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  • Poems & Prayers

  • Written by: Matthew McConaughey
  • Narrated by: Matthew McConaughey
  • Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    17
  • Performance
    15
  • Story
    15

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the Academy Award–winning actor and author of Greenlights comes an inspiring, faith-filled, and often hilarious collection of personal poetry and prayers about navigating the rodeo of life and chasing down the original dream, belief. My prayers are my...

  • His sensitivity and honesty

  • By Anonymous on 2026-01-15
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  • The Odyssey

  • Written by: Homer
  • Narrated by: Ian McKellen
  • Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    76
  • Performance
    61
  • Story
    62

The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of every man's journey through life. In the myths and legends that are retold here, the energy and poetry of Homer's original is captured in a bold, contemporary idiom, giving us an edition of The Odyssey that is a joy to listen to, worth...

  • What can you say about "The Odyssey"...

  • By Troy Dimock on 2018-09-18
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  • The Iliad

  • Written by: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
  • Narrated by: Audra McDonald
  • Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    14
  • Performance
    14
  • Story
    14

Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time....

  • Lol to the guy who didn't understand that the poem comes after the introduction and wants to hear it as "written"...

  • By Dr. Devine on 2023-12-18
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  • The Divine Comedy

  • Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso
  • Written by: Dante Alighieri, Stephen Wyatt
  • Narrated by: Blake Ritson, John Hurt, David Warner, and others
  • Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
  • Original Recording
  • Overall
    71
  • Performance
    61
  • Story
    61

Blake Ritson, David Warner, Hattie Morahan and John Hurt star in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Dante's epic poem "Inferno"....

  • didn't enjoy the story

  • By Shelby K on 2020-11-16
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  • Homer Box Set: Iliad & Odyssey

  • Written by: Homer, W. H. D. Rouse - translator
  • Narrated by: Anthony Heald
  • Length: 25 hrs and 2 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    197
  • Performance
    174
  • Story
    174

Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature....

  • I mean... I got through it

  • By Andrew Jones on 2020-06-19
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  • The Odyssey

  • Audible Iliad & Odyssey, Book 2
  • Written by: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
  • Narrated by: Claire Danes
  • Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    235
  • Performance
    202
  • Story
    201

A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....

  • Skip the intro, go straight to the book. Come back

  • By SlanderousHog on 2019-12-19
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  • Poems & Prayers

  • Written by: Matthew McConaughey
  • Narrated by: Matthew McConaughey
  • Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    17
  • Performance
    15
  • Story
    15

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the Academy Award–winning actor and author of Greenlights comes an inspiring, faith-filled, and often hilarious collection of personal poetry and prayers about navigating the rodeo of life and chasing down the original dream, belief. My prayers are my...

  • His sensitivity and honesty

  • By Anonymous on 2026-01-15
The Odyssey cover art
  • The Odyssey

  • Written by: Homer
  • Narrated by: Ian McKellen
  • Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    76
  • Performance
    61
  • Story
    62

The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of every man's journey through life. In the myths and legends that are retold here, the energy and poetry of Homer's original is captured in a bold, contemporary idiom, giving us an edition of The Odyssey that is a joy to listen to, worth...

  • What can you say about "The Odyssey"...

  • By Troy Dimock on 2018-09-18
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  • The Iliad

  • Written by: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
  • Narrated by: Audra McDonald
  • Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    14
  • Performance
    14
  • Story
    14

Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time....

  • Lol to the guy who didn't understand that the poem comes after the introduction and wants to hear it as "written"...

  • By Dr. Devine on 2023-12-18
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  • The Divine Comedy

  • Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso
  • Written by: Dante Alighieri, Stephen Wyatt
  • Narrated by: Blake Ritson, John Hurt, David Warner, and others
  • Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
  • Original Recording
  • Overall
    71
  • Performance
    61
  • Story
    61

Blake Ritson, David Warner, Hattie Morahan and John Hurt star in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Dante's epic poem "Inferno"....

  • didn't enjoy the story

  • By Shelby K on 2020-11-16
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  • Homer Box Set: Iliad & Odyssey

  • Written by: Homer, W. H. D. Rouse - translator
  • Narrated by: Anthony Heald
  • Length: 25 hrs and 2 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    197
  • Performance
    174
  • Story
    174

Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature....

  • I mean... I got through it

  • By Andrew Jones on 2020-06-19
The Odyssey cover art
  • The Odyssey

  • Audible Iliad & Odyssey, Book 2
  • Written by: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
  • Narrated by: Claire Danes
  • Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    235
  • Performance
    202
  • Story
    201

A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....

