Feminist Literary Classics - Volume IV
By: Virginia Woolf, Charlotte Bronte & Willa Cather
Narrated by: Sara Nichols
Length: 41 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
Presented here is Volume IV of our Feminist Literary Classics series, featuring three of the most important feminist works ever written: A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather. The first book in this collection is A Room of One's Own, a groundbreaking examination of women's... Read more
View audiobookA Room of One's Own
By: Virginia Woolf
Narrated by: Sara Nichols
Length: 4 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
"A Room of One's Own" began life as a pair of lectures delivered by Virginia Woolf in October 1928 at Newnham College and Girton College, women's colleges at the University of Cambridge and was published as a stand-alone book in 1929. In this brilliant examination of literature, history and gender discrimination, Woolf posits that the dearth of... Read more
View audiobookVolsunga Saga
By: Anonymous, William Morris & Eirikr Magnusson
Narrated by: Anna Isaksen
Length: 5 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
Dive into the legendary world of the Volsunga Saga, the Norse epic that has inspired generations. This saga weaves tales of gods, legendary heroes, and cursed treasures in a gripping narrative of power, betrayal, and destiny. Follow the heroic deeds of Sigurd, the dragon-slayer, entangled in a tragic love triangle that leads to a cycle of... Read more
View audiobookAussprachetraining Englisch - Abridged
By: Robert Kirstein & Langenscheidt Redaktion
Narrated by: Langenscheidt Redaktion
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Hello and welcome! Hallo und herzlich willkommen zum Englisch-Aussprachetraining! In diesem Programm lernen Sie Schritt für Schritt, wie man Wörter und Sätze auf Englisch richtig ausspricht. Doch was genau macht die "richtige" Aussprache im Englischen aus, und warum ist sie wichtig? Haben Sie sich schon einmal gefragt, warum Ihr Englisch... Read more
View audiobookAussprachetraining Italienisch - Abridged
By: Beatrice Rovere-Fenati
Narrated by: Langenscheidt Redaktion
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Salve! Hallo und willkommen zum Aussprachetraining Italienisch. Die italienische Sprache gilt als sehr wohlklingend. Vom Laut über das Wort zum Satz lernen Sie hier das richtige und flüssige Sprechen und Betonen ganzer Sätze, so dass Sie am Ende dieses Trainings dem schönen Klang des Italienischen schon näher sein werden. Durch... Read more
View audiobookAussprachetraining Spanisch - Abridged
By: Hanna Hommes & Langenscheidt Redaktion
Narrated by: Langenscheidt Redaktion
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
¡Hola y bienvenidos! Hallo und Herzlich willkommen zu Ihrem Schritt-für-Schritt-Leitfaden für die richtige Aussprache von Wörtern und Sätzen auf Spanisch. Doch warum ist es überhaupt wichtig, eine gute Aussprache in einer Fremdsprache zu erlernen? Eine klare und akkurate Aussprache ermöglicht nicht nur eine bessere Verständigung mit... Read more
View audiobookEverybody Behaves Badly
By: Lesley M. M. Blume
Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
Length: 11 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
“Brimming, addictive . . . In Everybody Behaves Badly, the party has just begun and the taste of fame is still ripe . . . The Lost Generation [is] restored to reckless youth in living black and white.” — James Wolcott, Vanity Fair
“An essential book . . . a page-turner. Blume combines the best aspects of critic, biographer and storyteller . . .... Read more
Gods, Heroes & Monsters
By: Mark Daniels
Narrated by: Mike Cooper
Length: 4 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
Since the dawn of communication, humankind has looked around itself and used myths and legends to make sense of the world. Imaginative tales of goddesses, heroes, villains and beasts bring understanding to the biggest questions in life: Who made the world? What happens when we die? Where did we come from? How should we live our lives? Gods,... Read more
View audiobookAuthor Paul Levinson Discusses Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media
By: Paul Levinson
Narrated by: Paul Levinson
Length: 49 minutes
Abridged: No
In the following keynote address given at Baylor University, author Paul Levinson discusses Canadian philosopher and academic Marshall McLuhan's seminal book, "Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man," which proposed that the media--not the content that they carry-- affects the society in which it plays a role and, thus, should be the focus... Read more
View audiobookCaras de la historia I (Ensayista liberal 2)
By: Enrique Krauze
Narrated by: Miguel Ángel Álvarez
Length: 16 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Segundo volumen de la colección de seis tomos llamada "Ensayista liberal", donde confluirán diversos textos inéditos con retratos, perfiles, ensayos y entrevistas del historiador Enrique Krauze. Segundo volumen de la nueva colección "Ensayista Liberal". Enrique Krauze es una figura fundamental en los círculosintelectuales mexicanos, como... Read more
View audiobookTam kapsamlı İngilizce kursu
By: Başak Yılmaz & Andrew Stevenson
Narrated by: Efe Özgün
Length: 5 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
İngilizce kursu #1!
Yüzde yüz mükemmel sonuç!
