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    Short Stories in German for Beginners

    Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn German the fun way!

    by Olly Richards, Alex Rawlings ...
    Narrated by Gido Schimanski ...
    series Teach Yourself Foreign Language Graded Reader Series

    Unabridged

    3 hours 12 min

    An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners."I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for NumbersShort Stories in German for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Cultish

    The Language of Fanaticism

    by Amanda Montell ...
    Narrated by Ann Marie Gideon ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 21 min

    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.What makes “cults” so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The reason why so many of us binge Manson documentaries by the dozen and fall down rabbit holes ... Read more

    $42.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Word Perfect

    Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year

    by Susie Dent ...
    Narrated by Susie Dent ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 59 min

    'Susie Dent is a one-off. She breathes life and fun into words and language' Pam AyresLexicographer and all-round word expert, queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner for over twenty years; regular columnist for the *Independent,*Radio Times and The Week, Susie Dent is a national treasure. Her warm witty tweets reintroducing us to the words that we all need more in our lives from scurryfunge ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Cultural Amnesia

    Notes in the margin of my time

    by Clive James ...
    Narrated by Clive James ...

    Abridged

    6 hours 17 min

    In this book can be heard the merest edge of an enormous conversation. As they never were in life, we can imagine the speakers all gathered in some vast room, wearing name tags in case they don’t recognize each other (although some recognize each other all too well, and avoid contact). My heroes and heroines are here.An almanac combining a comprehensive survey of modern culture with an annotated ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners

    Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn Spanish the fun way!

    by Olly Richards ...
    Narrated by Javier Marzan ...
    series Teach Yourself Foreign Language Graded Reader Series

    Unabridged

    4 hours 30 min

    An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners."I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for NumbersShort Stories in Spanish for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Short Stories in Italian for Beginners

    Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn Italian the fun way!

    by Olly Richards ...
    Narrated by Matteo Ghilardi ...
    series Teach Yourself Foreign Language Graded Reader Series

    Unabridged

    4 hours 6 min

    An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners."I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for NumbersShort Stories in Italian for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    A Maori Phrase a Day

    by Hemi Kelly ...
    Narrated by Kelly Hemi ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 28 min

    A Maori Phrase a Day offers a fun and easy entry into the Maori language. Through its 365 phrases, you will learn the following: - Everyday uses - English translations - Factoids - Handy word lists Presenting the most common, relevant and useful phrases today, A Maori Phrase a Day is the perfect way to kickstart your te reo journey! ... Read more

    $25.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross

    A Study of the Nature and Origins of Christianity Within the Fertility Cults of the Ancient Near East

    by John M. Allegro ...
    Narrated by Martyn Swain ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 33 min

    Where did God come from? What do the bible stories really tell us? Who or what was Jesus Christ? This book challenges everything we think we know about the nature of religion: -The ancient fertility cult at the heart of Christianity. -The living power of cultic rites and symbols. -The sacred mushroom as the emblem and embodiment of divinity. -The secret meaning of biblical myths. -The language of ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Speak With No Fear

    by Mike Acker ...
    Narrated by Mike Acker ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 49 min

    Do you HATE public speaking? Are you TERRIFIED to stand in front of people? When you think of speaking, do you get nervous, anxious, even sweaty? You don’t have to be afraid any longer.It can seem like everyone is a gifted speak when you watch TED talks or compare yourself to skilled co-workers giving presentations. Don't get caught up in comparison. Instead, take action to improve YOUR ability ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Culture

    A new world history

    by Martin Puchner ...
    Narrated by John Sackville, John Sackville ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 33 min

    'A writer of genius' - William DalrympleCan anyone really own a culture? This magnificent account argues that the story of global civilisations is one of mixing, sharing, and borrowing.It shows how art forms have crisscrossed continents over centuries to produce masterpieces. From Nefertiti's lost city and the Islamic Golden Age to twentieth century Nigerian theatre and Modernist poetry, Martin ... Read more

    $83.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Aristotle's Poetics

    by Aristotle ...
    Narrated by Ray Childs ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 25 min

    Aristotle's Poetics is best known for its definitions and analyses of tragedy and comedy, but it also applies to truth and beauty as they are manifested in the other arts. In our age, when the natural and social sciences have dominated the quest for truth, it is helpful to consider why Aristotle claimed poetry is more philosophical and more significant than history. Like so many other works by ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Myth of Artificial Intelligence

    Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do

    by Erik J. Larson ...
    Narrated by Perry Daniels ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 9 min

    Futurists insist that AI will soon eclipse the capacities of the most gifted human mind. What hope do we have against superintelligent machines? But we aren't really on the path to developing intelligent machines. In fact, we don't even know where that path might be. Erik Larson takes us on a tour of the landscape of AI to show how far we are from superintelligence, and what it would take to get ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    العالم يطبق على أنفاسي

    by جنة عادل ...
    Narrated by أمل عبدالله ...
    Audiobook 23 - الفيل

    Unabridged

    22 min

    "تتسارعُ دقّاتُ قلبِي ويجفُّ حلقِي ويعتريني خوفٌ شديدٌ. صرْتُ أتجنبُ المصاعدَ. وصرْتُ أخافُ الأماكنَ المغلقةَ. أشعرُ بالاختناقِ منَ البقاءِ في المنزلِ، فأحاولُ الخروجَ والذهابَ إلى أيِّ مكانٍ، طالَما كانَ مفتوحًا. أريدُ بعضَ الهواءِ لا أكثرَ. صرْتُ أشعرُ بالرغبةِ في البقاءِ في الشارعِ طَوالَ الوقتِ، وبالطبعِ لم يكنْ أبِي ليسمحَ بهذا، وصارَتِ الحياةُ تطبقُ عليّ أكثرَ فأكثرَ." امرأة مصابة برهاب ... Read more

