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The American Language
- An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States
- By: H. L. Mencken
- Narrated by: Rebecca H. Lee
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
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American author, scholar, and satirist H.L. Mencken wrote The American Language in 1919, intending to defend American speech from prescriptivist critics....
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Interesting book.
- By Cal on 11-25-23
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The American Language
- An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States
- Narrated by: Rebecca H. Lee
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 02-11-21
- Language: English
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American author, scholar, and satirist H.L. Mencken wrote The American Language in 1919, intending to defend American speech from prescriptivist critics....
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Don Juan
- By: George Gordon Byron
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
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Byron's Don Juan is a comic masterpiece written in a satirical, mock heroic style. Based on the legend of Don Juan....
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An Amazing Satirical Journey
- By Anonymous User on 10-09-18
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Don Juan
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 01-20-14
- Language: English
- Byron's Don Juan is a comic masterpiece written in a satirical, mock heroic style. Based on the legend of Don Juan....
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Plato's Phaedo
- By: Plato
- Narrated by: Ray Childs
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
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Socrates is in prison, sentenced to die when the sun sets. In this final conversation, he asks what will become of him once he drinks the poison prescribed for his execution....
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The voice acting is horrible
- By Will Livingston on 03-25-21
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Plato's Phaedo
- Narrated by: Ray Childs
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 03-08-16
- Language: English
- Socrates is in prison, sentenced to die when the sun sets. In this final conversation, he asks what will become of him once he drinks the poison prescribed for his execution....
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The Scarlet Plague [Classic Tales Edition]
- By: Jack London
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
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Twelve billionaires rule the United States, while those called freemen are forced to serve the rich. But that was 60 years ago, before the Scarlet Plague....
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wonderful listen very relevant today!
- By Johnny on 12-02-17
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The Scarlet Plague [Classic Tales Edition]
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 08-09-16
- Language: English
- Twelve billionaires rule the United States, while those called freemen are forced to serve the rich. But that was 60 years ago, before the Scarlet Plague....
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Aristotle's Poetics
- By: Aristotle
- Narrated by: Ray Childs
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
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Aristotle's Poetics is best known for its definition and analysis of tragedy and comedy, but it also applies to truth and beauty as they are manifested in the other arts....
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Skips a few sections
- By Dave Wilson on 03-16-19
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Aristotle's Poetics
- Narrated by: Ray Childs
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Release date: 04-04-16
- Language: English
- Aristotle's Poetics is best known for its definition and analysis of tragedy and comedy, but it also applies to truth and beauty as they are manifested in the other arts....
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Exit Betty
- By: Grace Livingston Hill
- Narrated by: Anne Hancock
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
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Soon-to-be heiress Betty Stanhope is a runaway bride, but not for the usual reasons - she didn't flee because of a change of heart....
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AMAZING
- By Peggy Palmer on 02-15-18
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Exit Betty
- Narrated by: Anne Hancock
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 05-31-17
- Language: English
- Soon-to-be heiress Betty Stanhope is a runaway bride, but not for the usual reasons - she didn't flee because of a change of heart....
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The Light Princess
- By: George Macdonald
- Narrated by: Nicki White
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
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A magical fairy tale, which features a feisty princess who has the unfortunate curse of life without gravity....
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A classic must read fairy tale!
- By J. Heuberger on 02-07-20
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The Light Princess
- Narrated by: Nicki White
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Release date: 05-19-14
- Language: English
- A magical fairy tale, which features a feisty princess who has the unfortunate curse of life without gravity....
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Where Angels Fear to Tread
- By: E. M. Forster
- Narrated by: Edward Petherbridge
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
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When attractive, impulsive English widow Lilia takes a holiday in Italy, she causes a scandal by marrying Gino, a dashing and highly unsuitable Italian 12 years her junior....
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The Reader is the worst
- By Holly K on 02-19-21
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Where Angels Fear to Tread
- Narrated by: Edward Petherbridge
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 08-17-15
- Language: English
- When attractive, impulsive English widow Lilia takes a holiday in Italy, she causes a scandal by marrying Gino, a dashing and highly unsuitable Italian 12 years her junior....
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Et tu, Brute?
- The Best Latin Lines Ever
- By: Harry Mount, John Davie
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
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There are so many Latin phrases in everyday use that often we use them without understanding the background and context within which they were actually used. 'Carpe diem'; 'Stet'; 'Memento mori'; 'Et tu Brute' – examples would fill a book....
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Enjoyable and educational, what else needs there be
- By Amazon Customer on 10-03-23
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Et tu, Brute?
- The Best Latin Lines Ever
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 10-13-22
- Language: English
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There are so many Latin phrases in everyday use that often we use them without understanding the background and context within which they were actually used. 'Carpe diem'; 'Stet'; 'Memento mori'; 'Et tu Brute' – examples would fill a book....
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Orley Farm
- By: Anthony Trollope
- Narrated by: Flo Gibson
- Length: 25 hrs and 50 mins
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Lady Mason's trial for forgery and perjury shocks the neighborhood....
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Dreary effort
- By Sharon on 08-03-13
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Orley Farm
- Narrated by: Flo Gibson
- Length: 25 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 01-15-13
- Language: English
- Lady Mason's trial for forgery and perjury shocks the neighborhood....
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Plain Tales from the Hills
- By: Rudyard Kipling
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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Including the stories "Lispeth", "Beyond the Pale", and "In the Pride of His Youth", this collection tells of soldiers, wise children, exiles, forbidden romances, and divided identities....
