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I T 

by Stephen King

Stephen King's "It" is a masterful blend of horror and coming-of-age storytelling. A 45 hour audiobook listening adventure.

The story will be posted in 4 to 5 hour segments every Saturday.

Posted now:
PARTS 1 - 45

THE DAY OF THE JACKAL

by Frederick Forsyth

"The Day of the Jackal" is a gripping thriller that follows an elite assassin's meticulous plot to kill French President Charles de Gaulle.

“A masterpiece tour de force of crisp, sharp, suspenseful writing . . . It’s an awful cliché to say that ‘you won’t be able to put this book down,’ but cliché or not, it’s the truth.”
—The Wall Street Journal

LIFE AFTER LIFE

by Kate Atkinson

What if you could live again and again, until you got it right?

Ursula Todd is born, she grows, she dies, repeatedly, in a variety of ways, while a young century marches on towards its second cataclysmic world war. Does Ursula's apparently infinite number of lives give her the power to save the world from its inevitable destiny? And if she can -- will she?

ISLAND OF

THE BLUE DOLPHINS

by Scott O'Dell

A gripping tale of survival and resilience that follows the journey of Karana, a young Native American girl left alone on an island for 18 years off the coast of California. Karana learns to fend for herself and discovers her own strength and adaptability in the face of isolation and adversity.

THE BOOK SIGNING
Short Stories for English Language Learners
by Pete Hamill

 "He was standing across the street from the building where both of them had lived. She was three years younger than Carmody and he didn’t pay her much attention until he returned from the Army in 1954. An old story: She had blossomed. And one thing had led to another."
    An elderly writer returns to his hometown for a book signing event, only to find himself confronted by the ghosts of his past.


Short Stories for English Language Learners

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CLASSIC
A Room with a View

–E.M. Forster
NOVEL
American War

–Omar El Akkad
NOVELLA
Double Jeopardy

–James M. Cain
SHORT STORY
Such a Lucky, Pretty Girl

–Persia Walker
COMMENTARY
The Power of Women's Anger

–Soraya Chemaly
 
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