  • Skip the intro, go straight to the book. Come back

  • By SlanderousHog on 2019-12-19
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  • Paradise Lost

  • Written by: John Milton
  • Narrated by: Simon Vance
  • Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    23
  • Performance
    15
  • Story
    15

John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language....

  • Perfect narrator and pacing

  • By Big Gucci Kony on 2025-12-14
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  • The Poetic Edda

  • Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
  • Written by: Jackson Crawford
  • Narrated by: Jackson Crawford
  • Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    136
  • Performance
    118
  • Story
    118

The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!). These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological, and literary importance....

  • Excellent translation.

  • By Iain Hutchinson on 2019-02-25
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  • Tao Te Ching

  • A New English Version
  • Written by: Stephen Mitchell, Lao Tzu
  • Narrated by: Stephen Mitchell
  • Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    299
  • Performance
    258
  • Story
    253

In 81 brief chapters, Lao-Tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, provides advice that imparts balance and perspective, a serene and generous spirit, and teaches us how to work for the good with the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao—the basic principle of the...

  • Outstanding

  • By Alex Timofte on 2019-03-06
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  • The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

  • A Spiritual Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny
  • Written by: Robin Sharma
  • Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
  • Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    588
  • Performance
    487
  • Story
    491

This international best seller gently offers answers to life's biggest questions as well as a practical process to help you create prosperity, vitality, happiness and inner peace....

  • Enlightened!

  • By Mj on 2019-05-11
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  • Wise as Fu*k

  • Simple Truths to Guide You Through the Sh*tstorms of Life
  • Written by: Gary John Bishop
  • Narrated by: Gary John Bishop
  • Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    122
  • Performance
    104
  • Story
    104

Compelling and straight-shooting wisdom for coping with whatever challenges life throws at us from the New York Times bestselling author of Unfu*k Yourself. In Unfu*k Yourself, Gary John Bishop taught millions of readers how to silence the negative, self-sabotaging voice in their head to thrive...

  • The brutally honest friend you wish you had

  • By lyleg on 2020-10-20
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  • Bedtime Stories for Stressed Out Adults

  • DESIGNED TO CALM YOUR MIND FOR A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP
  • Written by: Various, Lucy Mangan - introduction
  • Narrated by: Joan Walker, Jonathan Keeble
  • Length: 7 hrs
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    10
  • Performance
    9
  • Story
    9

Bedtime Stories for Stressed Out Adults: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! Introduced by Lucy Mangan * * * Tales to soothe tired souls. A night time companion for frazzled adults, including calming stories and poems for a good night's...

  • Not for me.

  • By Fde on 2021-02-09
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  • The Book of Disquiet

  • Written by: Fernando Pessoa
  • Narrated by: Adam Sims
  • Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    14
  • Performance
    11
  • Story
    11

Assembled from notes and jottings left unpublished at the time of the author’s death, The Book of Disquiet is a collection of aphoristic prose-poetry musings on dreams, solitude, time and memory....

  • A work in progress

  • By Dakota O'Neill on 2025-01-13
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  • Devotions

  • The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
  • Written by: Mary Oliver
  • Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
  • Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A READ WITH JENNA PICK From the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Mary Oliver, a definitive and enduring collection of her best work “No matter where one starts reading, Devotions offers much to love. . . . Perhaps more important, the luminous writing provides...

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  • Why Hearts Remember

  • Written by: Makitia Thompson
  • Narrated by: Michael Ojee-Jones
  • Length: 57 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Why Hearts Remember is a poetic journey through the raw, beautiful, and often unbearable ways the human heart loves and survives. From the first spark of infatuation to the ashes of loss, each poem captures the echoes of connection that refuse to fade.

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  • The Iliad

  • Written by: Homer, Robert Fagles - translator, Bernard Knox - introduction, and others
  • Narrated by: Vidish Athavale
  • Length: 21 hrs and 11 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

This translation of The Iliad equals Fitzgerald's earlier Odyssey in power and imagination. It recreates the original action as conceived by Homer, using fresh and flexible blank verse that is both lyrical and dramatic. * This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF containing Notes on the...

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  • Letters to a Young Poet

  • Written by: Charlie Louth, Rainer Maria Rilke, Charlie Louth - editor, and others
  • Narrated by: Dan Stevens, Max Deacon
  • Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    14
  • Performance
    11
  • Story
    11

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, read by Max Deacon and Dan Stevens. At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex...

