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Agnes Grey
- Penguin Classics
- By: Anne Brontë, Angeline Goreau - introduction
- Narrated by: Louise Brealey
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance17
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Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Louise Brealey, known for her roles in Sherlock, Clique and Death in Paradise. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Angeline Goreau. When her family becomes impoverished after a disastrous financial speculation...
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Classic in every sense
- By Linton Edwards on 28-01-20
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Agnes Grey
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Louise Brealey
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 17-01-20
- Language: English
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Talking Back, Talking Black
- Truths About America's Lingua Franca
- By: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall22
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Performance20
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Linguists have been studying Black English as a speech variety for years, arguing to the public that it is different from Standard English, not a degradation of it. Yet false assumptions and controversies still swirl around what it means to speak and sound "Black." In his first book devoted solely to the form, structure, and development of Black English, John McWhorter clearly explains its fundamentals and rich history while carefully examining the cultural, educational, and political issues that have undermined recognition of this transformative, empowering dialect.
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Interesting
- By Louise on 11-09-21
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Talking Back, Talking Black
- Truths About America's Lingua Franca
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 30-04-19
- Language: English
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The Riddle of the Labyrinth
- The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
- By: Margalit Fox
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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In the tradition of Simon Winchester and Dava Sobel, The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code tells one of the most intriguing stories in the history of language, masterfully blending history, linguistics, and cryptology with an elegantly wrought narrative. When famed archaeologist Arthur Evans unearthed the ruins of a sophisticated Bronze Age civilization that flowered on Crete 1,000 years before Greece's Classical Age, he discovered a cache of ancient tablets, Europe's earliest written records.
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perfect for the linguistic enthusiast
- By sere on 13-06-25
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The Riddle of the Labyrinth
- The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 23-09-13
- Language: English
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Yiddish
- A Nation of Words
- By: Miriam Weinstein
- Narrated by: J. L. Glick
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance11
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Here is the remarkable story of how this humble language took vigorous root in Eastern European shtetls and in the Jewish quarters of cities across Europe; how it achieved a rich literary flowering between the wars in Europe and America; how it was rejected by emancipated Jews; and how it fell victim to the Holocaust. And also how, in yet another twist of destiny, Yiddish today is becoming the darling of academia. Yiddish is a history as story; a tale of flesh-and-blood people with manic humor.
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great
- By felix on 30-03-19
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Yiddish
- A Nation of Words
- Narrated by: J. L. Glick
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 08-03-12
- Language: English
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The Poor Clare
- By: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance72
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The intentional killing of a woman's dog unleashes a torrent of rage. In her desire for revenge, the woman curses the dog's killer: All that the murderer loves most, he will lose. This haunting tale brilliantly demonstrates Elizabeth Gaskell's understanding of the tensions between Catholics and Protestants and the harsh realities of class society.
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Not for me.
- By Vicbo on 12-03-21
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The Poor Clare
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 30-12-15
- Language: English
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Jude the Obscure
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Abridged
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Overall23
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Performance20
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Penguin Classics presents Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure, adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by Samuel West. 'As you got older, ... you were seized with a sort of shuddering, he perceived. All around you there seemed to be...
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A reading worthy of Hardy's gravitas
- By Kathryn Huntley on 05-01-17
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Jude the Obscure
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 27-09-12
- Language: English
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The Water Babies
- A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby
- By: Charles Kingsley
- Narrated by: Jim Killavey
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A main-stay of British children's literature through the 1920's, The Water Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby was written by Rev. Charles Kinglsey as a serial for Macmillan's Magazine in 1862-63.
Although some of the author's opinions seem dated now, the journey of a little chimney-sweep water-baby through rivers and storms, under sea and over icebergs, is still a wonderful adventure tale for children. The book was adapted into an animated film in 1978 and produced as a play at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2003.
