Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Shakespeare's Sonnets (AmazonClassics Edition) Author: William Shakespeare Narrator: Nick Sandys Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins Language: English Release date: 01-30-18 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Genres: Classics, Poetry Summary: The secret of their identities has fueled debate for hundreds of years: Who are the nameless nobleman and the dark-haired mistress? And what did they do to inspire the creation of more than 150 deeply intimate poems? Whether William Shakespeare's sonnets are pure fiction or the lingering echo of an autobiographical account, this exquisitely written collection defied traditional love poem conventions to explore the many layers of romance, the dangers of lust, and the nuances of beauty. Since their publication, Shakespeare's poems have served as touchstones, providing readers from all walks of life with the opportunity to articulate the inscrutable feelings of the heart. AmazonClassics brings you timeless works from the masters of storytelling. Ideal for anyone who wants to read a great work for the first time or rediscover an old favorite, these new editions open the door to literature's most unforgettable characters and beloved worlds. Revised edition: Previously published as Shakespeare's Sonnets, this edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Eugenics and Other Evils Author: G. K. Chesterton Narrator: Derek Perkins Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins Language: English Release date: 01-23-18 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Genres: Classics, Nonfiction Summary: During the first three decades of the 20th century, eugenics, the scientific control of human breeding, was a popular cause within enlightened and progressive segments of the English-speaking world. The New York Times eagerly supported it, gushing about the wonderful "new science." Prominent scientists, such as the plant biologist Luther Burbank, were among its most enthusiastic supporters. And the Carnegie and Rockefeller foundations generously funded eugenic research intended to distinguish the "fit" from the "unfit." This prophetic volume counters the intellectual nihilism of Nietzsche, while simultaneously rebuking Western notions of progress - biological or otherwise. Chesterton expands his criticism of eugenics into what he calls "a more general criticism of the modern craze for scientific officialism and strict social organization." Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Author: L. Frank Baum Narrator: Gillian Rose Format: Unabridged Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins Language: English Release date: 01-22-18 Publisher: Spoken Realms Genres: Classics, Kids & Young Adults Summary: This fantastical story chronicles the adventures of a young farm girl named Dorothy in the magical Land of Oz, after she, her pet dog Toto, and her home are all swept away from Kansas by a tornado. To get back to her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry in Kansas, she must follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City to ask the Wonderful Wizard for help, something she couldn't do without the help of the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and several other friends she meets along the way. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an American children's novel written by L. Frank Baum, originally published in 1900. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: What Christmas Is as We Grow Older Author: Charles Dickens Narrator: Bellona Times Format: Unabridged Length: 12 mins Language: English Release date: 01-10-18 Publisher: Paperless Genres: Classics, Nonfiction Summary: Originally published in the 1851 Christmas edition of Dickens' journal Household Words, "What Christmas Is as We Grow Older" is an essay suggesting that Christmas should be a time of gratitude and forgiveness. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Getting of Wisdom Author: Henry Handel Richardson Narrator: Justine Eyre Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins Language: English Release date: 01-09-18 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Genres: Classics, World Literature Summary: The Getting of Wisdom, a wicked and satirical novel on the pain and confusion of growing up, first appeared in 1910. A century later, it has lost none of its bite. One of the most memorable characters in Australian fiction, Laura Rambotham, aged 12, enters the portals of an exclusive girls' school eager to be accepted. But this precocious country girl is snubbed and ridiculed by her fellow students, who are richer, more attractive, and more adept at dealing with life's hypocrisies. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Spring and All: Facsimile Edition Author: William Carlos Williams Narrator: Sean Slater Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 47 mins Language: English Release date: 01-04-18 Publisher: TalkingBook Genres: Classics, Poetry Summary: A beautiful facsimile of the 1923 original edition which is considered "one of the greatest poems of the twentieth century" by The New York Times. Spring and All is a manifesto of the imagination - a hybrid of alternating sections of prose and free verse that coalesce in dramatic, energetic, and beautifully cryptic statements of how language re-creates the world. Spring and All contains some of Williams' best-known poetry, including Section I, which opens, "By the road to the contagious hospital," and Section XXII, where Williams penned his most famous poem, "The Red Wheelbarrow". Now, almost 90 years since its first publication, New Directions publishes this facsimile of the original 1923 Contact Press edition, featuring a new introduction by C. D. Wright. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Alone in London - Annotated Author: Hesba Stretton Narrator: Cassandra King Format: Unabridged Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 01-02-18 Publisher: 12 Springs Publications Genres: Classics, Kids & Young Adults Summary: The fascinating story of an orphan boy who hungered more for love and affection than for food. Learn how Tony's loyalty and selflessness helped him to earn respect and favor, and to become a part of the family he longed for. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: War and Peace 1 Author: Leo Tolstoy Narrator: Ella Porter Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 12-31-17 Publisher: Audioliterature Genres: Classics, World Literature Summary: "War and Peace" (1869) is a classic novel by Leo Tolstoy, which is regarded as a central work of world literature and one of Tolstoy's finest literary achievements. The novel chronicles the history of the French invasion of Russia and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society through the stories of five Russian aristocratic families. Volume One begins in 1805 in Saint Petersburg, at a soirée. The plot moves to Moscow, contrasting its provincial, more Russian ways to the more European society of Petersburg. The story continues at a country estate, and then Tolstoy describes the impending Russian-French war preparations. The major event in the book is the Battle of Austerlitz, portrayed as an early test for Russia, which ended badly because the soldiers fought for irrelevant things like glory or renown rather than the higher virtues which would produce, according to Tolstoy, a victory at Borodino during the 1812 invasion. ©2017 Audioliterature. Translated by Dole (P)2017 Audioliterature Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Woman and Her Secret Passions Author: Dr. Robert Wakely Narrator: Brian V. Hunt Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins Language: English Release date: 12-22-17 Publisher: Click Shock LLC Genres: Classics, Nonfiction Summary: As a historical document, this audiobook is far more entertaining than it has a right to be. It's a wonderful, funny, sad peek into the emotional agonies of a sexual era that is happily past. Or is it? You won't know quite whether to laugh, cry, or thank Dr. Wakely for his almost criminally Victorian little 1846 book whose original, full title is: "Woman and Her Secret Passions Containing an Exact Description of the Female Organs of Generation, Their Uses and Abuses, Together with a Detailed Account of the Causes and the Cure of the Solitary Vice". If that doesn't have you panting breathlessly, some of the good doctor's rather indiscreet patient stories will. Masturbation is the evil he seeks to cure, and based on the original cover, you'd be forgiven for assuming it was a best seller. We don't know. Despite stating that it was "for sale by all booksellers", one wonders who would have the nerve to make such a purchase in 1846. Men could have purchased it for the racy stories, and when you first dive in, you might think it was written for precisely that purpose. But Doc Wakely should be given at least the credit for recognizing that the clitoris exists, that it was the "seat of female pleasure" (if parenthetically he felt it was only that when coupled in blissful matrimony), and that he does not condemn female pleasure outright. He does give a fairly good account of the uses of the "female organs of generation", but the abuses he blames for all manner of physical, emotional, and psychological ills. In men, he is certain beyond doubt that masturbation leads to IMPOTENCE (his capitalization). He tells young women not to lie in bed until late morning "...because of the fatal habits to which it sometimes gives rise, and which it fosters to a most alarming degree." Of a pair of fun-loving newlyweds, he remarks upon their reaching a point of asexual relations: "For a few days they enjoyed great pleasure, but as they continued this course week after week, they exhausted the flame of pleasure. To speak plain English, they wasted their seminal fluid too lavishly - they drained their bodies of that precious liquid, which is the cause of beauty, youth, and love." Of another patient whom he examines, he states, "I also discovered that she was finely formed for giving the highest pleasure to a companion equally amorous with herself." Oh doctor! Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: A Defense of Calvinism Author: Charles Spurgeon Narrator: Bryan Nyman Format: Unabridged Length: 37 mins Language: English Release date: 12-22-17 Publisher: Audio Sommelier Genres: Classics, Nonfiction Summary: "The old truth that Calvin preached, that Augustine preached, that Paul preached, is the truth that I must preach to-day, or else be false to my conscience and my God. I cannot shape the truth; I know of no such thing as paring off the rough edges of a doctrine. John Knox's gospel is my gospel. That which thundered through Scotland must thunder through England again." (C. H. Spurgeon) A Defense of Calvinism is a classic text by Charles H. Spurgeon. This rendition is beautifully narrated by Bryan Nyman. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Alice's Final Adventure Author: Alan Lance Andersen, Robert Hale Narrator: Josephine Hall Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins Language: English Release date: 12-21-17 Publisher: Alice's Final Adventure LLC Genres: Classics, Kids & Young Adults Summary: Perhaps uniquely in all of literature, Alice in Wonderland has, over the years, lent itself to many different styles of interpretation. Whether straight imitation of the original, steampunk fantasy, gothic horror story, superhero comic book, or detective adventure, it seems that there is room for every possible variation. By contrast, we are both lifelong students of the original stories and have firmly set our sights on producing as accurate a pastiche as possible, emulating the true Carrolian style. We have used songs and riddles in his style, created new characters that we hope he would approve of, and attempted, as far as possible, to have a voice as if Carroll himself had written it. Alice is the same little girl that she always was. Wonderland and Looking Glass characters pop up in various guises and, with a few specific and intentional exceptions, everything is true to the original era. - Robert Hale and Alan Lance Andersen Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Call of the Wild Author: Jack London Narrator: Lawrence Skinner Format: Unabridged Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 12-20-17 Publisher: Audioliterature Genres: Classics, World Literature Summary: "The Call of the Wild" is an adventure novel by Jack London. It was published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He becomes progressively feral in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs. By the end, he sheds the veneer of civilization, and relies on primordial instinct and learned experience to emerge as a leader in the wild. Artist Bio Author: Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist, one of the first fiction writers obtaining celebrity and a fortune. His most famous novel is "The Call of the Wild". ©2017 Audioliterature (P)2017 Audioliterature Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: White Fang Author: Jack London Narrator: Lawrence Skinner Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins Language: English Release date: 12-20-17 Publisher: Audioliterature Genres: Classics, World Literature Summary: "White Fang" (1906) is a novel by Jack London and the name of the book's eponymous character, a wild wolfdog. The story takes place in Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush and details White Fang's journey to domestication. Much of "White Fang" is written from the viewpoint of the titular canine character, enabling London to explore how animals view their world and how they view humans. "White Fang" examines the violent world of wild animals and the equally violent world of humans. The book also explores complex themes including morality and redemption. Artist Bio Author: Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist, one of the first fiction writers obtaining celebrity and a fortune. His most famous novel is "The Call of the Wild". ©2017 Audioliterature (P)2017 Audioliterature Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Economic Consequences of the Peace Author: John Maynard Keynes Narrator: Robert Bethune Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins Language: English Release date: 12-20-17 Publisher: Freshwater Seas Genres: Classics, Nonfiction Summary: John Maynard Keynes died in 1946, but his name is still one to conjure with in economics and politics worldwide. Although his contributions to economic theory established and maintain his fame, he also - particularly at the time in his life when he wrote the present book, Economic Consequences of the Peace - showed a flair for practical political work on the basis of economics in his work with the Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance. At the outbreak of World War I, he began working with the British Treasury; in January 1915 he took up an official position there. At the end of the war he was appointed as the British Treasury's representative to the Versailles Peace Conference. His experiences at the Conference formed the basis of this book. In short, he was so disgusted with the resulting treaty that he resigned his post. This is not a theoretical text. It is a data-driven study of the consequences that must follow if the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles were put into full effect. To the extent that they were, Keynes was largely proven right; to the extent that they were ignored, delayed, or abrogated altogether, Keynes was also proven right: such measures were never put in practice because they were impossible. Beyond practical economics and politics, his book is also a clear call for intelligent magnanimity in politics, both in peace and in war. His vision is of a world at peace in which the prosperity of each nation contributes to the prosperity of all people. He clearly demonstrates the practical working of that vision in his analysis of the disasters that would happen if the effort to rebuild war-torn Europe proceeded on a punitive basis versus the positive results of proceeding on a basis not of enmity, but of equity. In order to avoid forcing the listener to listen to long recitations of numeric tables, there are small abridgements at a few points in the book. However, no substantial text has been removed and Keynes' arguments and methods of analysis remain intact. This is economics; there are some places where the numerical facts get a little dense, but Keynes succeeds in keeping his argument clear even when the going gets heavy. Enjoy! Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Jesse James Rides Again Author: Frank O. Hall, Lindsey H. Whitten Narrator: Jack Chekijian Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins Language: English Release date: 12-16-17 Publisher: Spoken Realms Genres: Classics, Nonfiction Summary: Was Jesse James really shot from behind by friend Robert Ford in 1882? A 100-year-old man comes forward in the late 1940s claiming to be the Missouri outlaw, and he becomes a local sensation. Four affidavits supporting his claim are immediately signed by those who meet him and who knew Jesse James. This is the account of how J. Frank Dalton emerged from obscurity and claimed to be the "outlaw with a heart of gold". Originally published in 1948 by LaHoma Publishing Co. in Lawton, Oklahoma. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Selected Poems of Li Po Author: Po Li, David Hinton, Li Po, Bai Li Narrator: David Shih Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins Language: English Release date: 12-15-17 Publisher: TalkingBook Genres: Classics, Poetry Summary: Li Po (AD 701-762) lived in T'ang Dynasty China, but his influence has spanned the centuries: the pure lyricism of his poems has awed readers in China and Japan for over a millennium, and through Ezra Pounds translations, Li Po became central to the modernist revolution in the West. His work is suffused with Taoism and Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism, but these seem not so much spiritual influences as the inborn form of his life. There is a set-phrase in Chinese referring to the phenomenon of Li Po: "Winds of the immortals, bones of the Tao." He moved through this world with an unearthly freedom from attachment, and at the same time belonged profoundly to the earth and its process of change. However ethereal in spirit, his poems remain grounded in the everyday experience we all share. He wrote 1,200 years ago, half a world away, but in his poems we see our world transformed. Legendary friends in eighth-century T'ang China, Li Po and Tu Fu are traditionally celebrated as the two greatest poets in the Chinese canon. David Hintons translation of Li Pos poems is no less an achievement than his critically acclaimed The Selected Poems of Tu Fu, also published by New Directions. By reflecting the ambiguity and density of the original, Hinton continues to create compelling English poems that alter our conception of Chinese poetry. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Number Fifty-Six Author: Stephen Leacock Narrator: Cathy Dobson Format: Unabridged Length: 15 mins Language: English Release date: 12-12-17 Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks Genres: Classics, World Literature Summary: Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock (1869 - 1944) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humourist. 'Number Fifty-Six' is a humorous tale of a Chinese laundryman who gets to know his clients through their laundry habits. He is able to infer much from the state of the various shirts, handkerchiefs, waistcoats which are delivered to him for washing. Of all his clients he is most fascinated by number 56...a man with strangely fluctuating shirt habits. And then one fateful day, a dreadful set of laundry is delivered to him.... Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Art of War Author: Sun Tzu Narrator: Moira Fogarty Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 7 mins Language: English Release date: 12-11-17 Publisher: Audio Sommelier Genres: Classics, World Literature Summary: The Art of War is a classic Chinese military treatise, published in the fifth century BC. Lionel Giles' English translation was first published in 1910. It has remained popular to this day, finding use in business, the law, and negotiations. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Hamlet Author: William Shakespeare Narrator: Ed Humpal, Peter Tucker, Ben Lindsey-Clark, Ron Altman, Michele Eaton, Libby Stephenson, Alan Weyman Format: Original Recording Length: 4 hrs Language: English Release date: 11-29-17 Publisher: Spoken Realms Genres: Classics, Shakespeare Summary: The Online Stage presents Shakespeares most famous and most quoted play, a revenge drama which explores the inevitable conflict between conscience and justice, between morality and obligation. The tragedy arises, not from an obvious weakness in the character of Hamlet, but rather from his inability to deal with an apparently insoluble moral dilemma. The role of Hamlet is the longest (1,569 lines) and, according to many, the most demanding in the Shakespearean canon. Cast: The Ghost, First Player, Player, Captain, Sailor, Ambassador - Ron Altman Hamlet - Ben Lindsey-Clark Queen Gertrude - Michele Eaton King Claudius - Alan Weyman Ophelia - Libby Stephenson Laertes, Lucianus - Andy Harrington Polonius, Gravedigger - Peter Tucker Barnardo, Reynaldo, Prologue, Lord - Andrew Coleman Horatio - Ed Humpal Francisco, Voltemand, Player King, Messenger - Daniel Vimont Cornelius, Player Queen, Osric - Joseph Tabler Rosencrantz K.G. Cross Guildenstern, Doctor - Marty Kris Marcellus, Gentleman, Fortinbras - Brett Downey Stage directions read by Denis Daly. Audio editing by Denis Daly. The script for this recording was kindly provided by PlayShakespeare.com. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Captive Mind Author: Czeslaw Milosz, Jane Zielonko - translator, Claire Bloom - director Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs Language: English Release date: 11-28-17 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Genres: Classics, Nonfiction Summary: The best-known prose work by the winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature examines the moral and intellectual conflicts faced by men and women living under totalitarianism of the left or right. Written in the early 1950s, when Eastern Europe was in the grip of Stalinism and many Western intellectuals placed their hopes in the new order of the East, this classic work reveals in fascinating detail the often beguiling allure of totalitarian rule to people of all political beliefs and its frightening effects on the minds of those who embrace it. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com