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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Robert Fagles - translator
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Maria Tucci
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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In this brilliant translation, Robert Fagles brings the vigor of contemporary language to Homer's 2,700-year-old tale....
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1 out of 5 stars
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many many pages missing in audiobook
- By Anonymous User on 07-12-2018
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Milk and Honey
- By: Rupi Kaur
- Narrated by: Rupi Kaur
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 42
From Rupi Kaur, the top 10 Sunday Times best-selling author, comes the beautiful audio edition of milk and honey, her debut poetry collection....
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1 out of 5 stars
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I couldn't finish this book
- By ukjenp on 03-03-2019
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The Great Poets
- John Keats
- By: John Keats
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Michael Sheen
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Although John Keats had a short life, he produced a series of outstanding poems....
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Paradise Lost
- By: John Milton
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
Milton tells the story of man's creation, fall and redemption, "to justify the ways of God to men"....
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Robert Fagles - translator
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Maria Tucci
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
In this brilliant translation, Robert Fagles brings the vigor of contemporary language to Homer's 2,700-year-old tale....
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1 out of 5 stars
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many many pages missing in audiobook
- By Anonymous User on 07-12-2018
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Milk and Honey
- By: Rupi Kaur
- Narrated by: Rupi Kaur
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 42
From Rupi Kaur, the top 10 Sunday Times best-selling author, comes the beautiful audio edition of milk and honey, her debut poetry collection....
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1 out of 5 stars
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I couldn't finish this book
- By ukjenp on 03-03-2019
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The Great Poets
- John Keats
- By: John Keats
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Michael Sheen
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Although John Keats had a short life, he produced a series of outstanding poems....
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Paradise Lost
- By: John Milton
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
Milton tells the story of man's creation, fall and redemption, "to justify the ways of God to men"....
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The Ode Less Travelled
- Unlocking the Poet Within
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11
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Stephen Fry believes that if you can speak and read English, you can write poetry....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous Book But Very Sophisticated Contents
- By jacqueline rozenfeld on 06-09-2017
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The Gruffalo
- By: Julia Donaldson
- Narrated by: Imelda Staunton
- Length: 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Here's a rhyming story of a mouse and a monster....
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4 out of 5 stars
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great for kids
- By Anonymous User on 29-08-2018
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The Poets' Corner
- The One-and-Only Poetry Book for the Whole Family
- By: John Lithgow
- Narrated by: Morgan Freeman, Susan Sarandon, Helen Mirren, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13
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John Lithgow has compiled an outstanding collection of memorable poems and has gathered his famous friends to read them....
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Poets of Nature
- A Meditation on the Human Connection with Earth
- By: Walt Whitman, John Keats, Emily Dickinson, and others
- Narrated by: Jonathan Epstein, Malcolm Ingram, Emma Micklewright, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2
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It is hard to top the pleasure of a woodland walk in Spring unless of course you have a lyric poet as your guide. Now that is possible with Poets of Nature....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Soothing Escape
- By John on 02-06-2016
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Adultolescence
- By: Gabbie Hanna
- Narrated by: Gabbie Hanna
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17
This collection of over 150 poems will introduce you to the unique point of view of one of the Internet's most remarkable voices....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it
- By megan geyer on 20-12-2017
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The Odyssey
- By: Homer, Robert Fagles - translator
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 72
The great adventure story tells of Odysseus, a veteran of the Trojan War, who - through a landscape peopled with monsters, sea nymphs, evil enchantresses, and vengeful gods....
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4 out of 5 stars
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A classic but trying
- By Ryan Morrow on 04-04-2018
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Beowulf
- A New Translation
- By: Seamus Heaney
- Narrated by: Seamus Heaney
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
- Abridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
One of the great classics of English literature, it tells the story of a hero who wins glory and learns wisdom and is then called upon to face a final test against the monstrous....
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The Poems of T. S. Eliot
- Read by Jeremy Irons
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Jeremy Irons
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Jeremy Irons' perceptive reading illuminates the poetry of T. S. Eliot in all its complexity....
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5 out of 5 stars
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It was over all too quickly!
- By Pia Horan-Gross on 22-09-2018
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The Divine Comedy
- By: Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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One of the greatest works in literature, Dante's story-poem is an allegory that represents mankind....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Astounding!
