- Classics (5,138)
- Historical Fiction (15,240)
Bestsellers
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Danse Macabre
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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In ten brilliantly written chapters, Stephen King delivers one colorful observation after another about the great stories, books, and films that comprise the horror genre—from Frankenstein and Dracula to The Exorcist, The Twilight Zone, and Earth vs. The Flying Saucers.
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loved it
- By sean on 10-18-24
By: Stephen King
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The Fire Next Time
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....
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Sad and moving and powerful and beautiful
- By Darwin8u on 09-17-15
By: James Baldwin
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Want
- Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
- By: Gillian Anderson
- Narrated by: Gillian Anderson, Anonymous
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A collection of confessions from women around the world, Want is a revelatory, sensational and game-changing exploration of women’s sexuality that asks, and answers: How do women feel about sex when they have the freedom to be totally anonymous?
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Gillian goes over the top
- By MRD on 10-24-24
By: Gillian Anderson
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The Anthropocene Reviewed
- Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
- By: John Green
- Narrated by: John Green
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Number-one best-selling author John Green presents a deeply moving and insightful collection of personal essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast....
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unexpected
- By E. Collins on 05-18-21
By: John Green
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Happy-Go-Lucky
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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David Sedaris once again captures what is most unexpected, hilarious, and poignant about these recent upheavals, personal and public, and expresses in precise language both the misanthropy and desire for connection that drive us all....
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Great except for an audio glitch
- By Rynnkins on 06-01-22
By: David Sedaris
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The Practicing Stoic
- By: Ward Farnsworth
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings them all together for the first time. It systematically presents what the various Stoic philosophers said on every important topic, accompanied by an eloquent commentary that is clear and concise....
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I would guess the book is better
- By Education Expert on 03-07-20
By: Ward Farnsworth
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Danse Macabre
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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In ten brilliantly written chapters, Stephen King delivers one colorful observation after another about the great stories, books, and films that comprise the horror genre—from Frankenstein and Dracula to The Exorcist, The Twilight Zone, and Earth vs. The Flying Saucers.
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loved it
- By sean on 10-18-24
By: Stephen King
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The Fire Next Time
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....
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Sad and moving and powerful and beautiful
- By Darwin8u on 09-17-15
By: James Baldwin
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Want
- Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
- By: Gillian Anderson
- Narrated by: Gillian Anderson, Anonymous
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A collection of confessions from women around the world, Want is a revelatory, sensational and game-changing exploration of women’s sexuality that asks, and answers: How do women feel about sex when they have the freedom to be totally anonymous?
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Gillian goes over the top
- By MRD on 10-24-24
By: Gillian Anderson
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The Anthropocene Reviewed
- Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
- By: John Green
- Narrated by: John Green
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Number-one best-selling author John Green presents a deeply moving and insightful collection of personal essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast....
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unexpected
- By E. Collins on 05-18-21
By: John Green
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Happy-Go-Lucky
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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David Sedaris once again captures what is most unexpected, hilarious, and poignant about these recent upheavals, personal and public, and expresses in precise language both the misanthropy and desire for connection that drive us all....
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Great except for an audio glitch
- By Rynnkins on 06-01-22
By: David Sedaris
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The Practicing Stoic
- By: Ward Farnsworth
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings them all together for the first time. It systematically presents what the various Stoic philosophers said on every important topic, accompanied by an eloquent commentary that is clear and concise....
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I would guess the book is better
- By Education Expert on 03-07-20
By: Ward Farnsworth
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The Myth of Sisyphus
- By: Albert Camus
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought....
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Brilliant work, excellently narrated
- By Richard B. on 04-30-19
By: Albert Camus
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
- Picador Modern Classics
- By: Joan Didion
- Narrated by: Maya Hawke
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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More than perhaps any other book, this collection by one of the most distinctive prose stylists of our era captures the unique time and place of Joan Didion’s focus, exploring subjects such as John Wayne and Howard Hughes, growing up in California and the nature of good and evil.
By: Joan Didion
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What the Dog Saw
- And Other Adventures
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The best-selling author of The Bomber Mafia focuses on "minor geniuses" and idiosyncratic behavior to illuminate the ways all of us organize experience in this "delightful" (Bloomberg News) collection of writings from The New Yorker....
