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Acquired Tastes
- By: Peter Mayle
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
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Acquired Tastes is a celebration of life's extravagances. It explores an aspect of human nature that, although dormant in hard economic times, is capable of erupting with the hint of good fortune and the drop of a credit card. It samples the luxuries of Havana cigars, Parisian hotels, bespoke London tailoring, and handmade shoes; discusses the proper color for a stretch limousine; and weighs the cost versus the pleasure of keeping a mistress.
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Peter Mayle does it again!
- By Louise A. on 11-11-21
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Acquired Tastes
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 22-07-15
- Language: English
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The Art of Dying
- Writings, 2019-2022
- By: Peter Schjeldahl, Steve Martin - foreword by, Jarrett Earnest - introduction by
- Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
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When Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker’s art critic and the leading art writer of his generation, published his eye-opening autobiographical essay, “The Art of Dying,” in December 2019, he reported that he had lung cancer and had been given six months of life. Fortunately, his treatment was showing some improvement, and so, he wrote, “These extra months are a luxury that I hope to have put to good use.”
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The Art of Dying
- Writings, 2019-2022
- Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 14-05-24
- Language: English
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The Examined Life
- How We Lose and Find Ourselves
- By: Stephen Grosz
- Narrated by: Peter Marinker
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
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Echoing Socrates' statement that the unexamined life not worth living, psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz draws on his twenty-five years of work and more than 50,000 hours of conversations to form a collection of beautifully rendered tales that illuminate the human experience. These are stories about everyday lives, and the resulting journey will spark new ideas about who we are and why we do what we do.
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Bitesize case studies for students of counselling
- By JG on 07-12-23
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The Examined Life
- How We Lose and Find Ourselves
- Narrated by: Peter Marinker
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 24-08-23
- Language: English
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Orwell: The Essays
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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A wide-ranging selection of George Orwell's essays, written in the clear-eyed, passionate and uncompromising style that has earned him a reputation as one of Britain's greatest writers.
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This is writing
- By tony on 03-11-22
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Orwell: The Essays
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 10-01-22
- Language: English
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The Locomotive of War
- By: Peter Clarke
- Narrated by: Jeremy Clyde
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
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A fresh and fascinating reappraisal of the first half of the 20th century from one of our foremost historians. 'War, comrades,' declared Trotsky, 'is a great locomotive of history.' He was thought to be acknowledging the opportunity the First World War had offered the Bolsheviks to seize power in Russia in 1917. Peter Clarke explores the crucial ways in which war can be seen as a prime mover of history in the 20th century through the eyes of five major figures.
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The Locomotive of War
- Narrated by: Jeremy Clyde
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 17-08-17
- Language: English
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Return of the Primitive
- The Anti-Industrial Revolution
- By: Ayn Rand, Peter Schwartz
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
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In the 1960s and early '70s, the most prominent, vocal cultural movement was the New Left: a movement that condemned America and everything it stood for: individualism, material wealth, science, technology, capitalism.
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My best read this year. It is about us...
- By Amazoner on 14-07-13
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Return of the Primitive
- The Anti-Industrial Revolution
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 04-12-09
- Language: English
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Die Welt von Gestern
- Erinnerungen eines Europäers
- By: Stefan Zweig
- Narrated by: Peter Vilnai
- Length: 17 hrs and 34 mins
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Mit den Erinnerungen eines Europäers hat Stefan Zweig seine persönliche, zugleich eine der besten Analysen der Jahrzehnte zwischen dem ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert und dem 2. Weltkrieg verfasst.
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Gone with the wind
- By Catarina on 07-09-23
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Die Welt von Gestern
- Erinnerungen eines Europäers
- Narrated by: Peter Vilnai
- Length: 17 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 04-10-13
- Language: German
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The Lion and the Unicorn
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
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George Orwell's moving reflections on the English character and his passionate belief in the need for political change. 'The Lion and the Unicorn' was written in London during the worst period of the Blitz. It is vintage Orwell, a dynamic outline of his belief in socialism, patriotism and an English revolution. His fullest political statement, it has been described as 'one of the most moving and incisive portraits of the English character' and is as relevant now as it ever has been.
