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General5 out of 5 stars 25
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In The Birds' Christmas Carol, the arrival of Carol into the Bird family brings joy and sadness throughout the years, but her presence reminds everyone of the true meaning of Christmas.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great narration
- De wvumom en 01-24-21
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Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost
- De: Oscar Wilde, Gareth Tilley - dramatizer
- Narrado por: Jerry Robbins, J.T. Turner, The Colonial Radio Players, y otros
- Duración: 1 h y 37 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 123
Meet the Otis family: Mister and Missus, and their four children - Washington; the twins called Stars and Stripes; and their daughter, Virginia. They've just moved from America and into the English country manor of Canterville Chase. Though rumors persist that the house is haunted, the Otis' have none of it, and set about making the house their own. Then come the mysterious clanking chains and the bloodstains on the floor, and soon even the Otis family must come face to face with that most feared of creatures - The Canterville Ghost. But will the Ghost be able to survive his encounters with the erstwhile Americans?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Funny Stuff !!
- De Michele Fitzgerald en 04-26-13
De: Oscar Wilde, y otros
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New Atlantis
- De: Francis Bacon
- Narrado por: Gareth Armstrong
- Duración: 1 h y 34 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 105
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 90
Sir Francis Bacon's The New Atlantis is a utopian novel about a mythical land called Bensalem, where the inhabitants live happily with the sciences. In The New Atlantis, Bacon focuses on the duty of the state toward science, and his projections for state-sponsored research anticipate many advances in medicine and surgery, meteorology, and machinery. Although The New Atlantis is only a part of his plan for an ideal commonwealth, this work does represent Bacon's ideological beliefs.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Oxford World Classics
- De Jennifer Bick en 07-02-21
De: Francis Bacon
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The Complete Oz Collection
- De: L. Frank Baum
- Narrado por: Tara Sands, Erin Yuen, John Pruden, y otros
- Duración: 70 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 21
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 17
Noted as one of the most popular series in American literature, the works of L. Frank Baum have been brought together in this singular collection that ensures the fun never stops! Embark on the journey that has capitated audiences for more than a century.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Feels like a rushed job.
- De Mr. Bugman en 05-09-22
De: L. Frank Baum
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Walking
- De: Henry David Thoreau
- Narrado por: Deaver Brown
- Duración: 1 h y 28 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 264
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 226
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 228
> Walking is not as well known as Thoreau's other works Walden, The Maine Woods, and Civil Disobedience. But it is a good place to start exploring his writing because it was his last book, in 1862, published by the Atlantic Monthly shortly after his death. It is less well known because it is general, as opposed to singular, in focus. It is his summing up of his thoughts on life: One should saunter through life and take notice; one need not go far.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Brief transcendental ditty; amateurish narration
- De Ryan en 12-19-12
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The Raven
- De: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrado por: William Roberts
- Duración: 9 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 37
This is a story from the Fall of the House of Usher collection. The horrors of the Spanish Inquisition, with its dungeon of death, and the overhanging gloom on the House of Usher demonstrate unforgettably the unique imagination of Edgar Allan Poe. Unerringly, he touches upon some of our greatest nightmares: Premature burial, ghostly transformation, words from beyond the grave. Written in the 1840s, they have retained their power to shock and frighten even now.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Narration of Great Creepy Poetry
- De Latonda James en 05-27-20
De: Edgar Allan Poe
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Daddy-Long-Legs
- De: Jean Webster
- Narrado por: Kate Forbes
- Duración: 4 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 82
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 82
Jerusha Abbott is the oldest orphan in the John Grier Home. Every day she helps scrub and dress the younger children - all 97 of them. Soon she will graduate from high school and be on her own. Where will she go, and how will she support herself? When an anonymous wealthy donor decides to send her to college, Jerusha can hardly believe her good fortune. All she must do in return is send him a letter once a month. With all the excitement of college life - classes, parties, new friends, and a special gentleman - Jerusha can hardly stop writing!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful
- De Greg and Sara Masarik en 04-06-15
De: Jean Webster
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Beatrix Potter: Artist, Storyteller, and Countrywoman
- De: Judy Taylor
- Narrado por: Patricia Routledge
- Duración: 3 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Starting with the publication of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, in 1902, Beatrix Potter went on to become one of the world’s most successful children’s authors. This biographical audiobook takes the reader through the whole of her life, from her Victorian childhood in London to her final years farming in the Lake District. Regarded as a standard work on Beatrix Potter’s life, this work has been updated regularly to include fresh material that has come to light as interest in Beatrix Potter continues to grow.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it!
