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This famous work by Lucretius is a masterpiece of didactic poetry, and it still stands today as the finest exposition of Epicurean philosophy ever written. The poem was produced in the middle of first century B.C., a period that was to witness a flowering of Latin literature unequaled for beauty and intellectual power in subsequent ages. The Latin title, De Rerum Natura, translates literally to On the Nature of Things and is meant to impress the reader with the breadth and depth of Epicurean philosophy.

In this masterpiece of nature writing, beautifully narrated by Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton, Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times and shockingly harsh at others. Her intense, poetic prose explores and records the rocks, rivers, creatures and hidden aspects of this remarkable landscape.

Lucretius was born in 99 BC, and On the Nature of Things is his only surviving work. His aim was to free the Roman world from its two great terrors - the gods and death. Lucretius argues that the gods are not actively involved in life, so need not be appeased; and that death is the end of everything human - body and soul - and therefore should not be feared. But On the Nature of Things is also a poem of striking imagery, intimate natural observation and touching pathos.

Travel along a backcountry road as two bickering siblings encounter a sadistic masked menace. Watch from a couple’s window as a mysterious figure lurks through the darkness of the vacant house next door. Witness a malevolent presence threaten to unravel a man’s sanity decades after testing an urban legend.

In "Natures" a man walks into a tavern naked and tells an amazing story. In "Reflections" an insurance adjuster pays a visit to the Highland Hotel at Wilkes-Barre, PA, and is never heard from again. In "Amish Abduction" a young Amish man gets abducted by giant green aliens. He finds new strength and learns something about himself.

Told with perfect rhythm and unyielding brutality, these stories expose unsuspecting men and women to the realities of nature, the primal instincts of man and the dark humour and heartbreak of our struggle to not only thrive, but survive.

From the first time to the wildest time, from bedroom bouts to public performances, from torrid threesomes to lesbian liaisons, from wedding nights to sinful trysts, men (and sometimes women!) everywhere meet their match in wives, bachelorettes, and the girls next door who shamelessly ride the first tremor of desire to an explosion that rocks their world.

Let yourself be swept away as you listen to this collection of three romantic novellas about women who fall in love as they explore the beauty of the earth. Best-selling author Marian Snowe takes you on a journey through forests and across the waves, telling the stories of courageous women who find love where they least expect it.

Meet the Unreliable Nature Writer: a macabre product of late capitalism, climate anxiety and personal loss. Finding herself alone at a wedding, tailed by an unctuous and infatuated fellow guest, she proceeds to have her fun—plunging us into a potpourri of disturbing, darkly funny visions of a near future. Aloof, evasive and sardonic, she will be our guide; her stories will bare truths about how the world we’re changing so violently might affect us in turn.

Edgar Allan Poe proposed that “the boundary line between instinct and reason is of a very shadowy nature” (1840). With its 21 stories of serial killers and sociopaths, fixations and fetishes, breakdowns and bad decisions crafted by authors as diverse as their writing styles, Shadowy Natures leads fans of psychological horror down dark and treacherous roads to destinations they will be too unsettled to leave.

An aging fisherman senses a coming storm, but his eyes reveal no such danger. Forced to choose between his eyes and his gut, his decision becomes one that sends him into a downward spiral of madness as the full brutality of the sea is revealed.

Next Love è la storia di un uomo che ha deciso di attraversare il mondo per trovare una risposta alla domanda più difficile di sempre: che cos’è l’amore? Per Alberto Giuliani l’amore è, innanzitutto, una forma di viaggio; per amare è necessario che il nostro corpo "si sposti", che arrivi nel luogo che stava cercando, che lo abiti. Solo lì si sentirà finalmente accolto, pur sapendosi nudo e indifeso. I luoghi in cui vogliamo restare non sono altro che le persone che amiamo, e la misura di questo sentimento non è il tempo che trascorriamo insieme, ma la strada che abbiamo fatto per raggiungerle.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.

In How We Disappear, award-winning author Tara Lynn Masih offers listeners transporting and compelling stories of those taken, those missing, and those neither here nor gone—runaways, exiles, wanderers, ghosts, even the elusive Dame Agatha Christie. From the remote Siberian taiga to the harsh American frontier, from rural Long Island to postwar Belgium, Masih’s characters are diverse in identity and circumstance, defying the burden of erasure by disappearing into or emerging from physical and emotional landscapes.

Building from his acclaimed anthology Tales of Two Americas, beloved writer and editor John Freeman draws together a group of our greatest writers from around the world to help us see how the environmental crisis is hitting some of the most vulnerable communities where they live. In the past five years, John Freeman, previously editor of Granta, has launched a celebrated international literary magazine, Freeman's, and compiled two acclaimed anthologies that deal with income inequality as it is experienced.

On a normal drive home, someone finds themself in a difficult situation. It's a problem everyone has faced in their lives before. There are choices to be made, and normally short rides suddenly become long and challenging. Obstacles must be faced or avoided, depending on how much of a hurry you are to get home.

We hope you enjoy Canarit Audiobooks' production of An Adjustment of Nature; feel free to listen! Did you know that O. Henry’s real name was William Syndey Porter? He had many pseudonyms, but is best known as O. Henry. He wrote over 300 stories and is known for playfully writing a twist at their end. Most of them are based in New York with characters being an average Joe. A census at the time stated there were about four million individuals living in NYC at the time, and that is how this volume of short stories received its name.

At the tender age of five, Caitydid found herself being a big sister, mom, and dad to her three siblings. One sister and two brothers, who range in the ages of four, three, and one years old, shared her fears and heartache. Does anyone care? Does anyone love her?

Tonia Brown brings you three tales of terror from the wild outdoors. Poor Steven falls into a snake pit and tries not to panic. To his dismay, the situation gets weird when the snakes start calling him by name. Kids have gone missing all over a small town. But that won't stop this trio of boys from seeking some late night summer fun by sneaking into the local witch's garden. A backwoods roadkill connoisseur comes across an almost perfect deer carcass. She thinks she's getting a free meal, but will she become the dinner instead of the diner?

Anton Tschechow war der Chronist der russischen Seele. Ironisch und doch liebevoll porträtiert er die Gesellschaft mit all ihren Fehlern und Eigenheiten – und die Hörenden ertappen sich häufig bei einem wissenden Nicken... Mit dabei: "Eine problematische Natur", "Eine Schutzlose", "Einmal im Jahr", "Grischa", "In den Chambregarnies".