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If This Be Magic
- The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation
- By: Daniel Hahn
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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How does Shakespeare remain Shakespeare when every word is changed? In this playful, meditative exploration of translating the world’s most beloved playwright, Daniel Hahn guides us through the magic of bringing the Bard to a global audience. Shakespeare may have breathed the air of...
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If This Be Magic
- The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 21-04-26
- Language: English
- Drama & Plays · Linguistics · Shakespeare
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Why We Talk Funny
- The Real Story Behind Our Accents
- By: Valerie Fridland
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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A fun, smart and surprising dive into the past, present and future of accents – and the enduring power of sounding different Accents have long held our fascination. As far back as the 7th century BCE, Egyptian pharaohs experimented with babies to test out theories about the “original”...
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Why We Talk Funny
- The Real Story Behind Our Accents
- Length: 9 hrs
- Release date: 21-04-26
- Language: English
- Linguistics · Social Sciences
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On Morrison
- By: Namwali Serpell
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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An illuminating, electrifying exploration of the work of Toni Morrison by an award-winning novelist and Harvard professor “In this lavish yet clear-eyed study, Serpell shows how Morrison breathed new life into the novel. This is literary criticism at its finest.”—Time “As gripping as it...
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On Morrison
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 17-02-26
- Language: English
- African American
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Don't Say Um
- How to Communicate Effectively to Live a Better Life
- By: Michael Chad Hoeppner
- Narrated by: Michael Chad Hoeppner
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Communicate with confidence and improve your presentation skills with this essential guide–because delivery matters. Michael Chad Hoeppner has coached presidential candidates, prominent CEOs, and Ivy League deans on their communication skills. Now, he shares his wide‑ranging knowledge in...
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Don't Say Um
- How to Communicate Effectively to Live a Better Life
- Narrated by: Michael Chad Hoeppner
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 07-01-25
- Language: English
- Career Success · Personal Development
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The Library
- A Fragile History
- By: Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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A history of libraries and the people who built them, from the ancient world to the digital age “Engaging [and] ambitious” (The Washington Post) The history of the library is rich, varied, and stuffed full of incident. In The Library, historians Andrew Pettegree and Arthur...
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The Library
- A Fragile History
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 09-11-21
- Language: English
- Civilization · Europe · Social Sciences
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The Sense of Style
- The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
- By: Steven Pinker
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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A short and entertaining book on the modern art of writing well by New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Do the kids today even care about good writing?...
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The Sense of Style
- The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 30-09-14
- Language: English
- Personal Development
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Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church
- The findings of the investigation that inspired the major motion picture Spotlight
- By: The Investigative Staff of the Boston Globe
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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With this exposé, the Boston Globe presents the single most comprehensive account of the cover-ups, hush money and manipulation used by the Catholic Church to keep its history of sexual abuse secret...
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Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church
- The findings of the investigation that inspired the major motion picture Spotlight
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 27-10-15
- Language: English
- Christianity · History · Politics & Government
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The Phoenix and the Carpet
- By: E. Nesbit
- Narrated by: Johanna Ward
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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In this follow-up to Nesbit’s classic Five Children and It, Cyril, Robert, Anthea, Jane, and the Lamb have more magical adventures in store when a mysterious egg hatches in the nursery fireplace. Out comes a flame-colored bird, the Phoenix, who, though a bit conceited, proves very helpful indeed. The bird kindly explains that the second-hand Persian carpet recently acquired for the nursery is actually a flying one. On it, they may travel to any place and time that they wish. But once again, the children find that magic does not always go as planned.
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The Phoenix and the Carpet is Amazing and so imaginative!!!
- By Anonymous on 13-12-23
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The Phoenix and the Carpet
- Narrated by: Johanna Ward
- Series: The Psammead Trilogy, Book 2
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 31-08-12
- Language: English
- Linguistics · Social Sciences · Magic
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The Copywriter's Handbook
- A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing Copy That Sells, 4th Edition
- By: Robert W. Bly
- Narrated by: Barry Abrams
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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This is a book for everyone who writes or approves copy: copywriters, multichannel marketers, creative directors, freelance writers, marketing managers...even small business owners and information marketers. It reveals dozens of copywriting techniques that can help you write both print and online ads, emails, and websites that are clear, persuasive, and get more attention-and sell more products. Among the tips revealed:
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Awesome book!
- By Gus Oliver on 11-07-25
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The Copywriter's Handbook
- A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing Copy That Sells, 4th Edition
- Narrated by: Barry Abrams
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 29-09-20
- Language: English
- Marketing · Writing & Publishing
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Plain Tales from the Hills
- By: Rudyard Kipling
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Including the stories "Lispeth", "Beyond the Pale", and "In the Pride of His Youth", this collection tells of soldiers, wise children, exiles, forbidden romances, and divided identities, creating a rich portrait of Anglo-Indian society. Originally published for a newspaper in Lahore when Kipling was a journalist, the tales were later revised by him to re-create as vividly as possible the sights and smells of India for readers at home.
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Plain Tales from the Hills
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 30-11-16
- Language: English
- Linguistics · Anthologies · Classics
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Scots: The Mither Tongue
- By: Billy Kay
- Narrated by: Billy Kay
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance49
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Scots: The Mither Tongue is a classic of contemporary Scottish culture and essential listening for those who care about their country's identity in the 21st century. It is a passionately written history of how the Scots have come to speak the way they do and has acted as a catalyst for radical changes in attitude towards the language. In this revised edition, Kay vigorously renews the social, cultural, and political debate on Scotland's linguistic future, and argues convincingly for the necessity to retain and extend Scots if the nation is to hold on to its intrinsic values.
