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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....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • requires further reading

  • Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2019-08-19
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  • Calypso

  • Auteur(s): David Sedaris
  • Narrateur(s): David Sedaris
  • Durée: 6 h et 39 min
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With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation - and humor - toward middle age and mortality....

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Great Narration

  • Écrit par designaholic le 2019-01-16
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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....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 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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    4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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    4.5 out of 5 stars 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....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Best Stoicism book

  • Écrit par J in Victoria le 2019-10-20
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  • The Fire Next Time

  • Auteur(s): James Baldwin
  • Narrateur(s): Jesse L. Martin
  • Durée: 2 h et 25 min
  • Version intégrale
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    5 out of 5 stars 155
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James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • I had to listen to it a few times

  • Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2018-09-24
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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
  • Version intégrale
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    5 out of 5 stars 530
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Number-one best-selling author John Green presents a deeply moving and insightful collection of personal essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Anthropocene Reviewed, Reviewed.

  • Écrit par Josh Ruberg le 2021-06-03
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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
    4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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    4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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    4 out of 5 stars 41

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

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • requires further reading

  • Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2019-08-19
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  • Calypso

  • Auteur(s): David Sedaris
  • Narrateur(s): David Sedaris
  • Durée: 6 h et 39 min
  • Version intégrale
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    4.5 out of 5 stars 551
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    5 out of 5 stars 469
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    4.5 out of 5 stars 466

With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation - and humor - toward middle age and mortality....

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Great Narration

  • Écrit par designaholic le 2019-01-16
Page de couverture de The Inconvenient Indian
  • 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
    4.5 out of 5 stars 920
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 796
  • Histoire
    4.5 out of 5 stars 790

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....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 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
    4.5 out of 5 stars 160
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 137
  • Histoire
    4.5 out of 5 stars 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....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Best Stoicism book

  • Écrit par J in Victoria le 2019-10-20
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  • The Fire Next Time

  • Auteur(s): James Baldwin
  • Narrateur(s): Jesse L. Martin
  • Durée: 2 h et 25 min
  • Version intégrale
  • Au global
    5 out of 5 stars 155
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 131
  • Histoire
    5 out of 5 stars 130

James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • I had to listen to it a few times

  • Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2018-09-24
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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
  • Version intégrale
  • Au global
    5 out of 5 stars 530
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 448
  • Histoire
    5 out of 5 stars 447

Number-one best-selling author John Green presents a deeply moving and insightful collection of personal essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Anthropocene Reviewed, Reviewed.

  • Écrit par Josh Ruberg le 2021-06-03
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  • The Abundance

  • Narrative Essays Old and New
  • Auteur(s): Annie Dillard
  • Narrateur(s): Derek Perkins, Maggi-Meg Reed
  • Durée: 7 h et 45 min
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In recognition of Annie Dillard's long and lauded career as a master essayist, a landmark collection including her most beloved pieces and some rarely seen work, rigorously curated by the author herself....

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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....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • L'exemple même de ma vie

  • Écrit par Lavoie005 le 2022-06-23
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  • Les Identités meurtrières

  • Auteur(s): Amin Maalouf
  • Narrateur(s): Cyril Romoli
  • Durée: 4 h et 14 min
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"Depuis que j'ai quitté le Liban pour m'installer en France, que de fois m'a-t-on demandé, avec les meilleures intentions du monde, si je...

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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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  • Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

  • Crossing Press Feminist Series, Book 1
  • Auteur(s): Audre Lorde
  • Narrateur(s): Robin Eller
  • Durée: 7 h et 32 min
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    4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in 20th-century literature....

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • difficult to follow narrator

  • Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2017-11-13
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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....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • top notch

  • Écrit par jam le 2021-07-30
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  • I'll Show Myself Out

  • Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
  • Auteur(s): Jessi Klein
  • Narrateur(s): Jessi Klein
  • Durée: 6 h et 51 min
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An instant New York Times bestseller, I'll Show Myself Out is the eagerly anticipated second essay collection from Jessi Klein, author of the acclaimed debut You’ll Grow Out of It....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Relatable in the most unexpected ways

  • Écrit par Erin Fikowski le 2022-06-20
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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 best-selling 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....

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Light but Compelling

  • Écrit par GTHA001 le 2018-09-18
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  • Growing up Aboriginal in Australia

  • Auteur(s): Anita Heiss
  • Narrateur(s): Gregory J Fryer, Hunter Page-Lochard, Lisa Maza, Autres
  • Durée: 10 h et 21 min
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What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences and stories in order to answer that question....

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  • The Future of Truth

  • Auteur(s): Werner Herzog, Michael Hofmann - translator
  • Narrateur(s): Werner Herzog
  • Durée: 3 h et 39 min
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From legendary filmmaker and author Werner Herzog, a compact, effervescent, and deeply personal exploration of art, philosophy, and history that unravels one of our most elusive and contested questions: What is truth—and how to find it in our “post-truth” era? For over half a century...