- By Robyn on 22-02-2019
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Fierce Fairytales
- By: Nikita Gill
- Narrated by: Nikita Gill
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Traditional fairytales are full of cliché and gender stereotypes....
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The Poetic Edda
- Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
- By: Jackson Crawford
- Narrated by: Jackson Crawford
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!). These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological, and literary importance....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent translation and narration
- By Naomi on 20-11-2018
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Autobiography of Red
- Vintage Contemporaries Series
- By: Anne Carson
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story3 out of 5 stars 1
Autobiography of Red, a stunning work that is both a novel and a poem, both an unconventional recreation of an ancient Greek myth and a wholly original coming-of-age story set in the present....
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Make Me Your Own
- Poems to the Divine Beloved
- By: Tosha Silver
- Narrated by: Tosha Silver
- Length: 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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In this follow-up to "Outrageous Openness: Letting the Divine Take the Lead" these poems guide the listener ever deeper into union with the inner Divine Beloved....
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On Drinking
- By: Charles Bukowski
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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A powerful testament to the pleasures and miseries of a life in drink, and a window into the soul of one of our most beloved and enduring writers, On Drinking is the definitive collection of works on a subject that inspired and haunted Charles Bukowski for his entire life: alcohol....
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Rumi Poetry
- 101 Quotes of Wisdom on Life, Love and Happiness
- By: John Balkh
- Narrated by: Clay Lomakayu
- Length: 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
Rumi's popularity has gone beyond national and ethnic borders....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great!
- By Kindle Customer - from Australia on 28-07-2017
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Six Poets
- Hardy to Larkin: An Anthology
- By: Alan Bennett
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
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Alan Bennett's selection of English verse by his favourite poets....
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The Divine Comedy
- By: Dante Alighieri, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (translator)
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Dante's Divine Comedy is considered to be not only the most important epic poem in Italian literature, but also one of the greatest poems ever written....
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La Divina Commedia (New edit)
- By: Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Ivano Marescotti
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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La realizzazione di questa Commedia di Dante si deve al contributo appassionato di diversi attori: Ivano Marescotti ha prestato la sua voce profonda e la sua...
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When the Heart Breaks
- A Journey Through Requited and Unrequited Love
- By: David Whyte
- Narrated by: David Whyte
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
With a poet's insight into the landscape of the soul, David Whyte offers a deeply moving exploration of how we experience love and loss, and how with resilience and time we can rise again....
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The Thought-Fox and Other Poems
- By: Ted Hughes
- Narrated by: Ted Hughes
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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From his remarkable debut The Hawk in the Rain (1957) to his death in 1998, Ted Hughes was a colossal presence in the English literary landscape....
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Rumi
- Poet of Divine Ecstasy
- By: Coleman Barks
- Narrated by: Michael Toms
- Length: 50 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Drunk with the Divine, Rumi wrote 20,000 poems of mystical, ineffable love of God....
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The Metamorphoses
- By: Ovid
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4 out of 5 stars 8
An undeniable masterpiece of Western Civilization, The Metamorphoses is a continuous narrative that covers all the Olympian legends....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent narration of a large and complex work
- By Amazon Customer on 19-10-2016
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Inward
- By: Yung Pueblo
- Narrated by: Yung Pueblo
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Inward is a collection of poetry, quotes, and prose that explores the movement from self-love to unconditional love, the power of letting go, and the wisdom that comes when we truly try to know ourselves. It is a reminder that healing, transformation, and freedom are possible....
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Poems of Rumi
- By: Robert Bly, Coleman Barks
- Narrated by: Robert Bly, Coleman Barks
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Abridged
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Jalaluddin Rumi is unquestionably one of the greatest spiritual poets of the world....
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Last Sext
- By: Melissa Broder
- Narrated by: Melissa Broder
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Last Sext confronts both eternal longing and the mystery of mortality, with language hot, primal, and dark....
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Beowulf
- By: C. W. Kennedy - translator
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Out of the mixture of Latin and Germanic paganism and the Christianity of the Early Middle Ages has sprung one of the world's supremely great pieces of literature....
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Seven Ages
- An Anthology of Poetry with Music (Unabridged Selections)
- By: William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Ted Hughes
- Narrated by: Ralph Fiennes, Dame Judi Dench
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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This highly entertaining anthology of verse is the comic, tragic, tender, and telling story of life's seven ages, from childhood to old age. Within the framework of Shakespeare's speech...
