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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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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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Last Stop Auschwitz
- My Story of Survival
- Written by: Eddy de Wind
- Narrated by: Boris Hiestand
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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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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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 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 from an Astrophysicist
- Written by: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson, full cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Letters from a Stoic (All 124 Letters)
- Written by: Seneca
- Narrated by: John Winston
- Length: 25 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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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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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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Last Stop Auschwitz
- My Story of Survival
- Written by: Eddy de Wind
- Narrated by: Boris Hiestand
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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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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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 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 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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Letters from a Stoic
- Written by: Lucius Seneca
- Narrated by: Austin Vanfleet
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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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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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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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
- Unabridged
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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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Letters of Note: Art
- Written by: Shaun Usher
- Narrated by: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Simon Callow, Benedict Cumberbatch,
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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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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The Weight of a Cherry Blossom
- Written by: Shruti Buddhavarupu
- Narrated by: Shruti Bhola
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
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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: Love
- Written by: Shaun Usher
- Narrated by: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Simon Callow, Benedict Cumberbatch,
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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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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The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
- Written by: Nelson Mandela
- Narrated by: Atandwa Kani
- Length: 20 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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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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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
- Unabridged
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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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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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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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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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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 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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23½ Ways to Make a Girl Fall for You
- Written by: Cyrus Broacha
- Narrated by: Avinash Kumar Singh
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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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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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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Love Letters of Great Men
- Written by: Various Authors
- Narrated by: Allan Corduner
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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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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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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Journeys
- Written by: Krishna Ramanujan - editor, Guillermo Rodriguez - editor
- Narrated by: Faraz Khan
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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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: Mothers
- Written by: Shaun Usher
- Narrated by: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Louise Brealey, Simon Callow,
- 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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Letters to a Young Poet
- Written by: Rainer Maria Rilke
- Narrated by: Marc Allen
- Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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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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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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A Letter to My Father
- Written by: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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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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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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Letters to a Young Poet
- Written by: Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by Stephen Mitchell)
- Narrated by: Stephen Mitchell
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Ranier Maria Rilke challenges you, "...to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then..."
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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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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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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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London Journal
- Written by: James Boswell
- Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Between the years of 1762 and 1763, James Boswell kept a journal of his time in London. During his time, he met the renowned writer, moralist, and lexicographer Samuel Johnson, with whom Boswell would form a close relationship....
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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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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
- Abridged
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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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Un viaggio chiamato amore
- Lettere 1916-1918
- Written by: Sibilla Aleramo, Dino Campana
- Narrated by: Viola Graziosi, Stefano Scialanga, Elena Ferrantini,
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Passioni e sentimenti, paure, tenerezze, invocazioni, tradimenti, ricongiungimenti, botte e minacce, miseria e malattia: tutto sotto "Un cielo fatto solo d'amore". È l'incontro di Dino Campana con Sibilla Aleramo, incontro straordinario, come le lettere che i due amanti si scrissero. Ogni pagina di questo carteggio è un viaggio, esaltante e senza soste, che ha inizio sotto il sole infuocato dell'agosto 1916, fra la vera montagna dei solitari e la pura bellezza dei grandi boschi e prosegue serenamente negli ultimi splendori della bella stagione a Faenza e Marradi.
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Yellow Notebook
- Diaries Volume I 1978-1987
- Written by: Helen Garner
- Narrated by: Helen Garner
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Helen Garner has kept a diary for almost all her life. But until now, those exercise books filled with her thoughts, observations, frustrations and joys have been locked away, out of bounds, in a laundry cupboard. Finally, Garner has opened her diaries and invited readers into the world behind her novels and works of non-fiction. Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I spans a decade beginning in the late 1970s just after the publication of her first novel, Monkey Grip.
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Diario de invierno
- Written by: Paul Auster
- Narrated by: Albert Cortés
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Auster parte de la llegada de las primeras señales de la vejez para evocar episodios de su vida: el despertar del deseo sexual, los lazos del matrimonio, un accidente de coche, la muerte de su madre o las 21 casas en las que ha vivido.
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Escrito en la historia
- Cartas que cambiaron el mundo
- Written by: Simon Sebag Montefiore, Gonzalo García - translator
- Narrated by: Rafael Rojas, César Rodríguez, Estela López
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Escrito en la historia conmemora las mayores y más importantes cartas del panorama político, cultural, artístico, o de la vida privada de aquellos personajes célebres que influyeron en el devenir de nuestra historia.
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Lettres à un jeune poète
- Written by: Rainer Maria Rilke
- Narrated by: Barbara
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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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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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
- Abridged
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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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Un viaggio chiamato amore
- Lettere 1916-1918
- Written by: Sibilla Aleramo, Dino Campana
- Narrated by: Viola Graziosi, Stefano Scialanga, Elena Ferrantini,
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Passioni e sentimenti, paure, tenerezze, invocazioni, tradimenti, ricongiungimenti, botte e minacce, miseria e malattia: tutto sotto "Un cielo fatto solo d'amore". È l'incontro di Dino Campana con Sibilla Aleramo, incontro straordinario, come le lettere che i due amanti si scrissero. Ogni pagina di questo carteggio è un viaggio, esaltante e senza soste, che ha inizio sotto il sole infuocato dell'agosto 1916, fra la vera montagna dei solitari e la pura bellezza dei grandi boschi e prosegue serenamente negli ultimi splendori della bella stagione a Faenza e Marradi.
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Yellow Notebook
- Diaries Volume I 1978-1987
- Written by: Helen Garner
- Narrated by: Helen Garner
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Helen Garner has kept a diary for almost all her life. But until now, those exercise books filled with her thoughts, observations, frustrations and joys have been locked away, out of bounds, in a laundry cupboard. Finally, Garner has opened her diaries and invited readers into the world behind her novels and works of non-fiction. Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I spans a decade beginning in the late 1970s just after the publication of her first novel, Monkey Grip.
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Diario de invierno
- Written by: Paul Auster
- Narrated by: Albert Cortés
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Auster parte de la llegada de las primeras señales de la vejez para evocar episodios de su vida: el despertar del deseo sexual, los lazos del matrimonio, un accidente de coche, la muerte de su madre o las 21 casas en las que ha vivido.
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Escrito en la historia
- Cartas que cambiaron el mundo
- Written by: Simon Sebag Montefiore, Gonzalo García - translator
- Narrated by: Rafael Rojas, César Rodríguez, Estela López
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Escrito en la historia conmemora las mayores y más importantes cartas del panorama político, cultural, artístico, o de la vida privada de aquellos personajes célebres que influyeron en el devenir de nuestra historia.
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Lettres à un jeune poète
- Written by: Rainer Maria Rilke
- Narrated by: Barbara
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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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.