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    This month's free audiobook is Love Stories by Trent Dalton! Add it to your library and more like it

    Love Stories cover art
    • Love Stories

    • Uplifting True Stories about Love from the Internationally Bestselling Author of Boy Swallows Universe
    • By: Trent Dalton
    • Narrated by: Trent Dalton
    • Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 754
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 671
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 672

    Inspired by a personal moment of profound love and generosity, Trent Dalton, best-selling author and one of Australia's finest journalists, spent two months in 2021 speaking to people from all walks of life, asking them one simple and direct question: Can you please tell me a love story? The result is an immensely warm, poignant, funny, and moving book about love in all its guises.

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Perfection

    • By Anonymous User on 19-11-2021
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    • Atlas of the Heart

    • Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
    • By: Brené Brown
    • Narrated by: Brené Brown
    • Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 604
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 524
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 519

    In Atlas of the Heart, New York Times best-selling author Dr Brené Brown takes us on a journey through 87 of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. As she maps the necessary skills and lays out an actionable framework for meaningful connection, she gives us the language and tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances - a universe where we can share and steward the stories of our bravest and most heart-breaking moments with one another in a way that builds connection.

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Simply what I needed to hear & learn

    • By Louise Fleming on 23-02-2022
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    • Let Go

    • It's time for us to let go of shame, expectation and our addiction to social media, from The Resilience Project
    • By: Hugh van Cuylenburg
    • Narrated by: Hugh van Cuylenburg
    • Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 661
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 562
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 563

    In this follow-up to the best-selling The Resilience Project: Finding Happiness Through Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness, Resilience Project founder Hugh Van Cuylenburg combines powerful insight with research and his own disarming and candid storytelling to show how it is possible to let go of the things that are stopping us from feeling connected, safe and happy. 

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Another masterpiece!

    • By Anonymous User on 03-12-2021
    Apples Never Fall cover art
    • Apples Never Fall

    • By: Liane Moriarty
    • Narrated by: Caroline Lee
    • Length: 18 hrs and 3 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 1,003
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 909
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 904

    From the outside, the Delaneys appear to be an enviably contented family. Even after all these years, former tennis coaches Joy and Stan are still winning tournaments, and now that they've sold the family business, they have all the time in the world to learn how to 'relax'. Their four adult children are busy living their own lives, and while it could be argued they never quite achieved their destinies, no one ever says that out loud.

    • 1 out of 5 stars
    • Nauseous narrator

    • By Amy Jo Connolly on 14-11-2021
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    • A Life on Our Planet

    • My Witness Statement and Vision for the Future
    • By: David Attenborough
    • Narrated by: David Attenborough
    • Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 1,134
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 960
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 950

    I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day - the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity. I have been witness to this decline.

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • His Life for all of us.

    • By Kevin on 07-10-2020
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    • Still Life

    • By: Sarah Winman
    • Narrated by: Sarah Winman
    • Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 580
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 522
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 523

    1944, in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa, as bombs fall around them, two strangers meet and share an extraordinary evening. Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier; Evelyn Skinner is a sexagenarian art historian and possible spy. She has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the wreckage and relive memories of the time she encountered EM Forster and had her heart stolen by an Italian maid in a particular Florentine room with a view.

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Meraviglioso! - simply wonderful!

    • By Anonymous User on 19-07-2021
    Love Stories cover art
    • Love Stories

    • Uplifting True Stories about Love from the Internationally Bestselling Author of Boy Swallows Universe
    • By: Trent Dalton
    • Narrated by: Trent Dalton
    • Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 754
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 671
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 672

    Inspired by a personal moment of profound love and generosity, Trent Dalton, best-selling author and one of Australia's finest journalists, spent two months in 2021 speaking to people from all walks of life, asking them one simple and direct question: Can you please tell me a love story? The result is an immensely warm, poignant, funny, and moving book about love in all its guises.

