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Shakespeare for Young Readers: Macbeth - All's Well That Ends Well - Taming of the Shrew

Introducing a new way for young readers to experience the timeless tales of William Shakespeare - through digital audio! Our abridged versions of Macbeth, All's well that ends well, and Taming of the shrew retain the original language of the plays, allowing readers to fully immerse themselves in Shakespeare's world without being hindered by modern language. In Macbeth, listeners will be drawn into the dark and sinister world of ambition and betrayal. All's well that ends well offers a romantic and comedic tale of love and mistaken identities. And in Taming of the shrew, listeners will witness the battle of wits between the fiery Katherine and the cunning Petruchio. Our digital audio versions of these classic plays are perfect for young readers who want to experience Shakespeare's works in a way that is both accessible and authentic. So, whether you're a fan of the Bard or just starting to explore his works, our abridged versions of Macbeth, All's well that ends well, and Taming of the shrew are not to be missed!

William Shakespeare (Author), Karen Savage (Narrator)

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Shakespeare for Young Readers: Comedy of Errors - Measure for Measure - Twelfth Night

Introducing 'Shakespeare for Young Readers,' an immersive digital audio book experience that brings the timeless works of William Shakespeare to a new generation of readers. This audio book features three of Shakespeare's most beloved plays - Comedy of Errors, Measure for Measure, and Twelfth Night - all presented in their original language. Our goal is to provide young readers with an opportunity to experience Shakespeare's plays in a way that is engaging, entertaining, and easy to understand. We've carefully selected these three plays for their humor, intrigue, and universal themes that are relatable to young audiences. Our approach to the language is to use as much original text as possible, without injecting modern language. We believe that hearing Shakespeare's words spoken in their original form is the best way to appreciate the beauty and power of his language. We've also included helpful context and summaries of each scene to help young readers follow along and understand the plot. With 'Shakespeare for Young Readers,' we hope to inspire a love of Shakespeare and literature in a new generation of readers. Whether you're a student studying Shakespeare for the first time or a parent looking for a fun and educational activity for your children, this audio book is sure to be a hit.

Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb (Author), Karen Savage (Narrator)

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Webs & Roses: A Poetry Collection

Megan Linski (Author), Tara Kaye Burgh (Narrator)

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Who Killed Jerusalem?

“A BIG, JOYOUS BOOK, WORTH READING SIMPLY FOR THE FUN OF IT.”—BLUE INK REVIEW “A ZANY, INVENTIVE, AND MULTILAYERED FEVER DREAM OF MURDER AND MAYHEM”—KIRKUS REVIEWS A seamless melding of (i) the intricate plotting of Umberto Eco in The Name of the Rose, (ii) the side-splitting humor of John Kennedy Toole in A Confederacy of Dunces, and (iii) the fabulous world of William Blake. A tour-de-force narration by the multi-award-winning Patrick Lawlor, who uses his uncompromising talent to bring every character to life with an astonishing vocal range. In 1977, Ickey Jerusalem, San Francisco’s golden-boy poet laureate (based on Blake), is found dead in a locked, first-class toilet on an arriving red-eye flight. Ded Smith, a desperately unhappy, intelligent philistine with a highly developed philosophy to match, is called in to investigate the poet’s death. Thus begins a series of hilarious encounters with the members of Jerusalem’s coterie (updated amalgams of characters from Blake’s work). Ded soon realizes that to find out what happened, he must not only collect his usual detective’s clues but also, despite his own poetically challenged outlook, get into the dead poet’s mind. Fighting his way through blasphemous funerals, drug-induced dreams, poetry-charged love-making, offbeat philosophical discussions, and much, much more, he begins to piece together Jerusalem’s (Blake’s) seductive, all-encompassing metaphysics. But by then, the attempts to kill Ded and the others have begun. Before Ded’s death-dodging luck runs out, will he be able to solve the case, and perhaps, in the process, develop a new way of looking at the world that might allow him to replace his unhappiness with joy?

George Albert Brown (Author), Patrick Lawlor (Narrator)

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Klavierpoesie

Träumen, philosophieren, genießen: Zeitgenössische Lyrik, begleitet und veredelt von zeitgenössischer Komposition. Was sich nach harmloser Sonntagnachmittags unterhaltung anhört, entpuppt sich als philosophierender Blick auf nicht weniger als das Leben – mit prächtigem Pathos, aber auch mit Arschloch-Qualitäten.

Ingo Munz (Author), Alexandra Danshova, Ingo Munz (Narrator)

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Beholding: Deepening Our Experience In God

Move from a transactional experience with God to a transformational friendship with Him through prayer. How can time with God be a source of peace in a loud and distracting world? In Beholding, spiritual director and poet Strahan Coleman invites readers to discover the joy of being with God, not just working for Him. As they inhabit the art of resting in God's presence, prayer becomes not only a place of seeking, but becoming. Beholding calls Christians to understand how: - Prayer is so much more than spoken conversation between us and God; it's a way of existing together. - Beholding God in prayer is profoundly connected to beholding and dignifying others. - Embracing prayer practices from different Christian traditions digs a deep well of peace in the soul. - Our everyday ordinary lives can become the meeting place for God through silence, solitude, community, creation, and hospitality.

