- Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five introduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes 'unstuck in time' after he is abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a plot-scrambling display of virtuosity, we follow Pilgrim simultaneously through all phases of his life, concentrating on his (and Vonnegut's) shattering experience as an American prisoner of war who witnesses the firebombing of Dresden.

Slaughterhouse-Five is not only Vonnegut's most powerful book, it is also as important as any written since 1945. Like Catch-22, it fashions the author's experiences in the Second World War into an eloquent and deeply funny plea against butchery in the service of authority. Slaughterhouse-Five boasts the same imagination, humanity, and gleeful appreciation of the absurd found in Vonnegut's other works, but the book's basis in rock-hard, tragic fact gives it unique poignancy -- and humor.

Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band

Written By : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated By : Full Cast Production

Published By : One Act Audio Theatre

Runtime : 30 minutes

Categories : Dramatizations
Classics
Detective
Detective

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Full-Cast. Holmes and Watson investigate the terrible doings at Stoke Moran manor More info...

Here's Johnny! My Memories of Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show, and 40 Years of Friendship

Written By : Ed McMahon

Narrated By : Ed McMahon

Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc

Runtime : 4 hours

Categories : Arts & Drama

Our Price : $12.95

Brilliant in front of the camera but shy in person, Johnny Carson seldom gave interviews. Only Ed McMahon, Carson's personal friend and showbiz sidekick for over forty years, can tell the stories t... More info...

Doctor Who - The Underwater Menace

Written By : Various

Narrated By : Anneke Wills

Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 2 hours

Categories : Sci-Fi
Drama
Dramatizations
British

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Patrick Troughton's Doctor arrives on Atlantis in this classic soundtrack adventure, with linking narration by Anneke Wills and an exclusive bonus interview. More info...

Dozen Red Roses, A: 12 Valentines Poems (mp3)

Written By : Various

Narrated By : Bill Wallis and Jenny Agutter

Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 22 minutes

Categories : Poetry

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Twelve specially selected favourite love poems, read by acclaimed actors Bill Wallis and Jenny Agutter... More info...

Aeneid

Written By : Virgil

Narrated By : Full Cast Production

Published By : Select Music & Distribution

Runtime : 5 hours 15 minutes

Categories : Poetry
Classic Literature
Dramatizations

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The masterpiece of Rome's greatest poet, Virgil's Aeneid. More info...

"It's about time this book was written. It is a long-overdue manifesto for the mobile lifestyle, and Tim Ferriss is the ideal ambassador. This will be huge."
--Jack Canfield, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul

"Sick of the rat race? Tim is the future!"
--Tim Colvin, office of the CTO, Morgan Stanley

Tim Ferriss is an extraordinary young man on a mission. The twenty-eight-year-old serial vagabond and successful entrepreneur has been teaching a wildly popular course at Princeton University for the past four years: a how-to and why-to guide to throwing out the old methods for success (balancing life and work, retiring well, having a great nest egg) and replacing them with an entirely new way of living.

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