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Cultish
- The Language of Fanaticism
- By: Amanda Montell
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power....
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Grain of salt needed!
- By Anonymous User on 07-07-21
By: Amanda Montell
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
- The Untold Story of English
- By: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar....
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Absolute Americanised nonsense
- By Suzibm on 19-11-23
By: John McWhorter
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Wordslut
- A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
- By: Amanda Montell
- Narrated by: Amanda Montell
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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A brash, enlightening, and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the way it shapes us, written with humor and playfulness that challenges words and phrases and how we use them....
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This brought joy to my little linguist heart
- By Jessica Whitby on 01-01-23
By: Amanda Montell
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Barry Lyndon
- By: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Like Tom Jones before him, Barry Lyndon is one of the most lively and roguish characters in English literature....
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Brilliant Performance of a classic
- By T Diddly on 11-10-22
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The Dawn of Language
- The Story of How We Came to Talk
- By: Sverker Johansson, Frank Perry - translator
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
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Drawing on evidence from many fields, including archaeology, anthropology, neurology and linguistics, Sverker Johansson weaves these disparate threads together to show how our human ancestors evolved into language users....
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Amazing book
- By Ivan Dimitrov on 15-01-22
By: Sverker Johansson, and others
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La crisi della narrazione
- By: Byung-chul Han
- Narrated by: Alberto Onofrietti
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
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Le narrazioni sono in crisi da tempo. Da bussole capaci di dare senso all'esistenza collettiva sono ormai diventate una merce come tutte le altre...
By: Byung-chul Han
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Cultish
- The Language of Fanaticism
- By: Amanda Montell
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power....
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Grain of salt needed!
- By Anonymous User on 07-07-21
By: Amanda Montell
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
- The Untold Story of English
- By: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar....
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Absolute Americanised nonsense
- By Suzibm on 19-11-23
By: John McWhorter
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Wordslut
- A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
- By: Amanda Montell
- Narrated by: Amanda Montell
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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A brash, enlightening, and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the way it shapes us, written with humor and playfulness that challenges words and phrases and how we use them....
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This brought joy to my little linguist heart
- By Jessica Whitby on 01-01-23
By: Amanda Montell
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Barry Lyndon
- By: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
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Like Tom Jones before him, Barry Lyndon is one of the most lively and roguish characters in English literature....
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Brilliant Performance of a classic
- By T Diddly on 11-10-22
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The Dawn of Language
- The Story of How We Came to Talk
- By: Sverker Johansson, Frank Perry - translator
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawing on evidence from many fields, including archaeology, anthropology, neurology and linguistics, Sverker Johansson weaves these disparate threads together to show how our human ancestors evolved into language users....
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Amazing book
- By Ivan Dimitrov on 15-01-22
By: Sverker Johansson, and others
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La crisi della narrazione
- By: Byung-chul Han
- Narrated by: Alberto Onofrietti
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
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Le narrazioni sono in crisi da tempo. Da bussole capaci di dare senso all'esistenza collettiva sono ormai diventate una merce come tutte le altre...
By: Byung-chul Han
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De Profundis
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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At its heart, De Profundis is a love letter and is better known as the De Profundis papers. Written in 1897, while Oscar Wilde was imprisoned in Reading Gaol....
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A Mr Fry rethinking
- By Rumcelt on 01-01-19
By: Oscar Wilde
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A Pair of Blue Eyes
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 16 hrs
- Unabridged
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The daughter of the rector of Endelstow, a sparse, sea-swept parish in Cornwall, Elfride is caught between two suitors of very different backgrounds....
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Brilliant novel but awful reading put me off.
- By Carrie Meeber on 16-01-22
By: Thomas Hardy
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The Essential Chomsky
- By: Noam Chomsky, Anthony Arnove - editor
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 22 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In a single volume, the seminal writings of the world's leading philosopher, linguist, and critic, published to coincide with his 80th birthday....
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Illuminating and exceptional
- By Sab London on 10-02-16
By: Noam Chomsky, and others
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The Language Instinct
- How the Mind Creates Language
- By: Steven Pinker
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 18 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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In this classic, the world’s expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language....
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So much science i don't even
- By Epic Taters on 27-08-15
By: Steven Pinker
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Robinson Crusoe
- By: Daniel Defoe
- Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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When his ship is wrecked in a storm, Robinson Crusoe finds himself stranded on a desert island with no one to help him and no chance of rescue....
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Brilliant.
- By Paul R on 10-07-23
By: Daniel Defoe
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A Rose in Bloom
- By: Louisa May Alcott
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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Returning to the "Aunt Hill" from a two-year trip around the world, 20-year-old Rose Campbell suddenly finds herself surrounded by male admirers, all expecting her to marry them....
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Miss Mapp
- By: E. F. Benson
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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Miss Elizabeth Mapp, magnificent grande dame and heiress, is always on the lookout lest her neighbors fall outside the bounds of perfect, exemplary manners....
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and escapist delight
- By Philip on 22-04-10
By: E. F. Benson
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The Voyage Out
- By: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
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The Voyage Out is Virginia Woolf's haunting tale about a naïve young woman's sea voyage from London to a small resort on the South American coast....
