Literary Biography
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Literary Rivals
- Feuds and Antagonisms in the World of Books
- By: Richard Bradford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Coote
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Novelists, poets and playwrights live double lives, sharing the real world with everyone else while spending a good deal of time in a universe of their own making. When they fall out with each other, they are able to kindle feuds and antagonisms as passionate and public as workers in any trade. Richard Bradford’s highly entertaining audiobook looks at some of the closest and most complex relationships in literary history, examining their dramatic effects on literature itself.
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thoroughly enjoyable journey
- By lyndsay on 05-06-25
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Literary Rivals
- Feuds and Antagonisms in the World of Books
- Narrated by: Jonathan Coote
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 16-10-14
- Language: English
- Novelists, poets and playwrights live double lives, sharing the real world with everyone else while spending a good deal of time in a universe of their own making....
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Feminist Literary Classics - Volume III - Orlando
- A Biography - O Pioneers! - So Big
- By: Virginia Woolf, Willa Cather, Edna Ferber
- Narrated by: Sara Nichols
- Length: 24 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Presented here is Volume III of our Feminist Literary Classics series, featuring three of the most important feminist novels ever written: Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf, O Pioneers! by Willa Cather and So Big by Edna Ferber. The first book in this collection is Orlando: A Biography, a groundbreaking English novel by Virginia Woolf that explores English history, gender roles and sexual politics in a way few books have before or since.
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Feminist Literary Classics - Volume III - Orlando
- A Biography - O Pioneers! - So Big
- Narrated by: Sara Nichols
- Series: Prairie Trilogy, Book 1
- Length: 24 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 25-03-24
- Language: English
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Presented here is Volume III of our Feminist Literary Classics series, featuring three of the most important feminist novels ever written: Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf, O Pioneers! by Willa Cather and So Big by Edna Ferber.
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You Have Arrived
- A Testimony of Truth, Trauma, & the Roadmap to a More Empathetic Future
- By: Shannon Mekeel, LauraLynn Jansen
- Narrated by: Shannon Joy Mekeel
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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THIS ISN'T JUST MY STORY. IT'S OUR STORY." DIVE INTO A MODERN FEMINIST BATTLE CRY FOR EMPATHY AT HOME, AT WORK, & IN OUR COMMUNITIES. We are told that life is a series of destinations. We chase the career, the family, the status, and the perfect balance, only to find that the finish line keeps moving. For anyone who has ever reached the top only to ask, "Is this it?" or struggled through the wreckage of a life plan gone sideways, this book is your field report from the front lines.
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You Have Arrived
- A Testimony of Truth, Trauma, & the Roadmap to a More Empathetic Future
- Narrated by: Shannon Joy Mekeel
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 01-06-26
- Language: English
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THIS ISN'T JUST MY STORY. IT'S OUR STORY." DIVE INTO A MODERN FEMINIST BATTLE CRY FOR EMPATHY AT HOME, AT WORK, & IN OUR COMMUNITIES. We are told that life is a series of destinations.
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Biography of X
- By: Catherine Lacey
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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When X - an iconoclastic artist, writer and polarizing shape-shifter - dies suddenly, her widow, wild with grief, hurls herself into writing a biography of the woman she deified. Though X was recognised as a crucial creative force of her era, she kept a tight grip on her life story. Not even CM, her wife, knew where X had been born, and in her quest to find out, she opens a Pandora's box of secrets, betrayals and destruction.
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This Book bamboozled me
- By Ad on 19-06-23
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Biography of X
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 27-03-23
- Language: English
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When X - an iconoclastic artist, writer and polarizing shape-shifter - dies suddenly, her widow, wild with grief, hurls herself into writing a biography...
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The Prophet of Modern India
- A Biography of Swami Vivekananda
- By: Gautam Ghosh
- Narrated by: Homer Todiwala
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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A journey through the life of Swami Vivekananda is a study of the Indian civilization, its ethos and value system. Not only did his message of tolerance, based on knowledge, make him an exemplary spokesperson of the country, but his life's mission of creating an order of monks who dedicated their lives for others made him a prophet and a leader. His teachings continue to be relevant even today, especially in the light of the prevailing intolerance and fanaticism in the nation, and the increasing turmoil in the world.
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Mangled pronunciation, erratic diction and hagiographic writing
- By S on 24-01-25
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The Prophet of Modern India
- A Biography of Swami Vivekananda
- Narrated by: Homer Todiwala
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 17-02-17
- Language: English
- A journey through the life of Swami Vivekananda is a study of the Indian civilization, its ethos and value system....
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Jane Austen
- A Biography
- By: Elizabeth Jenkins
- Narrated by: Teresa Gallagher
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Abridged
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This highly enjoyable account of the life of Jane Austen is regarded as the classic biography of one of the greatest English novelists. It illustrates not only the character and opinions of an unusually perceptive and gifted woman, but also the social life amonst the county gentry of Georgian England. Outside her writing, Jane Austen's main interest was her large and affectionate family and their circle of friends.
