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Made in America
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
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In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land, explaining how a dusty hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn't won, why Americans say 'lootenant' and 'Toosday', how Americans were eating junk food long before the word itself was cooked up, as well as exposing the true origins of the G-string, the original $64,000 question, and Dr Kellogg of cornflakes fame.
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A history of America through its language
- By Tom on 12-05-10
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Made in America
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 16-01-06
- Language: English
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Can You Forgive Her?
- By: Anthony Trollope
- Narrated by: Timothy West
- Length: 28 hrs and 8 mins
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Can You Forgive Her? is the first of the six in the Palliser series. Trollope inextricably binds together the issues of parliamentary election and marriage, of politics and privacy. The values and aspirations of the governing stratum of Victorian society are ruthlessly examined, and none remains unscathed. But above all Trollope focuses on the predicament of women. 'What should a woman do with her life?' asks Alice Vavasor of herself, and this theme is echoed by every other woman in the audiobook.
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Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!
- By Sharon on 08-03-10
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Can You Forgive Her?
- Narrated by: Timothy West
- Series: Audible Exclusive - The Pallisers, read by Timothy West, Book 1, The Pallisers, Book 1
- Length: 28 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 26-02-10
- Language: English
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The Story of Human Language
- By: John McWhorter, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
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Language defines us as a species, placing humans head and shoulders above even the most proficient animal communicators. But it also beguiles us with its endless mysteries, allowing us to ponder why different languages emerged, why there isn't simply a single language, how languages change over time and whether that's good or bad, and how languages die out and become extinct.
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Groans from Taiwan
- By Jake Harrison on 18-04-20
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The Story of Human Language
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Series: The Great Courses: Linguistics
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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The Forsyte Saga
- The Man of Property
- By: John Galsworthy
- Narrated by: Neil Hunt
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
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The three novels that make up this trilogy have long been recognized as masterpieces of 20th-century literature, and Galsworthy as one of its leading exponents. But don’t let that be the reason you put off listening to this wonderful work. There are passion and lust in these pages, high art and low comedy, and unthinking violence that ride alongside ever-correct manners. Scandal, tragedy, despair, rape, accidental death, marriage, remarriage and a healthy leavening of births all unfold against a rolling backdrop of a world war.
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A wonderful and engrossing story
- By asm09090 on 15-06-16
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The Forsyte Saga
- The Man of Property
- Narrated by: Neil Hunt
- Series: The Forsyte Chronicles, Book 1, The Forsyte Saga (Recorded Books), Book 1
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 25-03-14
- Language: English
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The Dawn of Language
- The Story of How We Came to Talk
- By: Sverker Johansson, Frank Perry - translator
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
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Drawing on evidence from many fields, including archaeology, anthropology, neurology and linguistics, Sverker Johansson weaves these disparate threads together to show how our human ancestors evolved into language users. The Dawn of Language provides a fascinating survey of how grammar came into being and the differences or similarities between languages spoken around the world, before exploring how language eventually emerged in the very remote human past.
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Amazing book
- By Ivan Dimitrov on 15-01-22
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The Dawn of Language
- The Story of How We Came to Talk
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 02-09-21
- Language: English
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What Kind of Creatures Are We?
- By: Noam Chomsky
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
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Noam Chomsky is widely known and deeply admired for being the founder of modern linguistics, one of the founders of the field of cognitive science, and perhaps the most avidly read political theorist and commentator of our time. In these lectures, he presents a lifetime of philosophical reflection on all three of these areas of research to which he has contributed for over half a century.
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What Kind of Creatures Are We?
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 15-05-18
- Language: English
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Introduction to Cognitive Science
- By: Thad A. Polk, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Thad A. Polk
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
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For millennia, philosophers and scientists have been trying to unlock the secrets of the mind with only limited success—until now. Today, with modern technologies including the best in neuroscience, medical imaging, and recent advances in artificial intelligence, we are making more progress than ever before. In Introduction to Cognitive Science, Professor Thad A. Polk takes you on a fascinating tour of the latest discoveries in the relatively new field of cognitive science. In 24 exciting lectures, Professor Polk shares dozens of the most challenging questions in cognitive science today.