- De Kimberly en 06-14-17
De: Judy Taylor
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1900, Or: The Last President
- De: Ingersoll Lockwood
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 1 h y 14 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 217
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 186
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 187
This near-future political satire about the election of a new president argues that socialism and populism will eventually give rise to chaos and disaster.
Authored by Ingersoll Lockwood - around whom conspiracy theories concerning the sci-fi/fantasy character Baron Trump now abound - 1900, Or: The Last President is notable for both its clairvoyance and its reflection on the social movements and political climate of its time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not as advertised
- De Calan W. en 03-08-19
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The Diary of a Nobody
- De: George Grossmith
- Narrado por: Geoffrey Palmer
- Duración: 4 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
Written as the diary of someone who would not normally merit a memoir but considers that he should have one written about him anyway, The Diary of a Nobody chronicles in agonizing but very funny detail everyday life in the lower middle class suburbs of Victorian England and the attempts of a social climber to better himself. It was published in 1892. First published in the satirical magazine Punch as a serial between 1888 and 1889, with illustrations by the author’s brother, Weedon.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding performance
- De pandajama en 01-11-20
De: George Grossmith
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The Black Man: The Father of Civilization, Proven by Biblical History
- De: James Morris Webb
- Narrado por: Rodney Louis Tompkins
- Duración: 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41
James Morris Webb argues that the Black man was the father of civilization, born in the land of Egypt, and that the different branches of science and art were simply transmitted to other races, which, as the ages have rolled by have only been enlarged - and to some extent improved upon. The narrative is rich in quotes from the Bible.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow !! I never thought
- De TONY 810 en 07-24-20
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Mrs. Warren's Profession
- De: George Bernard Shaw
- Narrado por: full cast
- Duración: 1 h y 41 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
Modern parallels abound in the plight of Cambridge-educated mathematics wiz Vivie Warren, who discovers that her comfortable upbringing was financed in unspeakable ways. George Bernard Shaw pits a clever heroine against a memorable gallery of rogues in this superbly intelligent (and still shocking) comedy, banned for eight years from the English stage.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Very Lively Play by Shaw
- De Robert M. en 05-01-20
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What Is Man?
- De: Mark Twain
- Narrado por: Carl Reiner
- Duración: 3 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
What Is Man? appears in the form of a Socratic dialogue between a romantic young idealist and an elderly cynic, who debate issues of mankind, such as whether man is free to act or is more of a machine, whether personal merit is meaningless given how the environment shapes us, and whether man truly has impulses other than to pursue pleasure and avoid pain.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I'm 21, this shit was crazy. But I loved it.
- De Trina en 10-16-17
De: Mark Twain
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A Rogue's Life
- De: Wilkie Collins
- Narrado por: Bernard Mayes
- Duración: 5 h y 18 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 294
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 250
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 249
Propelled into society by his ever-hopeful father, Frank is introduced to a variety of professions in order to make his fortune. Not industrious by nature, however, Frank finds working life a challenge, and by his 25th birthday, he has failed medicine, portrait-painting, caricaturing, and even forgery. Disenchanted with life, he despairs of ever finding something to commit to — until he meets Alicia Dulcifer and her inexplicably wealthy father.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One Twisting, Turning, Fun Book!
- De Joseph R en 06-15-09
De: Wilkie Collins