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    Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors

    by Susan Sontag ...
    Narrated by Tavia Gilbert ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 38 min

    In 1978 Susan Sontag wrote Illness as Metaphor, a classic work described by Newsweek as “one of the most liberating books of its time.” A cancer patient herself when she was writing the book, Sontag shows how the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. By demystifying the ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Against Interpretation, and Other Essays

    by Susan Sontag ...
    Narrated by Tavia Gilbert ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 7 min

    Against Interpretation was Susan Sontag’s first collection of essays and is a modern classic. Originally published in 1966, it has never gone out of print and has influenced generations of readers all over the world. It includes the famous essays “Notes on Camp” and “Against Interpretation,” as well as her impassioned discussions of Sartre, Camus, Simone Weil, Godard, Beckett, Levi-Strauss, ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    L'arte di raccontare

    by Cesare De Marchi, Cesare De Marchi ...
    Narrated by Enrico Ballardini ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 52 min

    Dopo la pubblicazione del saggio Romanzi. Leggerli, scriverli (2007), l'autore torna a riflettere sul genere letterario romanzo e raccoglie una serie di considerazioni condotte sul duplice versante della lettura e della scrittura. I romanzi, questi oggetti di «sostanza immaginaria», non sono che «un movimento di parole»: ogni testo è un movimento verbale, e il movimento specifico del testo ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Black and Female

    by Tsitsi Dangarembga ...
    Narrated by Chipo Chung ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 52 min

    Being categorised as black and female does not constrain my writing. Writing assures me that I am more than merely blackness and femaleness. Writing assures me I am.This paradigm shifting essay collection weaves the personal and political in an illuminating exploration of internationally acclaimed novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga's complex relationship with race and gender. At once philosophical, ... Read more

    $20.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    So Much Longing in So Little Space

    The art of Edvard Munch

    by Karl Ove Knausgaard ...
    Narrated by Matthew Waterson ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 52 min

    Random House presents the audiobook edition of So Much Longing in So Little Space by Karl Ove Knausgaard, read by Matthew Waterson.In So Much Longing in So Little Space, Karl Ove Knausgaard explores the life and work of Edvard Munch. Setting out to understand the enduring power of Munch’s painting, Knausgaard reflects on the essence of creativity, on choosing to be an artist, experiencing the ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Literature in our Lives

    Talking About Texts from Shakespeare to Philip Pullman

    by Richard Jacobs ...
    Narrated by Tom Lawrence ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 21 min

    This book recreates in written form seventeen of the most popular, frankly personal and engaging lectures on literature given by the award-winning teacher Richard Jacobs, who has been working with students for over forty years. This is a book written for students, whether starting their studies or more experienced, and also for all lovers of literature. At its heart is the conviction that reading, ... Read more

    $66.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Fierce Bad Rabbits

    The Tales Behind Children's Picture Books

    by Clare Pollard ...
    Narrated by Clare Pollard ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 34 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.What is The Tiger Who Came to Tea really about?What has Meg and Mog got to do with Polish embroidery?Why is death in picture books so often represented by being eaten?Fierce Bad Rabbits takes us on an eye-opening journey in a pea-green boat through the history of picture books. From Edward Lear through to Julia Donaldson, Clare Poll... ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Contemporary Fiction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Robert Eaglestone ...
    Narrated by Christine Williams ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 59 min

    Contemporary fiction is a wide and diverse field, now global in dimension, with an enormous range of novels and writers that continues to grow at a fantastic speed. In this Very Short Introduction, Robert Eaglestone provides a clear and engaging exploration of the major themes, patterns, and debates of contemporary fiction. From genre, form, and experimentalism to the legacies of modernism and ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Portable Magic

    A History of Books and their Readers

    by Emma Smith ...
    Narrated by Emma Smith ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 25 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.'A fascinating journey into our relationship with the physical book...I lost count of the times I exclaimed with delight when I read a nugget of information I hadn't encountered before' Val McDermid, The TimesMost of what we say about books is really about the words inside them: the rosy nostalgic glow for childhood reading, the lifetime companionship of a much-loved ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Literary Theory: The Basics

