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Oedipus Rex
by Noe Venable
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
A retelling of the Sophocles classic. A cursed city, an unsolved murder, and their king's horrible secret.
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Hamlet
by John Bergez
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
A retelling of Shakespeare's masterwork. Set in medieval Denmark, Hamlet tells the story of a young prince who is caught between avenging the murder of his father and the doubts of his own conscience.
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A Christmas Carol
by Alan Venable
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
This story takes place at Christmastime in 19th century London, where the lower class suffers and the rich and miserly Ebenezer Scrooge couldn't care less about the poor, and he hates Christmas.
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Frederick Douglass
by Devorah Major
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
As leader of free blacks in the north, Douglass urged Lincoln to end slavery during the Civil War. This book covers mainly Frederick's early and middle life.
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Othello, the Moor of Venice
by Alan Venable
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
Through lively, moving dialogue, this narrative retells the dramatic and tragic story of one of Shakespeare's greatest plays.
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The Story of Anne Frank
by Alan Venable
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
This book excerpts Anne's diary, but it also puts the diary in its historical context. Readers will finish this book having gained an understanding of the events of World War II Europe.
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Julius Caesar
by Alan Venable
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
An exciting retelling of Julius Caesar, a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It portrays the conspiracy against the Roman dictator, Julius Cesar, his assassination and its aftermath.
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
by Noe Venable
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
A professor of marine studies, his self-effacing young assistant, and a Canadian harpooner join an expedition to investigate a monster that has been terrorizing the world.
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Greek Myths II
by Noe Venable
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
Greek Myths II recounts some of the most vivid tales in all of mythology. This book focuses on minor gods and human offspring of the gods.
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The Adventure of the Speckled Band
by John Bergez
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
What is the speckled band? Is it a band of gypsies? Is it thin piece of speckled fabric? Holmes and Watson face a cruel and calculating man and a highly unusual murderer.
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Greek Myths I
by Noe Venable
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
Greek Myths I focuses on the major Greek gods and goddesses who Greeks believed lived on Olympus and ruled over heaven and Earth.
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Little Women
by Noe Venable
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
Little Women, with its lively, three-dimensional characters, is as delightful today as it was a century ago.
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The Red Badge of Courage
by John Matern
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
This realistic Civil War novel probes the mind of a youth named Henry in his first few days of battle
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Building Wings
by Don Johnston
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
This book is about someone who learns differently from others. My name is Don Johnston and I struggled in school. This is the story of my struggle and what I did to become successful.
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The Prince and the Pauper
by Alan Venable
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
A worthy retelling of Mark Twain's classic.
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The Telltale Heart and Other Short Stories
by Helen Sillett
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
This is a book of horror stories. Filled with three of Poe's classics; The Black Cat, The Telltale Heart, and The Fall of the House of Usher.
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I Have a Dream
by Eric Metzgar
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1929. It was a time when black people in America were treated badly, but Martin’s parents taught him to love everyone.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by John Matern
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
This brief retelling of America's greatest novel avoids the language that some have found offensive. It also makes clear that Twain respected both Huck and Jim.
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Kings of the Nile
by Alan Venable
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
This book provides a background on 3,000 years of ancient Egypt and its rulers.
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Abe Lincoln Speaks
by Alan Venable
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
In this book you’ll hear Abe Lincoln tell the story of his own life, from the day he was born in a small log cabin, right up to the day he was shot by an assassin’s bullet.
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The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories by O. Henry
by Noe Venable
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
This book includes the retelling of O. Henry's classic short stories, The Ransom of Red Chief, The Last Leaf, The Gift of the Magi, A Retrieved Reformation, and The Furnished Room.
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Romeo and Juliet
by Jerry Stemach
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
Romeo and Juliet may be the most famous love story in the world. This is a retelling of Shakespeare's masterwork.
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The Black Death
by Alan Venable
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
This is a story about one of the most horrible diseases that people have ever known. In the year 1665, a disease called plague, swept through the city of London, England.
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A Space Voyage
by John Bergez
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
This book takes students on an exciting journey through our Solar System. Instead of traveling in a spaceship, they will hitch a ride on Halley's Comet!
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Captains Courageous
by Alan Venable
Available on: Audio Download ($12.95)
The story takes place in 1894. Harvey Cheyne, a rich, young boy of fifteen, falls off a steamship hundreds of miles out to sea. He is rescued by a fishing boat.
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