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Perfection

    • By Anonymous User on 19-11-2021
    Atlas of the Heart cover art
    • Atlas of the Heart

    • Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
    • By: Brené Brown
    • Narrated by: Brené Brown
    • Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 604
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 524
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 519

    In Atlas of the Heart, New York Times best-selling author Dr Brené Brown takes us on a journey through 87 of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. As she maps the necessary skills and lays out an actionable framework for meaningful connection, she gives us the language and tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances - a universe where we can share and steward the stories of our bravest and most heart-breaking moments with one another in a way that builds connection.

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Simply what I needed to hear & learn

    • By Louise Fleming on 23-02-2022
    Let Go cover art
    • Let Go

    • It's time for us to let go of shame, expectation and our addiction to social media, from The Resilience Project
    • By: Hugh van Cuylenburg
    • Narrated by: Hugh van Cuylenburg
    • Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 661
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 562
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 563

    In this follow-up to the best-selling The Resilience Project: Finding Happiness Through Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness, Resilience Project founder Hugh Van Cuylenburg combines powerful insight with research and his own disarming and candid storytelling to show how it is possible to let go of the things that are stopping us from feeling connected, safe and happy. 

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Another masterpiece!

    • By Anonymous User on 03-12-2021
    Apples Never Fall cover art
    • Apples Never Fall

    • By: Liane Moriarty
    • Narrated by: Caroline Lee
    • Length: 18 hrs and 3 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 1,003
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 909
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 904

    From the outside, the Delaneys appear to be an enviably contented family. Even after all these years, former tennis coaches Joy and Stan are still winning tournaments, and now that they've sold the family business, they have all the time in the world to learn how to 'relax'. Their four adult children are busy living their own lives, and while it could be argued they never quite achieved their destinies, no one ever says that out loud.

    • 1 out of 5 stars
    • Nauseous narrator

    • By Amy Jo Connolly on 14-11-2021
    A Life on Our Planet cover art
    • A Life on Our Planet

    • My Witness Statement and Vision for the Future
    • By: David Attenborough
    • Narrated by: David Attenborough
    • Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 1,134
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 960
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 950

    I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day - the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity. I have been witness to this decline.

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • His Life for all of us.

    • By Kevin on 07-10-2020
    Still Life cover art
    • Still Life

    • By: Sarah Winman
    • Narrated by: Sarah Winman
    • Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 580
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 522
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 523

    1944, in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa, as bombs fall around them, two strangers meet and share an extraordinary evening. Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier; Evelyn Skinner is a sexagenarian art historian and possible spy. She has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the wreckage and relive memories of the time she encountered EM Forster and had her heart stolen by an Italian maid in a particular Florentine room with a view.

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Meraviglioso! - simply wonderful!

    • By Anonymous User on 19-07-2021
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    • Devotion

    • By: Hannah Kent
    • Narrated by: Emily Wheaton
    • Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 211
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 187
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 187

    Prussia, 1836: Hanne Nussbaum is a child of nature—she would rather run wild in the forest than conform to the limitations of womanhood. In her village of Kay, Hanne is friendless and considered an oddity...until she meets Thea. The Nussbaums are Old Lutherans, bound by God's law and at odds with their king's order for reform. Forced to flee religious persecution, the families of Kay board a crowded, disease-riddled ship bound for the new colony of South Australia.

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Hannah Kent is a poetic novelist

    • By Kitty on 04-12-2021
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    • Boy Swallows Universe

    • The International Bestseller
    • By: Trent Dalton
    • Narrated by: Stig Wemyss
    • Length: 16 hrs and 42 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 5,309
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,774
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,773

     

    Brisbane, 1983: A lost father, a mute brother, a mum in jail, a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious crim for a babysitter. It's not as if Eli's life isn't complicated enough already. He's just trying to follow his heart, learning what it takes to be a good man, but life just keeps throwing obstacles in the way - not least of which is Tytus Broz, legendary Brisbane drug dealer. But Eli's life is about to get a whole lot more serious. He's about to fall in love. And, oh yeah, he has to break into Boggo Road Gaol on Christmas Day, to save his mum.

