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This unique audiobook from historian and author Geoffrey Giuliano chronicles the life, times, trials, and triumphs of the remarkable scholar, activist, feminist, teacher, and reformer Angela Davis, using informed commentary, but most significantly, the words and wisdom of Ms. Davis herself. Forget the rhetoric, rumors, and urban legends surrounding this polarizing figure and listen directly to Ms. Davis. Prison reform, civil rights, racial equality - all these topics are presented by author and producer Giuliano.

This stirring, evocative, one-of-a-kind new audiobook from historian and author Geoffrey Giuliano chronicles the charismatic and legendary scholar, social reformer, activist, and author Dr. Cornel West in a loving tribute to his great work and exemplary life.

Sherlock Holmes, a fictional character of the late 19th and early 20th century created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is a brilliant London-based "consulting detective" famous for his intellectual prowess and renowned for his enormous scope of observation, his astute logical reasoning and forensic science skills in solving difficult crimes.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes mysteries, including "The Final Problem" in which Holmes confronts his arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty.

Sense and Sensibility is a classic novel by Jane Austen, published in 1811. It was published anonymously; By A Lady appears on the title page where the author's name might have been. It tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne as they come of age. They have an older half-brother, John, and a younger sister, Margaret.

The Dead is the final short story in the 1914 collection Dubliners by James Joyce. The other stories in the collection are shorter, whereas at 15,952 words, The Dead is almost long enough to be described as a novella. Geoffrey Giuliano is the author of over 30 internationally best-selling biographies, including the London Sunday Times best seller Blackbird: The Life and Times of Paul McCartney and Dark Horse: The Private Life of George Harrison.

Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most influential American writers of the 19th century. He was the first author to try to make a professional living as a writer. Much of Poe's work was inspired by the events that happened around him. His poetry alone would ensure his spot in the literary canon. Poe's notable verses range from the early masterpiece “To Helen” to the dark, mysterious “Ulalume.” From “The Raven,” which made him world-famous upon its publication in 1845, to “Annabel Lee,” the posthumously published eulogy for a maiden “in a kingdom by the sea.”

The story centers on Charles Marlow, who narrates most of the book. He is an Englishman who takes a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a river-boat captain in Africa. Heart of Darkness exposes the dark side of European colonization while exploring the three levels of darkness that the protagonist, Marlow, encounters: the darkness of the Congo wilderness, the darkness of the Europeans' cruel treatment of the African natives, and the unfathomable darkness within every human being for committing heinous acts of evil.

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He was devised by British author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his great stoic prowess at using logic and astute observation to solve cases. A once in a lifetime audio adventure fron ICON!

A charming novella by Charles Dickens first published in 1848. It is the fifth and last of Dickens's Christmas novellas. The story is more about the spirit of the holidays than about the holidays themselves, harking back to the first in the series, A Christmas Carol. The tale centres on a Professor Redlaw and those close to him.

Follow Rod Stewart’s amazing life from the early days of rage with the Jeff Beck Group and The Faces to his stellar success as a solo artist and the seemingly endless procession of leggy blondes along the way. This no-holds-barred account goes behind the myth, offering an extraordinary account of Stewart’s unparalleled career.

The Rolling Stones have survived more than 50 years at the very pinnacle of the rock scene. Listen to the band's tempestuous history, including drug busts, mysterious deaths, exiles and headline-grabbing escapades. Included are original, previously unreleased interviews with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Ron Wood, Brian Jones, plus many other Stones insiders.

More than just a heavy metal contender, Aerosmith has legitimized hard rock as a musical genre. Listen to the band recall their early beginnings and find out about their (mis)adventures on the road to incredible success.

Always the most musically commercial of the Beatles, Paul McCartney has been incredibly successful in his post-Beatles life as well. This audiobook follows the career of one of popular music's greatest composers/performers, from the early days in Liverpool to his latest world tour.

This is a uniquely personal portrait of perhaps the greatest singer/songwriter of our times. From his early days with the Quarry Men to his triumphs with the Beatles and their subsequent bitter split, here is a fascinating portrayal of an extraordinary man.

Walter Besant was a novelist and historian, and his topographical and historical writings, ranging from prehistoric times to the nineteenth century, were probably best known through the detailed 10-volume Survey of London published after his death. This earlier single volume covers, in less depth, the whole period from prehistory until the 19th century. The book appears originally to have been written for boys, and, indeed, the chapters are called "Lessons".

The Narrow Corner is a novel by the British writer W. Somerset Maugham, published by William Heinemann in 1932.

Dracula is an epistolary novel, written as a collection of realistic but completely fictional diary entries, telegrams, letters, ship's logs, and newspaper clippings, all of which added a level of detailed realism to the story, a skill which Stoker had developed as a newspaper writer.

A House to Let is a short story originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens' Household Words magazine. Each of the contributors wrote a chapter (stories within a story, or, in the case of Adelaide Anne Procter, poetry) and the story was edited by Dickens, who also wrote the first and last chapters with Wilkie Collins.

Walter Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was controversial in its time, particularly his 1855 poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sensuality. Whitman's own life came under scrutiny for his presumed homosexuality.