Showing posts with label sampler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sampler. Show all posts

4.21.2015

Episode 276: Mary Poppins Sampler


In which we have a unique visit to the zoo for a special birthday party.
Episode 276, Mary Poppins Sampler
(download or listen via this link)

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3.30.2015

Episode 275: One Hundred and One Dalmatians Sampler


In which I drop in to share a sample of the novel that preceded the movies, 
One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
Episode 275, One Hundred and One Dalmatians Sampler
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11.18.2014

Episode 271: The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England Sampler


In which we vacation in a very foreign land -- the past!
Episode 271, Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information
  • Story rating: G for bathing, bridges, the Great Plague, visiting yeomen and much more.
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12.06.2013

Episode 239: American Food Writing


In which we sample some hors d'oeuvres from a tasty platter of American food writing.
Episode 239, American Food Writing
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information
  • Story rating: G for apples, pies, chickens, bears, pancakes, and Egg McMuffins
  • American Food Writing is under copyright. This story is shared under the Fair Use Act as a sample of the pieces in the anthology. Views to the contrary, please contact me (my email is in the sidebar).
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7.18.2012

Episode 193: Louis L'Amour Sampler


In which we saddle up and trot out a couple of Louis L'Amour's western stories.


Episode 193, Louis L'Amour Sampler
(download or listen via this link)
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      7.17.2012

      Lagniappe 53: Journey to the West

      The legend of the Monkey King

      Journey to the West, chapter 1
      (listen or download from link above)

      More about the book may be read here.
      According to Webster
      la·gniappe \ˈlan-ˌyap, lan-ˈ\
      Function:
      noun
      Etymology: American French, from American Spanish la ñapa the lagniappe, from la + ñapa, yapa, from Quechua yapa something added
      Date: 1844
      : a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase;
      broadly : something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure