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As You Like It

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Lynn Collins, Alexis Jacknow, André Sogliuzzo, James Marsters, James Waterston, Jeff Gardner, Jules Willcox, Matthew Wolf, Stacy Keach, Summer Spiro ...

Unabridged

2 hours 13 min

Love triumphs in As You Like It, Shakespeare’s joyous comic adventure! Rosalind, arguably Shakespeare’s greatest female character, is banished from court and follows her exiled father into the untamed Forest of Arden. Disguised as a man for safety, Rosalind’s great wit and good nature show through her male trappings as she engages with fools and philosophers adrift in the woods, and ultimately ... Read more

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Love triumphs in As You Like It, Shakespeare’s joyous comic adventure! Rosalind, arguably Shakespeare’s greatest female character, is banished from court and follows her exiled father into the untamed Forest of Arden. Disguised as a man for safety, Rosalind’s great wit and good nature show through her male trappings as she engages with fools and philosophers adrift in the woods, and ultimately
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Tug of War, The

by David Rambo ...

Narrated by Matthew Arkin, Hugo Armstrong, David Selby, James Morrison, John Vickery, Josh Stamberg, Jules Willcox, Matthew Floyd Miller, Nick Toren, Rich Sommer, Seamus Dever ...

Unabridged

2 hours 40 min

The judgment of an untested president is all that stands between us and WWIII. As Soviet nuclear missiles move ever closer to Cuba, President John F. Kennedy must chart a course between conflicting counsel and unparalleled emotional stakes to prevent nuclear annihilation. The newly-minted U.S. President is put to the ultimate test in this riveting original commission from playwright David Rambo ... Read more

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The judgment of an untested president is all that stands between us and WWIII. As Soviet nuclear missiles move ever closer to Cuba, President John F. Kennedy must chart a course between conflicting counsel and unparalleled emotional stakes to prevent nuclear annihilation. The newly-minted U.S. President is put to the ultimate test in this riveting original commission from playwright David Rambo
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The Animal and the Thinker

Instinct, Reason and the Dance of Our Divided Selves

by John Duncan ...

Narrated by John Sackville ...

Unabridged

12 hours 27 min

Why are we so often in conflict – arguing with ourselves and with others, uncertain over who we are and what we want?For thousands of years, writers, thinkers and philosophers have seen life as a battle between the guiding power of reason and a disruptive animal within. In a world where fierce culture wars and endless newsfeeds turn up the tension, how can we overcome our uncertainties and know ... Read more

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Why are we so often in conflict – arguing with ourselves and with others, uncertain over who we are and what we want?For thousands of years, writers, thinkers and philosophers have seen life as a battle between the guiding power of reason and a disruptive animal within. In a world where fierce culture wars and endless newsfeeds turn up the tension, how can we overcome our uncertainties and know
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Cicero's Tongue

The Life of Rome's Greatest Orator and the End of the Republic

by Catharine Edwards ...

Narrated by Catharine Edwards ...

Unabridged

13 hours 6 min

**A new biography of Cicero, one of the most influential and fascinating figures in classical history.This program is read by the author.**When the Roman statesman Cicero was murdered in 43 BCE, his head was cut off, and his tongue pierced with pins – a final, brutal act of revenge against a man whose words had shaped a generation and made him many enemies. Rising from provincial obscurity to the ... Read more

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**A new biography of Cicero, one of the most influential and fascinating figures in classical history.This program is read by the author.**When the Roman statesman Cicero was murdered in 43 BCE, his head was cut off, and his tongue pierced with pins – a final, brutal act of revenge against a man whose words had shaped a generation and made him many enemies. Rising from provincial obscurity to the
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You Are the Führer's Unrequited Love

by Jean-Noël Orengo ...

Narrated by Justin Avoth ...

Series series Penguin International Writers
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6 hours 47 min

Brought to you by Penguin.An electrifying novel about the Nazi who reinvented himself, Albert Speer‘Which is the most seductive, truth or fiction?’This is the story of Albert Speer: The protégé. The ‘good Nazi’. The star. The mythmaker.In 1969 Speer, Hitler’s favourite architect and Minister of Armaments and War Production, publishes his memoirs. Rewriting his own past, claiming to have known ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.An electrifying novel about the Nazi who reinvented himself, Albert Speer‘Which is the most seductive, truth or fiction?’This is the story of Albert Speer: The protégé. The ‘good Nazi’. The star. The mythmaker.In 1969 Speer, Hitler’s favourite architect and Minister of Armaments and War Production, publishes his memoirs. Rewriting his own past, claiming to have known
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How to Not Know

The Value of Uncertainty in a World that Demands Answers

by Simone Stolzoff ...

Narrated by Simone Stolzoff ...

Unabridged

5 hours 47 min

"Spectacular." ―Daniel PinkA guide to dealing with uncertainty at a time when our lives have never felt less certain.From our careers to our politics to our personal lives, the future is unknown. And yet, our capacity to tolerate this uncertainty is in decline. How to Not Know will help you prepare for and even appreciate the uncertainty that surrounds us.Through gripping stories of people ... Read more

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"Spectacular." ―Daniel PinkA guide to dealing with uncertainty at a time when our lives have never felt less certain.From our careers to our politics to our personal lives, the future is unknown. And yet, our capacity to tolerate this uncertainty is in decline. How to Not Know will help you prepare for and even appreciate the uncertainty that surrounds us.Through gripping stories of people
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I Dream of Joni

A Portrait of Joni Mitchell in 53 Snapshots

by Henry Alford ...

Narrated by Henry Alford ...

Unabridged

9 hours 55 min

In this nationally bestselling “delightful compendium of everything you ever wanted to know about” (The Washington Post) Joni Mitchell, the eternal singer-songwriter is seen anew, portrayed through a witty and comprehensive exploration of anecdotes, quotes, lyrics by Henry Alford, “the most graceful of humorists” (Vanity Fair) and a writer for The New Yorker.Joni Mitchell’s life, psyche, and ... Read more

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In this nationally bestselling “delightful compendium of everything you ever wanted to know about” (The Washington Post) Joni Mitchell, the eternal singer-songwriter is seen anew, portrayed through a witty and comprehensive exploration of anecdotes, quotes, lyrics by Henry Alford, “the most graceful of humorists” (Vanity Fair) and a writer for The New Yorker.Joni Mitchell’s life, psyche, and
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The Edges of the World

At the margins of life, lands and history

by Charles Foster ...

Narrated by Charles Foster ...

Unabridged

8 hours 32 min

Brought to you by Penguin.We tend to think that everything important comes from the centre: from big cities, from established orthodoxies in the sciences and the arts, from the Establishment in all its forms. We think this because the centre tells us it is so, but it's a lie. It is only at the edges that we think, innovate and thrive.This book travels to the frontiers of human culture and ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.We tend to think that everything important comes from the centre: from big cities, from established orthodoxies in the sciences and the arts, from the Establishment in all its forms. We think this because the centre tells us it is so, but it's a lie. It is only at the edges that we think, innovate and thrive.This book travels to the frontiers of human culture and
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Will It Make the Boat Go Faster

Olympic-Winning Strategies for Everyday Success - The Sunday Times Bestseller

by Ben Hunt-Davis, Harriet Beveridge ...

Narrated by Ben Hunt-Davis, Harriet Beveridge ...

Unabridged

8 hours 23 min

Discover the simple principles that took a team from mediocrity to Olympic gold, and which you can use every day in work, life and play.How do you go from ordinary to exceptional? This bestselling coaching classic will show you how.Ben Hunt-Davis shares the inspiring story of how he and the British men’s rowing Eight went from never winning an international race to becoming the best in the world ... Read more

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Discover the simple principles that took a team from mediocrity to Olympic gold, and which you can use every day in work, life and play.How do you go from ordinary to exceptional? This bestselling coaching classic will show you how.Ben Hunt-Davis shares the inspiring story of how he and the British men’s rowing Eight went from never winning an international race to becoming the best in the world
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Jumbo

The extraordinary story of the Boeing 747, the plane that changed the world

by Scott Bateman ...

Narrated by Angus King ...

Unabridged

11 hours 41 min

Brought to you by Penguin.**The enthralling history of the iconic, world class Jumbo Jet, from former 747 pilot Scott BatemanNothing like Boeing's 747 had ever been seen before.**Everything about it was superlative. When it emerged from the Boeing factory in 1968, the sheer scale of the jet made clear the vision, boldness and scale of the engineering challenge that had been required to build it ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.**The enthralling history of the iconic, world class Jumbo Jet, from former 747 pilot Scott BatemanNothing like Boeing's 747 had ever been seen before.**Everything about it was superlative. When it emerged from the Boeing factory in 1968, the sheer scale of the jet made clear the vision, boldness and scale of the engineering challenge that had been required to build it
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Captives and Companions

A History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Islamic World

by Justin Marozzi ...

Narrated by Richard Trinder ...

Unabridged

19 hours 42 min

Slavery in the Islamic world has a complex and controversial history. In the earliest days of Islam, Arab Muslims enslaved men, women, and children as the spoils of war. In the following centuries, young boys were imported to imperial Islamic courts in enormous numbers. Some were castrated to serve as guardians of sacred spaces, while others were "harvested" by the Ottomans to serve in the sultan ... Read more

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Slavery in the Islamic world has a complex and controversial history. In the earliest days of Islam, Arab Muslims enslaved men, women, and children as the spoils of war. In the following centuries, young boys were imported to imperial Islamic courts in enormous numbers. Some were castrated to serve as guardians of sacred spaces, while others were "harvested" by the Ottomans to serve in the sultan
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Becoming George

The Invention of George Sand

by Fiona Sampson ...

Narrated by Fiona Sampson ...

Unabridged

10 hours 43 min

A long-overdue reappraisal of the groundbreaking nineteenth-century writer who reshaped the literary and social norms of her age.By the age of thirty, the young woman who was born Aurore Dupin in 1804 in a Paris garret had become the internationally renowned George Sand. In English, her novels were outselling even Victor Hugo. Her enormous and radical corpus would grow to include seventy novels, ... Read more

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A long-overdue reappraisal of the groundbreaking nineteenth-century writer who reshaped the literary and social norms of her age.By the age of thirty, the young woman who was born Aurore Dupin in 1804 in a Paris garret had become the internationally renowned George Sand. In English, her novels were outselling even Victor Hugo. Her enormous and radical corpus would grow to include seventy novels,
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