Strahan Coleman (Author), John Mark Comer, Strahan Coleman (Narrator)

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Nothing Stays Put: The Life and Poetry of Amy Clampitt

An evocative portrait of the beloved and acclaimed poet, whose late-in-life success took the literary world by storm. With the publication of her first book of poems in her sixty-third year, Amy Clampitt rose meteorically to fame, launching herself from obscurity to the upper ranks of American poetry all but overnight, and living a whirlwind eleven years, until her death in 1994. Years later, as renowned poetry scholar Willard Spiegelman wades into her papers and poems, he discovers a woman of dazzling intellect, staunch progressive politics, and an inexhaustible sense of wonder for the world and the words we've invented to describe it. Giving equal weight to the life and the poetry, Spiegelman untangles Clampitt's famously allusive lines to reveal the experiences they emerged from, pulling the curtain back on her nearly four decades of artistic anonymity, and in doing so assembling a rich period piece of Manhattan during the days in which Clampitt worked for Oxford University Press and the National Audubon Society-writing cheery, discursive office memos, and two novels that never got published, before hitting her stride in verse. Nothing Stays Put is a gift to poetry fans, an inspiration to artists striving at any age, and an ode to this most unlikely of literary celebrities, who would publish five acclaimed books and win a MacArthur "Genius Grant" nearly all in the final decade of her life. Cover photograph (inset) courtesy of the Amy Clampitt Foundation. Amy Clampitt papers, Berg Collection, NYPL; (background) blue cornflowers. shapencolour/Alamy

Willard Spiegelman (Author), Arthur Morey, Cassandra Campbell (Narrator)

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Algunas anécdotas y muchas reflexiones

'Algunas anécdotas y muchas reflexiones' es una cautivadora compilación de pensamientos y vivencias del reconocido cantautor, poeta y escritor argentino Facundo Cabral. Cabral nos lleva en un viaje hacia el autoconocimiento y la reflexión a través de sus pensamientos y anécdotas personales, como su encuentro con dos de las figuras más influyentes en su vida: la Madre Teresa de Calcuta y Jorge Luis Borges. En este audiolibro, Facundo nos muestra cómo la vida puede ser una fuente constante de inspiración y aprendizaje, invitándonos a reflexionar sobre nuestra propia existencia.

Facundo Cabral (Author), Facundo Cabral (Narrator)

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The Ballad of Old Joe Booth (A Song For Eighth Block)

William Pauley Iii (Author), Connor Brannigan (Narrator)

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The Prophet

I go with the wind, people of Orphalese, but not down into emptiness; And if this day is not a fulfilment of your needs and my love, then let it be a promise till another day.” The beloved prophet Almustafa (meaning “The Chosen One”) has lived within the city walls of Orphalese for twelve years. He has walked among the people and formed a deep connection to the place, but he knows this is not where he ultimately belongs. On the seventh day of Ielool (“the month of reaping”), Almustafa climbs a hill beyond the boundaries of the city wall and gazes out across the misty sea. He is filled with joy as he catches sight of the ship that has come to free him from exile. As he bids farewell to the people of Orphalese, Almustafa speaks with them on the topics closest to their hearts. His series of sermons form the 28 prose poems of this book. The Prophet is a work of fiction, written by Lebanese-American artist, poet, and philosopher Kahlil Gibran. Gibran was a key figure in Arabic literary modernist movement, which spanned the first half of the twentieth century. As a product of his culturally-rich upbringing, Gibran’s work beautifully blends religious traditions and philosophies from around the world.

Khalil Gibran (Author), James Held (Narrator)

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Songs for My Father

Songs for My Father is a raw and honest collection of free verse poetry about the author’s relationship with her father. It chronicles how his anger and abuse left her emotionally trapped for many years, and how she found her way back into herself through her art. Katherine Lazaruk takes the reader through her early childhood experiences, drawing connections between how family, music, and learning shaped the writer and artist within her. It is a poignant window into the things that so often go unspoken, the elephants in the rooms of our families. Readers who have experienced what it means to be the outsider or scapegoat in their family of origin will be uplifted by this vision of how to break cycles of abuse and reclaim themselves through therapeutic and artistic journeys. Songs for My Father is at times dark, at times uplifting, and always deeply human.

Katherine Lazaruk (Author), Katherine Lazaruk (Narrator)

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When We Were Very Young - Winnie-the-Pooh Series, Book #2 - Unabridged

'When We Were Very Young' is a book of poetry for children by the legendary British author A.A. Milne and marks the first appearance of the 'silly old bear' who would soon become a worldwide sensation: Winnie-the-Pooh. In these poems, the narrator - a young boy named Christopher Robin (after Milne's own son) - navigates the world of adolescence, imagining kings and queens, questing knights, talking bears, imaginary friends and explores the curiosity and wonder of the grown-up world seen through the eyes of a child. 'When We Were Very Young' - the first book of the Winnie-the-Pooh series - was an immediate hit when it was first published in 1924 and spawned the next three Pooh books: Winnie-the-Pooh, Now We Are Six and The House at Pooh Corner. It is presented here in its original and unabridged format.

A. A. Milne (Author), Kevin Theis, Sara Nichols (Narrator)

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