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The Odyssey
- Written by: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Claire Danes
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
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A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....
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An epic will always be an epic!
- By JohnS on 2019-06-02
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The Iliad & The Odyssey
- Written by: Homer
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 28 hrs and 37 mins
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Little is known about the Ancient Greek oral poet Homer, the supposed 8th century BC author of the world-read Iliad and his later masterpiece, The Odyssey....
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The Essential Rumi, New Expanded Edition
- Written by: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, Coleman Barks - translator, John Moyne - translator, and others
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems. Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this literature to a wide range of listeners....
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The Strength In Our Scars
- Written by: Bianca Sparacino
- Narrated by: Rachel L. Jacobs
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
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The Strength in Our Scars tackles the gut-wrenching but relatable experiences of moving on, self-love, and ultimately learning to heal. In this book you will find peace, you will find a rock, you will find understanding, and you will find hope....
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Milk and Honey
- Written by: Rupi Kaur
- Narrated by: Rupi Kaur
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
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Milk and Honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity....
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Brilliant.
- By Anonymous User on 2020-10-18
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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
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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....
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great translation
- By Amazon Customer on 2019-07-20
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The Odyssey
- Written by: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Claire Danes
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....
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An epic will always be an epic!
- By JohnS on 2019-06-02
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The Iliad & The Odyssey
- Written by: Homer
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 28 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Little is known about the Ancient Greek oral poet Homer, the supposed 8th century BC author of the world-read Iliad and his later masterpiece, The Odyssey....
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The Essential Rumi, New Expanded Edition
- Written by: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, Coleman Barks - translator, John Moyne - translator, and others
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems. Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this literature to a wide range of listeners....
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The Strength In Our Scars
- Written by: Bianca Sparacino
- Narrated by: Rachel L. Jacobs
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
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The Strength in Our Scars tackles the gut-wrenching but relatable experiences of moving on, self-love, and ultimately learning to heal. In this book you will find peace, you will find a rock, you will find understanding, and you will find hope....
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Milk and Honey
- Written by: Rupi Kaur
- Narrated by: Rupi Kaur
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
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Milk and Honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity....
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Brilliant.
- By Anonymous User on 2020-10-18
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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
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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....
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great translation
- By Amazon Customer on 2019-07-20
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Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman
- The Lives and Careers of 19th Century America’s Most Famous Poets
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
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Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman: The Lives and Careers of 19th Century America’s Most Famous Poets looks at the remarkable lives of the two, and the impact their famous works have had....
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Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- Written by: Lana Del Rey
- Narrated by: Lana Del Rey
- Length: 39 mins
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In this stunning spoken word performance, Lana Del Rey reads 14 poems from her debut book Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass accompanied by music from Grammy Award-winning musician Jack Antonoff....
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Ethereal and a Transcendent Escape
- By Anonymous User on 2020-07-28
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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
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The internationally best-selling self-empowerment work 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....
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Great and quick reminders
- By Andrea Bezanson on 2020-05-25
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Lokpriya Shayar Aur Unki Shayari - Meer Taqui Meer [Popular Poets and Their Poetry - Meer Taqui Meer]
- Lokpriya Shayar Aur Unki Shayari, Book 3 [Popular Poets and Their Poetry, Book 3]
- Written by: Prakash Pandit
- Narrated by: Ali Mohtashim Raza
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
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This book by Prakash Pandit reflects upon the life of an 18th-century Urdu poet named Meer Taqi Meer who lived in Mughal, India. Meer Taqi was one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language....
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Shakespeare's Sonnets, Retold
- Classic Love Poems with a Modern Twist
- Written by: William Shakespeare, James Anthony, Stephen Fry - foreword
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, James Anthony, Paapa Essiedu
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
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This collection of masterful reinterpretations brilliantly demystifies and breathes new life into Shakespeare's work, demonstrating the continued resonance of a playwright whose popularity remains more than 400 years after his death....
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81 Famous Poems
- An Audio Companion to The Norton Anthology of Poetry
- Written by: William Shakespeare, John Donne, Robert Herricks
- Narrated by: Alexander Scourby, Nancy Wickwire, Bramwell Fletcher
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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This collection of timeless British and American poems is an experience to be treasured....
