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Bestsellers
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The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to His Son
- Perspectives, Ideology, and Wisdom
- By: J. D. Rockefeller
- Narrated by: Rick Font
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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The 38 letters written by Rockefeller to his son imparting his perspectives, ideology, and wisdom to his son....
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An Amazing book to get rich!
- By Amazon Customer on 09-23-23
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The Fire Next Time
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....
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Sad and moving and powerful and beautiful
- By Darwin8u on 09-17-15
By: James Baldwin
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The Pillow Book
- By: Sei Shōnagon
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the closing years of the 10th century....
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Exquisite. Truly!
- By Erick DuPree on 01-10-23
By: Sei Shōnagon
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Letters from a Stoic
- Penguin Classics
- By: Seneca, Robin Campbell
- 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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Returned - Not "Unabridged"
- By Michael Augustus Ennis on 12-03-21
By: Seneca, and others
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A Carnival of Snackery
- Diaries (2003-2020)
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris, Tracey Ullman
- Length: 17 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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If it’s navel-gazing you’re after, you’ve come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, his observations turn outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight between two men on the street, pedestrians being whacked over the head....
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Tracey Ullman?
- By Kelley R. on 10-05-21
By: David Sedaris
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The Letters of Jane Austen
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.” Jane Austen at her witty, observant, intelligent, and sympathetic best, in this collection of her letters written to family and friends....
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To be in the life of this wonderful writer
- By Yvette Jackson on 02-21-24
By: Jane Austen
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The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to His Son
- Perspectives, Ideology, and Wisdom
- By: J. D. Rockefeller
- Narrated by: Rick Font
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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The 38 letters written by Rockefeller to his son imparting his perspectives, ideology, and wisdom to his son....
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An Amazing book to get rich!
- By Amazon Customer on 09-23-23
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The Fire Next Time
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....
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Sad and moving and powerful and beautiful
- By Darwin8u on 09-17-15
By: James Baldwin
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The Pillow Book
- By: Sei Shōnagon
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the closing years of the 10th century....
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Exquisite. Truly!
- By Erick DuPree on 01-10-23
By: Sei Shōnagon
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Letters from a Stoic
- Penguin Classics
- By: Seneca, Robin Campbell
- 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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Returned - Not "Unabridged"
- By Michael Augustus Ennis on 12-03-21
By: Seneca, and others
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A Carnival of Snackery
- Diaries (2003-2020)
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris, Tracey Ullman
- Length: 17 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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If it’s navel-gazing you’re after, you’ve come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, his observations turn outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight between two men on the street, pedestrians being whacked over the head....
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Tracey Ullman?
- By Kelley R. on 10-05-21
By: David Sedaris
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The Letters of Jane Austen
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.” Jane Austen at her witty, observant, intelligent, and sympathetic best, in this collection of her letters written to family and friends....
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To be in the life of this wonderful writer
- By Yvette Jackson on 02-21-24
By: Jane Austen
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The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
- Revised and Expanded edition
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter - editor, Christopher Tolkien - editor
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Mike Grady, Chris Smith
- Length: 29 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.....
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For Tolkien fans who can't get enough (Like me)!
- By Ross on 02-29-24
By: J. R. R. Tolkien, and others
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The Letters of Shirley Jackson
- By: Shirley Jackson, Laurence Jackson Hyman - editor, Bernice M. Murphy - editor
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter, Gary Bennett, Linda Jones
- Length: 18 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Shirley Jackson is one of the most important American authors of the last hundred years and among our greatest chroniclers of the female experience. This extraordinary compilation of personal correspondence has all the hallmarks of Jackson’s beloved fiction....
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Edited by her son to exclude all marital strife
- By CharlieBear on 08-10-21
By: Shirley Jackson, and others
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The Reagan Diaries
- Extended Selections
- By: Ronald Reagan
- Narrated by: Eric Conger
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Abridged
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The Reagan Diaries provides a striking insight into one of this nation's most important presidencies and sheds new light on the character of a true American leader....
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True American Hero
- By Stephen on 06-21-07
By: Ronald Reagan
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The Road to Dune
- By: Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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At long last, millions of Dune fans can now hear the unpublished chapters and scenes from Dune and Dune Messiah....
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Reality Check
- By Amazon Customer on 01-02-07
By: Frank Herbert, and others
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Soledad Brother
- The Prison Letters of George Jackson
- By: George Jackson, Jonathan Jackson Jr. - foreword
- Narrated by: Jonathan Jackson Jr.
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A collection of Jackson's letters from prison, Soledad Brother is an outspoken condemnation of the racism of white America and a powerful appraisal of the prison system that failed to break his spirit but eventually took his life....
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The narrator brings emotion that can only come from a family member that has truly been affected by this story.
- By Dakota Hoch on 02-07-24
By: George Jackson, and others
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On Cats
- By: Charles Bukowski
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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On Cats offers Bukowski's musings on these beloved animals and their toughness and resiliency. He honors them as fighters, hunters, survivors who command awe....
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In the now
- By Sha Osborne on 01-23-21
By: Charles Bukowski
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Letters to a Young Poet
- A New Translation and Commentary
- By: Rainer Maria Rilke, Anita Barrows - translator, Joanna Macy - translator
- Narrated by: Trevor White
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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German poet Rainer Maria Rilke’s (1875-1926) Letters to a Young Poet has been treasured for nearly a century. Rilke’s personal reflections on the vocation of writing and the experience of living urge an aspiring poet to look inward, while also offering sage wisdom....
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Watch out
- By Juan Garzón on 01-08-23
By: Rainer Maria Rilke, and others
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There and Back
- Diaries 1999-2009
- By: Michael Palin
- Narrated by: Michael Palin
- Length: 24 hrs
- Unabridged
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Over the next ten years, we watch through Michael's eyes as the world reels from the successive shocks of September 11, the 7/7 bombings and the global financial crash.
By: Michael Palin
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The View from the Cheap Seats
- Selected Nonfiction
- By: Neil Gaiman
- Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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The View from the Cheap Seats brings together, for the first time ever, more than 60 works of Neil Gaiman's outstanding nonfiction on topics and people close to his heart....
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The very best View is from the Cheap Seats
- By Jessica on 06-20-16
By: Neil Gaiman
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Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: John Greenman
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover Mark Twain's firsthand accounts and observations as he explores the enchanting landscapes and cultures of Hawaii during his travels...
By: Mark Twain
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1)
- 1918-38
- 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....
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Diary of a man on the Wrong Side of History
- By Last Lemming on 07-20-22
By: Chips Channon
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The Complete Letters of Pliny the Younger
- By: Pliny
- Narrated by: Russell Bentley, Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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The extant letters of Pliny, written between AD 97 and 112, give us a unique insight into Imperial Rome under the early Antonine emperors. Organised into 10 books, the letters reflect a wide range of topics, mirroring Pliny’s own public and private interests....
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Candor and perspective of a prominent Roman
- By Dave B. on 12-12-23
By: Pliny
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Puto cáncer
- By: Mayra Sánchez
- Narrated by: Mavi Lacovara
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Puto cáncer, en palabras de la autora, se trata del diario íntimo de una paciente oncológica...
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Excelente historia
- By Anonymous User on 09-02-24
By: Mayra Sánchez
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 2)
- 1938-43
- By: Chips Channon
- Narrated by: Tom Ward
- Length: 48 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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This second volume of the best-selling diaries of Henry 'Chips' Channon takes us from the heady aftermath of the Munich agreement, when the prime minister Chips so admired was credited with having averted a general European conflagration, through the rapid unravelling of appeasement....
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- By MG on 03-09-22
By: Chips Channon
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The Proud Highway
- Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 (The Gonzo Letters, Book 1)
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 27 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Here is the private and most intimate correspondence of one of America's most influential and incisive journalists - Hunter S.Thompson....
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Biography
- By GanjaPlanta on 11-14-14
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The Letters of Heloise & Abelard
- By: Peter Abelard, Heloise
- Narrated by: Claire Bloom
- Length: 30 mins
- Unabridged
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The Letters of Heloise and Abelard perpetuate perfectly the bitterness of love thwarted and betrayed....
By: Peter Abelard, and others
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Ordinary Notes
- By: Christina Sharpe
- Narrated by: Christina Sharpe
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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A singular achievement, Ordinary Notes explores profound questions about loss and the shapes of Black life that emerge in the wake....
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Very good…
- By lawrence fauntleroy on 10-01-23
By: Christina Sharpe
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 3): 1943-57
- By: Chips Channon
- Narrated by: Tom Ward
- Length: 48 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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This third and final volume of the unexpurgated diaries of Sir Henry 'Chips' Channon begins as the Second World War is turning in the Allies' favour....
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FASCINATING!!! WHAT A LIFE!!
- By CBWASH on 08-27-24
By: Chips Channon
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The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder
- By: William Anderson
- Narrated by: John Morgan, Tish Hicks
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Available for the first time, the letters of one of America's most beloved authors, Laura Ingalls Wilder - a treasure trove that offers new and unexpected understanding of her life....
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Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain
- By Sara on 06-29-16
By: William Anderson
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Letters to a Young Poet
- (Penguin Classics)
- 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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Beautifully written, beautifully narrated
- By Anonymous User on 01-22-22
By: Rainer Maria Rilke, and others
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Voices from Gettysburg
- Letters, Papers, and Memoirs from the Greatest Battle of the Civil War
- By: Allen C. Guelzo
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Powerful, haunting, and unforgettable, this remarkable gathering of original documents, including never-before-published letters and papers, creates a day-by-day eyewitness account of the monumental collision at Gettysburg, in the words of the commanders, soldiers, politicians, and civilians.
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sound quality
- By Backten on 08-27-24
By: Allen C. Guelzo
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The Folded Clock
- By: Heidi Julavits
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Like many young people, Heidi Julavits kept a diary. Decades later she found her old diaries in a storage bin and hoped to discover the early evidence....
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No
- By Geoff Rothschild on 07-27-15
By: Heidi Julavits
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A Lowcountry Heart
- Reflections on a Writing Life
- By: Pat Conroy
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life by Pat Conroy is a new nonfiction collection of letters, interviews, and magazine articles spanning Conroy's long literary career....
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Pat Conroy was "A Great Love"
- By Susie Q on 11-16-16
By: Pat Conroy
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A Letter to My Father
- 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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Good story - TERRIBLE READING
- By Michael Norman on 05-03-20
By: Franz Kafka
New releases
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De profundis (Spanish Edition)
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: José Peña Coto
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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De profundis es una carta escrita por Oscar Wilde durante su reclusión en la prisión de Reading entre 1895 y 1897, dirigida a Lord Alfred Douglas, el joven con quien Wilde había tenido una relación amorosa y cuya influencia llevó a Wilde a su ruina social y económica.
By: Oscar Wilde
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Brother-Souls
- John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat Generation
- By: Ann Charters, Samuel Charters
- Narrated by: Brian Holden
- Length: 19 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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John Clellon Holmes met Jack Kerouac on a hot New York City weekend in 1948, and until the end of Kerouac's life they were—in Holmes's words—"Brother Souls." Late one night as they sat talking, Kerouac spontaneously created the term "Beat Generation" to describe this new attitude they felt stirring around them. Brother-Souls: John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat Generation is the remarkable chronicle of this cornerstone friendship and the life of John Clellon Holmes.
By: Ann Charters, and others
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Carta a Theo [Letter to Theo]
- By: Vincent Van Gogh
- Narrated by: José Peña Coto
- Length: 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Esta carta es un documento histórico que ilumina la psique de uno de los artistas más fascinantes y complicados en el mundo del arte. Nos ofrece una ventana a la complejidad de su pensamiento y a la intensidad de su pasión, casi religiosa, por el arte y la vida, elementos que definirían su legado.
By: Vincent Van Gogh
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Respuesta a Sor Filotea de la Cruz [Response to Sister Filotea de la Cruz]
- By: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
- Narrated by: José Peña Coto
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Publicada en 1701, esta carta constituye un documento fundamental para entender la defensa del derecho de las mujeres a la educación y al conocimiento en un tiempo en que estas aspiraciones eran frecuentemente restringidas y desvalorizadas. La carta es un documento autobiográfico en el que Sor Juana narra su propio desarrollo intelectual y su pasión por el estudio durante la época colonial de México.
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Briefwechsel 11
- By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Schiller
- Narrated by: Friedrich Frieden
- Length: 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Die tief reichende Freundschaft, in welcher die zwei bekanntesten Dichterfürsten aus deutschsprachigen Landen miteinander verbunden waren, begann laut einigen Quellen alles andere als günstig, da beim ersten Treffen der beiden Goethe Schiller weder erkannte noch diesem irgendwelche Beachtung schenkte. Das änderte sich mit der Zeit, nachdem sich Goethe näher über Schillers Werk informierte und beide in regen Gedankenaustausch traten, besonders in vorliegender Briefwechsel-Reihe.
By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others
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Carta de Jamaica [Letter from Jamaica]
- By: Simón Bolívar
- Narrated by: José Peña Coto
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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La Carta de Jamaica es un documento esencial para comprender el desarrollo histórico de América Latina. Escrito por Simón Bolívar en 1815, durante su exilio en Kingston, Jamaica, este texto es una respuesta detallada a un caballero inglés que había mostrado interés en conocer los motivos de la lucha por la independencia de las colonias españolas en América.
By: Simón Bolívar
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De profundis (Spanish Edition)
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: José Peña Coto
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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De profundis es una carta escrita por Oscar Wilde durante su reclusión en la prisión de Reading entre 1895 y 1897, dirigida a Lord Alfred Douglas, el joven con quien Wilde había tenido una relación amorosa y cuya influencia llevó a Wilde a su ruina social y económica.
By: Oscar Wilde
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Brother-Souls
- John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat Generation
- By: Ann Charters, Samuel Charters
- Narrated by: Brian Holden
- Length: 19 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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John Clellon Holmes met Jack Kerouac on a hot New York City weekend in 1948, and until the end of Kerouac's life they were—in Holmes's words—"Brother Souls." Late one night as they sat talking, Kerouac spontaneously created the term "Beat Generation" to describe this new attitude they felt stirring around them. Brother-Souls: John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat Generation is the remarkable chronicle of this cornerstone friendship and the life of John Clellon Holmes.
By: Ann Charters, and others
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Carta a Theo [Letter to Theo]
- By: Vincent Van Gogh
- Narrated by: José Peña Coto
- Length: 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Esta carta es un documento histórico que ilumina la psique de uno de los artistas más fascinantes y complicados en el mundo del arte. Nos ofrece una ventana a la complejidad de su pensamiento y a la intensidad de su pasión, casi religiosa, por el arte y la vida, elementos que definirían su legado.
By: Vincent Van Gogh
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Respuesta a Sor Filotea de la Cruz [Response to Sister Filotea de la Cruz]
- By: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
- Narrated by: José Peña Coto
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Publicada en 1701, esta carta constituye un documento fundamental para entender la defensa del derecho de las mujeres a la educación y al conocimiento en un tiempo en que estas aspiraciones eran frecuentemente restringidas y desvalorizadas. La carta es un documento autobiográfico en el que Sor Juana narra su propio desarrollo intelectual y su pasión por el estudio durante la época colonial de México.
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Briefwechsel 11
- By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Schiller
- Narrated by: Friedrich Frieden
- Length: 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Die tief reichende Freundschaft, in welcher die zwei bekanntesten Dichterfürsten aus deutschsprachigen Landen miteinander verbunden waren, begann laut einigen Quellen alles andere als günstig, da beim ersten Treffen der beiden Goethe Schiller weder erkannte noch diesem irgendwelche Beachtung schenkte. Das änderte sich mit der Zeit, nachdem sich Goethe näher über Schillers Werk informierte und beide in regen Gedankenaustausch traten, besonders in vorliegender Briefwechsel-Reihe.
By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others
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Carta de Jamaica [Letter from Jamaica]
- By: Simón Bolívar
- Narrated by: José Peña Coto
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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La Carta de Jamaica es un documento esencial para comprender el desarrollo histórico de América Latina. Escrito por Simón Bolívar en 1815, durante su exilio en Kingston, Jamaica, este texto es una respuesta detallada a un caballero inglés que había mostrado interés en conocer los motivos de la lucha por la independencia de las colonias españolas en América.
By: Simón Bolívar
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Letters to a Friend
- By: Diana Athill, Edward Field
- Narrated by: Jennifer Dixon
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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This epistolary memoir - rich with Diana Athill's characteristic wit, humor, elegance, and honesty - describes a warm, decades-long friendship.
Diana Athill is one of our great women of letters. The renowned editor of V. S. Naipaul, Jean Rhys, and many others, she is also a celebrated memoirist whose Somewhere Towards the End was a best seller and a National Book Critics Circle Award winner.
By: Diana Athill, and others
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Letters of Note: Mothers
- Letters of Note, Book 7
- By: Shaun Usher
- Narrated by: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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A fascinating new volume of messages about motherhood, from the author of the best-selling Letters of Note collections. In Letters of Note: Mothers, Shaun Usher gathers together exceptional missives by and about mothers, celebrating the joy and grief, humor and frustration, wisdom and sacrifice the role brings to both parent and child.
By: Shaun Usher
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Letters from Brenda
- Two Suitcases. 75 Lost Letters. One Mother.
- By: Emma Kennedy
- Narrated by: Emma Kennedy, Juliet Stevenson, Rafa Euba
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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After her mother, Brenda, passed away and her father sold the family home, broadcaster and writer Emma Kennedy found herself floundering, unable to make peace with the complex, charismatic woman who had been her mum. And then they found the letters. This heartbreakingly funny book about the impact of discovering lost letters is a celebration of correspondence; those lost acts of penned love, the vivid snapshots in time scattered back through a life.
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Letters
- By Daniel. F. Rockwell on 07-30-22
By: Emma Kennedy
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Twenty-Seven Letters to My Daughter
- By: Ella Ward
- Narrated by: Ella Ward
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Ella Ward comes from a long line of irrepressibly charming raconteurs, letter-writers, storytellers and people who 'quite like giving toasts at parties'. And so, a few years ago, when Ella was 36 years old, with a husband and a young daughter, and was told that she had a rare cancer and might die, she decided that death wasn't going to stand in the way of her mothering her child. As Ella's treatment for her cancer began, she started drafting letters to her daughter. To tell her about life, love, death, the importance of cotton knickers and—above all—her family.
By: Ella Ward
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100 Quotes by Anne Frank
- By: Anne Frank
- Narrated by: Brad Carty
- Length: 18 mins
- Unabridged
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100 Quotes by Anne Frank is a poignant collection of thoughts and observations from the world’s most famous diarist. Touching, observational, and often funny, these quotes create a collage of a teenager whose world had been turned upside down. One of the most important documentarians of the Second World War, Frank’s views and feelings are both timeless and aligned with a darker chapter in humanity’s history. A fascinating and thought-provoking read, it's a great addition to any library.
