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This thread is dedicated to Audio Books found on torrents etc.
- Dragon Bones by Patricia Briggs (unabridged) Audible
- Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke read by Brendan Fraser
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Anne Tyler - Digging to America
Anne Tyler - The Accidental Tourist
Anne Rivers Siddons - Fault Lines
Anne Rivers Siddons - Downtown
Edward Rutherfurd - Sarum
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn
Judith Saxton - My Master Mariner
Judith Saxton - Princess in Waiting
Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana - Pretty Boy Floyd
Lawrence Sanders - The Deadly Sins Novels
Meg Gardiner - Evan Delaney 01 - China Lake
Meg Gardiner - Evan Delaney 02 - Mission Canyon
Meg Gardiner - Evan Delaney 02 - Mission Canyon
Meg Gardiner - Evan Delaney 03 - Jericho Point
Meg Gardiner - Evan Delaney 04 - Crosscut
Night Watch
Righteous Indignation - Andrew Breitbart
Sharon Owens - The Tavern on Maple Street
The Blue Noon By Robert Ryan
The Hunt For Atlantis by Andy McDermott Missing Part
Andy McDermott - Nina Wilde & Eddie Chase Series Books 1
The Kingdom Keepers IV-Power Play by Ridley Pearson
The League by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Thomas Berger - The Return of Little Big Man
Warhammer-Horus Heresy-Dark King and Lightning Tower
WWII Radio Archive II - 1947
WWII Radio Archive
My Torrent Collection Part 2
Amelia Bedelia Audio Books
Andrews, Mary Kay - S 01 - Savannah Blues (Susan Ericksen)
Andrews, Mary Kay - S 02 -Savannah Breeze (Moira Driscoll)
BBC R3 - Neil Gaiman's 'The Tragical Comedy Or Comical Tragedy Of Mr Punch
BBC R3 - Jean Moliere's 'Tartuffe'
BBC R4 Documentary - 'Christ, The Unauthorised Version'
Billy Hopkins - Tommy's World (Unabridged) - Read by Christopher Scott
Big Finish Doctor Who Monthly Series MP3
Caroline Myss - The Language of Archetypes
Conrad Joseph (Conrad-Korzeniowski Joseph)
Death's Daughter - Amber Benson
Debbi Rawlins - Delicious Do-Over
Dennis Wheatley - They Used dark Forces -
Dreamhunter (The Dreamhunter Duet, #1) - Elizabeth Knox
Frederik Pohl Audio Book Collection
Eternal Rider - Larissa Ione Audiobook
George Alec Effinger - Marid Audran Trilogy
His Dark Materials: Book 1 - The Golden Compass
James Axler - Deathlands 092 - Arcadian's Asylum
James Frey - A Million Little Pieces
James Forrester - Sacred Treason
James Jackson -- Blood Red -- A tale of The legendary Knight
James Jackson -- Pilgrim -- 1212 and the forces of Christend
James Jackson -- Realm -- 1588. In Lisbon the Spanish Armada
James Pattinson -- The Poison Traders -- The drug trade rout
James Van Praagh - Unfinished Business: What the Dead Can
Jean Plaidy - The Heart of a Lion
Joanna Dessau - Cock Robin
John Creasey - The Toff on the Farm (BBC)
Josphef Conrad - Smuga Cienia PL
Joy Nash- Immortals Book 6- The Crossing
Judith Saxton - Child of Passion
Judith Saxton - Cousin to the Queen
Leslie Thomas - The Magic Army - Unabridged
Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1) - Susan Beth Pfeffer
Lillian Beckwith - Bruach Blend (Unabridged) - Read by Hanna
Lori Wilde - High Stakes Seduction
Magnificent Desolation-The Long Journey Home From The Moon
Martina Cole-The Businesss unabridged
Michael Scott - The Warlock: The Secrets of the Immortal Nic
Mises Institute - Defending the Undefendable - Audio Book
Mises Institute - Human Action - Audio Book
Personal Demons By Gregory Lamberson
Russia - The Wild East (BBC 2011 - Complete Part 1 Series)
Sam Bourne - The Chosen One
Shade (Shade, #1) - Jeri Smith-Ready
Stephen King - Rose Madder (New 2011 release, U-96kbs-mp3)
The Barsoom Project by Larry Niven & Steven Barnes
The Face of Tresspass - by Ruth Rendell
The Economist Audio Edition - May 28th 2011
