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Strange Relations
- Masculinity, Sexuality and Art in Mid-Century America
- By: Ralf Webb
- Narrated by: Ralf Webb
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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In San Francisco, 1960, James Baldwin spoke to John Cheever about what he saw as a 'failure of the masculine sensibility'. Strange Relations examines how Baldwin came to this assessment and what may be amiss in our understanding of masculinity. Building on Walt Whitman's philosophy of the love between men, the book considers the work and lives of Tennessee Williams, Carson McCullers, Cheever and Baldwin. All four writers wrestled in their art, as well as in their sexual and platonic relationships, with the expectations of masculinity, the pull of queer life and the tensions between the two.
By: Ralf Webb
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On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
- By: Henry David Thoreau
- Narrated by: Graham Dunlop
- Length: 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Embark on a journey of moral courage and social conscience with “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience” audiobook, a timeless manifesto penned by the celebrated American philosopher and transcendentalist, Henry David Thoreau. Narrated with passion and clarity, this audiobook brings to life Thoreau’s powerful call to individual conscience and nonviolent resistance in the face of unjust laws and government oppression.
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Live Well. Die Well
- Suffering and the Path Home
- By: G. R. Burns
- Narrated by: G. R. Burns
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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How do we justify the hardships of the human condition with reality? When suffering comes, will life fall apart? Or will the principles of our lives hold us together? Embedded within this audiobook are questions about the inevitability of death, the longing for a full life, and the disappointment of loss. With factual stories ranging from alpine mountain rescues to an armed intruder trying to kill his family, G. R. Burns writes a candid reflection on suffering and explores the possibilities of recovery. Can suffering be avoided? Can trauma be minimized? Is recovery possible?
By: G. R. Burns
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Through the Magic Door
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Graham Dunlop
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Through the Magic Door by great mystery writer Arthur Conan Doyle is about Doyle's favorite books and the intelligent minds behind them.
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Poetry in Balance
- The Orloj Series, Vol. 5
- By: Erasmus Cromwell-Smith II
- Narrated by: Daniel Dorse
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Erasmus Cromwell-Smilh tackles a full circle of life with subjects like Perseverance, Grit, Kindness, Discipline, Impetus, Tenacity, Greatness, etc., in this fifth and final volume of The Orloj, a compilation of all poems, essays, and fables.
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An Angel Walks Through the Stage and Other Essays
- By: Jon Fosse, May Brit-Akerholot - translator
- Narrated by: Kåre Conradi
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Jon Fosse said farewell to theory early in his career, choosing poetry, fiction, and drama as his mediums of choice. Here, however, in a selection from his two books of essays, we see just how incisive a critic and memoirist he can be. Not only including a generous portion of Fosse's writing on literature and theater—including the irresistible "Thomas Bernhard and His Grandfather"—this collection also includes such personal essays such as "My Dear New Norwegian," "Old Houses," and "He Who Didn't Want to Become a Teacher."
By: Jon Fosse, and others
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Strange Relations
- Masculinity, Sexuality and Art in Mid-Century America
- By: Ralf Webb
- Narrated by: Ralf Webb
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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In San Francisco, 1960, James Baldwin spoke to John Cheever about what he saw as a 'failure of the masculine sensibility'. Strange Relations examines how Baldwin came to this assessment and what may be amiss in our understanding of masculinity. Building on Walt Whitman's philosophy of the love between men, the book considers the work and lives of Tennessee Williams, Carson McCullers, Cheever and Baldwin. All four writers wrestled in their art, as well as in their sexual and platonic relationships, with the expectations of masculinity, the pull of queer life and the tensions between the two.
By: Ralf Webb
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On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
- By: Henry David Thoreau
- Narrated by: Graham Dunlop
- Length: 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Embark on a journey of moral courage and social conscience with “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience” audiobook, a timeless manifesto penned by the celebrated American philosopher and transcendentalist, Henry David Thoreau. Narrated with passion and clarity, this audiobook brings to life Thoreau’s powerful call to individual conscience and nonviolent resistance in the face of unjust laws and government oppression.
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Live Well. Die Well
- Suffering and the Path Home
- By: G. R. Burns
- Narrated by: G. R. Burns
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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How do we justify the hardships of the human condition with reality? When suffering comes, will life fall apart? Or will the principles of our lives hold us together? Embedded within this audiobook are questions about the inevitability of death, the longing for a full life, and the disappointment of loss. With factual stories ranging from alpine mountain rescues to an armed intruder trying to kill his family, G. R. Burns writes a candid reflection on suffering and explores the possibilities of recovery. Can suffering be avoided? Can trauma be minimized? Is recovery possible?
By: G. R. Burns
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Through the Magic Door
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Graham Dunlop
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Through the Magic Door by great mystery writer Arthur Conan Doyle is about Doyle's favorite books and the intelligent minds behind them.
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Poetry in Balance
- The Orloj Series, Vol. 5
- By: Erasmus Cromwell-Smith II
- Narrated by: Daniel Dorse
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Erasmus Cromwell-Smilh tackles a full circle of life with subjects like Perseverance, Grit, Kindness, Discipline, Impetus, Tenacity, Greatness, etc., in this fifth and final volume of The Orloj, a compilation of all poems, essays, and fables.
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An Angel Walks Through the Stage and Other Essays
- By: Jon Fosse, May Brit-Akerholot - translator
- Narrated by: Kåre Conradi
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Jon Fosse said farewell to theory early in his career, choosing poetry, fiction, and drama as his mediums of choice. Here, however, in a selection from his two books of essays, we see just how incisive a critic and memoirist he can be. Not only including a generous portion of Fosse's writing on literature and theater—including the irresistible "Thomas Bernhard and His Grandfather"—this collection also includes such personal essays such as "My Dear New Norwegian," "Old Houses," and "He Who Didn't Want to Become a Teacher."