By: Anne Frank
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Briefe
- By: Georg Büchner
- Narrated by: Max von Pufendorf
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
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Revolutionär, Mediziner, Poet, Philosoph, Entdecker - vor seinem frühen Tod hatte Georg Büchner bereits in drei Städten studiert, die"»Gesellschaft der Menschenrechte" gegründet und war als Verfasser politischer Flugblätter verfolgt worden. Welcher Geist steckte hinter diesem unermüdlichen jungen Mann? Welche Gedanken und Ängste trieben ihn um? Einblicke gewähren die wenigen erhaltenen Briefe, die das Ausnahmetalent an seine Eltern, Geschwister und Freunde schrieb.
By: Georg Büchner
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Amerikanisches Tagebuch 1962
- By: Siegfried Lenz
- Narrated by: Burghart Klaussner
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Dieser Zeitzeugenbericht eines Außenstehenden spiegelt die angespannte Stimmung Anfang der 1960er Jahre in den USA auf fesselnde Weise wider. Über einen Monat lang reist Siegfried Lenz 1962 durch die USA. 50 Jahre später veröffentlicht er sein Reisetagebuch. Er spürt die bedrohliche Atmosphäre des Kalten Krieges, die der Sprecher dieses Hörbuchs, Burghart Klaußner nur zu gut wiedergeben kann.
By: Siegfried Lenz
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In My Mind's Eye
- A Thought Diary
- By: Jan Morris
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Celebrated as the "greatest descriptive writer of her time" (Rebecca West), Jan Morris has been dazzling fans since she burst on the scene with her on-the-spot reportage of the first ascent of Everest in 1953. Now, the beloved 92-year-old, author of classics such as Venice and Trieste, embarks on an entirely new literary enterprise - a collection of daily diaries, penned over the course of a single year.
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Warm with greatness and grace and heart
- By batteryBob on 09-05-24
By: Jan Morris
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Tagebücher 1928
- By: Harry Graf Kessler
- Narrated by: Org Dubonton
- Length: 51 mins
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Ein Glücksfall für die Historiker: Harry Graf Kessler (1868 - 1937) beschreibt das Zeitgeschehen im Jahr 1928. Das Erscheinen seines Rathenau-Buches schlägt hohe Wellen. Der Kulturbetrieb ist begeistert. Aber der Geheimdienst beanstandet Textpassagen und diplomatische Verstimmungen werden ausgelöst. Ansonsten ist "der Gesellschaftsmensch" Kessler sehr umtriebig. Oft in Frankreich aber auch in Berlin. Zum Beispiel zur Aufführung der brandneuen "Dreigroschenoper". Berührend ist das Wiedersehen mit dem Tänzer Vaslav Nijinsky.
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Essential Muir
- A Selection of John Muir’s Best (and Worst) Writings
- By: John Muir, Fred D. White - editor and introduction
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm, Ana Osorio
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Essayist. Preservationist. Mountain man. Inventor. John Muir may be California’s best-known icon. A literary naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club and Yosemite National Park, Muir left his legacy on the landscape and on paper. But the celebrity of John Muir does not tell the whole story. In Essential Muir, for the first time, Muir's selected writings include those that show his ecological vision without ignoring his racism, providing a more complete portrait of the man.
By: John Muir, and others
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The Life and Letters of John Muir, Volume 1
- By: William Frederic Badé, John Muir
- Narrated by: Darren Roebuck
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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This book includes a timeline of John Muir's life, providing historical context for his spiritual views and writings.
By: William Frederic Badé, and others
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Frankie's Angel
- By: Lisa Dekis
- Narrated by: Autumn Hollis
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Seven-year-old Frankie awakens the morning after her mother’s surgery to learn a horrible truth from her father: “Mommy didn’t make it.” Frankie’s life turns upside down as the house fills with visitors, a funeral is held, and Mommy lies in a satin coffin wearing a dress she’d never be caught—well, dead, wearing. It's powder blue! All wrong, wrong, wrong! Sadness envelops Frankie. She listens to children playing in the neighborhood, instead of joining them. She stays in her room, coloring, or reading, or otherwise drowning herself in grief.
