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Eat That Frog! Audiobook Free

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DOWNLOAD NOW Written By: Brian Tracy Narrated By: Brian Tracy Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Date: April 2017 Duration: 2 hours 38 minutes Summary: There just isn't enough time for everything on our to-do list-and there never will be. Successful people don't try to do everything. They learn to focus on the most important tasks and make sure those get done. They eat their frogs. There's an old saying that if the first thing you do each morning is eat a live frog, you'll have the satisfaction of knowing you're done with the worst thing you'll have to do all day. For Tracy, eating a frog is a metaphor for tackling your most challenging task-... about but also the one that can have the greatest positive impact on your life. Eat That Frog! shows you how to organize each day so you can zero in on these critical tasks and accomplish them efficiently and effectively.In this fully revised and updated edition, Tracy adds two new chapters.

Speaker for the Dead Audiobook Free

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GET NOW Written By: Orson Scott Card Narrated By: David Birney, Stefan Rudnicki Publisher: Macmillan Audio Date: April 2004 Duration: 14 hours 11 minutes Summary: The thrilling sequel to Ender's Game and winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards-this full cast unabridged recording includes an original postscript written and recorded by author Orson Scott Card. Three thousand years have passed since Ender Wiggin won humanity's war with the Buggers by totally destroying them. Ender remains young, traveling the stars at the speed of relativity, but a hundred years or more might pass on Earth while he experiences a month-long voyage. In three thousand years,... about Ender's books The Hive Queen and The Hegemon, written under a pseudonym, have become holy writ, while the name of Ender itself has become anathema: he is the Xenocide, the one who killed an entire race of thinking, feeling beings, killed the only other sapient race humankind had found in

Wonder Audiobook CD

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GET NOW Written By: R. J. Palacio Narrated By: Nick Podehl, Kate Rudd, Diana Steele Publisher: Brilliance Audio Date: February 2012 Duration: 8 hours 0 minutes Summary: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIA ROBERTS, OWEN WILSON, AND JACOB TREMBLAY! Over 6 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller WONDER and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. The book that inspired the Choose Kind movement. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school.... about Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. WONDER, now a #1 New York Times bestseller and included on the Texas Bluebonnet Award master list, begins from Augg

The Art of Racing in the Rain Free Audiobook

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LISTEN NOW Written By: Garth Stein Narrated By: Christopher Evan Welch Publisher: HarperAudio Date: May 2008 Duration: 6 hours 57 minutes Summary: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM FOX 2000 STARRING MILO VENTIMIGLIA, AMANDA SEYFRIED, AND KEVIN COSTNER MEET THE DOG WHO WILL SHOW THE WORLD HOW TO BE HUMAN The New York Times bestselling novel from Garth Stein—a heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope—a captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life . . . as only a dog could tell it. “Splendid.” —People “The perfect book for anyone who knows that compassion isn’t only for humans, and that the relationship between two souls who are meant for each other never really comes to an end. Every now and then I’m lucky enough to read a novel I can’t stop thinking about: this is one of them.” —Jodi Picoult “It’s impossible not to love Enzo.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune “This old soul of a d

The Looking Glass Wars Audiobook Free Download

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DOWNLOAD NOW Written By: Frank Beddor Narrated By: Gerard Doyle Publisher: Scholastic Inc. Date: October 2006 Duration: 8 hours 43 minutes Summary: The "true story" behind Alice in Wonderland! Princess Alyss Heart is brutally cast out of Wonderland by her vicious Aunt Redd, who beheads Alyss' mother (Off with her head, she cries!) and begins to rule over Wonderland with an iron fist. Alyss escapes from Wonderland and is exiled to another world entirely Victorian London where she is adopted into a new family, renamed Alice, and befriended by Lewis Carroll. At age 20 she returns to Wonderland to battle Redd, reclaim the throne, and lead Wonderland into its next golden age of imagination. The Looking Glass Wars Audiobook Free Download by Frank Beddor | Teen Audiobook

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Free Audiobook

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LISTEN NOW Written By: Jonathan Safran Foer Narrated By: Jeff Woodman, Richard Ferrone, Barbara Caruso Publisher: Recorded Books Date: April 2014 Duration: 10 hours 59 minutes Summary: Jonathan Safran Foer emerged as one of the most original writers of his generation with his best-selling debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated. Now, with humor, tenderness, and awe, he confronts the traumas of our recent history. Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal is to find the lock that matches a mysterious key that belonged to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11. This seemingly impossible task will bring Oskar into contact with survivors of all sorts on an exhilarating, affecting, often hilarious, and ultimately healing journey. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Free Audiobook by Jonathan Safran Foer | Fi

