Literary Criticism Audiobooks | Fiction & Literature

[German] - Drogenrausch und Deduktion: Zur Innenwelt des Sherlock Holmes

Dieses Hörbuch wurde von einer künstlichen Stimme eingelesen. SHERLOCK HOLMES – eine der wenigen Figuren der neueren Literaturgeschichte, denen ein mythischer Status zukommt, und zugleich eine der rätselhaftesten. Warum konsumiert Holmes, entgegen des ärztlichen Rates seines Vertrauten Dr. Watson, regelmäßig Kokain- und Morphium? Was hat es mit der seltsamen Ikonisierung seiner ehemaligen Opponentin Irene Adler auf sich? Wie sind seine höchst eigenwilligen Improvisationen an der Geige zu verstehen? Worüber ist Watson so nachhaltig befremdet, als er zusammen mit Holmes eine Bildergalerie verlässt, in der Werke 'moderner belgischer Meister' zu sehen waren? Wie ist Holmes' irritierender metaphysischer Exkurs über die Schönheit der Blumen – beim Anblick eines Portulak-Röschens – zu verstehen? Und warum empfiehlt er Watson ein provokatives Skandalwerk des viktorianischen Freigeistes Winwood Reade? Das vorliegende Buch stellt erstmals einen Zusammenhang zwischen diesen und anderen seit über hundert Jahren ungeklärten Fragen her und liefert ein ebenso durchdachtes wie ungewöhnliches Charakterporträt des legendären Londoner Meisterdetektivs.

Traian Suttles (Author), Gemma (Narrator)

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Thoughts From the Ice-Drinker's Studio: Essays on China and the World

Brought to you by Penguin. 'A country does not become corrupt and weak overnight. Rather, we are now reaping the evil harvest of what previous generations sowed.' The power, anger and fluency of Liang Qichao's writings make him one of the towering figures in modern Chinese literature. He saw his great, almost unmanageable task as an attempt to write China into the new era - to provide an ancient country, devastated by civil war and foreign predators, with the intellectual equipment to renew itself. Liang said that he wrote from an 'ice-drinker's studio', implying that underneath his dispassionate, disabused and rational tone lay an ardour and passion which only ice could cool. China could only recover through a clear-sighted, informed understanding of its enemies - and by engaging in a thorough-going self-critique. Liang did not propose aping the West but taking only what China needed to 'renew the people' and create 'new citizens'. Then China would be able to expel its invaders, reform its society and become a great power once more. This selection of pieces shows Liang's extraordinary range and the burning sense of mission which drove him on, attempting to galvanize and refresh an entire nation. Blending together Confucianism, Buddhism and the Western Enlightenment, Liang's ideas about nation, democracy, and morality had a profound impact on Chinese visions of the political order, though the China that eventually emerged from the further disasters of the 1930s and 1940s would be a very different one. ©2023 LLiang Qichao (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Liang Qichao (Author), Daniel York Loh (Narrator)

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American Visions: The United States 1800-1860

A revealing history of the formative period when voices of dissent and innovation defied power and created visions of America still resonant today. The early decades of the nineteenth century saw the expansion of slavery, Native dispossession, and wars with Canada and Mexico. Mass immigration and powerful religious movements sent tremors through American society. But even as the powerful defended the status quo, others defied it: voices from the margins moved the center; eccentric visions altered the accepted wisdom, and acts of empathy questioned self-interest. Edward L. Ayers's rich history examines the visions that moved Frederick Douglass, Margaret Fuller, the Native American activist William Apess, and others to challenge entrenched practices and beliefs. Through decades of award-winning scholarship on the Civil War, Edward L. Ayers has himself ventured beyond the interpretative status quo to recover the range of possibilities embedded in the past as it was lived. Here he turns that distinctive historical sensibility to a period when bold visionaries and critics built vigorous traditions of dissent and innovation into the foundation of the nation. Those traditions remain alive for us today.

Edward L. Ayers, Edward L. Ayres (Author), Brandon Pollock (Narrator)

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The Exam: Life Is Only A Test, Living Is The Real Deal

A. Lyons Williams was born and raised in North Philadelphia, a neighborhood that produced many famous Jazz and RnB singers, actors, dancers and ministers. At the age of 7, he felt the call to ministry. However, it wasn't until age 17 that he began studying various denominations. Those studies led to him receiving ministerial credentials and ordinations from various ministerial organizations and serving in various capacities as associate minister, assistant pastor, and pastor. In later years, he co-founded the MCM Ministries, and co-hosted its local radio broadcast. As a veteran of both Army and the Navy, he was honorably discharged from both. He has a doctorate in theology from Destiny Christian University. He also holds a degree in fashion design and tailoring (which caused him to co-found the 'MiRube Fashion Co.' along with designer, Mia MiRube) He ultimately chose to totally embrace his first loves: ministry and creative writing. He is the pastor/teacher of G.R.O.W.T.H. Ministries Int.

