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    • The Biography of a Language
    • By: Melvyn Bragg
    • Narrated by: Robert Powell
    • Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 25-08-05
    • Language: English
    • 946 ratings
    • This is the remarkable story of the English language; from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language....

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    • The Biography of a Language
    • By: Melvyn Bragg
    • Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg
    • Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 26-06-07
    • Language: English
    • 8 ratings
    • English is the collective work of millions of people throughout the ages. It is democratic, ever-changing and ingenious in its assimilation of other cultures. English runs through the heart of world finance, medicine and the Internet, and it is understood by around two thousand million people...

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    • A Festival of Poets
    • By: Bill Moyers
    • Narrated by: Bill Moyers
    • Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 16-08-00
    • Language: English
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    • "Poets live the lives all of us live," says Bill Moyers, "with one big difference. They have the power--the power of the word--to create a world of thoughts and emotions other can share. We only have to learn to listen." In a series of fascinating conversations with thirty-four American poets...

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