    The Basics

    by Hans Bertens ...
    Narrated by Nigel Anthony ...
    series The Basics

    Unabridged

    9 hours 47 min

    This third edition of Hans Bertens’ bestselling book is an essential guide to the often confusing and complicated world of literary theory. Exploring a broad range of topics from Marxist and feminist criticism to postmodernism and new historicism Literary Theory: The Basics covers contemporary topics including: reception theory and reader response theory the new criticism of postmodernism, the ... Read more

    $34.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Ojos herejes

    Crónicas sobre la belleza para lectores rebeldes

    by Sergio Rodríguez Blanco ...
    Narrated by Fabián García ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 44 min

    En catorce crónicas, que son también ensayos sobre literatura y arte desde o sobre México, Ojos herejes examina los procesos intelectuales de la creación y cuestiona la momentánea fe que nos exige el arte.El itinerario de Sergio Rodríguez Blanco nos recuerda a las mejores páginas de sus dos modelos del viajero intelectual: el José Vasconcelos del Ulises criollo y el Sergio Pitol de El arte de la ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Theory of the Gimmick

    Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form

    by Sianne Ngai ...
    Narrated by Nancy Wu ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 51 min

    A provocative theory of the gimmick as an aesthetic category steeped in the anxieties of capitalism. Repulsive and yet strangely attractive, the gimmick is a form that can be found virtually everywhere in capitalism. It comes in many guises: a musical hook, a financial strategy, a striptease, a novel of ideas. Above all, acclaimed theorist Sianne Ngai argues, the gimmick strikes us both as working ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Over vandet går jeg

    Skitse til en poetik

    by Pia Tafdrup ...
    Narrated by Pia Tafdrup ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 4 min

    Som den første kvinde i Norden udsendte Pia Tafdrup i 1991 en poetik. Over vandet går jeg er specifikt knyttet til hendes eget lyriske projekt. Formen er skitsens, der spørges, mere end der svares. Men med sin insisteren og manglende angst for det patetiske markerede værket sig som et personligt og kompromisløst udsagn. ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD

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    Asking Better Questions of the Bible

    A Guide for the Wounded, Wary, and Longing for More

    by Marty Solomon ...
    Narrated by Marty Solomon ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 33 min

    Too often when we come to the Bible, we settle for easy answers. We move quickly toward the allure of resolution. But when we ask the questions the Bible is asking, we will do these things instead:understand the Eastern perspective of words, numbers, and core principles like eternal life, truth, sin, and faithrecognize the literary devices and the reclamation of stories used in the Torahread the ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    الفراديس المصطنعة - في الحشيش والأفيون

    by شارل بودلير ...
    Narrated by هبة بيشاني ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 22 min

    يتناول شارل بودلير في هذا الكتاب العلاقة الممكنة بين استعمال المخدّرات والإبداع الشعري متطرقاً إلى تجارب إبداعية أوروبية عديدة، مرتبطة بشكل أو بآخر بالتوظيفات الإبداعية للحشيش والأفيون في الشعر والسرد والموسيقى، مازجاً بين لغة علميّة أساسها البحث التاريخي والملاحظة المباشرة؛ وأسلوب شعري يخلّص هذا الكتاب من طابعه البحثي ويجعله واحداً من الكتب التي يمكن أن نفهم من خلالها الخلفيات الفكرية والجمالية ... Read more

    $20.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    An Experiment in Criticism

    by C. S. Lewis ...
    Narrated by Richard Elwood ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 36 min

    Why do we read literature and how do we judge it? C. S. Lewis's classic An Experiment in Criticism springs from the conviction that literature exists for the joy of the reader and that books should be judged by the kind of reading they invite. He argues that 'good reading', like moral action or religious experience, involves surrender to the work in hand and a process of entering fully into the ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    La civilización del espectáculo

    by Mario Vargas Llosa ...
    Narrated by Julio García ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 40 min