  • Existential comfort

  • By Amazon Customer on 2023-03-26
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  • Power of TED*

  • *The Empowerment Dynamic: 10th Anniversary Edition
  • Written by: David Emerald
  • Narrated by: Ryan Sitzberger
  • Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    33
  • Performance
    29
  • Story
    29

Through serendipity he meets some wise guides, Ted and Sophia, who show David how he can move from feeling like a victim to being a creator of his own life....

  • Applause

  • By Dr. Spyros Karelis on 2022-08-16
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  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: with Pearl and Sir Orfeo

  • with Pearl and Sir Orfeo
  • Written by: not specified, J. R. R. Tolkien - translator
  • Narrated by: Terry Jones
  • Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    18
  • Performance
    16
  • Story
    16

A collection of three medieval English poems, translated by Tolkien for the modern-day reader and containing romance, tragedy, love, sex and honour. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl are two poems by an unknown author written in about 1400. Sir Gawain is a romance, a fairy-tale for...

  • Interesting but....

  • By ELIZABETH L ROSS on 2019-05-09
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  • Les fleurs du mal

  • Written by: Charles Baudelaire
  • Narrated by: Michel Piccoli, Denis Lavant, Éric Caravaca, and others
  • Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    3
  • Performance
    3
  • Story
    3

"Le poète est semblable au prince des nuées / Qui hante la tempête et se rit de l'archer ; / Exilé sur le sol au milieu des huées"...

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  • At Home in Mitford

  • A Novel
  • Written by: Jan Karon
  • Narrated by: John McDonough
  • Length: 19 hrs and 20 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    35
  • Performance
    30
  • Story
    29

The first novel in Jan Karon’s bestselling and beloved Mitford series--now available in a new 20th Anniversary Edition, including an introductory letter by the author It's easy to feel at home in Mitford, North Carolina. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and...

  • A Good Listen

  • By SuperDucky on 2025-01-18
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  • The Odyssey

  • Penguin Classics
  • Written by: Homer, Peter Jones - introduction, E. V. Rieu - translator, and others
  • Narrated by: George Blagden
  • Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by George Blagden, star of Versailles and Vikings. This definitive recording is translated by E.V. Rieu, revised by D.C.H. Rieu, and contains an introduction by Peter Jones. The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after...

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  • Drive Here and Devastate Me

  • Written by: Megan Falley
  • Narrated by: Megan Falley
  • Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

It is clear that the author is madly in love, not only with her partner for whom she writes both idiosyncratic and sultry poems, but in love with language, in love with queerness, in love with the therapeutic process of bankrupting the politics of shame....

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  • Aurora Leigh

  • Written by: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  • Narrated by: Lucy Scott
  • Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s ‘novel in verse’ is an epic poem that voices with enchanting beauty and literary courage the perspective of Victorian women.

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  • One Hundred Poems of Kabir

  • Translated by Rabindranath Tagore
  • Written by: Kabir
  • Narrated by: Pallavi Bharti
  • Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

The poet Kabir, a selection from whose songs is here for the first time offered to English audiences, is one of the most interesting personalities in the history of Indian mysticism....

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  • Jason and the Argonauts

  • Written by: Apollonios of Rhodes
  • Narrated by: David Timson
  • Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Often compared with Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Jason and the Argonauts is the only surviving poem from the Hellenistic period and was hugely influential on later literature, especially the Roman poetry of Virgil and Ovid....

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  • The Divine Comedy

  • Penguin Classics
  • Written by: Dante Alighieri, Robin Kirkpatrick - translator
  • Narrated by: Kristin Atherton, Jot Davies, Robin Kirkpatrick
  • Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4
  • Performance
    3
  • Story
    3

Brought to you by Penguin The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and encounter with his dead love, Beatrice; and finally, his arrival in Heaven. Examining questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, the poem is a brilliantly...

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  • The Iliad

  • A New Translation by Caroline Alexander
  • Written by: Homer, Caroline Alexander
  • Narrated by: Dominic Keating
  • Length: 19 hrs and 46 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    37
  • Performance
    31
  • Story
    30

With her virtuoso translation, classicist and bestselling author Caroline Alexander brings to life Homer’s timeless epic of the Trojan War Composed around 730 B.C., Homer’s Iliad recounts the events of a few momentous weeks in the protracted ten-year war between the invading Achaeans, or...