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Not Gladwell's best - and a recording problem
- By Rudi on 11-26-09
By: Malcolm Gladwell
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Calypso
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
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With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation - and humor - toward middle age and mortality....
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Excellent, as always
- By Ruthie on 05-31-18
By: David Sedaris
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The Best of Me
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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David Sedaris’s best stories and essays, spanning his remarkable career - as selected and read by the author himself. Featuring fresh and classic recordings, including a new essay and an interview exclusive to the audiobook....
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Almost No New Material
- By Lizardectomy on 11-05-20
By: David Sedaris
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Dad Is Fat
- By: Jim Gaffigan
- Narrated by: Jim Gaffigan
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In Dad is Fat, stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan, who’s best known for his legendary riffs on Hot Pockets, bacon, manatees, and McDonald's, expresses all the joys and horrors of life with five young children....
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Good for Gaffigan fans - better for expecting dads
- By Sean on 05-17-13
By: Jim Gaffigan
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Loving Corrections
- Emergent Strategy, Book 12
- By: adrienne maree brown, Janine de Novais
- Narrated by: adrienne maree brown
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
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Ethical, pondering, and wondrous, adrienne maree brown’s Loving Corrections is a collection of love-based adjustments and reframes to grow our movements for liberation while navigating a society deeply fractured by greed, racism, and war.
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Beautiful.
- By Cher Asad on 11-10-24
By: adrienne maree brown, and others
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Democracy in America
- By: Alexis de Tocqueville
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 34 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and civil servant, made a nine-month journey through the eastern United States....
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Most Listenable, if not the Best Translation
- By Michael Allen on 10-04-13
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What My Mother and I Don't Talk About
- Fifteen Writers Break the Silence
- By: Michele Filgate
- Narrated by: Michele Filgate, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Roger Casey, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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As an undergraduate, Michele Filgate started writing an essay about being abused by her stepfather. It took her more than a decade to realize that she was actually trying to write about how this affected her relationship with her mother....
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Now I’m healing
- By wonderwoman0414 on 08-24-21
By: Michele Filgate
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On Being Jewish Now
- Reflections from Authors and Advocates
- By: Zibby Owens - editor
- Narrated by: Zibby Owens, various
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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Today’s authors and advocates share an intimate and hopeful collection of meaningful, smart, funny, sad, emotional, and inspiring essays on what it means to be Jewish, how life has changed since the attacks on October 7th, 2023, and the unique culture that brings this group together.
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The Source of Self-Regard
- Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations
- By: Toni Morrison
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Arguably the most celebrated and revered writer of our time now gives us a new nonfiction collection - a rich gathering of her essays, speeches, and meditations on society, culture, and art, spanning four decades....
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Refreshing thoughts
- By Amazon Customer on 04-02-19
By: Toni Morrison
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Walking in My Joy
- In These Streets
- By: Jenifer Lewis
- Narrated by: Jenifer Lewis
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Walking in My Joy is a collection of electric stories by the one and only, super hilarious Jenifer Lewis. Her commentary on what’s happening in the world today, told through her outrageous real-life adventures, will have you laughing out loud, while her insightful messages touch your soul....
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Another great work from Jenifer Mfkng Lewis
- By TonyaA6 on 09-20-22
By: Jenifer Lewis
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The Great Shark Hunt
- Strange Tales from a Strange Time
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrated by: Scott Sowers
- Length: 29 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Originally published in 1979, the first volume of the best-selling "Gonzo Papers" is now back in print....
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Like HST but...
- By Saltlab on 12-26-13
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Upstream
- Selected Essays
- By: Mary Oliver
- Narrated by: Hala Alyan, Joy Sullivan, Kate Baer
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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“I had to go out into the world and see it and hear it and react to it, before I knew at all who I was, what I was, what I wanted to be.” So begins Upstream, a collection of essays in which poet Mary Oliver reflects on her willingness to lose herself within the beauty of the natural world....
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Beautiful essays
- By jessica on 10-17-23
By: Mary Oliver
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A Blink of the Screen
- Collected Shorter Fiction
- By: Terry Pratchett, A. S. Byatt - foreword
- Narrated by: Michael Fenton Stevens, Stephen Briggs
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A Blink of the Screen charts the course of Pratchett's long writing career: from his schooldays through to his first writing job on the Bucks Free Press....