Uzun zamandır Birleşik Krallık’a seyahat etmeyi hayal ediyor musunuz? Kırmızı çift katlı bir otobüsle Londra’nın merkezinden geçmek mi, gerçek bir İngiliz çay partisine katılmak mı, saatinizi Big Ben ile senkronize etmek ya da hatta belki de kraliyet ailesinin bir üyesini görmek mi istiyorsunuz? Yoksa... Read more
No Judgment
By: Lauren Oyler
Narrated by: Lauren Oyler
Length: 8 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
A Most Anticipated Book of 2024: Elle, The Millions, LitHub, Nylon, BookPage, PureWow, and moreFrom the national bestselling novelist and essayist, a groundbreaking collection of brand-new pieces about the role of cultural criticism in our ever-changing world.In her writing for Harper’s, the London Review of Books, The New Yorker, and elsewhere,... Read more
View audiobookThe True Story of Ah Q
By: Lu Xun
Narrated by: Yunjian, Yunfeng, Yunxi, Yunye, Xiaomo & Xiaoxiao
Length: 1 hour 17 minutes
Abridged: No
In the early twentieth century, as China grappled with the challenges of modernity, Lu Xun emerged as a pivotal figure in Chinese literature. He shifted the focus from ornate aristocratic writing to plain, expressive narratives that resonated with the masses. His celebrated short stories, including “The True Story of Ah Q,” captured the essence... Read more
View audiobookThe Black Box
By: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Length: 7 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
“Henry Louis Gates is a national treasure. Here, he returns with an intellectual and at times deeply personal meditation on the hard-fought evolution and the very meaning of African American identity, calling upon our country to transcend its manufactured divisions.”
— Isabel Wilkerson, author of The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste
“This is a... Read more
Facing Down the Furies
By: Edith Hall
Narrated by: Edith Hall
Length: 7 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
An award-winning classicist turns to Greek tragedies for the wisdom to understand the damage caused by suicide and help those who are contemplating suicide themselves
In Sophocles’ tragedy Oedipus the Tyrant, a messenger arrives to report that Jocasta, queen of Thebes, has killed herself. To prepare listeners for this terrible news, he announces,... Read more
A Poetry Handbook
By: Mary Oliver
Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
Length: 3 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
“Mary Oliver would probably never admit to anything so grandiose as an effort to connect the conscious mind and the heart (that’s what she says poetry can do), but that is exactly what she accomplishes in this stunning little handbook.”—Los Angeles TimesFrom the beloved, legendary poet, the ultimate guide to writing and understanding poetry.With... Read more
View audiobookWoke
By: Esther Bockwyt
Narrated by: Matthias Ernst Holzmann
Length: 7 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
Was als linke Identitätspolitik einst progressiv gedacht war, hat längst die Schwelle zu einer militanten Ideologie überschritten, analysiert die Psychologin Esther Bockwyt. Auf Basis einer pauschalen Einteilung von Menschen in Opfergruppen und Privilegierte wird abgeleitet, wer was wann sagen oder tun darf. So kritisch wie ausgewogen und vor... Read more
View audiobookMit Wavinsky um die Welt
By: Christina Schmidt
Narrated by: Pascal Nagel
Length: 1 hour 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Stell dir vor, du gehst mit Wavinsky, einem neugierigen Wesen vom Zwergplaneten Proxima Centauri b, auf große Entdeckungsreise. Zusammen mit den jungen Abenteurern Alex und Clara begibst du dich auf eine spannende Reise nach Hawaii. Entdeckt gemeinsam die Wunder dieser Inseln: exotische Tiere, aktive Vulkane und Strände mit schwarzem Sand.... Read more
View audiobookWhat is Love?
By: Neera Kankara
Narrated by: Mridweeka
Length: 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the love of a mother differs from the love of a spouse, which differs from the love for food. Most commonly, love... Read more
View audiobookMärchenzauber
By: Stefan
Narrated by: Stefan
Length: 1 hour 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Willkommen in einer magischen Welt, erschaffen aus den schillernden Gedanken junger Träumer! "Märchenzauber" ist ein faszinierendes Märchenbuch, dessen Geschichten direkt aus den kreativen Köpfen von Kindern stammen. Durch die transformative Kraft künstlicher Intelligenz wurden diese magischen Fantasien in lebendige Märchen übersetzt, die nicht... Read more
View audiobookLe Suicide français
By: Éric Zemmour
Narrated by: Frédéric Fournier
Length: 20 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
« La France se couche. La France se meurt.La France avait pris l’habitude depuis le XVIIe siècle et, plus encore, depuis la Révolution française, d’imposer ses idées, ses foucades mêmes, sa vision du monde et sa langue, à un univers pâmé devant tant de merveilles.Non seulement elle n’y parvient plus, mais elle se voit contrainte d’ingurgiter des... Read more
View audiobookSotto l'Antartide
By: Gianluca Lamberti & Umberto Visani
Narrated by: Federico Angelo Capra
Length: 5 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
"Sotto l'Antartide" vuole essere un viaggio intrigante nel continente più remoto della Terra. Gli autori ci conducono attraverso secoli di esplorazioni, miti antichi e misteri, sollevando interrogativi sulla storia nascosta sotto le distese di ghiaccio. Il testo esamina le leggende di civiltà perdute, le missioni ufficiali e segrete naziste, le... Read more
View audiobookFrom Mammies to Militants
By: Trudier Harris
Narrated by: Diana Blue
Length: 8 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
From Charles Chesnutt's The Marrow of Tradition to Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, Black writers, some of whom worked as maids themselves, have manipulated the stereotype in a strategic way as a figure to comment on Black-white relations or to dramatize the conflicts of the Black protagonists. In fact, the characters themselves, like real-life... Read more
View audiobookLe Colonel Chabert
By: Honoré de Balzac
Narrated by: Philippe LEBEAU
Length: 2 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
Hyacinthe Chabert, colonel de l'armée impériale de Napoléon Ier, a été déclaré mort lors de la bataille d'Eylau en 1807.Sa veuve Rose Chapotel, ancienne fille de joie, hérite de sa fortune, puis se remarie avec le comte Ferraud, aristocrate émigré qui ambitionne une carrière politique.Mais en 1817, dix ans après son décès officiel, Chabert... Read more
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