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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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Tales of Japan
- Traditional Stories of Monsters and Magic
- By: Chronicle Books
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
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This collection of 15 traditional Japanese folktales transports listeners to a time of adventure and enchantment. Drawn from the works of folklorists Lafcadio Hearn and Yei Theodora Ozaki, these tales are by turns terrifying, exhilarating, and poetic....
By: Chronicle Books
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Sand and Foam
- By: Kahlil Gibran
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 58 mins
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Kahlil Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu. Sand and Foam is a book of aphorisms, poems, and parables by the...
By: Kahlil Gibran
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こころ
- By: 夏目 漱石
- Narrated by: 西村 俊彦
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
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明治期の文学者、夏目漱石の長編小説。「東京朝日新聞」「大阪朝日新聞」[1914(大正3)年]。「先生と私」「両親と私」「先生と遺書」の3部からなる晩年の傑作。
By: 夏目 漱石
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Ramayana
- India's Immortal Tale of Adventure, Love and Wisdom
- By: Krishna Dharma, Valmiki Ramayana
- Narrated by: Krishna Dharma
- Length: 19 hrs and 13 mins
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Ramayana must rank as one of the most loved and revered books of all time. A part of India's ancient Vedas, it is a beautiful story of romance and adventure....
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recommended
- By Florian on 13-10-17
By: Krishna Dharma, and others
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The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha
- A Translation of the Majjhima Nikāya
- By: Bhikkhu Ñānamoli, Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Narrated by: Taradasa
- Length: 47 hrs and 22 mins
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This book offers a complete translation of the Majjhima Nikāya, or Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pāli Canon, the authorised scriptures of Theravada Buddhism....
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A great achievement!
- By Anonymous User on 29-09-19
By: Bhikkhu Ñānamoli, and others
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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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Tales of Japan
- Traditional Stories of Monsters and Magic
- By: Chronicle Books
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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This collection of 15 traditional Japanese folktales transports listeners to a time of adventure and enchantment. Drawn from the works of folklorists Lafcadio Hearn and Yei Theodora Ozaki, these tales are by turns terrifying, exhilarating, and poetic....
By: Chronicle Books
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Sand and Foam
- By: Kahlil Gibran
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Kahlil Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu. Sand and Foam is a book of aphorisms, poems, and parables by the...
By: Kahlil Gibran
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こころ
- By: 夏目 漱石
- Narrated by: 西村 俊彦
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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明治期の文学者、夏目漱石の長編小説。「東京朝日新聞」「大阪朝日新聞」[1914(大正3)年]。「先生と私」「両親と私」「先生と遺書」の3部からなる晩年の傑作。
By: 夏目 漱石
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Ramayana
- India's Immortal Tale of Adventure, Love and Wisdom
- By: Krishna Dharma, Valmiki Ramayana
- Narrated by: Krishna Dharma
- Length: 19 hrs and 13 mins
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Ramayana must rank as one of the most loved and revered books of all time. A part of India's ancient Vedas, it is a beautiful story of romance and adventure....
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recommended
- By Florian on 13-10-17
By: Krishna Dharma, and others
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The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha
- A Translation of the Majjhima Nikāya
- By: Bhikkhu Ñānamoli, Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Narrated by: Taradasa
- Length: 47 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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This book offers a complete translation of the Majjhima Nikāya, or Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pāli Canon, the authorised scriptures of Theravada Buddhism....
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A great achievement!
- By Anonymous User on 29-09-19
By: Bhikkhu Ñānamoli, and others
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糞尿譚
- By: 火野 葦平
- Narrated by: 髙坂 篤志
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
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彦太郎は、とりたてて取り柄のない男で、唯一の特技が、 「じゅげむじゅげむごこうのすりきれず……」の、「長久名の長助」の名前を、 一字一句間違えずに言えることだ。 そんな彼が、汲み取りの商売をはじめるが、予想が外れて、なかなか採算がとれない。 金を借りるため、土地の有力者にかけあうことになった。
By: 火野 葦平
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The Sound of Waves
- By: Yukio Mishima
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 5 hrs
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Set in a remote fishing village in Japan, The Sound of Waves is a timeless story of first love. A young fisherman is entranced at the sight of the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the village....
