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Loving Frank
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- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
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I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current. So writes Mamah Borthwick Cheney in her diary as she struggles to justify her clandestine love affair with Frank Lloyd Wright....
Written by: Nancy Horan
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Musashi
- Written by: Eiji Yoshikawa, Charles S. Terry - translator
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 53 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi becomes a reluctant hero to a host of people whose lives he has touched and by whom he has been touched. Inevitably, he has to pit his skill against the naked blade of his greatest rival....
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Riveting
- By Sujani Koya on 11-03-24
Written by: Eiji Yoshikawa,
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The Enigma of Arrival
- Written by: V. S. Naipaul
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
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The story of a writer's singular journey - from one place to another, from the British colony of Trinidad to the ancient countryside of England, and from one state of mind to another - is perhaps Naipaul's most autobiographical work....
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It isn't an arrival, may be a Leisurely Layover
- By Kindle Customer on 28-09-20
Written by: V. S. Naipaul
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Nietzsche - El Combate con el Demonio
- Written by: Stefan Zweig, Pascual Venturino - traductor
- Narrated by: Manuel Lopez
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
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Un deslumbrante estudio biográfico del mayor filósofo alemán del siglo XIX por uno de los autores de habla alemana más leídos del siglo...
Written by: Stefan Zweig,
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Orlando
- Written by: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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Published in 1928, Orlando is a fictional biography that spans several centuries and follows the protagonist, Orlando, an Elizabethan nobleman who undergoes a mysterious gender transformation....
Written by: Virginia Woolf
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The Netanyahus
- An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family
- Written by: Joshua Cohen
- Narrated by: Joshua Cohen, David Duchovny, Ethan Herschenfeld
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
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Corbin College, not quite upstate New York, winter 1959-1960: Ruben Blum, a Jewish historian—but not an historian of the Jews—is co-opted onto a hiring committee to review the application of an exiled Israeli scholar specializing in the Spanish Inquisition....
Written by: Joshua Cohen
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Loving Frank
- A Novel
- Written by: Nancy Horan
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current. So writes Mamah Borthwick Cheney in her diary as she struggles to justify her clandestine love affair with Frank Lloyd Wright....
Written by: Nancy Horan
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Musashi
- Written by: Eiji Yoshikawa, Charles S. Terry - translator
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 53 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi becomes a reluctant hero to a host of people whose lives he has touched and by whom he has been touched. Inevitably, he has to pit his skill against the naked blade of his greatest rival....
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Riveting
- By Sujani Koya on 11-03-24
Written by: Eiji Yoshikawa,
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The Enigma of Arrival
- Written by: V. S. Naipaul
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of a writer's singular journey - from one place to another, from the British colony of Trinidad to the ancient countryside of England, and from one state of mind to another - is perhaps Naipaul's most autobiographical work....
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It isn't an arrival, may be a Leisurely Layover
- By Kindle Customer on 28-09-20
Written by: V. S. Naipaul
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Nietzsche - El Combate con el Demonio
- Written by: Stefan Zweig, Pascual Venturino - traductor
- Narrated by: Manuel Lopez
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
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Un deslumbrante estudio biográfico del mayor filósofo alemán del siglo XIX por uno de los autores de habla alemana más leídos del siglo...
Written by: Stefan Zweig,
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Orlando
- Written by: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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Published in 1928, Orlando is a fictional biography that spans several centuries and follows the protagonist, Orlando, an Elizabethan nobleman who undergoes a mysterious gender transformation....
Written by: Virginia Woolf
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The Netanyahus
- An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family
- Written by: Joshua Cohen
- Narrated by: Joshua Cohen, David Duchovny, Ethan Herschenfeld
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
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Corbin College, not quite upstate New York, winter 1959-1960: Ruben Blum, a Jewish historian—but not an historian of the Jews—is co-opted onto a hiring committee to review the application of an exiled Israeli scholar specializing in the Spanish Inquisition....
Written by: Joshua Cohen
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In Search of Lost Time
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- Written by: Marcel Proust
- Narrated by: full cast, Derek Jacobi, Frances Barber,
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Original Recording
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Waking in the small hours, Marcel Proust embarks on a retrospective journey, endeavouring to capture the elusive moments that shaped his life....
Written by: Marcel Proust
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To Sir, with Love
- Written by: E. R. Braithwaite
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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With opportunities for black men limited in post-World War II London, Rick Braithwaite accepts a teaching position that puts him in charge of a class of angry, unmotivated, bigoted white teenagers....
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beautiful book
- By Ankit Sharma on 17-12-22
Written by: E. R. Braithwaite
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Golden Age
- A Novel
- Written by: Wang Xiaobo
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Like Gary Shteyngart or Michel Houellebecq, Wang Xiaobo is a Chinese literary icon whose satire forces us to reconsider the ironies of history....