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Return to Harmony
- Written by: Steve Taylor
- Narrated by: Steve Taylor
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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Return to Harmony is an audio course for accessing our natural state of unshakeable inner tranquility as we navigate the challenges of personal and spiritual transformation....
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Poems of the Elder Edda
- The Middle Ages Series
- Written by: Patricia Terry
- Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio, Wanda Moats, Matthew Posner, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
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The great poetic tradition of pre-Christian Scandinavia is known to us almost exclusively though the Prose Edda, a collection of narrative literature, and its companion, the Poetic Edda....
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Beowulf
- Written by: Seamus Heaney
- Narrated by: Seamus Heaney
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
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Heaney's performance reminds us that Beowulf was intended to be heard not read....
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Beowulf, A heroic Tale Told Perfectly
- By Curt Carbonell on 2020-09-15
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The Divine Comedy
- The Inferno, The Purgatorio, & The Paradiso
- Written by: Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
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Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up through Purgatory, and on to Paradise....
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The Prophet
- Written by: Kahlil Gibran
- Narrated by: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
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After living in the city of Orphalese for 12 years, a prophet is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a seeress and the people of the city, who ask him for his insights into life....
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Good Poems
- Selected and Introduced by Garrison Keillor
- Written by: Garrison Keillor (editor), Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and others
- Narrated by: Garrison Keillor
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
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Good Poems includes poems about lovers, children, failure, everyday life, death, and transcendence....
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The Iliad
- A New Translation by Caroline Alexander
- Written by: Homer, Caroline Alexander - translator
- Narrated by: Dominic Keating
- Length: 19 hrs and 46 mins
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Carved close to the original Greek, acclaimed classicist Caroline Alexander's new translation is swift and lean, with the driving cadence of its source....
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beautiful story, beautifully orated
- By Nate on 2020-11-13
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The Song of Roland
- Written by: Michael A. H. Newth (translator)
- Narrated by: Greg Marston, Summe Williams, Julian DouglasSmith
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
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The Song of Roland is acknowledged today as the first masterpiece of French vernacular literature and one of the world’s greatest epic poems....
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Pure Water
- Poetry of Rumi
- Written by: Coleman Barks, Jellaludin Rumi
- Narrated by: Coleman Barks, Eugene Friesen (cello)
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
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Pure Water is Coleman Barks’ inspired live performance of the poetry of Jellaludin Rumi (1207-1273) - with Sufi stories and jokes, accompanied with music....
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Magic
- By Kandee Boyko on 2020-11-11
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What to Remember When Waking
- The Disciplines of Everyday Life
- Written by: David Whyte
- Narrated by: David Whyte
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
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A poet like David Whyte turns words into transcendent vehicles for spirit....
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Inward
- Written by: Yung Pueblo
- Narrated by: Yung Pueblo
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
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Inward is a collection of poetry, quotes, and prose that explores the movement from self-love to unconditional love, the power of letting go, and the wisdom that comes when we truly try to know ourselves. It is a reminder that healing, transformation, and freedom are possible....
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In Her Voice: The 2020 Poetry Anthology
- Jacaranda Twenty in 2020
- Written by: Theresa Lola, Tolu Agbelusi, Brenda Garrick, and others
- Narrated by: Theresa Lola, Tolu Agbelusi, Brenda Garrick, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
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Part of the #TwentyIn2020 collection for Black British writing, In Her Voice is an anthology that celebrates five poetry collections....
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The Iliad & The Odyssey
- Written by: Homer
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 29 hrs and 38 mins
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The Iliad and The Odyssey are epic poems traditionally attributed to Homer, of which the written versions are dated to the 8th century BCE. Chronicling events in the Greek Bronze Age, this magnificent pair of poems forms the cornerstone of Western literature....
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The Iliad & the Odyssey
- Written by: Homer
- Narrated by: Charles Purkey
- Length: 24 hrs and 29 mins
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The Iliad. Join Achilles at the Gates of Troy as he slays Hector to Avenge the death of Patroclus. Here is a story of love and war, hope and...
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Stale and monotone
- By Robert Eby on 2020-12-27
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Beowulf: A New Translation
- Written by: Maria Dahvana Headley
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Maria Dahvana Headley
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
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A new, feminist translation of Beowulf by the author of the much-buzzed-about novel The Mere Wife....
