Irish Essays
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Irish Essays and Others
- Narrated by: Tom North
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 21-08-2024
- Language: English
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Arnold focuses on culturally important Irish issues as well as others.
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Self Help
- By: Samuel Smiles
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Self Help was published in 1859 by Samuel Smiles. It has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism". Self Help sold 20,000 copies within one year of its publication. By the time of Smiles' death in 1904, it had sold over a quarter of a million. Self-Help elevated Smiles to celebrity status; almost overnight, he became a leading pundit and much-consulted guru.
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Self Help
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 13-01-2017
- Language: English
- Self Help was published in 1859 by Samuel Smiles. It has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism"....
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A Modest Proposal
- By: Jonathan Swift
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift suggests in his essay that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling children as food. By doing this he mocks the authority of the British officials.
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A Modest Proposal
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 24-01-2011
- Language: English
- A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729....
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Culture and Anarchy
- By: Matthew Arnold
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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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
- 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....
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Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know
- The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce
- By: Colm Tóibín
- Narrated by: Colm Tóibín
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know, Colm Tóibín turns his incisive gaze to three of Ireland's greatest writers, Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats and James Joyce, and their earliest influences: their fathers.
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Great Irish Author Colm Tóibín
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Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know
- The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce
- Narrated by: Colm Tóibín
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 25-10-2018
- Language: English
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In Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know, Colm Tóibín turns his incisive gaze to three of Ireland's greatest writers, Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats and James Joyce, and their earliest influences: their fathers....
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Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told?
- Essays
- By: Jenny Diski
- Narrated by: Charlotte Randle, Chloe Diski
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
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Jenny Diski was a fearless writer, for whom no subject was too difficult, even her own cancer diagnosis. Her columns in the London Review of Books - selected here by her editor and friend Mary-Kay Wilmers, on subjects as various as death, motherhood, sexual politics and the joys of solitude - have been described as ‘virtuoso performances’ and ‘small masterpieces'. Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told? is a collective interrogation of the universal experience from a very particular psyche.
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Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told?
- Essays
- Narrated by: Charlotte Randle, Chloe Diski
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 22-07-2021
- Language: English
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Jenny Diski was a fearless writer, for whom no subject was too difficult, even her own cancer diagnosis....
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Orthodoxy
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Fred Williams
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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G. K. Chesterton was a journalist, playwright, poet, biographer, novelist, essayist, literary commentator, editor, orator, artist, and theologian. Orthodoxy is his great apologia for the Christian faith, which was prompted by a serious attack in 1903 against Christianity by well-known newspaper editor Robert Blatchford.
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Orthodoxy
- Narrated by: Fred Williams
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 14-12-2006
- Language: English
- Orthodoxy is Chesterton's great apologia for the Christian faith, which was prompted by a serious attack in 1903 against Christianity by well-known newspaper editor Robert Blatchford....
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The George Orwell Non-Fiction Collection
- Down and Out in Paris and London; The Road to Wigan Pier; Homage to Catalonia; Essays; Poems
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Peter Noble, Malk Williams
- Length: 33 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of all George Orwell's greatest non-fiction: three full-length books, a collection of his most well-renowned essays and the complete collection of his poetry.
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Still brilliant after all these years
- By 99Albert on 25-03-2022
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The George Orwell Non-Fiction Collection
- Down and Out in Paris and London; The Road to Wigan Pier; Homage to Catalonia; Essays; Poems
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Peter Noble, Malk Williams
- Length: 33 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 16-12-2021
- Language: English
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This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of all George Orwell's greatest non-fiction: three full-length books, a collection of his most well-renowned essays and the complete collection of his poetry....
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Maeve in America
- Essays by a Girl from Somewhere Else
- By: Maeve Higgins
- Narrated by: Maeve Higgins
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Maeve Higgins was a best-selling memoirist and comedian in her native Ireland when, at the grand old age of 31, she left the only home she’d ever known in search of something more. Like many women in their early 30s, she both was and was not the adult she wanted to be. At once smart, curious, and humane, Maeve in America is the story of how Maeve found herself, literally and figuratively, in New York City.
