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Best Sellers
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Learning How to Fly
- Written by: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- Narrated by: Peter Abraham
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
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Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam had a great belief in the power of the youth. He met over 21 million children and young people in India and outside and spoke to them about the power of knowledge....
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Very inspirational
- By naveen vakada on 13-02-20
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Letters from a Stoic
- Penguin Classics
- Written by: Seneca
- Narrated by: Julian Glover
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Seeing self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in accordance with nature', the Stoic philosophy called for the restraint of animal instincts and the importance of upright ethical ideals and virtuous living....
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The speaker's voice is not so clear and confusing
- By KCube on 23-02-20
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Letters from an Astrophysicist
- Written by: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson, full cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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Join the galactic conversation on the biggest issues in the universe....
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It's Neil
- By RareComplexCollectionOfMatter on 25-02-21
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Hiroshima Diary
- The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945
- Written by: Michihiko Hachiya MD
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city....
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Letters of Note: Love
- Written by: Shaun Usher
- Narrated by: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Simon Callow, Benedict Cumberbatch,
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
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Shaun Usher gathers together some of the most powerful letters about love ever written....
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Loved it
- By PS on 04-07-20
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Letters to a Young Poet
- (Penguin Classics)
- Written by: Rainer Maria Rilke, Charlie Louth - translator
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens, Max Deacon
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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At the start of the 20th century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself....
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Learning How to Fly
- Written by: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- Narrated by: Peter Abraham
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam had a great belief in the power of the youth. He met over 21 million children and young people in India and outside and spoke to them about the power of knowledge....
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Very inspirational
- By naveen vakada on 13-02-20
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Letters from a Stoic
- Penguin Classics
- Written by: Seneca
- Narrated by: Julian Glover
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Seeing self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in accordance with nature', the Stoic philosophy called for the restraint of animal instincts and the importance of upright ethical ideals and virtuous living....
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The speaker's voice is not so clear and confusing
- By KCube on 23-02-20
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Letters from an Astrophysicist
- Written by: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson, full cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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Join the galactic conversation on the biggest issues in the universe....
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It's Neil
- By RareComplexCollectionOfMatter on 25-02-21
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Hiroshima Diary
- The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945
- Written by: Michihiko Hachiya MD
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city....
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Letters of Note: Love
- Written by: Shaun Usher
- Narrated by: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Simon Callow, Benedict Cumberbatch,
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
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Shaun Usher gathers together some of the most powerful letters about love ever written....
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Loved it
- By PS on 04-07-20
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Letters to a Young Poet
- (Penguin Classics)
- Written by: Rainer Maria Rilke, Charlie Louth - translator
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens, Max Deacon
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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At the start of the 20th century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself....
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Letters to a Young Poet
- Written by: Rainer Maria Rilke
- Narrated by: Marc Allen
- Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
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Insightful and inspiring thoughts on creative expression from a treasured poet in correspondence with a young neophyte. A perfect gift for the writer, artist, or thinker....
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Chacha Sam Ke Naam Khutoot [Letters to Uncle Sam]
- Written by: Saadat Hasan Manto
- Narrated by: Fawad Khan
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Original Recording
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Saadat Hasan Manto was a Pakistani writer, playwright and author considered among the greatest writers of short stories in South Asian history. Presented here is a collection of nine letters he wrote to Uncle Sam....
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Modern Nature
- Journals, 1989 - 1990
- Written by: Derek Jarman
- Narrated by: Julian Sands
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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A meditative and inspiring diary of Derek Jarman's famous garden at Dungeness. In 1986 Derek Jarman discovered he was HIV positive and decided to make a garden at his cottage on the barren coast of Dungeness. Facing an uncertain future, he nevertheless found solace in nature....
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The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
- Written by: Nelson Mandela
- Narrated by: Atandwa Kani
- Length: 20 hrs and 12 mins
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During his 10,052 days of incarceration, Mandela wrote hundreds of letters to unyielding prison authorities, fellow activists, government officials, and, most memorably, his courageous wife....
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Letters from a Stoic (All 124 Letters)
- Written by: Seneca
- Narrated by: John Winston
- Length: 25 hrs and 37 mins
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This edition of Seneca's Epistles includes all 124 of the letters in a single volume, with explanatory notes, an appendix, and an index of the names occurring in the text....
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Last Stop Auschwitz
- My Story of Survival
- Written by: Eddy de Wind
- Narrated by: Boris Hiestand
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
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Eddy de Wind, a Dutch doctor and psychiatrist, was shipped to Auschwitz with his wife, Friedel. Last Stop Auschwitz is an extraordinary account of life as a prisoner, a near real-time record of the daily struggle to survive but also of flickering moments of joy....
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The Voyage of the Beagle
- Written by: Charles Darwin
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
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Voyage of the Beagle foreshadows Darwin's world-changing On The Origin of Species (also a CSA Word audiobook read by Richard Dawkins), in its constant intellectual quest....
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Masterpiece on anthropology and geology
- By Anonymous User on 17-01-19
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The Weight of a Cherry Blossom
- Written by: Shruti Buddhavarupu
- Narrated by: Shruti Bhola
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Tracing the powerful patterns of family, friendship, storytelling, fear, love and loss from her childhood to the teetering end of her 20s, Shruti Buddhavarapu takes you through the embarrassing yet affirming adventures of a life lived with one's heart on one's sleeve....
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Beautifully narrated by Shruti Bhola.
- By Aman Kumar on 27-11-20
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Letters of Note: War
- Written by: Shaun Usher
- Narrated by: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Louise Brealey, Simon Callow,
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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In Letters of Note: War, Shaun Usher brings together some of the most remarkable letters that encapsulate the human experience of war, from unimaginable feats of courage and compassion, to unthinkable episodes of violence and horror....
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Journeys
- Written by: Krishna Ramanujan - editor, Guillermo Rodriguez - editor
- Narrated by: Faraz Khan
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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A.K. Ramanujan (1929-1993), one of India's finest poets, translators, folklorists, essayists and scholars of the 20th century, is a stalwart in India's literary history....
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Letters of Note: Art
- Written by: Shaun Usher
- Narrated by: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Simon Callow, Benedict Cumberbatch,
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
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In Letters of Note: Art, Shaun Usher celebrates extraordinary correspondence about art, from missives on the agony of being overlooked, the ecstasy of producing work that excites, to surprising sources of inspiration and rousing manifestos....
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Letters from a Stoic
- Written by: Lucius Seneca
- Narrated by: Austin Vanfleet
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
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Seneca's Letters from a Stoic is considered one of the thought-leaders of philosophy in the history of classical literature. The compilation offers a comprehensive introduction to the stoic philosophy....
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23½ Ways to Make a Girl Fall for You
- Written by: Cyrus Broacha
- Narrated by: Avinash Kumar Singh
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
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23½ Ways to Make a Girl Fall for You is arguably the most incorrect piece of work ever written....
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It's just Indian male bashing
- By Anonymous User on 27-11-17
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Love Letters of Great Men
- Written by: Various Authors
- Narrated by: Allan Corduner
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
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When Carrie Bradshaw in the Sex and the City movie began reading the book Love Letters of Great Men, millions of women wanted to get their hands on the book....
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Fire
- From “A Journal of Love”: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1934--1937
- Written by: Anais Nin
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 18 hrs and 49 mins
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The renowned diarist continues the story begun in Henry and June and Incest. Drawing from the author's original, uncensored journals, Fire follows Anaïs Nin's journey as she attempts to liberate herself sexually, artistically, and emotionally....
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Letters of Note: Cats
- Written by: Shaun Usher
- Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Fry, Neil Gaiman,
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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In Letters of Note: Cats, Shaun Usher collects together the most engaging missives that celebrate, eulogise, rail against and analyse the idiosyncratic ways of our feline companions....
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Letters of Note: Mothers
- Written by: Shaun Usher
- Narrated by: Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, Benedict Cumberbatch,
- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
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In Letters of Note: Mothers, Shaun Usher gathers together exceptional missives by and to mothers, celebrating the joy and grief, humour and frustration, wisdom and sacrifice the role brings to both parent and child....
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Emerson
- The Mind on Fire
- Written by: Robert D. Richardson
- Narrated by: Michael McConnohie
- Length: 26 hrs and 8 mins
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Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of the most important figures in the history of American thought, religion, and literature....
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Letters to a Young Poet
- Written by: Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by Stephen Mitchell)
- Narrated by: Stephen Mitchell
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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Ranier Maria Rilke challenges you, "...to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then..."
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Love, Kurt
- The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945
- Written by: Kurt Vonnegut, Edith Vonnegut - editor
- Narrated by: Lucas Hedges, Edith Vonnegut
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
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A never-before-heard collection of deeply personal love letters from Kurt Vonnegut to his first wife, Jane, compiled and edited by their daughter....
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A Letter to My Father
- Written by: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
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This letter is the closest that Kafka came to setting down his autobiography. He was driven to write it by his father's opposition to his engagement with Julie Wohryzek. The marriage did not take place; the letter was not delivered....
