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    Concrete

    Lu par Matt Addis ...
    Collection series Object Lessons

    Version Longue

    4 heure 36 min

    Bloomsbury presents Concrete by Stephen Parnell, read by Matt Addis.Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Concrete has an image problem. Portrayed as boring, cheap, and thoughtless, it is often considered synonymous with bad architecture. For many, concrete is architecture gone wrong – dogmatic, ugly, and as miserably grey as ... En savoir plus

    19,45 €

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    If This Be Magic

    The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation

    par Daniel Hahn ...
    Lu par Daniel Hahn ...

    Version Longue

    13 heure 29 min

    Why might Hamlet be even longer in Italian?How does the story of Romeo and Juliet begin . . . in Thai?How do you build a joke in German, or recreate a rhyme in Japanese?And why are Lady Macbeth's pronouns such a problem?What does it mean to translate Shakespeare? When we change all the poetry, all the wordplay, all the syntax - all the words! - is i... ... En savoir plus

    33,59 €

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    Sleep Works

    Experiments in Science and Literature, 1899–1929

    Version Longue

    6 heure 18 min

    At the turn of the twentieth century, sleep began to be seen not merely as a passive state but as an active, dynamic process crucial to our understanding of consciousness and identity. In Sleep Works, cultural historian and literary scholar Sebastian P. Klinger explores the intriguing connections between scientific inquiry and literary expression during an era when sleep was both a scientific ... En savoir plus

    18,56 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

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    The Map of True Places

    par Brunonia Barry ...
    Lu par Caitlin Thorburn ...

    Version Longue

    11 heure 48 min

    From the author of The Lace Reader comes an emotionally resonant novel of tragedy, secrets, identity, and love.Zee Finch has a career as a respected psychotherapist and she’s about to get married, but the shocking death of Zee’s most troubled patient brings to the surface secrets in Zee’s own life.Zee is finally forced to confront the truth behind her mother’s death and the unfinished story she ... En savoir plus

    25,99 €

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    So Much Longing in So Little Space

    The art of Edvard Munch

    Version Longue

    5 heure 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 ... En savoir plus

    10,37 €

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    Shopping Mall

    Object Lessons

    par Matthew Newton ...
    Lu par Mack Gordon ...
    Collection series Object Lessons

    Version Longue

    3 heure 31 min

    Bloomsbury presents Shopping Mall by Matthew Newton, read by Mack Gordon.Object Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.The mall near Mat thew Newton’s childhood home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was one of the state’s first enclosed shopping malls. Like all malls in their heyday, this one was a climate-controlled pleasuredome where strangers converged. It ... En savoir plus

    19,45 €

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    Burger

    Object Lessons

    par Carol J. Adams ...
    Lu par Noe Nishizawa ...
    Collection series Object Lessons

    Version Longue

    3 heure 25 min

    Bloomsbury presents Burger by Carol J. Adams, read by Noe NishizawaObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.The burger, long the All-American meal, is undergoing an identity crisis. From its shifting place in popular culture to efforts by investors such as Bill Gates to create the non-animal burger that can feed the world, the burger’s identity has become ... En savoir plus

    19,45 €

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    Drone

    Object Lessons

    par Adam Rothstein ...
    Lu par Greg Lockett ...
    Collection series Object Lessons

    Version Longue

    3 heure 43 min

    Bloomsbury presents Drone by Adam Rothstein, read by Greg LockettObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Drones are in the newspaper, on the TV screen, swarming through the networks, and soon, we're told, they'll be delivering our shopping. But what are drones? The word encompasses everything from toys to weapons. And yet, as ... En savoir plus

    19,45 €

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    Against Interpretation, and Other Essays

    par Susan Sontag ...
    Lu par Tavia Gilbert ...

    Version Longue

    12 heure 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, ... En savoir plus

    17,64 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

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    Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World

    par René Girard ...
    Lu par Mike Fraser ...

    Version Longue

    21 heure 25 min

    An astonishing work of cultural criticism, this book is widely recognized as a brilliant and devastating challenge to conventional views of literature, anthropology, religion, and psychoanalysis. In its scope and interest it can be compared with Freud's Totem and Taboo, the subtext Girard refutes with polemic daring, vast erudition, and a persuasiveness that leaves the listener compelled to ... En savoir plus

    22,09 €

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    The Mayflower and Miscellaneous Writings by Harriet Beecher Stowe

    Essays on History, Faith, and Social Thought

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    12 heure 39 min

    This audiobook collection includes historical reflection and social essays by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Exploring faith, moral responsibility, and American identity, it offers insight into nineteenth-century thought and reform. ... En savoir plus

    0,88 €

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    Ojos herejes

    Crónicas sobre la belleza para lectores rebeldes

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    5 heure 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 ... En savoir plus

    12,35 €

  • Livre audio

    Metronome

    Object Lessons

    Lu par Chris Gaines ...
    Collection series Object Lessons

    Version Longue

    3 heure 13 min

    Bloomsbury presents Metronome by Matthew H. Birkhold, read by Chris GainesObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.When the metronome was invented in 1815, it transformed the music world. Composers and musicians now had a tool that could help them maintain a precise and consistent tempo. And while giants of classical music like Beethoven early embraced ... En savoir plus

    19,45 €

  • Livre audio

    Portable Magic

    A History of Books and their Readers

    par Emma Smith ...
    Lu par Emma Smith ...

