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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 198
The most important and influential source of information about the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony, this landmark account was written between 1630 and 1647. It vividly documents the Pilgrims' adventures: their first stop in Holland, the harrowing transatlantic crossing aboard the Mayflower, the first harsh winter in the new colony, and the help from friendly Native Americans that saved their lives. No one was better equipped to report on the Plymouth community than William Bradford. Revered for his patience, wisdom, and courage, Bradford was elected to the office of governor.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Those stories...they’re true!
- De Kindle Customer en 10-31-18
De: William Bradford, y otros
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What Is Man?
- De: Mark Twain
- Narrado por: Carl Reiner
- Duración: 3 h
- Versión resumida
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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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King Lear
- De: William Shakespeare
- Narrado por: Paul Scofield, Alec McCowen, Kenneth Branagh
- Duración: 3 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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The tragedy of King Lear receives an outstanding performance in an all-star cast led by Britain’s senior classical actor, Paul Scofield. He is joined by Alec McCowen as Gloucester, Kenneth Branagh as The Fool, Harriet Walter as Gonerill, Sara Kestelman as Regan and Emilia Fox as Cordelia. This is the ninth recording of Shakespeare plays undertaken by Naxos AudioBooks in conjunction with Cambridge University Press, and is directed by John Tydeman. It was released to mark the 80th birthday of Paul Scofield in January 2002.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This cold night will turn us all to fools & madmen
- De Darwin8u en 11-01-17
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Don Quixote
- De: John Ormsby - translator, Miguel de Cervantes
- Narrado por: Roy McMillan
- Duración: 36 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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The most influential work of the entire Spanish literary canon and a founding work of modern Western literature, Don Quixote is also one of the greatest works ever written. Hugely entertaining but also moving at times, this episodic novel is built on the fantasy life of one Alonso Quixano, who lives with his niece and housekeeper in La Mancha. Quixano, obsessed by tales of knight errantry, renames himself ‘Don Quixote’ and with his faithful servant Sancho Panza, goes on a series of quests.
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4 out of 5 stars
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More than funny
- De Colin en 08-21-11
De: John Ormsby - translator, y otros
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Don Quixote (Adapted for Modern Listeners)
- De: Miguel de Cervantes
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 4 h y 39 m
- Versión resumida
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Quixotic is a word that the dictionary defines as "extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary...." and that is a fitting definition, indeed, for this charming retelling of Don Quixote, the 17t- century Spanish classic by Miguel de Cervantes, now updated for the modern listener. The gallant and fragile Quixote will touch listeners, as will his faithful squire Sancho Panza and the tragically beautiful heroine of the gentle Don’s chivalries, the fair Dulcinea.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great way in
- De pxriver en 07-12-18
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The Decameron
- De: Giovanni Boccaccio
- Narrado por: Simon Russell Beale, Gunnar Cauthery, Alison Pettitt, y otros
- Duración: 28 h y 5 m
- Grabación Original
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The Decameron is one of the greatest literary works of the Middle Ages. Ten young people have fled the terrible effects of the Black Death in Florence and, in an idyllic setting, tell a series of brilliant stories, by turns humorous, bawdy, tragic and provocative. This celebration of physical and sexual vitality is Boccaccio's answer to the sublime other-worldliness of Dante's Divine Comedy.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not Up to the Usual Naxos Standard
- De John en 11-15-17
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Tristram Shandy
- De: Laurence Sterne
- Narrado por: Anton Lesser
- Duración: 19 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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Laurence Sterne’s most famous novel is a biting satire of literary conventions and contemporary 18th-century values. Renowned for its parody of established narrative techniques, Tristram Shandyis commonly regarded as the forerunner of avant-garde fiction. Tristram’s characteristic digressions on a whole range of unlikely subjects (including battle strategy and noses!) are endlessly surprising and make this one of Britain’s greatest comic achievements.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Like discovering Frank Zappa in 250 years
- De Darwin8u en 01-02-14
De: Laurence Sterne
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Letters from the Earth
- De: Mark Twain
- Narrado por: Carl Reiner
- Duración: 6 h y 31 m
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Here we see Twain on a somewhat personal level. Penniless and having just lost his wife and one of his children, Twain turns to writing about God, Christianity, and the many curious natures of man. This collection was so controversial that his daughter prohibited its publication until 52 years after his death.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read for thinking people
- De Charles en 11-28-11
De: Mark Twain
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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- De: Henry Fielding
- Narrado por: Kenneth Danzinger
- Duración: 35 h y 53 m
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A foundling of mysterious parentage, Tom Jones is brought up by the benevolent and wealthy Squire Allworthy as his own son. Tom falls in love with the beautiful and unattainable Sophia Western, a neighbor’s daughter, whose marriage has already been arranged. When Tom’s sexual misadventures around the countryside get him banished, he sets out to make his fortune and find his true identity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well read, many accents, older recording
- De Elizabeth en 12-16-10
De: Henry Fielding
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New Atlantis
- De: Francis Bacon
- Narrado por: Gareth Armstrong
- Duración: 1 h y 34 m
