Literary Criticism audiobooks

Elogio de la belleza

By: Roberto Augusto

Narrated by: Álex Ugarte

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

✔️POESÍA PARA DISFRUTAR DE LA VIDA✔️En este poemario su autor reflexiona sobre la vida, la superación del dolor y la belleza de la naturaleza y del mundo. Es una obra breve, pero intensa, inspirada en Walt Whitman y en los haikús japoneses. Los poemas que conforman este libro transmiten optimismo, alegría por vivir y el deseo de disfrutar de las... Read more

Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling

By: Laura Lane & Ellen Haun

Narrated by: Laura Lane, Ellen Haun & Amber Reauchean Williams

Length: 2 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

This wickedly wise (and wisecracking) parody of classic fairy tales redefines happily ever after for the modern feminist era.

You know what? It's super creepy to kiss a woman who is unconscious. And you know what else? The way out of poverty isn't by marrying a rich dude -- or by wearing fragile footwear, for that matter. And while we're at it,... Read more

Die Gesamtliebe und die Einzelliebe - Angela Krauß liest - Frankfurter Poetiklesungen (ungekürzt)

By: Angela Krauß

Narrated by: Angela Krauß

Length: 3 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

In ihren Frankfurter Vorlesungen des Frühjahrs 2004 ruft Angela Krauß solche individuellen Erfahrungen auf, um zwischen den Polen Wehklage und Vorfreude das Poetische für sich zu bestimmen. Mit großer Zartheit befragt sie ihre Erinnerungen an die erzgebirische Kindheitslandschaft, an die Brieffreundschaften mit russischen Schülerinnen, an den... Read more

Death By Shakespeare

By: Kathryn Harkup

Narrated by: Nicky Diss

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Death By Shakespeare by Kathryn Harkup, read by Nicky Diss.

A deep dive into the science behind the creative ways Shakespeare killed off his characters.

William Shakespeare found dozens of different ways to kill off his characters, and audiences today still enjoy the same reactions – shock, sadness, fear – that they did more... Read more

Coriolanus

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Christian Sandström

Length: 3 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Lähestyvä nälänhätäkatastrofi uhkaa Roomaa ja jännitys kasvaa tavallisten roomalaisten ja Rooman aristokraattien eli patriisien välillä, koska patriisien epäillään keräävän itselleen ruokavarastoa. Rooman kaduilla vihataan erityisesti ylimielistä Caius Martiusta, joka ei pysty peittämään kansaa kohtaan tuntemaansa inhoa. Vihollisen lähestyessä... Read more

Dante

By: John Took

Narrated by: John Took

Length: 26 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

For all that has been written about the author of the Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri(1265–1321) remains the best guide to his own life and work. Dante’s writings aretherefore never far away in this authoritative and comprehensive intellectual biography,which offers a fresh account of the medieval Florentine poet’s life and thought beforeand... Read more

Pretty Bitches

By: Lizzie Skurnick

Narrated by: Andrea Lopez, Shayna Small, Carolyne Leys, Kase...

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

These empowering essays from leading women writers examine the power of the gendered language that is used to diminish women -- and imagine a more liberated world.

Words matter. They wound, they inflate, they define, they demean. They have nuance and power. "Effortless," "Sassy," "Ambitious," "Aggressive": What subtle digs and sneaky implications... Read more

Ausgepackt !: Stressfrei durchs Schulleben - Von Schülern für Schüler

By: Noah Weiprecht, Antonia Lenzer, Anna-Lena Abel,...

Narrated by: Carsten Stopka & Yessica Matysik

Length: 3 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

In dem Hörbuch von Schülern für Schüler werden viele Wege vorgestellt, den ganz normalen (Schul-) Alltagswahnsinn zu meistern. Tipps und Tricks zeigen einfache Wege zum Organisieren, um dem ganzen Druck standzuhalten, seine Stärken zu stärken und seine Schwächen zu meistern, sich Ziele zu setzten, die Sozialkompetenz zu steigern und vieles mehr.... Read more

