Imagine traveling from the lost continent of Atlantis to the South Pole, battling giant squid, and exploring the bounty of the seas in a submarine commanded by genius/madman Captain Nemo....[more]

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Though the plot is well-known - perhaps as famously as any other novel in literature - the original telling of A Christmas Carol still surprises and delights more than any pale imitation....[more]

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Transported back in time to the regal days of chivalry, the quick-witted, sharp-tongued Connecticut Yankee introduces the legendary King Arthur and his court to some "magic" even the wizard Merlin never dreamed of: the destructive power of gunpowder, and the ability to eclipse the sun itself....[more]

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When geologist Otto Lidenbrock discovers an ancient manuscript describing a passageway to the center of the Earth, he prepares a subterranean expedition, and descends into an extinct volcano in Iceland....[more]

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E.M. Forster's masterful, romantic comedy of manners tells the tale of an Englishwoman who steps out of her rigid, hierarchical society to find love. Lucy Honeychurch lives in Windy Corners, her family's country estate in Suffolk, England, where she is engaged to the respectable, fastidious Cecil Vyse....[more]

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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...." The 2 cities of the title are Paris and London; the time is the French Revolution. Dr. Manette, deranged by an unjust, 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille, arrives in London only to see his daughter wooed and won by the son, Charles Darnay, of the marquis who imprisoned him....[more]

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Television star Cybill Shepherd performs this splendid version of the kaleidoscopic fantasy where madcap mischief abounds. Alice's thrilling tour through an enchanted realm where animals talk and lunacy runs rampant begins when she follows an elusive White Rabbit into Wonderland....[more]

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Cloning, feel-good drugs, anti-aging programs, and total social control through politics, programming, and media - has Aldous Huxley accurately predicted our future? In his most enduring masterpiece, Huxley creates the world of the year 632 A....[more]

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This is the story of a kindhearted little girl named Fern who saves the life of a very small and very lucky pig named Wilbur. It is also the story of Charlotte A....[more]

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The St. Charles Players present a new and unique telling of this children's classic performed in exciting Radio Theatre style. Once upon a time there was a wicked stepmother with two wicked daughters, a glorious castle with a king and queen, a handsome prince, his horse named Steed, a grand ball, a fairy godmother, mice who could talk, and a dream....[more]

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Listen to this story of David, a young man sent by his cruel stepfather to a school where he's mistreated, and you'll truly know Charles Dickens - Dickens admitted that his popular novel was, in large part, autobiographical....[more]

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For a century Bram Stoker's Dracula has reigned supreme as the undisputed masterpiece of horror writing. We have all grown up under the shadow of the elegant Count, at once an attractive, brutal, and erotic creature of the night....[more]

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Whether searching for the buried treasure of Captain Kidd in "The Gold Bug," seeking revenge in "The Cask of Amontillado," entering a web of murder and betrayal from within "The Tell-Tale Heart," or caught in a place of chilling madness in "The Fall of the House of Usher," the words of the master storyteller will thrill and envelop the listener....[more]

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Emma Woodhouse has it all: She is beautiful, rich and very clever - maybe too clever - but she also has too much time on her hands. So Emma decides to dabble in the lives of others, setting about making romantic matches....[more]

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Explore animal worlds and amazing rocket ships, a gorgon's head, and much more in this wonderful collection of best-loved children's stories. Twenty-six works by renowned authors are read here in their entirety....[more]

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