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End of a Berlin Diary
- The Berlin Diary Series, Book 2
- Written by: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
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A radio broadcaster and journalist for Edward R. Murrow at CBS, William L. Shirer was new to the world of broadcast journalism when he began keeping a diary while on assignment in Europe during the 1930s....
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Letters from the Greatest Generation
- Writing Home in WWII
- Written by: Howard H. Peckham - editor, Shirley A. Snyder - editor, James H. Madison - foreword
- Narrated by: Donald Corren
- Length: 16 hrs
- Unabridged
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Victory and defeat, love and loss are the prevalent realities of Letters from the Greatest Generation, a remarkable and frank collection of World War II letters penned by Americans....
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Love, Nina
- Despatches from Family Life
- Written by: Nina Stibbe
- Narrated by: Nina Stibbe
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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In the 1980s, Nina Stibbe wrote letters home to her sister in Leicester describing her trials and triumphs as a nanny to a London family....
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The Man with the Golden Typewriter
- Written by: Ian Fleming, Fergus Fleming
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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On 16 August 1952, Ian Fleming wrote to his wife, Ann, "My love, This is only a tiny letter to try out my new typewriter and to see if it will write golden words since it is made of gold"....
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Realms of Gold
- Written by: John Keats
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Matthew Marsh
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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John Keats' letters paint an unforgettably vivid and moving picture of the richly productive but also tragic final years of the poet's life….
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Letters to a Young Poet
- With the Letters to Rilke from the "Young Poet"
- Written by: Rainer Maria Rilke, Franz Xaver Kappus, Damion Searls - translator
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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A work that has inspired generations, this new edition of Letters to a Young Poet features a fresh translation of Rilke's 10 classic letters, along with the missing letters from the young poet himself....
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The Maisky Diaries
- Red Ambassador to the Court of St James's, 1932-1943
- Written by: Gabriel Gorodetsky
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 24 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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The terror and purges of Stalin's Russia in the 1930s discouraged Soviet officials from leaving documentary records, let alone keeping personal diaries....
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Great Diaries
- Written by: DK
- Narrated by: Dugald Bruce Lockhart
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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Travel back in time and witness both everyday life and great moments in history in this fascinating compilation of diaries through the ages....
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Letters of Note: Music
- Written by: Shaun Usher
- Narrated by: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Louise Brealey, Nick Cave,
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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In Letters of Note: Music, Shaun Usher brings together a riveting collection of letters by and about some of the musicians and music that enrich our lives. Wonderfully wide-ranging and illuminating, it will delight music lovers of all stripes....
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Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
- Penguin Modern Classics
- Written by: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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This collection of letters forms a fascinating day-by-day account of Steinbeck's writing of East of Eden, his longest and most ambitious novel. The letters, ranging over many subjects - textual discussion, trial flights of workmanship, family matters - provide an illuminating perspective on Steinbeck, the creative genius, and a private glimpse of Steinbeck, the man.
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Tagebücher 1925
- Written by: Harry Graf Kessler
- Narrated by: Org Dubonton
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
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Ein Glücksfall für die Historiker: Harry Graf Kessler (1868 - 1937) beschreibt das Zeitgeschehen im Jahr 1925. Die Ruhrbesetzung ist noch aktuell. Die Nationalisten gewinnen an Boden. die Monarchisten reintegrieren sich. Höhepunkt dieser Bewegung ist die Wahl Hindenburgs zum Reichspräsidenten. Dass die Rechte, so wie heute, schon damals keine Argumente sondern nur lautere Schreihälse und unlautere Methoden im politischen Wettbewerb haben, wird mehr als einmal beschrieben.
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Tagebuch 1946-1949
- Written by: Max Frisch
- Narrated by: Michael von Burg
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
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Max Frischs Tagebuch "1946-1949" ist eine Bestandsaufnahme. In ihm mischen sich Reiseberichte aus dem kriegszerstörten Deutschland und aus Osteuropa mit Persönlichem, Reflexionen über entstehende Werke mit Überlegungen zu seinem Selbstverständnis als Bürger und Künstler. Das Tagebuch nimmt eine zentrale Stelle in der Genese seines Werkes ein und ist für das Verständnis des Autors wesentlich. Mit der richtigen Mischung aus Empathie und Distanz liest Michael von Burg liest Auszüge aus Frischs Tagebuch.