By: Jon Fosse, and others
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Understanding WorldView
- A User's Guide to the Human Brain
- By: R.C. Horsch
- Narrated by: R.C. Horsch
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
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This is a book of ideas—possibly different and unusual ideas—that are often anti-intuitive, politically incorrect and contrary. It is about how humans view themselves, their world and the Universe. It is about something called a worldview—a collection of mental models that form a structure or frame-work with which the brain classifies and interprets incoming and existing input and forms the basis for what is though, believed, retained or dismissed.
By: R.C. Horsch
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The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself
- Racial Myths and Our American Narratives
- By: David Mura
- Narrated by: David Lee Huynh
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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The police murders of two Black men, Philando Castile and George Floyd, frame this searing exploration of the historical and fictional narratives that white America tells itself to justify and maintain white supremacy. From the country's founding through the summer of Black Lives Matter in 2020, David Mura unmasks how white stories about race attempt to erase the brutality of the past and underpin systemic racism in the present.
By: David Mura
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One Last Lunch
- A Final Meal with Those Who Meant So Much to Us
- By: Erica Heller - edited by
- Narrated by: Kim Niemi, Paul Woodson
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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A few years ago, Erica Heller realized how universal the longing is for one more moment with a lost loved one. It could be a parent, a sibling, a mentor, or a friend, but who wouldn't love the opportunity to sit down, break bread, and just talk? Who wouldn't jump at the chance to ask those unasked questions, or share those unvoiced feelings?
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Smoke to See By
- Knowing Nature in Northern Appalachia
- By: Ben Moyer
- Narrated by: Doug Greene
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
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Smoke to See By is a collection of 21 essays and stories, many never before published, written by award-winning essayist and columnist Ben Moyer. The collection tracks the writer’s quest for intimate knowledge of, and personal connection to, the natural features of his home region, the foothills and ridges of Northern Appalachia.
By: Ben Moyer
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Growing Up Indian in Australia
- By: Aarti Betigeri - editor
- Narrated by: Tasneem Chopra, Rakhee Ghelani, Nicolas Brown, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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'Indian-Australian' is not a one-size-fits-all descriptor. Given the depth and richness of diversity of the Indian subcontinent, it is fitting that its diaspora is similarly varied. Growing Up Indian in Australia reflects and celebrates this vibrant diversity. It features contributions from Australian-Indian writers, both established and emerging, who hail from a wide range of backgrounds, religions and experiences. This colorful, energetic anthology offers reflections on identity, culture, family, food and expectations, ultimately revealing deep truths about both Australian and Indian life.
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The Fable of the Bees
- By: Bernard Mandeville
- Narrated by: David Timson, Stephanie Racine, Will Kirk, and others
- Length: 22 hrs and 31 mins
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The Fable of the Bees—a satirical poem, prose discussion, three essays and six dialogues completed in 1729—exposes human vices but defends them as a necessity within a wealthy society. Mandeville’s bees thrive until they start living by honesty and virtue… then they are impoverished. Mandeville did not play by the rules: he satirized the sins of society but also ridiculed the widespread hypocrisy of deploring these sins whilst reaping their benefits. He and his work were attacked for the rest of the century.
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Persian Pictures
- By: Gertrude Bell
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
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In 1892, Gertrude Bell visited Persia (now Iran) shortly after the appointment of her uncle, Sir Frank Lascelles, as British minister in Tehran. Three years later came Persian Pictures, Gertrude Bell’s first written work, which presents a series of vivid sketches of Persian culture and society at the time. Bell explores various cities and landscapes, and encounters local characters along the way, providing a unique perspective on Persian life and customs.
By: Gertrude Bell
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Self-Reliance
- By: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Narrated by: Filibooks Narration (Daniel)
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
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Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance" is a seminal essay that explores the importance of individualism and personal integrity. Emerson challenges listeners to avoid conformity and follow their own instincts and ideas. This work has inspired countless listeners to trust in their inner voice and embrace a life of self-determination. Essential for anyone interested in philosophy, personal growth, and the foundations of American transcendentalism.
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Friendship’s Garland
- By: Matthew Arnold
- Narrated by: Tom North
- Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
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A collection of essays, Friendship’s Garland focuses on intertwining of subjects among friends.
By: Matthew Arnold
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Roadworks
- By: Sally Cook
- Narrated by: Sally Cook
- Length: 9 mins
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Roadworks and train station overhauls are confusing this author who has driven into oncoming traffic, avoided a kangaroo crossing a new roadwork barrier, got lost and couldn't find her train station carpark and who believes her amygdala must be growing as she negotiates new roundabouts, traffic lights, new road hazards and witches' hats. Follow her journey.....
By: Sally Cook
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A Message to Garcia
- By: Elbert Hubbard
- Narrated by: Samuel Casey
- Length: 18 mins
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"A Message to Garcia" is a renowned essay by Elbert Hubbard, written in 1899, that underscores the virtues of initiative, duty, and determination. The narrative centers on a soldier named Rowan, who is entrusted with the critical mission of delivering a message to General García, a key figure in the Cuban insurgency. Despite the lack of detailed instructions or guidance, Rowan accepts the mission without hesitation, demonstrating unwavering commitment and resourcefulness.
By: Elbert Hubbard
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Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia
- By: Samantha Faulkner
- Narrated by: Aaron Fa'Aoso, Adam Lees, Daniella Williams, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
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What makes Zenadth Kes/Torres Strait unique? And what is it like to be a Torres Strait Islander in contemporary Australia? Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia, compiled by poet and author Samantha Faulkner, showcases the distinct identity of Torres Strait Islanders through their diverse voices and journeys.