RIP VAN WINKLE by WASHINGTON IRVING

The Story Summary In this inaugural Carnacki tale, occult investigator Thomas Carnacki is called to investigate the "Grey Room" in a centuries-old mansion. The room is plagued by a violent, invisible entity that has beaten previous occupants to death. Unlike traditional ghost hun ...  Show more

Robin Hood finally achieves his dream of becoming a beggar, at least for a day, and in the process outwits and outfights a number of scoundrels who end up contributing their wealth to the cause. Get all of our shows at one website: WWW.BESTOF1001STORIES.COM My email works as well ...  Show more

An early encounter with one of the most famous people in the world initiated Jack Zipes into the world of fairy tales - and he never looked back. In this episode, Jacke talks to the fairy tale expert about his book Buried Treasures: The Power of Political Fairy Tales, which profi ...  Show more

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss James Joyce's novel Ulysses. First published ninety years ago in Paris, Joyce's masterpiece is a sprawling and startlingly original work charting a single day in the life of the Dubliner Leopold Bloom. Some early readers were outraged by its se ...  Show more

The Dread Apache - That Early-Day Scourge of the Southwest by Merrill Pingree Freeman audiobook. Genre: history Written by Arizona pioneer and local historian Merrill Pingree Freeman, The Dread Apache - That Early-Day Scourge of the Southwest is a brisk, episode-driven look at li ...  Show more

Acclaimed author George Saunders visits Google to discuss his book "The Braindead Megaphone."

"The Braindead Megaphone", George Saunders's first foray into nonfiction, is comprised of essays on literature, travel, and politics. At the core of this unique collection are ...