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Jason and the Golden Fleece

The Argonautica

by Apollonius of Rhodes ...

Narrated by Jonathan Keeble ...

Unabridged

6 hours 17 min

Jason and the Golden Fleece is one of the finest tales of Ancient Greece, an epic journey of adventure and trial standing beside similar stories of Perseus, Theseus and the Labours of Heracles. The finest classic account comes from Apollonius of Rhodes, the Greek poet of the 3rd century BCE and librarian at Alexandria. Though less well-known than Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, and much shorter, it is ... Read more

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Jason and the Golden Fleece is one of the finest tales of Ancient Greece, an epic journey of adventure and trial standing beside similar stories of Perseus, Theseus and the Labours of Heracles. The finest classic account comes from Apollonius of Rhodes, the Greek poet of the 3rd century BCE and librarian at Alexandria. Though less well-known than Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, and much shorter, it is
... Read more
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Planet Narnia

The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis

by Michael Ward ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Unabridged

13 hours 3 min

For over half a century, scholars have labored to show that C. S. Lewis's famed but apparently disorganized Chronicles of Narnia have an underlying symbolic coherence, pointing to such possible unifying themes as the seven sacraments, the seven deadly sins, and the seven books of Spenser's Faerie Queene. None of these explanations has won general acceptance and the structure of Narnia's symbolism ... Read more

$24.99 USD

For over half a century, scholars have labored to show that C. S. Lewis's famed but apparently disorganized Chronicles of Narnia have an underlying symbolic coherence, pointing to such possible unifying themes as the seven sacraments, the seven deadly sins, and the seven books of Spenser's Faerie Queene. None of these explanations has won general acceptance and the structure of Narnia's symbolism
... Read more
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Shakespeare

The World as Stage

by Bill Bryson ...

Narrated by Bill Bryson ...

Unabridged

5 hours 29 min

Shakespeare: The Illustrated Edition is an exquisitely illustrated, updated edition of Bill Bryson’s bestselling biography of William Shakespeare that takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship. With more than 100 color and black-and-white illustrations throughout, and updated to include recent discoveries, Shakespeare: ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Shakespeare: The Illustrated Edition is an exquisitely illustrated, updated edition of Bill Bryson’s bestselling biography of William Shakespeare that takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship. With more than 100 color and black-and-white illustrations throughout, and updated to include recent discoveries, Shakespeare:
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God’s Secretaries

The Making of the King James Bible

by Adam Nicolson ...

Narrated by Clive Chafer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 40 min

A net of complex currents flowed across Jacobean England. This was the England of Shakespeare, Jonson, and Bacon; the Gunpowder Plot; the worst outbreak of the plague England had ever seen; arcadian landscapes; murderous, toxic slums; and, above all, sometimes overwhelming religious passion. Jacobean England was both more godly and less godly than it had ever been, and the entire culture was drawn ... Read more

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A net of complex currents flowed across Jacobean England. This was the England of Shakespeare, Jonson, and Bacon; the Gunpowder Plot; the worst outbreak of the plague England had ever seen; arcadian landscapes; murderous, toxic slums; and, above all, sometimes overwhelming religious passion. Jacobean England was both more godly and less godly than it had ever been, and the entire culture was drawn
... Read more
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The Ecclesiastical History of the English People

by The Venerable Bede ...

Narrated by Peter Wickham ...

Unabridged

12 hours 57 min

The Ecclesiastical History of the English People was written in Latin by the Venerable Bede (673-735), a Benedictine monk living in Northumbria, an important Christian centre in the eighth century. It is a remarkable document, tracing, in general, early Anglo-Saxon history, and in particular, as the title proclaims, the growth and establishment of Christianity against the backdrop of the political ... Read more

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The Ecclesiastical History of the English People was written in Latin by the Venerable Bede (673-735), a Benedictine monk living in Northumbria, an important Christian centre in the eighth century. It is a remarkable document, tracing, in general, early Anglo-Saxon history, and in particular, as the title proclaims, the growth and establishment of Christianity against the backdrop of the political
... Read more
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Frodo's Journey: Discover the Hidden Meaning of The Lord of the Rings

by Joseph Pearce ...

Narrated by Kevin O'Brien ...

