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C. S. Lewis and His Times

by George Sayer ...

Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

Unabridged

13 hours 26 min

Numerous biographies have been written about this great theologian, literary critic, and novelist, but we have found this to be the best.Sayer describes Lewis’ early years, hinting at childhood evidence of the brilliance and eccentricity that would later become Lewis’ hallmarks. He discusses Lewis’ academic career, his life-transforming conversion to Christianity, and the role of religion in his ... Read more

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Numerous biographies have been written about this great theologian, literary critic, and novelist, but we have found this to be the best.Sayer describes Lewis’ early years, hinting at childhood evidence of the brilliance and eccentricity that would later become Lewis’ hallmarks. He discusses Lewis’ academic career, his life-transforming conversion to Christianity, and the role of religion in his
... Read more
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Agatha Christie

The Sunday Times bestselling biography of the legendary creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple

by Lucy Worsley ...

Narrated by Lucy Worsley ...

Unabridged

13 hours 47 min

The bestselling biography of Britain's 'Queen of Crime' by acclaimed historian Lucy Worsley OBE'Every Christie fan should read this' - THE TIMESTo Lucy Worsley, Agatha Christie was 'thrillingly, scintillatingly modern'. She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating mental illness. Born in 1890, Christie ... Read more

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The bestselling biography of Britain's 'Queen of Crime' by acclaimed historian Lucy Worsley OBE'Every Christie fan should read this' - THE TIMESTo Lucy Worsley, Agatha Christie was 'thrillingly, scintillatingly modern'. She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating mental illness. Born in 1890, Christie
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Shakespeare

The World as Stage

by Bill Bryson ...

Narrated by Bill Bryson ...

Unabridged

5 hours 29 min

Shakespeare: The Illustrated Edition is an exquisitely illustrated, updated edition of Bill Bryson’s bestselling biography of William Shakespeare that takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship. With more than 100 color and black-and-white illustrations throughout, and updated to include recent discoveries, Shakespeare: ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

Shakespeare: The Illustrated Edition is an exquisitely illustrated, updated edition of Bill Bryson’s bestselling biography of William Shakespeare that takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship. With more than 100 color and black-and-white illustrations throughout, and updated to include recent discoveries, Shakespeare:
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C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity

A Biography

by George M. Marsden ...

Narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie ...

Series series Lives of the Great Religious Books
Unabridged

5 hours 26 min

Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis's eloquent and winsome defense of the Christian faith, originated as a series of BBC radio talks broadcast during the dark days of World War Two. Here is the story of the extraordinary life and afterlife of this influential and much-beloved book. George Marsden describes how Lewis gradually went from being an atheist to a committed Anglican--famously converting to ... Read more

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Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis's eloquent and winsome defense of the Christian faith, originated as a series of BBC radio talks broadcast during the dark days of World War Two. Here is the story of the extraordinary life and afterlife of this influential and much-beloved book. George Marsden describes how Lewis gradually went from being an atheist to a committed Anglican--famously converting to
... Read more
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God’s Secretaries

The Making of the King James Bible

by Adam Nicolson ...

Narrated by Clive Chafer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 40 min

A net of complex currents flowed across Jacobean England. This was the England of Shakespeare, Jonson, and Bacon; the Gunpowder Plot; the worst outbreak of the plague England had ever seen; arcadian landscapes; murderous, toxic slums; and, above all, sometimes overwhelming religious passion. Jacobean England was both more godly and less godly than it had ever been, and the entire culture was drawn ... Read more

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A net of complex currents flowed across Jacobean England. This was the England of Shakespeare, Jonson, and Bacon; the Gunpowder Plot; the worst outbreak of the plague England had ever seen; arcadian landscapes; murderous, toxic slums; and, above all, sometimes overwhelming religious passion. Jacobean England was both more godly and less godly than it had ever been, and the entire culture was drawn
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The Tower and the Ruin

J.R.R. Tolkien's Creation

by Michael D. C. Drout ...

Narrated by Michael D. C. Drout ...

