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The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
- A Spiritual Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny
- By: Robin Sharma
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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This international best seller gently offers answers to life's biggest questions as well as a practical process to help you create prosperity, vitality, happiness and inner peace....
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Audio equivalent of 'The Secret'
- By Adrian Shaw on 02-08-18
By: Robin Sharma
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The Divine Comedy
- Penguin Classics
- By: Robin Kirkpatrick - translator, Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Jot Davies, Robin Kirkpatrick, Kristin Atherton
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide, his ascent of Mount Purgatory and his encounter with his dead love Beatrice, and finally, his arrival in Heaven....
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A classic
- By Cameron ms on 20-02-21
By: Robin Kirkpatrick - translator, and others
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Audra McDonald
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time....
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The bright eyed goddess of translation does it again.
- By Hugh Brennan on 21-11-23
By: Homer, and others
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Lobster
- And Other Things I’m Learning to Love
- By: Hollie McNish
- Narrated by: Hollie McNish
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Why do we live in a world that is constantly telling us to hate, both ourselves and others? In this collection, Hollie McNish brings her inimitable style to the question of what have been taught to hate, and if we might learn to love again....
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I Love Hollie McNish
- By Anonymous User on 03-06-24
By: Hollie McNish
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The Nation's Favourite Poems
- By: BBC Audiobooks
- Narrated by: John Nettles, Siobhan Redmond, Greg Wise, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
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In a nationwide poll conducted by BBC Television's Bookworm to find the nation's favourite poem, Rudyard Kipling's "If" was voted number one....
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Bad format, two chapters
- By Amazon Customer on 08-06-16
By: BBC Audiobooks
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Love and Life
- Poems About You and Me
- By: Ziri Dafranchi
- Narrated by: Matt Church
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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A beautiful collection of easily-relatable and heart-warming poems exploring the true meaning of love and life, and the relationship between the two. Get ready for a remarkable voyage.
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In love with ‘Love Untrue’ poem
- By Amazon Customer on 29-05-24
By: Ziri Dafranchi
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The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
- A Spiritual Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny
- By: Robin Sharma
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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This international best seller gently offers answers to life's biggest questions as well as a practical process to help you create prosperity, vitality, happiness and inner peace....
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Audio equivalent of 'The Secret'
- By Adrian Shaw on 02-08-18
By: Robin Sharma
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The Divine Comedy
- Penguin Classics
- By: Robin Kirkpatrick - translator, Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Jot Davies, Robin Kirkpatrick, Kristin Atherton
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide, his ascent of Mount Purgatory and his encounter with his dead love Beatrice, and finally, his arrival in Heaven....
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A classic
- By Cameron ms on 20-02-21
By: Robin Kirkpatrick - translator, and others
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Audra McDonald
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time....
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The bright eyed goddess of translation does it again.
- By Hugh Brennan on 21-11-23
By: Homer, and others
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Lobster
- And Other Things I’m Learning to Love
- By: Hollie McNish
- Narrated by: Hollie McNish
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Why do we live in a world that is constantly telling us to hate, both ourselves and others? In this collection, Hollie McNish brings her inimitable style to the question of what have been taught to hate, and if we might learn to love again....
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I Love Hollie McNish
- By Anonymous User on 03-06-24
By: Hollie McNish
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The Nation's Favourite Poems
- By: BBC Audiobooks
- Narrated by: John Nettles, Siobhan Redmond, Greg Wise, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
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In a nationwide poll conducted by BBC Television's Bookworm to find the nation's favourite poem, Rudyard Kipling's "If" was voted number one....
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Bad format, two chapters
- By Amazon Customer on 08-06-16
By: BBC Audiobooks
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Love and Life
- Poems About You and Me
- By: Ziri Dafranchi
- Narrated by: Matt Church
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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A beautiful collection of easily-relatable and heart-warming poems exploring the true meaning of love and life, and the relationship between the two. Get ready for a remarkable voyage.
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In love with ‘Love Untrue’ poem
- By Amazon Customer on 29-05-24
By: Ziri Dafranchi
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The Divine Comedy
- Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso
- By: Dante Alighieri, Stephen Wyatt
- Narrated by: Blake Ritson, John Hurt, David Warner, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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Blake Ritson, David Warner, Hattie Morahan and John Hurt star in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Dante's epic poem "Inferno"....
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Very good
- By Andyjn on 06-01-16
By: Dante Alighieri, and others
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Metamorphoses
- Penguin Classics
- By: Ovid, David Raeburn - translator, Denis Feeney
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis, John Sackville, Maya Saroya, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Ovid's sensuous and witty poetry brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation - often as a result of love or lust - where men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings....
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Enjoyable but marred by mistakes in the narration.
- By L. J. W. Cych on 06-06-20
By: Ovid, and others
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Dancing by the Light of the Moon
- Over 250 Poems to Read, Relish and Recite
- By: Gyles Brandreth
- Narrated by: Gyles Brandreth
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
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For every moment in your life there is a poem. In Dancing by the Light of the Moon, we have a remarkable collection of over 250 best-loved poems in the English-speaking world....
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Beautiful
- By Mrs T. on 23-01-22
By: Gyles Brandreth
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The Iliad & The Odyssey
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 28 hrs and 37 mins
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Little is known about the Ancient Greek oral poet Homer, the supposed 8th century BC author of the world-read Iliad and his later masterpiece, The Odyssey....
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And his armour fell rattling around him...
- By P. Ward on 03-11-11
By: Homer
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The Odyssey (Dramatised)
- By: Homer, Simon Armitage - dramatisation
- Narrated by: Tim McInnerny, Amanda Redman, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
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In a 20-year journey, fabulous fantasy mixes with extraordinary reality as Odysseus encounters enchantresses, nymphs, monsters, prophets, and ghosts....
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Between 'The Archers' & 'Hitchhiker's Guide...'!
- By Tim on 05-03-11
By: Homer, and others
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Nobody Told Me
- Poetry and Parenthood
- By: Hollie McNish
- Narrated by: Hollie McNish
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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Nobody Told Me is a collection of poems and stories taken from Hollie's diaries - one person's thoughts on raising a child in modern Britain....
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Motherhood read in her own words
- By Victoria on 30-12-20
By: Hollie McNish
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Slug
- And Other Things I've Been Told to Hate
- By: Hollie McNish
- Narrated by: Hollie McNish, Gemma Cairney
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
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From Finnish saunas and soppy otters to grief, grandparents and Kellogg's anti-masturbation pants, Slug is a book which holds a mirror lovingly up to the world, past and present, through Hollie's driving, funny, hopeful poetry and prose....
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Hollie Reads This So Perfectly, It's Beautiful
- By Anonymous User on 11-04-22
By: Hollie McNish
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A Hidden Garden
- By: Whitley Strieber
- Narrated by: Whitley Strieber
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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A Hidden Garden is Whitley Strieber's first book of poetry. Whitley has been writing poems for many years, but previously only shared them with friends. This book contains poems he has written since 1980, but most of them were written since 2015.
By: Whitley Strieber
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Hinds' Feet on High Places
- The Beloved Story of Much-Afraid and Her Exciting Journey to the High Places
- By: Hannah Hurnard
- Narrated by: Flo Schmidt
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
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Much-Afraid begins her journey, crippled and disfigured, with the cry....
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too cheesy
- By Po Stoneman on 22-09-15
By: Hannah Hurnard
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The Mahabharata
- By: John D. Smith - translator
- Narrated by: Shaheen Khan, Sagar Arya
- Length: 44 hrs and 7 mins
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The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent and is a major text of Hinduism....
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On Drinking
- By: Charles Bukowski
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
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A powerful testament to the pleasures and miseries of a life in drink, and a window into the soul of one of our most beloved and enduring writers, On Drinking is the definitive collection of works on a subject that inspired and haunted Charles Bukowski for his entire life: alcohol....
By: Charles Bukowski
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The Incomplete Tim Key
- About 300 of His Poetical Gems and What-Nots
- By: Tim Key
- Narrated by: Tim Key
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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A wildly original poetry collection written and read by one of the UK’s most exciting young comics....
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Annoying music
- By Paul Carley on 09-11-19
By: Tim Key
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Jason and the Argonauts
- By: Apollonios of Rhodes
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Often compared with Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Jason and the Argonauts is the only surviving poem from the Hellenistic period and was hugely influential on later literature, especially the Roman poetry of Virgil and Ovid....
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The Faerie Queene
- By: Edmund Spenser
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 33 hrs and 10 mins
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The first epic poem in modern English, The Faerie Queene combines dramatic narratives of chivalrous adventure with exquisite and picturesque episodes of pageantry....
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A very useful version
- By Stephen on 20-04-17
By: Edmund Spenser
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Eve
- By: Wm. Paul Young
- Narrated by: Roger Mueller
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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This is a bold, unprecedented exploration of the creation narrative, true to the original texts and centuries of scholarship - yet with breathtaking discoveries that challenge....