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Hard to press stop!

    • By Fiona_S on 08-10-2018
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    • Becoming

    • By: Michelle Obama
    • Narrated by: Michelle Obama
    • Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 9,124
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 7,925
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 7,909

    In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it - in her own words and on her own terms. 

    • 2 out of 5 stars
    • Sadly disappointed

    • By Jo on 24-02-2019
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    • Untamed

    • Stop Pleasing, Start Living
    • By: Glennon Doyle
    • Narrated by: Glennon Doyle
    • Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,271
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,857
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,855

    For many years, Glennon Doyle denied her discontent. Then, while speaking at a conference, she looked at a woman across the room and fell instantly in love. Three words flooded her mind: There. She. Is. At first, Glennon assumed these words came to her from on high but soon she realised they had come to her from within. This was the voice she had buried beneath decades of numbing addictions and social conditioning. Glennon decided to let go of the world’s expectations of her and reclaim her true untamed self. 

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Every woman and her daughter should read this

    • By Anonymous User on 18-04-2020
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    • Before You Knew My Name

    • By: Jacqueline Bublitz
    • Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins
    • Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 213
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 191
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 191

    When she arrived in New York on her 18th birthday, carrying nothing but $600 cash and a stolen camera, Alice Lee was looking for a fresh start. Now, just one month later, she is the city’s latest Jane Doe, an unidentified murder victim. Ruby Jones is also trying to start over; she travelled halfway around the world only to find herself lonelier than ever. Until she finds Alice’s body by the Hudson River. From this first, devastating encounter, the two women form an unbreakable bond. 

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Loved this book

    • By Anonymous User on 21-08-2021
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    • Bridgerton: An Offer from a Gentleman

    • Bridgerton Family, Book 3
    • By: Julia Quinn
    • Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
    • Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 654
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 559
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 559

    Sophie Beckett never dreamed she'd be able to sneak into Lady Bridgerton's famed masquerade ball, or that 'Prince Charming' would be waiting there for her!Even though she's the daughter of an earl, Sophie has been relegated to the role of servant by her disdainful stepmother. But now, spinning in the strong arms of the debonair and devastatingly handsome Benedict Bridgerton, she feels like royalty. Alas, she knows all enchantments must end when the clock strikes midnight.

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Not my favourite Bridgerton book

    • By Denise Fleming on 28-01-2022
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    • The Promise

    • By: Damon Galgut
    • Narrated by: Peter Noble
    • Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 135
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 119
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 117

    The many voices of The Promise tell a story in four snapshots, each one centered on a family funeral, each one happening in a different decade. In the background, a different president is in power, and a different spirit hangs over the country, while in the foreground the family fights over what they call their farm, on a worthless piece of land outside Pretoria. Over large jumps in time, people get older, faces and laws and lives all change, while a brother and sister circle around a promise made long ago and never kept.... 

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • loved it! very nostalgic

    • By Gerrie van Vuuren on 09-11-2021
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    • The Other Side of Beautiful

    • By: Kim Lock
    • Narrated by: Raechyl French
    • Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 122
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 109
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 109

    Meet Mercy Blain, whose house has just burnt down. Unfortunately for Mercy, this goes beyond the disaster it would be for most people: she hasn't been outside that house for two years now. Flung out into the world she's been studiously ignoring, Mercy goes to the only place she can. Her not-quite-ex-husband Eugene's house. But it turns out she can't stay there, either. And so begins Mercy's unwilling journey.

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Charming

    • By Melle on 10-10-2021
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    • All Our Shimmering Skies

    • By: Trent Dalton
    • Narrated by: Ruby Rees
    • Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,071
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 951
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 947

    Darwin, 1942, and as Japanese bombs rain down, motherless Molly Hook, the gravedigger's daughter, turns once again to the sky for guidance. She carries a stone heart inside a duffel bag next to the map that leads to Longcoat Bob, the deep-country sorcerer who put a curse on her family. By her side are the most unlikely travelling companions: Greta, a razor-tongued. 

    • 1 out of 5 stars
    • Got to Chapter 20, Couldn’t finish

    • By Jen W. on 08-10-2020
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    • My Year of Living Vulnerably

    • By: Rick Morton
    • Narrated by: Rick Morton
    • Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 89
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 72
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 72

    In early 2019, Rick Morton, author of acclaimed, best-selling memoir One Hundred Years of Dirt, was diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder - which, as he says, is just a fancy way of saying that one of the people who should have loved him the most during childhood didn't. So, over the course of 12 months, he went on a journey to rediscover love. To get better. Not cured, not fixed. Just, better. This is a book about his journey to betterness, his year of living vulnerably.

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Essential

    • By Perry Duffin on 24-03-2021
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    • A Home Like Ours

    • By: Fiona Lowe
    • Narrated by: Rebecca Macauley
    • Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 114
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 107
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 105

    Tara Hooper is at breaking point. With two young children, a business in a town struggling under an unexpected crime wave, and her husband more interested in his cricket team than their marriage, life is a juggling act. Then, when new neighbors arrive and they are exactly the sort of people the town doesn't want or need, things get worse. 

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • love love love

    • By Anonymous User on 22-05-2022
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    • The Labyrinth

    • By: Amanda Lohrey
    • Narrated by: Danielle Carter
    • Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 146
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 129
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 129

    Erica Marsden’s son, an artist, has been imprisoned for homicidal negligence. In a state of grief, Erica cuts off all ties to family and friends, and retreats to a quiet hamlet on the south-east coast near the prison where he is serving his sentence. There, in a rundown shack, she obsesses over creating a labyrinth by the ocean. To build it - to find a way out of her quandary - Erica will need the help of strangers. And that will require her to trust and to reckon with her past.

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • A meditative journey

    • By Brianne Cuthbert on 30-11-2021

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    • Cultish

    • The Language of Fanaticism
    • By: Amanda Montell
    • Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
    • Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 82
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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      4.5 out of 5 stars 70

    The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • amazing... I'm going to listen again and again

    • By Amazon Customer on 20-05-2022
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    • Wordslut

    • A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
    • By: Amanda Montell
    • Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
    • Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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      5 out of 5 stars 22
    • Performance
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    Amanda Montell, feminist linguist and features editor at online magazine Byrdie, explains why words matter and why it’s imperative that women embrace their unique relationship with language....

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    • By Anonymous User on 01-12-2020
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    • Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
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    • Insightful, hopeful and critically important

    • By Olga on 12-05-2022
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    • Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue

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    • Narrated by: John McWhorter
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      4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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      4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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      4.5 out of 5 stars 26

    A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • McWhorter delivers the goods yet again.

    • By Kane Ord on 20-11-2021
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    • By: Amanda Montell
    • Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
    • Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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      4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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    The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power....

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    • By: Amanda Montell
    • Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
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      5 out of 5 stars 22
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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    Amanda Montell, feminist linguist and features editor at online magazine Byrdie, explains why words matter and why it’s imperative that women embrace their unique relationship with language....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
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    • By Anonymous User on 01-12-2020
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    • The Reading Brain in a Digital World
    • By: Maryanne Wolf
    • Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
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      5 out of 5 stars 5

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    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Insightful, hopeful and critically important

    • By Olga on 12-05-2022
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    • Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue

    • The Untold Story of English
    • By: John McWhorter
    • Narrated by: John McWhorter
    • Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
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      4.5 out of 5 stars 29
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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      4.5 out of 5 stars 26

    A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar....

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    • McWhorter delivers the goods yet again.