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Billy Collins Live
- A Performance at the Peter Norton Symphony Space, April 20, 2005
- By: Billy Collins
- Narrated by: Billy Collins
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Original Recording
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In this exclusive audio publishing event, Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate, shares an evening of his poetry in a benefit reading....
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Richmond Lattimore - translator
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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The great legacy of The Iliad is itsshattering revelation of what it means to be human in the face of life's uncertainty and fleeting mortality....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Where’s the Trojan horse?
- By Jan on 04-11-2018
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I Am She
- A Woman's Search for Meaning
- By: Dr. Maidu Dumai
- Narrated by: Autumn Yvonne
- Length: 2 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Were you made to walk in purpose? What does it all mean? In a world where life throws hidden snares, there are many women who parade behind the curtains of mass insecurities, sexual abuse, infidelity, and a never-ending cycle of discontentment....
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Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus
- By: Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by Stephen Mitchell)
- Narrated by: Stephen Mitchell
- Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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The poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke addresses the issues of God, death, and "destructive time." Rilke...
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And Still I Rise (Unabridged Selections)
- A Book of Poems
- By: Maya Angelou
- Narrated by: Maya Angelou
- Length: 22 mins
- Abridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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The beloved and best-selling author reads aloud from her third book of verse....
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5 out of 5 stars
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love it
- By Amazon Customer on 01-06-2018
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The Uncertain Land and Other Poems
- By: Patrick O’Brian
- Narrated by: Seán Barrett
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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The first ever collection of poems by the acclaimed author of the Aubrey/Maturin series of Napoleonic naval adventures. As we have stood with Jack and Stephen on the deck of the Surprise and other ships, listeners around the world have been transported to a place and time at once familiar and exotic, routine and dramatic. At all times, Patrick O’Brian’s deep knowledge of the period and profound empathy with the landscape of the sea has ensured there is always a firm hand on the tiller.
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Masterpieces from My Soul
- By: Patricia Brown-Coleman
- Narrated by: Jessica Mitchell
- Length: 54 mins
- Unabridged
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My poetry is a gift from God to use as a healing tool, for myself and to share with others, to encourage, to heal, and to spiritually uplift. Please allow me through my words to take you on this journey of love, lust, hurt, and doubt, seeking spiritual guidance, and the insecurities of a young woman blossoming into adulthood.
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The Romantics - Volume 1
- By: William Blake, Robert Burns, John Clare
- Narrated by: Nigel Planer, Gideon Wagner, Richard Mitchley
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Romanticism was a new movement in philosophy and the arts that began in the late 18th century when major political events shook the world, such as the French Revolution and American independence. It marked a distinct contrast to the prevailing Enlightenment ideals and in poetry represented a more personal intuitive, emotional and meditative expression with a back-to-nature imperative. It subsequently altered the way in which we perceive poetry and beyond as well as defining our own modern sensibilities to the arts.
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Victorian Poetry - Volume 3
- By: Alice Meynell, William Makepeace Thackeray, Augusta Davies Webster
- Narrated by: Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Victoria’s reign was long and presided over the restless expansion of the British Empire and reams of creative genius. Within these volumes we can bring only a glimpse of the richness, beauty and words of the poets and their musings on this remarkable age. Many are world-renowned - Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Kipling, Austin, Hopkins, Hardy and Swinburne. Some are almost forgotten - Patmore, Newbolt, Synge. And some are barely noted - Lyall, Meynell and Merdeith. But together they encompass a great poetical age.
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Girlhood
- By: Julia Copus
- Narrated by: Andrew Stevenson
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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In her fourth collection, Julia Copus explores the shifting balance of power between dangerous and destructive forces and things on the verge of becoming. Her deft and seductive poems reanimate lost figures and places from private moments and recast them in the open arena of the spoken word. Listening to this collection, one has the sense of encountering a series of filmic installations arranged by episode in a gallery.
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The Poetry of Adelaide Anne Proctor
- By: Adelaide Anne Proctor
- Narrated by: Jake Urry, Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Adelaide Anne Procter was born on 30th October, 1825 at 25 Bedford Square in the Bloomsbury district of London. Her literary career began whilst still a teenager. Many of her poems were published by the great Charles Dickens in his periodicals Household Words and All the Year Round before being later published in book form.