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wonderful
- By Joshua on 07-10-15
By: Wm. Paul Young
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Twice Alive
- By: Forrest Gander
- Narrated by: Forrest Gander
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
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In the searing poems of his new collection, Twice Alive, the Pulitzer Prize-winner Forrest Gander addresses the exigencies of our historical moment and the intimacies, personal and environmental, that bind us to others and to the world....
By: Forrest Gander
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poyums
- By: Len Pennie
- Narrated by: Len Pennie
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
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In poyums, Len Pennie has created a collection that is as approachable as it is affecting; whether she's writing letters to her younger self, advocating for women's rights or adapting fairy tales to process an abusive relationship, Len's voice is bold, unashamedly frank and unmistakeably hers....
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the Scots and hearing my Granny
- By Mayya on 09-05-24
By: Len Pennie
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The Flowers of Evil
- By: Charles Baudelaire, James N. McGowan - translator
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
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Sensual, macabre, joyous and liberating, The Flowers of Evil, or Les Fleurs du Mal, is a beautifully debauched reflection on dreams, sin, life, and death....
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Superb rendition of a voice which deserves to be heard
- By Drosselmeyer on 19-02-23
By: Charles Baudelaire, and others
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The Luckiest Guy Alive
- By: John Cooper Clarke
- Narrated by: John Cooper Clarke
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Punk. Poet. Pioneer. The Bard of Salford’s hugely anticipated new collection of poetry is his first in over 30 years. These are poems as scabrous, wry and vivid as only John Cooper Clarke could deliver....
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Utter brilliance
- By edward on 08-01-19
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Power of TED*
- *The Empowerment Dynamic: 10th Anniversary Edition
- By: David Emerald
- Narrated by: Ryan Sitzberger
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
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Through serendipity he meets some wise guides, Ted and Sophia, who show David how he can move from feeling like a victim to being a creator of his own life....
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Very good book.
- By Diana Boskma on 13-09-19
By: David Emerald
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Classic Horror Poems, Volume One
- By: Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, W.B. Yeats, and others
- Narrated by: Robert Patrick
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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You have been looking for this book for quite some time. Pick it up to begin a journey into the deepest depths of the human psyche and the darkest corners of the imagination....
By: Edgar Allan Poe, and others
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What
- new poems from the Poet Laureate of Punk
- By: John Cooper Clarke
- Narrated by: John Cooper Clarke
- Length: 47 mins
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Dr John Cooper Clarke's dazzling, scabrous voice has reverberated through pop culture for decades, his influence on generations of performance poets and musicians plain for all to see. WHAT is an exceptional collection from one of our foremost satirists....
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The Current King of British Poetry
- By Anonymous User on 09-05-24
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The Dalai Lama's Cat + The Dalai Lama's Cat: Guided Meditations
- By: David Michie
- Narrated by: David Michie
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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Featuring a delightful cast of characters and timeless Buddhist wisdom, and with His Holiness' compassion pervading every chapter, The Dalai Lama's Cat is simply enchanting....
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Purr joy
- By Edyta on 28-03-17
By: David Michie
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Dante's Inferno
- A Study on Part I of The Divine Comedy
- By: Anthony Esolen PhD
- Narrated by: Anthony Esolen PhD
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
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With Professor Esolen you will enter the terrible gates of Hell and progress level by infernal level to its diabolical depths. Professor Esolen places a special emphasis on the drama of the poem, leading you through each canto in succession....
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Wonderful
- By markj on 23-05-21
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Uninvited Guests
- By: Donald Glazer
- Narrated by: Donald Glazer
- Length: 24 mins
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This debut collection of poems, composed with no thought to commercial publication and discovered by Green Writers Press by happenstance, addresses events in the poet's life that every listener can relate to—friendships, the beginning, middle, and end of romantic relationships, and the death of a loved one. And they do so with “stiletto-sharp” metaphors—“rosebuds stillborn in the falling snow”—and wry observations —“Trying Again: Like an old shoe comfortable for a while but still causing blisters”—that evoke from the listener a knowing nod and sometimes an outright laugh.
By: Donald Glazer
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Sea Sence
- By: Christopher Gibson
- Narrated by: Christopher J. F. Gibson
- Length: 7 mins
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A collection of poetry of the seashore.
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Poetry Is Cool
- A Book of Poetry by Joe Lyon
- By: Joe Lyon
- Narrated by: David Angelo
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
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A book of poetry and song lyrics by Joe Lyon. In "Poetry is Cool," the author invites listeners to explore a lifetime's worth of lyrics and poems, meticulously crafted over fifty years. This collection spans from 1979 to the present, touching on themes of living, aging, love, family, after-life, and reflecting on life's journey. Through heartfelt and authentic expressions, the author captures the real and imagined landscapes of their experiences, preserving these works as a testament to their existence. This compilation serves as a reminder that, once, there was a voice, a mind, and a heart that felt deeply and expressed those feelings through the timeless art of poetry.
By: Joe Lyon
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Whispers of the Heart
- A Collection of Love Poems
- By: R.M. Spears
- Narrated by: Ashley Pagán
- Length: 27 mins
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"Whispers of the Heart" is a captivating anthology that explores the multifaceted dimensions of love. Through poignant verses and lyrical imagery, the book delves into the intricacies of passion, longing, and intimacy.
By: R.M. Spears
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Unbound Voices
- A Polyphonic Rebellion
- By: William Gomes
- Narrated by: Kim Gjersoe
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
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Step into the riveting world of William Gomes's Unbound Voices: A Polyphonic Rebellion, a powerful collection of poetry that delves deep into the human condition. This book is a profound exploration of resilience, diversity, and rebellion against the societal norms that oppress and silence. Each poem is a heartfelt testament to the struggles, victories, and quiet revolutions that shape our existence, giving voice to stories that are often marginalized or ignored.
By: William Gomes
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Magic Enuff
- By: Tara M Stringfellow
- Narrated by: Tara M Stringfellow
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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An electrifying collection of poems that tells a universal tale of survival and revolution through the lens of Black femininity. Tara Stringfellow embraces complexity, grappling with the sometimes painful, sometimes wonderful way two conflicting things can be true at the same time. How it's possible to have a strong voice and also feel silenced. To be loyal to things and people that betray us. To burn as hot with rage as we do with love.
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Uninvited Guests
- By: Donald Glazer
- Narrated by: Donald Glazer
- Length: 24 mins
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This debut collection of poems, composed with no thought to commercial publication and discovered by Green Writers Press by happenstance, addresses events in the poet's life that every listener can relate to—friendships, the beginning, middle, and end of romantic relationships, and the death of a loved one. And they do so with “stiletto-sharp” metaphors—“rosebuds stillborn in the falling snow”—and wry observations —“Trying Again: Like an old shoe comfortable for a while but still causing blisters”—that evoke from the listener a knowing nod and sometimes an outright laugh.
By: Donald Glazer
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Sea Sence
- By: Christopher Gibson
- Narrated by: Christopher J. F. Gibson
- Length: 7 mins
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A collection of poetry of the seashore.
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Poetry Is Cool
- A Book of Poetry by Joe Lyon
- By: Joe Lyon
- Narrated by: David Angelo
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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A book of poetry and song lyrics by Joe Lyon. In "Poetry is Cool," the author invites listeners to explore a lifetime's worth of lyrics and poems, meticulously crafted over fifty years. This collection spans from 1979 to the present, touching on themes of living, aging, love, family, after-life, and reflecting on life's journey. Through heartfelt and authentic expressions, the author captures the real and imagined landscapes of their experiences, preserving these works as a testament to their existence. This compilation serves as a reminder that, once, there was a voice, a mind, and a heart that felt deeply and expressed those feelings through the timeless art of poetry.
By: Joe Lyon
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Whispers of the Heart
- A Collection of Love Poems
- By: R.M. Spears
- Narrated by: Ashley Pagán
- Length: 27 mins
- Unabridged
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"Whispers of the Heart" is a captivating anthology that explores the multifaceted dimensions of love. Through poignant verses and lyrical imagery, the book delves into the intricacies of passion, longing, and intimacy.
By: R.M. Spears
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Unbound Voices
- A Polyphonic Rebellion
- By: William Gomes
- Narrated by: Kim Gjersoe
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Step into the riveting world of William Gomes's Unbound Voices: A Polyphonic Rebellion, a powerful collection of poetry that delves deep into the human condition. This book is a profound exploration of resilience, diversity, and rebellion against the societal norms that oppress and silence. Each poem is a heartfelt testament to the struggles, victories, and quiet revolutions that shape our existence, giving voice to stories that are often marginalized or ignored.
By: William Gomes
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Magic Enuff
- By: Tara M Stringfellow
- Narrated by: Tara M Stringfellow
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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An electrifying collection of poems that tells a universal tale of survival and revolution through the lens of Black femininity. Tara Stringfellow embraces complexity, grappling with the sometimes painful, sometimes wonderful way two conflicting things can be true at the same time. How it's possible to have a strong voice and also feel silenced. To be loyal to things and people that betray us. To burn as hot with rage as we do with love.
