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"Lesson Learned: Dispelling Myth of the ‘Hero Teacher’" is from the Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by John Leland and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Speculation Ends: Date and Venue Set for World Chess Championship in New York" is from the August 09, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by John Leland and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"New York's Littlest Chess Players Win National Championship" is from the May 9, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by John Leland and narrated by Caroline Miller.

In 2015, The New York Times documented a year in the lives of six New Yorkers older than 85, one of the fastest-growing age groups in the United States. All six survived 2015, an accomplishment in itself. This past year, I kept in touch with the group to see how they were doing.

"The 'Oldest Old' Brave Another Year" is from the December 31, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by John Leland and narrated by Mike DelGaudio.

"From CBGB to the Galleries of the Met" is from the May 07, 2016 Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by John Leland and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Grandmaster Flash Beats Back Time" is from the August 27, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by John Leland and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

In this volume, Ryken guides listeners through Dickens’s quintessential coming-of-age novel, Great Expectations. Exploring perennial themes such as love, justice, and heroism, this book stands as the preeminent example of Dickens’s unrivaled ability to conjure realistic characters and palpable settings.

Leland Ryken provides a clear pathway to understanding the "Great Works" through this engaging series of short guidebooks. Beginning with "why the classics matter" and "the nature and function of literature," listeners will find a helpful path to understanding and analyzing influential works in the Western canon. Evaluating the included selection of poetry from a distinctly Christian perspective, this guide to the devotional poetry of Donne, Herbert, and Milton includes commentary on the work, including Scriptural allusions, and provides prompts for reflection and discussion.

Leland Ryken provides a clear pathway to understanding the "Great Works" through this engaging series of short guidebooks. Beginning with "why the classics matter" and "the nature and function of literature," listeners will find a helpful path to enjoying and analyzing influential works in the Western canon. This guide opens up the paramount epic in the English language, Milton’s Paradise Lost, and showcases Milton’s understanding of crime and punishment in the events of creation, paradisal perfection, the fall, and redemption.

From the National Book Award-winning author of Slaves in the Family, a riveting true life/true crime narrative of the partnership between the murderer who invented the movies and the robber baron who built the railroads. One hundred and thirty years ago Eadweard Muybridge invented stop-motion...