dream of being an actress in Chicago. But how can she quit her frustrating radio station account executive job when she’s only booking work as an extra?

Stirring the Nest: All parents know that raising children can be challenging. But when they reach young adulthood and it's time to send your children out into the world on their own, whether it's to college or to join the workforce, you want them to be prepared to survive on their own. Stuff You Don't Need: You'll learn everything you need to know to get your children outside playing and enjoying nature instead of inside their rooms playing with their electronics.

The most romantic literary lovers in history: Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester. Oliver Mellors and Constance Chatterley. Marie Shabata and Emil Bergson. Now, all three of their classic stories are collected in one volume.

Know what a "frunk" is? How about a "solar panel"? Suburban Dictionary is a guide to slang and a guide to the quirky behavior found in the burbs. Suburbanese: the subtle, the funny, and the snarky, with generous helpings of sarcasm. Hours of fun and (sometimes) snarky expressions. Exposes the slang of the rich, the "wannabes", and beyond. Only listen to this if you love language and if you like to laugh!

Refugees in a hostile parallel universe, Captain Jeff Bowers and his crew narrowly escape to neutral space. But Jeff is haunted by a vision that just won’t let him go, and it sends him a quest he can’t justify or explain. At the same time, he is obsessed with finding the love of his life - Jo Taylor - who is still alive on this reality string. But when he finds her, will she be different? How different?

This is a SoundCraft Audiobooks production—enhanced with music and sound effects—of perhaps the most revered and popular children's book of all time: Peter Pan. Featuring Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Wendy, and, of course, the villainous Captain Hook and his trusty first mate Smee, these indelible creations have become some of the most iconic characters in all of children's literature. Barrie's playful and impish prose perfectly captures the cruelty, kindness, and complexities of youth, as seen through the eyes of history's most famous flying orphan.

Blockchain is the newest process in information technology that is sweeping the financial markets, and the ledgers of major retailers and other business entities. It is also changing the way information is gathered, stored, and obtained. In addition, it impacts the security of data from different workplaces. It also changes the stability of some national economies, which is evident from records in Estonia.

H.G. Wells (1866 -1946)—the master of the genre—created his "scientific romances" and set the standard for futuristic literature that teemed with both social commentary and a prescient view of the world to come. Here, we present The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds, two of the most popular and thrilling science-fiction novels ever created...together in one volume.