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This traditional Christmas carol was written by the Austrian priest Joseph Mohr, and the music was composed by the Austrian teacher and organist Franz Xaver Gruber. This audio recording of Silent Night includes a reading of the English-language text followed by magical harp music based on the original composition.

The Winter's Tale follows two childhood friends: Leontes, King of Sicilia, and Polixenes, the King of Bohemia. Polixenes is visiting the kingdom of Sicilia and is enjoying catching up with his old friend. However, after nine months, Polixenes yearns to return to his own kingdom to tend to affairs and see his son. This edition is an adaptation of Shakespeare's eponymous comedy, narrated in plain modern English, capturing the very essence and key elements of the original Shakespeare's drama. Read in English, unabridged.

Once upon a time, there lived in a certain village a little country girl, the prettiest creature that ever was seen. Her mother was very fond of her, and her grandmother loved her still more. This good woman made for her a little red riding hood, which became the girl so well that everybody called her Little Red Riding Hood. Read in English, unabridged.

Dolly asked her kitten to explain why he was white and all his brothers were tabby. Dolly was not surprised to hear the kitten speak, for she had read her fairy books, as all good children should, and she knew that all creatures answer if one only speaks to them properly. So she held the kitten more comfortably, and the tale began. Read in English, unabridged.

Salutation to Life includes a reading of the eponymous prayer followed by beautiful piano music based on original compositions of Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Piano music includes The Seasons, Les Saisons Op. 37a, May: Starlit Nights. Prayer read in English, unabridged, by Josh Verbae. Music recording by Anton Kingsbury.

Psalm 111 includes a reading of the eponymous prayer followed by beautiful piano music based on original compositions of Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Piano music includes The Seasons, Les Saisons Op. 37a, June: Barcarolle. Prayer read in English, unabridged, by Josh Verbae. Music recording by Anton Kingsbury.

Christ Our Morning Star includes a reading of the eponymous prayer by the Venerable Bede followed by magical harp music based on an original composition of Johann Sebastian Bach, a devout Christian and gifted composer and musician. The Bach composition includes: Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 846 adapted for harp and performed by Greg Cetus.

Three Powerful Prayers is an audio recording of selected powerful prayers from the Bible, great Saints, sacred texts, and prophets who used these prayers for hundreds of years to invoke and strengthen their faith and relationship with God. Each prayer is followed by magical Harp music based on original compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Shakespeare is often referred to as the great teacher of life and for a good reason, too. His tales offer worldly wisdom on tap and a great abundance of it. In this collection of Shakespeare tales, we offer those that perhaps more than others teach us important lessons.

Listen to the story of how mischievous Tom Kitten got himself into trouble with two very large rats that wanted to turn him into a dumpling. They smeared him with butter, and then they rolled him in dough. Read in English, unabridged.

In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets - when gentlemen wore ruffles and gold laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta - there lived a tailor in Gloucester. He sat in the window of a little shop in Westgate Street, cross legged on a table, from morning till dark. All day long while the light lasted he sewed and snippeted, piecing out his satin and pompadour and lutestring; stuffs had strange names and were very expensive in the days of the tailor of Gloucester.

This is a tale about a tail—a tail that belonged to a little red squirrel, and his name was Nutkin. He had a brother called Twinkleberry and a great many cousins: They lived in a wood at the edge of a lake.

Enter the magical world of four little rabbits: Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter. Join their mischief and adventures in the vegetable garden of old Mr. McGregor. Get to know Peter's friends: Twinkleberry, Squirrel Nutkin, Tom Kitten, Benjamin Bunny, and many other wonderful woodland creatures. Discover how Jeremy Fisher nearly got eaten by the fish he tried to catch and the story of Jemima Puddle-duck, who was annoyed because the farmer's wife would not let her hatch her own eggs.

Once upon a time there was a wood-mouse, and her name was Mrs. Tittlemouse. She lived in a bank under a hedge. Such a funny house! There were yards and yards of sandy passages, leading to storerooms and nut-cellars and seed-cellars, all amongst the roots of the hedge.

This traditional Christmas carol is also know by its ancient name, 'Greensleeves', dating from England around the time of Henry VIII, and some say that it was even written by the king himself. This recording offers reading of the English-language lyrics followed by magical harp music based on original Christmas carol melody.

The tune of this traditional Christmas carol is also known by its Latin name, 'Adeste Fideles'. John Francis Wade was one of the first to include it within his publications, but it is quite possible that the lyrics and tune date from earlier times. Arrangements of this tune also exist in compositions of Franz Liszt. This recording offers reading of the English-language lyrics followed by magical harp music based on original Christmas carol melody.

A collection of 10 iconic Christmas carols. This recording offers reading of the English-language lyrics followed by magical harp music based on original Christmas carol melodies.

Shakespeare often uses expressive language in his portrayal of jealousy. It is a 'green-eyed monster', an object that 'one might fight and conquer', 'an infection which strikes as quickly as the plague'. In this selection of Shakespeare stories, jealousy plays a prominent role, offering us a wonderful opportunity to learn how Shakespeare's characters are dealing with this vice.

'O Christmas Tree', or ' O Tannenbaum', is one of the most famous German traditional songs about Christmas trees. It was written by the organist and teacher Ernst Anschutz, who was based in Leipzig. He used an old folk melody called 'Lauriger Horatius' for his carol. The same melody was also used for other songs including 'Maryland, My Maryland', the official state song of the US state. This recording offers a reading of the English-language lyrics followed by magical harp music based on an original Christmas carol melody.

This traditional Christmas carol is often referred to as 'The Huron Carol' or 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime'. A Jesuit missionary in Canada adapted an old 16th-century French tune into a Christmas carol, adding words in the local Huron language, which he taught to the Indians where he was based. This recording offers a reading of the English-language text followed by magical harp music based on the original composition.