The Killing Doll - by Ruth Rendell
The Lowdown: Improve Your Speech - American English
The Lowdown: Improve Your Speech - British English
The Ranger's Apprentice 1-10 all audiobooks
The Urantia audio Book
Tim Dorsey - 8 audiobooks
Harry Potter series:
1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997)
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998)
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999)
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000)
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003)
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005)
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007)
Other books (supplement to the Harry Potter series):
1. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2001)
2. Quidditch Through the Ages (2001)
3. The Tales of Beedle the Bard (2008)
Short Story:
Harry Potter Prequel (2008)
TMS - History Of Native America (Prof. Ned Blackhawk)
http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2662059/0019176357906/
http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2661343/006392119302/
The Complete John Grisham Collection
M*A*S*H (1972-1983 - Complete Audio Rips)
Jeffery Deaver Collection. 27 Books
Deadly Housewives Short Stories
Blood Promise - Vampire Academy - Book 4
BBC R4 - Peter Robert's 'The Devil's Province'
BBC R4 - Peter Roberts' 'Holy Fool'
BBC R4 - Peter Roberts' 'Assassins'
David Baldacci - One Summer
Patrick Rothfuss - The Wise Man's Fear
Monroe Institute - A Unicorn Named Georgia
Maria V Snyder -03 Fire Study
Maria V Snyder -01 Poison Study
Maria V Snyder - 02 Magic Study
J.R.R. Tolkien mega-torrent! Hobbit, Rings Trilogy, Annals,
Autobiography of Mark Twain V1 Complete & Authorit
03 Faith Hunter- Mercy Blade- Jane Yellowroc
02 Faith Hunter,Yellowrock 2- Blood Cross
01 Faith Hunter - Jane Yellowrock - Skinwalker
REE YOUR MIND is a unique two-day conference scheduled for April 9th & 10th, 2011 in Philadelphia, PA, featuring multiple speakers and diverse educational materials, for the purpose of raising public awareness of the critically important topics of:
Mass mind-control techniques
Covert (occult) and subversive influences upon consciousness and behavior
Trauma-based and ritualized abuse
Practical mental and emotional healing methodologies available for those affected by these devices
And more....!
Featured Speakers:
Aaron McCollum
Alfred Webre
Andrew Basiago
Bob Tuskin
Farah Yurdozu
Freeman Fly
Jan Irvin
Jay Parker
John Nicholson
Joseph Marra
Larken Rose
Laura Eisenhower
Mark Matika
Mark Passio
Michael Kelly
Suzanne Taylor
http://www.freeyourmindconference.com/
(sorry about the spelling error on the folder)
((all videos are .mp4 & 720p HD))
(((welcomes all comments)))
Asset files for Learn Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 by Video
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Christopher Paget 01: The Lasko Tangent
Christopher Paget 02: Degree of Guilt
Christopher Paget 03: Eyes of a Child
Christopher Paget 04: Conviction
Dark Lady
Eclipse
Elite
Escape The Night
In The Name of Honour
Kerry Kilcannon 01 No Safe Place
Kerry Kilcannon 02 Protect & Defend
Kerry Kilcannon 03 Balance of Power
The Final Judgement
The Outside Man
The Race
The Spire
Tony Lord 01 Private Screening
Tony Lord 02 Silent Witness
Author - A G Taylor
Narrator - Stephen Perring
Unabridged
Runtime - 5hrs 35mins
Book 1 in the series Super Humans
Torrent
Barbara Freethy Audio
Books:
Barbara Freethy
Love will find a Way
The Sweetest Thing
Author - A G Taylor
Narrator - Stephen Perring
Unabridged
Runtime - 7hrs 25mins
Book 2 in the series Super Humans
A freak virus released by a meteorite storm has given Sarah, Robert and their friends amazing superpowers. But such powers are both a blessing and a curse...