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Breathing life into a living tongue
- By Mr C J Dalzell on 23-01-22
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Scots: The Mither Tongue
- Narrated by: Billy Kay
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 16-11-21
- Language: English
- Great Britain · Europe · Linguistics
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The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
- By: John Koenig
- Narrated by: John Koenig
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “It’s undeniably thrilling to find words for our strangest feelings…Koenig casts light into lonely corners of human experience…An enchanting book. “ —The Washington Post A truly original book in every sense of the word, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows...
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12 years of anticipation for a stunning payoff
- By Amazon Customer on 28-11-21
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The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
- Narrated by: John Koenig
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 16-11-21
- Language: English
- Nonfiction · Philosophy · Social Sciences
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The Language Hoax
- Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language
- By: John H. McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance35
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This short, opinionated audiobook addresses the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which argues that the language we speak shapes the way we perceive the world. Linguist John McWhorter argues that while this idea is mesmerizing, it is plainly wrong. It is language that reflects culture and worldview, not the other way around.
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Fantastic Work
- By Azura S on 24-11-20
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The Language Hoax
- Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 30-01-15
- Language: English
- Linguistics · Personal Development · Psychology
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The Dawn of Language
- The Story of How We Came to Talk
- By: Sverker Johansson, Frank Perry - translator
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawing on evidence from many fields, including archaeology, anthropology, neurology and linguistics, Sverker Johansson weaves these disparate threads together to show how our human ancestors evolved into language users. The Dawn of Language provides a fascinating survey of how grammar came into being and the differences or similarities between languages spoken around the world, before exploring how language eventually emerged in the very remote human past.
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Amazing book
- By Ivan Dimitrov on 15-01-22
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The Dawn of Language
- The Story of How We Came to Talk
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 02-09-21
- Language: English
- Linguistics · Psychology · Social Sciences
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A Life in Questions
- By: Jeremy Paxman
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall527
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Performance476
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The witty, incisive and frank memoirs from the legend of Newsnight and long-standing quiz master of University Challenge. Filled with views, opinions and stories from 4 decades in front of the camera. ‘Bursting with good things’ Daily Telegraph During 25 years as BBC Newsnight’s supreme...
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Paxman on Paxman, what's not to love?
- By Savvyman on 01-11-16
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A Life in Questions
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 06-10-16
- Language: English
- Celebrity · Art & Literature
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Pimsleur German Level 1 Lessons 11-15
- Learn to Speak, Read, and Understand German with Pimsleur Language Progams.
- By: Pimsleur
- Narrated by: Pimsleur
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn German With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in German — to understand and be understood — quickly and effectively. You’ll learn vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation together through conversation. And our scientifically proven program will help...
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Pimsleur German Level 1 Lessons 11-15
- Learn to Speak, Read, and Understand German with Pimsleur Language Progams.
- Narrated by: Pimsleur
- Series: Pimsleur German, Book 3
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 17-12-24
- Language: English
- Education · German · Language Learning
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How to Write a Thesis
- By: Umberto Eco
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance24
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By the time Umberto Eco published his best-selling novel The Name of the Rose, he was one of Italy's most celebrated intellectuals, a distinguished academic and the author of influential works on semiotics. Some years before that, in 1977, Eco published a little book for his students, How to Write a Thesis, in which he offered useful advice on all the steps involved in researching and writing a thesis.
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For humanities only
- By Sa.Jo on 15-03-16
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How to Write a Thesis
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 17-04-15
- Language: English
- Education
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John Halifax, Gentleman
- By: Dinah Craik Peter
- Narrated by: Peter Newcombe Joyce
- Length: 22 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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The story chronicles the class movement of the time and gives us a remarkable description of social, political and industrial change. Set in Gloucestershire in the heart of England and told by Phineas, his soul mate and lifelong friend, who observes John through all his glorious moments, self-doubt and resolution, the story is simple, uplifting and heroic. It is a detailed study of a man and his family that also presents the listener with a broad view of Britain during one of its most troubled times.
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As relevant now
- By C M J Warner on 09-11-20
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John Halifax, Gentleman
- Narrated by: Peter Newcombe Joyce
- Length: 22 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 29-09-17
- Language: English
- Linguistics · Classics · Social Sciences
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Short Stories in Russian for Beginners
- By: Olly Richards, Alex Rawlings
- Narrated by: Alexander Mercury
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance19
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Short Stories in Russian for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories are designed to give you a sense of achievement and a feeling of progress when listening. From science fiction to fantasy, to crime and thrillers, Short Stories in Russian for Beginners will make learning Russian easy and enjoyable.
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Great Companion to the book
- By Joshwright10 on 29-12-19
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Short Stories in Russian for Beginners
- Narrated by: Alexander Mercury
- Series: Teach Yourself Foreign Language Graded Reader Series
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 04-10-18
- Language: English
- Language Learning · Linguistics · Russian
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A Little Book of Language
- By: David Crystal
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall33
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Performance26
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With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant. In this charming volume, a narrative history written explicitly for a young audience, expert linguist David Crystal proves why the story of language deserves retelling. From the first words of an infant to the peculiar modern dialect of text messaging, A Little Book of Language ranges widely, revealing language's myriad intricacies and quirks.
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Basic but interesting, better in print form
- By Scifisam on 23-05-15
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A Little Book of Language
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Series: Little Histories Series
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 09-08-12
- Language: English
- Language Learning · Civilization · Linguistics
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