Unabridged

3 hours 56 min

J. R. R. Tolkien's magnum opus, The Lord of the Rings, has been beloved for generations, selling millions of copies and selling millions more tickets through its award-winning film adaptations. The immense cultural impact of this epic is undeniable, but the deeper meaning of the story often goes unnoticed.Here, Joseph Pearce, author of Bilbo's Journey uncovers the rich - and distinctly Christian - ... Read more

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J. R. R. Tolkien's magnum opus, The Lord of the Rings, has been beloved for generations, selling millions of copies and selling millions more tickets through its award-winning film adaptations. The immense cultural impact of this epic is undeniable, but the deeper meaning of the story often goes unnoticed.Here, Joseph Pearce, author of Bilbo's Journey uncovers the rich - and distinctly Christian -
... Read more
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Bilbo's Journey: Discovering the Hidden Meaning in The Hobbit

by Joseph Pearce ...

Narrated by Kevin O'Brien ...

Unabridged

3 hours 58 min

In Bilbo's Journey, go beyond the dragons, dwarves, and elves, and discover the surprisingly deep meaning of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic novel The Hobbit.Bilbo's quest to find and slay the dragon Smaug is a riveting tale of daring and heroism, but as renowned Tolkien scholar Joseph Pearce shows, it is not simply Bilbo's journey, it is our journey too.It is the Christian journey of self-sacrifice out ... Read more

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In Bilbo's Journey, go beyond the dragons, dwarves, and elves, and discover the surprisingly deep meaning of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic novel The Hobbit.Bilbo's quest to find and slay the dragon Smaug is a riveting tale of daring and heroism, but as renowned Tolkien scholar Joseph Pearce shows, it is not simply Bilbo's journey, it is our journey too.It is the Christian journey of self-sacrifice out
... Read more
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Much Ado About Nothing

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Matt Montanez ...

Unabridged

2 hours 18 min

Much Ado About Nothing is generally considered one of Shakespeare's best comedies, because it combines elements of robust hilarity with more serious meditations on honor, shame, and court politics.The play includes two quite different stories of romantic love. Hero and Claudio fall in love almost at first sight, but an outsider, Don John, strikes out at their happiness. Beatrice and Benedick are ... Read more

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Much Ado About Nothing is generally considered one of Shakespeare's best comedies, because it combines elements of robust hilarity with more serious meditations on honor, shame, and court politics.The play includes two quite different stories of romantic love. Hero and Claudio fall in love almost at first sight, but an outsider, Don John, strikes out at their happiness. Beatrice and Benedick are
... Read more
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Life Lessons from Charles Dickens

Hope in the Gutter: Why Kindness Is the Revolution

by Marcus Alden ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Colin Ashford E ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Timeless Wisdom from Writers and Poets
Unabridged

52 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Some stories don’t just entertain—they awaken your heart. Dickens never stopped doing both.Charles Dickens wasn’t just a storyteller. He was a social reformer, a voice for the voiceless, and a master of revealing both the cruelty and the kindness inside every human heart. Through orphans, outcasts, misers, and misfits, he gave us the mirror we still ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Some stories don’t just entertain—they awaken your heart. Dickens never stopped doing both.Charles Dickens wasn’t just a storyteller. He was a social reformer, a voice for the voiceless, and a master of revealing both the cruelty and the kindness inside every human heart. Through orphans, outcasts, misers, and misfits, he gave us the mirror we still
... Read more
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Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know

The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce

by Colm Toibin ...

Narrated by Colm Toibin ...

Unabridged

6 hours 7 min

From the multiple award-winning author of The Master and Brooklyn, an illuminating look at Irish culture, history, and literature through the lives of the fathers of three of Ireland’s greatest writers—Oscar Wilde's father, William Butler Yeats's father, and James Joyce's father—“Thrilling, wise, and resonant, this book aptly unites Tóibín’s novelistic gifts for psychology and emotional nuance ... Read more

$19.99 USD

From the multiple award-winning author of The Master and Brooklyn, an illuminating look at Irish culture, history, and literature through the lives of the fathers of three of Ireland’s greatest writers—Oscar Wilde's father, William Butler Yeats's father, and James Joyce's father—“Thrilling, wise, and resonant, this book aptly unites Tóibín’s novelistic gifts for psychology and emotional nuance
... Read more
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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

$24.99 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 Tempest (Unabridged)

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by AI Marcus ...

Unabridged

2 hours 18 min

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. The Tempest, thought to be one of the last plays that Shakespeare wrote alone, begins with a storm which shipwrecks the king of Naples and his crew. We quickly learn that the tempest was not a natural occurence; it was created by Prospero, the usurped duke of Milan who is stranded on a nearby island, with the help of Ariel, a spirit in ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. The Tempest, thought to be one of the last plays that Shakespeare wrote alone, begins with a storm which shipwrecks the king of Naples and his crew. We quickly learn that the tempest was not a natural occurence; it was created by Prospero, the usurped duke of Milan who is stranded on a nearby island, with the help of Ariel, a spirit in
... Read more
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El aprendizaje del escritor

by Jorge Luis Borges ...