Deadly meteorites are heading to Earth but mysterious Russian billionaire Nikolai Makarov seems gleeful. What is his secret and can the group of friends thwart his master plan?
A thrilling sci-fi adventure, 'Alien Storm' is the sequel to A.G. Taylors highly-acclaimed debut 'Meteorite Strike'.
Torrent
Reader: Philip Pullman
Length: Approx 3 hours 30 minutes
Published: 2010
If you look at the back cover of this book you'll find only four words: "This is a STORY." And at the most basic level, it is. It is a fictional story about Jesus and his brother Christ. But beyond that, and significantly more important, it is a story about stories, truth, humanity, religion, and how they all tie together.
If you are used to the writing style of His Dark Materials, you may be surprised to find that Philip Pullman has chosen to take up a completely different style of narration. This book takes a much simpler approach-- it almost sounds like it is written so that an adult could read the story out loud to a child. While it is a bit off putting at first, particularly for those who love the style of His Dark Materials, it functions perfectly for the book's purpose.
As the plot progresses Pullman beckons the reader to question whether or not truth and historical accuracy are one in the same; if an historical event is edited so that the truth is better portrayed, does that in some sense make the events that occurred more true, or more meaningful?
The beauty of the book is that Pullman makes us question this on two levels--through the story the characters write and the story he himself writes. Pullman obviously doesn't see his story as historical fact (as I'm sure certain reviews that pop up will miss), but by blending the New Testament, what historians can guess, and some fiction of his own, we are left with a unique work that in many ways is more interesting and fascinating than the sources he draws from.
As one might expect, the book, particularly by the end, is very critical of the concept of the Judeo-Christian God, as well as Christianity as it is often practiced today. Philip Pullman forces particularly the Christian reader to question what kind of person Jesus actually would have been--not as God, but as a human, and what beliefs he had as to what the Kingdom of Heaven is and how God should be worshiped. It's a shame that most Christians will be turned away from the book because of ideas they consider "blasphemous" (which is ironic because in the book Pullman cleverly explains how the ideas are not) because I truly believe, in the end, it will make the average Christian question if they are practicing their religion in a way that Jesus would approve of, and what needs to be done to become more "Christ-like."
Torrent
1 Eternal Hunger
A dark and sexy debut paranormal romance
In the dark, fear and desire are one...
Alexander Roman wants nothing to do with those of his vampire breed. Fate places him at the door of Dr. Sara Donohue, who is dedicated to removing patients' traumatic memories. But as their world's collide, Sara and Alexander are bound by something even stronger as one becomes hunter and the other, prey. And Sara's only chance of survival is to surrender to the final-and most unimaginable-desire of her life.
2. Eternal Kiss
Raised by the Breed, Nicholas Roman wants to stop the Eternal Order of Vampires from controlling his life, and using other males from his bloodline-including possibly his son-for their vicious reign. Only a beautiful vampire stranger can help him. But what are her true motives?
http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2720587/0014914945038/
This is the first of three Mindboxes created by Burt Goldman.
The contents of this Mindbox are the foundational material for more advanced lessons in the next two Mindboxes.
You will learn how to blend imagination with meditation to achieve a better quality of life as well as overcome inner obstacles holding you back in specific areas.
By mastering this material, you will have a more developed imagination and greater mental and emotional flexibility to master your life.
Burt Goldman has been coined the American Monk.
