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  • The Myth of Sisyphus

  • Auteur(s): Albert Camus
  • Narrateur(s): Edoardo Ballerini
  • Durée: 5 h et 39 min
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One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought....

  • requires further reading

  • Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2019-08-19
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  • In God We Trust

  • All Others Pay Cash
  • Auteur(s): Jean Shepherd
  • Narrateur(s): Sean Patrick Hopkins
  • Durée: 8 h et 46 min
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Master monologist and writer Jean Shepherd shares a collection of humorous and nostalgic Americana stories—the beloved, bestselling classics that inspired the movie A Christmas Story.

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  • The Anthropocene Reviewed

  • Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
  • Auteur(s): John Green
  • Narrateur(s): John Green
  • Durée: 10 h et 42 min
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“Masterful. The Anthropocene Reviewed is a beautiful, timely book about the human condition—and a timeless reminder to pay attention to your attention.” —Adam Grant, #1 bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast Re:Thinking The instant #1 bestseller from John Green, author...

  • Anthropocene Reviewed, Reviewed.

  • Écrit par Josh Ruberg le 2021-06-03
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  • The Inconvenient Indian

  • A Curious Account of Native People in North America
  • Auteur(s): Thomas King
  • Narrateur(s): Lorne Cardinal
  • Durée: 9 h et 56 min
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The Inconvenient Indian is at once a “history” and the complete subversion of a history - in short, a critical and personal meditation that the remarkable Thomas King has conducted over the past 50 years about what it means to be “Indian” in North America....

  • Angry, embarrassed, disgusted, horrified, nauseous, scared and so so sad, but hopeful and now informed.

  • Écrit par Shantelle Lamouche le 2021-01-18
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  • The Practicing Stoic

  • Auteur(s): Ward Farnsworth
  • Narrateur(s): John Lescault
  • Durée: 9 h et 57 min
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The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings them all together for the first time. It systematically presents what the various Stoic philosophers said on every important topic, accompanied by an eloquent commentary that is clear and concise....

  • Best Stoicism book

  • Écrit par J in Victoria le 2019-10-20
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  • Girls Play Dead

  • Acts of Self-Preservation
  • Auteur(s): Jen Percy
  • Narrateur(s): Rebecca Lowman
  • Durée: 8 h et 16 min
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A lyrical and groundbreaking exploration of the misun­derstood ways women survive and forever carry trauma from the award-winning New York Times Magazine writer Jen Percy. “A groundbreaking exploration of women’s often shamed and silenced responses to sexual assault...Extensive, empathetic...

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  • The Myth of Sisyphus

  • Auteur(s): Albert Camus
  • Narrateur(s): Edoardo Ballerini
  • Durée: 5 h et 39 min
  • Version intégrale
  • Au global
    49
  • Performance
    41
  • Histoire
    41

One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought....

  • requires further reading

  • Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2019-08-19
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  • In God We Trust

  • All Others Pay Cash
  • Auteur(s): Jean Shepherd
  • Narrateur(s): Sean Patrick Hopkins
  • Durée: 8 h et 46 min
  • Version intégrale
  • Au global
    0
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    0
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Master monologist and writer Jean Shepherd shares a collection of humorous and nostalgic Americana stories—the beloved, bestselling classics that inspired the movie A Christmas Story.

Page de couverture de The Anthropocene Reviewed
  • The Anthropocene Reviewed

  • Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
  • Auteur(s): John Green
  • Narrateur(s): John Green
  • Durée: 10 h et 42 min
  • Version intégrale
  • Au global
    531
  • Performance
    449
  • Histoire
    448

“Masterful. The Anthropocene Reviewed is a beautiful, timely book about the human condition—and a timeless reminder to pay attention to your attention.” —Adam Grant, #1 bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast Re:Thinking The instant #1 bestseller from John Green, author...

  • Anthropocene Reviewed, Reviewed.

