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Summoned By Bells A Life In Verse
- A Life in Verse
- By: John Betjeman
- Narrated by: John Betjeman
- Length: 2 hrs
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In the famous tones of Sir John himself this magnificent autobiography in verse poignantly describes the pains and pleasures of growing up....
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A beautiful listen
- By Hilary on 18-01-16
By: John Betjeman
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The Crucible
- By: Arthur Miller
- Narrated by: Stacy Keach, Richard Dreyfuss, Ed Begley Jr., and others
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Original Recording
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In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town....
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Too fast
- By Hazel Farrelly on 29-04-11
By: Arthur Miller
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The Poetic Edda
- Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
- By: Jackson Crawford
- Narrated by: Jackson Crawford
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!). These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological, and literary importance....
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as good as it gets
- By Kindle Customer on 25-01-19
By: Jackson Crawford
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Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners
- Listen for Pleasure at Your Level, Expand Your Vocabulary and Learn Spanish the Fun Way!
- By: Olly Richards
- Narrated by: Javier Marzan
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and, most importantly, enjoyment....
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fourth out of six books tried
- By Mr Chops on 28-06-20
By: Olly Richards
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Laughter in Ancient Rome
- On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up
- By: Mary Beard
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Laughter in Ancient Rome explores one of the most intriguing, but also trickiest, of historical subjects. Drawing on a wide range of Roman writing-from essays on rhetoric to a surviving Roman joke book-Mary Beard tracks down the giggles, smirks, and guffaws of the ancient Romans themselves.
By: Mary Beard
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Against Interpretation and Other Essays
- By: Susan Sontag
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
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Originally published in 1966, Susan Sontag's first collection of essays is a modern classic and includes the famous essays "Notes on Camp" and "Against Interpretation", as well as, her impassioned discussions....
By: Susan Sontag
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Summoned By Bells A Life In Verse
- A Life in Verse
- By: John Betjeman
- Narrated by: John Betjeman
- Length: 2 hrs
- Unabridged
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In the famous tones of Sir John himself this magnificent autobiography in verse poignantly describes the pains and pleasures of growing up....
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A beautiful listen
- By Hilary on 18-01-16
By: John Betjeman
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The Crucible
- By: Arthur Miller
- Narrated by: Stacy Keach, Richard Dreyfuss, Ed Begley Jr., and others
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Original Recording
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In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town....
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Too fast
- By Hazel Farrelly on 29-04-11
By: Arthur Miller
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The Poetic Edda
- Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
- By: Jackson Crawford
- Narrated by: Jackson Crawford
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!). These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological, and literary importance....
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as good as it gets
- By Kindle Customer on 25-01-19
By: Jackson Crawford
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Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners
- Listen for Pleasure at Your Level, Expand Your Vocabulary and Learn Spanish the Fun Way!
- By: Olly Richards
- Narrated by: Javier Marzan
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and, most importantly, enjoyment....
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fourth out of six books tried
- By Mr Chops on 28-06-20
By: Olly Richards
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Laughter in Ancient Rome
- On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up
- By: Mary Beard
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Laughter in Ancient Rome explores one of the most intriguing, but also trickiest, of historical subjects. Drawing on a wide range of Roman writing-from essays on rhetoric to a surviving Roman joke book-Mary Beard tracks down the giggles, smirks, and guffaws of the ancient Romans themselves.
By: Mary Beard
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Against Interpretation and Other Essays
- By: Susan Sontag
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Originally published in 1966, Susan Sontag's first collection of essays is a modern classic and includes the famous essays "Notes on Camp" and "Against Interpretation", as well as, her impassioned discussions....
By: Susan Sontag
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Dumbledore
- The Life and Lies of Hogwarts's Renowned Headmaster: An Unofficial Exploration
- By: Irvin Khaytman
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
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A brilliant investigation into the motivations and methods, Dumbledore dives between the lines of the Harry Potter books to create a portrait of the controversial Headmaster....
By: Irvin Khaytman
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The Tempest
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Sir Ian McKellen, Emilia Fox, Scott Handy, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
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Sir Ian McKellen, fresh from his performance as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings, is Prospero, and heads a strong cast in Shakespeare’s last great play....