    Version Longue

    8 heure 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 ... En savoir plus

    14,98 €

  • Livre audio

    Pub

    Object Lessons

    Collection series Object Lessons

    Version Longue

    2 heure 44 min

    Bloomsbury presents Pub by Philip Howell, read by Tim Frances"Erudite, quirky, and amusing." Sebastian FaulksObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.The pub is an English institution. Yet its history has been obscured by myth and nostalgia. In this unique book, Philip Howell takes the public house as an object, or rather as a series of objects: he takes ... En savoir plus

    19,45 €

  • Livre audio

    In Love with Love

    The Persistence and Joy of Romantic Fiction

    par Ella Risbridger ...
    Lu par Ella Risbridger ...

    Version Longue

    6 heure 17 min

    'A literary and deeply heartfelt exploration of an under-appreciated genre. It is heaven from start to finish**'**INDIA KNIGHT, The Times'This book is funny, wise, and joyfully obsessed with its subject'MONICA HEISEY'Endlessly witty, breathtakingly clever, a book you'll read in one sitting'CAROLINE O'DONOGHUE'Th... ... En savoir plus

    28,28 €

  • Livre audio

    Literary Theory

    The Basics

    par Hans Bertens ...
    Lu par Nigel Anthony ...

    Version Longue

    9 heure 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 theorythe new criticism of postmodernismthe ‘after ... En savoir plus

    18,56 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

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    Hotel

    Object Lessons

    par Joanna Walsh ...
    Lu par Stephanie Racine ...
    Collection series Object Lessons

    Version Longue

    4 heure 4 min

    Bloomsbury presents Hotel by Joanna Walsh, read by Stephanie Racine.Object Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.During the breakdown of an unhappy marriage, writer Joanna Walsh got a job as a hotel reviewer, and began to gravitate towards places designed as alternatives to home. Luxury, sex, power, anonymity, privacy…hotels are where our desires go on ... En savoir plus

    19,45 €

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    Art Monsters

    Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art

    par Lauren Elkin ...
    Lu par Lauren Elkin ...

    Version Longue

    9 heure 37 min

    **Brought to you by Penguin.A dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and art - and how we think about them.**For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised bodies, female bodies, what is their language, what are the materials we need to transcribe it?Exploring the ways ... En savoir plus

    16,13 €

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    Manufacturing Consent

    The classic analysis of how power shapes the news

    Version Longue

    15 heure 24 min

    The classic political study of how elite forces shape mass media.Edward S Herman and Noam Chomsky investigate how an underlying elite consensus structures mainstream media. Here they skilfully dissect the way in which the marketplace and the economics of publishing significantly shape the news.This book reveals how issues are framed and topics chosen, and the double standards underlying accounts ... En savoir plus

    18,43 €

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    Modern Genre Theory

    An Introduction for Biblical Studies

    par Andrew Judd ...
    Lu par Les Horovitz ...

    Version Longue

    9 heure 29 min

    How a better understanding of genre leads to a better understanding of the biblical text.The Bible, with its gloriously rich diversity of ancient genres, demands a flexible and historically aware approach to genre. Different conceptions of narrative, poetry, gospel, epistle, wisdom, and apocalyptic texts lead to vastly different readings, and our disagreements about what the Bible means often boil ... En savoir plus

    23,68 €

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    Glasses

    par Adam Geczy ...
    Lu par Todd Boyce ...
    Collection series Object Lessons

    Version Longue

    3 heure 25 min

    Bloomsbury presents Glasses by Adam Geczy, read by Todd Boyce.Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Glasses are among the oldest and most commonplace prosthetics we have invented. But what does it mean to wear glasses? There is more to the answer than correcting vision. Glasses alter, enhance, and shield the way that we view the ... En savoir plus

    19,45 €

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    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    par Mark Twain ...
    Lu par Mike McShane ...

    Version Abrégée

    2 heure 51 min

    ‘Now he found out a new thing – namely, that to promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.’An idyllic snapshot of a boy’s childhood along the banks of the Mississippi River, Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the author’s work that comes closest to his boyhood experiences of growing up in Hannibal in the 1840s.Mischievous and ... En savoir plus

    13,99 €

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    The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

    Lu par Tom Baker ...
    Collection series Argo Classics

    Version Abrégée

    1 heures 39 min

    William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.In the foggy streets of London, two men – one a respectable doctor and one a depraved killer – ... En savoir plus

    11,99 €