Various Narrators
Author
Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
You're on vacation in the Caribbean when you find yourself caught up in a web of intrigue and adventure. Suddenly, it's up to you to save the island from an eccentric local industrialist-and success will depend on your ability to learn enough Spanish to complete your mission ... . Say adios to the notion that learning a language can't be fun. DR. BLAIR'S SPANISH IN NO TIME uses compact-disc audio (and a bonus CD-ROM for optional reading/writing practice)...
Author
Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
You're on vacation in the Caribbean when you find yourself caught up in a web of intrigue and adventure. Suddenly, it's up to you to save the island from an eccentric local industrialist-and success will depend on your ability to learn enough French to complete your mission ... . Say au revoir to the notion that learning a language can't be fun. DR. BLAIR'S FRENCH IN NO TIME combines compact-disc audio and a practice CD-ROM to teach you French more...
Author
Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
You're vacationing on an island off the Tuscan coast when you discover that a mad designer is attempting to brainwash its inhabitants to purchase a new clothing line from the runways of Milan. Suddenly, it's up to you to save the world from really bad fashion-and success will depend on your ability to learn enough Italian to complete your mission. Who says that learning a language can't be fun? DR. BLAIR'S ITALIAN IN NO TIME uses compact-disc audio...
Author
Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
You've arrived in Japan for a long overdue vacation, when you discover that the amusement park you wanted to visit has been taken over by rebellious fans of a just-cancelled television show. Suddenly, it's up to you to save the park (and worldwide TV broadcasts) from legions of crazed Flower Rangers-and success will depend on your ability to learn enough Japanese to complete your mission ... . Who says that learning a language can't be fun? DR. BLAIR'S...
Author
Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Deep in the Black Forest, a mad clockmaker is using his world-famous cuckoo clocks in a devious plot to take over the world! It's up to you to get past his minions, find the clockmaker, foil his evil plans and save the world. That's a tall order! What will you need to complete it? Well, for starters, you'll need a working knowledge of the German language.... Who says that learning a language can't be fun? DR. BLAIR'S GERMAN IN NO TIME uses compact-disc...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Experience the thrill of reading Ender's Game all over again
Go deeper into the complexities of Orson Scott Card's classic novel with science fiction and fantasy writers, YA authors, military strategists, including:
Ender prequel series coauthor Aaron Johnston on Ender and the evolution of the child hero
Burn Notice creator Matt Nix on Ender's Game as a guide to life
Hugo award–winning writer...
Go deeper into the complexities of Orson Scott Card's classic novel with science fiction and fantasy writers, YA authors, military strategists, including:
Ender prequel series coauthor Aaron Johnston on Ender and the evolution of the child hero
Burn Notice creator Matt Nix on Ender's Game as a guide to life
Hugo award–winning writer...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Stories from a lost American classic "in the same arena as Alice Munro" (Lydia Davis) "In the field of short fiction, Lucia Berlin is one of America's best kept secrets. That's it. Flat out. No mitigating conditions." --Paul Metcalf A Manual for Cleaning Women compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin. With her trademark blend of humor and melancholy, Berlin crafts miracles from the everyday--uncovering moments of grace...
Author
Publisher
Spotify Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Ten superbly narrated stories that help explain America by America's best writers. Irving's incredible and amusing tale of the archetypal "Rip Van Winkle" relates the story of a man who slept through history. Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage" tells of a young soldier who must struggle with his conscience no matter what the consequences. "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is Mark Twain's hilarious story of a contest to end
...10) Winesburg, Ohio
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this moving collection of interrelated stories, Ohio-born Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) illuminates the loneliness and frustration ? spiritual, emotional and artistic ? of life in a small American town. Winesburg, Ohio subtly portrays as well a young writer's coming of age, searching for love, yearning for a less stifling world.