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Macbeth

Two Complete Full Cast Performances of Original Shakespeare Text & Modern English

by SparkNotes, William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by January LaVoy, Wayne Carr, Eileen Stevens, Ryan Quinn, Neil Hellegers, David Shih, Erin Moon, Lauren Fortgang, Nikki Massoud, Gabra Zackman, Suzanne Toren ...

Series series No Fear Shakespeare Audio Recordings
Unabridged

5 hours 7 min

SparkNotes Audio presents … No Fear Shakespeare audio recordings! Listen to full cast performances of Shakespeare's plays in all their brilliance—and understand what every word means!Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare. These audiobook editions make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable.Each No Fear Shakespeare audio recording audio edition features:The complete original text performed by a ... Read more

$19.99 USD

SparkNotes Audio presents … No Fear Shakespeare audio recordings! Listen to full cast performances of Shakespeare's plays in all their brilliance—and understand what every word means!Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare. These audiobook editions make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable.Each No Fear Shakespeare audio recording audio edition features:The complete original text performed by a
... Read more
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Collins

by William Shakespeare, Collins ...

Narrated by Laurence Bouvard, Eric Meyers, Christopher Ragland, Tom Clarke-Hill ...

Series series Collins
Unabridged

5 hours 57 min

Eight of the bard’s funniest plays, from A Midsummer’s Night Dream to The Winter’s Tale, abridged and novelised for young listeners. Hours of audio fun to keep children entertained while on the move!Introduce your children to the wonderful world of Shakespearean comedies with these abridged stories, written especially for children. Filled with sound effects, music and fun, your children will come ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Eight of the bard’s funniest plays, from A Midsummer’s Night Dream to The Winter’s Tale, abridged and novelised for young listeners. Hours of audio fun to keep children entertained while on the move!Introduce your children to the wonderful world of Shakespearean comedies with these abridged stories, written especially for children. Filled with sound effects, music and fun, your children will come
... Read more
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Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

by Bright Summaries ...

Narrated by Sara Wright ...

Series series BrightSummaries.com
Unabridged

23 min

Unlock the more straightforward side of Cloud Atlas with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, a novel consisting of six interconnected stories from different periods of history. Starting with the journal of a 19th-century lawyer, half of each story is told, only to be interrupted at a crucial moment, at which ... Read more

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Unlock the more straightforward side of Cloud Atlas with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, a novel consisting of six interconnected stories from different periods of history. Starting with the journal of a 19th-century lawyer, half of each story is told, only to be interrupted at a crucial moment, at which
... Read more
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Agatha Christie

A Very Short Introduction

by Gill Plain ...

Narrated by Lucy Rayner ...

Unabridged

4 hours 44 min

Agatha Christie is a global bestseller. Her work has been translated into over 100 languages and adapted for stage and screen. Christie's writing life ran from 1920 to the 1970s, and she didn't just write puzzles, she wrote plays, supernatural stories, thrillers, satires, and domestic noir. She also commented obliquely but perceptively on the social and cultural changes of a troubled century. ... Read more

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Agatha Christie is a global bestseller. Her work has been translated into over 100 languages and adapted for stage and screen. Christie's writing life ran from 1920 to the 1970s, and she didn't just write puzzles, she wrote plays, supernatural stories, thrillers, satires, and domestic noir. She also commented obliquely but perceptively on the social and cultural changes of a troubled century.
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Shakespeare

by Peter Ackroyd ...

Narrated by Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

19 hours 12 min

This is the big one from Peter Ackroyd — and a worthy companion to London: The Biography.Only Peter Ackroyd can combine readable narrative and unique observation with a sharp eye for the fascinating fact. His method is to position Shakespeare in the close context of his world. In this way, he not only richly conjures up the texture of Shakespeare’s life, but also imparts an amazing amount of vivid ... Read more

$24.98 USD

This is the big one from Peter Ackroyd — and a worthy companion to London: The Biography.Only Peter Ackroyd can combine readable narrative and unique observation with a sharp eye for the fascinating fact. His method is to position Shakespeare in the close context of his world. In this way, he not only richly conjures up the texture of Shakespeare’s life, but also imparts an amazing amount of vivid
... Read more
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

by Bright Summaries ...

Narrated by Sara Wright ...

Series series BrightSummaries.com
Unabridged

21 min

Unlock the more straightforward side of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, which follows 15-year-old Christopher John Francis Boone as he investigates the murder of his neighbour's poodle Wellington, who has been ... Read more

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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, which follows 15-year-old Christopher John Francis Boone as he investigates the murder of his neighbour's poodle Wellington, who has been
... Read more
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El vértigo horizontal

by Juan Villoro ...

Narrated by Antonio Raluy ...