Dr. A. L. Williams (Author), Frank Gerard (Narrator)

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Why We Love Middle-earth: An Enthusiast's Book about Tolkien, Middle-earth, and the LotR Fandom

Learn about the man who wrote The Lord of the Rings in this Middle-earth treasury. Full of answers to common questions about Middle-earth and the fandom, this book about Tolkien celebrates Why We Love Middle-earth. The Lord of the Rings omnibus for all. Who wrote The Lord of the Rings? What details are in the movies, books, maps, and other stories-and how do they tie together? Intrigued by Amazon's new show The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power? What's considered canon and what isn't? Dive into Middle-earth's expansive lore with Why We Love Middle-earth, a fandom book about Tolkien's work. The perfect companion for any Middle-earth traveler. Written by beloved Tolkien commenters of the Prancing Pony Podcast, Shawn E. Marchese and Alan Sisto, Why We Love Middle-earth is the ultimate guide to the fandom. Inside, find: - An easy-to-digest guide map that deepens your knowledge from start to finish, or from any interest point - A brief history of each of the major books and adaptations of Middle-earth, how to read, watch, or play them, and deepen your understanding of them - A manual for fandom niches-what they are, where to find them, and how to get started

Alan Sisto, Shawn E. Marchese (Author), Alan Sisto (Narrator)

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Norse Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook: From Vikings to Valkyries, an Epic Who's

Discover the gods, goddesses, and heroes from Norse mythology with this beautiful handbook that captures the ancient stories that captivated the Vikings. Learn more about your favorite Norse gods, goddesses, and heroes with this collection of profiles that share the real stories behind the characters. With characters from Norse myths coming to life on the big and small screens, and in the pages of new and exciting fiction, this guide can give you all the details you need to understand your favorite heroes, villains, and powerful deities. With comprehensive entries that outline each character's names, roles, related symbols, and foundational myths, you can get to know the roots of these personas, and better understand the new stories we tell about them today.

Kelsey A. Fuller-Shafer (Author), Aven Shore (Narrator)

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Reports From The First World War: Nowadays, Tales of War and Unhappy Far-Off Things

Includes the collections Nowadays, Tales of War, & Unhappy Far-Off Things The great fantasy writer Lord Dunsany wrote very little in the way of fantasy after the onset of the First World War. This was partly because he was busy, having volunteered in 1915 and becoming a Captain in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in Derry. However, the reality of the world bore in on our hero at this time, and it is not difficult to imagine that his heart moved to more serious concerns. Dunsany’s days of high fantasy, it seems, ended with the emergence of civil unrest in his nation. This is why the non-fiction section is included at the end of this collection; while he wrote the odd fantasy work in later years, they were written by a distinctly different man, with a very different life. For a week, he lay in a hospital bed, listening to the sounds of the riots as the British forces became increasingly violent and shelled the centre of Dublin with artillery. His military belt was left in the hospital, and eventually buried with the Nationalist leader Michael Collins. This, it seems, was the trigger for his change of heart, as expressed in ‘Nowadays’, towards poetry as the essence of writing. “In January 1917, under the stimulant of shellfire, I turned to poetry and wrote two poems in Plug-Street Wood”. After initially being refused forward positioning, he eventually served in the trenches. In this time, his literary output was focused on writing propaganda material for the War Office, some of which is collected in the non-fiction section of this volume.

Lord Dunsany (Author), Charles Featherstone (Narrator)

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[German] - Lehrreiche Geschichten: Auf Fels gebaut

Dies ist ein Hörbuch voller Geschichten aus früheren Zeiten. Es ist nicht nur spannend, sondern auch lehrreich und vor allem den Glauben stärkend. Die Geschichten, entnommen aus der Reihe 'Auf Fels gebaut' Band 1, beruhen auf wahren Begebenheiten und sind geeignet für Kinder und Jugendliche und besonders gut für gemeinsame Familienzeiten und die Familienandacht. Alle Geschichten verweisen auf eine geistliche Wahrheit und auf eine entsprechende Schriftstelle. Außerdem sind am Ende jeder Geschichte Fragen und ein kurzer Schriftabschnitt angegeben. Die Kinder und Jugendlichen werden eine Geschichte nach der anderen hören wollen! Die Autoren haben einen bibeltreuen, reformatorischen Hintergrund. Produktion: MVH-Tonstudio Gelesen von Daniel Kopp

Diana Kleyn, Joel R. Beeke (Author), Voice Of Hope (Narrator)

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[German] - Das Leben ist ein Abenteuer: Robert Murray MCheyne