  • Écrit par Josh Ruberg le 2021-06-03
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  • The Inconvenient Indian

  • A Curious Account of Native People in North America
  • Auteur(s): Thomas King
  • Narrateur(s): Lorne Cardinal
  • Durée: 9 h et 56 min
  • Version intégrale
  • Au global
    925
  • Performance
    801
  • Histoire
    795

The Inconvenient Indian is at once a “history” and the complete subversion of a history - in short, a critical and personal meditation that the remarkable Thomas King has conducted over the past 50 years about what it means to be “Indian” in North America....

  • Angry, embarrassed, disgusted, horrified, nauseous, scared and so so sad, but hopeful and now informed.

  • Écrit par Shantelle Lamouche le 2021-01-18
Page de couverture de The Practicing Stoic
  • The Practicing Stoic

  • Auteur(s): Ward Farnsworth
  • Narrateur(s): John Lescault
  • Durée: 9 h et 57 min
  • Version intégrale
  • Au global
    160
  • Performance
    137
  • Histoire
    138

The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings them all together for the first time. It systematically presents what the various Stoic philosophers said on every important topic, accompanied by an eloquent commentary that is clear and concise....

  • Best Stoicism book

  • Écrit par J in Victoria le 2019-10-20
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  • Girls Play Dead

  • Acts of Self-Preservation
  • Auteur(s): Jen Percy
  • Narrateur(s): Rebecca Lowman
  • Durée: 8 h et 16 min
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A lyrical and groundbreaking exploration of the misun­derstood ways women survive and forever carry trauma from the award-winning New York Times Magazine writer Jen Percy. “A groundbreaking exploration of women’s often shamed and silenced responses to sexual assault...Extensive, empathetic...

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  • Mind Electric

  • A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains
  • Auteur(s): Pria Anand
  • Narrateur(s): Pria Anand
  • Durée: 8 h et 59 min
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Named a Best Book of Summer 2025 by The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Publishers Weekly, and Book Riot The Observer (London)’s Summer Reads Select In this collection of medical tales “reminiscent of Oliver Sacks...the best of medical writing” (Abraham Verghese, author of The Covenant of Water)...

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  • I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying

  • A Memoir
  • Auteur(s): Youngmi Mayer
  • Narrateur(s): Youngmi Mayer
  • Durée: 8 h et 10 min
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From standup comedian Youngmi Mayer, an unforgettable memoir written with “raw, enviable freedom that simply floors you,” interrogating whiteness, gender, and sexuality in America, navigating a tumultuous childhood in Korea and Saipan, and coming to terms with her parents’ shortcomings...

  • A Joy

  • Écrit par Becky le 2025-04-03
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  • Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

  • Unabridged Selections
  • Auteur(s): Alice Wong
  • Narrateur(s): Alejandra Ospina, Alice Wong
  • Durée: 8 h et 1 min
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One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings...

  • Missing the First Essay

  • Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2021-01-25
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  • The Right Hand

  • Conversations with the chiefs of staff to the world's most powerful people
  • Auteur(s): Phoebe Saintilan-Stocks
  • Narrateur(s): Phoebe Saintilan-Stocks
  • Durée: 8 h et 33 min
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We all know the names: Jacinda Ardern, Kamala Harris, Tony Blair, Justin Trudeau, John Howard, Sanna Marin, Nelson Mandela, and Julia Gillard. But what about the people standing just behind them? In The Right Hand, Missing Perspectives founder Phoebe Saintilan-Stocks sits down with the chiefs of...

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  • Notes to John

  • Auteur(s): Joan Didion
  • Narrateur(s): Julianne Moore
  • Durée: 6 h et 33 min
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An extraordinary work from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights In November 1999, Joan Didion began seeing a psychiatrist because, as she wrote to a friend, her family had had “a rough few years.” She described the sessions in a...

  • Sweet and deep

  • Écrit par TabAmazon le 2025-04-29
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  • Les millionnaires ne sont pas ceux que vous croyez

  • Auteur(s): Nicolas Bérubé
  • Narrateur(s): Pierre Corriveau
  • Durée: 5 h et 9 min
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Comment décririez-vous la vie d'un millionnaire ? Conduirait-il un VUS électrique ? Habiterait-il un loft haut perché ou une maison avec des tourelles ? Sur les relevés de ses cartes de crédit, trouverait-on des achats de vêtements chics....