Unabridged

12 hours 41 min

La estructura de este libro es un zapping de la memoria y la observación. Las secciones que dan orden a los fragmentos aluden a una manera de habitar la Ciudad de México, todas ejercidas por el autor, quien sobrevivió para contarla. Así, 'Vivir en la ciudad' describe escenas de la vida diaria, pasajes de la infancia del autor (las casas vacías de la colonia en la que creció, el último paseo con su ... Read more

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La estructura de este libro es un zapping de la memoria y la observación. Las secciones que dan orden a los fragmentos aluden a una manera de habitar la Ciudad de México, todas ejercidas por el autor, quien sobrevivió para contarla. Así, 'Vivir en la ciudad' describe escenas de la vida diaria, pasajes de la infancia del autor (las casas vacías de la colonia en la que creció, el último paseo con su
... Read more
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Immer wenn ich dieses Lied höre

Im Versteck von Anne Frank

by Lola Lafon ...

Narrated by Ursula Berlinghof ...

Unabridged

4 hours 37 min

Lola Lafon hat eine Nacht allein im ehemaligen Versteck der Familie Frank in Amsterdam verbracht. Sie geht von Raum zu Raum, lauscht dem Echo derer, die dort ausharren mussten, und spürt der Dunkelheit nach. Was sie findet, ist nicht nur die Geschichte Anne Franks, sondern auch die Geschichte ihrer eigenen Familie. Selbst zum verbindenden Element geworden, tastet sich Lola Lafon immer weiter vor. ... Read more

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Lola Lafon hat eine Nacht allein im ehemaligen Versteck der Familie Frank in Amsterdam verbracht. Sie geht von Raum zu Raum, lauscht dem Echo derer, die dort ausharren mussten, und spürt der Dunkelheit nach. Was sie findet, ist nicht nur die Geschichte Anne Franks, sondern auch die Geschichte ihrer eigenen Familie. Selbst zum verbindenden Element geworden, tastet sich Lola Lafon immer weiter vor.
... Read more
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All the Lives We Ever Lived

Seeking Solace in Virginia Woolf

by Katharine Smyth ...

Narrated by Brittany Pressley ...

Unabridged

8 hours 48 min

A wise, lyrical memoir about the power of literature to help us read our own lives—and see clearly the people we love most.“Transcendent.”—The Washington Post • “You’d be hard put to find a more moving appreciation of Woolf’s work.”—The Wall Street JournalNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TOWN & COUNTRYKatharine Smyth was a student at Oxford when she first read Virginia W... ... Read more

$17.50 USD

A wise, lyrical memoir about the power of literature to help us read our own lives—and see clearly the people we love most.“Transcendent.”—The Washington Post • “You’d be hard put to find a more moving appreciation of Woolf’s work.”—The Wall Street JournalNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TOWN & COUNTRYKatharine Smyth was a student at Oxford when she first read Virginia W...
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Story of Shakespeare's King Lear, The

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Brian Holland Rose ...

Abridged

7 min

King Lear is another of Shakespeare’s classic tragedies with many memorable lines on the price paid for vanity. King Lear has three daughters, Goneril, Regan and the youngest the good Cordelia. The King asks his daughters how much they love him and thrives on excessive empty words of flattery from two of them and bristles with anger when plain speaking Cordelia does not wish to participate in such ... Read more

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King Lear is another of Shakespeare’s classic tragedies with many memorable lines on the price paid for vanity. King Lear has three daughters, Goneril, Regan and the youngest the good Cordelia. The King asks his daughters how much they love him and thrives on excessive empty words of flattery from two of them and bristles with anger when plain speaking Cordelia does not wish to participate in such
... Read more
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Shakespeare's Greatest Love

by David Medina ...

Narrated by David Medina ...

Series series Disruption Curio
Unabridged

2 hours 10 min

Relying on historical and literary evidence hidden in plain sight, Shakespeare's Greatest Love tells the true, uncensored love story of William Shakespeare and Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton."Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate."—Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, written for and about Southampton.Leaving behind a wife and three young children in ... Read more

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Relying on historical and literary evidence hidden in plain sight, Shakespeare's Greatest Love tells the true, uncensored love story of William Shakespeare and Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton."Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate."—Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, written for and about Southampton.Leaving behind a wife and three young children in
... Read more
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Orwell's Ghosts

Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century

by Laura Beers ...

Narrated by Tanya Eby ...

Unabridged

6 hours 27 min

For the seventy-fifth anniversary of 1984, Laura Beers explores George Orwell's still-radical ideas and why they are critical today.George Orwell devoted his career to exposing social injustice and political duplicity, urging his readers to face hard truths about Western society and politics. Now, the uncanny parallels between the interwar era and our own—rising inequality, censorship, and ... Read more

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For the seventy-fifth anniversary of 1984, Laura Beers explores George Orwell's still-radical ideas and why they are critical today.George Orwell devoted his career to exposing social injustice and political duplicity, urging his readers to face hard truths about Western society and politics. Now, the uncanny parallels between the interwar era and our own—rising inequality, censorship, and
... Read more
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Shakespeare

His Life and Works

by Leslie Dunton-Downer, Alan Riding ...