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  • The Best of Me

  • Auteur(s): David Sedaris
  • Narrateur(s): David Sedaris
  • Durée: 13 h et 8 min
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    4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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David Sedaris’s best stories and essays, spanning his remarkable career - as selected and read by the author himself. Featuring fresh and classic recordings, including a new essay and an interview exclusive to the audiobook....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Be Careful

  • Écrit par Q le 2022-06-13
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  • Daemon Voices

  • On Stories and Storytelling
  • Auteur(s): Philip Pullman
  • Narrateur(s): Philip Pullman, Simon Mason
  • Durée: 12 h et 53 min
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One of the best-selling authors of our time now gives us a book that charts the history of his own enchantment with story. Daemon Voices is both a revelation of the writing mind and the methods of a great contemporary master and a fascinating exploration of storytelling itself....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Pullman could read the dictionary and I would love it

  • Écrit par Gail le 2022-07-29
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  • The Haves and Have-Yachts

  • Auteur(s): Evan Osnos
  • Narrateur(s): Evan Osnos
  • Durée: 10 h et 51 min
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From award-winning author Evan Osnos comes a “sharp…charming… regrettably timely” (The Washington Post) collection of essays exploring American oligarchy, billionaire culture, and the new Gilded Age, offering a look at how the ultrarich shape—and sometimes warp—our social and political landscape.

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Book of vignettes

  • Écrit par _MJH_ le 2025-08-23
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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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    5 out of 5 stars 62
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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....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • I don't say this lightly; this is astounding

  • Écrit par Alexandre L'Écuyer le 2019-01-30
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  • Y en n'aura pas de miracle!

  • Auteur(s): Geneviève Gagnon
  • Narrateur(s): Geneviève Gagnon
  • Durée: 1 h et 40 min
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L'ouvrage présente 52 chroniques humoristiques pour arrêter de se trouver des excuses, pour garder sa motivation et pour mettre de côté ses complexes, même si on a les bras mous et les cuisses dépendantes affectives.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • satisfactions

  • Écrit par Line Bondu le 2021-01-23
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  • Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens

  • Auteur(s): Christopher Hitchens
  • Narrateur(s): Simon Prebble
  • Durée: 28 h et 22 min
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Arguably offers an indispensable key to understanding the passionate and skeptical spirit of one of our most dazzling writers....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Read anything written by Christopher Hitchens

  • Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2018-09-19
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  • Little Weirds

  • Auteur(s): Jenny Slate
  • Narrateur(s): Jenny Slate
  • Durée: 4 h et 19 min
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You may "know" Jenny Slate from her Netflix special, Stage Fright, as the creator of Marcel the Shell, or as the star of Obvious Child. But you don't really know Jenny Slate until you get bonked on the head by her absolutely singular writing style....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • little hopes

  • Écrit par sacha ouellet le 2020-05-13
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  • Dad Is Fat

  • Auteur(s): Jim Gaffigan
  • Narrateur(s): Jim Gaffigan
  • Durée: 5 h et 26 min
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In Dad is Fat, stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan, who’s best known for his legendary riffs on Hot Pockets, bacon, manatees, and McDonald's, expresses all the joys and horrors of life with five young children....

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • Meh.

  • Écrit par Billy le 2019-01-09
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  • On the Genealogy of Morals

  • A Polemic
  • Auteur(s): Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Narrateur(s): Duncan Steen
  • Durée: 6 h et 33 min
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In On the Genealogy of Morals, Nietzsche furthers his pursuit of a clarity that is less tainted by imposed prejudices....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Atheist porn, just kidding! break-down of morality

  • Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2022-10-21
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  • Money, Sex, War, Karma

  • Notes for a Buddhist Revolution
  • Auteur(s): David R. Loy
  • Narrateur(s): Elijah Alexander
  • Durée: 5 h et 18 min
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Loy offers sharp and even shockingly clear presentations of oft-misunderstood Buddhist staples - the working of karma....

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  • All Consuming

  • Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now
  • Auteur(s): Ruby Tandoh
  • Narrateur(s): Ruby Tandoh
  • Durée: 8 h et 50 min
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In this startlingly original, deeply irreverent cultural history, Ruby Tandoh traces that transformation, exposing how cult cookbooks, bad TV, visionary restaurants, and new social media have all wildly overhauled our appetites.

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  • On Meditation

  • Auteur(s): Sri M.
  • Narrateur(s): Rajiv Dadia
  • Durée: 5 h et 41 min
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In today's challenging and busy world, don't you wish you knew how to quiet your mind and focus on yourself? In On Meditation, renowned spiritual leader, Sri M, answers all your questions on the practice and benefits of meditation....

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  • I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out

  • True Stories of Becoming a Nurse
  • Auteur(s): Lee Gutkind
  • Narrateur(s): Tavia Gilbert
  • Durée: 8 h et 36 min
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This collection of true narratives reflects the dynamism and diversity of nurses who provide the first vital line of patient care....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Loved this!

  • Écrit par ERIN le 2023-02-16
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  • Themes and Variations

  • An Essay
  • Auteur(s): David Sedaris
  • Narrateur(s): David Sedaris
  • Durée: 30 min
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In this surprising essay, international bestselling humor writer David Sedaris shares the rewards of a book tour and his devoted readers’ worst-kept secrets....

  • 1 out of 5 stars
  • nothing

  • Écrit par Alma le 2024-12-30
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