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Musicophilia

Tales of Music and the Brain

by Oliver Sacks

Narrated by John Lee
series Picador Classic
Unabridged

11 hours 7 min
With an introduction by neuroscientist Daniel GlaserWith his trademark compassion and erudition, Dr Oliver Sacks examines the power of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people. Among them: a surgeon who is struck by lightning and suddenly becomes obsessed with Chopin; people with ‘amusia’, to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of poets and pans; ... Read more
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The Iliad

Penguin Classics

by Homer

Narrated by Steve John Shepherd

Unabridged

17 hours 49 min
Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic is performed by Steve John Shepherd, whose theatre credits include Much Ado About Nothing at the Globe, The Good Canary directed by John Malkovich*, Bomber's Moon* and Piaf. His TV and film credits range from the iconic This Life to Silent Witness and Eastenders. This definitive recording includes an introduction by E V Rieu.One of the foremost ... Read more
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Letters to a Young Poet

by Rainer Maria Rilke

Narrated by Dan Stevens and 1 more

Unabridged

1 hour 51 min
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, read by Max Deacon and Dan Stevens.At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself; these profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely ... Read more
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Heroes

The myths of the Ancient Greek heroes retold

by Stephen Fry

Narrated by Stephen Fry
series Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths
Unabridged

15 hours
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Heroes written and read by Stephen Fry. *SHORTLISTED FOR BEST AUDIOBOOK AT THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS*'Fry's narration is leisurely and avuncular, and he adopts a fine range of voices and frequently funny accents' Audiobook of the Week, The TimesMortals and Monsters. Quests and Adventures . . .__________There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes... ... Read more
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century

by Yuval Noah Harari

Narrated by Derek Perkins

Unabridged

11 hours 41 min
Brought to you by Penguin.The audiobook edition of 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, read by Derek Perkins.**THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER**In twenty-one bite-sized lessons, Yuval Noah Harari explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment.How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do abo... ... Read more
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Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

by Jia Tolentino

Narrated by Jia Tolentino

Unabridged

9 hours 46 min
A Times book of the year A Guardian book of the year ‘Magnificent’ The Times‘Dazzling’ New Statesman‘It filled me with hope’ Zadie Smith From one of the brightest young chroniclers of US culture comes this dazzling collection of essays on the internet, the self, feminism and politics. We are living in the era of the self, in an era of malleable truth and widespread personal and political delusion. ... Read more
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The Screwtape Letters: Letters from a Senior to a Junior Devil

by C. S. Lewis

Narrated by Joss Ackland

Unabridged

3 hours 58 min
On its first appearance, The Screwtape Letters was immediately recognized as a milestone in the history of popular theology. Now, in it’s 70th Anniversary Year, and having sold over half a million copies, it is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare and the power of the devil. This profound and striking narrative takes the form of a series of letters from Screwtape, a devil high in the Infernal ... Read more
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

by Oliver Sacks

Narrated by Jonathan Davis and 1 more
series Picador Classic
Unabridged

9 hours 33 min
With an introduction by Will Self.A classic work of psychology, this international bestseller provides a groundbreaking insight into the human mind.If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self – himself – he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it.In this extraordinary book, Dr. Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients ... Read more
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Not My Father's Son

A Family Memoir

by Alan Cumming

Narrated by Alan Cumming

Unabridged

6 hours 27 min
Alan Cumming grew up in the grip of a man who held his family hostage, someone who meted out violence with a frightening ease, who waged a silent war with himself that sometimes spilled over onto everyone around him. That man was Alan's father, Alex Cumming. Alex was the dark, enigmatic heart of Cumming family life. But he was not the only mystery. Alan's maternal grandfather, Tommy Darling, had ... Read more
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Eugene Onegin [Russian Edition]

by Alexander Pushkin

Narrated by Oleg Fedorov

Unabridged

3 hours 57 min
This novel in verse, said to be the parent of all Russian novels, is a tragic story of innocence, love, and friendship. Eugene Onegin, an aristocrat, much like Pushkin and his peers in his attitude and habits, is bored. He visits the countryside where the young and passionate Tatyana falls in love with him. In a touching letter she confesses her love but is cruelly rejected. Years later, it is ... Read more
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The Good Immigrant

by Nikesh Shukla

Narrated by Nikesh Shukla and 20 more

Unabridged

7 hours
Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Good Immigrant, read by the authors.How does it feel to be constantly regarded as a potential threat, strip-searched at every airport?Or be told that, as an actress, the part you’re most fitted to play is ‘wife of a terrorist’? How does it feel to have words from your native language misused, misappropriated and used ... Read more
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Rab the Rhymer: Poems and songs of Robert Burns - a 250th Birthday celebration

by Robert Burns

Narrated by David Rintoul and 3 more

Unabridged

51 min
Acclaimed actors David Rintoul and Vivien Heilbron and eminent musicians Mhairi Lawson and Adrian Chandler present not only Burns's greatest hits, but also a selection of his lesser-known, yet fascinating works. Together these provide a comprehensive overview of his prodigious and versatile genius.Divided into four thematic sections: Love, Of Mice & Men, Off to War and Food & Drink, there are ... Read more
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The Abolition of Man

by C. S. Lewis

Narrated by Douglas Gresham

Unabridged

1 hour 36 min
C S Lewis’s philosophical defence of Natural Law (absolute morality) – without which human beings are reduced to less than fully human, and are, thus ‘abolished’. CS Lewis argues that objective value actually exists and that to believe otherwise is to create nonsense. Human beings appreciate values such as beauty and goodness because such things are part of reality – but if absolute morality is ... Read more
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The Odyssey

by Homer

Narrated by Ian McKellen
series Penguin Audio Classics
Unabridged

13 hours 3 min
The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of every man's journey through life. In the myths and legends that are retold here, the energy and poetry of Homer's original is captured in a bold, contemporary idiom, giving us an edition of The Odyssey that is a joy to listen to, worth savoring treasuring for its sheer lyrical mastery. This audiobook is sure to delight both the classicist and the ... Read more
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Troy