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Through That Perilous Night
- By Antti on 27-10-14
By: Yukio Mishima
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The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
- A Translation of the Saṃyutta Nikaya
- By: Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Narrated by: Taradasa
- Length: 57 hrs and 58 mins
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This volume offers a complete translation of the Saṃyutta Nikāya, The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, the third of the four great collections in the Sutta Pitaka of the Pāli Canon....
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This work needs to be read by someone else
- By FosseFox on 06-03-21
By: Bhikkhu Bodhi
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The Water Margin
- Outlaws of the Marsh
- By: Shi Naian, J. H. Jackson - translator, Edwin Lowe - translator
- Narrated by: Jonathan Booth
- Length: 33 hrs and 41 mins
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The Water Margin is one of the most popular classics of early Chinese literature. It tells the vigorous story of 108 characters who, falling foul of the established state authorities, are forced to become outlaws....
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Very engaging but too many characters
- By Christian B on 15-02-24
By: Shi Naian, and others
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The Narrow Road to the Interior and Hojoki
- By: Matsuo Basho, Kamo no Chomei
- Narrated by: Togo Igawa
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
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The Narrow Road to the Interior and Hojoki are two of the best-loved works of their kind, famous for their beautiful, delicate verse and subtle insight into the human condition....
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Straw slippers
- By Rogayah on 23-09-08
By: Matsuo Basho, and others
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The Way of Chuang Tzu (Second Edition)
- By: Thomas Merton
- Narrated by: Greg Chun
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
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Classic writings from the great Zen master in exquisite versions by Thomas Merton, with a preface by his holiness the Dalai Lama, now in audio for the first time....
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A decent abridgement of the key ideas
- By Adrian J. Smith on 22-04-21
By: Thomas Merton
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雪国
- By: 川端 康成
- Narrated by: 榊原 忠美
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
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”国境の長いトンネルを抜けると雪国であった。夜の底が白くなった。” とはじまってゆき、”「この子、気がちがうわ。気がちがうわ。」・・・・” と、終わってゆく。 雪にはじまり、炎におわる、薫りたつような一編。 うつろいゆく愛を描いた、すみずみまで美しくエロティックなこのノーベル文学賞受賞作を、俳優であり、また「『木を植えた人』を聴くプロジェクト」等で知られる朗読家である 榊原忠美が、じっくりとよみあ
By: 川端 康成
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Kwaidan
- Stories and Studies of Strange Things
- By: Lafcadio Hearn
- Narrated by: Blaise Adams
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, was an Irish writer known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo. His book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, comprises two parts, the first being the "Kwaidan Proper" and the second, "Insect-Studies"....
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Narration like something from a corporate training video
- By B O'Donnell B on 05-09-21
By: Lafcadio Hearn
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Japon, les fleurs d'un monde flottant avec Amélie Nothomb
- By: Amélie Nothomb, Laureline Amanieux
- Narrated by: Amélie Nothomb, Julie Moulier
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
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Après sa Divine Comédie, voyage sonore dans la Mythologie européenne, la romancière Amélie Nothomb nous accompagne, dans une deuxième saison très...
By: Amélie Nothomb, and others
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Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids
- By: Kenzaburo Oe, Maki Sugiyama - translator, Paul St. John Mackintosh - translator
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
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Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids recounts the exploits of 15 teenage reformatory boys evacuated to a remote mountain village in wartime....
By: Kenzaburo Oe, and others
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Miyazakiworld
- A Life in Art
- By: Susan Napier
- Narrated by: Susan Napier
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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Japanese culture and animation scholar Susan Napier explores the life and art of extraordinary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, including his significant impact on Japan and the world, to provide a definitive account of his oeuvre....
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Excellent
- By L. Taylor on 08-05-19
By: Susan Napier
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The Three Kingdoms
- By: Luo Guanzhong, Christine Sun
- Narrated by: Michelle Tate
- Length: 39 mins
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The Three Kingdoms is one of the Chinese Noble Classics....
