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Certi momenti
- By: Andrea Camilleri
- Narrated by: Ninni Bruschetta
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
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Quasi una vita, momento per momento, quelli più intensi che nel tempo acquistano ancora più vigore e ritornano in tutta la loro vividezza. Tanti incontri qui offerti nella forma del racconto, ognuno dei quali ha una luce, un'atmosfera e dei personaggi indimenticabili che hanno segnato soprattutto la giovinezza e l'adolescenza di Camilleri. Alcuni conosciuti negli anni più maturi, durante la sua carriera di regista teatrale e televisivo, molti altri sconosciuti, che ci riportano ai tempi del fascismo, della guerra.
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Certi momenti
- Narrated by: Ninni Bruschetta
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 08-12-20
- Language: Italian
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We're Doomed. Now What?
- Essays on War and Climate Change
- By: Roy Scranton
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
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We're Doomed, Now What? addresses the crisis that is our time through a series of brilliant, moving, and original essays on climate change, war, literature, and loss from one of the most provocative and iconoclastic minds of his generation.
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We're Doomed. Now What?
- Essays on War and Climate Change
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 17-07-18
- Language: English
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Frantumaglia
- A Writer’s Journey
- By: Elena Ferrante
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
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Consisting of over 20 years of letters, essays, reflections, and interviews, Frantumaglia is a unique depiction of an author who embodies a consummate passion for writing. Ferrante answers many of her listeners’ questions. She addresses her choice to stand aside and let her books live autonomous lives.
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Frantumaglia
- A Writer’s Journey
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 03-01-22
- Language: English
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Can We All Be Feminists?
- Seventeen Writers on Intersectionality, Identity and Finding the Right Way Forward for Feminism
- By: June Eric-Udorie - editor
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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"The intersectional feminist anthology we all need to read" (Bustle), edited by a remarkable and inspiring 19-year-old activist whom the BBC named one of 100 "inspirational and influential women" of 2016. Why is it difficult for so many women to fully identify with the word feminist? How do our personal histories and identities affect our relationship to feminism? Why is intersectionality so important? Can a feminist movement that doesn't take other identities like race, religion, or socioeconomic class into account even be considered feminism?
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A great collection on privilege and intersectional
- By ThatPersonOverThere on 07-02-20
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Can We All Be Feminists?
- Seventeen Writers on Intersectionality, Identity and Finding the Right Way Forward for Feminism
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 27-09-18
- Language: English
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Virginia Woolf: 3 Essays on Dostoyevsky
- By: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Emma Gregory
- Length: 29 mins
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Presented here are 3 short works by Virginia Woolf, each a unique consideration of the work of Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The essays included are: The Father: Woolf's ruminations of family and, particularly, the father within the works of Dostoyevsky. More Dostoyevsky: Further thoughts on Dostoyevsky's work, an author of whom she once wrote “It is directly obvious that he is the greatest writer ever born." In Cranford: A comedic exploration of Dostoyevsky's work where Woolf transplants the great master into English provincial life to explore the unique nature of his work and the English nature.
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Virginia Woolf: 3 Essays on Dostoyevsky
- Narrated by: Emma Gregory
- Length: 29 mins
- Release date: 01-01-24
- Language: English
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Women Talk Money
- Breaking the Taboo
- By: Rebecca Walker
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Soneela Nankani, Tanis Parenteau, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
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Women Talk Money is a groundbreaking collection that lifts the veil on what women talk about when they talk about money; it unflinchingly recounts the power of money to impact health, define relationships, and shape identity. The collection includes previously unpublished essays by trailblazing writers, activists, and models, such as Alice Walker, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Rachel Cargle, Tracy McMillan, Cameron Russell, Sonya Renee Taylor, Adrienne Maree Brown, and more, with Rebecca Walker as editor.
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Women Talk Money
- Breaking the Taboo
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Soneela Nankani, Tanis Parenteau, Sarah Beth Pfeifer, Aida Reluzco, Bahni Turpin, Emily Woo Zeller, Rebecca Walker
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 15-03-22
- Language: English
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Tu mundo y el mío [The Anthropocene Reviewed]
- Postales del Antropoceno [Anthropocene Postcards]
- By: John Green, Noemí Sobregués Arias - translator
- Narrated by: Raúl Arrieta
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
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Con su especial sensibilidad para lo extraño, lo importante y lo sorprendente, John Green reúne en esta extraordinaria colección de textos distintas facetas de nuestro presente y las puntúa en una particular escala del uno al cinco. Deteniendo su mirada en temas tan variados como el teclado QWERTY, internet, Super Mario Kart, los susurros, los ositos de peluche o las puestas de sol, sus originales y muy personales hallazgos abren los horizontes de la imaginación mientras nos hablan de las maravillas de lo cotidiano.