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Tempestuous Performance
- By Mr on 24-07-15
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Consider the Lobster
- By: David Foster Wallace
- Narrated by: David Foster Wallace
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
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In what is sure to be a much-talked-about exploration of distinctly modern subjects, one of the sharpest minds of our time delves into some of life's most delicious topics....
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Excellent essays, but poor value
- By Paul B on 21-05-20
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Ramayana
- India's Immortal Tale of Adventure, Love and Wisdom
- By: Krishna Dharma, Valmiki Ramayana
- Narrated by: Krishna Dharma
- Length: 19 hrs and 13 mins
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Ramayana must rank as one of the most loved and revered books of all time. A part of India's ancient Vedas, it is a beautiful story of romance and adventure....
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recommended
- By Florian on 13-10-17
By: Krishna Dharma, and others
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The Luckiest Guy Alive
- By: John Cooper Clarke
- Narrated by: John Cooper Clarke
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Punk. Poet. Pioneer. The Bard of Salford’s hugely anticipated new collection of poetry is his first in over 30 years. These are poems as scabrous, wry and vivid as only John Cooper Clarke could deliver....
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Utter brilliance
- By edward on 08-01-19
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Dancing at the Edge of the World
- Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
- By: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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From modern literature to menopause, from utopian thought to rodeos - in this classic collection of essays, Ursula K. Le Guin roves with her customary audacity over the intersecting arenas of literature, feminism, and social responsibility, exploding any received notions she comes across....
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Pronunciation please!
- By Custard on 17-11-21
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To the River
- A Journey Beneath the Surface
- By: Olivia Laing
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Over 60 years after Virginia Woolf drowned in the River Ouse, Olivia Laing set out one midsummer morning to walk its banks, from source to sea. Along the way, she explores the roles that rivers play in human lives....
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Wonderful book Terrible narrator
- By Ms M L Vandermerwe on 06-03-20
By: Olivia Laing
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12 Books to Read Before You Die, Volume 1
- By: Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, Lewis Carroll, and others
- Narrated by: Bruce Pirie, David Clarke, Phil Chenevert, and others
- Length: 89 hrs and 18 mins
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Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to 12 Books to Read Before You Die, Volume 1 and learn about these classic books: Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac, The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, and more....
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Narration not an easy listen
- By Mrs D P YEOMANS on 03-10-21
By: Robert Louis Stevenson, and others
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A Poetry Handbook
- By: Mary Oliver
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
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With passion and wit, Mary Oliver skillfully imparts expertise from her long, celebrated career as a disguised poet....
By: Mary Oliver
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La Reine Margot
- By: Alexandre Dumas, David Coward - translator
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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La Reine Margot is a novel of suspense and drama which recreates the violent world of intrigue, murder, and duplicity of the French Renaissance....
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Good story but odd accents
- By Amazon Customer on 27-01-24
By: Alexandre Dumas, and others
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Snape
- The Definitive Analysis of Hogwarts’s Mysterious Potions Master
- By: Lorrie Kim
- Narrated by: Michelle H. Lee
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Taking an analytical approach to Hogwarts's irascible, protective Potions professor, author Lorrie Kim presents a closer look at how Dumbledore's double agent operates behind the scenes throughout the Harry Potter series....
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the knowledge is vast on this.
- By Andy on 26-04-24
By: Lorrie Kim
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Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
- By: Maya Angelou
- Narrated by: Maya Angelou
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
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Maya Angelou, one of the best-loved authors of our time, shares the wisdom of a remarkable life in this best-selling spiritual classic....
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True To Life
- By Gillian on 04-09-06
By: Maya Angelou
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The Layman’s Havamal
- A Modern Interpretation of Viking Age Wisdom
- By: Paul Begadon
- Narrated by: Paul Begadon
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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This book is an exploration of the wisdom in the Viking Age poem "Havamal", specifically as it relates to the average person who isn't a scholar of Old Norse, or even an enthusiast of Viking culture....