Narrated by Charles Armstrong ...

Unabridged

19 hours 26 min

Unravel the history, themes, and language of Shakespeare's plays, poems, and sonnets with this beautiful guide to his life and works. Comedy and romance, history, and tragedy, Shakespeare's canon has it all. Some 400 years after they were written and first performed, his works remain fresh and relevant today. Shakespeare: his life and works is an accessible and lavish celebration of the Bard ... Read more

$27.50 USD

Unravel the history, themes, and language of Shakespeare's plays, poems, and sonnets with this beautiful guide to his life and works. Comedy and romance, history, and tragedy, Shakespeare's canon has it all. Some 400 years after they were written and first performed, his works remain fresh and relevant today. Shakespeare: his life and works is an accessible and lavish celebration of the Bard
... Read more
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Sisters Bronte, The

by Margaret Oliphant ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Lily E ...

Unabridged

1 hour 26 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This selection from the late Victorian essay collection 'Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign: A Book of Appreciations' examines the life and works of Anne Bronte (Agnes Grey, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall), Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre, Villette) and Emily Bronte (Wuthering Heights). The author expends most of her critique on Charlotte, whose skill ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This selection from the late Victorian essay collection 'Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign: A Book of Appreciations' examines the life and works of Anne Bronte (Agnes Grey, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall), Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre, Villette) and Emily Bronte (Wuthering Heights). The author expends most of her critique on Charlotte, whose skill
... Read more
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She Speaks!

What Shakespeare's Women Might Have Said

by Harriet Walter ...

Narrated by Harriet Walter ...

Unabridged

3 hours 30 min

New parts for thirty of Shakespeare's women, letting them speak their minds, written by famed stage and screen actress, Dame Harriet Walter DBE'It is STUNNING and I simply sat and read it right through, and shall start again at once. I had no idea that she is such a sensationally fine poet. Astonishing' JOANNA LUMLEY'Bold and original . . . Anyone who cares about Shakespeare will want to own and ... Read more

$31.99 USD

New parts for thirty of Shakespeare's women, letting them speak their minds, written by famed stage and screen actress, Dame Harriet Walter DBE'It is STUNNING and I simply sat and read it right through, and shall start again at once. I had no idea that she is such a sensationally fine poet. Astonishing' JOANNA LUMLEY'Bold and original . . . Anyone who cares about Shakespeare will want to own and
... Read more
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Shakespeare Without a Life

by Margreta de Grazia ...

Narrated by Suzanne Toren ...

Unabridged

5 hours 50 min

A fascinating account of how Shakespeare's works were understood and valued by readers and writers from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, before Shakespeare's biography came to dominate readings of his plays and poetry.For almost two centuries after his death, Shakespeare had no biography. The makings of one were not available. No chronology had been devised by which to coordinate the ... Read more

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A fascinating account of how Shakespeare's works were understood and valued by readers and writers from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, before Shakespeare's biography came to dominate readings of his plays and poetry.For almost two centuries after his death, Shakespeare had no biography. The makings of one were not available. No chronology had been devised by which to coordinate the
... Read more
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The Situation and the Story

The Art of Personal Narrative

by Vivian Gornick ...

Narrated by Vivian Gornick ...

Unabridged

4 hours 48 min

All narrative writing must pull from the raw material of life a tale that will shape experience, transform event, deliver a bit of wisdom. In a story or a novel the "I" who tells this tale can be, and often is, an unreliable narrator but in nonfiction the reader must always be persuaded that the narrator is speaking truth.How does one pull from one's own boring, agitated self the truth-speaker who ... Read more

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All narrative writing must pull from the raw material of life a tale that will shape experience, transform event, deliver a bit of wisdom. In a story or a novel the "I" who tells this tale can be, and often is, an unreliable narrator but in nonfiction the reader must always be persuaded that the narrator is speaking truth.How does one pull from one's own boring, agitated self the truth-speaker who
... Read more
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The Taming Of The Shrew

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Frank Duncan, Tony Church, Beatrix Lehmann, Dudley Jones, Peter Orr, full cast ...

Series series Argo Classics
Unabridged

2 hours 7 min

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.‘My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.’Bianca is ... Read more

$14.99 USD

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.‘My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.’Bianca is
... Read more
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My Shakespeare

A Director’s Journey through the First Folio

by Greg Doran ...

Narrated by Greg Doran ...