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Funny, intelligent and warm
- By emma Lawlor on 27-08-2018
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Maeve in America
- Essays by a Girl from Somewhere Else
- Narrated by: Maeve Higgins
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 07-08-2018
- Language: English
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Maeve Higgins was a best-selling memoirist and comedian in her native Ireland when, at the grand old age of 31, she left the only home she’d ever known in search of something more. Like many women in their early 30s, she both was and was not the adult she wanted to be....
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Returning Light
- 30 Years of Life on Skellig Michael
- By: Robert L. Harris
- Narrated by: Robert L. Harris
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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In 1987, Robert Harris happened upon an unusual job advert in The Kerryman - a new warden service was being set up on Skellig Michael, and the deadline was imminent. Just weeks later, he was on his way to set up camp in one of Ireland’s most remote locations, unaware that he would be making that same journey every May for the next 30 years. Here he transports us to the otherworldly island, a place that is teeming with natural life, including curious puffins that like to visit his hut.
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Returning Light
- 30 Years of Life on Skellig Michael
- Narrated by: Robert L. Harris
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 28-10-2021
- Language: English
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Returning Light is an extraordinary memoir about the profound effect a place can have on us, and how a remote location can bring with it a great sense of belonging....
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Goodbye Europe
- Writers and Artists Say Farewell
- By: Jessie Burton, Alain de Botton, Matt Haig, and others
- Narrated by: David Rintoul, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Jenni Murray, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
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From Paris to Prague, from the past to the present, authors and artists say farewell in this unique collection. In this audiobook you'll find personal letters, reminiscences, poetry, art and brand new fiction from some of the most talented and important voices at work today, including Jessie Burton, Alain de Botton, Matt Haig, Richard Herring, Owen Jones, Mark Kermode, Robert Macfarlane, Kate Mosse, Chris Riddell, Lionel Shriver and many others.
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Goodbye Europe
- Writers and Artists Say Farewell
- Narrated by: David Rintoul, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Jenni Murray, Joe Jameson, Jonathan Lynn, Tania Rodrigues, Tim Collins, Willow Nash
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 16-11-2017
- Language: English
- From Paris to Prague, from the past to the present, authors and artists say farewell in this unique collection....
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A Cheesemonger's History of the British Isles
- By: Ned Palmer
- Narrated by: Ned Palmer
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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Every cheese tells a story. Whether it's a fresh young goat's cheese or a big, beefy 18-month-old Cheddar, each variety holds the history of the people who first made it, from the builders of Stonehenge to medieval monks, from the Stilton-makers of the 18th century to the factory cheesemakers of the Second World War. Cheesemonger Ned Palmer takes us on a delicious journey across Britain and Ireland and through time to uncover the histories of beloved old favourites like Cheddar and Wensleydale and fresh innovations like the Irish Cashel Blue or the rambunctious Renegade Monk.
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A Cheesemonger's History of the British Isles
- Narrated by: Ned Palmer
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 07-10-2021
- Language: English
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Cheesemonger Ned Palmer takes us on a delicious journey across Britain and Ireland and through time to uncover the histories of beloved old favourites like Cheddar and Wensleydale and fresh innovations like the Irish Cashel Blue or the rambunctious Renegade Monk....
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Orthodoxy
- By: Gilbert Keith Chesterton
- Narrated by: Stephen Gammond
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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Orthodoxy, first published 1908, is Chesterton's spiritual autobiography. Subtitled, 'The romance of faith', Chesterton declares that people need a life of 'practical romance; the combination of something that is strange with something that is secure.'
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Heavy going
- By A Ryan on 17-03-2022
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Orthodoxy
- Narrated by: Stephen Gammond
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 18-12-2009
- Language: English
- Orthodoxy, first published 1908, is Chesterton's spiritual autobiography....