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Briefe und Selbstzeugnisse
- Written by: Sigmund Freud
- Narrated by: Paul Hoffmann
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Abridged
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Sigmund Freud war ein Revolutionär. Er begründete die Psychoanalyse und setzte damit einen Meilenstein in der Geschichte der Menschheit. Freud war aber auch ein Freund der Sprache. Aus seinen Briefen sowie aus seinen autobiografischen Aussagen erschließt sich ein einzigartiges Porträt des Menschen Freud. Der Bogen spannt sich vom Bericht über seine Maturitätsprüfung bis zu seinem letzten Brief, kurz vor dem Tod verfasst. Seine sprachlich brillanten Texte, gelesen von Paul Hoffmann, zeugen von menschlicher Wärme, aber auch von kühler, distanzierter Selbstkritik.
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De Profundis (Portuguese Edition)
- Written by: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Roberto Garcia
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Oscar Wilde já era reconhecido como um dos melhores autores de seu tempo quando foi condenado à prisão, em 1895. A acusação de “indecência grave” remetia à muito discutida homossexualidade de Wilde, considerada crime na época. Enquanto estava encarcerado, o autor escreveu uma carta a Lord Alfred Douglas, com quem mantinha uma relação que foi o estopim para sua prisão.
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1)
- 1918-38
- Written by: Chips Channon
- Narrated by: Tom Ward
- Length: 39 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Born in Chicago in 1897, 'Chips' Channon settled in England after the Great War, married into the immensely wealthy Guinness family, and served as Conservative MP for Southend-on-Sea from 1935 until his death in 1958. His career was unremarkable. His diaries are quite the opposite. Elegant, gossipy and b---hy by turns, they are the unfettered observations of a man who went everywhere and who knew everybody.
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Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
- Penguin Modern Classics
- Written by: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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This collection of letters forms a fascinating day-by-day account of Steinbeck's writing of East of Eden, his longest and most ambitious novel. The letters, ranging over many subjects - textual discussion, trial flights of workmanship, family matters - provide an illuminating perspective on Steinbeck, the creative genius, and a private glimpse of Steinbeck, the man.
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Tagebücher 1925
- Written by: Harry Graf Kessler
- Narrated by: Org Dubonton
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Abridged
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Ein Glücksfall für die Historiker: Harry Graf Kessler (1868 - 1937) beschreibt das Zeitgeschehen im Jahr 1925. Die Ruhrbesetzung ist noch aktuell. Die Nationalisten gewinnen an Boden. die Monarchisten reintegrieren sich. Höhepunkt dieser Bewegung ist die Wahl Hindenburgs zum Reichspräsidenten. Dass die Rechte, so wie heute, schon damals keine Argumente sondern nur lautere Schreihälse und unlautere Methoden im politischen Wettbewerb haben, wird mehr als einmal beschrieben.
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Tagebuch 1946-1949
- Written by: Max Frisch
- Narrated by: Michael von Burg
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
- Abridged
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Max Frischs Tagebuch "1946-1949" ist eine Bestandsaufnahme. In ihm mischen sich Reiseberichte aus dem kriegszerstörten Deutschland und aus Osteuropa mit Persönlichem, Reflexionen über entstehende Werke mit Überlegungen zu seinem Selbstverständnis als Bürger und Künstler. Das Tagebuch nimmt eine zentrale Stelle in der Genese seines Werkes ein und ist für das Verständnis des Autors wesentlich. Mit der richtigen Mischung aus Empathie und Distanz liest Michael von Burg liest Auszüge aus Frischs Tagebuch.
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Briefe und Selbstzeugnisse
- Written by: Sigmund Freud
- Narrated by: Paul Hoffmann
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Abridged
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Sigmund Freud war ein Revolutionär. Er begründete die Psychoanalyse und setzte damit einen Meilenstein in der Geschichte der Menschheit. Freud war aber auch ein Freund der Sprache. Aus seinen Briefen sowie aus seinen autobiografischen Aussagen erschließt sich ein einzigartiges Porträt des Menschen Freud. Der Bogen spannt sich vom Bericht über seine Maturitätsprüfung bis zu seinem letzten Brief, kurz vor dem Tod verfasst. Seine sprachlich brillanten Texte, gelesen von Paul Hoffmann, zeugen von menschlicher Wärme, aber auch von kühler, distanzierter Selbstkritik.
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De Profundis (Portuguese Edition)
- Written by: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Roberto Garcia
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Oscar Wilde já era reconhecido como um dos melhores autores de seu tempo quando foi condenado à prisão, em 1895. A acusação de “indecência grave” remetia à muito discutida homossexualidade de Wilde, considerada crime na época. Enquanto estava encarcerado, o autor escreveu uma carta a Lord Alfred Douglas, com quem mantinha uma relação que foi o estopim para sua prisão.