After spending years as an official monk in a monestary, he returned to the U.S. to teach and blend his creative mind into some of the most breakthrough programs on Meditation and Transformation today.
http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2720746/0012784238604/
People of the Dark
(Unabridged)
by Robert E. Howard
A collection of stories by Robert E. Howard including: The Black Stone, Children of the Night, The Dark Man, The Footfalls Within, Gods of GalSagoth, Horror from the Mound,
Kings of the Night, The Last Day, People of the Dark, The Song of the Mad Minstrel,The Thing on the Roof
Genre: Fantasy
Length: 5.2 Hours
http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2720893/006392119302/
W. Cleon Skousen - The 5,000 Year Leap
In The 5000 Year Leap: A Miracle That Changed the World, discover the 28 Principles of Freedom our Founding Fathers said must be understood and perpetuated by every people who desire peace, prosperity, and freedom. Learn how adherence to these beliefs during the past 200 years has brought about more progress than was made in the previous 5000 years. These 28 Principles include The Genius of Natural Law, Virtuous and Moral Leaders, Equal Rights--Not Equal Things, and Avoiding the Burden of Debt. Published by the National Center for Constitutional Studies, a nonprofit educational foundation dedicated to restoring Constitutional principles in the tradition of America's Founding Fathers.
The National Center for Constitutional Studies...is doing a fine public service in educating Americans about the principles of the Constitution. -- Ronald Reagan, President of the United States
This is possibly the most comprehensive treatment of the genius of the American Founding Fathers which has ever been encompassed in a single volume. --Kenneth C. Chatwin, District Judge, Phoenix, Arizona
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Duration 10hrs 28 mins
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Vortex tells the story of Turk Findley, the protagonist introduced in Axis, who is transported ten thousand years into the future by the mysterious entities called “the Hypotheticals.” In this future humanity exists on a chain of planets connected by Hypothetical gateways; but Earth itself is a dying world, effectively quarantined.
Turk and his young friend Isaac Dvali are taken up by a community of fanatics who use them to enable a passage to the dying Earth, where they believe a prophecy of human/Hypothetical contact will be fulfilled. The prophecy is only partly true, however, and Turk must unravel the truth about the nature and purpose of the Hypotheticals before they carry him on a journey through warped time to the end of the universe itself.
http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2720582/004261412868/
Village SOS
From BBC Radio 4. Written by Val Mcdermind; Full-cast dramatisation.
Village SOS is a fictional version of the BBC One series of the same name.
DCI Marion Bettany and DS John Hodgson investigate a murder in the sleepy Northumbrian village of Shilwick. They love their work, they enjoy each other's company and like nothing better than investigating a new crime. The only thing that makes life difficult is dealing with the public. Take the residents of the former mining community of Shilwick, for example.
DCI Marion Bettany ..... Helen Baxendale
DS John Hodgson ..... David Seddon
Kai Ling Arnott ..... Liz Sutherland
Colin Arnott ..... Antony Byrne
Pamela McIntosh ..... Elaine Claxton
Marcus Francis ..... Adrian Grove
Tilly Francis ..... Rachel Bavidge
Tom Briggs ..... Christian Rodska
Producer / Director ..... Fiona Kelcher
http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2721118/0017045651472/
This is a Sequel to the Book "I am Number Four"
Which can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2547669/60606765/
I've seen him on the news. Followed the stories about what happened in Ohio. John Smith, out there, on the run. To the world, he's a mystery. But to me . . . he's one of us.
Nine of us came here, but sometimes I wonder if time has changed us—if we all still believe in our mission. How can I know? There are six of us left. We're hiding, blending in, avoiding contact with one another . . . but our Legacies are developing, and soon we'll be equipped to fight. Is John Number Four, and is his appearance the sign I've been waiting for? And what about Number Five and Six? Could one of them be the raven-haired girl with the stormy eyes from my dreams? The girl with powers that are beyond anything I could ever imagine? The girl who may be strong enough to bring the six of us together?
They caught Number One in Malaysia.
Number Two in England.
And Number Three in Kenya.
They tried to catch Number Four in Ohio—and failed.
