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Margaret Atwood: A Modern Mythmaker
- By: Jennifer Cognard-Black, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Jennifer Cognard-Black
- Length: 3 hrs
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In the six lectures of Margaret Atwood: A Modern Myth-Maker, Dr. Jennifer Cognard-Black will take you on a thorough exploration of Atwood’s most celebrated novel to examine the many ways this book has transcended its dystopian roots to become something more than a tale of, “What if?” Over the course of these lectures, you’ll examine the social, political, cultural, and spiritual impact of the novel—and of Atwood herself—as you dive deep into the text to unravel its themes and inspirations.
By: Jennifer Cognard-Black, and others
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American Notes for General Circulation
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
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American Notes for General Circulation is Dickens' vivid, sharp, engaging account of his 1842 visit to the United States. This travelogue blends keen observations with sharp social commentary, offering Dickens’ reflections on the American landscape, politics, and society. Dickens explores the bustling cities, vast wilderness, and the cultural contradictions of a young nation in its infancy. At once humorous, critical, and insightful, American Notes paints a complex portrait of America during a transformative period.
By: Charles Dickens
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On James Baldwin
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Gary Furlong
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
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Acclaimed Irish novelist Colm Tóibín first read James Baldwin just after turning eighteen. He had completed his first year at an Irish university and was struggling to free himself from a religious upbringing. Inspired by the novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, Tóibín found a writer who would be a lifelong companion and exemplar.
By: Colm Toibin
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Backstage (German Edition)
- By: Donna Leon, Werner Schmitz - Übersetzer
- Narrated by: Annett Renneberg
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
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"Die Charaktere aus der Feder guter Autoren sind wie echte Menschen, nur echter", sagt Donna Leon. Darum wohl ist ihr Leben auch so reich an Figuren, echten und erfundenen. In Backstage tritt eine bunte Truppe auf: das Rock-Genie Frank Zappa, Venedigs bekanntester Diamantenhändler, eine tollkühne Sexworkerin, ein cleverer Komponist, tragische Helden, bewunderte Kollegen und Kolleginnen. Donna Leon gestaltet diese Begegnungen zu funkelnden Geschichten.
By: Donna Leon, and others
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High Priest
- Raymond Buckland, the Father of American Witchcraft
- By: Jason Mankey, Raymond Buckland
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
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Casting new light on one of the first modern self-identifying witches in the US, Jason Mankey invites you deep into Buckland's life. Known for bringing Wicca to America and sharing it through his writing, Buckland penned more than forty titles, placing him among the most prolific occult authors of all time.
By: Jason Mankey, and others
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Horace: Poet on a Volcano
- Ancient Lives
- By: Peter Stothard
- Narrated by: Kevin Kemp
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 BCE) wrote some of ancient Rome's greatest poetry, melding languages and cultures with youthful ideals and a realist's recognition of the dictatorial world around him. Horace is famed for his fine phrases, lyric sex, and guidance on how to live, but he was a poet maddened by war, and many of his most self-revealing poems have rarely been seen. He could be sublime and obscene, amusing and abusive, a model of moderation and anything but.
By: Peter Stothard
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Margaret Atwood: A Modern Mythmaker
- By: Jennifer Cognard-Black, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Jennifer Cognard-Black
- Length: 3 hrs
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In the six lectures of Margaret Atwood: A Modern Myth-Maker, Dr. Jennifer Cognard-Black will take you on a thorough exploration of Atwood’s most celebrated novel to examine the many ways this book has transcended its dystopian roots to become something more than a tale of, “What if?” Over the course of these lectures, you’ll examine the social, political, cultural, and spiritual impact of the novel—and of Atwood herself—as you dive deep into the text to unravel its themes and inspirations.
By: Jennifer Cognard-Black, and others
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American Notes for General Circulation
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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American Notes for General Circulation is Dickens' vivid, sharp, engaging account of his 1842 visit to the United States. This travelogue blends keen observations with sharp social commentary, offering Dickens’ reflections on the American landscape, politics, and society. Dickens explores the bustling cities, vast wilderness, and the cultural contradictions of a young nation in its infancy. At once humorous, critical, and insightful, American Notes paints a complex portrait of America during a transformative period.
By: Charles Dickens
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On James Baldwin
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Gary Furlong
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Acclaimed Irish novelist Colm Tóibín first read James Baldwin just after turning eighteen. He had completed his first year at an Irish university and was struggling to free himself from a religious upbringing. Inspired by the novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, Tóibín found a writer who would be a lifelong companion and exemplar.
