Vencer a nossa natureza e Vencer a nossa metafísica - dois ensaios - Abridged
By: Graça Aranha
Narrated by: A definir
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Os desafios de ser brasileiro estão no centro das reflexões de Graça Aranha nestes dois ensaios, extraído do livro "A estética da vida". Em ambos, o autor esmiúça as reações dos brasileiros à natureza que os circunda, e que de certa forma molda seu jeito de ser: "A natureza, que foi espanto, passa a ser a grandeza descomunal que nos... Read more
View audiobookInês de Castro e A máquina do mundo - poemas escolhidos - Abridged
By: Camões
Narrated by: A definir
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Poeta maior da língua portuguesa e um dos ícones da poesia mundial, Luís Vaz de Camões, que viveu na virada do século XV para o XVI, escreveu muito – tanto poesia lírica quanto épica. "Os Lusíadas", o grande poema épico de sua autoria, enaltece as Grandes Navegações portuguesas. E dentro dele, algumas estrofes se aglutinam para formar o que se... Read more
View audiobookMedo da dor pequena - poemas escolhidos - Abridged
By: Camões
Narrated by: A definir
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Poeta maior da língua portuguesa e um dos ícones da poesia mundial, Luís Vaz de Camões, que viveu na virada do século XV para o XVI, escreveu muito – tanto poesia lírica quanto épica. Da vasta obra lírica, onde afloram os sentimentos de amor e sofrimento tão característicos do período, foram selecionados para este livro os seguintes poemas:... Read more
View audiobookO gigante Adamastor e O velho do Restelo - poemas escolhidos - Abridged
By: Camões
Narrated by: A definir
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Poeta maior da língua portuguesa e um dos ícones da poesia mundial, Luís Vaz de Camões, que viveu na virada do século XV para o XVI, escreveu muito – tanto poesia lírica quanto épica. "Os Lusíadas", o grande poema épico de sua autoria, enaltece as Grandes Navegações portuguesas. E dentro dele, algumas estrofes se aglutinam para formar o que se... Read more
View audiobookA troco de anzóis, facas, foices e machados - crônicas selecionadas - Abridged
By: Frei Vicente do Salvador
Narrated by: A definir
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Extraídas da extraordinária obra de Frei Vicente do Salvador "História do Brasil", as pitorescas crônicas aqui reunidas oferecem ao leitor cenas do cotidiano da vida dos indígenas brasileiros ao tempo da colônia, num texto em que se pode sentir o prazer do autor na sua descrição. São estas as crônicas: "Da capitania de Pernambuco, que el-rei... Read more
View audiobookA grande esmola e outros poemas - Abridged
By: Alberto de Oliveira
Narrated by: A definir
Length: 17 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Extraídos do livro "Poesias", publicado pela editora Francisco Alves em 1928, os poemas de Alberto de Oliveira aqui reunidos são representativos do estilo do autor (exaltação da natureza e da figura feminina), que foi um dos ícones do movimento parnasiano no Brasil. Dentre os poemas deste volume, destacam-se, além daquele que dá título à obra,... Read more
View audiobookA imprensa - Abridged
By: Alexandre Herculano
Narrated by: A definir
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
"A liberdade de imprensa é um dogma, o primeiro da religião política moderna, e para muitos até um axioma de filosofia: uma potência essencialmente superior a todas forçosamente é livre. Fique portanto dogma e axioma, porém entenda-se qual é o sentido que neste caso cabe à palavra liberdade." Alexandre Herculano, expoente máximo do Romantismo... Read more
View audiobookAmor - Abridged
By: Graça Aranha
Narrated by: A definir
Length: 18 minutes
Abridged: Yes
"Como explicar esse sentimento sublime e comum que, partindo da sensibilidade física, se eleva à mais alta espiritualidade?" Esta é a pergunta que Graça Aranha busca responder neste ensaio de cunho filosófico, extraído do livro "A estética da vida", onde perpassa as considerações sobre o Amor manifestas, dentre outros, pelos pensadores... Read more
View audiobookUm pedaço de cetim amarelo - poemas escolhidos - Abridged
By: Camões
Narrated by: A definir
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Poeta maior da língua portuguesa e um dos ícones da poesia mundial, Luís Vaz de Camões, que viveu na virada do século XV para o XVI, escreveu muito – tanto poesia lírica quanto épica. Da vasta obra lírica, onde afloram os sentimentos de amor e sofrimento tão característicos do período, mas também ironia e bom humor, foram selecionados para este... Read more
View audiobookThe Lost World
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrated by: Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)
Length: 7 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
"The Lost World" is a science fiction novel published in 1912 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the renowned creator of Sherlock Holmes. This story revolves around an expedition to a plateau in South America, where Professor Challenger claims to have discovered living dinosaurs. Accompanied by journalist Edward Malone, adventurer Lord John Roxton, and... Read more
View audiobookPoi Maan Karadu
By: Kalki
Narrated by: Deepika Arun
Length: 3 hours
Abridged: No
சேலம் ஜில்லாவில் உள்ள பொய் மான் கரடு எனும் இடத்தில் தனது கற்பனை கதாபாத்திரங்களை உலவவிட்டு ஒரு மர்மக்கதையை படைத்துள்ளார் அமரர் கல்கி. கொலையாளி யார், யார் கொலையுண்டார்கள் போன்ற கேள்விகளுக்கு அவருக்கே உரித்த பாணியில் எழுதியுள்ள ஒரு சுவாரஸ்யமான கதை.Poimaan Karadu is a real place in Salem district Tamilnadu. Amarar Kalki creates a thriller novel... Read more
View audiobookThe Fall of the House of Usher and Other Classic Tales of Horror
By: Edgar Allan Poe
Narrated by: Richard Trinder
Length: 10 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Edgar Allen Poe is regarded as one of the greatest American writers and a pioneer of the horror genre, and this collection brings together some of his most celebrated tales. Themes of guilt, fear and revenge abound as the master of gothic horror transports readers to mysterious worlds, carries them on dangerous sea voyages, and investigates... Read more