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Great book
- By boyd Saunders on 30-03-23
By: Paul Begadon
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The Inklings
- C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends
- By: Humphrey Carpenter
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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During the 1930s at Oxford, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams - remarkable friends, writers, and scholars - met regularly to discuss philosophy and literature....
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Unsympathetic to Christianity
- By Miriam W. on 02-11-19
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Conquered
- The Last Children of Anglo-Saxon England
- By: Eleanor Parker
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
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The Battle of Hastings and its aftermath nearly wiped out the leading families of Anglo-Saxon England – so what happened to the children this conflict left behind....
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Indispensable
- By Bee-nocchio on 13-09-23
By: Eleanor Parker
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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- By: Henry Fielding
- Narrated by: Kenneth Danzinger
- Length: 35 hrs and 53 mins
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A foundling of mysterious parentage, Tom Jones is brought up by the benevolent and wealthy Squire Allworthy as his own son....
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if school ruined it for you..
- By Stewart on 28-10-13
By: Henry Fielding
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Tristram Shandy
- By: Laurence Sterne
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Laurence Sterne’s most famous novel is a biting satire of literary conventions and contemporary 18th-century values....
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Wonderful listening!
- By Stuart C. Clarke on 03-04-13
By: Laurence Sterne
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Short Stories in French for Beginners
- By: Olly Richards, Richard Simcott
- Narrated by: Louis Bernard
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Short Stories in French for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and most importantly - enjoyment....
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Well designed and read stories
- By oliverdog on 13-03-23
By: Olly Richards, and others
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The Life of Crime
- Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators
- By: Martin Edwards
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 17 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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In the first major history of crime fiction in 50 years, The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators traces the evolution of the genre from the 18th century to the present, offering brand-new perspective on the world’s most popular form of fiction....
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An absolute must for crime fans
- By David Beckler on 17-09-22
By: Martin Edwards
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The Aristotle Collection
- Nicomachean Ethics, Metaphysics, Poetics, Rhetoric, On Sense and the Sensible, On Memory and Reminiscence, On Sleep and Sleeplessness, On Dreams, On Prophesying by Dreams, On Longevity and Shortness of Life, On Youth and Old Age, & On Life and Death
- By: Aristotle
- Narrated by: Museum Audiobooks cast
- Length: 34 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. His writings cover many subjects including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theatre, music, rhetoric, psychology, linguistics, economics, politics....
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Great books you can learn about Aristotle from it
- By Oriya on 03-01-24
By: Aristotle
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The Sonnets
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone knows something of Shakespeare's sonnets, even if only in memorable fragments like "the darling buds of May," or "remembrance of things past," or "the marriage of true minds"....
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20 May 1609 - 2009
- By B on 19-05-09
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A riveder le stelle
- By: Aldo Cazzullo
- Narrated by: Paolo De Santis, Aldo Cazzullo
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Dante è il poeta che inventò l'Italia. Non ci ha dato soltanto una lingua; ci ha dato soprattutto un'idea di noi stessi e del nostro Paese...
By: Aldo Cazzullo
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The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal
- By: Gore Vidal, Jay Parini - editor
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 19 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Gore Vidal - novelist, playwright, critic, screenwriter, memoirist, indefatigable political commentator, and controversialist - is America’s premier man of letters. No other writer brings more sparkling wit, vast learning, indelible personality, and provocative mirth to the job....
By: Gore Vidal, and others
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The Trip to Echo Spring
- On Writers and Drinking
- By: Olivia Laing
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Olivia Laing's widely acclaimed account of why some of the best literature has been created by writers in the grip of alcoholism....
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Auto-tune????
- By HeyDon't. on 01-07-19
By: Olivia Laing
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Laughter in Ancient Rome
- On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up
- By: Mary Beard
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? Or was it a carefully regulated culture in which the uncontrollable excess of laughter was a force to fear-a world of wit, irony, and knowing smiles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena?