  • beautiful story, beautifully orated

  • By Nate on 2020-11-13
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  • Unlearn

  • 101 Simple Truths for a Better Life
  • Written by: Humble the Poet
  • Narrated by: Humble the Poet
  • Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    103
  • Performance
    82
  • Story
    82

The internationally bestselling self-empowerment book from influencer, rapper, and spoken word artist Humble the Poet, now available in a new edition with a new foreword by the author. Unlearn offers short, accessible, and counterintuitive lessons for reaching our full potential. Beloved for his...

  • Worst Audiobook Ever

  • By Monica on 2021-08-19
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  • The Complete Poetry of John Keats

  • Written by: John Keats
  • Narrated by: Distinctly Unique
  • Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

'What the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth' So wrote the Romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821) in 1817. This collection The Complete...

New Releases

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The Space-Born
  • The Space-Born

  • A Poetic Meditation on the Infinite
  • Written by: Manly P. Hall, Dennis Logan
  • Narrated by: Dennis Logan
  • Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

The Space-Born is a rare poetic work by Manly P. Hall, presented here as a complete cycle of meditative poems reflecting on human consciousness and its relationship to the infinite. Best known for works such as The Secret Teachings of All Ages and Initiates of the Flame, Hall adopts a quieter and more interior voice in this volume. These poems do not teach through argument or exposition, but through image, rhythm, and reflective cadence. Together, they form a contemplative sequence concerned with inner awakening, moral responsibility, and the meeting point between spirit and lived experience.

Written by: Manly P. Hall, and others

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The Road Not Taken and Other Poems
  • The Road Not Taken and Other Poems

  • Written by: Robert Frost
  • Narrated by: Jeffrey Ito
  • Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. These deceptively simple lines from the title poem of this collection suggest Robert Frost at his most representative: the language is simple, clear and colloquial, yet dense with meaning and wider significance. Drawing upon everyday incidents, common situations and rural imagery, Frost fashioned poetry of great lyrical beauty and potent symbolism. Now a selection of the best of his early works is available in this volume, originally published in 1916 under the title Mountain Interval.

Written by: Robert Frost

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The Top 10 Poets: British Romantic Poets
  • The Top 10 Poets: British Romantic Poets

  • Written by: William Wordsworth, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and others
  • Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Stella Gonet, Alex Jennings
  • Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today's often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.

Written by: William Wordsworth, and others

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The Top 10 Poets
  • The Top 10 Poets

  • Five Poems Each from Best Poets Born in the 18th Century
  • Written by: William Wordsworth, William Blake, Robert Burns, and others
  • Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner
  • Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity's time people couldn't read and texts couldn't be published in any great number.

Written by: William Wordsworth, and others

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Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings, Part 2: Historical Tradition
  • Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings, Part 2: Historical Tradition

  • Written by: Ferdowsi
  • Narrated by: Marc Thompson
  • Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
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Prepare to be transported into the thunderous sweep of Persian history. This section of Shahnameh (Chapters 16-27 in Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings) moves from myth to history, chronicling the dramatic rise of the Sassanian dynasty and its eventual fall. Through masterful storytelling, the epic brings to life royal ambition, political intrigue, heroic resistance, and cultural transformation—culminating in the Arab conquest of Iran in the seventh century. Performed by award-winning voice actor Marc Thompson, this performative audiobook places you at the heart of the action.

Written by: Ferdowsi

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The Forerunner: His Parables and Poems
  • The Forerunner: His Parables and Poems

  • Written by: Kahlil Gibran
  • Narrated by: Luke Erlenbuch
  • Length: 45 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
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The Forerunner: His Parables and Poems by Kahlil Gibran is a lyrical and symbolic work that blends poetic prose with short parables to explore the inner life of the human spirit. Written in Gibran’s distinctive, prophetic voice, the book reflects on themes of individuality, freedom, love, suffering, faith, and the tension between the self and society.

Written by: Kahlil Gibran

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The Space-Born
  • The Space-Born

  • A Poetic Meditation on the Infinite
  • Written by: Manly P. Hall, Dennis Logan
  • Narrated by: Dennis Logan
  • Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

The Space-Born is a rare poetic work by Manly P. Hall, presented here as a complete cycle of meditative poems reflecting on human consciousness and its relationship to the infinite. Best known for works such as The Secret Teachings of All Ages and Initiates of the Flame, Hall adopts a quieter and more interior voice in this volume. These poems do not teach through argument or exposition, but through image, rhythm, and reflective cadence. Together, they form a contemplative sequence concerned with inner awakening, moral responsibility, and the meeting point between spirit and lived experience.