    $6.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Language Game

    How improvisation created language and changed the world

    by Morten H. Christiansen, Nick Chater ...
    Narrated by Peter Noble ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 50 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.What is language? Why do we have it? Where does it come from? Why does that matter?Upending centuries of scholarship (including, most recently, Chomsky and Pinker) The Language Game shows how people learn to talk not by acquiring fixed meanings and rules, but by picking up, reusing, and recombining countless linguistic fragments in novel ways.Drawing on entertaining and ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Learn Italian: A Quick and Easy Guide

    by Lynn Franklin ...
    Narrated by Lynn Franklin and Jason Hill ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 8 min

    Do you want to learn Italian? D you have what it takes to learn a new language? As a replacement to the typical one-track dialogues, this book teaches particular lessons by presenting stories for the most common daily scenarios. The book also takes the student through topics divided into subsections with the first section consisting of basic words and conversations. The vocabulary matures ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Sense of Style

    The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century

    by Steven Pinker ...
    Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 26 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.What is the secret of good prose? Does writing well even matter in an age of instant communication? Should we care? In this funny, thoughtful book about the modern art of writing, Steven Pinker shows us why we all need a sense of style.More than ever before, the currency of our social and cultural lives is the written word, from Twitter and texting to blogs, e-readers and ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Femminili singolari

    by Vera Gheno, Vera Gheno ...
    Narrated by Vera Gheno ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 29 min

    Sindaca, architetta, avvocata: c'è chi ritiene intollerabile una declinazione al femminile di alcune professioni. E dietro a queste reazioni c'è un mondo di parole, un mondo fatto di storia e di usi che riflette quel che pensiamo, come ci costruiamo. Attraverso le innumerevoli esperienze avute sui social, personali e dell'Accademia della Crusca, l'autrice smonta, pezzo per pezzo, tutte le ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    A Place For Everything

    The Curious History of Alphabetical Order

    by Judith Flanders ...
    Narrated by Julia Winwood ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 31 min

    'Marvellous . . . I read it with astonished delight . . . It is equally scholarly and entertaining.' - Jan Morris'Quirky and compelling.' - The TimesOnce we've learned it as children, few of us think much of the alphabet and its familiar sing-song order. And yet the order of the alphabet, that simple knowledge that we take for granted, plays a major role in our adult lives. From the school ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Snacka snyggt

    by Elaine Eksvärd ...
    Narrated by Malin Güettler ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 32 min

    Detta är en modern retorikbok som lyfter retoriken från talarstolen till din vardag. Vilken konversationsteknik kan göra dig till det sociala geniet, hur får du folk att gilla dig på tre minuter och hur kan man använda färg strategiskt för att påverka. Detta och mycket mer får du lära dig i boken. Målet är du ska lära dig konsten att få folk att lyssna! ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Don't Believe A Word

    The Surprising Truth About Language

    by David Shariatmadari ...
    Narrated by Damian Lynch ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours

    ***'Wonderful. You finish the book more alive than ever to the enduring mystery and miracle of that thing that makes us most human' STEPHEN FRY'Most popular books on language dumb down; Shariatmadari's smartens things up, and is all the more entertaining for it' THE SUNDAY TIMES, a Book of the Year'A meaty, rewarding and necessary read' GUARDIAN'Fascinating and thought-provoking . . . cramme... ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    ¡Sí!

    by Robert B. Cialdini, Robert B. Cialdini, Steve J. Martin, Steve J. Martin, Noah J. Goldstein, Noah J. Goldstein ...
    Narrated by Héctor García ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 25 min

    Todos los días nos enfrentamos a situaciones en las que necesitamos que otros colaboren con nosotros para alcanzar nuestros objetivos. ¿Existe alguna técnica que haga que quieran ayudarnos y satisfacer nuestras demandas? La respuesta es muy sencilla: ¡Sí! Basado en las investigaciones desarrolladas a lo largo de más de seis décadas en el campo de la psicología de la persuasión, este libro contiene ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Cómo la puntuación cambió la historia

    Signos de civilización

    by Bård Borch Michalsen, Bård Borch Michalsen ...
    Narrated by Gustavo Dardes ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 42 min

    La puntuación es un sistema de convenciones que otorga mayor precisión y profundidad a las letras y palabras, dotándolas de color y emoción, tono y ritmo. De hecho, tiene consecuencias aún más drásticas: los signos de puntuación no son únicamente una parte importante de nuestro código idiomático, sino que se transformaron nada menos que en una de las fuerzas impulsoras en el desarrollo de toda ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Index, A History of the

    by Dennis Duncan ...
    Narrated by Neil Gardner ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 10 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Most of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up. But here, hiding in plain sight, is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. Here we might find Butchers, to be avoided, or Cows that sh-te Fire, or even catch Calvin in his chamber with a Nonne. This is the secret world of ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Riddle of the Labyrinth

    The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code

    by Margalit Fox ...
    Narrated by Pam Ward ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 44 min

    In the tradition of Simon Winchester and Dava Sobel, The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code tells one of the most intriguing stories in the history of language, masterfully blending history, linguistics, and cryptology with an elegantly wrought narrative. When famed archaeologist Arthur Evans unearthed the ruins of a sophisticated Bronze Age civilization that flowered on ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial