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M. Butterfly
- By: David Henry Hwang
- Narrated by: John Lithgow, B.D. Wong, David Dukes, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
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Inspired by an actual espionage scandal, a French diplomat discovers the startling truth about his Chinese mistress....
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Confucian Analects
- By: Confucius
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
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The Analects or Selected Sayings is an ancient Chinese text comprising sayings and wisdom teachings attributed to Confucius and his contemporaries, as well as fragmentary dialogues between the philosopher and his students....
By: Confucius
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7 Secrets of the Goddess
- The Hindu Trinity Series
- By: Devdutt Pattanaik
- Narrated by: Sagar Arya
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
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Taken literally, stories, symbols and rituals of Hindu mythology have much to say about gender relationships. Taken symbolically, they reveal many more things....
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The Imperial Alchemist
- Georgia Lee, Book 1
- By: A. H. Wang
- Narrated by: Luke Welland
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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210 BC, China. The most powerful emperor China has ever known is on the brink of death. In desperation, he sends his most gifted alchemist and sorcerer on a quest for the mythical elixir of life. His fleet never returned....
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good story
- By Luke on 12-05-2025
By: A. H. Wang
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The Way of Chuang Tzu (Second Edition)
- By: Thomas Merton
- Narrated by: Greg Chun
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
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Classic writings from the great Zen master in exquisite versions by Thomas Merton, with a preface by his holiness the Dalai Lama, now in audio for the first time....
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Wonderful commentary and reading
- By JOHN P BACK on 26-08-2025
By: Thomas Merton
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The Water Margin
- Outlaws of the Marsh
- By: Shi Naian, J. H. Jackson - translator, Edwin Lowe - translator
- Narrated by: Jonathan Booth
- Length: 33 hrs and 41 mins
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The Water Margin is one of the most popular classics of early Chinese literature. It tells the vigorous story of 108 characters who, falling foul of the established state authorities, are forced to become outlaws....
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difference in moral views
- By Daniel Z on 16-03-2024
By: Shi Naian, and others
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M. Butterfly
- By: David Henry Hwang
- Narrated by: John Lithgow, B.D. Wong, David Dukes, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
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Inspired by an actual espionage scandal, a French diplomat discovers the startling truth about his Chinese mistress....
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Confucian Analects
- By: Confucius
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
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The Analects or Selected Sayings is an ancient Chinese text comprising sayings and wisdom teachings attributed to Confucius and his contemporaries, as well as fragmentary dialogues between the philosopher and his students....
By: Confucius
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7 Secrets of the Goddess
- The Hindu Trinity Series
- By: Devdutt Pattanaik
- Narrated by: Sagar Arya
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
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Taken literally, stories, symbols and rituals of Hindu mythology have much to say about gender relationships. Taken symbolically, they reveal many more things....
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The Imperial Alchemist
- Georgia Lee, Book 1
- By: A. H. Wang
- Narrated by: Luke Welland
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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210 BC, China. The most powerful emperor China has ever known is on the brink of death. In desperation, he sends his most gifted alchemist and sorcerer on a quest for the mythical elixir of life. His fleet never returned....
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good story
- By Luke on 12-05-2025
By: A. H. Wang
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The Way of Chuang Tzu (Second Edition)
- By: Thomas Merton
- Narrated by: Greg Chun
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
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Classic writings from the great Zen master in exquisite versions by Thomas Merton, with a preface by his holiness the Dalai Lama, now in audio for the first time....
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Wonderful commentary and reading
- By JOHN P BACK on 26-08-2025
By: Thomas Merton
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The Water Margin
- Outlaws of the Marsh
- By: Shi Naian, J. H. Jackson - translator, Edwin Lowe - translator
- Narrated by: Jonathan Booth
- Length: 33 hrs and 41 mins
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The Water Margin is one of the most popular classics of early Chinese literature. It tells the vigorous story of 108 characters who, falling foul of the established state authorities, are forced to become outlaws....
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difference in moral views
- By Daniel Z on 16-03-2024
By: Shi Naian, and others
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Scion of Ikshvaku
- Ram Chandra Series, Book 1
- By: Amish
- Narrated by: Sagar Arya
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
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Ram Rajya. The Perfect Land. But perfection has a price. He paid that price....
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Narration did a fair job with the book
- By Anonymous on 01-05-2024
By: Amish
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沈まぬ太陽(四) -会長室篇・上-
- (新潮文庫)
- By: 山崎 豊子
- Narrated by: MiC
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
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御巣鷹山の墜落事故後、新会長が組織改革を進め、恩地はご遺族係りから突然、会長室部長に抜擢された。だがそれは、金と権力に群がる人の顔をした魑魅魍魎、利権を貪る政治家と官僚、新たなる暗闘の序曲だった……。
By: 山崎 豊子
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Sita: Warrior of Mithila
- By: Amish
- Narrated by: Sagar Arya
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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India, 3400 BCE. The ancient kingdom of Mithila is divided by corruption, resentment, and poverty. An abandoned baby is found in a field protected by a vulture from a pack of wolves....
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Not able to listen properly
- By Kindle Customer on 25-05-2022
By: Amish
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The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
- A Translation of the Saṃyutta Nikaya
- By: Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Narrated by: Taradasa
- Length: 57 hrs and 58 mins
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This volume offers a complete translation of the Saṃyutta Nikāya, The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, the third of the four great collections in the Sutta Pitaka of the Pāli Canon....
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This is wonderful!
- By Anonymous on 27-08-2022
By: Bhikkhu Bodhi
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Das treue Mädchen
- Chinesische Märchen, Folge 61
- By: Richard Wilhelm
- Narrated by: Karlheinz Gabor
- Length: 10 mins
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Märchen bildet in China kein streng gesondertes Gebiet. Von den Ammengeschichten und Fabeln bis zu Göttermythen, Sagen und Novellen sind die Grenzen durchaus schwankend.
By: Richard Wilhelm
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The Indus Star
- Georgia Lee Adventure, Book 3
- By: A. H. Wang
- Narrated by: Luke Welland
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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Beneath the shimmering waves of the Arabian Sea lies a ruin older than history itself, concealing an ancient prophecy that threatens to turn the world to ash…INDIA.
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Disappointingly Predictable
- By Andrew Phillip McCarthy on 18-07-2024
By: A. H. Wang
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7 Secrets of Shiva
- The Hindu Trinity Series
- By: Devdutt Pattanaik
- Narrated by: Sagar Arya
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
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The author, Devdutt Pattanaik, introduces listeners to the varied aspects and representations of Shiva, and then sets about interpreting them....
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Gaze expanding
- By Anonymous on 11-08-2018
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Ramayana
- India's Immortal Tale of Adventure, Love and Wisdom
- By: Krishna Dharma, Valmiki Ramayana
- Narrated by: Krishna Dharma
- Length: 19 hrs and 13 mins
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Ramayana must rank as one of the most loved and revered books of all time. A part of India's ancient Vedas, it is a beautiful story of romance and adventure....
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A wonderful rendition of The Ramayana
- By Anonymous on 02-08-2024
By: Krishna Dharma, and others
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The Mahabharata
- By: John D. Smith - translator
- Narrated by: Shaheen Khan, Sagar Arya
- Length: 44 hrs and 7 mins
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The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent and is a major text of Hinduism....
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The Hindu Religion
- By Robby Monroe on 04-07-2024
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Vamshavriksha (Kannada Edition)
- By: S.L. Bhyrappa
- Narrated by: Various Artists
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
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ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ದ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಕಾರ ಎಸ್.ಎಲ್.ಭೈರಪ್ಪನವರ 'ವಂಶವೃಕ್ಷ' ಕಾದಂಬರಿ ಬದುಕಿನ ಬೇರುಗಳನ್ನು ಶೋಧಿಸುವ ಕೃತಿಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಬದುಕಿನ ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ, ಸಂಕೀರ್ಣ ನೆಲೆಗಳ ಆಳಕ್ಕಿಳಿದು ಪ್ರಖರವಾದ ವೈಚಾರಿಕ, ತಾತ್ತ್ವಿಕ, ಮಾನವೀಯ ಅಂಶಗಳನ್ನು ಸಂವೇದನಾಶೀಲತೆಯಿಂದ ಶೋಧಿಸುವ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ 'ವಂಶವೃಕ್ಷ'.
By: S.L. Bhyrappa
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The Gardener with a Biographical Introduction on Tagore and Interpretive Commentary on the Poem
- By: Rabindranath Tagore
- Narrated by: Veronica Ambrose
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
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Rabindranath Tagore, author of The Gardener, was an Indian poet and the first poet of any nationality ever to win the Nobel Laureate for Literature, awarded to him in 1913. He captivated India and the entire western world with the beauty of the lyrics in his poetry....
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The Three Kingdoms
- By: Luo Guanzhong, Christine Sun
- Narrated by: Michelle Tate
- Length: 39 mins
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The Three Kingdoms is one of the Chinese Noble Classics....
By: Luo Guanzhong, and others
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Taiwan Travelogue
- A Novel
- By: Yang Shuang-Zi, Lin King - translator
- Narrated by: Sarah Skaer
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
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May 1938. The young novelist Aoyama Chizuko has sailed from her home in Nagasaki, Japan, and arrived in Taiwan. She's been invited there by the Japanese government ruling the island, though she has no interest in their official banquets or imperialist agenda.
By: Yang Shuang-Zi, and others
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The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha
- A Translation of the Majjhima Nikāya
- By: Bhikkhu Ñānamoli, Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Narrated by: Taradasa
- Length: 47 hrs and 22 mins
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This book offers a complete translation of the Majjhima Nikāya, or Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pāli Canon, the authorised scriptures of Theravada Buddhism....
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I hope all can hear these teachings
- By Anonymous on 22-11-2022
By: Bhikkhu Ñānamoli, and others
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In Ghostly Japan
- Japanese Legends of Ghosts, Yokai, Yurei and Other Oddities
- By: Lafcadio Hearn, Michael Dylan Foster - Foreword by
- Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
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In Ghostly Japan collects 12 ghostly stories from Lafcadio Hearn, deathless images of ghosts and goblins, touches of folklore and superstition, salted with traditions of the nation....
By: Lafcadio Hearn, and others
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Intermediate Japanese Short Stories
- 10 Captivating Short Stories to Learn Japanese & Grow Your Vocabulary the Fun Way! (Intermediate Japanese Stories, Book 1)
- By: Lingo Mastery
- Narrated by: Denis Bates, Rieah Masubuchi
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
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Are you on your way towards learning Japanese and need a new challenge? We’re constantly trying to improve and master new skills, and the Japanese language is no exception....
By: Lingo Mastery
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Japanese Short Stories for Beginners: 20 Captivating Short Stories to Learn Japanese & Grow Your Vocabulary the Fun Way!
- Easy Japanese Stories, Book 2
- By: Lingo Mastery
- Narrated by: Jason Sullivan, Rieah Masubuchi
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
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Looking to step up your Japanese before that big trip next year? Are you getting prepared for an interview with a recruiter in Tokyo? Maybe you’re tired of reading the subtitles on the latest anime! No language is easy to learn without practicing....
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Learn about culture and language
- By Anonymous on 10-06-2024
By: Lingo Mastery
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The Narrow Road to the Interior and Hojoki
- By: Matsuo Basho, Kamo no Chomei
- Narrated by: Togo Igawa
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
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The Narrow Road to the Interior and Hojoki are two of the best-loved works of their kind, famous for their beautiful, delicate verse and subtle insight into the human condition....
By: Matsuo Basho, and others
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不毛地帯 第一巻
- (新潮文庫)
- By: 山崎 豊子
- Narrated by: 藤川 貴央
- Length: 17 hrs and 44 mins
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舞台は終戦を乗り越え、高度経済成長期をひた走る日本。大本営の作戦立案参謀であった壹岐正は、終戦の詔にを聞き入れず、武装解除をしない関東軍へ説得に向かう最中、ソ連軍に拘束されシベリアに抑留される。
By: 山崎 豊子
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El Filibusterismo [Filibusterism] (English Edition)
- By: Jose Rizal, Leon Ma. Guerrero - translator
- Narrated by: Richard E. Grant
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
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Few novels have made a more shattering impact on their society than El Filibusterismo - and its predecessor, Noli Me Tangere, by Jose Rizal. And surely no writer has paid a higher penalty for self-expression....
By: Jose Rizal, and others
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Der Bergelf
- Chinesische Märchen, Folge 37
- By: Richard Wilhelm
- Narrated by: Karlheinz Gabor
- Length: 2 mins
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Märchen bildet in China kein streng gesondertes Gebiet. Das Wunderbare gehört für China noch zum natürlichen Weltlauf, so dass hier sich keine scharfe Grenze ziehen lässt.
By: Richard Wilhelm
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Mafia Queens of Mumbai
- By: Jane Borges, S. Hussain Zaidi
- Narrated by: Radhika Apte, Rajkummar Rao, Kalki Koechlin
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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From victims to victims to victors, this collection of stories contains intricate details of 13 women who went on to leave their permanent mark on the face of the Mumbai Mafiosi....
By: Jane Borges, and others
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吾輩は猫である
- By: 夏目 漱石
- Narrated by: 渡辺 知明
- Length: 19 hrs and 28 mins
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一匹の猫の目を通して人間社会を風刺的に描き、世代を超えて読み継がれている名作。
『吾輩は猫である』は明治38年(1905年)に発表された夏目漱石による最初の長編小説であり、「吾輩は猫である。名前はまだ無い。」の書き出しであまりに有名な作品である。
“先生""の家に住みついた猫“吾輩""の視点から観察される苦沙弥先生ら滑稽な人間たちの様子は、朗読でこそ、また新たな楽しみを
By: 夏目 漱石
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Learn Japanese for Adult Beginners: 3 Books in 1
- Speak Japanese in 30 Days!
- By: ExploreToWin
- Narrated by: Rosa Cloud
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
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Here's the deal: We created this Japanese-speaking crash course dedicated to making you conversational in 30 days or less – without spending months on a random language app that you'd mentally force yourself to use.
By: ExploreToWin
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The Prophet (Tamil Edition)
- By: Khalil Gibran
- Narrated by: Pradeep Kumar
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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A book of twenty-six poetic essays written in English, Kahlil Gibran’s Devdoot is full of religious inspirations. With the twelve illustrations drawn by the author himself, the book took more than eleven years to be formulated and perfected and is Gibran’s best-known work. It represents the height of his literary career as he came to be noted as 'the Bard of Washington Street.'
By: Khalil Gibran
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Das Glück bringt eine Katze
- Balsam für die Seele
- By: Syou Ishida, Yukiko Luginbühl, Sabine Mangold
- Narrated by: Uta Simone
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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Veränderung kommt auf samtigen Pfoten – der Bestseller aus Japan In einem alten Gebäude am Ende einer kleinen Gasse in Kyoto befindet sich die Klinik für die Seele, das Kokoro-Zentrum. Nur wenige Auserwählte, denen Medikamente oder Therapien nicht helfen, können sie finden und bekommen eine einzigartige Behandlung: Hier werden Katzen als Medizin verschrieben. Mit genauen Anweisungen zur Pflege ausgestattet, bekommen die Patient*innen für ein paar Tage, manchmal auch Wochen, einen flauschigen Mitbewohner – und müssen feststellen, dass sich ihr Leben für immer verändern wird.
By: Syou Ishida, and others
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Die Tage im Café Torunka
- By: Satoshi Yagisawa, Charlotte Scheurer
- Narrated by: Peter Elter, Hanni Lorenz, Armin Zarbock
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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Das Café Torunka wird seit zwanzig Jahren von einem begeisterten Kaffeebesitzer betrieben, zusammen mit seiner Tochter und dem jungen schweigsamen Shuichi, der dort aushilft. Seit einiger Zeit kommt sonntags immer eine Frau ins Café, Chika, die sich in rätselhafte Geschichten hüllt, und die stets eine kleine Balletttänzerin aus ihrer Serviette faltet und zurücklässt. Erst als er beginnt, sie nach ihrem Besuch ein Stück zu begleiten, öffnet sie sich ihm wirklich - und ihre gemeinsamen Erinnerungen lassen eine neue Freundschaft entstehen.
By: Satoshi Yagisawa, and others
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太宰治「皮膚と心」
- By: 太宰 治
- Narrated by: 伊藤 治明
- Length: 53 mins
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これも太宰治の作品です。他の作品とはちょっと色合いが違いますが、太宰得意の女性独白体が余すところなくちりばめられています。女性関係ではいろいろアレな太宰ですが、だからこそ、この切ない女心を描けたのでしょう。
By: 太宰 治
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太宰治「鷗」
- By: 太宰 治
- Narrated by: 伊藤 治明
- Length: 40 mins
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戦時下で言いたいことは言えず、書きたいことも書けない時代の作品です。太宰にしては歯切れの悪い作品になってしまったことは仕方のないことでしょう。ただ、自分の作品の底に流れるものを太宰はここではっきり言っています。
By: 太宰 治
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The Prophet (Tamil Edition)
- By: Khalil Gibran
- Narrated by: Pradeep Kumar
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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A book of twenty-six poetic essays written in English, Kahlil Gibran’s Devdoot is full of religious inspirations. With the twelve illustrations drawn by the author himself, the book took more than eleven years to be formulated and perfected and is Gibran’s best-known work. It represents the height of his literary career as he came to be noted as 'the Bard of Washington Street.'
By: Khalil Gibran
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Das Glück bringt eine Katze
- Balsam für die Seele
- By: Syou Ishida, Yukiko Luginbühl, Sabine Mangold
- Narrated by: Uta Simone
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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Veränderung kommt auf samtigen Pfoten – der Bestseller aus Japan In einem alten Gebäude am Ende einer kleinen Gasse in Kyoto befindet sich die Klinik für die Seele, das Kokoro-Zentrum. Nur wenige Auserwählte, denen Medikamente oder Therapien nicht helfen, können sie finden und bekommen eine einzigartige Behandlung: Hier werden Katzen als Medizin verschrieben. Mit genauen Anweisungen zur Pflege ausgestattet, bekommen die Patient*innen für ein paar Tage, manchmal auch Wochen, einen flauschigen Mitbewohner – und müssen feststellen, dass sich ihr Leben für immer verändern wird.
By: Syou Ishida, and others
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Die Tage im Café Torunka
- By: Satoshi Yagisawa, Charlotte Scheurer
- Narrated by: Peter Elter, Hanni Lorenz, Armin Zarbock
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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Das Café Torunka wird seit zwanzig Jahren von einem begeisterten Kaffeebesitzer betrieben, zusammen mit seiner Tochter und dem jungen schweigsamen Shuichi, der dort aushilft. Seit einiger Zeit kommt sonntags immer eine Frau ins Café, Chika, die sich in rätselhafte Geschichten hüllt, und die stets eine kleine Balletttänzerin aus ihrer Serviette faltet und zurücklässt. Erst als er beginnt, sie nach ihrem Besuch ein Stück zu begleiten, öffnet sie sich ihm wirklich - und ihre gemeinsamen Erinnerungen lassen eine neue Freundschaft entstehen.
By: Satoshi Yagisawa, and others
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太宰治「皮膚と心」
- By: 太宰 治
- Narrated by: 伊藤 治明
- Length: 53 mins
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これも太宰治の作品です。他の作品とはちょっと色合いが違いますが、太宰得意の女性独白体が余すところなくちりばめられています。女性関係ではいろいろアレな太宰ですが、だからこそ、この切ない女心を描けたのでしょう。
By: 太宰 治
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太宰治「鷗」
- By: 太宰 治
- Narrated by: 伊藤 治明
- Length: 40 mins
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戦時下で言いたいことは言えず、書きたいことも書けない時代の作品です。太宰にしては歯切れの悪い作品になってしまったことは仕方のないことでしょう。ただ、自分の作品の底に流れるものを太宰はここではっきり言っています。
By: 太宰 治
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太宰治「黄金風景」
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- Narrated by: 伊藤 治明
- Length: 10 mins
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原稿用紙八枚の短編ですが、太宰が後悔と挫折の後にもう一度一歩を踏み出すきっかけになったであろう作品です。最後の5秒に「黄金風景」を見た太宰の言葉が凝縮されています。
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太宰治「善蔵を思う」
- By: 太宰 治
- Narrated by: 伊藤 治明
- Length: 50 mins
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タイトルにある「善蔵」は最後まで出てきません。太宰が甲府から三鷹に越してきて四日目からの私小説です。友人の「故郷なんてものは、・・・・」は、太宰のその当時の故郷への心情を写し取っており、大変興味深い作品に仕上がっています・
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太宰治珠玉の短編(上)
- By: 太宰 治
- Narrated by: 伊藤 治明
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
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太宰治の短編集「きりぎりす」から、珠玉の短編を集めました。収録作品は「燈籠」「姥捨」「黄金風景」「畜犬談」「おしゃれ童子」「皮膚と心」「鷗」。太宰中期の、精神的には一番安定し、筆が走っていた時代の作品集の前半です。
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太宰治「佐渡」
- By: 太宰 治
- Narrated by: 伊藤 治明
- Length: 41 mins
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いわゆる「紀行文」的な小説です。実体験をほぼそのままなぞっているようですが、作者後記で「旅館、料亭の名前は、すべて変名を用いた」とわざわざ断っています。佐渡に行きたくならない「紀行文」ですが、昭和15年31歳の太宰の心の中が偲ばれる小品として評判の高い作品です。
By: 太宰 治
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太宰治「きりぎりす」
- By: 太宰 治
- Narrated by: 伊藤 治明
- Length: 41 mins
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太宰治30歳の時の作品で、1940年(昭和15年)に文芸雑誌「新潮」に掲載された短編小説です。太宰が得意とする「女性の一人語り」の作品です。題名の「きりぎりす」は芥川龍之介の代表作「羅生門」の冒頭と最後に、この世の儚さ、荒涼としたさまを表すモチーフとして登場します。芥川龍之介を敬愛してやまない太宰、渾身の作品名と言えるでしょう。
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太宰治「おしゃれ童子」
- By: 太宰 治
- Narrated by: 伊藤 治明
- Length: 20 mins
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誰でも、今思い出すと恥ずかしくて記憶を永遠に封印したくなることってありませんか。太宰治の生き方は嫌いでも、それでも太宰に惹かれてしまう人が多いのは、この作品のように自分の恥ずかしい過去を包み隠すことなく、淡々と描き切ってしまえるところにあるような気がします。思い当たる人は聴き切るのに勇気が必要、かもしれません。
By: 太宰 治