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I Ching
- The Book of Change
- Written by: David Hinton
- Narrated by: Tom Zingarelli
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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In a radically new translation and interpretation of the I Ching, David Hinton strips this ancient Chinese masterwork of the usual apparatus....
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Four Quartets
- Written by: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Ted Hughes
- Length: 58 mins
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With its intricate structure and imagery, Four Quartets is the achievement of T. S. Eliot's career. Its greatness is done full justice in this rendition by the late Poet Laureate Ted Hughes....
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Inquire Within
- Written by: In-Q
- Narrated by: In-Q
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
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In this powerful and innovative book of poetry and wisdom, award-winning spoken-word poet, songwriter, and performer IN-Q inspires us to question everything we know and see around us and inside us, to discover what matters most....
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Some real gems in here!
- By Philip on 2020-04-08
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Questions for the Dead: Poems
- New Poetry, Book 2
- Written by: K.B. Marie
- Narrated by: K.B. Marie
- Length: 58 mins
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Have you ever looked at a piece of art or closed a book and found yourself left with deep, profound feelings? Often, our lives resonate with unexpected beauty....
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The Way of Chuang Tzu (Second Edition)
- Written by: Thomas Merton
- Narrated by: Greg Chun
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
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Classic writings from the great Zen master in exquisite versions by Thomas Merton, with a preface by his holiness the Dalai Lama, now in audio for the first time....
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Faces of Love
- Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz
- Written by: Dick Davis, Hafez, Jahan Malek Khatun, and others
- Narrated by: Dick Davis, Tala Ashe, Ramiz Monsef
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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Acclaimed translator Dick Davis breathes new life into the timeless works of three masters of 14th-century Persian literature....
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The Knight's Tale
- Written by: Geoffrey Chaucer
- Narrated by: Richard Bebb
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
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The Knight's Tale of medieval wars and chivalry is the first tale told to the pilgrims as they set out to Canterbury....
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Love Her Wild
- Poems
- Written by: Atticus Poetry
- Narrated by: Atticus Poetry
- Length: 41 mins
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Love Her Wild is a collection of new and beloved poems from Atticus, who has captured the hearts and minds of well over 300k followers on his Instagram account....
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brilliant!!
- By Cody on 2018-01-26
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Alexa, What Is There to Know About Love?
- Written by: Brian Bilston
- Length: 1 hr
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Alexa, what is there to know about love? is a wonderful collection of poems about love in all its forms, covering everything from romantic love to familial love, to long-distance love and even love on the internet. The collection also features poems about the true passions for many booklovers, reading and literature, and the odd one about the subject causing many of us heartbreak: politics. With titles like ‘Hold My Hand While We Jump Off This Cliff’ and ‘Remembrance of Things Pasta’, there’s something for even the most jaded romantic within.
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Kahlil Gibran: Selected Works
- The Prophet, The Forerunner, The Madman
- Written by: Kahlil Gibran
- Narrated by: John Rayburn
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The words of Kahlil Gibran give his book The Prophet a broad range of inspiration and philosophy. They provide exceptional insight into human desires and understanding. The vivid observations are vibrant with feeling and acceptance of life’s many questions and hopes. One review saluted the story as being untouched by the harshness of life. Gibran’s other two books, The Forerunner and The Madman, are of deep assistance in the same manner.
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Audacious Poems and Songs That Will Tickle Your Heart and Tantalize Your Mind
- Faith - Love - Duty and Patriotism
- Written by: Richard Thomas Oberlin
- Narrated by: Maria Shane
- Length: 29 mins
- Unabridged
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I experienced a loving father and mother that taught us hard work, family unity, and faithfulness to God was the foundation of living life as taught in the Bible. It was these life enhancing experiences that shaped my mental and spiritual inner being. It is my sincere hope that as you read these poems you might enter into my world through the power of words, from pen and paper, that will fill your heart and mind and allow you to share in the joys of what the Lord has shown me.
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Jubilate Agno
- Written by: Christopher Smart
- Narrated by: Denis Daly, John Burlinson, Elizabeth Blackett
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Christopher Smart (1722-1771) was an English poet and scholar. This extraordinary poem, which is a florid display of Smart's opinions on a variety of theological, historical, and scientific subjects, was written between 1759 and 1763, while the author was confined in a lunatic asylum. His condition was diagnosed as religious mania, as evidenced by his compulsion to break into spontaneous prayer in public.