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Tu mundo y el mío [The Anthropocene Reviewed]
- Postales del Antropoceno [Anthropocene Postcards]
- Narrated by: Raúl Arrieta
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 11-11-21
- Language: Spanish
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L'uomo con lo scandaglio
- By: Patrik Svensson, Monica Corbetta - traduttore
- Narrated by: Giovanni Bussi
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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Il mare è un mistero. Ne abbiamo tracciato i confini, scandagliato le profondità, ma rimane l’ultima frontiera, che forse non attraverseremo mai. Patrik Svensson ha raccolto in quest’opera multiforme – romanzo d’avventura, memoir, indagine scientifica – storie di personaggi celebri e individui dimenticati che si sono consacrati al mito del mare.
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L'uomo con lo scandaglio
- Narrated by: Giovanni Bussi
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 15-09-23
- Language: Italian
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Other Colours
- By: Orhan Pamuk
- Narrated by: John Lee, Maureen Freely
- Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
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Other Colours is a collection of immediate relevance and timeless value, ranging from lyrical autobiography to criticism of literature and culture, from humour to political analysis, from delicate evocations of his friendship with his daughter Ruya to provocative discussions of Eastern and Western art. It also covers Pamuk's recent, high profile, court case.
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Brilliant
- By Melanie on 11-10-23
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Other Colours
- Narrated by: John Lee, Maureen Freely
- Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 06-09-18
- Language: English
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The Writer's Library
- The Authors You Love on the Books that Changed Their Lives
- By: Nancy Pearl, Jeff Schwager
- Narrated by: Nancy Pearl, Jeff Schwager, Xe Sands, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
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Before Jennifer Egan, Louise Erdrich, Luis Alberto Urrea, and Jonathan Lethem became revered authors, they were readers. In this ebullient book, America’s favorite librarian Nancy Pearl and noted-playwright Jeff Schwager interview a diverse range of America's most notable and influential writers about the books that shaped them and inspired them to leave their own literary mark. The Writer’s Library is a revelatory exploration of the studies, libraries, and bookstores of today’s favorite authors.
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The Writer's Library
- The Authors You Love on the Books that Changed Their Lives
- Narrated by: Nancy Pearl, Jeff Schwager, Xe Sands, Dominic Hoffman, Eileen Stevens, Piper Goodeve, Andrew Eiden, Lameece Issaq, Rick Adamson, JD Jackson, Ryan Do, Timothy Andrés Pabon, Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 08-09-20
- Language: English
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Slouching Towards Los Angeles
- Living and Writing by Joan Didion's Light
- By: Steffie Nelson - editor
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin, Xe Sands
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
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This collection of original essays covers the turf that made Didion a sensation - Hollywood and Patty Hearst; Malibu, Manson and the Mojave; the Summer of Love and the Central Park Five - while bringing together some of the finest voices of today's Los Angeles and beyond. Slouching Towards Los Angeles is a love letter and thank you note; personal memoir and social commentary; cultural history and literary critique.
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Slouching Towards Los Angeles
- Living and Writing by Joan Didion's Light
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin, Xe Sands
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 16-06-20
- Language: English
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Simplicity
- Essays
- By: Joshua Fields Millburn, Ryan Nicodemus
- Narrated by: Simon Whistler
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
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Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus - The Minimalists - left their six-figure careers, jettisoned many of their material possessions, and started focusing on life's most important aspects. And they never looked back.
Simplicity: Essays is The Minimalists' fifth book and second essay collection, a follow-up to their bestselling Minimalism: Essential Essays. In the two years since the authors quit their six-figure corporate jobs and embraced simpler lives, they have written more than 200 essays on the subject of simple living.
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Is a bot reading this book? Why aren’t the minimalists reading it?
- By melisa on 18-08-23
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Simplicity
- Essays
- Narrated by: Simon Whistler
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 16-10-12
- Language: English
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My First Popsicle
- An Anthology of Food and Feelings
- By: Zosia Mamet - editor
- Narrated by: Zosia Mamet, Sian Clifford, Ted Danson, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
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With an incredible list of celebrated contributors including DAVID SEDARIS, NAOMI FRY, PATTI SMITH, SIAN CLIFFORD and JIA TOLENTINO, My First Popsicle revels in the delights of food in all its forms. Edited by ZOSIA MAMET—Shoshanna in Girls—this is a riotous, mouth-watering celebration of jelly, mac and cheese, donuts, the best sandwich in the entire world—and much more.