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Seemingly random detail paints vivid pictures
- By ROSALIND BUCK on 18-08-16
By: Virginia Woolf
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The Mabinogion
- By: Anonymous
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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The Mabinogion is a mesmerizing panorama of fantasy, romance, tragedy and humor. Blending Arthurian romance, Welsh legend and mythology, it tells tales of heroic knights, fair maidens, dramatic battles and magical beasts across 12 fantastical stories....
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Excellent in all ways
- By Seeker on 24-10-19
By: Anonymous
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The Mysteries of Udolpho
- By: Ann Radcliffe
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 30 hrs and 17 mins
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The virtuous and loving Emily, the young protagonist, finds herself in the care of her aunt following the death of her father. Her aunt promptly marries the villain Montoni, a cruel and calculating man....
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What a tome
- By F Milner on 25-06-23
By: Ann Radcliffe
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The Great Turning
- From Empire to Earth Community
- By: David C. Korten
- Narrated by: Sandra Swafford
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
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David Korten argues that corporate consolidation of power is but one manifestation of "Empire", the organization of society by hierarchies of dominance, which threatens the future of humanity....
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Very Very interesting
- By Vaughan on 06-04-07
By: David C. Korten
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Greyfriars Bobby
- By: Eleanor Atkinson Peter
- Narrated by: Peter Newcombe Joyce
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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Bobby, a sparky, silver-haired Skye terrier, adopts Auld Jock, a worn-out simple shepherd, as his master. Jock is let go by the farmer and dies in poverty, having suffered one winter too many....
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English Narrator???? Why???
- By Lesley Goodman on 22-08-19
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The Trumpet-Major
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Nicholas Rowe
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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War threatens the rich, green fields of Wessex in Hardy's historical novel The Trumpet-Major....
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Hardy's most underrated novel.
- By Wags on 29-10-22
By: Thomas Hardy
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You Say Potato: A Book About Accents
- By: Ben Crystal, David Crystal
- Narrated by: David Crystal, Ben Crystal, Jane Savage, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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An authoritative, entertaining book about our accents and what they say about us....
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Half this book is fascinating...
- By Matt on 05-07-15
By: Ben Crystal, and others
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Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
- By: John McWhorter, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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Many features of English sound normal to a native speaker, but linguists find them puzzling as well as revealing....
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An unputdownably fun series of lectures
- By Kira Adams on 06-11-18
By: John McWhorter, and others
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Highly Irregular
- Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme - And Other Oddities of the English Language
- By: Arika Okrent
- Narrated by: Arika Okrent
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Both an entertaining send-up of linguistic oddities and a deeply researched history of English, Highly Irregular is essential for anyone who has paused to wonder about our marvelous mess of a language....
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What a fascinating book
- By Lynne Nicholson on 26-09-23
By: Arika Okrent
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Dent's Modern Tribes
- The Secret Languages of Britain
- By: Susie Dent
- Narrated by: Susie Dent
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
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Susie Dent has spent years interviewing hundreds of professionals, hobbyists and enthusiasts, and the result is an idiosyncratic phrasebook like no other....
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A flirt through social and professional groups
- By Deborah on 24-01-17
By: Susie Dent
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Short Stories in Russian for Beginners
- By: Olly Richards, Alex Rawlings
- Narrated by: Alexander Mercury
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Short Stories in Russian for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and most importantly - enjoyment....
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Great Companion to the book
- By Joshwright10 on 29-12-19
By: Olly Richards, and others
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The Pharsalia
- By: Lucan
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
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If you had been a court poet during the reign of the Roman emperor Nero, irritating the megalomaniac ruler would not have been wise....
By: Lucan
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Deathworld
- By: Harry Harrison
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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Deathworld centers on Jason dinAlt, a professional gambler who uses his somewhat erratic psionic abilities to tip the odds in his favor....
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One of my favourite Harry Harrison books
- By P. M. Mitchell on 19-11-16
By: Harry Harrison
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The Bilingual Brain
- And What It Tells Us About the Science of Language
- By: Albert Costa, John W. Schwieter - translator
- Narrated by: Luis Soto
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
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How do two languages coexist in the same brain? Why is it possible to forget a language? What are the advantages and challenges of being bilingual? Over half of the world's population is bilingual, and yet this fascinating, complex ability is understood by few....
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more for the academics
- By Y.h on 31-03-20
By: Albert Costa, and others
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Words on the Move
- Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally)
- By: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
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Words on the Move opens our eyes to the surprising backstories to the words and expressions we use every day....
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Good but not as good as the Great Courses
- By Kira Adams on 30-08-19
By: John McWhorter
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On Language
- Chomsky's Classic Works 'Language and Responsibility' and 'Reflections on Language'
- By: Noam Chomsky, Mitsou Ronat
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
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Described by the New York Times as "arguably the most important intellectual alive," Noam Chomsky is known throughout the world for his highly influential writings on language and politics....
By: Noam Chomsky, and others
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Language City
- The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
- By: Ross Perlin
- Narrated by: Ross Perlin
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century, and when they're gone, it will be forever.
By: Ross Perlin