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Poetic Relationship Moments
- By: Michael G. Wright
- Narrated by: Ray Jericho
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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My creation is about people's emotions during a relationship and possible outcomes. Despite our various backgrounds, we have an intriguing commonality--romantic relationships. Sharing smiles and cries with a partner on an intimate level is a familiar societal structure. This bond can be initiated with a stare, a laugh, or a simple conversation. Then it can evolve in the workplace, gym, nightclub, worshipping center, etc. Nobody truly wants to be alone.
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Poetry Is Cool
- Poems and Lyrics by Joe Lyon
- By: Joe Lyon
- Narrated by: David Angelo
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
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Poetry Is Cool contains poetry and lyrics by Joe Lyon.
By: Joe Lyon
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A Hidden Garden
- By: Whitley Strieber
- Narrated by: Whitley Strieber
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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A Hidden Garden is Whitley Strieber's first book of poetry. Whitley has been writing poems for many years, but previously only shared them with friends. This book contains poems he has written since 1980, but most of them were written since 2015. Just one of the poems, "Somebody Kissed Me," directly refers to his experiences with the otherworldly presence he calls the visitors, but it eloquently expresses the power and mystery of this very special part of his life.
By: Whitley Strieber
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Two Poems from World War One
- By: John McCrae, Wilfred Owen
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 3 mins
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An English poet and soldier, Owen depicted more graphically and effectively than any poet before him the horrors and realities of fighting in the trenches. His poignant verse has made him one of the greatest voices to emerge from World War I.
By: John McCrae, and others
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The Frozen Earth & Other Poems
- Poems from the author of South Riding
- By: Winifred Holtby
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker
- Length: 19 mins
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Winifred Holtby was born on 23rd June 1898 to a prosperous farming family in the village of Rudston in Yorkshire. Her early novels met with only moderate success but as a journalist she was both prolific and increasingly well-known. Her articles graced more than 20 newspapers and magazines, including the Manchester Guardian newspaper.
By: Winifred Holtby
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The Lover's Complaint
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker
- Length: 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Despite William Shakespeare being regarded as the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, relatively little is known about his early life and his later ‘lost years’. Even the exact date of his birth is uncertain. 23rd April generally accepted to be the date of his birth, could be a scholarly mistake amplified by the coincidence of it also being the date of his death. His iconic status now spans global literature and stems directly from the magnitude of his plays, both tragedies and comedies, and his poetry which is often cited as some of the greatest love poetry ever written.
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The Narrative Poetry
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
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Despite William Shakespeare being regarded as the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, relatively little is known about his early life and his later ‘lost years’. Even the exact date of his birth is uncertain. 23rd April generally accepted to be the date of his birth, could be a scholarly mistake amplified by the coincidence of it also being the date of his death. His iconic status now spans global literature and stems directly from the magnitude of his plays, both tragedies and comedies, and his poetry which is often cited as some of the greatest love poetry ever written.
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Venus and Adonis
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
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Despite William Shakespeare being regarded as the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, relatively little is known about his early life and his later ‘lost years’. Even the exact date of his birth is uncertain. 23rd April generally accepted to be the date of his birth, could be a scholarly mistake amplified by the coincidence of it also being the date of his death. His iconic status now spans global literature and stems directly from the magnitude of his plays, both tragedies and comedies, and his poetry which is often cited as some of the greatest love poetry ever written.
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The Prophet
- By: Kahlil Gibran
- Narrated by: Daniel Noyes
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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In the timeless classic "The Prophet," Kahlil Gibran invites listeners into a mystical journey, weaving together profound wisdom with poetic elegance. Originally published in 1923, this masterpiece transcends generations, offering solace, guidance, and enlightenment to seekers of truth and beauty.
By: Kahlil Gibran
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Hope, Beauty and Friendship
- By: John Angus Walker-Smith
- Narrated by: John Angus Walker-Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
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This selection of poems by a new author was triggered by the tragic death of his 28-year-old daughter. So the collection begins with loss and the aftermath of loss: the hope of the author that his daughter and he may be reunited in the life to come. This hope underlies many of the poems. This is clearly articulated in ‘Osler and Son’, where a father grieves for loss of his son in World War I but in a stoical, unexpressed manner.
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Perspective: Poems
- By: Christie Leigh Babirad
- Narrated by: Aubrey Jones
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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Perspective is the common thread through all the events of life that, depending on how you view what takes place, brings you to the other side for better or worse. Perspective will always be the main player in your story of what you love, embrace, and manifest, as well as what you dislike and need to set free from your heart. Which stance will you take?
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Three Poems on Age
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Gregory Sheridan
- Length: 22 mins
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Despite Eliot's comparative youth at the time (he was in his early thirties) each poem brilliantly captures different aspects of the profound effect of the aging process on human aspiration.
By: T. S. Eliot