  • L'exemple même de ma vie

  • Écrit par Lavoie005 le 2022-06-23
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  • The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2025

  • Auteur(s): Susan Orlean, Jaime Green
  • Narrateur(s): Katharine Chin, Callie Beaulieu, Will Tulin, Autres
  • Durée: 12 h et 21 min
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“The best science and nature writing—which these stories represent—reminds us of the wide world and our connection to it, and the multitude of ways we make our place in it,” writes Susan Orlean in her introduction. This year’s collection masterfully guides us through exotic locations...

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  • Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

  • A Memoir
  • Auteur(s): Bob Odenkirk
  • Narrateur(s): Bob Odenkirk, Steve Rudnick, Leo Benvenuti
  • Durée: 7 h et 52 min
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In this “essential” (Entertainment Weekly), “hilarious” (AV Club) memoir, the star of Mr. Show, Breaking Bad, and Better Call Saul opens up about the highs and lows of showbiz, his cult status as a comedy writer, and what it’s like to reinvent himself as an action film ass-kicker at...

  • Perfect listen for any fan of alternative comedy

  • Écrit par Adam le 2022-08-17
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  • The Communist Manifesto

  • Penguin Classics
  • Auteur(s): Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx, Gareth Stedman Jones - editor
  • Narrateur(s): Arinze Kene
  • Durée: 7 h et 32 min
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Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Arinzé Kene, writer and performer of Olivier Award nominated Misty, and also known for his roles in Youngers, Informer and Eastenders. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Gareth Stedman Jones. The Communist...

  • Intro is longer than the actual book

  • Écrit par Maximus le 2021-10-18
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  • Consider the Lobster

  • And Other Essays
  • Auteur(s): David Foster Wallace
  • Narrateur(s): David Foster Wallace, Robert Petkoff
  • Durée: 15 h et 8 min
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Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And what happens when adult video starlets meet their fans in person? David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in essays that are also enthralling narrative adventures. Whether covering the...

  • David Foster Wallace is a good

  • Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2020-09-13
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  • Love's Executioner

  • Auteur(s): Irvin D. Yalom
  • Narrateur(s): C.M. Carlson
  • Durée: 10 h et 59 min
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The collection of 10 absorbing tales by master psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom uncovers the mysteries, frustrations, pathos, and humor at the heart of the therapeutic encounter....

  • I don't say this lightly; this is astounding

  • Écrit par Alexandre L'Écuyer le 2019-01-30
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  • The Book of Delights

  • Essays
  • Auteur(s): Ross Gay
  • Narrateur(s): Ross Gay
  • Durée: 5 h et 1 min
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Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights is a genre-defying collection of essays that record the small joys that occurred in one year, from birthday to birthday, and that we often overlook in our busy lives....

  • Delightful and Insightful

  • Écrit par Karen Styles le 2023-05-14
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  • Tell My Horse

  • Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica
  • Auteur(s): Zora Neale Hurston
  • Narrateur(s): Robin Miles
  • Durée: 9 h et 37 min
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“Strikingly dramatic, yet simple and unrestrained . . . an unusual and intensely interesting book richly packed with strange information.” —New York Times Book Review Based on Zora Neale Hurston’s personal experiences in Haiti and Jamaica, where she participated as an initiate rather...

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  • Mi alma se la dejo al diablo

  • Auteur(s): Germán Castro Caycedo
  • Narrateur(s): Gonzalo Rojas
  • Durée: 10 h et 19 min
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Es la última frase del diario escrito por un hombre que murió abandonado en el corazón de la salvación amazónica colombiana. A partir...

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  • Slouching Towards Bethlehem

  • Essays
  • Auteur(s): Joan Didion
  • Narrateur(s): Maya Hawke
  • Durée: 6 h et 23 min
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This program is read by actor and singer-songwriter Maya Hawke, star of Netflix's Stranger Things. "Narrating in a voice as clear and sustaining as a cool glass of water, Hawke’s unflashy approach allows the words to reveal their magic."—The Orange County Register "Didion’s timeless essays...

