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The Upanishads
- Written by: Roshen Dalal
- Narrated by: Suchitra Gupta
- Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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This book is a thoroughly researched primer on the 108 Upanishads, philosophical treatises that form a part of the Vedas, the revered Hindu texts. These Upanishads contain the most crystallized bits of wisdom gleaned from Hinduism. Roshen Dalal explains the concepts at the core of each Upanishad...
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- By Amazon Customer on 24-09-20
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The Upanishads
- Narrated by: Suchitra Gupta
- Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
- Release Date: 30-07-19
- Language: English
- Ancient · Hinduism · History
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Post Mortems Two- Mere Mortals- Medico-Historical Essays
- Written by: Charles MacLaurin
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Published in 1925, this captivating collection of essays serves as a sequel to its predecessor, delving into the lives of renowned figures through the lens of medical and psychological analysis. Each biography thoughtfully examines the interplay between health and the pivotal moments in the lives of historical icons such as Samuel Johnson, King Henry VI, Henry VIII, Mary Tudor, Queen Elizabeth I, Ivan the Terrible, and many others. The author, drawing upon a unique perspective as a doctor, argues that the health conditions of these leaders have often been overlooked by historians. With ...
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Rain In The Mountains
- Written by: Ruskin Bond
- Narrated by: Dev J. Haldar
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Rain in the Mountains brings together some of Ruskin Bond’s most beautiful works from his years spent in the foothills of the Himalayas in the town of Mussoorie. Through vivid images and lucid writing, Bond evokes the everyday sights and sounds, and captures the essence of mountain life. The...
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Rain or sunshine, mountains are mesmerizing
- By Rakesh Agrawal on 23-09-22
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Rain In The Mountains
- Narrated by: Dev J. Haldar
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Release Date: 03-04-21
- Language: English
- Art & Literature · Authors · Poetry
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Planning Democracy: How a Professor, an Institute, and an Idea Shaped India
- How a Professor, an Institute, and an Idea Shaped India
- Written by: NIKHIL MENON
- Narrated by: Shahzad Bhiwandiwala
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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India’s Five-Year Plans were one of the developing world’s most ambitious experiments. After nearly two centuries of colonial rule, planning the economy was meant to be independent India’s route from poverty to prosperity. Planning Democracy explores how India married liberal democracy to...
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overview and evolution of planning process
- By sudheer vaidya on 09-02-23
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Planning Democracy: How a Professor, an Institute, and an Idea Shaped India
- How a Professor, an Institute, and an Idea Shaped India
- Narrated by: Shahzad Bhiwandiwala
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Release Date: 06-01-23
- Language: English
- Asia · Democracy · Historical
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The Penguin Book Of Indian Ghost Stories
- Written by: Ruskin Bond
- Narrated by: Akshay
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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From Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling to Satyajit Ray and R. K. Narayan, this text is a collection of spine-chilling tales of the supernatural from India...
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Bad Narration
- By Chubita on 31-10-21
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The Penguin Book Of Indian Ghost Stories
- Narrated by: Akshay
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Release Date: 15-03-21
- Language: English
- Anthologies · Horror
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Time Stops At Shamli
- Written by: Ruskin Bond
- Narrated by: Paul Thottam
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Ruskin Bond’s simple characters, living amidst the lush forests of the Himalayan foothills, are remarkable for their quiet heroism, courage and grace, and age-old values of honesty and fidelity. Residents of nondescript villages and towns, they lead lives that are touched by natural beauty as...
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Time Stops At Shamli
- Narrated by: Paul Thottam
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Release Date: 26-12-18
- Language: English
- Anthologies
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The Lost Steps
- Written by: Alejo Carpentier, Adrian Nathan West - translator, Leonardo Padura - introduction
- Narrated by: Caleb Summers
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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“If Carpentier is ever to get a new reading in English, it should be now. . . . West’s translations . . . reintroduce English-language readers to this giant of Latin American fiction.” —Natasha Wimmer, The New York Review of Books The best-known book by Cuba’s most important...
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The Lost Steps
- Narrated by: Caleb Summers
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Release Date: 12-09-23
- Language: English
- Genre Fiction · Magical Realism · United States
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The Sunset Club
- Written by: Khushwant Singh
- Narrated by: Anish Nair
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Meet the members of the Sunset Club: Pandit Preetam Sharma; Nawab Barkatullah Baig and Sardar Boota Singh. Friends for over forty years; they are now in their eighties. And every evening; at the sunset hour; they sit together on a bench in Lodhi Gardens to exchange news and views on the...
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The Sunset Club
- Narrated by: Anish Nair
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
- Release Date: 19-11-19
- Language: English
- Friendship · Genre Fiction
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Media Control
- The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda
- Written by: Noam Chomsky
- Narrated by: Noam Chomsky
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Noam Chomsky’s backpocket classic on wartime propaganda and opinion control begins by asserting two models of democracy—one in which the public actively participates, and one in which the public is manipulated and controlled. According to Chomsky, "propaganda is to democracy as the bludgeon...
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Chomsky’s eloquence
- By Priyam Ghosh on 20-12-24
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Media Control
- The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda
- Narrated by: Noam Chomsky
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Release Date: 21-05-13
- Language: English
- Freedom & Security · Media Studies
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Where were you?
- A Profile of Modern Slavery
- Written by: Matthew S. Friedman
- Narrated by: STEFAN FELIX KAYE
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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There are more slaves in the world today than any other time in history.Enter the world of human trafficking and explore what we can do together to end this global crime. Where Were You?: A Profile of Modern Slavery by Matthew Friedman provides an up-to-date overview of human trafficking, a...