The Help Free Audiobook

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DOWNLOAD NOW Written By: Kathryn Stockett Narrated By: Jenna Lamia Publisher: Penguin Audio Date: February 2009 Duration: 18 hours 0 minutes Summary: The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award–winning film.   Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who's always taken orders quietly, but lately she's unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless. White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. She's full of ambition, but without a husband, she's considered a failure. Together these seemingly different women join together to write a tell-all book about work as a black maid in the South, that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town. The Help Free Audiobook by Kathryn Stockett | Fiction & Literature Free Audiobook

Michael Vey Audiobook Free

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LISTEN NOW Written By: Richard Paul Evans Narrated By: Fred Berman Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio/Mercury Ink Date: August 2011 Duration: 10 hours 0 minutes Summary: The start of an action-packed teen series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans. To everyone at Meridian High School, fourteen-year-old Michael Vey is nothing special, just the kid who has Tourette’s syndrome. But in truth, Michael is extremely special—he has electric powers. Michael thinks he is unique until he discovers that a cheerleader named Taylor has the same mysterious powers. With the help of Michael’s friend, Ostin, the three of them set out to discover how Michael and Taylor ended up with their abilities, and their investigation soon brings them to the attention of a powerful group who wants to control the electric teens—and through them, the world. #1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans introduces a character whose risk-filled explor

Escape from Camp 14 Audiobook CD

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DOWNLOAD NOW Written By: Blaine Harden Narrated By: Blaine Harden Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Date: March 2012 Duration: 5 hours 33 minutes Summary: The shocking story of one of the few people born in a North Korean political prison to have escaped and survived North Korea is isolated and hungry, bankrupt and belligerent. It is also armed with nuclear weapons. Between 150,000 and 200,000 people are being held in its political prison camps, which have existed twice as long as Stalin’s Soviet gulags and twelve times as long as the Nazi concentration camps. Very few born and raised in these camps have escaped—but Shin Dong-hyuk did. In Escape from Camp 14, acclaimed journalist Blaine Harden tells the story of Shin Dong-hyuk and, through the lens of Shin’s life, unlocks the secrets of the world’s most repressive totalitarian state. Shin knew nothing of civilized existence: he saw his mother as a competitor for food, guards raised him to be a snitch, and h

The Hero with a Thousand Faces Audiobook Free Download

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LISTEN NOW Written By: Joseph Campbell Narrated By: Arthur Morey, John Lee, Susan Denaker Publisher: Brilliance Audio Date: March 2016 Duration: 14 hours 39 minutes Summary: Since its release in 1949, The Hero with a Thousand Faces has influenced millions of readers by combining the insights of modern psychology with Joseph Campbell's revolutionary understanding of comparative mythology. In this book, Campbell outlines the Hero's Journey, a universal motif of adventure and transformation that runs through virtually all of the world's mythic traditions. He also explores the Cosmogonic Cycle, the mythic pattern of world creation and destruction.As relevant today as when it was first published, The Hero with a Thousand Faces continues to find new audiences in fields ranging from religion and anthropology to literature and film studies. The book has also profoundly influenced creative artists-including authors, songwriters, game designers, and film

Zero to One Audiobook Free Download

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LISTEN NOW Written By: Blake Masters, Peter Thiel Narrated By: Blake Masters Publisher: Random House (Audio) Date: September 2014 Duration: 4 hours 49 minutes Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER If you want to build a better future, you must believe in secrets. The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find singular ways to create those new things. Thiel begins with the contrarian premise that we live in an age of technological stagnation, even if we’re too distracted by shiny mobile devices to notice.... about Information technology has improved rapidly, but there is no reason why progress should be limited to computers or Silicon Valley. Progress can be achieved in any industry or area of business. It comes from the most important skill that every leader must master: learning to think for yourse

Half Broke Horses Audiobook

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GET NOW Written By: Jeannette Walls Narrated By: Jeannette Walls Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Date: October 2009 Duration: 7 hours 56 minutes Summary: Half Broke Horses is Laura Ingalls Wilder for adults, as riveting and dramatic as Isak Dinesen’s Out of Africa or Beryl Markham’s West with the Night. Destined to become a classic, it will transfix readers everywhere. “Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did.” So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Walls’s no-nonsense, resourceful, and spectacularly compelling grandmother. By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen, she left home to teach in a... about frontier town—riding five hundred miles on her pony, alone, to get to her job. She learned to drive a car and fly a plane. And, with her husband, Jim, she ran a vast ranch in Arizona. She raised two children, one who is Jeannette’s memorable mother, Rosemary Smith Walls, unforgettably portrayed in The

Sapiens Audiobook

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GET NOW Written By: Yuval Noah Harari Narrated By: Derek Perkins Publisher: HarperAudio Date: August 2017 Duration: 15 hours 18 minutes Summary: New York Times Bestseller A Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human.” One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one—homo sapiens.... about What happened to the others? And what may happen to us? Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago with the appearance of modern cognition. From examinin