Narrated by Gerardo Prat, Alejandro Vargas-Lugo, Everardo Camacho, Mariana Martí, Santiago Maurig ...

Unabridged

4 hours 14 min

125.º ANIVERSARIO DEL AUTOREl «taller literario» de Borges: una obra única y reveladora sobre sus propias ficciones y su método de escritura.«Realmente no imagino la literatura del siglo XX sin Borges».Paul Auster«Borges es y debería ser el centro de nuestro canon».Roberto BolañoLos textos inéditos suelen perdurar en cuadernos, márgenes o papeles dispersos; éste permaneció en una cinta ... Read more

$15.99 USD

125.º ANIVERSARIO DEL AUTOREl «taller literario» de Borges: una obra única y reveladora sobre sus propias ficciones y su método de escritura.«Realmente no imagino la literatura del siglo XX sin Borges».Paul Auster«Borges es y debería ser el centro de nuestro canon».Roberto BolañoLos textos inéditos suelen perdurar en cuadernos, márgenes o papeles dispersos; éste permaneció en una cinta
... 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

$27.99 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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Worlds Elsewhere

Journeys Around Shakespeare's Globe

by Andrew Dickson ...

Narrated by Andrew Dickson ...

Unabridged

20 hours 3 min

There are 83 copies of the First Folio in a vault beneath Capitol Hill, the world's largest collection. Well over 150 Indian movies are based on Shakespeare's plays—more than in any other nation. If current trends continue, there will soon be more high school students reading The Merchant of Venice in Mandarin Chinese than in early-modern English. Why did this happen, and how? Ranging ambitiously ... Read more

$24.99 USD

There are 83 copies of the First Folio in a vault beneath Capitol Hill, the world's largest collection. Well over 150 Indian movies are based on Shakespeare's plays—more than in any other nation. If current trends continue, there will soon be more high school students reading The Merchant of Venice in Mandarin Chinese than in early-modern English. Why did this happen, and how? Ranging ambitiously
... Read more
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Contested Will

Who Wrote Shakespeare?

by James Shapiro ...

Narrated by Wanda McCaddon ...

Unabridged

11 hours 1 min

For nearly two centuries, the authorship of William Shakespeare's plays has been challenged by writers and artists as diverse as Sigmund Freud, Mark Twain, Henry James, Helen Keller, Orson Welles, Malcolm X, and Sir Derek Jacobi. How could a young man from rural Warwickshire, lacking a university education, write some of the greatest works in the English language? How do we explain the seemingly ... Read more

$20.99 USD

For nearly two centuries, the authorship of William Shakespeare's plays has been challenged by writers and artists as diverse as Sigmund Freud, Mark Twain, Henry James, Helen Keller, Orson Welles, Malcolm X, and Sir Derek Jacobi. How could a young man from rural Warwickshire, lacking a university education, write some of the greatest works in the English language? How do we explain the seemingly
... Read more
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Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies

How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature

by Elizabeth Winkler ...

Narrated by Eunice Wong ...

Unabridged

14 hours 28 min

An “extraordinarily brilliant” and “pleasurably naughty” (André Aciman) investigation into the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote his plays became an act of blasphemy…and who the Bard might really be.The theory that Shakespeare may not have written the works that bear his name is the most horrible, unspeakable subject in the history of English ... Read more

$29.99 USD

An “extraordinarily brilliant” and “pleasurably naughty” (André Aciman) investigation into the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote his plays became an act of blasphemy…and who the Bard might really be.The theory that Shakespeare may not have written the works that bear his name is the most horrible, unspeakable subject in the history of English
... Read more
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Shakespeare's Restless World

by Neil MacGregor ...

Narrated by Neil MacGregor ...

Unabridged

4 hours 30 min

What was life like for Shakespeare's first audiences? In a time of political and religious unrest and economic expansion, how did Elizabethan play-goers make sense of their changing world? What did the plays mean to the public when they were first performed? In this fascinating series, Neil MacGregor attempts to answer these questions by examining twenty objects from that turbulent period. There ... Read more

$10.99 USD

What was life like for Shakespeare's first audiences? In a time of political and religious unrest and economic expansion, how did Elizabethan play-goers make sense of their changing world? What did the plays mean to the public when they were first performed? In this fascinating series, Neil MacGregor attempts to answer these questions by examining twenty objects from that turbulent period. There
... Read more
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The Italian

by Ann Radcliffe ...

Narrated by Sara Alexander ...