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1)
- 1918-38
- Written by: Chips Channon
- Narrated by: Tom Ward
- Length: 39 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Born in Chicago in 1897, 'Chips' Channon settled in England after the Great War, married into the immensely wealthy Guinness family, and served as Conservative MP for Southend-on-Sea from 1935 until his death in 1958. His career was unremarkable. His diaries are quite the opposite. Elegant, gossipy and b---hy by turns, they are the unfettered observations of a man who went everywhere and who knew everybody.
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Modern Nature
- Journals, 1989 - 1990
- Written by: Derek Jarman
- Narrated by: Julian Sands
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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A meditative and inspiring diary of Derek Jarman's famous garden at Dungeness. In 1986 Derek Jarman discovered he was HIV positive and decided to make a garden at his cottage on the barren coast of Dungeness. Facing an uncertain future, he nevertheless found solace in nature, growing all manner of plants. While some perished beneath wind and sea-spray, others flourished, creating brilliant, unexpected beauty in the wilderness. Modern Nature is both a diary of the garden and a meditation by Jarman on his own life.
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Tales from the Farm by the Yorkshire Shepherdess
- Written by: Amanda Owen
- Narrated by: Amanda Owen
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
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In Tales from the Farm by the Yorkshire Shepherdess, Amanda takes listeners on an evocative journey to Ravenseat, where she lives with husband Clive and their nine children, not to mention their flock of sheep, herd of cows, hardworking dogs and a formidable chicken called Linda.
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Briefe und Tagebuchblätter 2
- Herausgegeben und biographisch eingeführt von S. D. Gallwitz
- Written by: Paula Modersohn-Becker
- Narrated by: Johanna Mette Pollet
- Length: 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Paula Modersohn-Becker war eine deutsche Malerin und eine der bedeutendsten Vertreterinnen des frühen Expressionismus. Im zweiten Teil ihrer Biefe und Tagebuchblätter hören Sie die Briefe und Tagebuchblätter Paula Modersohn-Beckers von 1897 bis 1898. Zu dieser Zeit findet Paulas erste Bekanntschaft mit Worpswede und der dortigen Künstlergemeinschaft statt.
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Wir haben uns wirklich an allerhand gewöhnt
- Der Briefwechsel
- Written by: Christa Wolf, Sarah Kirsch
- Narrated by: Sandra Quadflieg, Iris Berben
- Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins
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Zwei Autorinnen von internationalem Rang sind fast drei Jahrzehnte lang, von 1962 bis 1990, miteinander im Austausch: über das Schreiben, den Literaturbetrieb im Osten wie im Westen, über die Männer, die Kinder, die Arbeit im Garten und die politischen Systeme, in denen sie leben. Letztere sind es wohl, die diese Freundschaft an ein Ende bringen, nach vielen Jahren des vertrauensvollen Miteinanders. Streng und verspielt, heiter und verzweifelt, schnoddrig und ehrlich - Sarah Kirsch und Christa Wolf beim Schreiben und Leben zuzuhören ist ein Geschenk.
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Lettres à un jeune poète
- Written by: Rainer Maria Rilke
- Narrated by: Barbara
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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"Les lettres que Rainer Maria Rilke adressait au jeune poète Franz Kappus, me sont apparues comme une eau claire. J'ai plongé dans cette lecture sans reprendre mon souffle. Ma rencontre avec ces lettres reste un choc ; une émotion au bord des larmes." Barbara. En 1903, Rilke répond à Franz Kappus, un jeune homme de vingt ans, élève d'une école militaire, qui lui a envoyé ses premiers essais poétiques. Neuf autres lettres suivront, que Kappus publiera en 1929, trois ans après la mort de Rilke.
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Melvilles Reisen
- Written by: Herman Melville
- Narrated by: Stefan Kurt, Werner Wölbern, Helmfried von Lüttichau
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
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Ein auf den "Reisetagebüchern" des großen Schriftstellers und Seefahrers basierendes Hörbuch, das ebenso viel über das Leben des "Moby-Dick"-Autors wie über seine Werke aussagt: Herman Melville hat drei große Reisen in seinem Leben unternommen, die ihn nach Europa, in das Heilige Land und in den vorderen Orient geführt haben und auf denen er so manch spannendes Abenteuer erlebt und die Welt kennengelernt hat.