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Jane Austen
- A Biography
- Narrated by: Teresa Gallagher
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 26-12-04
- Language: English
- This highly enjoyable account of the life of Jane Austen is regarded as the classic biography of one of the greatest English novelists....
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The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq.
- By: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrated by: Sam Kusi
- Length: 53 mins
- Unabridged
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I am now growing in years, and — since I understand that Shakespeare and Mr. Emmons are deceased — it is not impossible that I may even die. It has occurred to me, therefore, that I may as well retire from the field of Letters and repose upon my laurels. But I am ambitious of signalizing my abdication of the literary sceptre by some important bequest to posterity; and, perhaps, I cannot do a better thing than just pen for it an account of my earlier career.
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The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq.
- Narrated by: Sam Kusi
- Length: 53 mins
- Release date: 29-05-26
- Language: English
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I am now growing in years, and — since I understand that Shakespeare and Mr. Emmons are deceased — it is not impossible that I may even die. It has occurred to me, therefore, that I may as well retire from the field of Letters and repose upon my laurels.
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Biographie de la faim
- By: Amélie Nothomb
- Narrated by: Véronique Groux de Miéri
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Cette biographie de la faim, de ce désir jamais rassasié, de cette quête qui n'a jamais de fin, Amélie Nothomb la décline sous toutes ses formes, du ravissement à l'horreur, avec brio, douleur, amour, humour et lucidité, pour dire ce terrible paradoxe d'exister. Il s'en dégage une puissance de vision, une perception fatale où l'absolu et sa dérision se côtoient. C'est une mise à nu éblouissante où l'auteur est le sujet de son œuvre et qui prouve ô combien qu'Amélie Nothomb est un de nos grands auteurs contemporains.
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Biographie de la faim
- Narrated by: Véronique Groux de Miéri
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 31-10-16
- Language: French
- Cette biographie de la faim, de ce désir jamais rassasié, de cette quête qui n'a jamais de fin, Amélie Nothomb la décline sous toutes ses formes...
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Edgar Allan Poe
- A Life
- By: Richard Kopley
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 23 hrs
- Unabridged
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A groundbreaking exploration of one of America's most iconic and misunderstood authors Edgar Allan Poe: A Life is the most comprehensive critical biography of Poe yet produced, exploring his fascinating life, his extraordinary work, and the vital relationship between the two. Best known for his...
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Edgar Allan Poe
- A Life
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 23 hrs
- Release date: 24-11-26
- Language: English
- A groundbreaking exploration of one of America's most iconic and misunderstood authors Edgar Allan Poe: A Life is the most comprehensive critical biography of Poe yet produced, exploring his fascinating life, his extraordinary work, and the vital relationship between the two. Best known for his...
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Kahlil Gibran Collected Poetry Books and Works
- The Prophet, The Madman, The Forerunner, and a Complete Biography of Kahlil Gibran
- By: CSA Publishing, Khalil Gibrán
- Narrated by: Tom Chandler
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Learn how the life of this Lebanese immigrant has positioned him to artistically capture the hearts, minds, and souls of readers for generations, making him one of the world’s best-selling poets. In the collected works of poetry, poet, author, artist, and philosopher, Kahlil Gibran, shares his spiritual and moral views of life, purpose, love, and pain.
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Kahlil Gibran Collected Poetry Books and Works
- The Prophet, The Madman, The Forerunner, and a Complete Biography of Kahlil Gibran
- Narrated by: Tom Chandler
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 01-04-21
- Language: English
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Learn how the life of this Lebanese immigrant has positioned him to artistically capture the hearts, minds, and souls of readers for generations, making him one of the world’s best-selling poets....
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George MacDonald
- A Biography of Scotland's Beloved Storyteller
- By: Michael R Phillips
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Scotland's beloved storyteller, George MacDonald, 19th-century Scottish novelist and poet, was reintroduced to 20th century Christians by C. S. Lewis, whose reading of MacDonald's Phantastes triggered his own spiritual awakening and conversion. Other renowned writers have voiced similar acknowledgements. G. K. Chesterton said of MacDonald, "If we test the matter of originality of attitude, George MacDonald was one of the three or four greatest men of the 19th century."
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George MacDonald
- A Biography of Scotland's Beloved Storyteller
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 20-10-15
- Language: English
- MacDonald was continually stretching, reaching, probing, questioning, and searching for truth. Author Michael R. Phillips leads the listener through those controversies....
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Famous People in History II (Unabridged)
- By: Nicolas Soames
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott, Laura Brattan, Garrick Hagon
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
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Here are the remarkable life stories of nine famous people who have left their mark upon the world: Alexander the Great, Joan of Arc, Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton, George Washington, Ludwig van Beethoven, Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie, and Mahatma Gandhi.