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Plain Tales from the Hills
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 11-30-16
- Language: English
- Including the stories "Lispeth", "Beyond the Pale", and "In the Pride of His Youth", this collection tells of soldiers, wise children, exiles, forbidden romances, and divided identities....
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The Dawn of Language
- The Story of How We Came to Talk
- By: Sverker Johansson, Frank Perry - translator
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawing on evidence from many fields, including archaeology, anthropology, neurology and linguistics, Sverker Johansson weaves these disparate threads together to show how our human ancestors evolved into language users....
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Pan Narrans
- By Helen on 09-15-21
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The Dawn of Language
- The Story of How We Came to Talk
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 09-02-21
- Language: English
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Drawing on evidence from many fields, including archaeology, anthropology, neurology and linguistics, Sverker Johansson weaves these disparate threads together to show how our human ancestors evolved into language users....
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Tarzan the Untamed
- Tarzan: Authorized Editions, Book 7
- By: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Narrated by: Ben Dooley
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
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The action is set during World War I. While John Clayton, Lord Greystoke (Tarzan), is away from his plantation home in British East Africa, it is destroyed by invading German troops from Tanganyika....
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Ben Dooley
- By Phil F. on 04-22-23
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Tarzan the Untamed
- Tarzan: Authorized Editions, Book 7
- Narrated by: Ben Dooley
- Series: Tarzan, Book 7
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 11-03-20
- Language: English
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The action is set during World War I. While John Clayton, Lord Greystoke (Tarzan), is away from his plantation home in British East Africa, it is destroyed by invading German troops from Tanganyika....
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A March on London
- Being a Story of Wat Tyler and the Peasant Revolt
- By: George Alfred Henty
- Narrated by: Jim Hodges
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
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In 1381, Wat, the Tyler, and the peasants he represented urged of the King of England that serfdom should be abolished....
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Great Book
- By Isaac on 07-14-23
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A March on London
- Being a Story of Wat Tyler and the Peasant Revolt
- Narrated by: Jim Hodges
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 07-04-17
- Language: English
- In 1381, Wat, the Tyler, and the peasants he represented urged of the King of England that serfdom should be abolished....
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Says Who?
- A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words
- By: Anne Curzan
- Narrated by: Anne Curzan
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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Linguist and veteran English professor Anne Curzan equips listeners with a kinder, funner usage guide to the ever-changing English language and a useful tool for both the grammar stickler and the more colloquial user of English....
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Says Who?
- A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words
- Narrated by: Anne Curzan
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 03-26-24
- Language: English
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Linguist and veteran English professor Anne Curzan equips listeners with a kinder, funner usage guide to the ever-changing English language and a useful tool for both the grammar stickler and the more colloquial user of English....
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Tarzan the Terrible
- Tarzan: Authorized Editions, Book 8
- By: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Narrated by: Ben Dooley
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
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Tarzan the Terrible, written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is the eighth book in the Tarzan series. Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author best known for his science fiction and fantasy novels....
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Ben Dooley is a perfect reader for ERB
- By Phil F. on 04-12-23
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Tarzan the Terrible
- Tarzan: Authorized Editions, Book 8
- Narrated by: Ben Dooley
- Series: Tarzan, Book 8
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 11-03-20
- Language: English
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Tarzan the Terrible, written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is the eighth book in the Tarzan series. Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author best known for his science fiction and fantasy novels....
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The Hound of Heaven
- By: Francis Thompson
- Narrated by: Denis Daly
- Length: 9 mins
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Unlike many of his contemporaries, the English poet Francis Thompson (1859-1907) was a true mystic....
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The stretch of life -- Prodigal Son retold.
- By Herbert A. Perkins, PhD on 08-19-19
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The Hound of Heaven
- Narrated by: Denis Daly
- Length: 9 mins
- Release date: 09-18-15
- Language: English
- Unlike many of his contemporaries, the English poet Francis Thompson (1859-1907) was a true mystic....
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The Deorhord
- An Old English Bestiary
- By: Hana Videen
- Narrated by: Isabel Adomakoh Young
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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Hana Videen presents a glittering Old English bestiary of animals real and imaginary, big and small, ordinary and extraordinary—the good, the bad, and the downright baffling....
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It was ok
- By Bbttott on 07-11-24
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The Deorhord
- An Old English Bestiary
- Narrated by: Isabel Adomakoh Young
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 02-20-24
- Language: English
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Hana Videen presents a glittering Old English bestiary of animals real and imaginary, big and small, ordinary and extraordinary—the good, the bad, and the downright baffling....
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Bad English
- A History of Linguistic Aggravation
- By: Ammon Shea
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
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Bad English is sure to enlighten, enrage, and perhaps even inspire. Filled with historic and contemporary examples, the audiobook chronicles the long and entertaining history of language mistakes....
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Turns your knowledge of English upside down
- By Marsha L. Woerner on 07-25-16
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Bad English
- A History of Linguistic Aggravation
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 08-19-14
- Language: English
- Bad English is sure to enlighten, enrage, and perhaps even inspire. Filled with historic and contemporary examples, the audiobook chronicles the long and entertaining history of language mistakes....
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Is Shakespeare Dead?
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Robin Field
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
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Is Shakespeare Dead? is a short, semi-autobiographical work by American humorist Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain....
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Written without access to Google!
- By Bruce Cline on 01-17-24
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Is Shakespeare Dead?
- Narrated by: Robin Field
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 12-07-12
- Language: English
- Is Shakespeare Dead? is a short, semi-autobiographical work by American humorist Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain....
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