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A Blink, A Wink, A Nod
- By Merna M. Ward on 05-14-15
By: Terry Pratchett, and others
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Skin
- Talking About Sex, Class, and Literature
- By: Dorothy Allison
- Narrated by: Julie McKay
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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From award-winning author Dorothy Allison comes a collection of critical essays about identity, gender politics, and queer theory, now with a new preface....
By: Dorothy Allison
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These Precious Days
- Essays
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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“Any story that starts will also end.” As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh and intimate look into her mind and heart....
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Heartfelt Essays, Beautifully Performed
- By Brent Holcomb on 11-23-21
By: Ann Patchett
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The Complete Essays of Montaigne
- By: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, Donald M. Frame - translator
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 49 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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A faithful translation is rare; a translation which preserves intact the original text is very rare; a perfect translation of Montaigne appears impossible....
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Stands next to the Bible and M.A.'s Meditations
- By Darwin8u on 05-21-12
By: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, and others
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Trick Mirror
- Reflections on Self-Delusion
- By: Jia Tolentino
- Narrated by: Jia Tolentino
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Jia Tolentino is a peerless voice of her generation, tackling the conflicts, contradictions, and sea changes that define us and our time....
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Couldn’t stop listening
- By Alice on 08-25-19
By: Jia Tolentino
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Love's Executioner
- By: Irvin D. Yalom
- Narrated by: C.M. Carlson
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The collection of 10 absorbing tales by master psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom uncovers the mysteries, frustrations, pathos, and humor at the heart of the therapeutic encounter....
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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
- By Espanolish on 11-02-16
By: Irvin D. Yalom
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Consider the Lobster (A Story from Consider the Lobster)
- And Other Essays
- By: David Foster Wallace
- Narrated by: David Foster Wallace, Robert Petkoff
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in essays that are also enthralling narrative adventures....
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How this differs from the other version
- By Jonathan Penley on 12-26-17
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Creep
- Accusations and Confessions
- By: Myriam Gurba
- Narrated by: Myriam Gurba
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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A ruthless and razor-sharp essay collection, Creep tackles the pervasive, creeping oppression and toxicity that has wormed its way into society—in our books, schools, and homes, as well as the systems that perpetuate them.
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Well crafted collection of essays
- By Beezus on 07-21-24
By: Myriam Gurba
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The White Album
- Essays (FSG Classics)
- By: Joan Didion
- Narrated by: Susan Varon
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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First published in 1979, Joan Didion's The White Album records indelibly the upheavals and aftermaths of the 1960s. Examining key events, figures, and trends of the era—through the lens of her own spiritual confusion, Joan Didion helped to define mass culture as we now understand it.
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You Feel Like You Are There
- By Kelly Jo on 07-15-24
By: Joan Didion
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Upworthy: Good People
- Stories from the Best of Humanity
- By: Gabriel Reilich, Lucia Knell
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik, Piper Goodeve, Ellen Archer, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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For anyone who could use proof that the world is full of good people, this beautifully illustrated book features 101 stories of human decency from Upworthy, the beloved social media brand that reaches more than 100 million people per month.
By: Gabriel Reilich, and others
New releases
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
- Picador Modern Classics
- By: Joan Didion
- Narrated by: Maya Hawke
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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More than perhaps any other book, this collection by one of the most distinctive prose stylists of our era captures the unique time and place of Joan Didion’s focus, exploring subjects such as John Wayne and Howard Hughes, growing up in California and the nature of good and evil in a Death Valley motel room, and, especially, the essence of San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury, the heart of the counterculture.
By: Joan Didion
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Le Diable et Sherlock Holmes [The Devil and Sherlock Holmes]
- By: David Grann
- Narrated by: Stephane Cornicard
- Length: 15 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Contrairement aux histoires imaginées par Arthur Conan Doyle, les douze enquêtes racontées par David Grann sont bien réelles. Que l'auteur se penche sur l'infiltration d'un gang de détenus dans le système carcéral américain ou la traque de l'un des grands imposteurs du XXe siècle, affabulateur caméléon aux multiples identités, qu'il retrace la folle cavale d'un vieux braqueur de banque, le démantèlement d'un empire mafieux dans une cité de l'Ohio surnommé "Crimetown"....
