From Paul Shaffer, lifelong music junkie, hipster, and longtime leader of David Letterman's band, comes a candid, endearing, hilarious, and star-studded memoir of a life in-and love of-show business.How does a kid go from a remote Can...

Read by Simon Callow, Lindsay Duncan, Paul Rhys, and Harriet Walter Experience some of the most thrilling poetry and drama in world literature. This unique collection includes two sonnets and famous scenes from 11 of Shakespeare's pl...

Shakespeare's 'Sonnets', one of the most remarkable collections of poetry, was first published in 1609, 400 years ago by Mr Thomas Thorpe. Naxos AudioBooks marks the occasion with a selection of 80 of the finest, read by leading actor...

This is one of Shakespeare's best-known tragedies. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, learns in a visitation from his father's ghost that his mother is married to the uncle who murdered his father. In coming to terms with this, and enacting h...

This outstanding historical recording made in 1941 for radio is widely regarded as one of the finest Hamlet performances ever, and one of John Gielgud's greatest moments. Though he went on to record it for commercial release, nothing ...

While King Henry IV rightly laments that his heir, the young Prince Hal, has not distinguished himself in battle, Hal is up to no good at the Boar's Head Tavern with his rotund cohort, Falstaff. With a rebellion rising against the thr...

In this final play of the tetralogy describing the War of the Roses and the restoration (despite Richard III's efforts) of the Tudor Dynasty, is there nothing Richard will not do to save his crown? Bloodthirsty, spiteful, ambitious, a...

Othello, a Moorish general in the service of Venice, has married Desdemona, beautiful daughter of a Venetian Senator. But Iago, Othello's malignant ensign, is determined to destroy their happiness. Cunningly bending the greatness of O...

Produced by the Shakespeare Recording Society, these full-cast, unabridged performances of As You Like It (starring Vanessa Redgrave), Much Ado About Nothing (starring Rex Harrison), and The Winter's Tale (starring Sir John Gielgud an...

Padua has many suitors for the hand of fair Bianca, but Bianca may not be married until her spinster sister Kate is wed. Is any man up to the challenge? The witty adventurer Petruchio undertakes the task. His tough-love transformation...

Generally agreed to be Shakespeare’s last play, THE TEMPEST was most likely written in 1610. Twelve years before the action begins, Prospero--Duke of Milan--and his daughter, Miranda, were stranded by Prospero’s brother, A...

The eponymous 'two gentlemen' in question--Valentine and Proteus--are in love with, respectively, Silvia and Julia. Despite the promise of constancy made to Julia by Proteus, while he is away assisting his friend Valentine he also fal...

Sunshine, Idaho, is a quiet ranching town that provides a perfect refuge for injured animals . . . and sometimes, people. And veterinarian Dell Connelly suspects there's a reason his clinic's uberefficient receptionist has taken shelt...

Bailey Moore has an agenda: now that she has a second lease on life, she's determined not to miss a thing. But her goal of skiing in the Rockies comes with a six-foot-one ski god hot enough to melt a polar ice cap. She doesn't want to...

“Fall in love with Jill Shalvis! She’s my go-to read for humor and heart.”— Susan Mallery, New York Times bestselling author Beloved New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis begins a new s...

Veterinary intern Emily can't believe she wound up in the small town of Sunshine, Idaho, instead of the Los Angeles clinic she had always imagined. Now she has to put her plans to move to L.A. on hold for a whole year while she fulfil...

Ntozake Shange's most beloved novel, Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo, is the story of three ''colored girls,'' three sisters and their mama from Charleston, South Carolina. Sassafrass, the oldest, is a poet and a weaver like her mother, ...

This poem for daily living has inspired many generations of Buddhists and non-Buddhists since it was first composed in the 8th century by Shantideva. This translation conveys the great lucidity and poetic beauty of the original, while...

From The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari author comes an inspiring parable about the skills needed to excel in career and life.

Skillfully interweaving historical fact with psychological insight and vivid imagination, Sharratt's redemptive novel, Illuminations, brings to life one of the most extraordinary women of the Middle Ages: Hildegard von Bingen, Benedic...

Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner first crossed paths as actors on the set of The Manfrom U.N.C.L.E. Little did they know that their next roles, in a new science-fiction television series, would shape their lives in ways no one could ...

McCOMAS. Howled at! My dear good lady: there is nothing in any of those views now-a-days to prevent her from marrying a bishop. You reproached me just now for having become respectable. You were wrong: I hold to our old opinions as st...

In this dynamic one-hour program, Yoga Stretch For Fitness, yoga expert Beth Shaw guides the listener through a variety of basic stretching, toning and strengthening movements. She encourages participants of any age, size or body typ...

Join noted theologian and storyteller John Shea as he journeys through the gospels. Great to use while driving or meditating at home, this is a wonderful resource for preachers, lectors, liturgy planners, and the growing number of Cat...

A highly decorated Navy SEAL shares stories of his years of combat experience in Afghanistan, providing leadership insights that will shift your view of yourself and provoke life-altering change. Before leaving for combat in Afghanis...

Discover powerful life-changing lessons from the last words of Jesus in A Voice From Calvary. Throughout this series you'll learn: **Why most people would rather admit to being sick rather than being a sinner **How Christ is the New A...

In this newly remastered eight-audio CD series, Archbishop Fulton Sheen shares with remarkable frankness and amazing precision his thoughts and feelings on what it means to be a priest of God. Originally given as a retreat for Irish c...

This powerful series is sure to enlighten and inspire listeners with the same fire and zeal for which Archbishop Sheen is internationally known. Digitally re-mastered on 6 CDs the series contains eleven programs originally delivered t...

Archbishop Fulton Sheen discusses the sacrament of Penance, the practise of Confession, and the Sacament of Extreme Unction. You will lear of the effects of Sin on humanity, and why the Confession and Penance are prescribed; of the di...

Discover the spiritual secrets needed to face your fears and grow in holiness. How church history relates to the present - How God always works through minorities and ever majorities - Why we possess the crossles Christ in our western...