Unabridged

11 hours 30 min

A leading scholar draws on fifty years of reading and studying J.R.R. Tolkien to explain how he created an entire world.No writer has surpassed the epic achievement of J.R.R. Tolkien, who spent decades refining his Middle-earth—a world that has felt so real to so many readers that it is almost impossible to imagine that any single person could have simply created it, seemingly out of thin air. In ... Read more

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A leading scholar draws on fifty years of reading and studying J.R.R. Tolkien to explain how he created an entire world.No writer has surpassed the epic achievement of J.R.R. Tolkien, who spent decades refining his Middle-earth—a world that has felt so real to so many readers that it is almost impossible to imagine that any single person could have simply created it, seemingly out of thin air. In
... Read more
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The Hollow Crown

Shakespeare on How Leaders Rise, Rule, and Fall

by Eliot A. Cohen ...

Narrated by Steven Crossley ...

Unabridged

9 hours 15 min

What Shakespeare's plays can teach us about modern-day politicsWilliam Shakespeare understood power: what it is, how it works, how it is gained, and how it is lost.In The Hollow Crown, Eliot A. Cohen reveals how the battling princes of Henry IV and scheming senators of Julius Caesar can teach us to better understand power and politics today. The White House, after all, is a court—with intrigue and ... Read more

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What Shakespeare's plays can teach us about modern-day politicsWilliam Shakespeare understood power: what it is, how it works, how it is gained, and how it is lost.In The Hollow Crown, Eliot A. Cohen reveals how the battling princes of Henry IV and scheming senators of Julius Caesar can teach us to better understand power and politics today. The White House, after all, is a court—with intrigue and
... Read more
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Rhetoric and Poetics

by Aristotle ...

Narrated by James Cameron Stewart ...

Unabridged

10 hours 38 min

Poetics and Rhetoric are the two major works by Aristotle which, after more than 2,000 years, remain key behavioural handbooks for anyone interested in story, performance, presentation and indeed psychology.The continuing influence of Poetics, for example, is readily discernible even among the scriptwriters of Hollywood! Poetics is the shorter work, lasting under two hours, whereas Rhetoric - the ... Read more

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Poetics and Rhetoric are the two major works by Aristotle which, after more than 2,000 years, remain key behavioural handbooks for anyone interested in story, performance, presentation and indeed psychology.The continuing influence of Poetics, for example, is readily discernible even among the scriptwriters of Hollywood! Poetics is the shorter work, lasting under two hours, whereas Rhetoric - the
... Read more
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Charles Dickens: A BBC Biography

by Armando Iannucci, Melvyn Bragg, Sam West, Tess Hadley, Romesh Gunesekera, A.L. Kennedy0, Alexander McCall Smith2, Claire Tomalin4 ...

Narrated by Armando Iannucci, Melvyn Bragg, Sam West, Tess Hadley, Romesh Gunesekera, A.L. Kennedy1, Alexander McCall Smith3, Claire Tomalin5 ...

Unabridged

8 hours 14 min

A BBC radio collection celebrating Charles Dickens' life, work and influenceCharles Dickens was a literary giant, second only to Shakespeare in the ranks of England's greatest writers. This extensive biographical collection looks at the man, his novels and his legacy to provide an all-round portrait of the much-loved author.Michael Eaton's five-play cycle Dickens in London, starring Samuel Barnett ... Read more

$23.98 CAD

A BBC radio collection celebrating Charles Dickens' life, work and influenceCharles Dickens was a literary giant, second only to Shakespeare in the ranks of England's greatest writers. This extensive biographical collection looks at the man, his novels and his legacy to provide an all-round portrait of the much-loved author.Michael Eaton's five-play cycle Dickens in London, starring Samuel Barnett
... Read more
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Shakespeare and the Resistance

The Earl of Southampton, the Essex Rebellion, and the Poems that Challenged Tudor Tyranny

by Clare Asquith ...

Narrated by Allan Corduner ...