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Where were you?
- A Profile of Modern Slavery
- Narrated by: STEFAN FELIX KAYE
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Release Date: 29-07-25
- Language: English
- Freedom & Security · Human Rights
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Goodbye, Eastern Europe
- An Intimate History of a Divided Land
- Written by: Jacob Mikanowski
- Narrated by: Jacob Mikanowski
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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In light of Russia's aggressive 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Goodbye, Eastern Europe is a crucial, elucidative read, a sweeping epic chronicling a thousand years of strife, war, and bloodshed, from pre-Christianity to the fall of Communism—illuminating the remarkable cultural significance and...
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Goodbye, Eastern Europe
- An Intimate History of a Divided Land
- Narrated by: Jacob Mikanowski
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
- Release Date: 11-07-23
- Language: English
- Eastern · Europe · European
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Myths and Legends of India Vol 1
- Written by: William Radice
- Narrated by: Vikram Bajaj
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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"Since time immemorial, India has been an ocean bed over which numerous stories have flowed and enriched the world. Storytellers from Tulsidas to Rohinton Mistry have added their magic to this magnificent repository. Inspired in part by Somadeva’s Kathasaritasagara, William Radice collects...
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Myths and Legends of India Vol 1
- Narrated by: Vikram Bajaj
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
- Release Date: 16-08-19
- Language: English
- Ancient · Customs & Traditions · Fairy Tales
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Teresa of Avila
- The Book of My Life
- Written by: Teresa of Avila, Tessa Bielecki - introduction, Mirabai Starr - translator
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Made, Kathleen Gati
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582) is one of the most beloved of the Catholic saints. In 1562, during the era of the Spanish Inquisition, Teresa sat down to write an account of the mystical experiences for which she had become famous. The result was this book, one of the great classics of spiritual...
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Teresa of Avila
- The Book of My Life
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Made, Kathleen Gati
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Release Date: 03-07-18
- Language: English
- Catholicism · Christianity · Mysticism
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The Princess and the Political Agent
- Written by: Binodini Devi, L. Somi Roy - translator
- Narrated by: L. Somi Roy
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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The Manipuri writer Binodini's Sahitya Akademi Award-winning historical novel The Princess and the Political Agent tells the love story of her aunt Princess Sanatombi and Lt. Col. Henry P. Maxwell, the British representative in the subjugated Tibeto-Burman kingdom of Manipur. A poignant story of...
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Great to listen Binodini Magnum Opus
- By Gipson Meitei on 27-07-23
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The Princess and the Political Agent
- Narrated by: L. Somi Roy
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Release Date: 07-02-23
- Language: English
- Asia · Historical · Love & Romance
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Journeys
- Written by: Krishna Ramanujan
- 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 twentieth century, is a stalwart in India's literary history. His translations of ancient Tamil and medieval Kannada poetry, as well as of UR Ananthamurthy's novel Samskara, are...
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Journeys
- Narrated by: Faraz Khan
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Release Date: 22-04-20
- Language: English
- Art & Literature · Authors
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Post Mortem- Essays, Historical And Medical
- Written by: Charles MacLaurin
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Dive into this captivating 1922 collection of essays that intricately weave together the lives of notable historical figures through a unique lens of medical and psychological analysis. Featuring well-crafted biographies of icons such as Anne Boleyn, Jeanne D’Arc, The Empress Theodora, and Napoleon I, this work not only chronicles their life stories but also examines how their health influenced their actions and legacies. With an insightful conclusion reflecting on the nature of death, the author challenges the often overlooked connection between history and medicine, urging readers to ...
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I Wonder as I Wander
- An Autobiographical Journey
- Written by: Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 16 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In I Wonder as I Wander, Langston Hughes vividly recalls the most dramatic and intimate moments of his life in the turbulent 1930s. His wanderlust leads him to Cuba, Haiti, Russia, Soviet Central Asia, Japan, Spain (during its Civil War), through dictatorships, wars, revolutions. He meets and...
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I Wonder as I Wander
- An Autobiographical Journey
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 16 hrs and 42 mins
- Release Date: 26-07-11
- Language: English
- African American · Art & Literature · Authors
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A Forest Journey
- The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization
- Written by: John Perlin
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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A Foundational Conservation Story Revived. Ancient writers observed that forests always recede as civilizations develop and grow. The great Roman poet Ovid wrote that before civilization began, “even the pine tree stood on its own very hills” but when civilization took over, “the mountain...
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A Forest Journey
- The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Series: Patagonia
- Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins
- Release Date: 14-02-23
- Language: English
- Biological Sciences · Civilisation
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The Long Valley
- Written by: John Steinbeck, John H. Timmerman - introduction
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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A Penguin Classic First published in 1938, this volume of stories collected with the encouragement of his longtime editor Pascal Covici serves as a wonderful introduction to the work of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck. Set in the beautiful Salinas Valley of California, where simple people farm...
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The Long Valley
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Release Date: 01-08-12
- Language: English
- Classics · Genre Fiction · Short Stories
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War Without Rules
- China's Playbook for Global Domination
- Written by: Robert Spalding
- Narrated by: David Bryson, Brett Boles
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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In its fight for global dominance, Communist China has thrown out the old rules of war. China expert General Robert Spalding walks us through their new playbook. Many Americans are finally waking up to the alarming reality of China's stealth war on the United States and puzzling over how to...
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it's REAL
- By Harjith on 21-01-23
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War Without Rules
- China's Playbook for Global Domination
- Narrated by: David Bryson, Brett Boles
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Release Date: 19-04-22
- Language: English
- Diplomacy · Geopolitics · International
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