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47 Ronin
- By: John Allyn, Stephen Turnbull - foreword
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
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This is the definitive, fascinating account of this unforgettable tale of a band of samurai who defied the Emperor to avenge the disgrace and death of their master....
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A great story
- By Taarente on 08-08-23
By: John Allyn, and others
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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
- Unabridged
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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 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 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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The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei (Volume One: The Gathering)
- By: David Tod Roy - translator
- Narrated by: George Backman
- Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
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In this first of a planned five-volume set, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei....
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A borring classic
- By Kamil Symela on 30-10-22
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47 Ronin
- By: John Allyn, Stephen Turnbull - foreword
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the definitive, fascinating account of this unforgettable tale of a band of samurai who defied the Emperor to avenge the disgrace and death of their master....
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A great story
- By Taarente on 08-08-23
By: John Allyn, and others
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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
- Unabridged
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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 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 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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The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei (Volume One: The Gathering)
- By: David Tod Roy - translator
- Narrated by: George Backman
- Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In this first of a planned five-volume set, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei....
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A borring classic
- By Kamil Symela on 30-10-22
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人間失格
- By: 太宰 治
- Narrated by: 清水 秀光
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
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主人公である「自分」は人と違う感覚を持っており、それゆえに他人とまともに会話が出来ない。周囲の人々に対する恐怖を道化を演じることでごまかしてきた。それにより、尊敬される、ということなるが、今度は、道化が見破られるのではないかという恐怖を感じるようになる…。そして道化は「或るひとりの全知全能の者に見破られる」という事件が起きる。「人間、失格。もはや、自分は、完
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A depressing, poignant look at the human condition
- By Lieven Sommen on 06-02-23
By: 太宰 治
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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 Way of Chuang Tzu (Second Edition)
- By: Thomas Merton
- Narrated by: Greg Chun
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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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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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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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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注文の多い料理店
- By: 宮澤 賢治
- Narrated by: 上泉 雄一
- Length: 21 mins
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『注文の多い料理店』は、1924年(大正13年)9作品を収めた短編集『注文の多い料理店』の表題作。二人の青年紳士が猟に出て路に迷い、入ったレストランで経営者から逆にとんでもない注文されてしまう話で、都会文明に対する賢治の痛烈な批評精神をあらわした作品。 宮沢 賢治(みやざわ けんじ、岩手県生まれ、1896年 - 1933年)。童話作家、詩人。郷土をこよなく愛し、作品中にも岩手をモチーフにした架空
By: 宮澤 賢治
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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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Short Stories in Korean for Intermediate Learners
- By: Olly Richards
- Narrated by: Arthur Lee
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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Short Stories in Korean for Intermediate Learners has been written especially for students from low-intermediate to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and most importantly - enjoyment....
By: Olly Richards
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Japanese Short Stories for Beginners: 20 Captivating Short Stories to Learn Japanese & Grow Your Vocabulary the Fun Way!
- Easy Japanese Stories, Book 2
- By: Lingo Mastery
- Narrated by: Jason Sullivan, Rieah Masubuchi
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
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Looking to step up your Japanese before that big trip next year? Are you getting prepared for an interview with a recruiter in Tokyo? Maybe you’re tired of reading the subtitles on the latest anime! No language is easy to learn without practicing....
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Up to date stories
- By Vie on 05-03-24
By: Lingo Mastery
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吾輩は猫である
- By: 夏目 漱石
- Narrated by: 渡辺 知明
- Length: 19 hrs and 28 mins
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一匹の猫の目を通して人間社会を風刺的に描き、世代を超えて読み継がれている名作。
『吾輩は猫である』は明治38年(1905年)に発表された夏目漱石による最初の長編小説であり、「吾輩は猫である。名前はまだ無い。」の書き出しであまりに有名な作品である。
“先生""の家に住みついた猫“吾輩""の視点から観察される苦沙弥先生ら滑稽な人間たちの様子は、朗読でこそ、また新たな楽しみを
By: 夏目 漱石
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Guide (Hindi Edition)
- By: R.K. Narayan
- Narrated by: Shashi Chaturvedi
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
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R.K. Narayan’s reputation as one of the founding figures of Indian writing in English is re-examined in this comprehensive study of his fiction, which offers detailed readings of all his novels....