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The Broken Wings
- Written by: Kahlil Gibran
- Narrated by: Denis Daly
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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This 1918 novella presents the life history of an ideal inamorata, universally admired and doomed to an untimely passing. The author uses the story to explore in-depth the concept of beauty, both personal and spiritual.
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Euphoria
- Written by: F.S. Yousaf
- Narrated by: Anthony Ilott
- Length: 49 mins
- Unabridged
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In F.S. Yousaf's debut poetry collection, he writes of a journey dedicated to growth, mental illness, spirituality, and self-reflections. Filled with various topics and powerful poetry, this collection will surely give you different emotions, ones which you wouldn't experience otherwise.
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Alexa, What Is There to Know About Love?
- Written by: Brian Bilston
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
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Alexa, what is there to know about love? is a wonderful collection of poems about love in all its forms, covering everything from romantic love to familial love, to long-distance love and even love on the internet. The collection also features poems about the true passions for many booklovers, reading and literature, and the odd one about the subject causing many of us heartbreak: politics. With titles like ‘Hold My Hand While We Jump Off This Cliff’ and ‘Remembrance of Things Pasta’, there’s something for even the most jaded romantic within.
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Kahlil Gibran: Selected Works
- The Prophet, The Forerunner, The Madman
- Written by: Kahlil Gibran
- Narrated by: John Rayburn
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The words of Kahlil Gibran give his book The Prophet a broad range of inspiration and philosophy. They provide exceptional insight into human desires and understanding. The vivid observations are vibrant with feeling and acceptance of life’s many questions and hopes. One review saluted the story as being untouched by the harshness of life. Gibran’s other two books, The Forerunner and The Madman, are of deep assistance in the same manner.
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Audacious Poems and Songs That Will Tickle Your Heart and Tantalize Your Mind
- Faith - Love - Duty and Patriotism
- Written by: Richard Thomas Oberlin
- Narrated by: Maria Shane
- Length: 29 mins
- Unabridged
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I experienced a loving father and mother that taught us hard work, family unity, and faithfulness to God was the foundation of living life as taught in the Bible. It was these life enhancing experiences that shaped my mental and spiritual inner being. It is my sincere hope that as you read these poems you might enter into my world through the power of words, from pen and paper, that will fill your heart and mind and allow you to share in the joys of what the Lord has shown me.
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Jubilate Agno
- Written by: Christopher Smart
- Narrated by: Denis Daly, John Burlinson, Elizabeth Blackett
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Christopher Smart (1722-1771) was an English poet and scholar. This extraordinary poem, which is a florid display of Smart's opinions on a variety of theological, historical, and scientific subjects, was written between 1759 and 1763, while the author was confined in a lunatic asylum. His condition was diagnosed as religious mania, as evidenced by his compulsion to break into spontaneous prayer in public.
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The Broken Wings
- Written by: Kahlil Gibran
- Narrated by: Denis Daly
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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This 1918 novella presents the life history of an ideal inamorata, universally admired and doomed to an untimely passing. The author uses the story to explore in-depth the concept of beauty, both personal and spiritual.
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Euphoria
- Written by: F.S. Yousaf
- Narrated by: Anthony Ilott
- Length: 49 mins
- Unabridged
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In F.S. Yousaf's debut poetry collection, he writes of a journey dedicated to growth, mental illness, spirituality, and self-reflections. Filled with various topics and powerful poetry, this collection will surely give you different emotions, ones which you wouldn't experience otherwise.
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The Power of Summer!
- Written by: Waide Riddle
- Narrated by: Bobby Gaglini
- Length: 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Power of Summer! is a chapbook of bubble gum/pop poetry. It's about everything that makes Los Angeles what it is: happy, colorful, provocative, musical, beautiful, handsome, beach, and surfing! Turn up the volume on your radio, and dance down the street like everyone's watching!
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Book of Hours
- An Illuminated Manuscript
- Written by: Jay Heins
- Narrated by: Pete Ferrand
- Length: 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Jay Heins’ debut poetry collection, Book of Hours, gently asks you to consider both small miracles and large tragedies. Inspired by medieval Christian illuminated manuscripts, Heins adapts this practice of pairing poetry with visual art into a nature-based secular kind of worship. These unconventional prayers are a devotional practice of gratitude juxtaposed with grief, meditations on how death informs life.