Das beeindruckende Leben von Robert M'Cheyne hat viele junge Christen zum Nachahmen motiviert. Doch wer war er, und warum ist er in seinem kurzen Leben von 29 Jahren zum Glaubensvorbild geworden? Während seines Theologie-Studiums wurde er durch Gottes Gnade errettet und von dem großen Wunsch erfüllt, den Menschen die rettende Botschaft von Jesus Christus zu predigen. Aber man muss nicht weit weg gehen, um ein Missionar zu sein und etwas zu bewirken. Das war eine der ersten Lektionen, die Robert in seinem Leben als Christ lernte. Er war ein leidenschaftlicher Prediger für Christus, der Schottland in seinem kurzen Wirken durch seine Liebe zur Bibel und seinen Hass gegen die Sünde einen unauslöschlichen Stempel aufgedrückt hat. Obwohl Robert ziemlich jung und kränklich war, war er sehr eifrig darin, Menschen von Jesus zu erzählen und besonders den Armen zu helfen. Sein Leben ist gekennzeichnet von der Abhängigkeit von Christus und der Treue zu Ihm. Dieses Hörbuch ist die fünfte Folge der Hörbuchreihe »Glaubensvorbilder« für Kinder und Jugendliche. Ein Hörbuch nach dem gleichnamigen Buch, gelesen von Daniel Kopp.

Irene Howat (Author), Voice Of Hope (Narrator)

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Living with our Gift from Prometheus - Bringing Philosophy to Life #17

Can authoritarianism truly secure our lives, and is it the answer to a divided world? Explore this question in this episode as Albert A. Anderson delves into the essence of governance. Through the lens of history and myth, discover why the distribution of political wisdom to all is crucial for democracy, justice, and the values we hold dear. Join the conversation about the battle of ideas that is shaping our world today, as we consider the past and present to navigate an uncertain future. In this series, philosopher and author, Albert A. Anderson, explores the modern world through ancient philosophers such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. He provides insightful analyses on the practical applications of philosophy in our daily lives, and brings a fresh perspective on how these concepts can create a better understanding of the world around us. In this podcast, you will be presented with philosophical ideas in a way that is accessible and easy to understand, making it an engaging listen for both old and new philosophy enthusiasts. Albert A. Anderson, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Babson College in Massachusetts, where he held an endowed chair as Murata Professor of Ethics from 1995 to 2003. He has also held tenured faculty appointments in philosophy at Clark University and Albion College and full-time positions at Bates College and Rhode Island School of Design. He was a founding member of the International Society for Universal Dialogue serving as its president from 1996-2001. He is president of Agora Publications, Inc., which specializes in translating, adapting, and performing classical philosophical texts.

Albert A. Anderson (Author), Albert A. Anderson (Narrator)

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The Art of Democracy - Bringing Philosophy to Life #18

Can art shape our democracy and our future? Join Albert A. Anderson in this episode as he explores the power of art in our society. From Hollywood strikes to thought-provoking films like 'Oppenheimer' and 'Barbie,' discover how the arts are more than just entertainment. Learn how these creative works raise vital questions about moral responsibility, feminism, capitalism, and authoritarianism. It's time to delve into the world of art and its role in shaping our democracy and humanity. In this series, philosopher and author, Albert A. Anderson, explores the modern world through ancient philosophers such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. He provides insightful analyses on the practical applications of philosophy in our daily lives, and brings a fresh perspective on how these concepts can create a better understanding of the world around us. In this podcast, you will be presented with philosophical ideas in a way that is accessible and easy to understand, making it an engaging listen for both old and new philosophy enthusiasts. Albert A. Anderson, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Babson College in Massachusetts, where he held an endowed chair as Murata Professor of Ethics from 1995 to 2003. He has also held tenured faculty appointments in philosophy at Clark University and Albion College and full-time positions at Bates College and Rhode Island School of Design. He was a founding member of the International Society for Universal Dialogue serving as its president from 1996-2001. He is president of Agora Publications, Inc., which specializes in translating, adapting, and performing classical philosophical texts.

Albert A. Anderson (Author), Albert A. Anderson (Narrator)

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Crybaby Scientists - Bringing Philosophy to Life #19

Do scientists hold the key to humanity's future? In this episode Albert A. Anderson dives into the ethical responsibilities of scientists. Are they 'crybabies' or moral leaders? From nuclear threats to environmental crises and pandemic responses, explore how scientists impact our world. Discover the urgent need for universal moral values and a vision of democratic globalism to safeguard our future. In this series, philosopher and author, Albert A. Anderson, explores the modern world through ancient philosophers such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. He provides insightful analyses on the practical applications of philosophy in our daily lives, and brings a fresh perspective on how these concepts can create a better understanding of the world around us. In this podcast, you will be presented with philosophical ideas in a way that is accessible and easy to understand, making it an engaging listen for both old and new philosophy enthusiasts. Albert A. Anderson, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Babson College in Massachusetts, where he held an endowed chair as Murata Professor of Ethics from 1995 to 2003. He has also held tenured faculty appointments in philosophy at Clark University and Albion College and full-time positions at Bates College and Rhode Island School of Design. He was a founding member of the International Society for Universal Dialogue serving as its president from 1996-2001. He is president of Agora Publications, Inc., which specializes in translating, adapting, and performing classical philosophical texts.

Albert A. Anderson (Author), Albert A. Anderson (Narrator)

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