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Shakespeare
- The Man Who Pays the Rent
- By: Judi Dench
- Narrated by: Brendan O’Hea, Barbara Flynn, Judi Dench
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
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For the very first time, Judi opens up about every Shakespearean role she has played throughout her seven-decade career, from Lady Macbeth and Titania to Ophelia and Cleopatra. In a series of intimate conversations with actor & director Brendan O'Hea, she guides us through Shakespeare's plays with incisive clarity, revealing the secrets of her rehearsal process and inviting us to share in her triumphs, disasters, and backstage shenanigans.
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Pure joy
- By Rosemary Fordree on 21-05-2024
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Shakespeare
- The Man Who Pays the Rent
- Narrated by: Brendan O’Hea, Barbara Flynn, Judi Dench
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 26-10-2023
- Language: English
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Nam Le on David Malouf
- Writers on Writers
- By: Nam Le
- Narrated by: Nam Le
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
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The poetry was in the prose; it stayed and sprung its rhythms, chorded its ideas, concentrated its images. Every other novel claims to be written in 'poetic prose'; the real thing, when you come across it, is actually shocking. Nam Le takes the listener on a thrilling intellectual ride in this sharp, bold essay. Encompassing identity politics, metaphysics, the relationship between life and art, and the ‘Australianness’ of Malouf’s work, it is unlike anything else written about one of Australia’s most acclaimed writers.
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Wonderful rumination on othering and creativity
- By Anthony on 30-04-2024
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Nam Le on David Malouf
- Writers on Writers
- Narrated by: Nam Le
- Series: Writers on Writers
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Release date: 07-05-2019
- Language: English
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Flatland
- By: Edwin A. Abbott
- Narrated by: Jonathan Fried
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
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This masterpiece of science (and mathematical) fiction is a delightfully unique and highly entertaining satire that has charmed audiences for more than 100 years. The work of English clergyman, educator, and Shakespearean scholar Edwin A. Abbott (1838-1926), it describes the journeys of A. Square, a mathematician and resident of the two-dimensional Flatland, where women - thin, straight lines - are the lowliest of shapes, and where men may have any number of sides, depending on their social status.
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Multi Dimensional Fiction
- By Guillermo Aranguren on 01-11-2023
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Flatland
- Narrated by: Jonathan Fried
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 27-05-2014
- Language: English
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Female Masculinity
- By: Jack Halberstam
- Narrated by: Lea DeLaria
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
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In this quintessential work of queer theory, Jack Halberstam takes aim at the protected status of male masculinity and shows that female masculinity has offered a distinct alternative to it for well over two centuries. Demonstrating how female masculinity is not some bad imitation of virility, but a lively and dramatic staging of hybrid and minority genders, Halberstam catalogs the diversity of gender expressions among masculine women from 19th-century pre-lesbian practices to contemporary drag-king performances.
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Interesting and enlightening
- By Bella on 25-12-2023
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Female Masculinity
- Narrated by: Lea DeLaria
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 28-09-2022
- Language: English
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The Know-It-All
- One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
- By: A. J. Jacobs
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Cantor
- Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins
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Early in his career, A.J. Jacobs put his Ivy League education to work at Entertainment Weekly. He emerged five years later knowing which stars have fake boobs, which stars have toupees, which have both, and not much else. This realization led Jacobs on a life-changing quest: to read the entire contents of the Encyclopedia Britannica, all 33,000 pages, all 44 million words.
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The Know-It-All
- One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Cantor
- Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 20-10-2004
- Language: English
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Rise of the Novel
- Exploring History’s Greatest Early Works
- By: Leo Damrosch, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Leo Damrosch
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
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Thousands of novels are published around the world every year. There are so many readily available, it would take multiple lifetimes for a single person to even read a fraction of them. But it hasn’t always been that way. While humans have always been storytellers, the novel as we recognize it today is a relatively new art form in the timeline of human culture. Of all the ways we tell stories, why has the novel become such a perennial favorite? How did the novel go from a narrative experiment with a low-brow reputation to a cultural touchstone and focal point of modern literature?