Written by: Manly P. Hall, and others

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The Road Not Taken and Other Poems
  • The Road Not Taken and Other Poems

  • Written by: Robert Frost
  • Narrated by: Jeffrey Ito
  • Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. These deceptively simple lines from the title poem of this collection suggest Robert Frost at his most representative: the language is simple, clear and colloquial, yet dense with meaning and wider significance. Drawing upon everyday incidents, common situations and rural imagery, Frost fashioned poetry of great lyrical beauty and potent symbolism. Now a selection of the best of his early works is available in this volume, originally published in 1916 under the title Mountain Interval.

Written by: Robert Frost

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The Top 10 Poets: British Romantic Poets
  • The Top 10 Poets: British Romantic Poets

  • Written by: William Wordsworth, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and others
  • Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Stella Gonet, Alex Jennings
  • Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
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The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today's often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.

Written by: William Wordsworth, and others

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The Top 10 Poets
  • The Top 10 Poets

  • Five Poems Each from Best Poets Born in the 18th Century
  • Written by: William Wordsworth, William Blake, Robert Burns, and others
  • Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner
  • Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
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Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity's time people couldn't read and texts couldn't be published in any great number.

Written by: William Wordsworth, and others

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Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings, Part 2: Historical Tradition
  • Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings, Part 2: Historical Tradition

  • Written by: Ferdowsi
  • Narrated by: Marc Thompson
  • Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
  • Unabridged
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Prepare to be transported into the thunderous sweep of Persian history. This section of Shahnameh (Chapters 16-27 in Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings) moves from myth to history, chronicling the dramatic rise of the Sassanian dynasty and its eventual fall. Through masterful storytelling, the epic brings to life royal ambition, political intrigue, heroic resistance, and cultural transformation—culminating in the Arab conquest of Iran in the seventh century. Performed by award-winning voice actor Marc Thompson, this performative audiobook places you at the heart of the action.

Written by: Ferdowsi

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The Forerunner: His Parables and Poems
  • The Forerunner: His Parables and Poems

  • Written by: Kahlil Gibran
  • Narrated by: Luke Erlenbuch
  • Length: 45 mins
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The Forerunner: His Parables and Poems by Kahlil Gibran is a lyrical and symbolic work that blends poetic prose with short parables to explore the inner life of the human spirit. Written in Gibran’s distinctive, prophetic voice, the book reflects on themes of individuality, freedom, love, suffering, faith, and the tension between the self and society.

Written by: Kahlil Gibran

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The Madman
  • The Madman

  • Written by: Kahlil Gibran
  • Narrated by: Luke Erlenbuch
  • Length: 48 mins
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The Madman by Kahlil Gibran is a collection of symbolic parables and poetic prose that explores the deeper truths of human identity, freedom, and self-expression. Written in a bold and imaginative voice, the book presents the figure of the “madman” as one who sees beyond social masks and conventions, speaking truths that ordinary reason often hides. Through irony, allegory, and spiritual insight, Gibran reflects on love, pain, joy, faith, and the nature of the self.

Written by: Kahlil Gibran

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L'eau des miroirs
  • L'eau des miroirs

  • Written by: Christian Bobin
  • Narrated by: Mélodie Richard
  • Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
  • Unabridged
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L'eau des miroirs est un récit poétique, sans doute le premier par lequel Christian Bobin, alors jeune poète, prend sa voix. Or, c'est une femme qui nous parle. Elle se meurt, délaissée par son amant. Et tandis que la mort froide s'étend sur elle, elle raconte l'amour qui l'a liée à un homme vivant reclus parmi ses livres. De cette situation très romanesque sourd déjà toute la richesse de l'œuvre en gestation : la rupture avec le monde, les mots du désir charnel, la nature salvatrice où s'abandonner.

Written by: Christian Bobin

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reSOULutions
  • reSOULutions

  • A Collection of Vents and Verse
  • Written by: Cathy O'Brien
  • Narrated by: Cathy O'Brien
  • Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
  • Unabridged
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A survivor of government sanctioned mind control under the MK Ultra system, Cathy has spent the last three decades exposing hidden truths and reclaiming her sovereignty — one word at a time. While her testimony has rattled institutions, these poems reveal the quieter revolution: the return of her own free thought.