By: R.K. Narayan
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7 Secrets of Shiva
- The Hindu Trinity Series
- By: Devdutt Pattanaik
- Narrated by: Sagar Arya
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
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The author, Devdutt Pattanaik, introduces listeners to the varied aspects and representations of Shiva, and then sets about interpreting them....
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芥川龍之介名作選
- By: 芥川 龍之介
- Narrated by: 西村 俊彦
- Length: 19 hrs and 39 mins
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東京帝国大学在学中の作品『羅生門』から晩年の代表作『河童』まで、珠玉の29作品を発表順に収録しています。今なお日本人を魅了し続ける芥川の名作を、プロの朗読でお楽しみください。
By: 芥川 龍之介
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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
- Unabridged
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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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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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雪国
- By: 川端 康成
- Narrated by: 榊原 忠美
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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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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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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日本文学名作集
- By: でじじ
- Narrated by: でじじ
- Length: 118 hrs and 40 mins
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ピンポイントで誰の何の作品を聴いたら良いかわからない、でも日本文学に興味がある、そういう声にお応えし、著名な作家・有名な作品を選びました。
By: でじじ
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The Bhakti Poet Saints
- By: Mirabai Kabir, Guru Nanak, Various
- Narrated by: Ghizela Rowe, David Shaw-Parker, Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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Whilst Europe endured the Dark Ages in the 6th & 7th Centuries, devotees of Shiva and Vishnu in Southern India were creating the Bhakti Movement. Some of these exponents, as in our volume, were bestowed with the title of saint but some had the additional title of sant, swami or goswami....
By: Mirabai Kabir, and others
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A Personal Matter
- By: Kenzaburo Oe, John Nathan - translator
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
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In A Personal Matter, Oe has chosen a difficult, complex though universal subject: how does one face and react to the birth of an abnormal child....
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big themes treated with a sure touch
- By M K364758 on 04-10-13
By: Kenzaburo Oe, and others
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Beauty and Sadness
- By: Yasunari Kawabata
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Returning to Kyoto, where temple bells announce the New Year, a grave and penitent Oki is drawn to a haunting obsession from his past....
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Sublime descriptions
- By Amazon Customer on 16-02-24
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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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Nevada-Tan
- By: Leah Nanako Winkler
- Narrated by: Steven Boyer, Francis Jue, Tiffany Villarin, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
- Original Recording
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Nevada-Tan is a genre-bending new play that introduces us to Nick, a young man who struggles to escape loneliness and isolation in the years following the tragic Columbine shooting of 1999....
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Horrid
- By Susan Stone on 05-06-20
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On Being Human
- By: Ghazala Alam
- Narrated by: Ghazala Alam
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
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On Being Human is a compilation of original poems by Ghazala Alam. Written in modern Urdu and English, each poem is introduced by an English preamble detailing her inspirations and insights. Accompanied by English transliteration, her poetry is informed by her experiences as an immigrant, woman, and a person of color.
By: Ghazala Alam
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I cannot be good until you say it
- By: Sanah Ahsan
- Narrated by: Sanah Ahsan
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
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Intricately weaving Quranic verse, psychology, and the hip-hop soundtrack of their childhood, Sanah’s poems reach for divinity in the body; an archive that refuses erasure. These poems traverse unruly emotional and physical landscapes, Whiteness, islamophobia, homophobia, intergenerational suffering, and the politics of therapeutic processes. In these pages, belief and unbelief, goodness and badness, the material and spiritual are intertwined, reclaiming queer love and desire as holy.
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Asian Anthology: New Writing Vol. 1
- Stories by Writers from around the World
- By: Ivy Ngeow, MK Eidson, Marc de Faoite, and others
- Narrated by: Kelly Wilkinson
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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Asian Anthology: New Writing Vol. 1 is a showcase of short stories and place writing by both new and more established prize-winning writers. Some unexpected, a few surreal and others traditional, these are 22 compelling stories of irony, humanity and satire, exploring a range of subject matter to reveal a glimpse of modern Asian society and culture: a funeral in India, a hotel encounter in Japan, a sleepless night in Hong Kong.
