Read by Dan StevensA PBS Great American Read Top 100 PickOne of the most famous and beloved mysteries from The Queen of Suspense—Agatha Christie—now a Lifetime TV movie."Ten . . ."Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious "U. N. Owen.""Nine . . ."At dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret, and by the end of...

Ken Follett’s magnificent new historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage.A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in the mining pits. . . . An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson’s White House. . . . A housekeeper for the aristocratic Fitzherberts takes a fateful step above her ...

Since it was first published more than forty years ago, Robert Fitzgerald's prizewinning translation of Homer's battle epic has become a classic in its own right: a standard against which all other versions of The Iliad are compared. This definitive translation of Homer's epic is timeless in its authority and always fresh in its vivid rendering of the preeminent war story of the Western world.In keeping with the oral tradition of the time, Dan Stevens's extraordinary narra...

In the nuke-altered America of the twenty-first century, time conspires against survival, especially for a legendary group of warriors led by Ryan Cawdor. Born and bred in Deathlands, Ryan dares to unlock the secrets buried deep in the wreckage of a planet. Time may be the enemy in the daily struggle to stay alive, but perhaps it can reveal something better....Barely escaping a redoubt hidden in an old aircraft carrier guarded by killer droids, the companions emerge into the backwa...

From master storyteller Carlos Ruiz Zafón, author of the international phenomenon The Shadow of the Wind, comes The Angel’s Game—a dazzling new page-turner about the perilous nature of obsession, in literature and in love.“The whole of Barcelona stretched out at my feet and I wanted to believe that, when I opened those windows, its streets would whisper stories to me, secrets I could capture on paper and narrate to whomever ca...

Read by Dan StevensThe most widely-read mystery of all time, now a major motion picture directed by Kenneth Branagh and produced by Ridley Scott“What more…can a mystery addict desire?” —New York Times“The murderer is with us—on the train now . . .”Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in hi...

"In classical Greece men called rhapsodes memorized and recited “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey.” My own rhapsode is the English actor Dan Stevens, whom fans of “Downton Abbey” will know as Matthew Crawley. He’s been performing the Robert Fitzgerald translation, and no Hellene could do it better." — Wall Street JournalRobert Fitzgerald's translation of The Odyssey has been the standard translation for more than three generations of students and poets...

Small-time private investigator Ray Lovell veers between paralysis and delirium in a hospital bed. But before the accident that landed him there, he'd been hired to find Rose Janko, the wife of a charismatic son of a traveling Gypsy family, who went missing seven years earlier. Half Romany himself, Ray is well aware that he's been chosen more for his blood than his investigative skills. Still, he's surprised by the intense hostility he encounters from the Jankos, who haven't had an easy pa...

“My Dear I Wanted to Tell You is one of those books that doesn’t leave you, and probably never will.”—Jacqueline Winspear, New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs novelsThe onrush of World War I irrevocably intertwines the lives of two young couples in Louisa Young’s epic tale of love in the midst of chaos. Perfect for readers of Atonement, The Mapping of Love and Death, and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society

Winner of 2021 Voice Arts Award, Audiobook Narration–Science Fiction, narrated by award-winning actor Dan Stevens ( Beauty and the Beast, FX's Legion) Ever Winter is a vivid and eloquent story of loss, rehabilitation, and revenge set in a post-apocalyptic ice world.Far from the savage remnants of humanity, Henry and his family have managed to survive the grip of desolate, perpetual winter on a vast tundra that was once an ocean teeming wi...

The mouth, as a physical organ, serves fundamental biological functions: ingestion, respiration, and articulation.Yet, in the realm of philosophy, particularly within moral themes, the mouth transcends its corporeal role to become a profound symbol and instrument of ethical agency.From ancient wisdom traditions to contemporary ethical discourse, the mouth embodies the intersection of body and soul, action and intention, expression and restraint.This book explores th...

However, love is not always depicted as idyllic; the accompanying vulnerabilities are equally significant.Steve is deeply in love with Rihanna but she considers him as just a friendThese often reveal the fears and insecurities that come with loving someone deeply.The narration juxtapose those feelings with the potential for loss, highlighting the fragility of affection.Heartbreak becomes a prominent theme as well, often expressed through poignant imagery and...