Unabridged

7 hours 27 min

Shakespeare's largely misunderstood narrative poems contain within them an explosive commentary on the political storms convulsing his countryThe 1590s were bleak years for England. The queen was old, the succession unclear, and the treasury empty after decades of war. Amid the rising tension, William Shakespeare published a pair of poems dedicated to the young Earl of Southampton: Venus and ... Read more

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Shakespeare's largely misunderstood narrative poems contain within them an explosive commentary on the political storms convulsing his countryThe 1590s were bleak years for England. The queen was old, the succession unclear, and the treasury empty after decades of war. Amid the rising tension, William Shakespeare published a pair of poems dedicated to the young Earl of Southampton: Venus and
... Read more
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The Club

Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age

by Leo Damrosch ...

Narrated by Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

15 hours 1 min

Prize-winning biographer Leo Damrosch tells the story of “the Club,” a group of extraordinary writers, artists, and thinkers who gathered weekly at a London tavernIn 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk’s Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually the group came to ... Read more

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Prize-winning biographer Leo Damrosch tells the story of “the Club,” a group of extraordinary writers, artists, and thinkers who gathered weekly at a London tavernIn 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk’s Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually the group came to
... Read more
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The Annals

by Tacitus ...

Narrated by Martyn Swain ...

Unabridged

17 hours 1 min

The Annals, written by Gaius Cornelius Tacitus (56c-120 CE), is regarded as one of the great literary works of history in the Roman world. Tacitus is considered by many to be the greatest of Roman historians, and The Annals is his’ outstanding achievement.Originally comprising 18 volumes, books 7 to 10 and parts of books 5, 6, 11 and 16 have been lost, but those that remain, read here by Martyn ... Read more

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The Annals, written by Gaius Cornelius Tacitus (56c-120 CE), is regarded as one of the great literary works of history in the Roman world. Tacitus is considered by many to be the greatest of Roman historians, and The Annals is his’ outstanding achievement.Originally comprising 18 volumes, books 7 to 10 and parts of books 5, 6, 11 and 16 have been lost, but those that remain, read here by Martyn
... Read more
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Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc

by Joseph Pearce ...

Narrated by Kevin F. Spalding ...

Unabridged

13 hours 54 min

Hilaire Belloc is one of the most important writers of the 20th century. At turns reviled or revered, depending on the audience, he was a razor-sharp social commenter and a master of both poetry and prose who continues to captivate readers. In Old Thunder, Joseph Pearce examines Belloc's enduring impact on British intellectual life.Along the way, Pearce uncovers Belloc's relationships with ... Read more

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Hilaire Belloc is one of the most important writers of the 20th century. At turns reviled or revered, depending on the audience, he was a razor-sharp social commenter and a master of both poetry and prose who continues to captivate readers. In Old Thunder, Joseph Pearce examines Belloc's enduring impact on British intellectual life.Along the way, Pearce uncovers Belloc's relationships with
... Read more
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The Tempest (Unabridged)

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by AI Marcus ...

Unabridged

2 hours 18 min

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. The Tempest, thought to be one of the last plays that Shakespeare wrote alone, begins with a storm which shipwrecks the king of Naples and his crew. We quickly learn that the tempest was not a natural occurence; it was created by Prospero, the usurped duke of Milan who is stranded on a nearby island, with the help of Ariel, a spirit in ... Read more

$3.99 CAD

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. The Tempest, thought to be one of the last plays that Shakespeare wrote alone, begins with a storm which shipwrecks the king of Naples and his crew. We quickly learn that the tempest was not a natural occurence; it was created by Prospero, the usurped duke of Milan who is stranded on a nearby island, with the help of Ariel, a spirit in
... Read more
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If I Had Lunch with C. S. Lewis

Exploring the Ideas of C. S. Lewis on the Meaning of Life

by Alister McGrath ...

Narrated by Ralph Lister ...