Along Came a Spider Audiobook

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LISTEN NOW Written By: James Patterson Narrated By: Charles Turner Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA Date: November 2005 Duration: 11 hours 59 minutes Summary: Discover the classic thriller that launched the #1 detective series of the past twenty-five years, now one of PBS's "100 Great American Reads" Alex Cross is a homicide detective with a Ph.D. in psychology. He works and lives in the ghettos of D. C. and looks like Muhammad Ali in his prime. He's a tough guy from a tough part of town who wears Harris Tweed jackets and likes to relax by banging out Gershwin tunes on his baby grand piano. But he also has two adorable kids of his own, and they are... about his own special vulnerabilities. Jezzie Flanagan is the first woman ever to hold the highly sensitive job as supervisor of the Secret Service in Washington. Blond, mysterious, seductive, she's got an outer shell that's as tough as it is beautiful. She rides her black BMW

Sharp Objects Audiobook Free Download

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LISTEN NOW Written By: Gillian Flynn Narrated By: Ann Marie Lee Publisher: Random House (Audio) Date: September 2006 Duration: 9 hours 30 minutes Summary: NOW AN HBO® LIMITED SERIES STARRING AMY ADAMS, NOMINATED FOR EIGHT EMMY AWARDS, INCLUDING OUTSTANDING LIMITED SERIES FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GONE GIRL Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story—and survive this

Outlander Audiobook

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LISTEN NOW Written By: Diana Gabaldon Narrated By: Davina Porter Publisher: Recorded Books Date: March 2012 Duration: 32 hours 49 minutes Summary: Outlander, Diana Gabaldon's landmark novel of Scottish lore has captured the hearts of millions of readers around the world and catapulted her to the top of the New York Times best-seller list. Intrigue, danger and desire merge in this lush novel of loyalty and time travel. In 1945, Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon. Their blissful reunion is shattered when she touches a boulder in one of the ancient stone ruins and is instantly transported to a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans . in 1743. Will Claire find her way back to her own time, or is her destiny forever linked with Clan MacKenzie and the gallant James Fraser? Davina Porter's lyrical narration will launch listeners into an exhilarating world of heroism, pulse

Magicians Gambit Audiobook

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GET NOW Written By: David Eddings Narrated By: Cameron Beierle Publisher: Books in Motion Date: September 2003 Duration: 11 hours 34 minutes Summary: Garion is going to face some horrible powerful magician, thus continues the Belgariad, an epic prophecy still unfolding. Magicians Gambit Audiobook by David Eddings | Science Fiction & Fantasy Audiobook Free Mp3

The Fate of Ten Audiobook CD

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LISTEN NOW Written By: Pittacus Lore Narrated By: Devon Sorvari, Neil Kaplan, Almarie Guerra, Kyla Garcia Publisher: HarperCollins Date: September 2015 Duration: 10 hours 42 minutes Summary: The sixth and penultimate book of the #1 New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series! For years the Garde have fought the Mogadorians in secret, but now the invasion has begun. John is on the front lines in New York City. The odds are against him, but his best friend, Sam, has just inexplicably developed a Legacy—and he isn’t the only one. As the pair tracks down Five and Nine amidst the chaos, they meet another teen with powers. But is she a friend or foe? Meanwhile, Six, Marina, and... about Adam are trapped in Mexico. They got into the Sanctuary and were able to awaken the force hidden within, but they don’t have any way to contact the others…and the Mogs are coming for them in full force. The Garde are stretched thin. Their only shot at saving the worl

Lord of Chaos Audiobook

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DOWNLOAD NOW Written By: Robert Jordan Narrated By: Michael Kramer, Kate Reading Publisher: Macmillan Audio Date: August 2005 Duration: 41 hours 37 minutes Summary: The Wheel of Time ® is a PBS Great American Read Selection! Now in development for TV! Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers and listeners around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy,... about the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. On the slopes of Shayol Ghul, the Myrddraal swords are forged, and the sky is not the sky of this world; In Salidar the White Tower in exile prepares an embassy to Caemlyn, w

An American Marriage Free Audiobook

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GET NOW Written By: Tayari Jones Narrated By: Sean Crisden, Eisa Davis Publisher: HighBridge Company Date: February 2018 Duration: 9 hours 1 minutes Summary: Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her... about childhood friend, and best man at their wedding. As Roy's time in prison passes, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. After five years, Roy's conviction is suddenly overturned, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together. This stirring love story

Principles Audiobook Free

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LISTEN NOW Written By: Ray Dalio Narrated By: Jeremy Bobb, Ray Dalio Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Date: September 2017 Duration: 16 hours 30 minutes Summary: #1 New York Times Bestseller “Significant...The book is both instructive and surprisingly moving.” —The New York Times Ray Dalio, one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he’s developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business—and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals. In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates,... about out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history and grown into the fifth most important private company in the United States, according to Fortune magazine. Dalio himself has been named

