Literary Criticism

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Reflections on Herman Melville's Moby Dick, Gil Bailie

Reflections on Herman Melville's ...

by Gil Bailie

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Gil Bailie's exploration of Herman Melville's epic American tale. Melville's masterwork h...

Unabridged: 7 hr 34 min
Narrator: Gil Bailie
Published: 08/01/2018
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Rabih Alameddine's An Unnecessary Woman, Rabih Alameddine

Rabih Alameddine's An Unnecessary...

by Rabih Alameddine

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One of the Middle East's most celebrated writers, Rabih Alameddine, discusses his novel A...

Unabridged: 1 hr 16 min
Thalia Book Club
Narrator: Elizabeth Strout
Published: 01/07/2015
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Geraldine Brooks' People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks

Geraldine Brooks' People of the B...

by Geraldine Brooks

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Geraldine Brooks sits down with John Hockenberry to discuss her novel People of the Book....

Unabridged: 1 hr 19 min
Thalia Book Club
Narrator: John Hockenberry
Published: 01/28/2009
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Jeanette Winterson: Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal?, Jeanette Winterson

Jeanette Winterson: Why Be Happy ...

by Jeanette Winterson

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The author of the international best-selling novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit tackles...

Unabridged: 1 hr 30 min
Thalia Book Club
Narrator: A.M. Homes
Published: 03/11/2013
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Ta-Nehisi Coates: We accept violence, Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates: We accept viole...

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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In his new book, Between the World and Me, Atlantic magazine columnist Ta-Nehisi Coates w...

Unabridged: 6 min
Narrator: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Published: 05/07/2013
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Ann Patchett, Commonwealth, Ann Patchett

Ann Patchett, Commonwealth

by Ann Patchett

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The acclaimed bestselling author returns to Symphony Space to discuss her latest novel. T...

Unabridged: 1 hr 26 min
Thalia Book Club
Narrator: Emma Straub
Published: 10/26/2017
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Aesop's Fables: Lifelong Lessons for Life & Faith, Gregory I. Carlson

Aesop's Fables: Lifelong Lessons ...

by Gregory I. Carlson

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Illuminate the truth of the gospels by exploring timeless fables. Although we typically f...

Unabridged: 5 hr 46 min
Learn25: Literature
Narrator: Gregory I. Carlson...
Published: 10/15/2013
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Dante's Divine Comedy, Mary C. Davlin

Dante's Divine Comedy

by Mary C. Davlin

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Dante Alighieri is indisputably one of the world's greatest poets. His epic masterpiece, ...

Unabridged: 4 hr 47 min
Learn25: Literature
Narrator: Mary C. Davlin
Published: 12/30/2010
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Gerard Manley Hopkins Magician of Words, Sounds, Images, and Insights, Joseph J. Feeney

Gerard Manley Hopkins

by Joseph J. Feeney

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In this course, you will come to cherish the timeless poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins.Ger...

Unabridged: 6 hr 48 min
Learn25: Literature
Narrator: Joseph J. Feeney
Published: 11/25/2013
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Sonny Sunshine, Beat Poet Experience

Sonny Sunshine

by Beat Poet Experience

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Sonny Sunshine the new Album by the Beat Poet Experience is formed around the poetry and ...

Unabridged: 1 hr 11 min
Beat Poet Experience
Narrator: Dave O'Kelly
Published: 06/21/2022
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Thomas Merton on the Poetry and Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton on the Poetry and L...

by Thomas Merton

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Join Thomas Merton in exploring the timeless words of one of the world’s greatest p...

Unabridged: 5 hr 33 min
Learn25: Thomas Merton Collection
Narrator: Thomas Merton
Published: 07/05/2013
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Thomas Merton on Literature John Milton, T. S. Eliot, and Edwin Muir, Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton on Literature

by Thomas Merton

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New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Storey Mountain and New Seeds of Contempla...

Unabridged: 4 hr 2 min
Learn25: Thomas Merton Collection
Narrator: Thomas Merton
Published: 11/19/2018
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To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, Virginia Woolf

To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woo...

by Virginia Woolf

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Back by popular demand, novelists Siri Hustvedt (The Blazing World, March 2014), Jennifer...

Unabridged: 1 hr 17 min
Thalia Book Club
Narrator: Jennifer Egan
Published: 03/26/2014
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From Augustine to Chesterton and Beyond Great Spiritual Autobiographies, Michael W. Higgins

From Augustine to Chesterton and ...

by Michael W. Higgins

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What would it be like to listen to great figures of our faith discuss their struggles, li...

Unabridged: 5 hr 26 min
Learn25: Biographies
Narrator: Michael W. Higgins...
Published: 03/23/2015
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How to Talk about Books You Haven't Read, Pierre Bayard

How to Talk about Books You Haven...

by Pierre Bayard

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In this mischievous book, a #3 bestseller in France thats racking up press coverage and r...

Unabridged: 4 hr 29 min
Narrator: Grover Gardner
Published: 10/30/2007
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The Heroine's Bookshelf Life Lessons, from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder, Erin Blakemore

The Heroine's Bookshelf

by Erin Blakemore

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The literary canon is filled with intelligent, feisty, neversaydie heroines, and legendar...

Unabridged: 4 hr 43 min
Narrator: Tavia Gilbert
Published: 10/19/2010
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Hemingway's Short Stories, James L. Roberts, Ph.D.

Hemingway's Short Stories

by James L. Roberts, Ph.D....

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The CliffsNotes study guide on Hemingway's Short Stories supplements the original literar...

Unabridged: 3 hr 20 min
Cliffs Notes Series #1
Narrator: Luke Daniels
Published: 04/30/2012
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The Awakening, Maureen Kelly

The Awakening

by Maureen Kelly

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The CliffsNotes study guide on Chopin's The Awakening supplements the original literary w...

Unabridged: 3 hr 28 min
Cliffs Notes Series #1
Narrator: Kate Rudd
Published: 04/30/2012
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Fathers and Sons, Denis M. Calandra

Fathers and Sons

by Denis M. Calandra

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The CliffsNotes study guide on Turgenev's Fathers and Sons supplements the original liter...

Unabridged: 2 hr 34 min
Cliffs Notes Series #1
Narrator: Nick Podehl
Published: 04/30/2012
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Gulliver's Travels, A. Lewis Soens

Gulliver's Travels

by A. Lewis Soens

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The CliffsNotes study guide on Swift's Gulliver's Travels supplements the original litera...

Unabridged: 3 hr 15 min
Cliffs Notes Series #1
Narrator: Nick Podehl
Published: 04/30/2012
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Faulkner's Short Stories, James L. Roberts, Ph.D.

Faulkner's Short Stories

by James L. Roberts, Ph.D....

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The CliffsNotes study guide on Faulkner's Short Stories supplements the original literary...

Unabridged: 2 hr 48 min
Cliffs Notes Series #1
Narrator: Luke Daniels
Published: 04/30/2012
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Tartuffe, The Misanthrope & The Bourgeois Gentleman, Denis M. Calandra

Tartuffe, The Misanthrope & The B...

by Denis M. Calandra

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The CliffsNotes study guide on Moliere's Tartuffe, The Misanthrope & The Bourgeois Ge...

Unabridged: 3 hr 48 min
Cliffs Notes Series #1
Narrator: Luke Daniels
Published: 04/30/2012
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Rediscovering Shakespeare The Tragedies, Matthew Wagner

Rediscovering Shakespeare

by Matthew Wagner

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A greater emphasis on situations than characters (this numbs the audience's connection to...

Unabridged: 4 hr 58 min
Narrator: Matthew Wagner
Published: 01/24/2014
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, James L. Roberts, Ph.D.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

by James L. Roberts, Ph.D....

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The CliffsNotes study guide on Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer supplements the origi...

Unabridged: 2 hr 34 min
Cliffs Notes Series
Narrator: Nick Podehl
Published: 04/30/2012
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Let's Be Heard, Robert Grant

Let's Be Heard

by Robert Grant

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THE KING OF CONSERVATIVE TALK RADIO SPEAKS OUT! "Bob Grant is the king of talk radio in...

Abridged: 2 hr 2 min
Narrator: Robert Grant
Published: 05/01/1996
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Falstaff Give Me Life, Harold Bloom

Falstaff

by Harold Bloom

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From Harold Bloom, one of the greatest Shakespeare scholars of our time comes "a timely r...

Unabridged: 3 hr 55 min
Narrator: Simon Vance
Published: 09/18/2018
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I'd Rather Be Reading The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life, Anne Bogel

I'd Rather Be Reading

by Anne Bogel

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For so many people, reading isn't just a hobby or a way to pass the time--it's a ...

Unabridged: 2 hr 23 min
Narrator: Anne Bogel
Published: 09/04/2018
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Poetry Marathon Day 1 - Day 7  Pandemic Poetrey, Sophia Behal

Poetry Marathon

by Sophia Behal

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Carrie Magness Radna extended an invitation to me to participate in a Poetry Marathon cal...

Unabridged: 4 min
Poetry Marathon #7
Narrator: Sophia Behal
Published: 10/30/2020
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Poetry Marathon Day 1, Sophia Behal

Poetry Marathon

by Sophia Behal

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Carrie Magness Radna extended an invitation to me to participate in a Poetry Marathon cal...

Unabridged: 4 min
Poetry Marathon #1
Narrator: Sophia Behal
Published: 10/30/2020
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Poetry Marathon Day 1 - Day 7 Pandemic Poetry, Sophia Behal

Poetry Marathon

by Sophia Behal

Rent: $1.48

Carrie Magness Radna extended an invitation to me to participate in a Poetry Marathon cal...

Unabridged: 4 min
Poetry Marathon #5
Narrator: Sophia Behal
Published: 10/30/2020
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder: Key Takeaways, Summary & Analysis Included, Ninja Reads

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from t...

by Ninja Reads

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*PLEASE NOTE: This concise summary is unofficial and is not authorized, approved, license...

Unabridged: 1 hr 3 min
Narrator: Ninja Reads
Published: 08/22/2022
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The Solitude of Self Thinking About Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Vivian Gornick

The Solitude of Self

by Vivian Gornick

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the most important leaders of the movement to gain Amer...

Unabridged: 4 hr 44 min
Narrator: Theresa Conkin
Published: 04/06/2021
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Science Fiction A Very Short Introduction, David Seed

Science Fiction

by David Seed

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Frankenstein, The Time Machine, Star Trek, Dune, 1984, Blade Runner—science fiction...

Unabridged: 4 hr 48 min
Narrator: Brian Holsopple
Published: 06/01/2021
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The Beats A Very Short Introduction, David Sterritt

The Beats

by David Sterritt

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In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the writers of the Beat Generation revolutionized Amer...

Unabridged: 3 hr 41 min
Narrator: James Conlan
Published: 06/01/2021
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The Epic Creation Myths of Indigenous America, NORAH ROMNEY

The Epic Creation Myths of Indige...

by NORAH ROMNEY

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The mythologies of the Indigenous Americans are infinitely richer in creative and deluge ...

Unabridged: 1 hr 45 min
Narrator: Po Shai An Kia
Published: 05/10/2021
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Egyptian Mythology The Creation Myth: Tales and Legends of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes and Monster From Ancient Egypt, James Gaiman

Egyptian Mythology

by James Gaiman

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Do you know that the ancient Egyptians believed that people were made out of clay&nb...

Unabridged: 6 hr 25 min
Mythology Series #3
Narrator: Toby Brier
Published: 11/24/2021
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Celtic Mythology Adventures of Warriors and Legendary Creatures, Stories of Gods and Goddesses Tales of Myths and Legends, Sagas and Beliefs From the Irish, Scottish, Brittany and Welsh Mythology, James Gaiman

Celtic Mythology

by James Gaiman

Rent: $5.46

Are you ready to enter the fascinating world of Celtic mythology?Do you know that the Cel...

Unabridged: 5 hr 9 min
Mythology Series #4
Narrator: Toby Brier
Published: 11/30/2021
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Greek Mythology Myths and Legends of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes and Monsters -  Beliefs and Traditions From Ancient Greek, James Gaiman

Greek Mythology

by James Gaiman

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Do you know that the Olympians weren’t the original immortals?Greek mythology conti...

Unabridged: 9 hr 56 min
Mythology Series #2
Narrator: Toby Brier
Published: 11/21/2021
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Norse Mythology Timeless Tales of Norse Myths - Sagas & Legends of Gods, Goddesses, Giants, Heroes, Magical Creatures and Viking Beliefs, James Gaiman

Norse Mythology

by James Gaiman

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Do you want to find out the real and fascinating history of the Vikings? Step into t...

Unabridged: 6 hr 23 min
Mythology Series #1
Narrator: Toby Brier
Published: 11/18/2021
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Mythology, James Weigel Jr., M.A.

Mythology

by James Weigel Jr., M.A.

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The CliffsNotes study guide on Mythology supplements the original literary work, giving y...

Unabridged: 7 hr 32 min
Cliffs Notes Series #1
Narrator: Joyce Bean
Published: 03/16/2011
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Heart of Darkness & The Secret Sharer, Daniel Moran

Heart of Darkness & The Secret Sh...

by Daniel Moran

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The CliffsNotes study guide on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness & The Secret Sharer ...

Unabridged: 2 hr 54 min
Cliffs Notes Series #1
Narrator: Dan John Miller
Published: 03/16/2011
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Frankenstein, Jeff Coghill

Frankenstein

by Jeff Coghill

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This CliffsNotes study guide on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein supplements the original lite...

Unabridged: 2 hr 53 min
Cliffs Notes Series #1
Narrator: Kate Rudd
Published: 03/16/2011
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Robert Bruce, Ph.D.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin...

by Robert Bruce, Ph.D.

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This CliffsNotes study guide on Mark Twain's The Adventure's of Huckleberry Finn suppleme...

Unabridged: 2 hr 52 min
Cliffs Notes Series #1
Narrator: Nick Podehl
Published: 03/16/2011
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Is Shakespeare Dead? From my Autobiography, Mark Twain

Is Shakespeare Dead?

by Mark Twain

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Is Shakespeare Dead? is a short, semi-autobiographical work by American humorist Samuel C...

Unabridged: 3 hr 3 min
Narrator: Robin Field
Published: 11/01/2012
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The Risk Theatre Model of Tragedy Gambling, Drama, and the Unexpected, Edwin Wong

The Risk Theatre Model of Tragedy...

by Edwin Wong

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WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT, BIRNAM WOOD COMES TO DUNSINANE HILLThe Risk Theatre Model of Tr...

Unabridged: 7 hr 18 min
Narrator: Greg Patmore
Published: 03/02/2020
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O–(ezekiel's wife), C. R. Grimmer

O–(ezekiel's wife)

by C. R. Grimmer

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This is the Audiobook version of O–(ezekiel's wife), published by GASHER Journal an...

Unabridged: 42 min
Narrator: C. R. Grimmer
Published: 02/29/2020
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The Road Not Taken Finding America in the Poem Everyone Loves and Almost Everyone Gets Wrong, David Orr

The Road Not Taken

by David Orr

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"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood . . ." One hundred years after its first publication...

Unabridged: 5 hr 1 min
Narrator: Paul Boehmer
Published: 08/25/2020
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Triage On Reading, Writing, and the Interior Life, Richard Russo

Triage

by Richard Russo

Rent: $2.18

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls andOne of the most valuable spaces...

Unabridged: 50 min
Narrator: Richard Russo
Published: 04/19/2022
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Mary Shelley A Very Short Introduction, Charlotte Gordon

Mary Shelley

by Charlotte Gordon

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In 1816, when eighteen-year old Mary Godwin began writing Frankenstein, the idea that a w...

Unabridged: 4 hr 28 min
Narrator: Suzie Althens
Published: 06/24/2022
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American Bestiary, Diego Maenza

American Bestiary

by Diego Maenza

Rent: $3.46

Urban myths and legends from all over America are condensed in this collection. Through i...

Unabridged: 55 min
Narrator: Ian A Miller
Published: 05/16/2020