Written by: Wang Xiaobo
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The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
- A Novel
- Written by: Olivier Guez, Georgia de Chamberet - translator
- Narrated by: Michael Langan
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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An extraordinary novel about one of history's most reviled figures, written as an action-packed historical biography....
Written by: Olivier Guez,
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I, Claudius
- Written by: Robert Graves
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
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The politics of empire-building and the hypocricies, back-stabbings and corruptions of Rome's first family come to light....
Written by: Robert Graves
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- Written by: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 6 hrs
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No book ever written has more perfectly captured the spirit of the 1960s counterculture....
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What a trip!
- By Varun on 17-01-24
Written by: Hunter S. Thompson
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The Personal Librarian
- A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- Written by: Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world....
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As beautiful as real life
- By Rosh709 on 29-12-23
Written by: Marie Benedict,
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Meetings with Remarkable Men
- Written by: G.I. Gurdjieff
- Narrated by: Wolfgang Schrader
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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G.I. Gurdjieff allows the reader in these narratives to become acquainted with a person that is up to this day to many, who have for instance read his...
Written by: G.I. Gurdjieff
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Memoirs and Misinformation
- A Novel
- Written by: Jim Carrey, Dana Vachon
- Narrated by: Jeff Daniels
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Meet Jim Carrey. Sure, he's an insanely successful and beloved movie star drowning in wealth and privilege — but he's also lonely. Maybe past his prime. Maybe even...getting fat? He's tried diets, gurus, and cuddling with his military-grade Israeli guard dogs....
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Destroyed the barrier between dreams imagination and reality
- By dines on 15-10-20
Written by: Jim Carrey,
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky
- A Novel
- Written by: Mark Sullivan
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He's a normal Italian teenager - obsessed with music, food, and girls....
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Excellent.
- By Shashwat Kumar on 01-04-19
Written by: Mark Sullivan
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Jinnyn valinta
- Written by: Catherine Cookson
- Narrated by: Anu Vilhunen
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
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Jinny Brownlowlla ei mene hyvin. Hänen sulhasensa on jättänyt hänet toisen vuoksi. Kaiken huipuksi toinen nainen on Jinnyn kämppis...
Written by: Catherine Cookson
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Barney's Version
- Written by: Mordecai Richler
- Narrated by: Graham Abbey
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
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Barney Panofsky - Canadian expat, wily lover of women, writer, television producer, raconteur - is finally putting pen to paper so he can rebut the charges about him made in his rival’s autobiography....
Written by: Mordecai Richler
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The Possessed
- Written by: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Constance Garnett - translator
- Narrated by: Constantine Gregory
- Length: 27 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Also known as Demons, The Possessed is a powerful socio-political novel about revolutionary ideas and the radicals behind them. It follows a political terrorist who leads a group of nihilists....
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very interesting story, ear piercing narration
- By Joby joy on 22-02-21
Written by: Fyodor Dostoyevsky,
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The Other Einstein
- Written by: Marie Benedict
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marnò
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Mitza Maric has always been a little different from other girls. Most 20-year-olds are wives by now, not studying physics at an elite Zurich university with only male students trying to outdo her....
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Moving
- By Rosh709 on 23-10-23
Written by: Marie Benedict
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The Art of Purring
- Written by: David Michie
- Narrated by: David Michie
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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The Dalai Lama's cat is back - older, a bit wiser and as curious as ever....
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A very happy read!
- By Anonymous User on 07-03-22
Written by: David Michie
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The Only Woman in the Room
- Written by: Marie Benedict
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Her beauty saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side, understanding more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee....
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Brilliant
- By Anonymous User on 12-08-22
Written by: Marie Benedict
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The First Ladies
- Written by: Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
- Narrated by: Robin Miles, Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
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This is the story about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune—a forbidden friendship that changed the world....
Written by: Marie Benedict,
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The Right Time
- Written by: Danielle Steel
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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As Alexandra Winslow climbs the ladder of publishing success, she resolutely adheres to her father's caution: men only read crime thrillers written by men....
Written by: Danielle Steel
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The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
- Written by: Rainer Maria Rilke
- Narrated by: Jamie Parker
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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This remarkable book is the only novel by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), the greatest German-language poet of his time. It is, in a sense, a true curiosity - dark and intense - and possesses, not surprisingly, strong elements of autobiography....
Written by: Rainer Maria Rilke
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Beirut, Beirut
- Written by: Sonallah Ibrahim, Chip Rossetti - translator
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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An Egyptian writer has chosen the wrong time to come to Beirut in search of a publisher for his controversial new book. Men with machine guns are on every street corner....