The Last Black Unicorn Audiobook Free

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DOWNLOAD NOW Written By: Tiffany Haddish Narrated By: Tiffany Haddish Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Date: December 2017 Duration: 6 hours 31 minutes Summary: Grammy Award Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album! From stand-up comedian, actress, and breakout star of Girls Trip, Tiffany Haddish, comes The Last Black Unicorn, a sidesplitting, hysterical, edgy, and unflinching collection of (extremely) personal essays, as fearless as the author herself. Growing up in one of the poorest neighborhoods of South Central Los Angeles, Tiffany learned to survive by making people laugh. If she could do that, then her classmates would let her copy their homework,... about the other foster kids she lived with wouldn’t beat her up, and she might even get a boyfriend. Or at least she could make enough money—as the paid school mascot and in-demand Bar Mitzvah hype woman—to get her hair and nails done, so then she might get a boyfriend. None of that worked (and s

Ready Player One Audiobook Free Download

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LISTEN NOW Written By: Ernest Cline Narrated By: Wil Wheaton Publisher: Random House (Audio) Date: August 2011 Duration: 15 hours 43 minutes Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. “Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.”—USA Today • “As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.”—Entertainment Weekly A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready? In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual... about world where most of humanity spends their days. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune—and control of the OASIS itself.  Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly he’s beset by r

What Every BODY is Saying Audiobook Free

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DOWNLOAD NOW Written By: Marvin Karlins, Joe Navarro Narrated By: Paul Costanzo Publisher: HarperAudio Date: December 2011 Duration: 7 hours 20 minutes Summary: Joe Navarro, a former FBI counterintelligence officer and a recognized expert on nonverbal behavior, explains how to 'speed-read' people: decode sentiments and behaviors, avoid hidden pitfalls, and look for deceptive behaviors. You'll also learn how your body language can influence what your boss, family, friends, and strangers think of you. You will discover: - The ancient survival instincts that drive body language Why the face is the least likely place to gauge a person's true feelings What thumbs, feet, and eyelids reveal about moods and motives The most powerful behaviors that reveal our confidence and true sentiments Simple nonverbals that instantly establish trust Simple nonverbals that instantly communicate authority  Filled with examples from Navarro's professional exp

How Will You Measure Your Life? Audiobook Free

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LISTEN NOW Written By: Karen Dillon, James Allworth, Clayton M. Christensen Narrated By: Jeff Woodman Publisher: HarperAudio Date: May 2012 Duration: 5 hours 29 minutes Summary: From the world’s leading thinker on innovation and New York Times bestselling author of The Innovator’s Dilemma, Clayton M. Christensen, comes an unconventional book of inspiration and wisdom for achieving a fulfilling life. Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma, notably the only business book that Apple’s Steve Jobs said “deeply influenced” him, is widely recognized as one of the most significant business books ever published. Now, in the tradition of Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture and Anna Quindlen’s A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Christensen’s How Will You Measure Your Life is with a book of lucid observations and penetrating insights designed to help any reader—student or teacher, mid-career professional or retiree, parent or child—forge their own paths to fulfillment.

Cold Mountain Audiobook

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DOWNLOAD NOW Written By: Charles Frazier Narrated By: Charles Frazier Publisher: Random House (Audio) Date: February 2004 Duration: 14 hours 31 minutes Summary: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE One of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain is a masterpiece that is at once an enthralling adventure, a stirring love story, and a luminous evocation of a vanished American in all its savagery, solitude, and splendor. Sorely wounded and fatally disillusioned in the fighting at Petersburg, Inman, a Confederate soldier, decides to walk back to his home in the Blue Ridge Mountains and to Ada, the woman he loved there years before. His trek across the disintegrating South brings him into intimate and sometimes lethal converse with slaves and marauders, bounty hunters and witches, both helpful and malign. At the same time, Ada is trying to revive her father's derelict farm and learn to survive in a world where the old certa

The Land of Stories Free Audiobook

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GET NOW Written By: Chris Colfer Narrated By: Chris Colfer Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA Date: August 2013 Duration: 11 hours 0 minutes Summary: After decades of hiding, the evil Enchantress who cursed Sleeping Beauty is back with a vengeance. Alex and Conner Bailey have not been back to the magical Land of Stories since their adventures in The Wishing Spell ended. But one night, they learn the famed Enchantress has kidnapped their mother! Against the will of their grandmother, the twins must find their own way into the Land of Stories to rescue their mother and save the fairy tale world from the greatest threat it's ever faced. The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns Free Audiobook by Chris Colfer | Kids Audiobook Free Online