Unabridged

18 hours 23 min

Bloomsbury presents My Shakespeare written and read by Greg Doran.This book charts the personal and professional journey of Greg Doran, Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 2012 until 2022 and "one of the great Shakespearians of his generation" (Sunday Times).During his illustrious career, Doran has directed or produced all of the plays within Shakespeare's First Folio — a ... Read more

$26.00 USD

Bloomsbury presents My Shakespeare written and read by Greg Doran.This book charts the personal and professional journey of Greg Doran, Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 2012 until 2022 and "one of the great Shakespearians of his generation" (Sunday Times).During his illustrious career, Doran has directed or produced all of the plays within Shakespeare's First Folio — a
... Read more
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Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

by Bright Summaries ...

Narrated by Sara Wright ...

Series series BrightSummaries.com
Unabridged

28 min

Unlock the more straightforward side of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine with this concise and insightful summary and analysis !This engaging summary presents an analysis of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. The novel's title character initially lives a regimented, isolated life, in which a rigid routine and heavy drinking keep the demons of her past at bay. This all ... Read more

$29.87 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Unlock the more straightforward side of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine with this concise and insightful summary and analysis !This engaging summary presents an analysis of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. The novel's title character initially lives a regimented, isolated life, in which a rigid routine and heavy drinking keep the demons of her past at bay. This all
... Read more
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Pride, Prejudice, and Power Moves

Jane Austen’s Timeless Lessons for Networking, Negotiation, and Social Success

by PRINCE PENMAN ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G ...

Unabridged

6 hours 30 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Step into the timeless wisdom of Jane Austen and transform your modern hustle with Pride, Prejudice, and Power Moves: Jane Austen's Timeless Lessons for Networking, Negotiation, and Social Success by Prince Penman. This captivating guide unveils Austen's sharp insights into social dynamics, decoding the intricate dance of professional networking and ... Read more

$12.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Step into the timeless wisdom of Jane Austen and transform your modern hustle with Pride, Prejudice, and Power Moves: Jane Austen's Timeless Lessons for Networking, Negotiation, and Social Success by Prince Penman. This captivating guide unveils Austen's sharp insights into social dynamics, decoding the intricate dance of professional networking and
... Read more
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Silly Novels by Lady Novelists

by George Eliot ...

Narrated by Sarah Bacaller ...

Unabridged

1 hour 10 min

In this essay, originally published anonymously in The Westminster Review (1856), George Eliot examines the state of women’s fiction in her time. She lamentingly argues that absurd and banal novels, written by well-to-do women of her time, do great disservice for the overall appreciation of women’s intellectual capacities within society.Eliot divides “silly novels by lady novelists” into several ... Read more

$9.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In this essay, originally published anonymously in The Westminster Review (1856), George Eliot examines the state of women’s fiction in her time. She lamentingly argues that absurd and banal novels, written by well-to-do women of her time, do great disservice for the overall appreciation of women’s intellectual capacities within society.Eliot divides “silly novels by lady novelists” into several
... Read more
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Life Lessons from Oscar Wilde

The Mask and the Mirror: Beauty, Irony, and the Courage to Be Artificial

by Marcus Alden ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Colin Ashford E ...

Series Audiobook 13 - Timeless Wisdom from Writers and Poets
Unabridged

48 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What if embracing artifice is the truest way to find your authentic self?Oscar Wilde didn’t just write witty plays—he lived a philosophy that challenged social norms, celebrated beauty, and revealed the painful cost of self-expression. In a world obsessed with fitting in, his life and words dare you to be boldly, unapologetically you.The Mask and the ... Read more

$3.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What if embracing artifice is the truest way to find your authentic self?Oscar Wilde didn’t just write witty plays—he lived a philosophy that challenged social norms, celebrated beauty, and revealed the painful cost of self-expression. In a world obsessed with fitting in, his life and words dare you to be boldly, unapologetically you.The Mask and the
... Read more
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Poetry Unbound

50 Poems to Open Your World

by Pádraig Ó Tuama ...

Narrated by Pádraig Ó Tuama ...

Unabridged

7 hours 19 min

In the tumult of our contemporary moment, poetry has emerged as an inviting, consoling outlet with a unique power to move and connect us, to inspire fury, tears, joy, laughter, and surprise. This generous anthology pairs fifty illuminating poems with poet and podcast host Pádraig Ó Tuama's appealing, unhurried reflections. With keen insight and warm personal anecdotes, Ó Tuama considers each poem ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In the tumult of our contemporary moment, poetry has emerged as an inviting, consoling outlet with a unique power to move and connect us, to inspire fury, tears, joy, laughter, and surprise. This generous anthology pairs fifty illuminating poems with poet and podcast host Pádraig Ó Tuama's appealing, unhurried reflections. With keen insight and warm personal anecdotes, Ó Tuama considers each poem
... Read more

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