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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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Oroonoko
- De: Aphra Behn
- Narrado por: Clare Wille
- Duración: 3 h y 3 m
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A vivid love story and adventure tale, Oroonoko is a heroic slave narrative about a royal prince and his fight for freedom. The eponymous hero, Oroonoko, deemed royalty in one world and slave in another, is torn from his noble status and betrayed into slavery in Surinam, where he is reduced to chains, fetters, and shackles. But his high spirit and admirable character will not be suppressed.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding Narration, Story Less So
- De Carsley en 07-14-18
De: Aphra Behn
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The Pilgrim's Progress (AmazonClassics Edition)
- De: John Bunyan
- Narrado por: Steve West
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
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Plagued by spiritual anguish, devout everyman Christian fears his fate in the sinful City of Destruction. He’s told that only by embarking for the Celestial City can he achieve personal salvation. After his wife and children refuse to join him, he sets forth alone into the unknown. Mocked for his faith, tempted at every turn, and heartened by fellow pilgrims, Christian’s winding journey toward grace unfolds. But as he reaches Mount Zion, his family chooses to follow the same treacherous path, hoping to join Christian in the shining light.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best version I have heard
- De Julie Rae Loving en 11-09-19
De: John Bunyan
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A Delusion of Satan
- The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials
- De: Frances Hill
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
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During the bleak winter of 1692 in the rigid Puritan community of Salem Village, Massachusetts, a group of young girls began experiencing violent fits, allegedly tormented by Satan and the witches who worshipped him. From the girls' initial denouncing of an Indian slave, the accusations soon multiplied. In less than two years, 19 men and women were hanged, one was pressed to death, and over a hundred others were imprisoned and impoverished. This evenhanded and now-classic history illuminates the horrifying episode with visceral clarity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A new take on the Witch Trials
- De Jolene Correll en 02-17-15
De: Frances Hill
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Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World
- De: Leo Damrosch
- Narrado por: David Stifel
- Duración: 20 h y 43 m
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Jonathan Swift is best remembered today as the author of Gulliver’s Travels, the satiric fantasy that quickly became a classic and has remained in print for nearly three centuries. Yet Swift also wrote many other influential works, was a major political and religious figure in his time, and became a national hero, beloved for his fierce protest against English exploitation of his native Ireland. What is really known today about the enigmatic man behind these accomplishments? Can the facts of his life be separated from the fictions?
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5 out of 5 stars
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JOHNATHAN SWIFT AND POWER OF THE PEN
- De chetyarbrough.blog en 09-30-14
De: Leo Damrosch
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Don Quixote
- De: Tobias Smollett - translator, Miguel de Cervantes
- Narrado por: Robert Whitfield
- Duración: 36 h y 42 m
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Don Quixote, the world's first novel and by far the best-known book in Spanish literature, was originally intended by Cervantes as a satire on traditional popular ballads, yet he also parodied the romances of chivalry. By happy coincidence he produced one of the most entertaining adventure stories of all time and, in Don Quixote and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, two of the greatest characters in fiction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A MUST READ CLASSIC
- De Randall en 04-25-09
De: Tobias Smollett - translator, y otros
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The Taming of the Shrew
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- De: William Shakespeare
- Narrado por: Frances Barber, Roger Allam, Alan Cox
- Duración: 2 h y 17 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 245
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Padua holds many suitors for the hand of fair Bianca, but Bianca may not be married until her spinster sister, Kate, is wed. Could any man be rash enough to take on Kate? The witty adventurer Petruchio undertakes the task. While he sets about transforming Kate from foul-tempered termagant to loving wife, young Lucentio and his clever servant, Tranio, plot to win Bianca.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Problem play
- De Tad Davis en 01-24-15
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Discovery of Witches
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- Little Buffalo
- 02-21-15
Totally bizarre to the modern mind
It actually makes you understand how easily people are lead and puts jihadist in perspective
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A view into Mathew Hopkins mind
What did you love best about The Discovery of Witches?
It is rare that a non-academic like me gets a direct view into the mind of one of the most infamous people in English history. This is an excelent reading of what must have been a pamphlet, and I enjoyed it very much, and have listen to it many, many times.
What did you like best about this story?
Mathew Hopkins reasoning. Wacky, but in the seventeenth century mindset, it would have made since.
What does Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
I dont know. But his voice sounds authentic, and he fits the book well.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
No.
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- 06-08-19
The words of a famous Witchfinder
This pamphlet may be of particular interest to anyone who has watched the TV series “good omens” and/or read the novel. It was written by the 17th century British witchfinder Matthew Hopkins, who is mentioned in both. In it he addresses a number of criticisms which he apparently encountered, and responds to them. It is a really fascinating look at how this guy thinks he can identify witches and the way that he attempts to justify his activities. I would also suggest this for witches, warlocks, etc., because I suspect that the future witchhunts in the Anglophone world will use similar techniques. Know your enemy.
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