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Rise of the Novel
- Exploring History’s Greatest Early Works
- Narrated by: Leo Damrosch
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 24-04-2020
- Language: English
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Sexual Politics
- By: Kate Millett
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Length: 21 hrs and 20 mins
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A sensation upon its publication in 1970, Sexual Politics documents the subjugation of women in great literature and art. Kate Millett's analysis targets four revered authors - D. H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, Norman Mailer, and Jean Genet - and builds a damning profile of literature's patriarchal myths and their extension into psychology, philosophy, and politics. Her eloquence and popular examples taught a generation to recognize inequities masquerading as nature and proved the value of feminist critique in all facets of life.
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still relevant
- By Anonymous User on 24-10-2022
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Sexual Politics
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Length: 21 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 08-05-2019
- Language: English
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy
- Everything Is Fire
- By: William Irwin - editor, Eric Bronson - editor
- Narrated by: David G. Roberts
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
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Stieg Larsson's best-selling Millennium Trilogy is an international phenomenon. These books express Larsson's lifelong war against injustice, his ethical beliefs, and his deep concern for women's rights. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy probes the compelling philosophical issues behind the entire trilogy. What philosophies do Lisbeth Salander and Kant have in common? To catch a criminal, can Lisbeth and Mikael be criminals themselves? Can revenge be ethical?
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy
- Everything Is Fire
- Narrated by: David G. Roberts
- Series: Pop Culture and Philosophy, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 10-07-2020
- Language: English
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Comparative Literature
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Ben Hutchinson
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
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From colonial empire-building in the 19th century to the postcolonial culture wars of the 21st century, attempts at "comparison" have defined the international agenda of literature. But what is comparative literature? That is discussed in this audiobook....
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Comparative Literature
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 27-11-2018
- Language: English
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Women Who Fly
- Goddesses, Witches, Mystics, and Other Airborne Females
- By: Serinity Young
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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From the beautiful apsaras of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European fairy tales, stories of flying women - some carried by wings, others by clouds, rainbows, floating scarves, and flying horses - reveal the perennial fascination with and ambivalence about female power and sexuality. In Women Who Fly, Serinity Young examines the motif of the flying woman as it appears in a wide variety of cultures and historical periods, in legends, myths, rituals, sacred narratives, and artistic productions.
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Women Who Fly
- Goddesses, Witches, Mystics, and Other Airborne Females
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 09-10-2018
- Language: English
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The Walking Dead Psychology
- Psych of the Living Dead
- By: John Russo - foreword, Travis Langley - editor
- Narrated by: Adam Verner, Allyson Ryan
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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By understanding the psychological forces that drive The Walking Dead's action, fans can better grasp Robert Kirkman's compelling fictional universe. Which characters suffer PTSD, which show the most hope for recovery, and which instead show post-traumatic growth? Has Rick Grimes lost his mind? In 19 chapters from a range of esteemed contributors, The Walking Dead Psychology: Psych of the Living Dead answers these and many other questions.
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The Walking Dead Psychology
- Psych of the Living Dead
- Narrated by: Adam Verner, Allyson Ryan
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 02-03-2018
- Language: English
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Cleopatra: I Am Fire and Air
- By: Harold Bloom
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
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Cleopatra is one of the most famous women in history - and thanks to Shakespeare, one of the most intriguing personalities in literature. Award-winning writer and beloved professor Harold Bloom delivers exhilarating clarity and invites us to look at this character as a flawed human who might be living in our world. He also explores his own personal relationship to the character: Just as we encounter one Anna Karenina or Jay Gatsby when we are in high school and college and another when we are adults, Bloom explains his shifting understanding of Cleopatra over the course of his own lifetime.
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Bloom’s enrapturing view of Cleopatra
- By Daryl on 06-03-2023
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Cleopatra: I Am Fire and Air
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 20-11-2018
- Language: English
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English Fairy Tales
- By: Flora Annie Steele - adaptation
- Narrated by: Joanna Daniell
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
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While fairy tales were not originally intended for children, they have become a staple of children's literature since the early 19th century. Here is a collection of English fairy tales, including many stories you will remember from childhood.