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  • Happy-Go-Lucky

  • Auteur(s): David Sedaris
  • Narrateur(s): David Sedaris
  • Durée: 7 h et 30 min
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An Audie Award Winner David Sedaris, the “champion storyteller,” (Los Angeles Times) returns with his first new collection of personal essays since the bestselling Calypso. Back when restaurant menus were still printed on paper, and wearing a mask—or not—was a decision made mostly on...

  • disappointed

  • Écrit par Thought this would be a brilliant efficient time saver, but after a few uses found it more frustrating than helpful, and just went back to handwashing brushes le 2023-01-06
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  • Things in Nature Merely Grow

  • Auteur(s): Yiyun Li
  • Narrateur(s): Suzanne Toren
  • Durée: 4 h et 56 min
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Yiyun Li’s remarkable, defiant work of radical acceptance as she considers the loss of her son James. “There is no good way to say this,” Yiyun Li writes at the beginning of this audiobook. “There is no good way to state these facts, which must be acknowledged. My husband and I had two...

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  • Tibetan Peach Pie

  • A True Account of an Imaginative Life
  • Auteur(s): Tom Robbins
  • Narrateur(s): Keith Szarabajka
  • Durée: 12 h et 27 min
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Internationally bestselling novelist and American icon Tom Robbins' legendary memoir--wild tales of his life and times, both at home and around the globe. Tom Robbins’ warm, wise, and wonderfully weird novels—including Still Life With Woodpecker, Jitterbug Perfume, and Fierce Invalids Home...

  • Wonderful memoirs by an ingenious author!

  • Écrit par Kuan Ming le 2022-09-08
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  • The World-Ending Fire

  • The Essential Wendell Berry
  • Auteur(s): Wendell Berry
  • Narrateur(s): Nick Offerman
  • Durée: 16 h et 29 min
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In a time when our relationship to the natural world is ruled by the violence and greed of unbridled consumerism, Wendell Berry speaks out in these prescient essays, drawn from his 50-year campaign on behalf of American lands and communities....

  • top notch

  • Écrit par jam le 2021-07-30
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  • Democracy in America

  • Auteur(s): Alexis de Tocqueville
  • Narrateur(s): John Pruden
  • Durée: 34 h et 4 min
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In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and civil servant, made a nine-month journey through the eastern United States....

  • only of historical interest

  • Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2019-10-14
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  • What the Dog Saw

  • And Other Adventures
  • Auteur(s): Malcolm Gladwell
  • Narrateur(s): Malcolm Gladwell
  • Durée: 12 h et 46 min
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The bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia focuses on "minor geniuses" and idiosyncratic behavior to illuminate the ways all of us organize experience in this "delightful" (Bloomberg News) collection of writings from The New Yorker. What is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are...

  • Light but Compelling

  • Écrit par GTHA001 le 2018-09-18
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  • A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

  • Essays and Arguments
  • Auteur(s): David Foster Wallace
  • Narrateur(s): Paul Garcia
  • Durée: 17 h et 46 min
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In this exuberantly praised book - a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner - David Foster Wallace...

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  • The Memory Palace

  • True Short Stories of the Past
  • Auteur(s): Nate DiMeo
  • Narrateur(s): Nate DiMeo, Jad Abumrad, Daniel Alarcón, Autres
  • Durée: 8 h et 41 min
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Incredible true stories reveal strange new magic in American history in this wondrous first book from the creator of the award-winning podcast The Memory Palace. “One doesn’t often find the words imagination and history in the same sentence. Nate DiMeo has forever woven them together. The...

  • Love the podcast, love the book!

  • Écrit par Strohbi le 2025-07-11
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  • Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World

  • Essays
  • Auteur(s): Barry Lopez, Rebecca Solnit - introduction
  • Narrateur(s): James Naughton, Rebecca Solnit
  • Durée: 10 h et 8 min
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NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE A “lyrical” (Chicago Tribune) final work of nonfiction from the National Book Award–winning author of Arctic Dreams and Horizon, a literary icon whose writing, fieldwork, and mentorship inspired generations of writers and activists. “Mesmerizing...

  • Rich and Rambling

  • Écrit par Robert McInnis le 2022-11-04
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