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Vom Umgang mit Menschen - Abridged
By: Adolph Freiherr von Knigge
Narrated by: Anette Daugardt
Length: 48 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Wohlmeinend, ratschlagend, hilfsbereit, aber nie besserwisserisch - das ist der Stil, in dem Knigge sein berühmtes Buch geschrieben hat, und deshalb macht es immer noch so viel Spaß, seinen Ausführungen zu lauschen. Dabei ist Knigge in jeder Frage sicher in der Einschätzung, und zu recht ist sein Name heute synonym mit gepflegten Umgangsformen.... Read more
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Über den Umgang unter Freunden - Abridged
By: Adolph Freiherr von Knigge
Narrated by: Anette Daugardt
Length: 41 minutes
Abridged: Yes
"Über den Umgang unter Freunden" lautet das Kapitel aus seinem großen Werk über den Umgang mit Menschen, das hier zu hören ist. Knigge schreibt auch hier wohlmeinend, ratschlagend, und ohne besserwisserisch zu wirken, wie sich Freunde gegenseitig zu verhalten haben. "Hast Du einen treuen Freund gefunden, so bewahre ihn auch! Halte ihn in Ehren,... Read more
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The Shame of the Nation
By: Jonathan Kozol
Narrated by: Robertson Dean
Length: 10 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
“The nation needs to be confronted with the crime that we’re committing and the promises we are betraying. This is a book about betrayal of the young, who have no power to defend themselves. It is not intended to make readers comfortable.”
Over the past several years, Jonathan Kozol has visited nearly 60 public schools. Virtually everywhere, he... Read more
Just Say Yes: Improvising Your Life
By: Patricia Ryan Madson
Narrated by: Bec Kageyama
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Patricia Madson draws on the principles of improvisational theater to approach life with a willingness to pay attention to whatever life presents, and to say yes to the unexpected. Read more
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The Shame of the Nation - Abridged
By: Jonathan Kozol
Narrated by: Harry Chase
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: Yes
“The nation needs to be confronted with the crime that we’re committing and the promises we are betraying. This is a book about betrayal of the young, who have no power to defend themselves. It is not intended to make readers comfortable.”
Over the past several years, Jonathan Kozol has visited nearly 60 public schools. Virtually everywhere, he... Read more
A Holistic Approach to Global Warming
By: Jamie Henn & May Boeve
Narrated by: Bec Kageyama
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Jamie Henn and Mae Boeve, students at Middlebury College in Vermont, created the Road to Detroit bus tour in 2005 and brought students from all over the United States together to give voice to consumer demand for more fuel-efficient cars. Read more
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Educating For Wholeness
By: David Marshak
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Marshak believes most schools have an unstated belief that only a small number of children are intelligent. "If instead," he asserts, "we believed that every child is a gifted child in one way or another, we would organize schools very differently." Read more
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García Márquez in 90 Minutes
By: Paul Strathern
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 2 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
García Márquez stands on the shoulders of a great Latin American literary heritage. But he is also that modern rarity, a writer with aspirations to high art who also remains hugely popular. For those who fall under his spell, his novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, is one of the richest literary dreams ever written. Its “magical realism” has... Read more
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Voucher Wars
By: Clint Bolick
Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
Length: 9 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
In June 2002, the US Supreme Court's ruling in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris opened the door to school choice. In Voucher Wars: Waging the Legal Battle over School Choice, Clint Bolick recounts the dramatic twelve-year struggle to finally give families a choice in education. As the central figure in the legal battle over school choice, Bolick tells... Read more
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Confucius in 90 Minutes
By: Paul Strathern
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 1 hour 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Confucius taught a moral wisdom that would become a predominant social force in China from the second century BCE until the mid-twentieth century. It would appear that his aim was to turn his pupils into good government officials, but his quaint humanistic platitudes, maxims, and quasi-enigmatic anecdotes made spiritual fodder for the next two... Read more
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Nietzsche in 90 Minutes
By: Paul Strathern
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 1 hour 14 minutes
Abridged: No
With Friedrich Nietzsche, philosophy was dangerous not only for philosophers but for everyone. Nietzsche ultimately went mad, but his ideas presaged a collective madness that had horrific consequences in Europe in the early 1900s. Though his philosophy is more one of aphorisms and insights than a system, it is brilliant, persuasive, and... Read more
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Choosing a College
By: Thomas Sowell
Narrated by: Robert Morris
Length: 6 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
This book starts you at square one: before you know what questions to ask, what colleges to read about, or what statistics to look up. Sowell pulls no punches as he candidly describes the inner and outer workings of scores of American colleges and universities, big and small. He gives equal attention to special programs, financial aid, and the... Read more