Written by: Sonallah Ibrahim,
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The Last Green Valley
- A Novel
- Written by: Mark Sullivan
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
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From the author of the number one best seller Beneath a Scarlet Sky comes a new historical novel inspired by one family’s incredible story of daring, survival, and triumph....
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Nice!
- By Placeholder on 07-03-23
Written by: Mark Sullivan
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Pochovejte mě pod podlahu
- Written by: Pavel Sanajev
- Narrated by: Jan Vondráček
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
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ástečně autobiografická kniha přináší příběh osmiletého Saši žijícího s babičkou a dědou v Moskvě koncem sedmdesátých let minulého století. Je plná...
Written by: Pavel Sanajev
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Hipik
- Written by: Paulo Coelho
- Narrated by: Martin Pechlát
- Length: 7 hrs
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Ve svém zatím nejvíce autobiografickém románu se Paulo Coelho vrací do svého mládí, do doby přelomu 60. a 70. let 20. století...
Written by: Paulo Coelho
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Jag är Wanted
- Written by: Daniel Luthman
- Narrated by: Alexander Salzberger
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
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Att vara yrkeskriminell och leva i den undre världen är som att spela tio schackpartier samtidigt. Och för att kamma hem spelet måste...
Written by: Daniel Luthman
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- Narrated by: Elke Appelt
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
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"Malen ist für mich so wichtig wie atmen." Berthe Morisot Paris, 1864: Nachdem die junge Malerin Berthe erlebt hat, wie ihre Schwester die Kunst nach der Hochzeit aufgeben musste, will sie niemals heiraten. Sie begegnet dem Wegbereiter der Moderne Édouard Manet, der in der betörend schönen Frau seine Muse findet. Ihre künstlerischen Ambitionen indes belächelt er - obwohl Berthes Bilder teils höhere Preise erzielen als seine. Dann trifft sie seinen Bruder Eugène, der sich in sie verliebt und um ihre Hand anhält.
Written by: Agnès Gabriel
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Il cacciatore di aquiloni
- Written by: Khaled Hosseini
- Narrated by: Andrea Oldani
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
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Nell’Afghanistan degli anni settanta il dodicenne Amir desidera con tutto se stesso vincere la gara di aquiloni che si tiene ogni anno a Kabul; ad assisterlo e a sostenere i suoi sforzi c’è Hassan, un amico caro quanto un fratello. Ma nel giorno in cui Amir riesce finalmente a realizzare il proprio sogno, Hassan è vittima di un episodio terribile che segna la conclusione dell’amicizia che li lega. A sconvolgere per sempre le esistenze dei due ragazzi arriva poi l’invasione russa, che costringe la famiglia di Amir a lasciare l’Afghanistan.
Written by: Khaled Hosseini
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La principessa di Lampedusa
- Written by: Ruggero Cappuccio
- Narrated by: Nadia Perciabosco
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
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Eros, passione, misteri e segreti di famiglia fiammeggiano nella personalità di Beatrice Tasca Filangeri di Cutò, principessa di Lampedusa, che nel maggio del 1943 attraversa una Palermo deserta, tra le rovine provocate dai bombardamenti alleati. Beatrice riprende possesso del palazzo di famiglia: tra soffitti sfondati e librerie crollate, si riaccende il ricordo dei giorni in cui la città era meta di viaggiatori stranieri, un passato di grazia e splendore, sogni, fantasie e amori forse ancora possibili.
Written by: Ruggero Cappuccio
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Flight of the Wild Swan
- Written by: Melissa Pritchard
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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Sweeping yet intimate, Flight of the Wild Swan tells the story of Florence Nightingale, a brilliant, trailblazing woman whose humanity has been obscured beneath the iconic weight of legend. From adolescence, Nightingale was determined to fulfill her life's calling to serve the sick and suffering. Overcoming Victorian hierarchies, familial expectations, patriarchal resistance, and her own illness, she used her hard-won acclaim as a battlefield nurse to bring the profession out of its shadowy, disreputable status and elevate nursing to a skilled practice and compassionate art.
Written by: Melissa Pritchard
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Der Fall
- Written by: Albert Camus, Grete Osterwald - Übersetzer
- Narrated by: Ulrich Matthes
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
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In einer atemberaubenden Beichte bekennt im Amsterdamer Hafenviertel Jean-Baptiste Clamence, ehemals angesehener Anwalt, der sich stets für einen Wohltäter der Menschen gehalten hat, Selbstgefälligkeit und Opportunismus als Triebfedern seines einstigen Rechtsbewusstseins. Als er eines Nachts eine Frau auf einer Brücke stehen sah, im Begriff, in den Fluss zu springen, hat er sie nicht daran gehindert.