Written by: Cathy O'Brien

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Los Rostros de un Hombre
  • Los Rostros de un Hombre

  • Written by: Julián Enrique Salcedo
  • Narrated by: Keren Iturriago
  • Length: 28 mins
  • Unabridged
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Los Rostros de un Hombre es un poemario que describe las diferentes facetas del ser humano. Origen, expresa cuestionamientos existenciales. Padre e Hijo, profundiza el rol que tiene un hombre en la sociedad a través de sus filiaciones y afiliaciones. Esposo y Amante es un descenso a la relación con el amor y el deseo. Por último, Escritor representa la lucha entre el hombre y la literatura.

Written by: Julián Enrique Salcedo

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The Enclosed Garden of the Truth
  • The Enclosed Garden of the Truth

  • Written by: Hakim Sanai
  • Narrated by: Matthew Schmitz
  • Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
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Brought to you by Altrusian Grace Media and narrated by Matthew Schmitz. Sanai's book, The Enclosed Garden of the Truth, a treatise on God and the seekers journey to Him, forms one part of three highly influential early Sufi works. The others being Attar's Conference of the Birds and Rumi's Masnavi. Sanai's work is considered to be the first to use poetry to express religious, spiritual and mystical ideas. Rumi acknowledges both Sanai and Attar as having a major influence on his own poetry and stated 'Attar is the soul and Sanai the two eyes'.

Written by: Hakim Sanai

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Love Is a Two-Way Street
  • Love Is a Two-Way Street

  • A Book of Poetry
  • Written by: Charles E Haney Jr
  • Narrated by: Jason Mayoff
  • Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
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This heartfelt collection of poems explores the many dimensions of love—its tender beginnings, its enduring presence, its ties through family, and the ache of its loss. With each verse, the poet captures moments of joy, vulnerability, connection, and longing. From the thrill of new love and the quiet strength of lifelong companionship, to the unbreakable bonds of family and the quiet mourning of what once was, these poems invite listeners to feel deeply and reflect on their own experiences with love in all its forms.

Written by: Charles E Haney Jr

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New Cemetery
  • New Cemetery

  • Poems
  • Written by: Simon Armitage
  • Narrated by: Simon Armitage
  • Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
  • Unabridged
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ONE OF THE BEST POETRY BOOKS OF THE YEAR FROM THE GUARDIAN AND THE OBSERVER From the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, a poem sequence that considers our use of the land that surrounds him, and recounts the personal tales of beauty and loss that play out on it A few years ago, in the...

Written by: Simon Armitage

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Gravers: What Bonds Old Bones: Journey Through Cemeteries, Crypts, Catacombs, Churchyards and Burial Grounds of London
  • Gravers: What Bonds Old Bones: Journey Through Cemeteries, Crypts, Catacombs, Churchyards and Burial Grounds of London

  • London Baby
  • Written by: Lande Jewels
  • Narrated by: Lande Jewels
  • Length: 39 mins
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Did you know that, seen from archaeological perspective, London soil is a layer cake with evidence dating as far as Neolithic era through to Bronze and Iron ages, Roman, Medieval, Post Medieval and Contemporary period?

Written by: Lande Jewels

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Streets: What Bred Street Cred
  • Streets: What Bred Street Cred

  • Iconic Thoroughfares of Great British Capital (London Baby)
  • Written by: LANDE JEWELS
  • Narrated by: Lande Jewels
  • Length: 26 mins
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The book is unique and unprecedented—uncovering the secret history, facts, insights and observations, eloquently and neatly composed, and beautifully presented as a narrative nonfiction. It opens the eyes of locals, visitors, guides on some of the most distinguished capital's thoroughfares and references some of the best and worst names of London streets. It acts as a guide to curious, romantic and poetically inclined wanderers of the streets of London.

Written by: LANDE JEWELS

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Kawalan ng Tirahan
  • Kawalan ng Tirahan

  • Sa Paningan ng lsang Nars sa Lungsod
  • Written by: Crystal E. Barker
  • Narrated by: Joshua L
  • Length: 28 mins
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Nagtrabaho si Crystal bilang isang Registered Nurse sa isang syudad ng higit pa sa 30 taon, na nangangalaga ng mga homeless sa kabuoan ng kanyang career. Isinulat niya ang koleksyong ito ng mga maiiksing mga tula para maibahagi ng unit-unti, ang kasalimuotan at mga bunga ng pagiging homeless. Kanyang ipinapakita sa mga tulang ito, ang ilang mga kaalaman at pagkamadamayin para sa mga nasa sitwasyong ito. Umaasa siya na ang koleksyong ito ay magagamit ng mga simpleng tao at mga propesyonal.