By: David Grann
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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
- A Contrivance of Horror
- By: Thomas Ligotti
- Narrated by: Jon Padgett
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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His fiction is known to be some of the most terrifying in the genre of supernatural horror, but Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction book may be even scarier. Drawing on philosophy, literature, neuroscience, and other fields of study, Ligotti takes the penetrating lens of his imagination and turns it on his audience, causing them to grapple with the brutal reality that they are living a meaningless nightmare, and anyone who feels otherwise is simply acting out an optimistic fallacy.
By: Thomas Ligotti
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The Best American Essays 2024
- By: Wesley Morris, Kim Dana Kupperman
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin, Cary Hite, Jeanette Illidge, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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“Imparting some piece of yourself—any part—is arduous and warrants some kind of commendation,” writes guest editor Wesley Morris in his introduction. Both personal and personable, the essayists in this volume use their own vulnerability to guide listeners on excursions that unfold on uncomfortable edges. From contemplating the nuances of memory to exploring the complexities of family, romance, gender identity, illness, and death, Morris’s selection of essays presents a roundup of the thinkers who masterfully grapple with the issues of our time.
By: Wesley Morris, and others
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The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024
- By: Padma Lakshmi, Jaya Saxena
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong, Soneela Nankani, Ali Nasser, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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“Food and travel are natural companions,” writes guest editor Padma Lakshmi. From this pairing comes “the possibility of seeing anew, of examining how we make and assign meaning.” The essays in this year’s Best American Food and Travel Writing circle the world—from Dakar in Senegal, to Michoacán in south-central Mexico, to the Camino de Santiago in Spain—and deepen our understanding of our place in it.
By: Padma Lakshmi, and others
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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024
- By: Bill McKibben, Jaime Green
- Narrated by: Eileen Stevens, Stephen Graybill, Lee Osorio, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning environmentalist, author, and journalist Bill McKibben selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in the previous year. ” The selections in The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024 reveal a trying year for our planet—from the Lahaina wildfire tragedy to the lush Amazon jungle slowly turning to savanna—while also celebrating the earth’s beautiful and mysterious ways—from the largest beaver dam on earth to the heroic innovation to prevent birds from crashing into Chicago’s expanse of glass buildings.
By: Bill McKibben, and others
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
- Picador Modern Classics
- By: Joan Didion
- Narrated by: Maya Hawke
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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More than perhaps any other book, this collection by one of the most distinctive prose stylists of our era captures the unique time and place of Joan Didion’s focus, exploring subjects such as John Wayne and Howard Hughes, growing up in California and the nature of good and evil in a Death Valley motel room, and, especially, the essence of San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury, the heart of the counterculture.
By: Joan Didion
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Le Diable et Sherlock Holmes [The Devil and Sherlock Holmes]
- By: David Grann
- Narrated by: Stephane Cornicard
- Length: 15 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Contrairement aux histoires imaginées par Arthur Conan Doyle, les douze enquêtes racontées par David Grann sont bien réelles. Que l'auteur se penche sur l'infiltration d'un gang de détenus dans le système carcéral américain ou la traque de l'un des grands imposteurs du XXe siècle, affabulateur caméléon aux multiples identités, qu'il retrace la folle cavale d'un vieux braqueur de banque, le démantèlement d'un empire mafieux dans une cité de l'Ohio surnommé "Crimetown"....
By: David Grann
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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
- A Contrivance of Horror
- By: Thomas Ligotti
- Narrated by: Jon Padgett
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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His fiction is known to be some of the most terrifying in the genre of supernatural horror, but Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction book may be even scarier. Drawing on philosophy, literature, neuroscience, and other fields of study, Ligotti takes the penetrating lens of his imagination and turns it on his audience, causing them to grapple with the brutal reality that they are living a meaningless nightmare, and anyone who feels otherwise is simply acting out an optimistic fallacy.
By: Thomas Ligotti
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The Best American Essays 2024
- By: Wesley Morris, Kim Dana Kupperman
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin, Cary Hite, Jeanette Illidge, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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“Imparting some piece of yourself—any part—is arduous and warrants some kind of commendation,” writes guest editor Wesley Morris in his introduction. Both personal and personable, the essayists in this volume use their own vulnerability to guide listeners on excursions that unfold on uncomfortable edges. From contemplating the nuances of memory to exploring the complexities of family, romance, gender identity, illness, and death, Morris’s selection of essays presents a roundup of the thinkers who masterfully grapple with the issues of our time.