Written by: Albert Camus,
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Pudels Kern
- Written by: Rocko Schamoni
- Narrated by: Rocko Schamoni
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
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Der furiose Abschluss der Großen Freiheit-Trilogie von Schriftsteller-, Schauspieler- und Musikerlegende Rocko Schamoni. Sommer ‘86, ein junger Mann fährt nach Hamburg, um dabei zu sein. Er ist 19 und will Musik machen, die Jugend feiern, Künstler sein. Es zieht ihn nach St. Pauli, auf den Fixstern der Verrückten. Er will hinein in den Abgrund, »wo Feuchtigkeit und dunkle Wärme merkwürdige Organismen zum Tanzen bringen«. Er trifft die Zitronen, die Ärzte, die Hosen, die Neubauten – und sucht seinen eigenen Platz in dieser Welt.
Written by: Rocko Schamoni
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Chilografia
- Written by: Domitilla Pirro
- Narrated by: Giulia Greco
- Length: 5 hrs
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Questa è una storia fatta di chili: la storia di Palma, che cresce in una normalissima famiglia disfunzionale, tra una madre volubile, un padre lontano e una sorella fin troppo perfetta. Palma mangia, e nel suo turbolento percorso di formazione, in cui scorrono trent’anni di Roma e d’Italia, trova in un videogioco la via d’uscita dall’incubo delle relazioni, del giudizio, del peso. Attraverso il gioco scopre le chatroom: lì conosce Angelo, un ragazzo con la passione per le donne grasse, con cui inizia una storia vera e al quale ha il coraggio e la gioia di mostrarsi per come è.
Written by: Domitilla Pirro
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Annekathrin hat Krebs: Hört nicht auf mit mir zu lachen
- Die Geschichte einer Palliativschwester
- Written by: Karl Heinz Kristel
- Narrated by: Lukas Speitling
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
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Gelten Humor und Lachen bei schwerer Krankheit nicht als Widerspruch? Annekathrins Geschichte gibt eine eindeutige Antwort. Sie führt vor Augen, dass ihre Frohnatur für sie und alle anderen eine Wohltat ist. Selbst in höchster Not bleibt Humor ihr treuester Weggefährte, der ihr hilft, das Leben zu meistern. Annekathrin lacht in Zeiten des Glücks, aber auch in Zeiten des Unglücks. Auch wenn die Krebsdiagnose ihr Leben, das ihres Gatten und der Töchter auf den Kopf stellt, sprachlos, hilflos und ohnmächtig macht. Mit Humor und Mut durchbricht sie die bedrückende Sprachlosigkeit.
Written by: Karl Heinz Kristel
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Lo schiaffo
- Written by: Abbas Khider, Lavinia Azzone - traduttore
- Narrated by: Stefano Patti
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
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Alla disperata ricerca di qualcuno che ascolti la sua storia, Karim Mensy, un rifugiato iracheno prende in ostaggio la funzionaria dell’Autorità per l’immigrazione che gli ha revocato il permesso di soggiorno. Dopo un interminabile barcamenarsi nel tentativo di ottenere lo status di rifugiato, infatti gli è stato appena comunicato che sarà rimpatriato, in quello stesso Iraq da cui è scappato, questo perché (ritengono le autorità tedesche) con la caduta di Saddam ormai il suo è un paese sicuro.
Written by: Abbas Khider,
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Il pennino
- Written by: Elin Wägner, Valeria Gorla - traduttore
- Narrated by: Doriana Costanzo
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
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Il pennino, scritto nel 1910, è un libro che si è meritato il soprannome di “Bibbia delle suffragette”. La protagonista, la giovane Barbro Magnus, è una giovane forte, ottimista e ribelle. “Era vestita con un lungo cappotto da giornalista blu scuro, dritto e stretto come un astuccio.” Sulla testa un cappello rosso fuoco, un cosiddetto “corvo della sera, da cui si affacciavano un paio di occhi molto maliziosi”. La sua vita si divide fra il lavoro di giornalista e la sua lotta per il suffragio femminile, una battaglia che condivide con Cecilia, che di professione è insegnante.
Written by: Elin Wägner,
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Spiel des Zufalls
- Written by: Joseph Conrad
- Narrated by: Sven Görtz
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
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Mit diesem Roman gelang Joseph Conrad der Durchbruch. Spiel des Zufalls machte den bereits 56-jährigen Schriftsteller zum gemachten Mann - bis dahin war Conrad immer auf Mäzene angewiesen gewesen. In zwei Teilen erzählt der berühmte Kapitän Marlow die Geschichte von Flora de Barral und ihrer Liebe zum Kapitän Anthony. Conrads meisterliche Erzählweise wird in diesem Werk offenbar; den Hörern bleibt es selbst überlassen, die Verbindungen zwischen den Ereignissen herzustellen. Ein absolutes Meisterwerk der Romankunst.
Written by: Joseph Conrad