Our Greatest Story Retold

by Stephen Fry
series Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths
Unabridged
Brought to you by Penguin.Following the bestselling retellings of the Greek myths in Mythos and Heroes, Stephen Fry's bewitching third volume Troy - concerning love and war, passion and power - is now ready for ordering.The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they ... Read more
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Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats

by T. S. Eliot

Narrated by Sir John Gielgud and 1 more

Unabridged

36 min
The basis for the musical phenomenon 'Cats', this collection of 14 inviting rhymes – the mixture of the real and the impossible, the familiar and the fantastic – make for a set of poems that no child or adult can possibly resist. The basis for the musical phenomenon 'Cats', this collection of 14 inviting rhymes – the mixture of the real and the impossible, the familiar and the fantastic – make for ... Read more
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Drei kurze Texte (mit tödlichem Ausgang)

by Peter Palizsch and 1 more

Narrated by Anne Moll and 2 more

Abridged

1 hour 6 min
Peter Palitzsch hat drei kurze Texte über Krieg, Gewalt und Emigration mit jeweils tödlichem Ausgang geschrieben, es ist sein erstes Drama überhaupt. In ihm geht es um das Beheimatetsein auf einer Erde, die zu oft ihre Kinder ausgespuckt hat, die nun umherirren, gerade auf der Suche nach dieser Heimat. Die drei Texte umreißen verschiedene Epochen des 20. Jahrhunderts. ... Read more
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LA AMADA INMOVIL

by NERVO and 1 more

Narrated by CAMERO and 1 more

Abridged

2 hours 32 min
Cuando Amado Nervo (1870-1919), pseudónimo de Juan Crisóstomo Ruiz de Nervo, murió en Montevideo donde se desempeñaba como diplomático, su fama como el más grande poeta mexicano del siglo XIX era tal que la embarcación donde llevaron su cadáver a México fue escoltada por barcos de varios países, como un homenaje póstumo. Su obra más conocida, “La amada inmóvil” fue escrita a la muerte de su esposa ... Read more
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William Shakespeare: 5 Komödien

Shakespeare kurz und bündig

by William Shakespeare and 1 more

Narrated by Jürgen Fritsche
series Shakespeare kurz und bündig
Abridged

2 hours 54 min
Hören Sie die berühmtesten Komödien Shakespeares: Viel Lärm um nichts, Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung, Der Sturm, Was Ihr wollt, Ein Sommernachtstraum. Die berühmtesten Tragödien und Komödien des Barden aus Stratford-upon-Avon als Kurzgeschichten! Die Handlungen und ihre Akteure verstehen, Shakespeare-Kenntnisse auffrischen oder ganz einfach die Story genießen! Ideal für Schüler, Studenten und ... Read more
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Poetry of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, The

by Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Narrated by Ghizela Rowe

Unabridged

52 min
Letitia Elizabeth Landon was born on 14 August 1802 in Chelsea, London. A precocious child she had her first poem published is 1820 using the single ‘L’ as her marker. The following year her first volume appeared and sold well. She published a further two poems that same year with just the initials ‘L.E.L.” It provided the basis for much intrigue. She became the chief reviewer of the Gazette and ... Read more
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North American Stadiums

by Grady Chambers

Narrated by Grady Chambers

Unabridged

1 hour 23 min
Winner of the inaugural Max Ritvo Poetry Prize,Â North American StadiumsÂ is an assured debut collection about graceâ€”the places we search for it, and the disjunction between what we seek and where we arrive.â€œYou were supposed to find God here / the signs said.â€ In these poems, hinterlands demand our close attention; overlooked places of industry become sites for pilgrimage; and history large ... Read more
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Poetry Hour, The - Volume 19

by Robert Herrick and 2 more

Narrated by Richard Mitchley and 2 more

Unabridged

1 hour
Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our ... Read more
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The Divine Comedy: Inferno

by Dante Alighieri

Narrated by James Langton

Unabridged

4 hours 18 min
The most famous of the three canticles that compose The Divine Comedy, "Inferno" describes Dante's descent into Hell midway through his life with Virgil as a guide. As he descends through nine concentric circles of increasingly agonizing torture, Dante encounters doomed souls that include the pagan Aeneas, the liar Odysseus, the suicidal Cleopatra, and his own political enemies, damned for their ... Read more
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رباعیات خیام

by خیام نیشابوری

Narrated by سعید کنگرانی

Unabridged

1 hour 2 min
رباعیاتِ خيام هيچگاه تازگی و لطافت خود را از دست نخواهند داد. رباعی گرچه در ظاهر كوتاه ولی سرشار از معانیِ عمیق و نکتهسنجیهای بدیع است. به کلامی آهنگین و ساده از انسانِ همیشه سرگردان در مدارِ زندگی سخن میگوید. انسانی که در دایرهی اجبار و اختیار سرگردان است. خيام با تامل، تفکر و با چشمِ خرد در مناظر طبیعت و هستی مینگرد و با ذوقی لطیف پردهی ظاهر را از برابر دیدگانِ ما کنار میزند. او ما را به تعمق و ... Read more
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