By: Colm Toibin
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Backstage (German Edition)
- By: Donna Leon, Werner Schmitz - Übersetzer
- Narrated by: Annett Renneberg
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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"Die Charaktere aus der Feder guter Autoren sind wie echte Menschen, nur echter", sagt Donna Leon. Darum wohl ist ihr Leben auch so reich an Figuren, echten und erfundenen. In Backstage tritt eine bunte Truppe auf: das Rock-Genie Frank Zappa, Venedigs bekanntester Diamantenhändler, eine tollkühne Sexworkerin, ein cleverer Komponist, tragische Helden, bewunderte Kollegen und Kolleginnen. Donna Leon gestaltet diese Begegnungen zu funkelnden Geschichten.
By: Donna Leon, and others
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High Priest
- Raymond Buckland, the Father of American Witchcraft
- By: Jason Mankey, Raymond Buckland
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Casting new light on one of the first modern self-identifying witches in the US, Jason Mankey invites you deep into Buckland's life. Known for bringing Wicca to America and sharing it through his writing, Buckland penned more than forty titles, placing him among the most prolific occult authors of all time.
By: Jason Mankey, and others
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Horace: Poet on a Volcano
- Ancient Lives
- By: Peter Stothard
- Narrated by: Kevin Kemp
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 BCE) wrote some of ancient Rome's greatest poetry, melding languages and cultures with youthful ideals and a realist's recognition of the dictatorial world around him. Horace is famed for his fine phrases, lyric sex, and guidance on how to live, but he was a poet maddened by war, and many of his most self-revealing poems have rarely been seen. He could be sublime and obscene, amusing and abusive, a model of moderation and anything but.
By: Peter Stothard
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Ordets makt och vanmakt : mitt skrivande liv
- By: Jan Guillou
- Narrated by: Tomas Bolme
- Length: 17 hrs and 29 mins
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Efter över fyrtio år med skrivandet som huvudsysselsätttning publicerar Jan Guillou nu sina yrkesmemoarer. Han berättar öppet och underhållande om de första årens författardrömmar då idolerna hette Claude Simon och J M G Le Clézio – båda sedermera Nobelprisbelönade – och hur hans vägar sedan gick från den experimentella litteraturen till en effektiv och verklighetsnära prosa. Men åren kring tjugo var samtidigt den tid då den unge juridikstudenten upptäckte att journalistik var effektivare än juridik.
By: Jan Guillou
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Anthony Trollope: A Very Short Introduction
- By: Dinah Birch
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
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Anthony Trollope is among the best-loved novelists in the English language. This Very Short Introduction will place Trollope's work in the context of his life and times, drawing on recent scholarship to illuminate his central interests and literary strategies. The major series of novels (the six novels located in the fictional Barsetshire, and the six Palliser novels) are explored alongside the novels set in Ireland, his travel writing, and his less well-known fiction.
By: Dinah Birch
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Vergiss mich
- By: Alex Schulman
- Narrated by: Fabian Busch
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
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Es ist Sommer. Alex Schulman kommt ins Landhaus seiner Mutter, um sie davon abzuhalten, sich zu Tode zu trinken. Und sie zu überzeugen, sich in eine Entzugsklinik einzuweisen. Genug ist genug. Er will seine Mutter zurück. Die glückliche Mutter, die er aus seiner Kindheit kennt. Was genau ist passiert, wie ist aus der schillernden, liebevollen Mutter dieses geisterhafte Wrack geworden?
By: Alex Schulman
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El año que nevó en Valencia
- By: Rafael Chirbes, Paula Bonet - epílogo
- Narrated by: Paula Bonet
- Length: 52 mins
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La artista Paula Bonet interviene el texto de Chirbes con reproducciones de sus pinturas, inspiradas en la lectura y en la revisión de los espacios comunes que comparten ambos creadores. "Pocos escritores han celebrado la luz de Valencia, el agua, nuestra gastronomía y nuestros cañaverales, la juventud y la carne como lo ha hecho Rafael Chirbes. La luz que describe en los pasajes más hermosos de sus obras más pesimistas se vuelca en la página como si fuera oro porque, como buen pintor, supo mirar y caminar entre las sombras, no le tembló el pulso a la hora de abordarlas.