Unabridged

4 hours 55 min

Have you ever wondered…whether God exists?whether life has meaning?whether pain and suffering have a purpose?This audio book is my invitation to sit down with C. S. Lewis and me to think about some of the persistent questions and dilemmas every person faces in life. We’ll explore Lewis’s thoughts on everything from friendships to heaven, from the reasons for faith to the power of stori... ... Read more

$32.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Have you ever wondered…whether God exists?whether life has meaning?whether pain and suffering have a purpose?This audio book is my invitation to sit down with C. S. Lewis and me to think about some of the persistent questions and dilemmas every person faces in life. We’ll explore Lewis’s thoughts on everything from friendships to heaven, from the reasons for faith to the power of stori...
... Read more
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Tolkien’s Ordinary Virtues

Exploring the Spiritual Themes of The Lord of the Rings

by Mark Eddy Smith ...

Narrated by Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

2 hours 56 min

“As I get older and learn more of what sort of person I am, and continue sojourning to the rich soil of the Shire and the high tower of Minas Tirith, I discover that many of my notions of what is good and right and noble in this world have their source in that one.”—from the authorThe Lord of the Rings offers us essential lessons in living. Here we discover ordinary virtues like generosity, pity, ... Read more

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“As I get older and learn more of what sort of person I am, and continue sojourning to the rich soil of the Shire and the high tower of Minas Tirith, I discover that many of my notions of what is good and right and noble in this world have their source in that one.”—from the authorThe Lord of the Rings offers us essential lessons in living. Here we discover ordinary virtues like generosity, pity,
... Read more
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English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama)

by C. S. Lewis ...

Narrated by John Lee ...

Unabridged

25 hours 17 min

C. S. Lewis offers a magisterial take on the literature and poetry of one of the most consequential periods in world history, providing deep insight into some of the greatest writers of the age, including Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, William Tyndale, John Knox, Dr. Johnson, Richard Hooker, Hugh Latimer, Christopher Marlowe, John Donne, and Thomas Cranmer.English Literature in the Sixteenth ... Read more

$66.99 CAD

C. S. Lewis offers a magisterial take on the literature and poetry of one of the most consequential periods in world history, providing deep insight into some of the greatest writers of the age, including Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, William Tyndale, John Knox, Dr. Johnson, Richard Hooker, Hugh Latimer, Christopher Marlowe, John Donne, and Thomas Cranmer.English Literature in the Sixteenth
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The Letters of Pliny the Younger

by Pliny the Younger ...

Narrated by Leighton Pugh ...

Unabridged

12 hours 40 min

Pliny the Younger (61 CE-c. 113 CE) was a well-connected official in the Rome of the first century, and it is through his ten Books of Letters that we have one of the liveliest and most informal pictures of the period.As a lawyer and magistrate, he rose through the senate to become consul in AD 100 and therefore corresponded with leading figures including the historian Tacitus, the biographer ... Read more

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Pliny the Younger (61 CE-c. 113 CE) was a well-connected official in the Rome of the first century, and it is through his ten Books of Letters that we have one of the liveliest and most informal pictures of the period.As a lawyer and magistrate, he rose through the senate to become consul in AD 100 and therefore corresponded with leading figures including the historian Tacitus, the biographer
... Read more
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Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake, A

Unlocking James Joyce's Masterwork

by Joseph Campbell, Henry Morton Robinson ...

Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

Unabridged

16 hours 36 min

Countless would-be readers of Finnegans Wake — James Joyce’s 1939 masterwork, on which he labored for a third of his life — have given up after a few pages and “dismissed the book as a perverse triumph of the unintelligible.” In 1944, a young professor of mythology and literature named Joseph Campbell, working with novelist and poet Henry Morton Robinson, wrote the first guide to understanding the ... Read more

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Countless would-be readers of Finnegans Wake — James Joyce’s 1939 masterwork, on which he labored for a third of his life — have given up after a few pages and “dismissed the book as a perverse triumph of the unintelligible.” In 1944, a young professor of mythology and literature named Joseph Campbell, working with novelist and poet Henry Morton Robinson, wrote the first guide to understanding the
... Read more
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Making Darkness Light

A Life of John Milton

by Joe Moshenska ...

Narrated by Joe Eyre ...