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Good brief view of events
- By Amazon Customer on 08-05-17
By: Luo Guanzhong, and others
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Plato's Republic
- By: Plato
- Narrated by: Ray Childs
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
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The Republic poses questions that endure: What is justice? What form of community fosters the best possible life for human beings? What is the nature and destiny of the soul? Find out....
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Exceptional Narration
- By Jim Wang on 02-03-20
By: Plato
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El Filibusterismo [Filibusterism] (English Edition)
- By: Jose Rizal, Leon Ma. Guerrero - translator
- Narrated by: Richard E. Grant
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
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Few novels have made a more shattering impact on their society than El Filibusterismo - and its predecessor, Noli Me Tangere, by Jose Rizal. And surely no writer has paid a higher penalty for self-expression....
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A wonderful performance of an underrated gem
- By Mark Rayner on 05-09-22
By: Jose Rizal, and others
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Scion of Ikshvaku
- Ram Chandra Series, Book 1
- By: Amish
- Narrated by: Sagar Arya
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
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Ram Rajya. The Perfect Land. But perfection has a price. He paid that price....
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Excellent story writing
- By Pragash on 11-11-17
By: Amish
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The Imperial Alchemist
- Georgia Lee, Book 1
- By: A. H. Wang
- Narrated by: Luke Welland
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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210 BC, China. The most powerful emperor China has ever known is on the brink of death. In desperation, he sends his most gifted alchemist and sorcerer on a quest for the mythical elixir of life. His fleet never returned....
By: A. H. Wang
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7 Secrets of the Goddess
- The Hindu Trinity Series
- By: Devdutt Pattanaik
- Narrated by: Sagar Arya
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
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Taken literally, stories, symbols and rituals of Hindu mythology have much to say about gender relationships. Taken symbolically, they reveal many more things....
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I now remember the secret!
- By Amilton De Sousa on 20-05-24
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Intermediate Chinese Short Stories: 10 Captivating Short Stories to Learn Chinese & Grow Your Vocabulary the Fun Way!
- Intermediate Chinese Stories
- By: Lingo Mastery
- Narrated by: Lin Xiong
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
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Improve your Chinese skills and grow your vocabulary with these 10 entertaining Chinese short stories....
By: Lingo Mastery
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No Longer Human - Confessions of a Faulty Man
- By: Osamu Dazai
- Narrated by: Simon Jackson
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
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No Longer Human (1948, Ningen Shikkaku / A Shameful Life / Confessions of a Faulty Man) was an attack on the traditions of Japan, capturing the postwar...
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Good story but...
- By Sharon on 10-03-24
By: Osamu Dazai
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Flèche
- By: Mary Jean Chan
- Narrated by: Mary Jean Chan
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
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Flèche (the French word for 'arrow') is an offensive technique commonly used in fencing, a sport of Mary Jean Chan's young adult years, when she competed locally and internationally for her home city, Hong Kong....
By: Mary Jean Chan
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Cuentos tradicionales de Japón
- By: Richard Gordon Smith
- Narrated by: Jesús Brotóns
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
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Con una sensibilidad inusitada y un espectacular buen ojo para abordar aspectos culturales e idiosincráticos de la cultura japonesa...
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La cucina degli incontri della signora Megumi
- By: Eiko Yamaguchi
- Narrated by: Annalisa Longo
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
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Nel quartiere di Yotsuya, a Tokyo, c’è un piccolo locale, uno shokudo, specializzato in oden, tipiche zuppe giapponesi, e stuzzichini a base di...
By: Eiko Yamaguchi
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Traditions
- Essays on the Japanese Martial Arts and Ways
- By: Dave Lowry
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
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The goals of the budo - the martial arts and ways of Japan - lie in refining the body and spirit. These goals are not always the obvious ones - and are learned only through the guidance and direction of great teachers....
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Great book, full of introspection
- By Kindle Customer on 02-07-18
By: Dave Lowry
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Sita: Warrior of Mithila
- By: Amish
- Narrated by: Sagar Arya
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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India, 3400 BCE. The ancient kingdom of Mithila is divided by corruption, resentment, and poverty. An abandoned baby is found in a field protected by a vulture from a pack of wolves....
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wow
- By Anonymous User on 19-01-23
By: Amish