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Frankenstein

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Obsessed with violating the laws of nature and life and death, Victor Frankenstein constructs a creature from the limbs of the dead. Once jolted to life, the creature proves even more human than his creator. Unable to inspire love, he chooses to inspire fear and vows to avenge the man who created and abandoned him. Directed by Kevin Connor. Stars William Hurt, Donald Sutherland, Julie Delpy, Luke Goss. Based on the novel by Mary Shelley.

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03:24
Frankenstein

Magic Tree House #25: Stage Fright On a Summer Night (Unabridged)

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Jack and Annie are whisked back to Elizabethan England where they meet the Bard of Avon himself, William Shakespeare, and luckily for them he is desperate for two small actors for his latest play! An exciting adventure and wonderful introduction to Shakespeare.

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Lexile: 
300L
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00:43
Magic Tree House #25: Stage Fright On a Summer Night (Unabridged)

Brave New World (Unabridged)

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When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity.

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870L
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08:00
Brave New World (Unabridged)

A Time of Angels (Unabridged)

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Late at night, while her sisters and Tanta Rose sleep, Hannah Gold sees angels. She sees them soaring over the Boston streets in their shimmering robes, with eyes shining and wings outstretched. The angels inspire Hanna, for it is 1918, and her mother and father are fighting the Great War in Europe. But Boston is fighting a war of its own.

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650L
Length: 
07:21
A Time of Angels (Unabridged)

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Unabridged)

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle lives in an upside-down house and smells like cookies. She was even married to a pirate once. Most of all, she knows everything about children. She can cure them of any ailment. Patsy hates baths. Hubert never puts anything away. Allen eats v-e-r-y slowly. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has a treatment for all of them.

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Lexile: 
1070L
Length: 
02:42
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Unabridged)

Nory Ryan's Song (Unabridged)

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Nory Ryan's family has lived on Maidin Bay on the west coast of Ireland for generations, raising a pig and a few chickens, planting potatoes, getting by.

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Lexile: 
600L
Length: 
03:32
Nory Ryan's Song (Unabridged)

The Metamorphosis

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"When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin." With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first sentence, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis.

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1320L
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02:15
The Metamorphosis

If

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Poem by Rudyard Kipling from the Poetry Foundation

Black and White

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Four stories are told simultaneously, with each double-page spread divided into quadrants. The stories do not necessarily take place at the same moment in time, but are they really one story?

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610L

Lord of the Flies

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Under the direction of Peter Brook, William Golding's fable about a swarm of young boys who, without adult supervision, devolve into chaos after crash-landing on a remote island during wartime becomes an unforgettable vision of cinematic horror. Shot with almost vérité camera work, Lord of the Flies takes a radical approach to Golding's allegory, grounding it in a terrifying reality.

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High
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01:30
Lord of the Flies

A River of Words

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In this picture book biography, Bryant's engaging prose and Sweet's stunning mixed-media illustrations celebrate the amazing man who finds a way to earn a living and to honor his calling to be a poet.

A 2009 Caldecott Honor Book

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AD820L

The Stranger

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Albert Camus' The Stranger is one of the most widely read novels in the world, with millions of copies sold. It stands as perhaps the greatest existentialist tale ever conceived, and is certainly one of the most important and influential books ever produced. Now, for the first time, this revered masterpiece is available as an unabridged audio production.

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880L
Length: 
03:27
The Stranger

Hamlet: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition

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The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, brings Hamlet to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition.

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03:33
Hamlet: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition

The Inferno of Dante

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Dramatic, intense, and gripping, The Inferno of Dante is an astonishing masterpiece that no listener can afford to miss. Dante Alighieri's magnificent story of his journey through the infinite horrors of Hell—and past the gates inscribed with the timeless words, Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here—has captured the imagination of the world for centuries.

Black Beauty

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A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experience with both good and bad masters.

Black Beauty

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