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A Personal Odyssey
By: Thomas Sowell
Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
Length: 10 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Here is the gritty, powerful story of Thomas Sowell’s life-long education in the school of hard knocks, as the journey took him from Harlem to the Marines, the Ivy League, and a career as a controversial writer, teacher, and economist in government and private industry. It is also the story of the dramatically changing times in which this... Read more
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La chatte blanche
By: Jani Pascal
Narrated by: Jani Pascal
Length: 41 minutes
Abridged: No
Des contes qui ont traversé les continents. Les mémoires. Des contes qui sont devenus les nôtres. Ces récits de notre littérature orale qui reposaient aphones, Jani Pascal les fait revivre grâce à ses recherches minutieuses effectuées à même les fonds d'archives du Canada français. Elle redonne la parole à nos contes. Notre héritage culturel. La... Read more
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Beyond A.D.D.: Getting to the Root of Brain Dysfunction
By: Bette Lamont
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
The diagnosis of Attention Deficit Disorder has reached epidemic proportions. But few answers have emerged to explain why this is so, and fewer solutions do more than mask the symptoms - until now. Read more
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Holistic Education for the Cultural Creative Generation
By: Eric Utne, Dee Dickinson & Ron Miller
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
In three separate interviews, visionaries Eric Utne, Dee Dickinson, and Ron Miller bring news from the frontiers of innovation in education. You'll hear how breakthroughs in neurological science are reaching teachers as they design their learning plans. Read more
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Teaching Connection, Compassion and Character
By: Rachael Kessler
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
As more emphasis is placed on test scores, and non-academic classes fall victim to budget cuts, students are left with little opportunity to explore the deeper issues that bring the sense of purpose that is too often lacking. Rachael Kessler has a different vision of what education can and should be about. Read more
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Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers
By: Fred Rogers
Narrated by: Lily Tomlin, Blair Brown, Richard Kind, Joanne ...
Length: 1 hour 17 minutes
Abridged: No
An inspiring collection of thoughts to take with us on the paths we travel in life.
For all the roads we choose to travel, and even those we don't, Fred Rogers has an observation, a story, some insights to share. Whether you're facing graduation, a new job, a new baby, marriage, any change in your life--expected or not--the wisdom that Mister... Read more
Les petites filles modèles - Abridged
By: La comtesse de Ségur
Narrated by: Macha Grenon
Length: 37 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Camille et Madeleine sont deux petites filles sages qui vivent avec leur mère au château de Fleurville. Modèles de vertu, elles sont la fierté de leur maman. Lors d'une promenade, les petites filles recueillent Mme de Rosebourg et sa fille Marguerite, victimes d'un accident de voiture. Les trois enfants deviennent rapidement inséparables. Leur... Read more
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Walking in Peace
By: Angela Porter & Emily Hooker
Narrated by: Rebecca Kageyama
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
In the aftermath of the terrorist attack of 9/11, surrounded by surging, blind patriotism, Angela Porter felt called to do something - something that would make a statement for peace. That call became a walk across the nation, from Berkeley, California, to Washington, D.C. Joined by Emily Hooker and five other women, she traveled eight months... Read more
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She Comes First - Abridged
By: Ian Kerner
Narrated by: Ian Kerner
Length: 4 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: Yes
""She Comes First is quite simply the best guide to oral sex out there."" —AskMen.comThe essential guidebook to oral sex, She Comes First offers a radical new philosophy for pleasuring womenAs women everywhere will attest, men are ""ill-cliterate."" But in the pages of She Comes First, the mystery of female satisfaction is solved, and the tongue... Read more
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Proust
By: Maarten van Buuren
Narrated by: Maarten van Buuren
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
Op zoek naar de verloren tijd is één van de belangrijkste romans uit de wereldliteratuur. Het beschrijft de fasen in Prousts leven als de etappes van een geestelijke Odyssee. sensuele roes, mondaine ambities, passie, ziekte en dood. De fasen in deze levensgeschiedenis lijken maar tot één conclusie te voeren. de ijdelheid van alle dingen. Van... Read more
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Klassieke Oudheid
By: Fik Meijer
Narrated by: Fik Meijer
Length: 4 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Meesterverteller Fik Meijer behandelt in dit hoorcollege de geschiedenis van de Grieken en Romeinen aan de hand van enkele concrete probleemstellingen. Wat waren de oorzaken en gevolgen van de Griekse expansie? Waarom was juist de 'democratische' volksvergadering in het oude Athene zo imperialistisch. En hoe kan het dat de Romeinen zo machtig... Read more
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Islam
By: Hans Jansen
Narrated by: Hans Jansen
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
De islam is de op één na grootste godsdienst ter wereld. Ruim een miljard mensen worden dagelijks door de koran geïnspireerd. Het college van Hans Jansen geeft een heldere uiteenzetting van de Islamitische godsdienst en cultuur, met aandacht voor o.a. de bronnen, de profeet, de gewoontes, het gebed, de politiek en de recente ontwikkelingen.
Dit... Read more