The Risk Theatre Model of Tragedy

By: Edwin Wong

Narrated by: Greg Patmore

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT, BIRNAM WOOD COMES TO DUNSINANE HILLThe Risk Theatre Model of Tragedy presents a profoundly original theory of drama that speaks to modern audiences living in an increasingly volatile world driven by artificial intelligence, gene editing, globalization, and mutual assured destruction ideologies. Tragedy, according to... Read more

O–(ezekiel's wife)

By: C. R. Grimmer

Narrated by: C. R. Grimmer

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the Audiobook version of O–(ezekiel's wife), published by GASHER Journal and Press (https://www.gasherjournal.com/product-page/o-ezekiel-s-wife). Judy Twedt, Digital Sound Artist, edited these tracks and added in found and synthesized "sounds of climate change," creating a collaborative poetry album. About the collection: O’s (they/them... Read more

Too Much

By: Rachel Vorona Cote

Narrated by: Suehyla El-Attar & Rachel Vorona Cote

Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Lacing cultural criticism, Victorian literature, and storytelling together, "TOO MUCH spills over: with intellect, with sparkling prose, and with the brainy arguments of Vorona Cote, who posits that women are all, in some way or another, still susceptible to being called too much." (Esmé Weijun Wang)

A weeping woman is a monster. So too is a fat... Read more

Hacking Darwin

By: Amit Varma

Narrated by: Amit Varma

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Humans are the only species who can reprogram themselves. This is astounding. In episode 8 of The Book Club, Amit Varma recommends you read 'Hacking Darwin' by Jamie Metzl, a lucid summation of the technological implications of genetic science – and the ethical questions they raise. Read more

拇指姑娘

By: Tonkabean & 東加豆

Narrated by: Tonkabean & 東加豆

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

兒童故事: 安徒生故事-拇指姑娘 (有聲粵語)
簡介: 一個婦人十分渴望擁有自己的小孩子，後來得到天使賞賜一位像拇指般大小的給她，然而 這位婦人粗心大意的性格，令位拇指姑娘流浪在外，遇上壞人， 拇指姑娘的命運會如何呢...

時間長度: 12:38 分鐘說書人: 阿豆 (Tonkabean)
原著漢斯·克里斯汀·安徒生（丹麥語：Hans Christian... Read more

一毫子錢幣

By: Tonkabean & 東加豆

Narrated by: Tonkabean & 東加豆

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

兒童故事: 安徒生故事-一毫子錢幣 (有聲粵語)
簡介: 從前有個一毫子錢幣，在剛從銀幣廠出來時，它容光煥發，也覓得一位主人。可是，它一天流落街頭上，沒有人愛惜它，沒有人喜歡它，只想利用它，也遇上壞人。一毫子感覺很難過，自身價值也失去了...究竟它能否逃過這不幸嗎？"
時間長度: 12:06 分鐘作者/說書人: 阿豆 (Tonkabean)
原著漢斯·克里斯汀·安徒生（丹麥語：Hans Christian... Read more

Шпионаж и любовь. Тайны и жизнь Кристины Грэнвил, первой женщины – британского спецагента в годы Второй мировой войны

By: Клэр Малли

Narrated by: Юлия Яблонская

Length: 13 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Документальная книга Клэр Малли "Шпионаж и любовь" рассказывает историю одной удивительной женщины - авантюрную историю шпионских закулисных интриг, разворачивающуюся на фоне величайших страданий, в которые ввергла народы Европы нацистская Германия. Дочь польского графа и наследницы еврейского банкирского дома Кристина Грэнвил (урожденная... Read more

Main Kyun Aaya Tha

By: Shashikant Sadiav

Narrated by: Manohar Mahajan

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

इस पुस्तक में ओशोने जिने का आध्यात्मिक मार्ग बताया हैं ... . Narrated by Manohar Mahajan. Read more

Was Jesus Really In India? : Final Verdict On The Age-old Mystery

By: Dr. King

Narrated by: Dr. King

Length: 2 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Ever since the Russian unraveled this biggest mystery, more and more people have come up with supporting evidences. At the same time, a band of bigwigs have gone out of the way to dismiss this as a hoax.What is the truth? Was he or was he not?Interesting listen to get to know of Jesus better.ContentsWhat made me write this book?1. One of the... Read more