By: Mary Beard
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Second Chances
- Shakespeare & Freud
- By: Adam Phillips, Stephen Greenblatt
- Narrated by: Donald Corren, Steven Crossley
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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Innumerable stories, from the Homeric epics to the New Testament, and from Oedipus Rex to Hamlet, explore the realization or failure of second chances—outcomes that depend on accident, acts of will, or fate. Such stories let us repeatedly rehearse the experience of loss and recovery: to know the joy that comes with a renewal of love and pleasure and to face the pain that comes with realizing that some damage can never be undone. Through a series of illuminating readings, the authors show how Shakespeare was the supreme virtuoso of the second chance and Freud was its supreme interpreter.
By: Adam Phillips, and others
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The Story of Philosophy
- The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers
- By: Will Durant
- Narrated by: Graham Dunlop
- Length: 21 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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The Story of Philosophy is a captivating intellectual journey that explores the evolution of human thought and the enduring legacy of great thinkers throughout history. Written by the renowned author Will Durant, this monumental work provides listeners with a comprehensive overview of the world's philosophical traditions, from ancient Greece to the modern era.
By: Will Durant
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The Occult Sylvia Plath
- The Hidden Spiritual Life of the Visionary Poet
- By: Julia Gordon-Bramer
- Narrated by: Julia Gordon-Bramer
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Sharing her more than 15 years of compelling research—including analysis of Sylvia Plath’s unpublished calendars, notebooks, scrapbooks, book annotations, and underlinings, as well as published memoirs, biographies, letters, journals, and interviews with Plath and her husband, friends, and family—Plath scholar Julia Gordon-Bramer reveals Sylvia Plath’s enduring interest and active practice in mysticism and the occult from childhood until her tragic death in 1963.
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What Makes This Book So Great
- Re-Reading the Classics of Science Fiction and Fantasy
- By: Jo Walton
- Narrated by: Nicole Poole
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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As any fan of Jo Walton's Among Others might guess, Walton is both an inveterate reader of SF and fantasy, and a chronic rereader of books. In 2008, then-new science fiction mega-site Tor.com asked Walton to blog regularly about her rereading—about all kinds of older fantasy and SF, ranging from acknowledged classics, to guilty pleasures, to forgotten oddities and gems. These posts have consistently been among the most popular features of Tor. Now this volume presents a selection of the best of them, ranging from short essays to long reassessments of some of the field's most ambitious series.
By: Jo Walton
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The Soul of Russia
- By: Morris Berman
- Narrated by: Todd Belcher
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In terms of literature, music, and film, it would be hard to outdo the sheer genius and creativity of Russia. These things constitute the soul of the nation, and it is this that Morris Berman explores in his latest work, The Soul of Russia.
By: Morris Berman
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Laughter in Ancient Rome
- On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up
- By: Mary Beard
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? Or was it a carefully regulated culture in which the uncontrollable excess of laughter was a force to fear-a world of wit, irony, and knowing smiles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena?
By: Mary Beard
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Second Chances
- Shakespeare & Freud
- By: Adam Phillips, Stephen Greenblatt
- Narrated by: Donald Corren, Steven Crossley
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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Innumerable stories, from the Homeric epics to the New Testament, and from Oedipus Rex to Hamlet, explore the realization or failure of second chances—outcomes that depend on accident, acts of will, or fate. Such stories let us repeatedly rehearse the experience of loss and recovery: to know the joy that comes with a renewal of love and pleasure and to face the pain that comes with realizing that some damage can never be undone. Through a series of illuminating readings, the authors show how Shakespeare was the supreme virtuoso of the second chance and Freud was its supreme interpreter.
By: Adam Phillips, and others
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The Story of Philosophy
- The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers
- By: Will Durant
- Narrated by: Graham Dunlop
- Length: 21 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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The Story of Philosophy is a captivating intellectual journey that explores the evolution of human thought and the enduring legacy of great thinkers throughout history. Written by the renowned author Will Durant, this monumental work provides listeners with a comprehensive overview of the world's philosophical traditions, from ancient Greece to the modern era.