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Study Guide: The Odyssey by Homer
- Written by: SuperSummary
- Narrated by: Nicole Anders
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality instructional study guides for challenging works of literature. This audio study guide for The Odyssey, an ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer, includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.
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Ephemerae
- Written by: Geoffrey Charles Pate
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Charles Pate
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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From the emotional highs and lows of love won and lost to the feelings of hope, fear, anxiety, and loss, this anthology of poems journeys through the ephemera of everyday life - pausing here and there in the realm of dreams.
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Therapy Through Poetry
- Strengthen and Feed Your Mind with Positivity
- Written by: Tony Young Jr.
- Narrated by: Tony Young Jr.
- Length: 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Words are powerful, and I hope the words in this book can help you put much into perspective to change your life for the better. Writing this book in 2020, during a global pandemic, helped me maintain my sanity. Therapy Through Poetry touches on love, femininity, masculinity, racism, kindness, and encouragement. I want to encourage listeners to live their best lives through kindness, hope, and happiness. Life is too short, and we should try to enjoy it. Relax and let the poetry, including haikus, in this book inspire you!
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Reflections of the Self
- The Poetry, Insights, and Wisdom of Silence
- Written by: Zachary Phillips
- Narrated by: Zachary Phillips
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Be present, for now is all that exists. Grow, enjoy, and act morally. Drop your ego, listen, empathise and forgive. Trust your intuition and be compassionate. Nothing more is within your control. Let it go and just feel. Accept yourself.
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The Prophet
- Written by: Khalil Gibran
- Narrated by: William Arthur Anderson
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Full of wisdom, and written in simple, poetic language, The Prophet is a book for all ages, which remains amazingly relevant to our times. After living in one city for 12 years, a prophet is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by the people of the city, who ask him for his insights into life. His answers have make this book a treasure.
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A John Wayne State of Mind
- A Second Collection of Poetry
- Written by: Ian Bailey
- Narrated by: Ian Bailey
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
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A John Wayne State of Mind is the second collection of poems by the Anglo Welsh poet Ian Kenneth Bailey. The author lives in West Cork, Ireland, and many of the 41 poems - with biographical footnotes - reflect his unique experiences on the course of 2019, when, in the author's own words, he "was bonfired on a pyre of lies in Paris". A John Wayne State of Mind is the second collection and a follow up to earlier historic poems entitled The West Cork Way.
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Robert Louis Stevenson's Classic: A Child's Garden of Verses
- Annotated with a Study of Themes
- Written by: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Narrated by: Michael Sheppard
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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A Child's Garden of Verses is a book of poetry for children. Stevenson dedicated the poems to his nurse, Cummy (Alison Cunningham), who cared for him during his many childhood illnesses. The collection includes some of Stevenson's most famous poems, including “The Land of Counterpane”, “My Shadow", and “The Lamplighter”.
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A Collection of the Best Epic Poems Ever Written
- The Iliad & The Odyssey, and The Divine Comedy
- Written by: Homer, Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Museum Audiobooks cast
- Length: 44 hrs and 2 mins
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An epic poem is a lengthy narrative poem, usually set in a time beyond living memory in which the extraordinary ancestors, in their dealings with the gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants, the poet, and his audience in order to understand themselves as a people.
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Divine Unity
- Anchored in Love
- Written by: Althisha L. Matthews
- Narrated by: Alaura Howery
- Length: 42 mins
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Divine Unity: Anchored in Love is a collective of poetry, expressed epiphanies, and letters to my divine masculine during the duration of bliss, separation, heartache, healing and rebuilding. It is the collection of thoughts and words that are often left unsaid due to pride, ego, and inability to embrace vulnerability. The goal is to help another heart heal and soul awaken to the true identity of self.
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PoetryGeist
- Poem a Day for a Year
- Written by: Patrick H. Darnell Sr.
- Narrated by: Patrick Hynds Darnell II
- Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
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Poetry is a flood. It comes in the still of nature and rises to inundate your surroundings. Someone said that a person who writes poetry after the age of 22 is "yes" a Poet. Verse, stanza, music evolves like any other living thing. A voice distinguishes the stuff of the verse, and after a while style emerges.