By: Wesley Morris, and others
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The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024
- By: Padma Lakshmi, Jaya Saxena
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong, Soneela Nankani, Ali Nasser, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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“Food and travel are natural companions,” writes guest editor Padma Lakshmi. From this pairing comes “the possibility of seeing anew, of examining how we make and assign meaning.” The essays in this year’s Best American Food and Travel Writing circle the world—from Dakar in Senegal, to Michoacán in south-central Mexico, to the Camino de Santiago in Spain—and deepen our understanding of our place in it.
By: Padma Lakshmi, and others
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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024
- By: Bill McKibben, Jaime Green
- Narrated by: Eileen Stevens, Stephen Graybill, Lee Osorio, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning environmentalist, author, and journalist Bill McKibben selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in the previous year. ” The selections in The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024 reveal a trying year for our planet—from the Lahaina wildfire tragedy to the lush Amazon jungle slowly turning to savanna—while also celebrating the earth’s beautiful and mysterious ways—from the largest beaver dam on earth to the heroic innovation to prevent birds from crashing into Chicago’s expanse of glass buildings.
By: Bill McKibben, and others
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The Position of Spoons
- And Other Intimacies
- By: Deborah Levy
- Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Deborah Levy’s vital literary voice speaks about many things. On footwear: “It has always been very clear to me that people who wear shoes without socks are destined to become my friends and lovers.” On public parks: “A civic garden square gentles the pace of the city that surrounds it, holding a thought before it scrambles.” Levy shares with us her most tender thoughts as she traces and measures her life against the backdrop of different literary imaginations.
By: Deborah Levy
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How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
- Essays
- By: Kiese Laymon
- Narrated by: Kiese Laymon
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Brilliant and uncompromising, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America is essential listening. This new edition of award-winning author Kiese Laymon’s first work of nonfiction looks inward, drawing heavily on the author and his family’s experiences, while simultaneously examining the world—Mississippi, the South, the United States—that has shaped their lives. With subjects that range from an interview with his mother to reflections on Ole Miss football, Outkast, and the labor of Black women, these thirteen insightful essays highlight Laymon’s profound love of language.
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Kiese Laymon is the GOAT.
- By Tia Briggs-Sawyer on 10-20-24
By: Kiese Laymon
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Love
- By: Martin Luther King Jr.
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
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A remarkable compilation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s reflections on love and its transformative power—a stellar addition to Dr. King’s archives published exclusively by HarperCollins.
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A Room of One’s Own
- By: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Marina Arnaudo
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
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“A Room of One’s Own” is one of Virginia Woolf’s most influential works and a cornerstone of the feminist movement. In this brilliant essay, Woolf explores the limitations faced by women in the early 20th century, using captivating prose and the poetic style characteristic of a novelist. She compellingly argues that the lack of financial independence and a private space are key barriers preventing women from fully developing their literary talents
By: Virginia Woolf
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The Era of Liberation
- 1862-1894
- By: Louis Kossuth, Abraham Lincoln, Swami Vivekananda, and others
- Narrated by: Charles Featherstone
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
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The late 19th Century was a time of liberation. After the collapse of empires, people of all creeds demanded their equality. We begin with two speeches that represent the old order, by Bismarck. Between the two speeches he went from being Prussia’s last Minister President to being the Germany’s first Chancellor. A statesman in the oldest mold, he argues for nationalist dominance against forces temporal and religious.
By: Louis Kossuth, and others
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All About Zombies
- By: Dennis Santaniello
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
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Zombies have clawed their way into pop culture and never let go. But where did these iconic creatures come from, and how did they go from Haitian folklore to the flesh-eating monsters we love today? All About Zombies is your ultimate, bite-sized guide to everything undead—perfect for quick reads during your breaks! Part of the popular Restroom Reads series, this book dives into the fascinating history of zombies, from their origins in Vodou mythology to their rise in Hollywood with George A. Romero’s legendary films. But it doesn’t stop there—learn about real-life zombie-like ...
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El tiempo del fuego
- Historia de un incendio en un mundo más cálido
- By: John Vaillant, David Muñoz Mateos - traductor
- Narrated by: Juan Magraner
- Length: 15 hrs and 59 mins
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Un relato asombroso de un incendio forestal colosal y una exploración panorámica de la relación rápidamente cambiante entre el fuego y la humanidad. En mayo de 2016, Fort McMurray, el centro neurálgico de la industria petrolera canadiense y el mayor proveedor extranjero de Estados Unidos, fue arrasado por un incendio forestal. La catástrofe, valorada en miles de millones de dólares, derritió vehículos, convirtió barrios enteros en bombas incendiarias y expulsó a 88.000 personas de sus hogares en una sola tarde.
