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    Martin Chuzzlewit

    par Charles Dickens ...
    Lu par Paul Scofield ...

    Version Abrégée

    5 heure 52 min

    This comic masterpiece is read by Paul Schofield. It has been noted also by Dickens’ biographer, Forster, that it marked a crucial phase in the author's development as he began to delve deeper into the 'springs of character'."Martin Chuzzlewit" is Charles Dickens' comic masterpiece about which his biographer, Forster, noted that it marked a crucial phase in the author's development as he began to ... En savoir plus

    17,99 €

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    Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World

    par Simon Callow ...
    Lu par Simon Callow ...

    Version Longue

    11 heure 4 min

    A short life of Dickens which celebrates the impact of the theatre on his life and workAcclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow captures the essence of Charles Dickens in a sparkling biography that explores the central importance of the theatre to the life of the greatest storyteller in the English language.From his early years as a child entertainer in Portsmouth to his reluctant retirement from ... En savoir plus

    22,99 €

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    Taco

    Object Lessons

    Collection series Object Lessons

    Version Longue

    3 heure 23 min

    Bloomsbury presents Taco by Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado, read by Michel Issa RubioObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Taco is a deep dive into the most iconic Mexican food from the perspective of a Mexico City native. In a narrative that moves from Mexico to the United States and back, Sánchez Prado discusses the definition of the taco, the question of ... En savoir plus

    19,45 €

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    Twitter and Tear Gas

    par Amit Varma ...
    Lu par Amit Varma ...
    Collection Livre audio 12 - The Book Club with Amit Varma

    Version Longue

    12 min

    What does Shaheen Bagh have in common with Tahrir Square in Egypt and Gezi Park in Istanbul? A lot! In episode 12 of The Book Club, Amit Varma discusses 'Twitter and Tear Gas' by Zeynep Tufekci, which looks at the similarity in citizen protests across the world over the last decade. ... En savoir plus

    2,99 €

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    Limits of Critique, The

    par Rita Felski ...
    Lu par Auto-narrated ...

    Version Longue

    8 heure 7 min

    Why must critics unmask and demystify literary works? Why do they believe that language is always withholding some truth, that the critic’s task is to reveal the unsaid or repressed? In this book, Rita Felski examines critique, the dominant form of interpretation in literary studies, and situates it as but one method among many, a method with strong allure—but also definite limits.Felski argues ... En savoir plus

    4,41 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

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    L'arte della narrazione: Perché alcune storie ci restano dentro molto tempo dopo la fine

    Lu par Vittoria Pieroni ...

    Version Longue

    2 heure 14 min

    Esplora la profonda psicologia dello storytelling per decodificare perché la memoria emotiva di un racconto ci cambia. Perfetto per chi cerca un ascolto intimo durante gli spostamenti quotidiani, questo saggio illumina il nostro paesaggio interiore. Invece di focalizzarsi sulla fredda meccanica della trama, indaga il legame viscerale tra l'arco narrativo e la nostra personale ricerca di ... En savoir plus

    8,83 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

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    The Romantic Manifesto

    A Philosophy of Literature

    par Ayn Rand ...
    Lu par Bernadette Dunne ...

    Version Longue

    7 heure 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 AynRand extolled the virtue of selfishness—and in her theory of art she was no less ... En savoir plus

    14,98 €

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    Semicolon

    The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark

    par Cecelia Watson ...
    Lu par Pam Ward ...

    Version Longue

    3 heure 47 min

    A page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world’s most polarizing punctuation markThe semicolon. Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut, and Orwell detest it. Herman Melville, Henry James, and Rebecca Solnit love it. But why? When is it effective? Have we been misusing it? Should we even care?In Semicolon, Cecelia Watson charts the rise and fall of this infamous punctuation ... En savoir plus

    18,53 €

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    Once Upon a Prime

    The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature

    par Sarah Hart ...
    Lu par Sarah Hart ...

    Version Longue

    8 heure 42 min

    ‘A hugely entertaining and well-written tour of the links between math and literature. Hart’s lightness of touch and passion for both subjects make this book a delight to read. Bookworms and number-lovers alike will discover much they didn’t know about the creative interplay between stories, structure and sums.’ – Alex Bellos‘This exuberant book will educate, amuse and surprise. It might even add ... En savoir plus

    20,99 €

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    Earth

    Object Lessons

    Collection series Object Lessons

    Version Longue

    3 heure 15 min

    Bloomsbury presents Earth by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen and Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, read by Rachel Handshaw and Mack Gordon.Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.In Earth, a planetary scientist and a literary humanist explore what happens when we think of the Earth as an object viewable from space. As a “blue marble,” “a blue pale dot,” ... En savoir plus

    19,45 €

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    Against Progress

    par Slavoj Žižek ...
    Lu par Joe Jameson ...
    Collection series Žižek's Essays

    Version Longue

    4 heure 13 min

    To define 'progress' is to lay claim to the future. Seminal thinker Slavoj Žižek turns essayist to interrogate the competing visions which form the horizons of human possibility and ask: Can things, which have never seemed worse, get better? What would a better world be? And how, when we are constantly besieged by doomers, degrowthers and disorienting relativisms can we make any headway at all in ... En savoir plus

    16,13 €

  • Livre audio

    Magazine

    Object Lessons

    Lu par Prof Jeff Jarvis ...
    Collection series Object Lessons

    Version Longue

    3 heure 29 min

    Bloomsbury presents Magazine, written and read by Jeff Jarvis.Object Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.For a century, magazines were the authors of culture and taste, of intelligence and policy — until they were overthrown by the voices of the public themselves online. Here is a tribute to all that magazines were, from their origins in London and on Ben ... En savoir plus

    19,45 €

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    The Interpretation Of Cultures

    par Clifford Geertz ...
    Lu par Tim Dixon ...