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English Fairy Tales
- Narrated by: Joanna Daniell
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 25-01-2012
- Language: English
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Culture and Anarchy
- By: Matthew Arnold
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
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Culture and Anarchy is a series of periodical essays by Matthew Arnold, first published in Cornhill Magazine 1867-68 and collected as a book in 1869. Arnold's famous piece of writing on culture established his High Victorian cultural agenda which remained dominant in debate from the 1860s until the 1950s. According to his view advanced in the book, ‘Culture [...] is a study of perfection’.
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Much more interesting than I thought it would be
- By Mark N Gibson on 19-01-2018
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Culture and Anarchy
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 13-05-2013
- Language: English
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Supernatural Psychology
- Roads Less Traveled
- By: Travis Langley, Lynn S. Zubernis, Mark R. Pellegrino, and others
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel, Hillary Huber
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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Following the adventures of two brothers who investigate deeply strange and paranormal mysteries in their never-ending road trip, the TV show Supernatural has many fans eager to better understand the psychology behind the series' themes and characters. Featuring cast and crew interviews, this collection examines issues at the heart and soul of Supernatural's heroes and foes.
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Supernatural Psychology
- Roads Less Traveled
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel, Hillary Huber
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 26-06-2018
- Language: English
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Captain America vs. Iron Man
- Freedom, Security, Psychology
- By: Stan Lee - Foreword, Travis Langley
- Narrated by: Reba Buhr, Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
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This provocative collection, edited by acclaimed media psychology writer Travis Langley and with a foreword by the legendary Stan Lee, examines the complex psychological and political choices made by Captain America and Iron Man throughout their careers, culminating in Marvel's superhero civil war which spreads far beyond the Avengers themselves. Why do Steve Rogers and Tony Stark see things so differently? What are their motivations? Is either one truly in the right? Captain America vs. Iron Man: Freedom, Security, Psychology analyzes the polar sides of this debate.
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interesting
- By Anonymous User on 02-05-2023
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Captain America vs. Iron Man
- Freedom, Security, Psychology
- Narrated by: Reba Buhr, Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 30-03-2018
- Language: English
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Hitler's Army
- Soldiers, Nazis, and War in the Third Reich
- By: Omer Bartov
- Narrated by: David Bern
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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In Hitler's Army, Omer Bartov focuses on the titanic struggle between Germany and the Soviet Union—where the vast majority of German troops fought—to show how the savagery of war reshaped the army in Hitler's image. Both brutalized and brutalizing, these soldiers needed to see their bitter sacrifices as noble patriotism and to justify their own atrocities by seeing their victims as subhuman.
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Hitler's Army
- Soldiers, Nazis, and War in the Third Reich
- Narrated by: David Bern
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 20-09-2022
- Language: English
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Jane Austen
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Tom Keymer
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
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This Very Short introduction explores the major themes of Austen criticism through close analysis of her major and minor works, with particular emphasis on the literary, social, and political backgrounds from which the novels emerge, and with which they engage. Thomas Keymer combines critical introductions to each of Austen's six major novels with an exploration of the key themes in her works.
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Jane Austen
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 27-04-2022
- Language: English
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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
- By: David Hume
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
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Published in 1748, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is Scottish empiricist philosopher David Hume's distillation of his mature philosophy. Addressing themes including the limits of human understanding, the compatibility of free will with determinism, weaknesses in the foundations of religion, and the appeal of skepticism, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is Hume's attempt to revise and clarify the ideas of his earlier A Treatise of Human Nature.
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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 30-06-2011
- Language: English
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Camus at Combat
- Writing 1944-1947
- By: Albert Camus
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
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Paris is firing all its ammunition into the August night. Against a vast backdrop of water and stone, on both sides of a river awash with history, freedom’s barricades are once again being erected. Once again justice must be redeemed with men’s blood. Albert Camus (1913-1960) wrote these words in August 1944, as Paris was being liberated from German occupation. Although best known for his novels including The Stranger and The Plague, it was his vivid descriptions of the horrors of the occupation and his passionate defense of freedom that in fact launched his public fame.
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Camus at Combat
- Writing 1944-1947
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 15-11-2022
- Language: English
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