By: Will Durant
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The Occult Sylvia Plath
- The Hidden Spiritual Life of the Visionary Poet
- By: Julia Gordon-Bramer
- Narrated by: Julia Gordon-Bramer
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Sharing her more than 15 years of compelling research—including analysis of Sylvia Plath’s unpublished calendars, notebooks, scrapbooks, book annotations, and underlinings, as well as published memoirs, biographies, letters, journals, and interviews with Plath and her husband, friends, and family—Plath scholar Julia Gordon-Bramer reveals Sylvia Plath’s enduring interest and active practice in mysticism and the occult from childhood until her tragic death in 1963.
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What Makes This Book So Great
- Re-Reading the Classics of Science Fiction and Fantasy
- By: Jo Walton
- Narrated by: Nicole Poole
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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As any fan of Jo Walton's Among Others might guess, Walton is both an inveterate reader of SF and fantasy, and a chronic rereader of books. In 2008, then-new science fiction mega-site Tor.com asked Walton to blog regularly about her rereading—about all kinds of older fantasy and SF, ranging from acknowledged classics, to guilty pleasures, to forgotten oddities and gems. These posts have consistently been among the most popular features of Tor. Now this volume presents a selection of the best of them, ranging from short essays to long reassessments of some of the field's most ambitious series.
By: Jo Walton
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The Soul of Russia
- By: Morris Berman
- Narrated by: Todd Belcher
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In terms of literature, music, and film, it would be hard to outdo the sheer genius and creativity of Russia. These things constitute the soul of the nation, and it is this that Morris Berman explores in his latest work, The Soul of Russia.
By: Morris Berman
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Natural Magic
- Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science
- By: Renée Bergland
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Emily Dickinson and Charles Darwin were born at a time when the science of studying the natural world was known as natural philosophy, a pastime for poets, priests, and schoolgirls. The world began to change in the 1830s, while Darwin was exploring the Pacific aboard the Beagle and Dickinson was a student in Amherst, Massachusetts. Poetry and science started to grow apart, and modern thinkers challenged the old orthodoxies, offering thrilling new perspectives that suddenly felt radical—and too dangerous for women.
By: Renée Bergland
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Where Things Touch
- A Meditation on Beauty
- By: Bahar Orang
- Narrated by: Rogin Rashidan
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Part lyric essay, part prose poetry, Where Things Touch grapples with the manifold meanings and possibilities of beauty. Drawing on her experiences as a physician-in-training, Orang considers clinical encounters and how they relate to the concept and very idea of beauty. Such considerations lead her to questions about intimacy, queerness, home, memory, love, and other aspects of human existence. Throughout, beauty is ultimately imagined as something inextricably tied to care: the care of lovers, of patients, of art and literature, and the various non-human worlds that surround us.
By: Bahar Orang
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My Conversations with Canadians
- Essais Series, Book 4
- By: Lee Maracle
- Narrated by: Marysia Bucholc
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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On her first book tour at the age of 26, Lee Maracle was asked a question from the audience, one she couldn't possibly answer at that moment. But she has been thinking about it ever since. As time has passed, she has been asked countless similar questions, all of them too big to answer, but not too large to contemplate. These questions, which touch upon subjects such as citizenship, segregation, labor, law, prejudice and reconciliation, to name a few, are the heart of My Conversations with Canadians.
By: Lee Maracle
- Essays and Interviews (Essais Series, Book 3)
- By: M. NourbeSe Philip
- Narrated by: Donnalu Macdonald
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Bla_K is a collection of previously out-of-print essays and new works by one of Canada's most important writers and thinkers. Through an engagement with her earlier work, M. NourbeSe Philip comes to realize the existence of a repetition in the world: the return of something that, while still present, has become unembedded from the world, disappeared. Her imperative becomes to make us see what has gone unseen by writing memory upon the margin of history, in the shadow of empire and at the frontier of silence.
