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SHŌGUN 

by James Clavell

Shōgun, the classic epic novel of feudal Japan that captured the heart of a culture and the imagination of the world is a 54 hour audiobook listening adventure. The story will be uploaded in segments of 4 to 5 hours every Saturday.

Now posted:
Prologue and Chapters 1 to 43

VANITY FAIR

William Makepeace Thackeray

"This is a classic that has not lost its vigor, humor, and romance. It has one of the first anti-heroines in the history of literature in the person of Becky Sharp. I must admit I am smitten by this heroine who is beautiful, heartless, selfish, irresponsible, wily and damn good company."

AMERICAN WAR

by Omar El Akkad

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A second American Civil War, a devastating plague, and one family caught deep in the middle — this gripping novel asks what might happen if America were to turn its most devastating policies and deadly weapons upon itself.“

A MEDAL FOR LEROY

by Michael Morpurgo

Michael doesn’t remember his father, who died in a Spitfire over the English Channel. And his mother, heartbroken and passionate, doesn’t like to talk about him. But then Michael’s aunt gives him a medal and a photograph, which begin to reveal a hidden story.

SOME DREAMERS OF
Short Stories for English Language Learners
THE GOLDEN DREAM

by Joan Didion
Lucille Miller renounces her small life for a bigger life and lands in the Southern California valley, and along the way succumbs to the voices of temptation; full of illusions, “in search of something she had seen in a movie or heard on the radio,” she craves love and glamour but winds up yielding to lust and desperation . . .


Short Stories for English Language Learners

How to Stop
Screwing Yourself Over


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CLASSIC
Elmer Gantry

–Sinclair Lewis
NOVEL
The Talented Mr. Ripley

–Patricia Hightower
NOVELLA
And Every Morning The Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

–Fredrik Backman
SHORT STORY
Cannibalism in the Cars

–Mark Twain
COMMENTARY
How Democracies Die

–Levitsky and Ziblatt
 
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