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The Uncertain Land and Other Poems
- By: Patrick O’Brian
- Narrated by: Seán Barrett
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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The first ever collection of poems by the acclaimed author of the Aubrey/Maturin series of Napoleonic naval adventures. As we have stood with Jack and Stephen on the deck of the Surprise and other ships, listeners around the world have been transported to a place and time at once familiar and exotic, routine and dramatic. At all times, Patrick O’Brian’s deep knowledge of the period and profound empathy with the landscape of the sea has ensured there is always a firm hand on the tiller.
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Masterpieces from My Soul
- By: Patricia Brown-Coleman
- Narrated by: Jessica Mitchell
- Length: 54 mins
- Unabridged
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My poetry is a gift from God to use as a healing tool, for myself and to share with others, to encourage, to heal, and to spiritually uplift. Please allow me through my words to take you on this journey of love, lust, hurt, and doubt, seeking spiritual guidance, and the insecurities of a young woman blossoming into adulthood.
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The Romantics - Volume 1
- By: William Blake, Robert Burns, John Clare
- Narrated by: Nigel Planer, Gideon Wagner, Richard Mitchley
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Romanticism was a new movement in philosophy and the arts that began in the late 18th century when major political events shook the world, such as the French Revolution and American independence. It marked a distinct contrast to the prevailing Enlightenment ideals and in poetry represented a more personal intuitive, emotional and meditative expression with a back-to-nature imperative. It subsequently altered the way in which we perceive poetry and beyond as well as defining our own modern sensibilities to the arts.
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Victorian Poetry - Volume 3
- By: Alice Meynell, William Makepeace Thackeray, Augusta Davies Webster
- Narrated by: Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Victoria’s reign was long and presided over the restless expansion of the British Empire and reams of creative genius. Within these volumes we can bring only a glimpse of the richness, beauty and words of the poets and their musings on this remarkable age. Many are world-renowned - Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Kipling, Austin, Hopkins, Hardy and Swinburne. Some are almost forgotten - Patmore, Newbolt, Synge. And some are barely noted - Lyall, Meynell and Merdeith. But together they encompass a great poetical age.
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Girlhood
- By: Julia Copus
- Narrated by: Andrew Stevenson
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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In her fourth collection, Julia Copus explores the shifting balance of power between dangerous and destructive forces and things on the verge of becoming. Her deft and seductive poems reanimate lost figures and places from private moments and recast them in the open arena of the spoken word. Listening to this collection, one has the sense of encountering a series of filmic installations arranged by episode in a gallery.
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The Poetry of Adelaide Anne Proctor
- By: Adelaide Anne Proctor
- Narrated by: Jake Urry, Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Adelaide Anne Procter was born on 30th October, 1825 at 25 Bedford Square in the Bloomsbury district of London. Her literary career began whilst still a teenager. Many of her poems were published by the great Charles Dickens in his periodicals Household Words and All the Year Round before being later published in book form.
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The Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley
- By: Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Shelley is one of the most revered figures in the English poetical landscape. Born on the 4th August 1792 he has, over the years, become rightly regarded as a major Romantic poet. Yet during his own lifetime little of his work was published. Publishers feared his radical views and possible charges against themselves for blasphemy and sedition. In this collection Shelley’s words are alive with intent, meaning and emotion. A true poet for all our ages.
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The Poet Laureates - Volume 1
- By: Ben Jonson, John Skelton, Edmund Spenser
- Narrated by: Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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The office of Poet Laureate is a high honour amongst poets. The ancient Greeks had the first idea, and their heroes and poets wore wreaths of laurel in honour of the god Apollo. Many countries now have a laureate, as do many societies and organisations. But perhaps ranked first among them all is that of our own Poet Laureate. Unfortunately no single authentic definitive record exists of the office of Poet Laureate of England. In some form it can be traced back to 1189 and Richard Canonicus, who was employed by Richard I with the title 'versificator Regis'.
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Victorian Poetry - Volume 2
- By: Thomas Hardy, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Edward Lear
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Victoria’s reign was long and presided over the restless expansion of the British Empire and reams of creative genius. Within these volumes we can bring only a glimpse of the richness, beauty and words of the poets and their musings on this remarkable age. Many are world-renowned - Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Kipling, Austin, Hopkins, Hardy and Swinburne. Some are almost forgotten - Patmore, Newbolt, Synge. And some are barely noted - Lyall, Meynell and Merdeith. But together they encompass a great poetical age.