View audiobookOru Naal
By: Ka Naa Subramaniam
Narrated by: Deepika Arun
Length: 4 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
Recommended by Author Jeyamohan as one of the Top 100 novels in Tamil, this story narrates one day from the life of Major Murthy who has come to visit his maternal uncle in a small village. Philosophical and deep thoughts are embedded in a simple story.மேஜர் மூர்த்தியின் வாழ்க்கைச்சுவடியிலிருந்து ஒரு நாளை அழகாய் படம்பிடித்துக் காட்டி இருக்கிறார்... Read more
View audiobookClaudine en la escuela (Las novelas de Claudine 1)
By: Colette
Narrated by: Elena Sanz
Length: 8 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
La novela inicial de Claudine, el personaje con el que Colette rompió todos los moldes y fascinó a sus contemporáneos. Primera de las cuatro obras dedicadas al personaje con el que Colette revolucionó la literatura francesa, Claudine en la escuela (1900) nos presenta a la protagonista a la edad de quince años, cuando está a punto de terminar su... Read more
View audiobookThe Richest Man In Babylon
By: George S Clason
Narrated by: Benjamin Coachella
Length: 3 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
The Richest Man in Babylon, based on "Babylonian parables", has been hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. In simple language, these fascinating and informative stories set you on a sure path to prosperity and its accompanying joys. A celebrated bestseller, it offers... Read more
View audiobookHinab in den Maelström - Ein Erzählkonzert (Ungekürzte Lesung)
By: Edgar Allan Poe
Narrated by: Christian Brückner
Length: 1 hour 13 minutes
Abridged: No
Der Meister des Schreckens und der Meister des Wortes Drei Brüder, mutige Seemänner, fischen in der Nähe des Maelströms vor der norwegischen Küste und machen reichen Fang. Eines Tages macht ein Sturm ihr Schiff manövrierunfähig und der albtraumhafte Strudel droht sie zu verschlucken ... Edgar Allan Poe, der Meister des Schreckens, zeigt den... Read more
View audiobookEl beso y otras leyendas
By: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Narrated by: Max Garzón
Length: 4 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Gratis por lanzamiento!-En español neutro, narración humana-Esta trágica leyenda está relacionada con la rima LXXVI del mismo autor. En ella hablan de la llegada de un grupo de soldados franceses a la conquistada Toledo, y que no habían podido encontrar un alojamiento, y fueron a dormir a una vieja y abandonada iglesia.Las Leyendas son un... Read more
View audiobookA Christmas Carol
By: Charles Dickens
Narrated by: Jacob Daniels
Length: 3 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
This is a brand new recording of Charles Dickens’ timeless story, A Christmas Carol. Ebenezer Scrooge is mean and unpleasant. He dislikes people and Christmas especially but on this particular Christmas Eve he’s visited by the ghost of his business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. As Ebenezer sees... Read more
View audiobookSeven Against Thebes
By: Stephen Dando-Collins
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
Length: 10 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
In the thirteenth century BC, a quarter of a century before the Trojan War, seven Greek warrior heroes went against the Greek city of Thebes to restore one of their number to the throne of his father, the famous King Oedipus. Several children of those seven heroes would later take part in the siege of Troy. This adventure was equal in the minds... Read more
View audiobookJourney to the Center of the Earth
By: Jules Verne
Narrated by: Joel Froomkin
Length: 8 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
‘Looking back to all that has occurred to me since that eventful day, I am scarcely able to believe in the reality of my adventures. They were truly so wonderful that even now I am bewildered when I think of them.’ When the renowned and eccentric professor Otto Lidenbrock discovers a mysterious runic script in an Icelandic manuscript, he knows... Read more
View audiobookThe Jungle Book
By: Rudyard Kipling
Narrated by: Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)
Length: 4 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
"The Jungle Book," published in 1894, is a collection of stories by English author Rudyard Kipling. The tales are fables, featuring animals that possess human characteristics, and they are set in the Indian jungle. The most famous stories within the book revolve around Mowgli, a boy who is raised by wolves and learns the laws of the jungle with... Read more
View audiobookCandide
By: Voltaire
Narrated by: Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)
Length: 3 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
"Candide, or Optimism" is a satirical novella written by the French philosopher Voltaire, first published in 1759. It follows the adventures of the young Candide, who is raised in a utopian world and taught that “all is for the best.” The narrative takes him through a series of misfortunes, exposing him to the harsh realities of the world,... Read more
View audiobookHeart of Darkness
By: Joseph Conrad
Narrated by: Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)
Length: 3 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
"Heart of Darkness" is a novella written by Polish-English author Joseph Conrad, first published in 1902. The narrative follows Charles Marlow, a sailor and ivory transporter, as he travels up the Congo River into the African interior to meet the enigmatic and infamous ivory trader, Kurtz. The novella explores themes of imperialism,... Read more
View audiobookNorth and South
By: Elizabeth Gaskell
Narrated by: Aria Wilson
Length: 12 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
"North and South" is a social novel by English writer Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1855. The story is set in the fictional industrial town of Milton in the North of England and contrasts the way of life in the industrial North with that in the rural South. The novel follows Margaret Hale, a young woman from rural southern England, who moves... Read more
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