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When acclaimed mystery writer Dorothy L. Sayers first began compiling anthologies of the best crime stories in the 1920s and ’30s, the genre was in the flush of its first golden age. While it is hard to imagine today - after every possible mystery plot has been told, retold, subverted, and played straight again by hundreds of writers over nearly a century - in Sayers’s day there were still twists that had never been seen, and machinations of crime that would shock even jaded Jazz Age fans.

Experience the brilliance and depth of Fyodor Dostoevsky's storytelling with his collection of short stories. Delve into the complexities of the human psyche, explore the depths of the human soul, and discover the power of literature to transform and inspire. Experience the enduring relevance of one of the greatest writers of all time, and the ability of his work to illuminate the human experience with insight and nuance.https://www.solgood.org - Check out our Streaming Service for our full collection of audiobooks, podcasts, short stories, & 10 hour sounds for sleep and relaxation at our ...

In her Audible Original A Short Drink of Water, Altman challenges the assumption that taller is better. Her journey to empower those at the short end of the stick (and why is it always the short end?) delivers a hilarious and heartfelt look at the differences between tall and short and how people seek to narrow them both physically and psychologically. You’ll meet people of every size and opinion in this deeply reported and richly comical ride through a world where every inch counts.

Join childhood best friends Rachel and Sarah as they navigate their twenties! They're women in STEM, hardcore Swifties, book-obsessed, and chaotically funny (a necessity for countering that Central New York seasonal depression). Listen along as they chat about their iced coffee fixes, favorite new albums, college lives, and future careers.

Duniya ki sabse behtareen kahaniyan, ab aapki zabaan Hindi mein! Main Roshni aapko apni awaz mein sunaati hoon classic literature stories jaise Sherlock Holmes ki jaasoosi, Hercule Poirot ke adventures aur Premchand ki sacchai! Chaahe aap Hindi mein bedtime stories khoj rahe hai ya ek badiya travel companion, hamaari storytelling aapko badi passand ayegi. Har hafte ek nayi audio story jo aapko ek alag duniya mein le jayegi. For lovers of classic Hindi audio stories and world literature. Suniye zaroor aur follow bhi karna na bhooliyega! Share bhi kijiye apne friends aur family ke saath :)

Did you know that the 1965 Indo–Pak War was initiated by Field Marshal Ayub Khan of Pakistan in an effort to wrest Jammu and Kashmir (J & K) from India? His failure to achieve his aim led eventually to his overthrow. This account highlights the human dimension of war through the dramatic...

Doing Time: For the prison writers whose work is included in this anthology, it means more than "serving a sentence"; it means staying alive and sane, preserving dignity, reinventing oneself, and somehow retaining one's humanity. For the last quarter century the prestigious writers' organization PEN has sponsored a contest for writers behind bars to help prisoners face these challenges. The contest honors the best short stories, plays, essays, and poems among hundreds submitted annually by men and women nationwide.

Who was that again? Where do you know them from? And what are they actually doing now? In this podcast, you’ll find crisp, short biographies you can get through in under five minutes. This podcast is funded by advertising. Find more podcasts, info, and offers from our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/WikiPods⁠⁠⁠⁠ This content was created or edited with the help of artificial intelligence. CC BY-SA 4.0 (⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/⁠)

What does it mean to be an imitator of Christ? Find out by exploring the life and legacy of Saint Francis of Assisi and the movements he inspired with one of the world's leading Franciscan experts as your guide.

Susan and Carlos were unlikely friends. She was a young, overweight college professor and a bit of a trainwreck - juggling a divorce, a pack-a-day habit, and hiding empty boxes of wine under her bed. He was her boss, an Ironman triathlete, with life figured out. She was a whiner, he was a hard-ass. He had his shit together, she most assuredly did not. Trash-talking workouts, breakdowns, a devastating diagnosis - this heartwarming story of training buddies reveals a deep and abiding friendship that traversed life, sport, and everything in between.

This Very Short introduction explores the major themes of Austen criticism through close analysis of her major and minor works, with particular emphasis on the literary, social, and political backgrounds from which the novels emerge, and with which they engage. Thomas Keymer combines critical introductions to each of Austen's six major novels with an exploration of the key themes in her works.

""Darius has always been one of my favorite people to sing with and to call a friend in this industry and yet even knowing him well for as long as I have, there are so many incredible stories in Life's Too Short that I enjoyed learning for the first time.”—Sheryl Crow *A NEW YORK TIMES...

The life of actor, choreographer, and musician Columbus Short has been punctuated with trauma that extends well beyond the plot lines of his previous role on the hit series Scandal. Short has lived many lives packed into one - from a family filled with turmoil to tumultuous love affairs and enough scandals of his own. But somewhere in the middle, Short’s realization that there has to be a better way comes into full view.

Toni Morrison, Nobel prize laureate and exceptional writer: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Daniel P. Todes provides concise introduction to the life and science of the great Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov. Beyond a basic biography, Todes devotes particular attention to Pavlov's Nobel Prize-winning research on digestion and his iconic studies of conditional reflexes and higher nervous activity, as well as his experiments with dogs. Todes shows that Pavlov was not a behaviorist, did not use a bell, and was uninterested in training dogs. The Russian scientist sought to explain not merely external behaviors, but the emotional and intellectual life of animals and humans.

Die Historikerin und Autorin Miriam Gebhardt beschreibt das Lebensgefühl deutscher Frauen nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg eindringlich, persönlich und mit viel Empathie. Dazu hat sie in bis dahin unerreichter Dichte die Selbstzeugnisse von Frauen ausgewertet und stellt konsequent deren Erleben in den Mittelpunkt.

These short, vivid biographies offer quick insights, big ideas, and timeless inspiration. Color, form, and vision: explore the lives of the world's most celebrated painters, sculptors, and creators. From Da Vinci to Frida Kahlo, Michelangelo to Dürer, de Goya to Pollock, Turner to Lichtenstein, Basquiat to Banksy – short stories that open new ways of seeing.

Meet 10 icons of sport – from track to tennis, football to Formula 1 – whose stories inspire across time and borders. These short, vivid biographies offer quick insights, big ideas, and timeless inspiration. From Michael Jordan to Dirk Nowitzki, Bjorn Borg to John McEnroe, Ayrton Senna to Niki Lauda, these life stories are smart, engaging, and easy to follow – history has never sounded this good.

Discover the lives of remarkable women who shaped the world – from revolutionaries and rulers to scientists, artists, and pioneers. These short audio biographies highlight courage, brilliance, and vision in just five minutes each. Included: Queen Elizabeth II, Frida Kahlo, Marie Curie, Harriet Beecher-Stowe, Tsarina Catherine the Great, Queen Victoria, Golda Meir, Gertrude Stein, and many more!

Henry David Thoreau was a leading figure in the American Transcendentalist movement and the era of US literary emergence, an intellectual with worldwide influence as essayist, social thinker, naturalist-environmentalist, and sage. Thoreau's Walden, an autobiographical narrative of his two-year sojourn in a self-built lakeside cabin, is one of the most widely studied works of American literature. It has generated scores of literary imitations and experiments in back-to-basics living.