By: John Vaillant, and others
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Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit
- Essays
- By: Aisha Sabatini Sloan
- Narrated by: Aisha Sabatini Sloan
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
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An electric essay collection about Blackness, art, and dreaming of new possibilities in a time of constriction.
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ダチョウはアホだが役に立つ
- By: 塚本 康浩
- Narrated by: 小橋 達也
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
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ダチョウはホンマにアホな鳥。でも地球を救ってくれるんです――。家族が入れ替わったことにも気づかないほど鈍感力が高いが、卵から取り出す抗体は感染症予防やがん治療、メタンガス削減に役立つとされ、世界中の企業が熱視線を送る。
By: 塚本 康浩
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長生きは小さな習慣のつみ重ね 92歳、現役看護師の治る力
- By: 川嶋 みどり
- Narrated by: 漆間 朝子
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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看護の世界で75年、生と死に向き合い〝人間らしく生きる〟ことを問い続けてきた92歳の現役看護師。生命を輝かせ自己治癒力を引き出すには、あたり前の暮らしを見直すこと。ぴんぴんキラリ健康長寿の秘訣決定版。
By: 川嶋 みどり
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Desde los zulos
- By: Dahlia de la Cerda
- Narrated by: Astrid Mariel Romo
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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Desde los zulos, obra que la misma autora denomina como híbrida, entre la crónica y la autoficción, es una recopilación de ensayos en donde aborda variadas temáticas como el racismo, la opresión, el clasismo, la invisibilización de las mujeres, la transfobia, la crítica y exposición de diversas teorías de los feminismos, entre otras conversaciones trascendentales para cuestionar nuestra actualidad, esta vez desde las periferias, dándole voz a espacios poco vislumbrados en la literatura.
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捨てられた僕と母猫と奇跡――心に傷を負った二人が新たに見つけた居場
- By: 船ヶ山 哲
- Narrated by: 馬場 菜緒
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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家族も、健康な心もすべて失ったどん底の僕。そんな人生を変えてくれたのは、一匹の保護猫だった……。
By: 船ヶ山 哲
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やっとこっかな 近い未来のためにちょっぴり備える
- By: わたなべ ぽん
- Narrated by: 沢井 真知, 江田 拓寛
- Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
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累計50万部突破!「やめてみた」シリーズのわたなべぽん最新刊。防災、お金、健康、そして住まいのこと。コロナ禍をきっかけに考えた、人生後半、これからも楽しく生きるための準備あれこれ。
By: わたなべ ぽん
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A Defence of Skeletons
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Sarah Bacaller
- Length: 11 mins
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Why do humans have a horror of skeletons? Is this aversion justified? What does it signify? Such are the animating questions of this essay by G. K. Chesterton, who acts as a witty defendant for humanity’s hidden form.
By: G. K. Chesterton
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Wake Up from the Colonized Dream...or Don't
- A Reflection on Societal Conditioning, Relationships, and the Path to Reconciliation
- By: Joseff Goodwin
- Narrated by: Joseff McKenneth Goodwin
- Length: 59 mins
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In this thought-provoking essay, Life Coach and Author Joseff McKenneth Goodwin, explores how modern civilization, shaped by a “colonized dream,” manipulates our beliefs, relationships, and overall existence. Through a reflective journey, the essay challenges listeners to examine the hidden forces that influence their desires, values, and pursuit of success. Blending philosophical insights with spiritual perspectives, it uncovers how societal conditioning has trapped us in cycles of self-sacrifice, emotional disconnection, and constant striving for external validation.
By: Joseff Goodwin
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Sämtliche Essays 1
- By: Karl Kraus
- Narrated by: Friedrich Frieden
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
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Karl Kraus gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Aphoristiker deutscher Sprache. Ob berühmte Schriftsteller oder die Presse - nichts und niemand wurde von der Kritik seiner Feder verschont. Bekannte Künstler wie Stefan Zweig, Georg Trakl, Thomas Mann und andere zollten ihm Respekt, aber die Zahl seiner Feinde in Kunst und Gesellschaft war enorm. Als Vorleser hinterließ er aufgrund seiner Sprachgewalt und Persönlichkeit angeblich einen äußerst außergewöhnlichen Eindruck.