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Introduction to Cognitive Science
- Narrated by: Thad A. Polk
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 21-06-24
- Language: English
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The Phoenix and the Carpet
- By: E. Nesbit
- Narrated by: Johanna Ward
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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In this follow-up to Nesbit’s classic Five Children and It, Cyril, Robert, Anthea, Jane, and the Lamb have more magical adventures in store when a mysterious egg hatches in the nursery fireplace. Out comes a flame-colored bird, the Phoenix, who, though a bit conceited, proves very helpful indeed. The bird kindly explains that the second-hand Persian carpet recently acquired for the nursery is actually a flying one. On it, they may travel to any place and time that they wish. But once again, the children find that magic does not always go as planned.
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The Phoenix and the Carpet is Amazing and so imaginative!!!
- By Anonymous User on 13-12-23
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The Phoenix and the Carpet
- Narrated by: Johanna Ward
- Series: The Psammead Trilogy, Book 2
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 31-08-12
- Language: English
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The Power of Language
- Multilingualism, Self and Society
- By: Viorica Marian
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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You may think you speak only one language. In fact, your mind is interpreting multiple codes of communication. Some people speak Spanish, some Mandarin. Some speak poetry, some are fluent in maths. Humans are built for multilingualism. Drawing on cutting-edge research and theory, delivered with wit and lucid insight, psycholinguist Viorica Marian explores the ways in which the mind uses multiple languages and how, in doing so, we can open the doors to unique forms of creativity, brain health and cognitive control.
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A fascinating insight into the world of bi and multi-lingualism
- By Anonymous User on 28-03-24
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The Power of Language
- Multilingualism, Self and Society
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 04-04-23
- Language: English
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Wordwatching
- Field Notes from an Amateur Philologist
- By: Julian Burnside
- Narrated by: James Millar
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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A bonzer (p. 288) discussion of the strange but dinkum (p. 289) pedigree (p. 224) of the naughty (p. 202), nice (p. 212), and, sometimes, obscene (p. 217) English language. We live in a torrent of words — from radio and television, books and newspapers, and now from the internet. But, as Julian Burnside reminds us in this new edition of the bestselling Wordwatching, words are a source both of pleasure and power, and can be deployed for good or for ill.
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Very informative and easy to listen to.
- By Andrzej Lengiewicz on 13-02-20
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Wordwatching
- Field Notes from an Amateur Philologist
- Narrated by: James Millar
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 18-12-14
- Language: English
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Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes
- Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
- By: Daniel L. Everett
- Narrated by: Daniel Everett
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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Daniel Everett, then a Christian missionary, arrived among the Pirahã in 1977 - with his wife and three young children - intending to convert them. What he found was a language that defies all existing linguistic theories and reflects a way of life that evades contemporary understanding. The Pirahã have no counting system and no fixed terms for color. They have no concept of war or of personal property.
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Highly recommended the most beautiful Book
- By Judine on 07-05-22
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Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes
- Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
- Narrated by: Daniel Everett
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 06-06-17
- Language: English
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Martin Eden
- By: Jack London
- Narrated by: Andrew Garman
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
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Martin Eden, Jack London’s semiautobiographical novel, is about a struggling young writer. It is considered by many to be the author’s most mature work. Personifying London’s own dreams of education and literary fame as a young man in San Francisco, Martin Eden’s impassioned but ultimately ineffective battle to overcome his bleak circumstances makes him one of the most memorable and poignant characters Jack London ever created.
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Open to interpretation
- By Constantine on 04-06-24
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Martin Eden
- Narrated by: Andrew Garman
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 15-07-12
- Language: English
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The Riddle of the Labyrinth
- The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
- By: Margalit Fox
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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In the tradition of Simon Winchester and Dava Sobel, The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code tells one of the most intriguing stories in the history of language, masterfully blending history, linguistics, and cryptology with an elegantly wrought narrative. When famed archaeologist Arthur Evans unearthed the ruins of a sophisticated Bronze Age civilization that flowered on Crete 1,000 years before Greece's Classical Age, he discovered a cache of ancient tablets, Europe's earliest written records.
