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The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Unabridged audiobook + Text)
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Unabridged audiobook + Text)
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and ratiocination, and is renowned for his skillful use of "deductive reasoning" while using abductive reasoning (inference to the best explanation) and astute observation to solve difficult cases.
 
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Tags: Holmes, stories, short, Doyle, Conan, Arthur, Sherlock
Favourite French Fairy Tales
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Favourite French Fairy TalesFavourite French Fairy Tales
retold by Barbara Douglas
illustrated by R. Cramer
(Rare Book Collection)

It can be hard to find fairy tale collections that contain the work of the women (such as Beaumont and d'Aulnoy) in the French salons that influenced Charles Perrault. This is one of the best collections, and it includes many of the tales that are mentioned by scholars but hard to locate. None of the stories are watered down and they paint a picture of why fairy tales are an important part of literature. In the end, they are entertaining stories and can be read just for fun, too.

 
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Tags: French, fairy, collections, stories, tales
Isaac Asimov - Foundation
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Isaac Asimov - FoundationIsaac Asimov - Foundation
first book in foundation series

Foundation is the first book in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy (later expanded into The Foundation Series). It is a collection of five short stories, which were first published together as a book by Gnome Press in 1951. It also appeared in 1955 as part of Ace Double D-110 under the title "The 1,000-Year Plan." Four of the stories were originally published in Astounding Magazine (with different titles) between 1942 and 1944, and the fifth was added when they first appeared in book form. Decades later, Asimov wrote two prequels to it. Later writers have added authorized tales to the series.
 
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Tags: Foundation, first, Asimov, stories, published
The Owl, the Raven, and the Dove: The Religious Meaning of the Grimms' Magic Fairy Tales
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The Owl, the Raven, and the Dove: The Religious Meaning of the Grimms' Magic Fairy Tales The Owl, the Raven, and the Dove:
The Religious Meaning of the Grimms' Magic Fairy Tales
The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm is a national treasure of the German people. Among its 210 stories there are a dozen or so which are such masterpieces that they have become a treasure that belongs to the childhood and the adulthood of the wholeworld. Ever since Bruno Bettelheim presented his psychoanalytic interpretation of the tales more than twenty years ago, scholars have been fascinated by the mysterious nature and continuing influence of these stories on the human imagination.One of the most intriguing suggestions originally made by Bettelheim was that underneath the psychological meaning of the stories he found hints of another, deeper layer of religious meaning, which he thought deserved serious attention. This suggestion has largely gone unexamined by contemporary scholarship. This book is an attempt to explore that fascinating challenge and delve into the religious roots of the tales' enchantment by studying them as the poetic expression of what the brothers Grimm thought they were—fragments of ancient faith.
 
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Tags: stories, Fairy, Tales, tales, Raven
Philip K. Dick - The Minority Report and Other Stories (Audiobook)
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Philip K. Dick - The Minority Report and Other Stories (Audiobook)
Philip K. Dick -
The Minority Report and Other Stories
(Unabtidged Audiobook)

This collection of five Philip K. Dick tales includes stories that will make you laugh, cringe in fear, and most of all... think. Stories included:
The Minority Report
We Can Remember It For You Wholesale
Paycheck
Second Variety
The Eyes Have It
 
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Tags: Philip, Report, Minority, Stories, Audiobook