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My First Popsicle
- An Anthology of Food and Feelings
- Narrated by: Zosia Mamet, Sian Clifford, Ted Danson, Andrew Rannells, Patti Smith, Tony Hale, Rosie Perez, Hamish Linklater, Gabourey Sidibe, Busy Philipps, Kaley Cuoco, Katie Holmes, Matt Flanders
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 15-12-22
- Language: English
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Packing My Library
- An Elegy and Ten Digressions
- By: Alberto Manguel
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
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In June 2015 Alberto Manguel prepared to leave his centuries-old village home in France's Loire Valley and reestablish himself in a one-bedroom apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Packing up his enormous, 35,000 volume personal library, choosing which books to keep, store, or cast out, Manguel found himself in deep reverie on the nature of relationships between books and readers, books and collectors, order and disorder, memory and reading.
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A great story not well read 😣
- By cgwx on 28-04-18
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Packing My Library
- An Elegy and Ten Digressions
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 20-03-18
- Language: English
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The Book That Changed Me: 20 Essays on Influential Literature
- A BBC Radio 3 Collection
- By: Various
- Narrated by: Various
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
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Part of BBC Radio 3's 'The Essay' strand, The Book That Changed Me features writers, academics and other eminent professionals discussing the literary works that have had the greatest impact on their lives. Absorbing and enlightening, this entertaining collection sheds new light on the intellectual lives of a host of famous names, and celebrates the transformative power of literature.
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The Book That Changed Me: 20 Essays on Influential Literature
- A BBC Radio 3 Collection
- Narrated by: Various
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 27-07-23
- Language: English
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And Other Essays
- By: Michael Cohen
- Narrated by: Dan Cohen
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
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In this essay collection, Michael Cohen presents the odd idea of the suicide note as a writing project that can be critiqued like any other, describes encounters with illegal border crossers in South Texas, and ponders the sudden popularity of books about atheism. Books are a frequent subject here, and Cohen makes an argument for The Maltese Falcon as the Great American Novel, searches for the perfect, the Platonic, nature handbook, and compares playing golf to reading about it.
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And Other Essays
- Narrated by: Dan Cohen
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 15-06-21
- Language: English
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BLANK PAGE 空っぽを満たす旅
- Narrated by: 青木 瑠璃子
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 21-06-24
- Language: Japanese
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Inspired by Andrea Dworkin
- Essays on Lust, Aggression, Porn, & the Female Gaze That I Might Not Have Written If Not for Her
- By: Susie Bright
- Narrated by: Susie Bright
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
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After Andrea Dworkin, the famous feminist philosopher and activist, passed away, her chief critic, Susie Bright, who many perceived as Dworkin's opposite, published a stirring obituary and series of essays in which she described the ways that Dworkin was a catalyst for the sex-positive movement in contemporary feminism.
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Inspired by Andrea Dworkin
- Essays on Lust, Aggression, Porn, & the Female Gaze That I Might Not Have Written If Not for Her
- Narrated by: Susie Bright
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 12-04-22
- Language: English
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Sobre literatura y vida
- By: Anton Chejov, Jesús García Gabaldón - traductor
- Narrated by: Israel Elejalde
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
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Autor irrepetible, forjador de un nuevo modo de ver y contar, maestro del cuento, la literatura en Chéjov se filtra en cada palabra que esculpía, más allá de su obra de ficción: "la literatura es mi amante". Amor, vida y literatura. Eso es lo que el lector disfrutará con esta compilación de cartas y aforismos en los que la figura de Chéjov aumenta, crece y nos atraviesa porque quizá no haya mejor lectura que internarse en la mente, en las palabras secretas, en la sensibilidad de un genio.
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Sobre literatura y vida
- Narrated by: Israel Elejalde
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 17-09-24
- Language: Spanish
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I Wear the Black Hat
- Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined)
- By: Chuck Klosterman
- Narrated by: Chuck Klosterman
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
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In I Wear the Black Hat, Klosterman questions the very nature of how modern people understand the concept of villainy. What was so Machiavellian about Machiavelli? Why don't we see Batman the same way we see Bernhard Goetz? Who's more worthy of our vitriol - Bill Clinton or Don Henley? What was O.J. Simpson's second-worst decision? Masterfully blending cultural analysis with self-interrogation and limitless imagination, I Wear the Black Hat delivers perceptive observations on the complexity of the anti-hero.
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Klosterman is very good company
- By Christopher Whalen on 04-01-24
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I Wear the Black Hat
- Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined)
- Narrated by: Chuck Klosterman
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 09-07-13
- Language: English
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