By: Ivy Ngeow, and others
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The Soul of An Indian: Charles A. Eastman Collection
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- By: Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa)
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- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
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Charles Eastman, Ohiyesa, was born of the Sioux Nation, the Lakota tribe. Here as no where else is described the sacred and beautiful life of the American Indian before the appearance of the white man and afterwards.
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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 author of The Prophet - a philosopher at his window commenting on the scene passing below. In the Arab world, Gibran is regarded as a literary and political rebel. His romantic style was at the heart of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature, especially prose poetry, breaking away from the classical school. In modern Lebanon, he is still celebrated as a literary hero.
By: Kahlil Gibran
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Tomorrow Someone Will Arrest You
- By: Meena Kandasamy
- Narrated by: Meena Kandasamy
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
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Tomorrow Someone Will Arrest You cements Meena Kandasamy as one of the most exciting, radical thinkers at work today. These poems chronicle wanting, art-making, and the practicing of resistance and solidarity in the face of a hostile state. Here, the personal is political, and Kandasamy moves between sex, desire, family and wider societal issues of caste, the refugee crisis, and freedom of expression with grace and defiance. This is a bold, unforgettable collection by a poet who compels us to sit up and listen.
By: Meena Kandasamy
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On Being Human
- By: Ghazala Alam
- Narrated by: Ghazala Alam
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
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On Being Human is a compilation of original poems by Ghazala Alam. Written in modern Urdu and English, each poem is introduced by an English preamble detailing her inspirations and insights. Accompanied by English transliteration, her poetry is informed by her experiences as an immigrant, woman, and a person of color.
By: Ghazala Alam
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I cannot be good until you say it
- By: Sanah Ahsan
- Narrated by: Sanah Ahsan
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
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Intricately weaving Quranic verse, psychology, and the hip-hop soundtrack of their childhood, Sanah’s poems reach for divinity in the body; an archive that refuses erasure. These poems traverse unruly emotional and physical landscapes, Whiteness, islamophobia, homophobia, intergenerational suffering, and the politics of therapeutic processes. In these pages, belief and unbelief, goodness and badness, the material and spiritual are intertwined, reclaiming queer love and desire as holy.
By: Sanah Ahsan
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Asian Anthology: New Writing Vol. 1
- Stories by Writers from around the World
- By: Ivy Ngeow, MK Eidson, Marc de Faoite, and others
- Narrated by: Kelly Wilkinson
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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Asian Anthology: New Writing Vol. 1 is a showcase of short stories and place writing by both new and more established prize-winning writers. Some unexpected, a few surreal and others traditional, these are 22 compelling stories of irony, humanity and satire, exploring a range of subject matter to reveal a glimpse of modern Asian society and culture: a funeral in India, a hotel encounter in Japan, a sleepless night in Hong Kong.
By: Ivy Ngeow, and others
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The Soul of An Indian: Charles A. Eastman Collection
- The Soul of An Indian - Indian Heroes And Great Chieftains - Indian Boyhood - From Deep Woods to Civilization
- By: Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa)
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Charles Eastman, Ohiyesa, was born of the Sioux Nation, the Lakota tribe. Here as no where else is described the sacred and beautiful life of the American Indian before the appearance of the white man and afterwards.
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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 author of The Prophet - a philosopher at his window commenting on the scene passing below. In the Arab world, Gibran is regarded as a literary and political rebel. His romantic style was at the heart of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature, especially prose poetry, breaking away from the classical school. In modern Lebanon, he is still celebrated as a literary hero.
By: Kahlil Gibran
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Tomorrow Someone Will Arrest You
- By: Meena Kandasamy
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- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
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Tomorrow Someone Will Arrest You cements Meena Kandasamy as one of the most exciting, radical thinkers at work today. These poems chronicle wanting, art-making, and the practicing of resistance and solidarity in the face of a hostile state. Here, the personal is political, and Kandasamy moves between sex, desire, family and wider societal issues of caste, the refugee crisis, and freedom of expression with grace and defiance. This is a bold, unforgettable collection by a poet who compels us to sit up and listen.
By: Meena Kandasamy