Unabridged

15 hours 20 min

An innovative and elegant new biography of John Milton from an acclaimed Oxford professorJohn Milton was once essential reading for visionaries and revolutionaries, from William Blake to Ben Franklin. Now, however, he has become a literary institution—intimidating rather than inspiring.In Making Darkness Light, Oxford professor Joe Moshenska rediscovers a poet whose rich contradictions confound ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

An innovative and elegant new biography of John Milton from an acclaimed Oxford professorJohn Milton was once essential reading for visionaries and revolutionaries, from William Blake to Ben Franklin. Now, however, he has become a literary institution—intimidating rather than inspiring.In Making Darkness Light, Oxford professor Joe Moshenska rediscovers a poet whose rich contradictions confound
... Read more
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Story Of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, The

by William Shakespeare, Mary Lamb, Charles Lamb ...

Narrated by Brian Holland Rose ...

Abridged

19 min

Much Ado About Nothing is set in Messina, Sicily where Don Pedro, an Italian prince and his two deputies, Claudio and Benedick are on their way home after success in battle. Leonato invites them to stay in Messina as his guests and throws a masked ball in their honour. The deputies are soon to be betrothed but the path to happiness is a tricky one involving infidelity and duplicity. This narrative ... Read more

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Much Ado About Nothing is set in Messina, Sicily where Don Pedro, an Italian prince and his two deputies, Claudio and Benedick are on their way home after success in battle. Leonato invites them to stay in Messina as his guests and throws a masked ball in their honour. The deputies are soon to be betrothed but the path to happiness is a tricky one involving infidelity and duplicity. This narrative
... Read more
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Shakespeare

The Seven Major Tragedies

by Harold Bloom ...

Narrated by Harold Bloom ...

Unabridged

8 hours 12 min

Shakespeare invented characters in a new kind of way. He not only gave them personality and depth, he gave them life. Not a life that went simply from point to point, but one that developed rather than unfolded. In so doing, Shakespeare created characters with whom everyone can identify, whether the characters were kings and queens or fools and merchants. Renowned Shakespearian scholar Professor ... Read more

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Shakespeare invented characters in a new kind of way. He not only gave them personality and depth, he gave them life. Not a life that went simply from point to point, but one that developed rather than unfolded. In so doing, Shakespeare created characters with whom everyone can identify, whether the characters were kings and queens or fools and merchants. Renowned Shakespearian scholar Professor
... Read more
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The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends

by Simon Young ...

Narrated by Jonathan Johns ...

Unabridged

7 hours 44 min

In the last fifty years, folklorists have amassed an extraordinary corpus of contemporary legends including "the Choking Doberman," "the Eaten Ticket," and "the Vanishing Hitchhiker." But what about the urban legends of the past? These legends and tales have rarely been collected, and when they occasionally appear, they do so as ancestors or precursors of the urban legends of today, rather than as ... Read more

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In the last fifty years, folklorists have amassed an extraordinary corpus of contemporary legends including "the Choking Doberman," "the Eaten Ticket," and "the Vanishing Hitchhiker." But what about the urban legends of the past? These legends and tales have rarely been collected, and when they occasionally appear, they do so as ancestors or precursors of the urban legends of today, rather than as
... Read more
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Celts and Germans

by Timothy B. Shutt ...

Narrated by Timothy B. Shutt ...

Unabridged

5 hours 21 min

One of the Modern Scholar's most popular lecturers, Professor Timothy B. Shutt of Kenyon College examines the contributions of the peoples of northern Europe through their vibrant literary legacy. As Professor Shutt's textual analysis reveals, Celtic and Germanic values shine through these works, exhibiting such characteristics as courage, self-control, and respect for women. As listeners will ... Read more

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One of the Modern Scholar's most popular lecturers, Professor Timothy B. Shutt of Kenyon College examines the contributions of the peoples of northern Europe through their vibrant literary legacy. As Professor Shutt's textual analysis reveals, Celtic and Germanic values shine through these works, exhibiting such characteristics as courage, self-control, and respect for women. As listeners will
... Read more

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