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The Depth of the Blitz
- By Anonymous User on 29-01-22
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The Lion and the Unicorn
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 07-01-22
- Language: English
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Rural Rides
- By: William Cobbett
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 22 hrs and 22 mins
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Between 1821 and 1826, the prolific writer and journalist William Cobbett travelled the countryside of the South of England on foot and horseback. Rural Rides is a fascinating account of his journeys, and depicts a way of life in transition, juxtaposing lyrical descriptions of the countryside with criticism of the poverty of agricultural workers. A man of radical politics who encouraged the rural rising of 1830, Cobbett went on to become MP for Oldham and sought to represent the interests of both industrial and agricultural workers. Above all, Rural Rides celebrates agrarian England.
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Excellent
- By Zadzaczadlin on 05-07-22
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Rural Rides
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 22 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 28-06-22
- Language: English
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Michel de Montaigne: The Complete Essays
- By: Michel de Montaigne
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 53 hrs and 12 mins
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In 1572, Montaigne - nobleman, humanist, and thoroughly Renaissance man - retired to the seclusion of his estate in the Dordogne and started to write. From his pen poured a stream of "essays" - attempts to capture the observations that came to him on an idiosyncratic range of subjects, from ancient customs, cannibals, and books to thumbs, war-horses, and the wearing of clothes. He made the study of himself the starting point for investigations into how to live, and wrote with a startlingly modern candor about love, grief, friendship, sex, and death.
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Michel de Montaigne: The Complete Essays
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 53 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 12-10-21
- Language: English
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The Dark Night of the Soul
- By: St. John of the Cross
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
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At the center of The Dark Night of the Soul (La noche oscura del alma) is a poem written by the 16th century Spanish poet and mystic St John of the Cross. Consisting of eight stanzas, each of five lines, the poem outlines the journey in pursuit of divine union, within which the only source of light comes from the soul. This recording in English includes the poem itself and St John's two accompanying treatises (1584-1585), essentially commentaries, which offer line-by-line explanations of the poem. Many modern listeners have found guidance and consolation in this work.
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The Dark Night of the Soul
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 13-11-20
- Language: English
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Pensées
- By: Blaise Pascal
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
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Intended to be a defense of the Christian religion, Pensées is a penetrating collection of thoughts on faith, reason, and theology. Unfinished at the time of Pascal's death, the book consists of philosophical fragments on the "wretchedness" of man and the controversial schisms of the church at the time. It includes the philosopher's infamous wager encouraging belief over agnosticism, as well as his thoughts on numerous other topics. Endlessly quotable, Pensées overflows with pearls of wisdom, each elusive sentence pregnant with a universe of thought.
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Pensées
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 21-07-18
- Language: English
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The Best American Short Stories 2020
- The Best American Series
- By: Curtis Sittenfeld - editor, Heidi Pitlor - editor
- Narrated by: Curtis Sittenfeld, Soneela Nankani, Peter Ganim, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 19 mins
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A striking and nuanced collection, bringing to life awkward college students, disgraced public figures, raunchy grandparents, and mystical godmothers. To listen to these stories is to experience the transporting joys of discovery and affirmation, and to realize that story writing in America continues to flourish.
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Are these really the ‘Best’?
- By K K Scott on 08-04-24
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The Best American Short Stories 2020
- The Best American Series
- Narrated by: Curtis Sittenfeld, Soneela Nankani, Peter Ganim, Robert Petkoff, Kevin T. Collins, Therese Plummer, Robin Miles, Gabra Zackman, Emily Woo Zeller, Tracey Leigh, Priya Ayyar, Rebecca Lowman, Ilyana Kadushin, Suzanne Toren, Cindy Kay
- Series: Best American
- Length: 16 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 10-11-20
- Language: English
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England Your England
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
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During The Blitz of 1941, as Nazi bombers flew overhead, George Orwell penned this stirring analysis of England and its people. Whilst not shying away from the difficulties of the nation, and the fractuous nature of its divisions, Orwell places a premium on the country's ability to come together in a time of crisis and protect its democratic values, even in the most dire of circumstances.