By: Rafael Chirbes, and others
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Octavio Paz (Spanish Edition)
- By: Enrique Krauze
- Narrated by: Sergio Alberto Bustos de la Tijera
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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"Recuerdo la mañana en que conocí a Octavio Paz. Fue el 11 de marzo de 1976, en el Panteón Jardín, cuando un grupo de amigos despedíamos al gran ensayista Daniel Cosío Villegas [...] Me acerqué a él para proponerle la publicación en su revista Plural de un ensayo mío sobre el ilustre liberal recién desaparecido. Días después, mi nombre apareció junto al suyo, pero nunca sospeché que ese vínculo sería permanente."
By: Enrique Krauze
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40: constant reader (Swedish Edition)
- By: Linda Skugge
- Narrated by: Cecilia Nilsson
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
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I40–constant readerskriver Linda Skugge kort, vasst och ärligt om sig själv, omvärlden och livet som skrivande och läsande människa.
By: Linda Skugge
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Boken om Beck och Sjöwall : Wahlöö och tiden som for
- By: Johan Erlandsson
- Narrated by: Jan Modin
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
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Under åren 1965 till 1975 kom författarna Maj Sjöwall och Per Wahlöö ut med tio böcker om kriminalkommissarie Martin Beck. Sviten fick titeln Roman om ett brott och skulle bli banbrytande. Så här kunde deckare skrivas! Så här kunde Sverige skildras!
By: Johan Erlandsson
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Uneasy Silence
- An Activist Seeks Justice and Courage Over a Lifetime of Change
- By: Mary Fisher
- Narrated by: Mary Fisher
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
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With humility and candor, artist activist Mary Fisher inspires us when, in her eighth decade, she creatively takes on disease, poverty, hunger, injustice, racism and the role of women. Uneasy Silence tells her story of speaking truth to power while living with AIDS, journeying through cancer and surviving a near-death experience. Her steady concern for The Other enables her to find the strength to stand up, speak up and make a difference, inspiring us to do the same.
By: Mary Fisher
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L'indomabile e misteriosissima Miles Franklin
- By: Alexandra Lapierre
- Narrated by: Roberta Azzarone
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
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Australia, primi anni del Novecento. Stella Miles Franklin è la maggiore di sette tra fratelli e sorelle, vive in una fattoria dell’entroterra. Si vede libera, padrona del suo destino. Nel 1901, a vent’anni, scrive un romanzo, La mia brillante carriera, che inaspettatamente diventa un bestseller proiettandola agli onori della cronaca.
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La trama dell'invisibile
- By: Anna Katharina Fröhlich
- Narrated by: Barbara Villa
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
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Lui, Roberto Calasso, è l'editore che raccoglie autori di tutto il mondo sotto il tetto della casa editrice Adelphi, di cui è direttore editoriale, oltre a essere scrittore di grande erudizione e raffinatezza. Lei, Anna Katharina Fröhlich, si trasferisce da Francoforte a Mornaga, sul lago di Garda. È una donna giovane e avventurosa, circondata da libri e da un rigoglioso giardino, sulla strada per diventare una scrittrice di successo. I due si incontrano per la prima volta alla Fiera del libro di Francoforte nell'ottobre del 1995.
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Confiteor
- By: Piergiorgio Paterlini
- Narrated by: Marcello Moronesi
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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Confiteor è il racconto dell'uomo che sono diventato, non flusso di coscienza, ma fatti, storie. E l'attraversamento, in settant'anni di vita, di tre secoli, dal mio "Ottocento" a oggi. Piergiorgio Paterlini ci consegna un mondo, non soltanto un libro. Raccontando di sé - in una confessione sorprendente, spregiudicata, il bisbiglìo a un amico durante una lunga notte - incrocia la sua storia personale con quella di un Paese, tra amarcord e ricerca delle radici, tra romanzo di formazione e la scelta di vivere "dalla parte del torto".
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Hanno Rinke - Über Leben
- Was bleibt und was nicht
- By: Hanno Rinke, Gerd Haas
- Narrated by: Barni Söhnel
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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Was bleibt und was nicht – in seiner Bilanz erzählt Hanno Rinke von einem so ungewöhnlichen wie selbstbestimmten Leben und von den verschlungenen Pfaden der Familiengeschichte von 1870 bis 2024 … Der eine Großvater preußischer Offizier, der andere polnischer Jude. Die Mutter ledig, der Vater im Gefängnis. Was wird daraus? "Es ist schön, zufrieden zu sein, dort, wo man ist. Noch schöner ist es, dort sein zu wollen, wo man sein könnte.
By: Hanno Rinke, and others