I am Number Seven. One of six still alive.
And I'm ready to fight.
http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2720595/0010653532170/
Oh wow, I am going to give this one a shot.
(Dramatized)
Written by Yuri Rasovsky, McCulley Johnston
Narrated by Val Kilmer
Based on Johnston McCulley’s The Curse of Capistrano first published in 1919.
Set in Los Angeles during the era of early 19th-century Colonial Spanish California, the story introduces us to wealthy, young aristocrat Don Diego de la Vega, son of the richest ranchero in the country. Don Diego is an idler who has never concerned himself with more than the cut of his clothes. Unlike other full-blooded youths of his age, he presents himself as a fop, lacking in vigor, vitality, and strength. But Vega’s timorous reputation is merely a mask to conceal his alter ego—El Zorro. As Zorro, dressed in black and wearing a mask, he is transformed into a cunning swordsman who fearlessly pulls off dashing and daring escapades in his quest to avenge the helpless, aid the poor and oppressed, and punish cruel officials. Deemed an outlaw by California’s corrupt governor, he is ever-hunted by the Commandante of La Reina de Los Angeles, Capitan Ramón, and his henchman, Sergeant Pedro Gonzalez.
Forced to find a wife or lose his inheritance, Diego sets off to romance the fiery, outspoken Lolita Pulido, the most beautiful señorita in Los Angeles. Unimpressed with Diego’s passionless efforts to win her affections, Lolita finds herself attracted to the dashing and courageous Zorro. With the Pulido family having been impoverished by the corrupt governor, her father would see her married to the rich Don Diego. At the same time, the nobly born but morally dissolute Captain Ramón has also taken an interest in the fair señorita, making matters worse. As
tensions heighten between Ramón and the Pulido family and pursuit of the masked avenger intensifies, Zorro leaves his mark on those who would perpetrate injustice.
The Mark of Zorro, masterfully adapted into a full-cast audio drama by the award-winning Hollywood Theater of the Ear especially for Blackstone Audio, is an exciting, action packed, swashbuckling adventure that will have listeners on the edge of their seats.
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he Black Arrow
UNABRIDGED
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson
Narrated by Ron Keith
The 15th-century Wars of the Roses serve as backdrop for this swashbuckling historical novel from the author of Kidnapped and Treasure Island.
In a time of shifting loyalties and trecherous alliances, young Dick Shelton is betrayed by his brutal guardian. Intent on rescuing the woman he loves, Dick joins forces with a mysterious fellowship intent on dispensing their own brand of justice.Through one trap after another, each choice Dick makes begins to have dire consequences—not only for himself, but for the fate of England!
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Hannis Arc, working on the tapestry of lines linking constellations of elements that constituted the language of Creation recorded on the ancient Cerulean scroll spread out among the clutter on his desk, was not surprised to see the seven etherial forms billow into the room like acrid smoke driven on a breath of bitter breeze. Like an otherworldly collection of spectral shapes seemingly carried on random eddies of air, they wandered in a loose clutch among the still and silent mounted bears and beasts rising up on their stands, the small forest of stone pedestals holding massive books of recorded prophecy, and the evenly spaced display cases of oddities, their glass reflecting the firelight from the massive hearth at the side of the room.
Since the seven rarely used doors, the shutters on the windows down on the ground level several stories below stood open as a fearless show of invitation. Though they frequently chose to use windows, they didn’t actually need the windows any more than they needed the doors. They could seep through any opening, any crack, like vapor rising in the early morning from the stretches of stagnant water that lay in dark swaths through the peat barrens.
The open shutters were meant to be a declaration for all to see, including the seven, that Hannis Arc feared nothing.
#1 New York Times-bestselling author Terry Goodkind returns to the lives of Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell—in a compelling tale of a new and sinister threat to their world.
