Added by: orchiddl | Karma: 2026.11 | Fiction literature | 18 February 2010
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American Fairy Tales
American Fairy Tales is the title of a collection of twelve little known fairy tales by L. Frank Baum, published in 1901 by the George M. Hill Company, one year after The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
In his reading of this sequel to Stoneheart (2007), Dale displays his mastery of vocal characterizations ranging from a blustery, sputtering friar to an imperiously proud Roman-era queen. Intrepid heroes George and Edie, caught in a world of warring Spits (statues representing humans) and Taints (statues of monsters and mythical creatures), attempt to rescue their friend, who is in the clutches of a supernatural figure. Dale’s voice is appropriately creepy and evil when depicting this supernatural character.
Added by: Cheramie | Karma: 275.78 | Fiction literature | 20 December 2009
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Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
As boys, George, the son of a Midlands vicar, and Arthur, living in shabby genteel Edinburgh, find themselves in a vast and complex world at the heart of the British Empire. Years later—one struggling with his identity in a world hostile to his ancestry, the other creating the world’s most famous detective while in love with a woman who is not his wife–their fates become inextricably connected.