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Plain Tales from the Hills
- By: Rudyard Kipling
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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Including the stories "Lispeth", "Beyond the Pale", and "In the Pride of His Youth", this collection tells of soldiers, wise children, exiles, forbidden romances, and divided identities, creating a rich portrait of Anglo-Indian society. Originally published for a newspaper in Lahore when Kipling was a journalist, the tales were later revised by him to re-create as vividly as possible the sights and smells of India for readers at home.
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Plain Tales from the Hills
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 30-11-16
- Language: English
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The Power of Language
- Multilingualism, Self and Society
- By: Viorica Marian
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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You may think you speak only one language. In fact, your mind is interpreting multiple codes of communication. Some people speak Spanish, some Mandarin. Some speak poetry, some are fluent in maths. Humans are built for multilingualism. Drawing on cutting-edge research and theory, delivered with wit and lucid insight, psycholinguist Viorica Marian explores the ways in which the mind uses multiple languages and how, in doing so, we can open the doors to unique forms of creativity, brain health and cognitive control.
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A fascinating insight into the world of bi and multi-lingualism
- By Anonymous User on 28-03-24
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The Power of Language
- Multilingualism, Self and Society
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 04-04-23
- Language: English
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Barry Lyndon
- By: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
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Like Tom Jones before him, Barry Lyndon is one of the most lively and roguish characters in English literature. He may now be best known through the colorful Stanley Kubrick film released in 1975, but it is Thackeray who, in true 19th-century style, shows him best.
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Brilliant Performance of a classic
- By T Diddly on 11-10-22
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Barry Lyndon
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 08-01-13
- Language: English
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Wordslut
- A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
- By: Amanda Montell
- Narrated by: Amanda Montell
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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A brash, enlightening, and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the way it shapes us, written with humor and playfulness that challenges words and phrases and how we use them. Montell effortlessly moves between history and popular culture to explore these questions and more. Wordslut gets to the heart of our language, marvels at its elasticity, and sheds much-needed light into the biases that shadow women in our culture and our consciousness.
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This brought joy to my little linguist heart
- By Jessica Whitby on 01-01-23
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Wordslut
- A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
- Narrated by: Amanda Montell
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 28-05-19
- Language: English
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How Language Began
- The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention
- By: Daniel L. Everett
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
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Mankind has a distinct advantage over other terrestrial species: we talk to one another. But how did we acquire the most advanced form of communication on Earth? Daniel L. Everett, a "bombshell" linguist and "instant folk hero" (Tom Wolfe, Harper's), provides in this sweeping history a comprehensive examination of the evolutionary story of language, from the earliest speaking attempts by hominids to the more than 7,000 languages that exist today.
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How Language Began
- The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 20-03-18
- Language: English
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Semiotics: The Basics
- The Basics
- By: Daniel Chandler
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
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This third edition of the bestselling textbook has been fully revised, continuing to provide a concise introduction to the key concepts of semiotics in accessible and jargon-free language.
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All Quiet on the Semiotics Front
- By Viktorija Kulesova on 28-10-23
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Semiotics: The Basics
- The Basics
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 22-07-22
- Language: English
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The Language Hoax
- Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language
- By: John H. McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
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This short, opinionated audiobook addresses the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which argues that the language we speak shapes the way we perceive the world. Linguist John McWhorter argues that while this idea is mesmerizing, it is plainly wrong. It is language that reflects culture and worldview, not the other way around.
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Fantastic Work
- By Azura S on 24-11-20
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The Language Hoax
- Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 30-01-15
- Language: English
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Deathworld
- By: Harry Harrison
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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Deathworld centers on Jason dinAlt, a professional gambler who uses his somewhat erratic psionic abilities to tip the odds in his favor. He is challenged by a man named Kerk Pyrrus (who turns out to be the ambassador from the planet Pyrrus) to turn a large amount of money into an immense sum by gambling at a government-run casino. He succeeds and survives the planetary government's desperate efforts to steal back the money.
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One of my favourite Harry Harrison books
- By P. M. Mitchell on 19-11-16
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Deathworld
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 24-02-15
- Language: English
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Robinson Crusoe
- By: Daniel Defoe
- Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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When his ship is wrecked in a storm, Robinson Crusoe finds himself stranded on a desert island with no one to help him and no chance of rescue. Scared and alone, he tries to make a life for himself, building shelters, hunting food, taming animals, crafting boats, and making clothes. But just as his life appears to be settled, he sees someone else's footprint on the beach, and a different struggle for survival begins, this time against cannibals and pirates.
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Brilliant.
- By Paul R on 10-07-23
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Robinson Crusoe
- Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 07-12-15
- Language: English
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A Place for Everything
- The Curious History of Alphabetical Order
- By: Judith Flanders
- Narrated by: Julia Winwood
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
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One we've learned it as children few of us think much of the alphabet and its familiar sing-song order. And yet the order if the alphabet, that simple knowledge that we take for granted, plays a major role in our adult lives. From the school register to the telephone book, from dictionaries and encyclopaedias to library shelves, our lives are ordered from A to Z.
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A Place for Everything
- The Curious History of Alphabetical Order
- Narrated by: Julia Winwood
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 15-10-20
- Language: English
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The Stuff of Thought
- Language as a Window into Human Nature
- By: Steven Pinker
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 21 hrs and 26 mins
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Steven Pinker looks at how the relationship between words and thoughts can help us understand who we are. Why do so many swear words involve topics like sex, bodily functions, or the divine? Why do some children's names thrive while others fall out of favour? Why do we threaten and bribe and seduce in such elaborate, often comical ways? How can a choice of metaphor damn a politician or start a war? And why do we rarely say what we actually mean?