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She: A History of Adventure
UNABRIDGED
by H. Rider Haggard
Narrated by B. J. Harrison
Publisher's Summary
Legends tell of an ancient sorceress who has learned the secrets of immortality. She rules over a lost people deep in unexplored Africa. She can slay at a glance, and her beauty is so legendary that no man can look upon her and keep his own will. Leo Vincey learns of a quest that has haunted his family for generations. He is to go to find this all-powerful woman, and discover the secret of eternal life.
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Ingram When the murder of two white men sets the town of Picture City, Arizona, against a band of Apache Indians, Finley sets out to clear their name and finds himself up against powers beyond his control
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Rachel Cain - Outcast Season series
These three audio books by Rachel Caine were created using the
VOX voice Heather from Infovox iVoice HQ and were recorded by
the application GhostReader.
I created them from text files of the books found online, and did it mostly
so I could hear the books. No VOX is perfect and between the text errors
and the VOX creation there are bound to be slips and mispronounces.
Please ignore them.
The first book Undone has been created professionally, but the torrent out
there for that book is cut off at the end of each chapter, and is annoying
for that reason.
http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2720747/0014914945038/
Philosopher's Notes Live from Bali with Brian Johnson
Philosopher's Notes are each 5-7pgs. of Big Ideas from some of the greatest thinkers throughout human history to the present day.
The notes primarily deal with what it means to live a human existance and overcome the ordinary to become extraordinary. The notes answer the question how to best live an optimal life.
By weaving the lessons from each note together, a person can create a new perspective on life and grow wiser in a short period of time.
This set of Philosopher's Notes is based on 41 unique discussions between Brian and residentsfrom Bali as they unravel some interesting questions and reveal profound insights. The diversity of participant provides an extra layer of wisdom to the topics presented.
No actual notes are provided in this package, but you can find them at philosophersnotes.com. You might also check out entheo's.me, a social networking site with a unique group of people.
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From the bestselling author of The Egyptologist and Prague comes an even more accomplished and entirely surprising new novel. Angelica is a spellbinding Victorian ghost story, an intriguing literary and psychological puzzle, and a meditation on marriage, childhood, memory, and fear.
The novel opens in London, in the 1880s, with the Barton household on the brink of collapse. Mother, father, and daughter provoke one another, consciously and unconsciously, and a horrifying crisis is triggered. As the family's tragedy is told several times from different perspectives, events are recast and sympathies shift.
In the dark of night, a chilling sexual spectre is making its way through the house, hovering over the sleeping girl and terrorizing her fragile mother. Are these visions real, or is there something more sinister, and more human, to fear? A spiritualist is summoned to cleanse the place of its terrors, but with her arrival the complexities of motive and desire only multiply. The mother's failing health and the father's many secrets fuel the growing conflicts, while the daughter flirts dangerously with truth and fantasy.
While Angelica is reminiscent of such classic horror tales as The Turn of the Screw and The Haunting of Hill House, it is also a thoroughly modern exploration of identity, reality, and love.
http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2720692/004261412868/
China Mieville - Embassytown
General Information
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Title: Embassytown
Author: China Miéville
Read By: Susan Duerden
Copyright: 2011
Audiobook Copyright: 2011
Genre: Science Fiction
Publisher: Books on Tape
Abridged: No
File Information
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Number of MP3s: 10
Total Duration: 12:23:20
Total MP3 Size: 340.40
Encoded With: LAME 3.98
Encoded At: CBR 64 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono
Normalize: MP3Gain
Noise Reduction: None
ID3 Tags: Set, v1.1, v2.3
Book Description
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Mieville has crafted an extraordinary novel that is not only a moving personal drama but a gripping adventure
of alien contact and war.
In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a language unique in the
universe, one that only a few altered human ambassadors can speak.
Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist, has returned to Embassytown after years of deep-space adventure. She cannot speak the Ariekei tongue,
but she is an indelible part of it, having long ago been made a figure
of speech, a living simile in their language.
When distant political machinations deliver a new ambassador to Arieka, the fragile equilibrium between humans and aliens is violently upset.
