When your body is exhausted but your mind will not slow down, sleep can feel impossible. The thoughts keep circling. The tension lingers. The night stretches on. In those moments, you do not need more stimulation—you need release.Bedtime Stories for Stressed Out Adults: Dreamlike Fantasy Sleep Stories is a soothing collection of 60 magical bedtime tales created to help you let go of the day, quiet mental chatter, ease anxiety, and surrender to deep, restorative sleep.Step i...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Every path begins with a fracture. Some never heal.Maxen has always lived in the shadows of survival—stealing meals, hiding his past, and clutching the necklace his mother left behind. But when the pendant cracks open to reveal a shard of impossible crystal, he finds himself marked by a power far older and stranger than he can understand.Pursued by the secretive Coil, haunted by dreams t...

The Poems of Sappho gathers the surviving poetry of one of ancient Greece’s most celebrated lyric poets. Writing on the island of Lesbos around the seventh and sixth centuries BCE, Sappho created intimate and emotionally powerful poems exploring love, longing, beauty, desire, memory, nature, friendship, and devotion.Much of Sappho’s work survives only in fragments, preserved through ancient quotations and damaged manuscripts. Yet even in incomplete form, her poetry retains an extra...

Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic Little Women follows the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—as they grow up together during the American Civil War. Living with their mother while their father is away serving as a chaplain, the sisters face the challenges of growing up with courage, humor, and affection.Each sister has her own dreams and ambitions. Meg longs for love and a comfortable home, Jo dreams of becoming a writer, gentle Beth finds happiness in music and family, a...

Here is the second volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry and speeches celebrating Dickens' birthday on February 7th 2012.The wonder of Charles Dickens resides in his unparalleled ability to transport readers into the vivid tapestry of Victorian England. With an uncanny knack for illuminating both the harsh realities of life in the 19th century and the enduring resilience of the human spirit, Dickens crafted stories that transcend time and place. His chara...

In Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, Friedrich Engels presents a concise and influential introduction to the ideas that shaped modern socialist thought. First published in 1880, this landmark work examines the development of socialism and contrasts the idealistic visions of early “utopian” socialists with what Engels calls “scientific socialism.”Engels explores the ideas of influential thinkers including Saint-Simon, Charles Fourier, and Robert Owen before turning to dialectics, h...

In the heart of London, during a chilly Christmas Eve, a tale of redemption and the transformative power of goodwill unfolds in Charles Dickens' timeless masterpiece, "A Christmas Carol." The story introduces us to Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old man who values wealth above all else and has long abandoned the joy and compassion of the holiday season.Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his long-deceased business partner, Jacob Marley. Marley, condemned to an eternity of torment for h...

"Oliver Twist," one of Charles Dickens' most enduring works, unfolds a compelling narrative of an orphaned boy's struggle against the stark injustices of 19th-century London. The story begins with the birth of Oliver in a workhouse, where his mother, who has died during childbirth, is just one of many tragic figures in the heartless world of poverty and exploitation. As a young boy, Oliver faces a harsh existence in the workhouse and eventually escapes to the bustling and treacherous stree...

In Moonchild, Aleister Crowley blends occult mystery, supernatural adventure, and philosophical fantasy into a strange and imaginative tale of spiritual conflict. The story follows Cyril Grey, an adept magician drawn into a struggle between rival occult forces seeking control over the creation of a mysterious “Moonchild.”As Grey and his allies pursue their esoteric goals, the novel moves through secret societies, magical rituals, astral realms, and confrontations between opposing v...

In Charles Dickens' "Hard Times," the industrial landscape of Coketown serves as a bleak backdrop to a tale that explores the harsh realities of the 19th-century British society, a world driven by utilitarianism and the dehumanizing effects of industrialization. The novel is a powerful narrative that delves into the lives of the characters living in this grim, factory-dominated town.The story is centered around two contrasting characters: Thomas Gradgrind, a strict and utilitarian-...

In the heart of London, during a chilly Christmas Eve, a tale of redemption and the transformative power of goodwill unfolds in Charles Dickens' timeless masterpiece, "A Christmas Carol." The story introduces us to Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old man who values wealth above all else and has long abandoned the joy and compassion of the holiday season.Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his long-deceased business partner, Jacob Marley. Marley, condemned to an eternity of torment for ...

The Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection comprises short works, fiction, essays, poetry, letters, magazine articles and speeches. Here is a wonderful potpourri of all genres and periods of his writing. This first volume was released on Dickens' 200th birthday, February 7th 2012.This precious audio work includes short stories including, amongst others, The Holly Tree, the first part of Holiday Romance and three pieces from Mugby Junction. Some item...