    En el pasado, la cultura fue una especie de conciencia que impedía dar la espalda a la realidad. Ahora, actúa como mecanismo de distracción y entretenimiento. Escucha La civilización del espectáculo en audiolibro.«La cultura, en el sentido que tradicionalmente se ha dado a este vocablo, está en nuestros días a punto de desaparecer.»Mario Vargas LlosaLa banalización de las artes y la literatura, el ... Read more

    $30.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Romanzi. Leggerli, scriverli

    by Cesare De Marchi, Cesare De Marchi ...
    Narrated by Enrico Ballardini ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 7 min

    Questo saggio, che si rivolge a tutti i lettori di romanzi, specialisti e non, si interroga sul fatto sorprendente che questi oggetti di carta stampata e di "sostanza immateriale" abbiano il potere di isolare per ore intere dalla vita reale persone d'ogni età e cultura con la sola forza – di che cosa? Delle parole: perché, osserva l'autore, un romanzo non è altro che un movimento di parole. In ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist

    Understanding What Happens When We Write and Read Novels

    by Orhan Pamuk ...
    Narrated by John Lee ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 10 min

    What happens within us when we read a novel? And how does a novel create its unique effects, so distinct from those of a painting, a film, or a poem? In this inspired, thoughtful, deeply personal book, Orhan Pamuk takes us into the worlds of the writer and the reader, revealing their intimate connections.Pamuk draws on Friedrich Schiller's famous distinction between "naive" poets-who write ... Read more

    $46.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Freud

    by Jonathan Lear ...
    Narrated by Kerry Shale ...
    series The Routledge Philosophers

    Unabridged

    8 hours 14 min

    In this fully updated second edition, the author clearly introduces and assesses all of Freud's thought, focusing on those areas of philosophy on which Freud is acknowledged to have had a lasting impact. These include the philosophy of mind, free will and determinism, rationality, the nature of the self and subjectivity, and ethics and religion. He also considers some of the deeper issues and ... Read more

    $46.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Romantic Manifesto

    A Philosophy of Literature

    by Ayn Rand ...
    Narrated by Bernadette Dunne ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 22 min

    In this beautifully written and brilliantly reasoned collection of essays, Ayn Rand throws new light on the nature of art and its purpose in human life. Once again, Rand demonstrates her bold originality and her refusal to let popular catchphrases and conventional ideas define her sense of the truth.In her ethics Ayn Rand extolled the virtue of selfishness—and in her theory of art she was no less ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    High Heel

    by Summer Brennan ...
    Narrated by Allyson Ryan ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 14 min

    Fetishized, demonized, celebrated, and outlawed, the high heel is central to the iconography of modern womanhood. But are high heels good? Are they feminist? What does it mean for a woman (or, for that matter, a man) to choose to wear them? Meditating on the labyrinthine nature of sexual identity and the performance of gender, High Heel moves from film to fairytale, from foot binding to feminism, ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Bodies That Matter

    On the Discursive Limits of Sex

    by Judith Butler ...
    Narrated by Kelly Burke ...
    series Routledge Classics

    Unabridged

    12 hours 8 min

    Major book by one of the world's leading theorists, published to great acclaim One of the first theory books on the body, which has since become a huge topic Complements Gender Trouble which is already in the Classics series ... Read more

    $40.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Contra el fascismo

    by Umberto Eco ...
    Narrated by Eugenio Barona ...

    Unabridged

    43 min

    Las catorce claves de Umberto Eco para reconocer el fascismo: un manifiesto urgente.«Umberto Eco cambió nuestra mirada sobre los libros: imprescindibles, pequeños, frágiles, a veces criminales, casi siempre salvadores. Un maestro que nos enseñó a entrelazar la sabiduría y el juego con su estilo sagaz y lúdico, con su asombrosa inventiva y certera lucidez.»Irene Vallejo«Uno de los pensadores más ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial