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Cultish
- The Language of Fanaticism
- By: Amanda Montell
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power....
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Grain of salt needed!
- By Anonymous User on 07-07-21
By: Amanda Montell
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The Essential Chomsky
- By: Noam Chomsky, Anthony Arnove - editor
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 22 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In a single volume, the seminal writings of the world's leading philosopher, linguist, and critic, published to coincide with his 80th birthday....
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Illuminating and exceptional
- By Sab London on 10-02-16
By: Noam Chomsky, and others
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A Rose in Bloom
- By: Louisa May Alcott
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Returning to the "Aunt Hill" from a two-year trip around the world, 20-year-old Rose Campbell suddenly finds herself surrounded by male admirers, all expecting her to marry them....
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A Little Book of Language
- By: David Crystal
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
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With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant....
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Basic but interesting, better in print form
- By Scifisam on 23-05-15
By: David Crystal
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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
- Unabridged
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Susie Dent has spent years interviewing hundreds of professionals, hobbyists and enthusiasts, and the result is an idiosyncratic phrasebook like no other....
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A flirt through social and professional groups
- By Deborah on 24-01-17
By: Susie Dent
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
- The Untold Story of English
- By: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar....
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Absolute Americanised nonsense
- By Suzibm on 19-11-23
By: John McWhorter
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Cultish
- The Language of Fanaticism
- By: Amanda Montell
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power....
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Grain of salt needed!
- By Anonymous User on 07-07-21
By: Amanda Montell
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The Essential Chomsky
- By: Noam Chomsky, Anthony Arnove - editor
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 22 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In a single volume, the seminal writings of the world's leading philosopher, linguist, and critic, published to coincide with his 80th birthday....
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Illuminating and exceptional
- By Sab London on 10-02-16
By: Noam Chomsky, and others
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A Rose in Bloom
- By: Louisa May Alcott
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Returning to the "Aunt Hill" from a two-year trip around the world, 20-year-old Rose Campbell suddenly finds herself surrounded by male admirers, all expecting her to marry them....
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A Little Book of Language
- By: David Crystal
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant....
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Basic but interesting, better in print form
- By Scifisam on 23-05-15
By: David Crystal
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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
- Unabridged
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Susie Dent has spent years interviewing hundreds of professionals, hobbyists and enthusiasts, and the result is an idiosyncratic phrasebook like no other....
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A flirt through social and professional groups
- By Deborah on 24-01-17
By: Susie Dent
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
- The Untold Story of English
- By: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar....
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Absolute Americanised nonsense
- By Suzibm on 19-11-23
By: John McWhorter
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Death at the Excelsior [Classic Tales Edition]
- By: P.G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Inside a quiet boarding house on the waterfront, a man stares up to the ceiling with sightless eyes. The tight lipped landlady proclaims that it is murder....
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A Wodehouse Detective Mystery
- By Aedifico on 21-07-21
By: P.G. Wodehouse
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Miss Mapp
- By: E. F. Benson
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Miss Elizabeth Mapp, magnificent grande dame and heiress, is always on the lookout lest her neighbors fall outside the bounds of perfect, exemplary manners....
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and escapist delight
- By Philip on 22-04-10
By: E. F. Benson
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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
- Unabridged
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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....
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So much science i don't even
- By Epic Taters on 27-08-15
By: Steven Pinker
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The Water-Babies
- By: Charles Kingsley
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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A classic since its first publication in 1863, The Water-Babies is the story of a little chimney sweep named Tom and his magical adventures beneath the waves.....
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So many childhood memories
- By K Walts on 28-04-22
By: Charles Kingsley
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The Dawn of Language
- The Story of How We Came to Talk
- By: Sverker Johansson, Frank Perry - translator
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawing on evidence from many fields, including archaeology, anthropology, neurology and linguistics, Sverker Johansson weaves these disparate threads together to show how our human ancestors evolved into language users....
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Amazing book
- By Ivan Dimitrov on 15-01-22
By: Sverker Johansson, and others
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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
- Unabridged
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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....
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This brought joy to my little linguist heart
- By Jessica Whitby on 01-01-23
By: Amanda Montell
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The Bilingual Brain
- And What It Tells Us About the Science of Language
- By: Albert Costa, John W. Schwieter - translator
- Narrated by: Luis Soto
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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How do two languages coexist in the same brain? Why is it possible to forget a language? What are the advantages and challenges of being bilingual? Over half of the world's population is bilingual, and yet this fascinating, complex ability is understood by few....
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more for the academics
- By Y.h on 31-03-20
By: Albert Costa, and others
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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....
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One of my favourite Harry Harrison books
- By P. M. Mitchell on 19-11-16
By: Harry Harrison
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You Say Potato: A Book About Accents
- By: Ben Crystal, David Crystal
- Narrated by: David Crystal, Ben Crystal, Jane Savage, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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An authoritative, entertaining book about our accents and what they say about us....
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Half this book is fascinating...
- By Matt on 05-07-15
By: Ben Crystal, and others
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The Mabinogion
- By: Anonymous
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The Mabinogion is a mesmerizing panorama of fantasy, romance, tragedy and humor. Blending Arthurian romance, Welsh legend and mythology, it tells tales of heroic knights, fair maidens, dramatic battles and magical beasts across 12 fantastical stories....
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Excellent in all ways
- By Seeker on 24-10-19
By: Anonymous
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Holy Sh*t
- A Brief History of Swearing
- By: Melissa Mohr
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Almost everyone swears, or worries about not swearing, from the two year-old who has just discovered the power of potty mouth to the grandma who wonders why every other word she hears is obscene....
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I’ve read another really good book on swearing
- By Amazon Customer on 15-02-23
By: Melissa Mohr
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Nine Nasty Words
- English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
- By: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Language evolves with time, and so does what we consider profane or unspeakable. Nine Nasty Words is a rollicking examination of profanity, explored from every angle: historical, sociological, political, linguistic....
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Takes Lexicon Valley to a ‘whole nother’ level
- By Amazon Customer on 16-06-21
By: John McWhorter
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Historically Black Phrases
- From "I Ain't One of Your Lil' Friends" to "Who All Gon' Be There?"
- By: jarrett hill, Tre'vell Anderson
- Narrated by: jarrett hill, Tre'vell Anderson
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Black vernacular doesn’t often get its due—despite its enormous influence on mainstream culture—but Historically Black Phrases is here to give Black language its flowers....
By: jarrett hill, and others
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Semiotics: The Basics
- The Basics
- By: Daniel Chandler
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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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
By: Daniel Chandler
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Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
- By: John McWhorter, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Original Recording
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Many features of English sound normal to a native speaker, but linguists find them puzzling as well as revealing....
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An unputdownably fun series of lectures
- By Kira Adams on 06-11-18
By: John McWhorter, and others
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The Vicar of Wakefield
- By: Oliver Goldsmith
- Narrated by: Nicholas Farrell
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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First published in 1766 and a perennial favorite since then, The Vicar of Wakefield is built around the naïve but loveable figure of Dr Primrose....
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Excellant Audiobook
- By Highlight on 25-01-15
By: Oliver Goldsmith
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Robinson Crusoe
- By: Daniel Defoe
- Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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Brilliant.
- By Paul R on 10-07-23
By: Daniel Defoe
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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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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.
By: Thad A. Polk, and others
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Jude the Obscure
- Penguin English Library
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
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Penguin Classics presents Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure, adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series....
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A reading worthy of Hardy's gravitas
- By Kathryn Huntley on 05-01-17
By: Thomas Hardy
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The Pharsalia
- By: Lucan
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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If you had been a court poet during the reign of the Roman emperor Nero, irritating the megalomaniac ruler would not have been wise....
By: Lucan
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Don’t Lie to Me
- An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Reading People Like a Book, and to Detect, Analyze, Decode, and Predict the Truth in People’s Body Language, Emotions, Thoughts, Intentions and Behaviors
- By: John S. Bauman
- Narrated by: Daniel Winski
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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In spite of the fact that nonverbal communication (NVC) accounts for more than 60 percent of our overall communication and, according to some estimates, as much as 93 percent of it, we are never really taught the significance of body language....
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An audio every must hear
- By Joseph Ajayi on 19-06-24
By: John S. Bauman
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The Scarlet Plague [Classic Tales Edition]
- By: Jack London
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
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Twelve billionaires rule the United States, while those called freemen are forced to serve the rich. But that was 60 years ago, before the Scarlet Plague....
By: Jack London
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Et tu, Brute?
- The Best Latin Lines Ever
- By: Harry Mount, John Davie
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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There are so many Latin phrases in everyday use that often we use them without understanding the background and context within which they were actually used. 'Carpe diem'; 'Stet'; 'Memento mori'; 'Et tu Brute' – examples would fill a book....
By: Harry Mount, and others
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Where Angels Fear to Tread
- By: E. M. Forster
- Narrated by: Edward Petherbridge
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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When attractive, impulsive English widow Lilia takes a holiday in Italy, she causes a scandal by marrying Gino, a dashing and highly unsuitable Italian 12 years her junior....
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WHY can't the horrid voice of Audible WAIT?
- By Julia on 11-06-23
By: E. M. Forster