    • By Kane Ord on 20-11-2021
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    • Dent's Modern Tribes

    • The Secret Languages of Britain
    • By: Susie Dent
    • Narrated by: Susie Dent
    • Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
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      4.5 out of 5 stars 13
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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      4 out of 5 stars 13

    Susie Dent has spent years interviewing hundreds of professionals, hobbyists and enthusiasts, and the result is an idiosyncratic phrasebook like no other....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Packed full of very British Tribes

    • By Gully Bear on 01-08-2020
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    • Nine Nasty Words

    • English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
    • By: John McWhorter
    • Narrated by: John McWhorter
    • Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 14
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 10
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 10

    Language evolves with time, and so does what we consider profane or unspeakable. Nine Nasty Words is a rollicking examination of profanity, explored from every angle: historical, sociological, political, linguistic....

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    • Fluent Forever

    • How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
    • By: Gabriel Wyner
    • Narrated by: Gabriel Wyner
    • Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 102
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 85
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 85

    Memory is the greatest challenge to learning a foreign language; there are just too many words and too many rules....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • A good place to start is to learn how to learn!

    • By Rod on 23-12-2019
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    • The Adventure of English

    • The Biography of a Language
    • By: Melvyn Bragg
    • Narrated by: Robert Powell
    • Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 120
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 108
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 107

    This is the remarkable story of the English language; from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • an excellent history

    • By Kindle Customer on 02-09-2019
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    • 日本語の大疑問 眠れなくなるほど面白い ことばの世界

    • (幻冬舎新書)
    • By: 国立国語研究所編
    • Narrated by: 岩崎 了
    • Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      0 out of 5 stars 0
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    毎日あたりまえに使っている日本語。だが、ふと疑問に思うことはないだろうか。そもそも漢字はいつから日本にあるのか?「シミュレーション」を「シュミレーション」とつい発音してしまうのはなぜだろ

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    • The Sense of Style

    • The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
    • By: Steven Pinker
    • Narrated by: Arthur Morey
    • Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 14
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 14
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 14

    Bad writing can't be blamed on the internet or on 'the kids today'. Good writing has always been hard: a performance requiring pretence, empathy and a drive for coherence. Steven Pinker uses the latest scientific insights to bring us a style and usage guide for the 21st century....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • for a writing guide its very enjoyable

    • By Robbie Hammond on 16-07-2020
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    • Have You Eaten Grandma?

    • By: Gyles Brandreth
    • Narrated by: Gyles Brandreth
    • Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 2
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 2
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 2

    Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Have You Eaten Grandma? written and read by Gyles Brandreth....

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    • Proust and the Squid

    • The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
    • By: Maryanne Wolf
    • Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
    • Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 23
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 22
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 22

    This ambitious and provocative new book offers an impassioned look at reading....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • The reading brain- Socratic defiance

    • By Anonymous User on 23-03-2022
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    • The Language Hoax

    • Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language
    • By: John H. McWhorter
    • Narrated by: John McWhorter
    • Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 15
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 11
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 11

    This short, opinionated audiobook addresses the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which argues that the language we speak shapes the way we perceive the world....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Not bad, not bad!

    • By Jake Paris on 22-11-2021
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    • De Profundis

    • By: Oscar Wilde, Merlin Holland - introduction
    • Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Merlin Holland
    • Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 2
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 2
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 2

    Written during his time in Reading Gaol, De Profundis is Oscar Wilde's moving letter to Lord Alfred Douglas, whose relationship with Wilde led to the poet's imprisonment....

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    • The Language Instinct

    • How the Mind Creates Language
    • By: Steven Pinker
    • Narrated by: Arthur Morey
    • Length: 18 hrs and 55 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 56
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 51
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 51

    In this classic, the world’s expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • an insightful book about language and our brain

    • By David on 06-06-2016
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    • The Art of Language Invention

    • From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building
    • By: David J. Peterson
    • Narrated by: David J. Peterson
    • Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 4
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 4
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 4

    Peterson offers a captivating overview of language creation, covering its history from Tolkien's creations and Klingon to today's thriving global community of conlangers....