Catastrophe looms, and Avice is torn between competing loyalties - to a husband she no longer loves, to a system she no longer trusts, and
to her place in a language she cannot speak yet speaks through her.
PRAISE FOR CHINA MIÉVILLE
Embassytown
“I cannot emphasize enough how terrific this novel is. It's definitely one of the best books I've read in the past year, perfectly balanced between escapism and otherworldly philosophizing.” --Io9.com
“Embassytown is a fully achieved work of art…Works on every level, providing compulsive narrative, splendid intellectual rigour and risk, moral sophistication, fine verbal fireworks and sideshows, and even the old-fashioned satisfaction of watching a protagonist become more of a person than she gave promise of being.”
--Ursula K Le Guin
“A breakneck tale of suspense…disturbing and beautiful by turns. And yes—China Mieville’s new novel is one of his best...I cannot emphasize enough how terrific this novel is.”
--io9
“The Kafkaesque writer journeys to the distant edges of the universe in his latest sci-fi thriller.”
--Entertainment Weekly
“Utterly astonishing…A major intellectual achievement.”
--Kirkus Reviews
“Brilliant storytelling…The result is a world masterfully wrecked and rebuilt.”
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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When Conrad Harrison impulse-buys a big old house in Wisconsin, his wife Jo doesn't share his enthusiasm, reluctant at the idea of leaving their LA life - so Conrad is left to set up their new home as she ties up loose ends at work. But Conrad's new purchase is not all that it seems. Soon Conrad is hearing the ghostly wailing of a baby in the night, seeing blood on the floor and being haunted by a woman who looks exactly like Jo. With his wife away, Conrad becomes obsessed by the pregnant girl next door, Nadia, who claims to be a victim of the evil in the house. The crying leads him to a bricked-up body, and the mystery of the Birthing House unravels, pulling in Jo, Nadia and leading Conrad to a nightmarish conclusion...
http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2720694/008522825736/
Compton Mackenzie - The Monarch of The Glen (Unabridged)
Compton Mackenzie - The Monarch of The Glen (Unabridged) - Read by David Rintoul
Source CD
Duration approx 10:14 hours
FhG MPEG 1 Layer III 48 Kbps CBR
44100Hz, 16-bit, Mono
The book
Chester Royde, an American millionaire, travels to Scotland with his new bride Carrie and sister Myrtle, to find out more about Carrie's Scottish ancestry. Their new 'relatives' turn out to be a little more authentically Scottish than they bargained for. Ben Nevis, Laird of Glenbogle Castle, is fiercely protective of his lands and the Macdonald clan spirit, but being cash-strapped he's not above attempts to marry heiress Myrtle to one of his many brawny sons. However, Ben Nevis is distracted when a group of hikers stumble on his moor and spoil a days hunting...sparking all-out war between gentry and commoners.
The author
Compton Mackenzie was born in West Hartlepool in 1883, and educated at St Paul's School and Magdalen College, Oxford. During the First World War he rose to the rank of Captain, and became Director of the Aegean Intelligence Service. He wrote more than ninety books - novels, history and biography, essays and criticism, children's stories and verse, and earned the reputation of being one of the outstanding broadcasters of his time.
Two of Compton Mackenzie's favourite pastimes were gramophones and Siamese cats - he founded and edited the magazine The Gramophone, and was President of the Siamese Cat Club. He lived for many years on the Island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, and later made his home in Edinburgh. He was knighted in 1952. Compton Mackenzie died in 1972.
The reader
David Rintoul (born David Wilson, 29 November 1948) is a stage and television actor.
Rintoul was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. He studied at Edinburgh University and won a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Rintoul is married to actress Vivien Heilbron. A friend and Edinburgh University classmate of Ian Charleson, Rintoul contributed a chapter to the 1990 book, For Ian Charleson: A Tribute.
