After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger and Pi – a 16-year-old Indian boy. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary pieces of literary fiction of recent years.

Reviews

“Those who would believe that the art of fiction is moribund – let them read Yann Martel with astonishment, delight and gratitude.” Alberto Manguel

“The whole fantastic voyage carries hints of ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ and the magic realism of Amado and Marquez and the absurdity of Beckett… Yann Martel does a beautiful job.” Globe and Mail (Toronto)

“Martel writes like a more compassionate Paul Auster.” Times Literary Supplement

“Martel finds dazzling ways of expressing the hitherto unexpressed.” Mail on Sunday

“Reminiscent of Italo Calvino.” Independent on Sunday

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A timeless epic of the dawn of civilization.

In The Valley of Horses, Ayla, the unforgettable heroine of The Clan of the Cave Bear, sets out on her own odyssey of discovery away from the nurturing adoptive family and friends of the Clan. She is in search of others like herself and in search of love.

Sharing a hidden valley with a herd of steppe horses, Ayla finds a unique friendship with animals as vulnerable as herself and ingeniously discovers the complex skills needed to survive -- skills no Clan member was ever able to master. But none of her experiences prepares her for the emotional turmoil she feels when she rescues a young man -- the first of the Others she has seen -- from almost certain death.

Torn between her desire for human companionship and her fear of the unknown Others, she struggles against her deep attraction to the handsome Jondalar. It is Jondalar who teaches her the meaning of true friendship and love.

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From a top secret government laboratory come two genetically altered life forms. One is a magnificent dog of astonishing intelligence. The other, a hybrid monster of a brutally violent nature. And both are on the loose...

Bestselling author Dean Koontz presents his most terrifying, dramatic and moving novel: The explosive story of a man and a woman, caught in a relentless storm of mankind's darkest creation...

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"Geoffrey Howard's performance is superb; he is clear and unhurried,
giving just the right emphasis and/or inflection. . . .Whether or not one agrees with
Lewis's arguments, it is a pleasure to hear such a skillful reading of an eloquent
work."Library Journal

"This recording captures Lewis's finely crafted arguments and opinions. The growing
number of new Lewis fans as well as those already familiar with his work should be
more than satisfied. In this version, narrator Howard's melodic, subtly Britishaccented
voice could easily have been Lewis's own."Today's Librarian

Mere Christianity is C. S. Lewis's forceful and accessible doctrine of Christian belief.
First heard as informal radio broadcasts and then published as three separate books
The Case for Christianity, Christian Behavior, and Beyond Personality
Mere Christianity brings together what Lewis sees as the fundamental truths of religion.

Rejecting the boundaries that divide Christianity's many denominations, C. S. Lewis finds a
common ground on which all those who have Christian faith can stand together, proving that
"at the center of each there is something, or a Someone, who against all divergences of
belief, all differences of temperament, all memories of mutual persecution, speaks with the
same voice."

Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and was educated at Cherbourg House, Malvern College, and Oxford. He was professor of medieval and renaissance English at the University of Cambridge. His conversion from atheism to Christianity in 1931 resulted in a flow of outstanding theological books but it was The Chronicles of Narnia that he became best known for.

Geoffrey Howard is a retired British journalist who strives to add warmth and clarity to every audiobook. Says Howard, "I try to bring the listener as close as possible to the experience I'm having while reading it for the first time."

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