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Famous People in History II (Unabridged)
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott, Laura Brattan, Garrick Hagon
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 26-10-00
- Language: English
- Here are the life stories of nine famous people who have left their mark upon the world. There are men of action such as Alexander the Great and...
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Ripperology
- A Study of the World's First Serial Killer and a Literary Phenomenon (True Crime History)
- By: Robin Odell
- Narrated by: Dean Eby
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Jack the Ripper was probably the first serial killer to appear in a large metropolis at a time when the general populace was literate and the press was a force for social change. The press was also partly responsible for creating many myths surrounding the Ripper. Robin Odell's Ripperology is the first study to present a sequential history of literary investigations of Jack the Ripper's crimes and to address the seven principal phases of Ripper speculations....
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Boring
- By Belinda Snowden on 01-05-21
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Ripperology
- A Study of the World's First Serial Killer and a Literary Phenomenon (True Crime History)
- Narrated by: Dean Eby
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 03-10-19
- Language: English
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Jack the Ripper was probably the first serial killer to appear in a large metropolis at a time when the general populace was literate and the press was a force for social change. The press was also partly responsible for creating many myths surrounding the Ripper....
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Across Canada by Story
- A Coast-to-Coast Literary Adventure
- By: Douglas Gibson
- Narrated by: Douglas Gibson
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Douglas Gibson, one of Canada's premier editors and storytellers, brings new stories about Robertson Davies, Jack Hodgins, W.O. Mitchell, Alistair MacLeod, and Alice Munro, and adds lively portraits of Al Purdy, Marshall McLuhan, Margaret Laurence, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Margaret Atwood, Wayne Johnston, Linwood Barclay, Michael Ondaatje, and many, many others. Whether fly fishing in Haida Gwaii or sailing off Labrador, Douglas Gibson is a first-rate ambassador for Canada and the power of great stories.
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Across Canada by Story
- A Coast-to-Coast Literary Adventure
- Narrated by: Douglas Gibson
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 11-01-19
- Language: English
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Douglas Gibson, one of Canada's premier editors and storytellers, brings new stories about Robertson Davies, Jack Hodgins, W.O. Mitchell, Alistair MacLeod, Alice Munro, and many, many others....
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Revolutionary Poet
- A Story About Phillis Wheatley (Creative Minds Biographies)
- By: Maryann N. Weidt
- Narrated by: Debi Tinsley
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Taken from her family in Africa at the age of seven, Phillis Wheatley arrived in Boston as a slave in 1761. After she was purchased by the Wheatley family, Phillis quickly learned to speak and read English. The bright young girl soon began writing poetry. By 1771, her poems had been published in newspapers all over the colonies, and critics were praising the "extraordinary negro poetess." In this engaging biography, author Maryann Weidt tells the story of how a young slave girl in revolutionary Boston became an internationally famous poet and the first black American to publish a book.
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Revolutionary Poet
- A Story About Phillis Wheatley (Creative Minds Biographies)
- Narrated by: Debi Tinsley
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Release date: 10-12-24
- Language: English
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Taken from her family in Africa at the age of seven, Phillis Wheatley arrived in Boston as a slave in 1761. After she was purchased by the Wheatley family, Phillis quickly learned to speak and read English. The bright young girl soon began writing poetry.
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Between Two Worlds
- A Story About Pearl Buck (Creative Minds Biographies)
- By: Barbara Mitchell
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Martin
- Length: 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Growing up in China as the child of American missionaries, Pearl read and listened to stories from both the East and the West. A story, she thought, was a wonderful way to learn about people and places. Pearl had read and heard about America and her family there, but she had never met her American relatives. When, at the age of 10, she spent a year in America, Pearl came to understand that she was a part of two worlds. Between Two Worlds tells the story of how Pearl Buck worked to increase the understanding between the two worlds she knew.
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Between Two Worlds
- A Story About Pearl Buck (Creative Minds Biographies)
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Martin
- Length: 44 mins
- Release date: 01-05-25
- Language: English
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Growing up in China as the child of American missionaries, Pearl read and listened to stories from both the East and the West. A story, she thought, was a wonderful way to learn about people and places.
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My Debut as a Literary Person
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Steve Kelly
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Mark Twain relates how he broke the news when he was still unknown. He was in Honolulu when the survivors from the harrowing open sea voyage of the clipper-ship Hornet arrive. He stayed up late to get the accounts of the sailors’ trials, writes through the night and relays a detailed account when the other reporters only had an outline report.
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My Debut as a Literary Person
- Narrated by: Steve Kelly
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Release date: 15-02-19
- Language: English
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Mark Twain relates how he broke the news when he was still unknown. He was in Honolulu when the survivors from the open sea voyage of the clipper-ship Hornet arrive. He stayed up to get the accounts of the sailors’ trials, writes through the night and relays a detailed account....
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