David Rintoul has worked extensively in theatre with companies including the Royal National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company. His appearances have included Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry IV, As You Like It, and the title role in Macbeth. Other stage appearances include George Bernard Shaw's Candida and Funny Girl. In 2010 he plays Charles Dickens in Andersen's English, the new play by Sebastian Barry.
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Narrated by: Susan Erikson
Duration: 21 hours 35 mins
The first book in a new post-apocalyptic trilogy from "a master of the genre"
Heather O'Grainne is the Assistant Secretary in the Office of Future Threat Assessment, investigating rumors surrounding something called "Daybreak." The group is diverse and radical, and its members have only one thing in common-their hatred for the "Big System" and their desire to take it down.
Now, seemingly random events simultaneously occurring around the world are in fact connected as part of Daybreak's plan to destroy modern civilization-a plan that will eliminate America's top government personnel, leaving the nation no choice but to implement its emergency contingency program...Directive 51.
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Ellen Dartow- Naked City- Urban Fantasy Anthology
In this thrilling collection of original stories some of today's hottest paranormal authors delight, thrill and captivate readers with otherworldly tales of magic and mischief. In Jim Butcher's ' Curses' Harry Dresden investigates how to lift a curse laid by the Fair Folk on the Chicago Cubs. In Patricia Briggs' 'Fairy Gifts,' a vampire is called home by magic to save the Fae who freed him from a dark curse. In Melissa Marr's 'Guns for the Dead,' the newly dead Frankie Lee seeks a job in the afterlife on the wrong side of the law. In Holly Black's 'Noble Rot,' a dying rock star discovers that the young woman who brings him food every day has some strange appetites of her own.
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Kathy Reichs- Flash and Bones
Kathy Reichs - #1 New York Times bestselling author and producer of the FOX television hit Bones - returns with a riveting new novel set in Charlotte, North Carolina, featuring forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan.
Kathy Reichs's trademark blend of forensic descriptions that 'chill to the bone' ( Entertainment Weekly ) and breathless suspense have made her books major bestsellers worldwide. Now, she delivers the fourteenth thriller in a 'cleverly plotted and expertly maintained series' ( The New York Times Book Review ).
A body is found in a barrel of asphalt next to Lowes Motor Speedway near Charlotte just as 200,000 fans are pouring into town for race week. The next day, a NASCAR crew member shares with Tempe a devastating story. Twelve years earlier his sister, Cyndi Gamble, then a high school senior who wanted to be a professional racecar driver, disappeared along with her boyfriend, Cale Lovette. Lovette kept company with a group of right wing extremists known as the Patriot Posse. Is the body Cyndi's? Or Cale's?
At the time of their disappearance, the FBI joined the investigation, but the search was quickly terminated. As Tempe is considering multiple theories, including an FBI cover-up, a surprising, secret substance is found with the body, leaving Tempe to wonder what exactly the government was up to..
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Larry Niven & Steven Barnes - The Moon Maze Game
The Year: 2085. Humanity has spread throughout the solar system. A stable lunar colony is agitating for independence. Lunar tourism is on the rise.... Against this background, professional Close Protection specialist Scotty Griffin, fresh off a disastrous assignment, is offered the opportunity of a lifetime: to shepherd the teenaged heir to the Republic of Kikaya on a fabulous vacation. Ali Kikaya will participate in the first live action role playing game conducted on the Moon itself. Having left Luna - and a treasured marriage - years ago due to a near-tragic accident, Scotty leaps at the opportunity.
Live Action Role Playing attracts a very special sort of individual: brilliant, unpredictable, resourceful, and addicted to problem solving. By kidnapping a dozen gamers in the middle of the ultimate game, watched by more people than any other sporting event in history, they have thrown down an irresistible gauntlet: to win the first game that ever became real. Pursued by armed and murderous terrorists, forced to solve gaming puzzles to stay a jump ahead, forced to juggle multiple psychological realities as they do... this is the game for which they've prepared their entire lives, and they are going to play it for all it's worth.
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