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    • The Essential Chomsky

    • By: Noam Chomsky, Anthony Arnove - editor
    • Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
    • Length: 22 hrs and 25 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 11
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 10
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 11

    In a single volume, the seminal writings of the world's leading philosopher, linguist, and critic, published to coincide with his 80th birthday....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Excellent expose of USA imperialism

    • By Anonymous User on 21-03-2022
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    • The Story of Human Language

    • By: John McWhorter, The Great Courses
    • Narrated by: John McWhorter
    • Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
    • Original Recording
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 239
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 209
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 207

    Learn how a single tongue spoken 150,000 years ago evolved into the estimated 6,000 languages used around the world today....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • This is from 2005

    • By David on 26-07-2018
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    • The All New Don't Think of an Elephant!

    • Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
    • By: George Lakoff
    • Narrated by: Chris Sorenson
    • Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 12
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 9

    Since it became an international best-seller in 2004, Don't Think of an Elephant! has been the definitive handbook for progressives who want to articulate their goals....

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    • What Kind of Creatures Are We?

    • By: Noam Chomsky
    • Narrated by: John Pruden
    • Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 1
    • Performance
      0 out of 5 stars 0
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    Noam Chomsky is known and admired for being the founder of modern linguistics, one of the founders of the field of cognitive science, and perhaps the most avidly read political theorist and commentator of our time. In these lectures, he presents a lifetime of philosophical reflection....

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    • Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes

    • Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
    • By: Daniel L. Everett
    • Narrated by: Daniel Everett
    • Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 15
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 15
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 14

    Daniel Everett, then a Christian missionary, arrived among the Pirahã in 1977 - with his wife and three young children - intending to convert them....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • reccomend if you're into language

    • By Ethan Hemingway on 01-11-2019
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    • The History of the English Language, 2nd Edition

    • By: Seth Lerer, The Great Courses
    • Narrated by: Seth Lerer
    • Length: 18 hrs and 27 mins
    • Original Recording
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 8
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 6
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 5

    This course offers an overview of the English language that is literary, historical, cultural, political, and scientific in its scope....

    • 2 out of 5 stars
    • disappointed

    • By Ian on 06-04-2022
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    • Highly Irregular

    • Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme - And Other Oddities of the English Language
    • By: Arika Okrent
    • Narrated by: Arika Okrent
    • Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 1
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 1

    Both an entertaining send-up of linguistic oddities and a deeply researched history of English, Highly Irregular is essential for anyone who has paused to wonder about our marvelous mess of a language....

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    • The Horse, the Wheel, and Language

    • How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
    • By: David W. Anthony
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 13
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 10
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 10

    Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Learn more in this audiobook....

    • 1 out of 5 stars
    • Not a great read. Lots of detail no story.

    • By Jeff on 22-01-2022
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    • Index, A History of the

    • By: Dennis Duncan
    • Narrated by: Neil Gardner
    • Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 2
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 2
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 2

    Most of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up. But here, hiding in plain sight, is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play....

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    • Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage

    • By: John McWhorter, The Great Courses
    • Narrated by: John McWhorter
    • Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
    • Original Recording
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 30
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 27
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 27

    Many features of English sound normal to a native speaker, but linguists find them puzzling as well as revealing....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • I could listen to John McWhorter all day

    • By Anita Potucek on 04-09-2020
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    • You Say Potato: A Book About Accents

    • By: Ben Crystal, David Crystal
    • Narrated by: David Crystal, Ben Crystal, Jane Savage, and others
    • Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 4
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 4
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 4

    An authoritative, entertaining book about our accents and what they say about us....

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    • First You Write a Sentence.

    • The Elements of Reading, Writing...and Life.
    • By: Joe Moran
    • Narrated by: Roy McMillan
    • Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 9
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 8
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8

    Using minimal technical terms, First You Write a Sentence is Professor Joe Moran's unpedantic but authoritative explanation of how the most ordinary words can be turned into verbal constellations of extraordinary grace.... 

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • A Work of Art

    • By Paul on 19-04-2021