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Frankie's Angel
- By Deedra on 01-02-23
By: Lisa Dekis
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شَيءٌ يُشْبهُ النّسْيانْ [Something Resembling Forgetfulness]
- By: سعــــد عايد البـدر
- Narrated by: Nawel Mohamed
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
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أتســـاءل في كل يوم "هل ســـأموت بطريقة طبيعية أم سألقى حتفي بطريقة شنيعة مثلما فعلت بآخرين في حياتي? أرى أن الخيار الثاني هو الأقرب, فكل إنسان
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Tagebücher 1932
- By: Harry Graf Kessler
- Narrated by: Org Dubonton
- Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Ein Glücksfall für die Historiker: Harry Graf Kessler (1868 - 1937) beschreibt das Zeitgeschehen der Jahres 1932. Seine Berichterstattungen sind sehr genau und zeugen von der Bildung eines aufgeklärten Europäers. 1932 ist wie ein langer dunkler Dezember ohne Advent und Weihnachten. Der größte Teil des Textes behandelt die aufgeheizten Debatten um die Politik des Tages (5 große Wahlen in 8 Monaten). Den Terror der Nazis auf den Straßen und die Sabotage der Weimarer Institutionen aus den Hinterzimmern des Parlaments.
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Die Briefe der Manns
- Ein Familienporträt
- By: Tilmann Lahme, Holger Pils, Kerstin Klein
- Narrated by: Max Volkert Martens, Corinna Harfouch, Bettina Hoppe, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Ein Porträt der Familie Mann in Briefen. Zärtlich umgarnend, frech zugespitzt und maßlos übertrieben, Tratsch und lebenswichtige Ereignisse mitteilend: Die Vielfalt der Tonlage in den Briefen von Katia und Thomas Mann mit ihren sechs Kindern ist grenzenlos. Tilmann Lahme legt hier zusammen mit Holger Pils und Kerstin Klein eine Sammlung von Briefen vor, die einen ganz unverstellten, intimen und oft überraschenden Einblick in den Familienbetrieb bietet.
By: Tilmann Lahme, and others
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Letters of Note: Cats
- Letters of Note, Book 1
- By: Shaun Usher
- Narrated by: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
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Florence Nightingale sends care instructions to the woman who has just adopted her angora tomcat, Mr. White. T. S. Eliot issues a rhyming birthday party invitation to all Jellicle cats for his four-year-old godson. Jack Kerouac's mother grieves at the death of the family cat. Jack Lemmon winkingly suggests to Walter Matthau that they go in on a cat ranch in Mexico. This utterly charming collection offers a warm and friendly look at the place that cats occupy in our hearts and lives.
By: Shaun Usher
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Dear Hartley
- Thoughts on Character, Kindness, and Building a Brighter World
- By: Jedediah Bila
- Narrated by: Jedediah Bila
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
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In these days of nonstop, round-the-clock division, where confrontation is our most prevalent form of entertainment, we’ve forgotten the more fundamental things that unite us. We’ve lost track of the importance of conversations that foster growth, self-reflection, and discovery of one another while cultivating our sense of shared humanity. In her new book, Dear Hartley, Jedediah Bila reignites much-needed conversations about everything from character and empathy to parenting and friendship, from education and family to fitness and food.
By: Jedediah Bila
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The Greatest Generation Speaks
- Letters and Reflections
- By: Tom Brokaw
- Narrated by: Tom Brokaw, a supporting cast
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
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The men and women honored in Tom Brokaw's The Greatest Generation speak in this collection of letters from and about the Depression and World War II.