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The Secret Garden: A Christian Readers' Guide
- By: Rachel Dodge
- Narrated by: Rachel Dodge
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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An excellent companion to the classic work The Secret Garden, this guide would be the perfect literature enrichment for homeschool, co-op, book club, or just for fans of this work and genre! Rachel Dodge, author and narrator, eloquently points out the imagery, historic context, and themes in this beautiful piece and ties them into Biblical motifs, analyzing each chapter and character through a Christian lens
By: Rachel Dodge
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Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress
- Christian Guides to the Classics
- By: Leland Ryken
- Narrated by: Jonathan St. John
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Leland Ryken provides a clear pathway to understanding the "Great Works" through this engaging series of short guidebooks. Beginning with "why the classics matter" and "the nature and function of literature," listeners will find a helpful path to understanding and analyzing influential works in the Western canon. This volume leads listeners through John Bunyan’s classic Christian allegory, The Pilgrim’s Progress, offering insights into the nature of faith, the reality of temptation, and the glory of salvation.
By: Leland Ryken
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The Book of Japanese Folklore: An Encyclopedia of the Spirits, Monsters, and Yokai of Japanese Myth
- The Stories of the Mischievous Kappa, Trickster Kitsune, Horrendous Oni, and More
- By: Thersa Matsuura
- Narrated by: Thersa Matsuura
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Welcome to The Book of Japanese Folklore: a fascinating journey through Japan’s folklore through profiles of the legendary creatures and beings who continue to live on in pop culture today. From the sly kitsune to the orgrish oni and mischievous shape-shifting tanuki, learn all about the origins of these fantastical and mythical creatures. With information on their cultural significance, and how it’s been spun into today’s popular culture, this tome teaches you about the stories and histories of the beings that inspired characters in your favorite movies, animes, manga, and games.
By: Thersa Matsuura
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Romeo and Juliet: Simple Shakespeare Series
- The Classic Play Adapted to Modern Language
- By: Jeanette Vigon
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Ross
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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This iconic play is brought to life in modern English, allowing listeners to fully immerse themselves in the passion, conflict, and heartbreak of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece. Experience the power of love and the consequences of feuding families without the barrier of archaic language. Whether you're encountering the story for the first time or revisiting it with fresh eyes, this adaptation promises to evoke all the emotions of the original while making it accessible to a modern audience.
By: Jeanette Vigon
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Peace in the US Republic of Letters, 1840-1900
- By: Sandra M. Gustafson
- Narrated by: Lauren Pedersen
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Peace in the US Republic of Letters, 1840-1900 explores the early peace movement as it captured the imagination of leading writers. The book charts the rise of the peace cause from its sources in the works of William Penn and John Woolman, through the founding of the first peace societies in 1815 and the mid-century peace congresses, to the postbellum movement's consequential emphasis on arbitration.
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A Room of One's Own
- By: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Sara Nichols
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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"A Room of One's Own" began life as a pair of lectures delivered by Virginia Woolf in October 1928 at Newnham College and Girton College, women's colleges at the University of Cambridge and was published as a stand-alone book in 1929. In this brilliant examination of literature, history and gender discrimination, Woolf posits that the dearth of female writers in literature did not result from a lack of talent; it was the lack of opportunity.
By: Virginia Woolf
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The District Doctor
- By: Ivan Turgenev
- Narrated by: Joe Phoenix
- Length: 26 mins
- Unabridged
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The short story The District Doctor by Turgenev, written in 1848, is part of the "Sportsman's Sketches" cycle. It tells the tale of a hopeless love between a dying girl from a noble family and a humble county doctor. Other famous works, such as "Asya", "Fathers and Sons", "A Nest of Noblemen", "Biryuk", "On the Eve", "Mumu","Fire at Sea", "The Wayside Inn", "The Watch", "Three Portraits", "A Strange Story", "The Meeting", etc.
By: Ivan Turgenev
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Muse of Fire
- World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets
- By: Michael Korda
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
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With Muse of Fire, Michael Korda, the bestselling author of Alone and Hero, takes a novel approach to World War I by telling its history through the lives of the soldier-poets whose verses memorialize the war's unimaginable horrors. He begins with Rupert Brooke and the halcyon days before violence engulfed his generation—destroying the self-contented world of Edwardian England—and ends with the tragic death of Wilfred Owen, killed only days before the armistice brought an end to a war that took over 25,000,000 lives.
By: Michael Korda