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Hidden History Revealed.
- By Xeviphract on 15-05-24
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The Riddle of the Labyrinth
- The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 23-09-13
- Language: English
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Our Mutual Friend
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 31 hrs and 15 mins
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A sinister masterpiece, Our Mutual Friend was Dickens' last completed novel. It is perhaps his ultimate vision of a dark, macabre London and the corrupting power of money.
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Great book, well read, but sadly spoilt
- By Mr David Newton on 04-04-13
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Our Mutual Friend
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 31 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 24-05-06
- Language: English
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The All New Don't Think of an Elephant!
- Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
- By: George Lakoff
- Narrated by: Chris Sorenson
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
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Completely revised and updated to tackle today’s issues, the 10th Anniversary Edition not only explains what framing is and how it works but also reveals why, after a brief stint of winning the framing wars in the 2008 elections, the Democrats have gone back to losing them, and what can be done about it. In this powerful new volume, George Lakoff delves into the issues that will dominate the midterm elections in 2014, the coming presidential elections, and beyond.
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Left wing political broadcast
- By Barry Jones on 08-01-20
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The All New Don't Think of an Elephant!
- Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
- Narrated by: Chris Sorenson
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 10-10-14
- Language: English
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Language A to Z
- By: John McWhorter, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
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Linguistics, the study of language, has a reputation for being complex and inaccessible. But here's a secret: There's a lot that's quirky and intriguing about how human language works-and much of it is downright fun to learn about. But with so many potential avenues of exploration, it can often seem daunting to try to understand it. Where does one even start?
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Hugely entertaining albeit a little shallow
- By Kira Adams on 10-01-19
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Language A to Z
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Series: The Great Courses: Linguistics
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 12-11-13
- Language: English
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First You Write a Sentence.
- The Elements of Reading, Writing...and Life.
- By: Joe Moran
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
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The sentence is the common ground where every writer walks. A poet writes in sentences, but so does the unsung author who came up with Items trapped in doors cause delays. A good sentence can be written (and read) by anyone if we simply give it the gift of our time, and it is as close as most of us will get to making something truly beautiful. Enter acclaimed author Professor Joe Moran. Using minimal technical terms, First You Write a Sentence is his unpedantic but authoritative explanation of how the most ordinary words can be turned into verbal constellations of extraordinary grace.
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Brilliant
- By marija maher on 25-12-18
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First You Write a Sentence.
- The Elements of Reading, Writing...and Life.
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 27-09-18
- Language: English
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Better Vocabulary in 30 Minutes a Day
- Better English Series
- By: Edie Schwager
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
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Better Vocabulary in 30 Minutes a Day offers a lively and entertaining method for adding a more impressive list of words to your everyday speech, and for learning how to use them effortlessly and accurately. Besides giving definitions, this invaluable guide also provides root meanings and elements of words so you can increase your vocabulary base by thousands of exciting new words and use them with aplomb in sentences.
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Better Vocabulary in 30 Minutes a Day
- Better English Series
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 17-10-16
- Language: English
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The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
- How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
- By: David W. Anthony
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
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Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? The Horse, the Wheel, and Language solves a puzzle that has vexed scholars for two centuries and recovers a magnificent and influential civilization from the past.
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A very impressive work
- By Tony on 01-07-19
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The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
- How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 11-09-18
- Language: English
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Holy Sh*t
- A Brief History of Swearing
- By: Melissa Mohr
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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Almost everyone swears, or worries about not swearing, from the two year-old who has just discovered the power of potty mouth to the grandma who wonders why every other word she hears is obscene. Whether they express anger or exhilaration, are meant to insult or to commend, swear words perform a crucial role in language. But swearing is also a uniquely well-suited lens through which to look at history, offering a fascinating record of what people care about on the deepest levels of a culture - what's divine, what's terrifying, and what's taboo.
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I’ve read another really good book on swearing
- By Amazon Customer on 15-02-23
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Holy Sh*t
- A Brief History of Swearing
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 08-07-14
- Language: English
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