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Great for language enthusiasts!
- By Marie Čechová on 17-11-19
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The Stuff of Thought
- Language as a Window into Human Nature
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 21 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 31-10-19
- Language: English
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Our Mutual Friend
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 31 hrs and 15 mins
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A sinister masterpiece, Our Mutual Friend was Dickens' last completed novel. It is perhaps his ultimate vision of a dark, macabre London and the corrupting power of money.
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Great book, well read, but sadly spoilt
- By Mr David Newton on 04-04-13
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Our Mutual Friend
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 31 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 24-05-06
- Language: English
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Dent's Modern Tribes
- The Secret Languages of Britain
- By: Susie Dent
- Narrated by: Susie Dent
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
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Learn how to decode the private languages that are swapped around us every day - amongst cabbies and paramedics, soap stars and comedians, cricketers and barristers - in Susie Dent's unique and witty guide to Britain's modern tribes. Did you know that a soldier's biggest social blunder is called 'jack brew' - making yourself a cuppa without making one for anyone else? That twitchers have an expression for a bird that can't be identified - LBJ (the letters stand for little brown job)?
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A flirt through social and professional groups
- By Deborah on 24-01-17
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Dent's Modern Tribes
- The Secret Languages of Britain
- Narrated by: Susie Dent
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 20-10-16
- Language: English
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Have You Eaten Grandma?
- By: Gyles Brandreth
- Narrated by: Gyles Brandreth
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Have You Eaten Grandma? written and read by Gyles Brandreth. It can be much harder than it seems; commas, colons, semicolons and even apostrophes can drive us all mad at times, but it riles no one more than the longest-serving resident of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, grammar guru Gyles Brandreth. In this brilliantly funny tirade and guide, Gyles anatomises the linguistic horrors of our times, tells us where we've been going wrong (and why) and shows us how, in future, we can get it right every time.
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Very funny but hard to follow in this format
- By K. J. Kelly on 09-12-18
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Have You Eaten Grandma?
- Narrated by: Gyles Brandreth
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 04-10-18
- Language: English
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Freud
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Anthony Storr
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
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Sigmund Freud revolutionized the way in which we think about ourselves. From its beginnings as a theory of neurosis Freud developed psychoanalysis into a general psychology, which became widely accepted as the predominant mode of discussing personality and interpersonal relationships. Anthony Storr goes one step further and investigates the status of Freud's legacy today and the disputes that surround it.
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Informative and good to listen to
- By Sissi on 12-11-15
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Freud
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 26-12-04
- Language: English
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Introduction to Cognitive Science
- By: Thad A. Polk, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Thad A. Polk
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
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For millennia, philosophers and scientists have been trying to unlock the secrets of the mind with only limited success—until now. Today, with modern technologies including the best in neuroscience, medical imaging, and recent advances in artificial intelligence, we are making more progress than ever before. In Introduction to Cognitive Science, Professor Thad A. Polk takes you on a fascinating tour of the latest discoveries in the relatively new field of cognitive science. In 24 exciting lectures, Professor Polk shares dozens of the most challenging questions in cognitive science today.
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Introduction to Cognitive Science
- Narrated by: Thad A. Polk
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 21-06-24
- Language: English
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Crome Yellow
- By: Aldous Huxley
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
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The renowned author of Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, made his literary debut with the 1921 classic Crome Yellow. Set in post-WWI England, this perennial favorite satirizes the fads and fashions of the time with the tale of a hapless couple who join a colorful mix of British aristocrats attending a party at a rural country estate.
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Crome Yellow
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 09-06-15
- Language: English
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The Language Instinct
- How the Mind Creates Language
- By: Steven Pinker
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 18 hrs and 55 mins
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In this classic, the world’s expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our brains by evolution. The Language Instinct received the William James Book Prize from the American Psychological Association....
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So much science i don't even
- By Epic Taters on 27-08-15
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The Language Instinct
- How the Mind Creates Language
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 18 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 06-12-11
- Language: English
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De Profundis
- By: Oscar Wilde, Merlin Holland - introduction
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Merlin Holland
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
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Written during his time in Reading Gaol, De Profundis is Oscar Wilde's moving letter to Lord Alfred Douglas, whose relationship with Wilde led to the poet's imprisonment. Here Wilde repudiates Lord Alfred and reflects on his ordeal, acknowledging how the depths of his sorrow have helped liberate him toward a fuller, freer wisdom. Brimming with beautiful passages, De Profundis is a profound and inspiring treatise on the meaning of suffering.
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Wilde speaks for himself
- By Barry on 27-12-16
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De Profundis
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Merlin Holland
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 07-08-15
- Language: English
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The History of the English Language, 2nd Edition
- By: Seth Lerer, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Seth Lerer
- Length: 18 hrs and 27 mins
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This course offers an overview of the English language that is literary, historical, cultural, political, and scientific in its scope and designed to give you greater insight into the written and spoken word.The lectures provide a thorough understanding of the history of the English language - from its origins as a dialect of the Germanic-speaking peoples through the literary and cultural documents of its 1,500-year span to the state of American speech today.
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The History of the English Language, 2nd Edition
- Narrated by: Seth Lerer
- Series: The Great Courses: Linguistics
- Length: 18 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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