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Optimistic Orwell
- By Anonymous User on 29-01-22
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England Your England
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Release date: 10-01-22
- Language: English
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Politics and the English Language
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 42 mins
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Within this essay, Orwell criticises the 'ugly and inaccurate' written English of his time and examines the connection between political orthodoxies and the debasement of language. The essay focuses on political language, which, according to Orwell, 'is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind'. Bad English, he believed, was a vehicle for oppressive ideology.
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Orwell, thought-provoking as usual.
- By Mary Carnegie on 10-03-23
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Politics and the English Language
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 42 mins
- Release date: 20-12-21
- Language: English
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Ha minden jól megy
- By: Péter Esterházy
- Narrated by: Péter Esterházy
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
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Hogy az aktuális bornírtsággal fogalmazzak, én mindig meg szoktam írni, ha sárga a pecsenyekacsa. Itt több ilyen sárgaság, vagyis jó-ság szerepel - nekem folytonos, nagy élményem a magyar szellemi gazdagság. A gazdagsághoz természetesen a turulnosztalgia vagy általában a nemzeti giccs hol nevetséges, hol félelmetes, de mindig megbízhatóan nívótlan és mintha szaporodó megnyilvánulásai is hozzátartoznak, nemcsak az a hagyomány, amely itt, most a cd-n megszólal.
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elegánsan szórakoztató
- By anita nadasdi on 19-04-23
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Ha minden jól megy
- Narrated by: Péter Esterházy
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 28-05-20
- Language: Hungarian
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Why I Write
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 21 mins
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In this essay, Orwell describes his personal journey to becoming a writer and offers some important motives for writing. Moving from his experience of writing his first completed poems to trying his hand at short stories, to finding fame as a fully fledged writer, Orwell discusses the importance of writing, his continuous technique and sets out some important motives for becoming a writer yourself.
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Orwell's Inspiration
- By Anonymous User on 29-01-22
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Why I Write
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 21 mins
- Release date: 20-12-21
- Language: English
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Christian Reflections
- By: C. S. Lewis
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
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A fine collection of essays representing C. S. Lewis at his best and most brilliant. As ever, Lewis' clear and eloquent mind give plenty of food for thought, especially as he aims his intellectual ammunition at the modern myths still so prevalent in our postmodern culture and encourages a robust defence of the Christian Gospel.
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Christian Reflections
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 12-01-17
- Language: English
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A mi a bánat
- By: Péter Esterházy
- Narrated by: Péter Esterházy
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
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A szövegek többnyire a 20. század legvégén íródtak, de 10-20 év irodalomban nem (nagyon) számít, vagy ha számít, az nem számít; Pilinszky az Pilinszky, Kertész az Kertész, Goethe az Goethe. A rózsa az... de azt most hagyjuk. Hogy mi a bánat van itten most, arra közvetlen választ nem kapunk. Sokféle bánat van, egy részük ráadásul öröm is. "Így megy ez."
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A mi a bánat
- Narrated by: Péter Esterházy
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 28-05-20
- Language: Hungarian
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The Decline of the English Murder
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 11 mins
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'Decline of the English Murder' analyses the kinds of murders depicted in popular media during Orwell's life and why society of the time was obsessed with these grizzly crimes. Tribune published it on 15th February 1946, and Secker and Warburg republished it after his death in Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays in 1952.
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Grizzly Stuff
- By Anonymous User on 29-01-22
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The Decline of the English Murder
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 11 mins
- Release date: 07-01-22
- Language: English
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