Showing results by narrator "Kathryn Roberts" in All Categories

The deep-seated origins and wide-reaching lessons of ancient myths built the foundation for our modern legacies. Explore the mythologies of Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Learn what makes these stories so important, distinctive, and able to withstand the test of time. Discover how, despite geographical implausibilities, many myths from across the oceans share themes, morals, and archetypes.

Cassi managed a drug store location in the center of town. There were thousands of them across cities in twenty first century North America. Millions of items scanned each day as cloud servers updated inventory day in and day out. It was boring and monotonous work. Cassi’s life was not always this way. Six hundred years ago, Cassi’s life was very different. As Cassimpina Dumonte, she was a powerful vampire. During the Hundred Years War between England and France, Cassimpina Dumonte would have her life transformed. She became a powerful vampire who influenced history.

Cassi managed a retail drug store for three years now. It was repetitive work, day in and day out. There were thousands of them across North America. This was a far departure from centuries past. Back then, Cassi was known as Cassimpina Dumonte , a powerful vampire who influenced French Nobility and affected the course of history. The past has a way of catching up with us. A woman will enter the drug store and change the course of history. All it will take is forty five cents to ignite a firestorm. Three women will cross paths and the world will never be the same again.

It has been two years since the brutal attack on the Nerrisian Kingdom left a princess and her subjects without a place to call home. After months of roaming the harsh wilderness, life goes on and a strong alliance has been forged. Princess Consolla is queen now. A girl is now a woman. An alliance with the Giants has been forged through marriage. The alliance is forged with a promise. The promise of a child. A child forged through magic. A promise is made to a king. It is a promise of an heir. Promises made through magic often have a price.

An interview recorded on an iPhone. A police interrogation tape. An FBI wire. At the center of them all is a writer researching a legal thriller...or is he? And somewhere within those recordings is the truth about a murder trial and a web of lies stretching back three decades.

What does it mean to live in harmony with others? Is it possible to balance self-interest with compassion, individuality with community, freedom with responsibility? This book takes you on a journey through philosophy, science, history, and everyday life to explore one of humanity’s oldest questions: how can we live together without destroying each other?

Tori (Grace McLean) aims to be the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic. As a child, she raised her younger brother Lamar (John McGinty), defending him against discrimination and neighborhood bullies. Now, with nothing but her body and a hand-built boat, she squares off with her own tormentor: the ocean.

Frank Wedekind is widely acknowledged as one of the pioneers of modern drama, whose works influenced later writers such as Brecht and Dürrenmatt. His best-known plays were Spring Awakening and Lulu, both of which transgressed the social norms of his time and still have the power to shock and provoke us today. They are included here, alongside his lesser-known tragicomedy The Marquis of Keith.