    Version Longue

    21 heure 3 min

    One of the twentieth century's most influential books, this classic work of anthropology offers a groundbreaking exploration of what culture isWith The Interpretation of Cultures, the distinguished anthropologist Clifford Geertz developed the concept of thick description, and in so doing, he virtually rewrote the rules of his field. Culture, Geertz argues, does not drive human behavior. Rather, it ... En savoir plus

    34,99 €

  • Livre audio

    Contra el fascismo

    par Umberto Eco ...
    Lu par Eugenio Barona ...

    Version Longue

    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 ... En savoir plus

    8,23 €

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    Contemporary Fiction

    A Very Short Introduction

    Version Longue

    3 heure 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 ... En savoir plus

    12,37 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

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    L'arte di raccontare

    Version Longue

    1 heures 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 ... En savoir plus

    9,99 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Livre audio

    On the Inconvenience of Other People

    par Lauren Berlant ...
    Lu par April Doty ...

    Version Longue

    9 heure 19 min

    In On the Inconvenience of Other People, Lauren Berlant continues to explore our affective engagement with the world. Berlant focuses on the encounter with and the desire for the bother of other people and objects, showing that to be driven toward attachment is to desire to be inconvenienced. Drawing on a range of sources, including Last Tango in Paris, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Claudia Rankine, ... En savoir plus

    17,67 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Livre audio

    Stroller

    Object Lessons

    Collection series Object Lessons

    Version Longue

    2 heure 46 min

    Bloomsbury presents Stroller by Amanda Parrish Morgan, read by Rachel Handshaw.The Best Books of 2022, The New YorkerObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Among the many things expectant parents are told to buy, none is a more visible symbol of status and parenting philosophy than a stroller. Although its association with wealth dates back to the ... En savoir plus

    19,45 €

  • Livre audio

    Vilters leksikon over børnebandeord

    Version Longue

    2 heure 17 min

    Børn bander, og det er helt okay. Faktisk er det sundt at sætte trumf på følelserne indimellem, men det lyder forfærdeligt. Især i ørerne på de voksne, så hvad kan man gøre? Vilters Leksikon over børnebandeord viser en ny og sjov måde at bande på, hvor ingen bliver sure.I denne bog finder man 50 børnebandeord, der føles lige så gode at sige som voksenbandeord, men som lyder meget pænere. Man ... En savoir plus

    9,23 €

  • Livre audio

    Snack

    Object Lessons

    par Eurie Dahn ...
    Lu par Megan Gage ...
    Collection series Object Lessons

    Version Longue

    2 heure 46 min

    Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.In the hierarchy of foods, snacks are deemed trivial – perhaps even childish – especially in contrast to meals, which are seen as substantial and necessary. The multiple aisles devoted to sweet and savory treats in supermarkets, and the availability of snacks even at places like home ... En savoir plus

    19,45 €

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    Gulliver’s Travels

    par Jonathan Swift ...
    Lu par Martin Shaw ...

    Version Abrégée

    3 heure 9 min

    Swift’s scornful satire, written “to vex the world rather than divert it”, takes a caustic look at those most contemporary concerns irrational prejudice, social inequality, ivory tower elitism and the correct way to open a boiled egg.'I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the ... En savoir plus

    13,99 €

  • Livre audio

    Radical Sacrifice

    par Terry Eagleton ...
    Lu par Roger Clark ...

    Version Longue

    6 heure 56 min

    The modern conception of sacrifice is at once cast as a victory of self-discipline over desire and condescended to as destructive and archaic abnegation. But even in the Old Testament, the dual natures of sacrifice, embodying both ritual slaughter and moral rectitude, were at odds. In this analysis, Terry Eagleton makes a compelling argument that the idea of sacrifice has long been misunderstood ... En savoir plus

    18,56 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

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    Gita Bodh

    par Mahatma Gandhi ...
    Lu par Rajesh Kava ...

    Version Longue

    2 heure 22 min

    આશ્રમવાસીઓ માટે યરોડા જેલમાંથી ગાંધીજી દર અઠવાડિયે ગીતાના એક એક અધ્યાયનો સાર મોકલતા હતા. તેનો પ્રારંભ તેમણે 12મા અધ્યાયથી કર્યો. ... En savoir plus

    2,99 €

  • Livre audio

    GDP: A Brief But Affectionate History

    par Amit Varma ...
    Lu par Amit Varma ...
    Collection Livre audio 11 - The Book Club with Amit Varma

    Version Longue

    7 min

    The GDP is today more a political tool than a statistical one. In episode 11 of The Book Club, Amit Varma recommends 'GDP: A Brief But Affectionate History" by Diane Coyle, a perfect primer on the origin and drawbacks of this controversial measure. ... En savoir plus

    2,99 €