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Not for everyone
- By Sean on 03-17-04
By: Tom Brokaw
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Tagebücher 1929
- By: Harry Graf Kessler
- Narrated by: Org Dubonton
- Length: 47 mins
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Ein Glücksfall für die Historiker: Harry Graf Kessler (1868 - 1937) beschreibt das Zeitgeschehen im Jahr 1929. Es ist schwieriges Jahr. Zwei weitere Freunde sterben: Hugo von Hoffmannsthal und Sergei Djaghilew, und zusammen mit dem Tod des beliebtesten Europäers Gustav Stresemann schließt sich für Kessler "seine Epoche" ab. Es ist sein "Année terrible". Zudem erscheint "Im Westen nichts Neues" von Erich Maria Remarque und der Knabe Jehudi Menuhin erstaunt allgemein mit seinen Beethoveninterpretationen auf der Geige.
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Care Of
- Letters, Connections, and Cures
- By: Ivan Coyote
- Narrated by: Ivan Coyote
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
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Writer and performer Ivan Coyote has spent decades on the road, telling stories around the world. For years, Ivan has kept a file of the most special communications received from readers and audience members—letters, Facebook messages, emails, soggy handwritten notes tucked under the windshield wiper of their truck after a gig.
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Life saving
- By Anneliese Donstad on 08-17-24
By: Ivan Coyote
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Letters from a Lost Generation
- First World War letters of Vera Brittain and four friends
- By: Mark Bostridge, Alan Bishop
- Narrated by: Amanda Root, Jonathan Firth, Full Cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
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"If war spares me," wrote Vera Brittain to her brother, Edward, in 1916, "it will be my one aim to immortalise in a book the story of us four." Seventeen years later, Vera was to achieve her aim with the acclaimed Testament of Youth. This series of letters was the inspiration behind Testament. Written between Vera; her brother; her fiancé, Roland Leighton; and their two best friends, Victor Richardson and Geoffrey Thurlow, they give a unique perspective on the most horrifying conflict the world has ever seen.
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Never Forget
- By DJDecca on 01-09-15
By: Mark Bostridge, and others
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 3): 1943-57
- By: Chips Channon
- Narrated by: Tom Ward
- Length: 48 hrs and 17 mins
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This third and final volume of the unexpurgated diaries of Sir Henry 'Chips' Channon begins as the Second World War is turning in the Allies' favour. It ends with a prematurely aged Chips descending into poor health but still socially active and able to turn a pointed phrase about the political events that swirl around him and the great and the good with whom he mingles.
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FASCINATING!!! WHAT A LIFE!!
- By CBWASH on 08-27-24
By: Chips Channon
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Conquistador Voices: The Spanish Conquest of the Americas as Recounted Largely by the Participants, Volume II
- By: Kevin H Siepel
- Narrated by: Kevin H Siepel
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
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If you like to use your drive time for education by audiobook, consider this book for widening and deepening your view of an event you studied briefly in school - the Spanish conquest of the Americas. Conquistador Voices, which relies more heavily than most works of this kind on first-person accounts, neither glamorizes nor condemns the conquistadors. Somewhat in the manner of a modern film documentary, it treats the so-called conquest as an historical event that’s worth learning about for its own sake, with most of the moralizing left to the listener.
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A tale better than fiction
- By Peter C. Saxman on 07-25-23
By: Kevin H Siepel
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Briefe 2
- By: Gottfried Keller
- Narrated by: Friedrich Frieden
- Length: 56 mins
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Nachdem Gottfried Keller durch Konfrontation mit der Realität zur Einsicht gelangte, dass der Beruf des Landschaftsmalers seiner Erwartungshaltung bezüglich eines regelmäßigen und sicheren Einkommens nicht genügte, ebnete eine Laune des Schicksals ihm einen anderen Lebensweg. Aus Langeweile schreibt Keller ein paar Verse, die überraschenderweise sogar veröffentlicht werden und zwar nicht im Eigenverlag.
By: Gottfried Keller