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morals and ethics
- By Mrs T H Hall on 23-08-24
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The Water Babies
- A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby
- Narrated by: Jim Killavey
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 12-01-12
- Language: English
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A Rose in Bloom
- By: Louisa May Alcott
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance15
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Returning to the "Aunt Hill" from a two-year trip around the world, 20-year-old Rose Campbell suddenly finds herself surrounded by male admirers, all expecting her to marry them! Rose is rich and pretty, and she suspects many of these suitors are more interested in her wealth than her dreams. But she is determined to live her own life and find her own love, despite the many plans of aunts, uncles, and cousins. Louisa May Alcott wrote this delightful sequel to Eight Cousins at the request of her many fans.
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Better than the first
- By Lynne Nicholson on 16-03-26
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A Rose in Bloom
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Series: Eight Cousins, Book 2
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 31-01-13
- Language: English
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The Creating Brain
- The Neuroscience of Genius
- By: Nancy C. Andreasen M.D.
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
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Overall12
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Performance7
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In a fascinating tour of creativity and the brain, Nancy Andreasen, professor of psychiatry at the University of Iowa and the winner of the National Medal of Science, explores how the human brain achieves creative breakthroughs--in art, literature, music, and science--the role of genes and environment, extraordinary creativity vs. ordinary creativity, and the question of genius and insanity.
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Fantastic book
- By Alpha on 01-03-15
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The Creating Brain
- The Neuroscience of Genius
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 10-10-08
- Language: English
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The Language Food
- A Linguist Reads the Menu
- By: Dan Jurafsky
- Narrated by: Steven Menasche
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance5
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Thirteen chapters evoke the joy and discovery of reading a menu dotted with the sharp-eyed annotations of a linguist. Jurafsky points out the subtle meanings hidden in filler words like "rich" and "crispy," zeroes in on the metaphors and storytelling tropes we rely on in restaurant reviews, and charts a micro-universe of marketing language on the back of a bag of potato chips.
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Not the best reader, and needs PDF supplement
- By Jenni G on 07-06-23
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The Language Food
- A Linguist Reads the Menu
- Narrated by: Steven Menasche
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 22-10-14
- Language: English
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The Language-Lover's Lexipedia
- An A–Z of Linguistic Curiosities
- By: Joshua Blackburn
- Narrated by: Joshua Blackburn
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Part encyclopaedia, part miscellany, The Language-Lover's Lexipedia is a delightful tour of the world of words, from the origin of Abracadabra to Zyzzyva and the end of the dictionary. Meticulously researched, witfully written and beautifully designed with hand-drawn illustrations by Caroline Church, each page is a lucky dip into the English language. This deliciously original book takes listeners around the sidelines and ley lines of language.
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The Language-Lover's Lexipedia
- An A–Z of Linguistic Curiosities
- Narrated by: Joshua Blackburn
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 25-09-25
- Language: English
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Don't Believe a Word
- The Surprising Truth About Language
- By: David Shariatmadari
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Performance16
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In Don't Believe a Word trained linguist David Shariatmadari takes us on a mind-boggling journey through the science of language, urging us to abandon our dearly held beliefs in a bid to uncover the (far more interesting) truth about what we do with words. Exploding nine widely held myths about language while introducing us to some of the fundamental insights of modern linguistics, with David Shariatmadari as our energetic guide we can marvel at the beauty and quirkiness of humanity's greatest achievement.
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A thoroughly engaging introduction to linguistics….
- By Simon Button on 10-09-22
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Don't Believe a Word
- The Surprising Truth About Language
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 9 hrs
- Release date: 22-08-19
- Language: English
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Tarzan the Untamed
- Tarzan: Authorized Editions, Book 7
- By: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Narrated by: Ben Dooley
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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The action is set during World War I. While John Clayton, Lord Greystoke (Tarzan), is away from his plantation home in British East Africa, it is destroyed by invading German troops from Tanganyika. On his return, he discovers among many burned bodies one that appears to be the corpse of his wife, Jane Porter Clayton. Another fatality is the Waziri warrior Wasimbu, left crucified by the Germans. Maddened, the ape-man seeks revenge not only on the perpetrators of the tragedy, but all Germans, and he sets out for the battlefront of the war in East Africa.