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The Lives of the Saints
- The Laureate Lectures
- By: Sebastian Barry
- Narrated by: Sebastian Barry
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
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Sebastian Barry's writing career has been as long and varied as it has extraordinary. Intimate, revealing and generous of heart, these three lectures—written and delivered as part of his three-year tenure as the laureate for Irish fiction—reflect on his life and career so far, and some of the formative moments and people he's met along the way.
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The Lives of the Saints
- The Laureate Lectures
- Narrated by: Sebastian Barry
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 07-04-2022
- Language: English
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Sebastian Barry's writing career has been as long and varied as it has extraordinary. Intimate, revealing and generous of heart, these three lectures reflect on his life and career so far, and some of the formative moments and people he's met along the way....
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Reclaiming
- Essays on Finding Yourself One Piece at a Time
- By: Yewande Biala
- Narrated by: Donna Nikolaisen
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
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Reclaiming will cover a wide breadth of topics from the specific microaggressions Black women encounter on dating apps to navigating a career that may seem impossible. Every step of Yewande's writing affirms that maintaining your sense of self in a world that is not supportive of you is difficult, but not impossible. The audiobook will be a thought provoking, sensitive, challenging and deeply moving collection of essays covering everything from identity to love and career choices, published in May 2022.
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Reclaiming
- Essays on Finding Yourself One Piece at a Time
- Narrated by: Donna Nikolaisen
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 14-07-2022
- Language: English
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Reclaiming will cover a wide breadth of topics from the specific microaggressions Black women encounter on dating apps to navigating a career that may seem impossible....
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Black Voices on Britain
- Macmillan Collector's Library
- By: Hakim Adi - editor
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch, Debra Michaels, Hakim Adi
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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Professor Hakim Adi draws on a variety of published works in Black Voices on Britain, all of which describe powerful experiences: James Gronniosaw and his family endure poverty, illness and unemployment; Mary Prince is driven out by her cruel owners and turns to London charities for help; Frederick Douglass, on a lecture tour around Britain, reveals how the Christian clergy built churches with slave-owners’ money and William Wells Brown gives his impressions of England as he travels around a country which welcomes him more readily than America.
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Black Voices on Britain
- Macmillan Collector's Library
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch, Debra Michaels, Hakim Adi
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 15-09-2022
- Language: English
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Black Voices on Britain is a compelling anthology of Black voices from England, America, Africa and the Caribbean who together reflect Black experience in Britain....
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Essays and Criticisms
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Gregory Sheridan
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
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This collection contains 21 reviews of artistic events and artifacts which originally appeared between 1877 and 1889. Clearly on display is Wilde's comprehensive knowledge of contemporary painting, fashion, and literature, as well as his capacity to create paradoxical aphorisms, which is such a feature of more substantial works like The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest.
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Essays and Criticisms
- Narrated by: Gregory Sheridan
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 12-10-2021
- Language: English
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This collection contains 21 reviews of artistic events and artifacts which originally appeared between 1877 and 1889. Clearly on display is Wilde's comprehensive knowledge of contemporary painting, fashion, and literature, as well as his capacity to create paradoxical aphorisms....
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Elefanten og andre essays [Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays]
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Dan Schlosser
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
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I det berømte titelessay Elefanten og i det efterfølgende essay En henrettelse leverer Orwell en svidende kritik af det britiske koloniale styre. Baseret på egne oplevelser som officer i det koloniale politi i Burma kaster han et undersøgende blik på magt, magtudøvelse og underkastelse. Herefter følger klassikeren Sådan dør de fattige samt en række af de mesterlige indlæg, Orwell skrev til sin ugentlige klumme i Tribune i årene 1943-47 under overskriften As I please.
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Elefanten og andre essays [Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays]
- Narrated by: Dan Schlosser
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Release date: 14-04-2023
- Language: Danish
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I det berømte titelessay Elefanten og i det efterfølgende essay En henrettelse leverer Orwell en svidende kritik af det britiske koloniale styre. Baseret på egne oplevelser som officer i det koloniale politi i Burma kaster han et undersøgende blik på magt, magtudøvelse og underkastelse....
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