By: Karl Kraus
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Aufsätze 1914-1925 Teil 6
- Die Feldgrauen, Die Gefährten, Die Sintflut, Die Welt ohne Blatt.
- By: Karl Kraus
- Narrated by: Friedrich Frieden
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
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Karl Kraus gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Aphoristiker deutscher Sprache. Ob berühmte Schriftsteller oder die Presse - nichts und niemand wurde von der gnadenlosen Kritik seiner Feder verschont. Bekannte Künstler wie Stefan Zweig, Georg Trakl, Thomas Mann und andere zollten ihm Respekt, aber die Zahl seiner Feinde in Kunst und Gesellschaft war enorm. Als Vorleser hinterließ er aufgrund seiner Sprachgewalt und Persönlichkeit angeblich einen äußerst außergewöhnlichen Eindruck.
By: Karl Kraus
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Tremendous Trifles
- By: GK Chesterton
- Narrated by: Charles Featherstone
- Length: 6 hrs
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A wonderful and whimsical collection of short essays on everything from sketching on brown paper and building toy theatres to the nature of Englishness and faith.
By: GK Chesterton
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Reports from the First World War
- By: Lord Dunsany
- Narrated by: Charles Featherstone
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
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The great fantasy writer Lord Dunsany wrote very little in the way of fantasy after the onset of the First World War. This was partly because he was busy, having volunteered in 1915 and becoming a Captain in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in Derry. However, the reality of the world bore in on our hero at this time, and it is not difficult to imagine that his heart moved to more serious concerns. Dunsany’s days of high fantasy, it seems, ended with the emergence of civil unrest in his nation.
By: Lord Dunsany
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Aufsätze 1914-1925 Teil 5
- By: Karl Kraus
- Narrated by: Friedrich Frieden
- Length: 48 mins
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Karl Kraus gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Aphoristiker deutscher Sprache. Ob berühmte Schriftsteller oder die Presse - nichts und niemand wurde von der gnadenlosen Kritik seiner Feder verschont. Bekannte Künstler wie Stefan Zweig, Georg Trakl, Thomas Mann und andere zollten ihm Respekt, aber die Zahl seiner Feinde in Kunst und Gesellschaft war enorm. Als Vorleser hinterließ er aufgrund seiner Sprachgewalt und Persönlichkeit angeblich einen äußerst außergewöhnlichen Eindruck.
By: Karl Kraus
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仕事帰りの心 私が私らしく働き続けるために
- By: イ・ダヘ, オ・ヨンア
- Narrated by: 島田 奈歩
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
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【韓国の働く女性を中心に圧倒的共感!】エッセイスト、映画雑誌記者、ラジオパーソナリティ…
By: イ・ダヘ, and others
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心がそっと傾く
- By: ナ・テジュ, 黒河 星子
- Narrated by: 酒井 哲哉
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
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★韓国で10万部のベストセラー詩集、ついに日本上陸!★日韓累計80万部突破の大ベストセラー『花を見るように君を見る』著者最新刊は未発表新作詩集★人気ドラマ『ロマンスは別冊付録』(イ・ジョンソク×イ・ナヨン主演)劇中で使用され大反響!
By: ナ・テジュ, and others
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Résister
- By: Salomé Saqué
- Narrated by: Salomé Saqué
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
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Un appel à la résistance, à l'indignation et au retour du collectif pour préserver la démocratie et le bien commun.
By: Salomé Saqué
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Aufsätze 1914-1925 Teil 7
- By: Karl Kraus
- Narrated by: Friedrich Frieden
- Length: 55 mins
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Karl Kraus gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Aphoristiker deutscher Sprache. Ob berühmte Schriftsteller oder die Presse - nichts und niemand wurde von der gnadenlosen Kritik seiner Feder verschont. Bekannte Künstler wie Stefan Zweig, Georg Trakl, Thomas Mann und andere zollten ihm Respekt, aber die Zahl seiner Feinde in Kunst und Gesellschaft war enorm. Als Vorleser hinterließ er aufgrund seiner Sprachgewalt und Persönlichkeit angeblich einen äußerst außergewöhnlichen Eindruck.
By: Karl Kraus