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Tarzan the Untamed
- By PJC on 08-03-26
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Tarzan the Untamed
- Tarzan: Authorized Editions, Book 7
- Narrated by: Ben Dooley
- Series: Tarzan, Book 7
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 03-11-20
- Language: English
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On Seeing and Noticing
- By: Alain de Botton
- Narrated by: Nicholas Bell
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance16
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Alain de Botton believes that philosophy can help people enjoy happier lives. And in his numerous best sellers, from Status Anxiety to The Art of Travel, his unique blend of erudition and self-help has reached an audience eager to listen. In On Seeing and Noticing, Alain de Botton takes everyday concerns such as expressing sadness or being romantic and dispenses advice and observations based on the works of some of history's greatest writers, artists and thinkers.
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On Seeing and Noticing
- Narrated by: Nicholas Bell
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Release date: 27-02-13
- Language: English
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Wordslut
- A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
- By: Amanda Montell
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Amanda Montell, feminist linguist and features editor at online magazine Byrdie, explains why words matter and why it’s imperative that women embrace their unique relationship with language. Drawing on fascinating research, and moving effortlessly between history and pop culture, Montell deconstructs language - from insults and cursing to grammar and pronunciation - to reveal the ways it has been used for centuries to gaslight women and keep them from gaining equality.
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Mind-expanding exploration of feminist vocabulary
- By K. J. Kelly on 24-11-19
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Wordslut
- A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 06-09-19
- Language: English
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The Diary of a Nobody
- By: George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith
- Narrated by: Roy Macready
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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George and Weedon Grossmith were born in London into a theatrical family, and it was natural that they should both take up careers on the stage. Weedon initially studied art but later joined his brother, George, in the theatre.
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A window into a different time
- By Ben Yosef on 02-12-24
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The Diary of a Nobody
- Narrated by: Roy Macready
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 29-03-16
- Language: English
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Language City
- The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
- By: Ross Perlin
- Narrated by: Ross Perlin
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century, and when they're gone, it will be forever. Ross Perlin, a linguist and codirector of the Manhattan-based non-profit Endangered Language Alliance, is racing against time to map little-known languages across the most linguistically diverse city in history: contemporary New York.
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Language City
- The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
- Narrated by: Ross Perlin
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 09-04-24
- Language: English
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Immigrant Tongues
- Exploring How Languages Moved, Evolved, and Defined Us
- By: Patrick Foote
- Narrated by: RJ Bayley
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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From the history of the English language's arrival in the United States to the spread of Arabic across North Africa and the enduring legacy of the Latin language, Immigrant Tongues explores the journeys of tongues across continents. With a style that balances entertainment and depth, this...
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Immigrant Tongues
- Exploring How Languages Moved, Evolved, and Defined Us
- Narrated by: RJ Bayley
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 14-04-26
- Language: English
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Written in Stone
- A Journey Through the Stone Age and the Origins of Modern Language
- By: Christopher Stevens
- Narrated by: Michael Healy
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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Half the world's population speaks a language that has evolved from a single prehistoric mother tongue. First spoken in Stone Age times on the steppes of central Eurasia 6,500 years ago, this mother tongue spread from the shores of the Black Sea across almost all of Europe and much of Asia. It is the genetic basis of everything we speak and write today - the DNA of language.
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Disappointing
- By Clare on 09-03-17
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Written in Stone
- A Journey Through the Stone Age and the Origins of Modern Language
- Narrated by: Michael Healy
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 15-11-15
- Language: English
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What the F
- What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves
- By: Benjamin K. Bergen
- Narrated by: Benjamin K. Bergen
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Nearly everyone swears - whether it's over a few too many drinks, in reaction to a stubbed toe, or in flagrante delicto. And yet we sit idly by as words are banned from television and censored in books. We insist that people excise profanity from their vocabularies, and we punish children for yelling the very same dirty words that we'll mutter in relief seconds after they fall asleep. Swearing, it seems, is an intimate part of us that we have decided to selectively deny.
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Great book well done!
- By Amazon Customer on 11-12-25
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What the F
- What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves
- Narrated by: Benjamin K. Bergen
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 06-09-16
- Language: English
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