Written by: Crystal E. Barker

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Keeping the Chaff and the Wheat
  • Keeping the Chaff and the Wheat

  • Written by: Marine Cornuet
  • Narrated by: Claudia Rufa
  • Length: 32 mins
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These poems attempt to retrace and re-imagine stories that have remained untold, filling the gaps between symptoms and family myths. The place is somewhere in rural Europe. The stories could be those of a woman and her children and their children. The time is a long time ago, but it is also now and maybe tomorrow. They come from the earth, the one you cherish and feed and get fed from. Archeology requires some imagination. Mental illnesses require attention. Reality isn’t completely important here, as long as we can finally walk to a river, and in a fresh and slow world, start to talk.

Written by: Marine Cornuet

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Bridges: What Ties Allies: Marvels of the Big Smoke in Verse
  • Bridges: What Ties Allies: Marvels of the Big Smoke in Verse

  • London Baby
  • Written by: Lande Jewels
  • Narrated by: Lande Jewels
  • Length: 38 mins
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Did you know that construction of the bridges was historically fiercely opposed by watermen who demanded compensation for inconvenience? Or that the first London Bridge dates back to the Romans? In a one of a kind guide to secrets of London famous famous bridges, viaducts, highwalks and footbridges, written in original elegantly composed narrative verse, one finds these any more answers!

Written by: Lande Jewels

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La sera del dì di festa
  • La sera del dì di festa

  • Written by: Giacomo Leopardi
  • Narrated by: Valerio Di Stefano
  • Length: 2 mins
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Dolce e chiara è la notte e senza vento, e queta sovra i tetti e in mezzo agli orti posa la luna, e di lontan rivela serena ogni montagna. O donna mia, già tace ogni sentiero, e pei balconi rara traluce la notturna lampa: Tu dormi, che t’accolse agevol sonno nelle tue chete stanze; e non ti morde cura nessuna; e già non sai nè pensi quanta piaga m’apristi in mezzo al petto. Tu dormi: io questo ciel, che sì benigno appare in vista, a salutar m’affaccio, e l’antica natura onnipossente, che mi fece all’affanno.

Written by: Giacomo Leopardi

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Confidencias del corazón
  • Confidencias del corazón

  • Alma poética
  • Written by: Carlos Mavila V. A.
  • Narrated by: Carlos Mavila
  • Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
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Confidencias del corazón (Alma poética) es un audiolibro profundamente emotivo del autor y narrador Carlos Mavila, producido y publicado por Audiobook Publishing Services, que invita al oyente a sumergirse en la esencia más íntima de la poesía romántica en español. En esta obra, la poesía se transforma en imagen, sentimiento y experiencia. Carlos Mavila nos recuerda que la verdadera poesía no se limita a describir hechos, sino que despierta los sentidos y la imaginación: donde otros ven lágrimas, aquí surgen tormentas que caen desde los cielos del rostro.

Written by: Carlos Mavila V. A.

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Sights: What Scenes May Seem
  • Sights: What Scenes May Seem

  • London Baby
  • Written by: Lande Jewels
  • Narrated by: Lande Jewels
  • Length: 43 mins
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The book is the first of its kind to introduce London through a poetic recollection. It is filled with unexpected magic and thought-provoking observations.

Written by: Lande Jewels

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Water Signs
  • Water Signs

  • Written by: Liz Kellebrew
  • Narrated by: Keru Boca
  • Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
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Written while riding the ferry across Puget Sound, Liz Kellebrew’s poems explore the liminal places between cities and forests, animals and people, the sky and the sea. This gorgeous and impactful debut gazes unflinchingly at the twin crises of climate change and human hubris, urging us to look closer at the creatures who co-exist with us in the space between wild and tame.

Written by: Liz Kellebrew

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No Flowers No Weeds Diminished Footprint
  • No Flowers No Weeds Diminished Footprint

  • Written by: Vikor
  • Narrated by: Alexandra Cohler
  • Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
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Step into the somber world of No Flowers No Weeds Diminished Footprint, a poetry collection that captures the stark reality of human anguish. Each verse is a raw reflection of a soul grappling with pain, failure, and despair. From the torment of physical suffering to the devastation of lost love, these poems embody the crushing weight of desolation. The poignant verses resonate with the loneliness of isolation and the sting of a broken heart. The anthology paints a vivid picture of grief, depression, and the seemingly endless cycle of disappointment.

Written by: Vikor

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Poetry Passions Volume 2: Volume 2 of 3
  • Poetry Passions Volume 2: Volume 2 of 3

  • Poetry Passions -- Three Volumes
  • Written by: Dr. Jamie Carroll Cutler
  • Narrated by: Dr. Jamie Carroll Cutler
  • Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
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About the Author – Jamie Carroll Cutler, I was a Nashville Songwriters International Southern Coordinator for 27 years. I've sung in 34 countries and my songs have been world wide. I did 8 European Tours with Western Heart singing with up and comers. I should at least include in the bio that I've won numerous poetry awards from the International Poetry Organization, Noble House, Tracker, Cashbox, Air Play International, & now an author on Amazon, Kindle, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble.

Written by: Dr. Jamie Carroll Cutler

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You Used to Live Here
  • You Used to Live Here

  • Journaling in Poetry
  • Written by: Gold Mike-Odenigbo
  • Narrated by: Lucia Aremu
  • Length: 44 mins
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You Used to Live Here is a moving collection of poems that explores love, loss, and the bittersweet nature of memory. With raw honesty and lyrical beauty, these poems invite listeners into the emotional spaces we carry with us—places, people, and moments that shape who we are. As each verse unfolds, we are reminded of how the past lingers long after it's gone, leaving behind a quiet ache that resonates in the heart. Perfect for fans of poetry that speaks to universal experiences.

Written by: Gold Mike-Odenigbo

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In Our Name: Poems
  • In Our Name: Poems

  • Written by: Curt G. Curtin
  • Narrated by: Curt G. Curtin
  • Length: 1 hr
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Embark on a perilous journey through this raw collection of poetry that explores violence, human suffering and the predatory forces of nature. Each poem confronts the listener with an example from history or the writer's own experience, daring the listener to rationalize these as the will of a good and just god. The poems sadly ring as true today as the events documented from recent and ancient history.

Written by: Curt G. Curtin

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The Biggest Miracles of the End Times
  • The Biggest Miracles of the End Times

  • My Extraordinary True Story That Will Bring You to Jesus
  • Written by: Michael Daniel
  • Narrated by: Dennis Frymire
  • Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
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“An angel of the Lord delivered a message from Jesus about the coming Rapture—this is what He said.” Michael Daniel has christian testimony of several miracles you just got to hear. He brought an important End Times warning straight from Jesus. It refers to people and how unprepared they will be on the day of Rapture in one sentence.

Written by: Michael Daniel

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The Summoning of Black Joy
  • The Summoning of Black Joy

  • A Poetry Collection
  • Written by: Khadijah Ali-Coleman
  • Narrated by: Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman
  • Length: 56 mins
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In this captivating poetry collection by Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman, the power of words becomes a force to reckon with. Through poignant verses written both before and during the COVID-19 global health pandemic, Ali-Coleman weaves a tapestry of emotions that delve into the ongoing struggle for the liberation of Black people in America. This audiobook includes never-before-heard instrumental accompaniment to many of the book's poems, with the author singing on some of the tracks, adding to the theatrical element of some of the pieces.

Written by: Khadijah Ali-Coleman

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Birthday: What Gifts Day Gives
  • Birthday: What Gifts Day Gives

  • London Baby
  • Written by: Lande Jewels
  • Narrated by: Lande Jewels
  • Length: 9 mins
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'Birthday: What Gifts Day Gives' invites listeners to explore the traditions and customs of the birthday celebration, picks their curiosity at the choice of the cake, shares the party highlights and raises existential questions through a poetic recollection.

Written by: Lande Jewels

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Stations: Where Lines Align
  • Stations: Where Lines Align

  • Thrilling Journey Through Historic and Modern Subterranea, Written in Verse (London Baby)
  • Written by: LANDE JEWELS
  • Narrated by: Lande Jewels
  • Length: 43 mins
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Did you know that excavation of Elizabeth Line unearthed a Black Death pit and remains of long extinct wildlife? Or that the underground has an array of disused stations and hidden passages? Or how the Victorian railway rivalry shaped the transport network we use today? In a one of a kind guide to secrets of London famous stations written in original elegantly depicted narrative verse, one finds these any more answers! The book is unique and unprecedented—filled with history, facts, insights and observations eloquently and neatly composed.

Written by: LANDE JEWELS

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