Snark

By: Amit Varma

Narrated by: Amit Varma

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Public discourse has become toxic, and there is no better illustration of this than snark. We don't talk to people any more, we mock. We don't engage any more, we ridicule. In episode 7 of The Book Club, Amit Varma speaks about 'Snark', David Denby's prescient book about the degeneration of our conversations. Read more

Google Success Story

By: Pradeep Thakur

Narrated by: Aditya Raj Sharma

Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

गूगल लोगों को सूचनाओं के साथ जुड़ने के तरीके में सुधार लाने पर ध्यान केंद्रित करता है. यह सभी आकार के संस्थानों हेतु विभिन्न प्रकार की सेवाएँ व सॉफ्टवेयर टूल प्रदान करता है. कंपनी मुख्य रूप से खोज, विज्ञापन, ऑपरेटिंग सिस्टम, एप्लीकेशन प्लेटफॉम, उद्यम व हार्डवेयर उत्पाद आदि क्षेत्रों में कार्यरत हैं. विश्व की संपूर्ण जानकारियों को सर्वसुलभ बनाने... Read more

Common Man Narendra Modi

By: Kishore Makwana

Narrated by: Pavan Kalra

Length: 19 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

यह पुस्तक नरेंद्र मोदी का जीवन चरित्र नहीं है, बल्कि उनके व्यक्तित्व और कृतित्व को रेखांकित करने का प्रयासभर है. इसमें नरेंद्र मोदी के जीवन के महत्त्वपूर्ण पड़ाव, व्यक्तित्व, राष्ट्रनिष्ठा कार्यक्षमता और विजन—ये पाँच बिंदु तो हैं ही, साथ ही सबसे महत्त्वपूर्ण भाग है, नरेंद्र मोदी के जीवन और व्यक्तित्व पर केंद्रित उनका साक्षात्कार. इस साक्षात्कार... Read more

The Common Reader

By: Virginia Woolf

Narrated by: Joan Walker

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

This is Virginia Woolf's first collection of essays, published in 1925. In them, she attempts to see literature from the point of view of the ‘common reader' - someone whom she, with Dr Johnson, distinguished from the critic and the scholar. She read, and wrote, as an outsider: a woman set to school in her father's library, denied the... Read more

Gosht Janmantarichi

By: Vasant Kanetkar

Narrated by: Various Narrators

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

जगातले कोणतेही दु:ख, कोणतीही समस्या पहिली नसते किंवा अखेरची. प्रत्येक पुढच्याला ठेच लागलेली असते, पण मागचे कोणीच शहाणे होत नाहीत. या अर्थाने होणारी इतिहासाची पुनरावृत्ती म्हणजेच 'गोष्ट जन्मांतरीची'. जन्मजन्मांतरी केवळ घटनाच परत परत तशाच घडतात; असे नाही तर माणसेही पुन:पुन्हा तसाच विचार करतात, तसेच शब्द बोलतात आणि त्याच त्या कृती करत राहतात. या... Read more

The Law

By: Amit Varma

Narrated by: Amit Varma

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

What is the purpose of the law? What should be the role of the state? Are we subjects or citizens? In episode 6 of The Book Club, Amit Varma argues that we have normalised oppression by the state, and we need to examine it anew with clear eyes. There is no better guide to this than Frédéric Bastiat's 19th-century masterpiece, 'The Law.' Read more

Facebook Success Story

By: Pradeep Thakur

Narrated by: Ankit Goswami

Length: 11 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

फेसबुक सबसे बड़ा सोशल मीडिया ब्रांड है. फेसबुक संभवतः ऐसा ब्रांड है, जो सोशल मीडिया शब्दावली सुनते ही अधिकांश ग्राहकों के दिमाग में सबसे पहले आता है. अपनी स्थापना के ठीक आठ वर्षों बाद, फेसबुक इंकॉरपोरेटेड ने 1 फरवरी, 2012 को इनिशियल पब्लिक ऑफर/आई.पी.ओ. दाखिल किया था. याद रहे कि 2012 में फेसबुक की आय 5 अरब डॉलर थी, लेकिन 17 मई को नैस्डेक में उसे... Read more