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The Poetry of Robert Browning
- By: Robert Browning
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 52 mins
- Unabridged
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With classics such as ‘My Last Duchess’ and ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin’ Robert Browning’s status as one of the great Victorian poets will always be secure in popular culture, while for the more literary he is considered a master of dramatic verse and dramatic monologues. It is interesting to note that his career bloomed late. Indeed, it was only after the death of his wife Elizabeth in 1861 and his return to England from their life in Italy that his work came into wider acceptance and critical acclaim.
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The Poetry of Hell
- By: William Blake, John Milton, Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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It is often said that two things are unavoidable: death and taxes. Certainly the latter is a common thorn in adult life, but as to the former it seems that for many people it is merely a hiccup in life’s journey. A journey they wish, if being of good deed and character, to share at the eternity of heaven’s largesse, a reward for faith and the obligations of religion. Of course for those not so fortunate an altogether different experience was prepared for them: hell. Its nightmare visions are so terrifying, conjured up by Dante, Milton, Blake, Baudelaire and many others.
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The Poet Laureates - Volume 2
- By: William Wordsworth, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Alfred Austin
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker, Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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The office of Poet Laureate is a high honour amongst poets. The ancient Greeks had the first idea, and their heroes and poets wore wreaths of laurel in honour of the god Apollo. Many countries now have a laureate, as do many societies and organisations. But perhaps ranked first among them all is that of our own Poet Laureate. Unfortunately no single authentic definitive record exists of the office of Poet Laureate of England. In some form it can be traced back to 1189 and Richard Canonicus, who was employed by Richard I with the title 'versificator Regis'.
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Westminster Memorials - Volume 2
- By: John Clare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Herrick
- Narrated by: Jan Francis, Glyn Huston, Richard Mitchley
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Westminster Abbey has seen much during its long, rich history: the coronations of Kings and Queens, the burials of Prime Ministers. However, it is also a church that remembers the men and women of the arts. Dedicated writers and poets who spoke so eloquently that the nation wished to remember them with plaques upon its walls so that all who travelled here could remember, too. Their works are worth remembering, and here, in these volumes, their wise words speak, too, and for us all. In volume 2 we collect together John Clare to DH Lawrence.
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To Banquet with the Ethiopians
- A Memoir of Life Before the Alphabet
- By: Philip Brady
- Narrated by: Philip Brady, Elsa Brady, Julie Sidoni
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Poised between myth and time, Philip Brady's To Banquet with the Ethiopians: A Memoir of Life Before the Alphabet is a sprawling, genre-defying verse epic, an audacious masterpiece of wit and erudition that blends Homer's discovery of the alphabet with a man's return from near-death and a boy's struggle to see the adult world through the prism of an ancient epic.
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Casket: Pronounced as That's It
- By: Lou Kane
- Narrated by: Jeff Werden
- Length: 24 mins
- Unabridged
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It's that moment of knowing that the journey has ended, that familiar scent of the air, that second of awareness, that touch of happiness filling up the soul with laughter. It's that final breath waiting to be released. It's the emotions that life gives to the world closing its door, that's it!
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Three Poems
- By: Hannah Sullivan
- Narrated by: Hannah Sullivan
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Hannah Sullivan's debut collection is a revelation - three long poems of fresh ambition, intensity and substance. Though each poem stands apart, their inventive and looping encounters make for a compelling unity. 'You, Very Young in New York' captures a great American city in all its alluring detail. 'Repeat Until Time' begins with a move to California and unfolds into an essay on repetition and returning home, at once personal and philosophical. 'The Sandpit After Rain' explores the birth of a child and the loss of a father with exacting clarity.
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Kaleidoscope: Poetry
- By: Russ Towne
- Narrated by: William Wells
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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An inspiring collection of the poetry of Russ Towne including an eclectic mix of heartwarming and humorous creations including reflections on beauty, love, nature, friendship, heartache, and relationships.
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Iowa
- Poetry
- By: Lucas Hunt
- Narrated by: Lucas Hunt
- Length: 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The first of five audiobooks in an autobiographical collection of cinematic poetry, Iowa commences the Homeric journey of poet Lucas Hunt from a childhood engulfed by the humidity and sun on a pig farm, to the society shores of Southampton, the jagged glass and steel canyons of New York City, and the sublimity of Rome and Paris.