Unabridged

22 hours 27 min

Brought to you by Penguin.From the first moment Vincentio di Vivaldi, a young nobleman, sets eyes on the veiled figure of Ellena, he is captivated by her enigmatic beauty and grace. But his haughty and manipulative mother is against the match and enlists the help of her confessor to come between them. Schedoni, previously a leading figure of the Inquisition, is a demonic, scheming monk with no ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Brought to you by Penguin.From the first moment Vincentio di Vivaldi, a young nobleman, sets eyes on the veiled figure of Ellena, he is captivated by her enigmatic beauty and grace. But his haughty and manipulative mother is against the match and enlists the help of her confessor to come between them. Schedoni, previously a leading figure of the Inquisition, is a demonic, scheming monk with no
... Read more
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Evangelical Teaching

Dr. Cumming – An Essay

by George Eliot ...

Narrated by Sarah Bacaller ...

Unabridged

1 hour 32 min

“Evangelical Teaching” is an insightful 1855 essay written by George Eliot (Marian Evans) and published in The Westminster Review. Here, Eliot explores ethical problems inherent in certain strands and styles of Christian evangelical teaching—particularly as displayed in the writings of one Dr. Cumming. While Eliot’s critique is focused on the work of this particular preacher, her insights are ... Read more

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“Evangelical Teaching” is an insightful 1855 essay written by George Eliot (Marian Evans) and published in The Westminster Review. Here, Eliot explores ethical problems inherent in certain strands and styles of Christian evangelical teaching—particularly as displayed in the writings of one Dr. Cumming. While Eliot’s critique is focused on the work of this particular preacher, her insights are
... Read more
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The World Broke in Two

Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, E. M. Forster, and the Year That Changed Literature

by Bill Goldstein ...

Narrated by Bill Goldstein ...

Unabridged

12 hours 6 min

This program is read by the author.A revelatory narrative of the intersecting lives and works of revered authors Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster and D. H. Lawrence during 1922, the birth year of modernismThe World Broke in Two tells the fascinating story of the intellectual and personal journeys four legendary writers, Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster, and D. H. Lawrence, make ... Read more

$26.99 USD

This program is read by the author.A revelatory narrative of the intersecting lives and works of revered authors Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster and D. H. Lawrence during 1922, the birth year of modernismThe World Broke in Two tells the fascinating story of the intellectual and personal journeys four legendary writers, Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster, and D. H. Lawrence, make
... Read more
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Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

by Bright Summaries ...

Narrated by Sara Wright ...

Series series BrightSummaries.com
Unabridged

14 min

Unlock the more straightforward side of Lord of the Flies with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Lord of the Flies by William Golding, which is still read worldwide and is considered to be one of the greatest novels in the history of English literature. It tells the story of a group of children who are stranded on a desert island and ... Read more

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Unlock the more straightforward side of Lord of the Flies with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Lord of the Flies by William Golding, which is still read worldwide and is considered to be one of the greatest novels in the history of English literature. It tells the story of a group of children who are stranded on a desert island and
... Read more
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The Rig Veda

by Anonymous ...

Narrated by Sagar Arya ...

Unabridged

39 hours 10 min

Often appearing as ?gveda, the oldest of the four sacred books linked to Hinduism, it was composed in an ancient form of Sanskrit about 1500 BCE. The Rig Veda (Sanskrit: The Knowledge of Verses) was preserved in secrecy by ancient clans, initially orally, before it was written down about 300 BCE.These 1028 poems, grouped as 10 ‘Circles’ (mandalas), have variously been called hymns, poems or songs ... Read more

$32.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Often appearing as ?gveda, the oldest of the four sacred books linked to Hinduism, it was composed in an ancient form of Sanskrit about 1500 BCE. The Rig Veda (Sanskrit: The Knowledge of Verses) was preserved in secrecy by ancient clans, initially orally, before it was written down about 300 BCE.These 1028 poems, grouped as 10 ‘Circles’ (mandalas), have variously been called hymns, poems or songs
... Read more
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A Writer’s People

Ways of Looking and Feeling

by V. S. Naipaul ...

Narrated by Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

5 hours 20 min

Born in Trinidad of Indian descent, a resident of England for his entire adult life, and a prodigious traveler, V. S. Naipaul has always faced the challenges of "fitting one civilization to another." Here, he takes us into his sometimes inadvertent process of creative and intellectual assimilation, which has shaped both his writing and his life.In a probing narrative that is part meditation and ... Read more

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Born in Trinidad of Indian descent, a resident of England for his entire adult life, and a prodigious traveler, V. S. Naipaul has always faced the challenges of "fitting one civilization to another." Here, he takes us into his sometimes inadvertent process of creative and intellectual assimilation, which has shaped both his writing and his life.In a probing narrative that is part meditation and
... Read more

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