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Title: Anne of Green Gables

Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery

Narrator: Rachel McAdams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-22-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4665 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

With all of the pluck and charm of its eponymous young hero, Rachel McAdams (The Notebook, Spotlight, Midnight in Paris) delivers a spectacular reading of Montgomery's beloved bildungsroman. In moments both funny and bittersweet, McAdams' voice is imbued with the spark that has made Anne a much-loved symbol of individualism and cheer for over a century. In this story of "kindred spirits", McAdams' touching and heartfelt narration proves she is just that - bonded on a deep level to this shimmering classic.

When aging brother and sister Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert decide to adopt an orphan boy to help with chores around their farm, Green Gables on Prince Edward Island, neither is prepared for the feisty and imaginative redheaded girl who is mistakenly brought to them instead. Nor are they prepared for the way in which she will change their lives. Through a series of hilarious misadventures, Anne's uncompromising spirit makes her a striking presence in the close-knit village, bringing new friendships, first crushes, and, for her foster parents, a love and openness unimaginable before her arrival.

Editorial Reviews:

Editors Select, November 2016 - I was an Anne of Green Gables groupie in the late '80s, after the original CBC miniseries came out. A young, bookish orphan with a fierce love of drama and endless spirit, Anne was the poster child for nerdy, slightly precocious girls everywhere and I WAS IN. I read all the books in the series, memorized Noyes' poem "The Highwayman", and let my best friend know that she was my "bosom friend" (for the record, she thought I was weird). So it was with the very best kind of nostalgia that I revisited my favorite childhood book with the Canadian Rachel McAdams providing the perfect happy, nuanced, and lovely voice for the tale. I know what my family will be listening to on our six-hour drive south for Thanksgiving. Emily, Audible Editor

Critic Reviews:

"Listeners will relish this production of L.M. Montgomery's classic.... As Anne, McAdams's delivery is light and breathy and ever so speedy, but clear and eloquent." (

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Titre: La bicyclette bleue : 1939-1942 (La bicyclette bleue 1)

Auteur: Régine Deforges

Narrateur: Véronique Groux de Miéri, Hervé Lavigne

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 13 hrs and 22 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 11-11-16

Éditeur: Audible Studios

Evaluation: 5 sur 5 sur 3 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Résumé de l'éditeur:

1939. Léa Delmas a dix-sept ans. Sa famille possède le domaine de Montillac, au cœur du vignoble bordelais. Sa vie se résume aux senteurs de cette terre, à la lumière, à la tendresse des siens. La maison s'affaire aux préparatifs du bal... Mais la déclaration de guerre anéantit l'harmonie de cette fin d'été, et jette Léa dans le chaos. Elle découvre et affronte la débâcle, lexode sous les bombes, la mort, l'occupation nazie, l'exploitation du domaine, la violence du plaisir, la fragilité des sentiments. En ces premières années de guerre, Léa est contrainte à des choix impossibles...

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La bicyclette bleue (1939-1942) (La bicyclette bleue 1) de Régine Deforges © Editions Ramsay, 1981 © Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1993 (P) Éditions VDB, 2011

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Title: Books that Matter: The Prince

Author: The Great Courses

Narrator: Professor William Landon

Format: Original Recording

Length: 11 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 08-19-16

Publisher: The Great Courses

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 213 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Should leaders be feared or loved? Can dictators give rise to democracy? Should rulers have morals or wear them like a mask? Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince puts forth unsettling questions like these, whose answers redefined centuries of political wisdom. But what does it really mean to be Machiavellian?

These 24 lectures are more than just a close reading of one of the great books of Western history. They're a revealing investigation of the historical context of Machiavelli's philosophical views, his tumultuous relationship with Florentine politics, his reception by his contemporaries and by 20th-century scholars, and his lasting influence on everyone from William Shakespeare to Joseph Stalin.

Throughout the lectures, you'll dive deeply into the work's most important chapters to survey their main insights; read between the lines to uncover hidden meanings, inspirations, and ironies; learn how scholars have debated their historical inspiration and importance; and discover the author's startling imagery and sometimes beautiful language. Going beyond the commonly held vision of Renaissance Italy as a place of creative genius, Professor Landon reveals the drama and terror of Machiavelli's life and world, including his relationships to the city of Florence, the powerful Medici family, and the villainous Cesare Borgia (Machiavelli's ideal prince).

For those who have already heard The Prince, prepare to engage with the text on a deeper level than ever before. And for those who've always wanted to listen to this important book, this is your introduction to one man's revolutionary beliefs about achieving - and maintaining - power.

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Title: The Sorrows of Young Werther

Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Narrator: Leighton Pugh

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-16

Publisher: Ukemi Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 24 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Werther, a sensitive young artist, finds himself in Wahlheim, a quiet, attractive village in Germany where he seeks solace from the turmoils of love. It is a young spring, and he hopes that arcadian solitude will prove a genial balm to his mind. But his romantic tendency rules otherwise, and he falls in love with Charlotte - Lotte - even though he knows she is affianced to another.

In a series of letters to his friend, Wilhelm, he charts the course of his love, which rises to passion and obsession and, ultimately, tragedy.

The Sorrows of Young Werther is the iconic love story which helped to usher in the Romantic age. Partially autobiographical, von Goethe, aged just 24, wrote it in just six weeks, and when it appeared in 1774 it immediately established his reputation. Told through the protagonist's eyes, it is the gradual rise of Werther's strong feelings checked by attempts at restraint and complicated by a friendship with Lotte's husband that keeps the listener on edge - especially when read with sympathy, as here, by Leighton Pugh.

Translated by R. D. Boylan; revised by Leighton Pugh.

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Title: Adevrul gol i alte povestiri

Author: Anton Cehov

Narrator: Razvan Vasilescu

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr

Language: English

Release date: 04-27-16

Publisher: Humanitas

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Razvan Vasilescu citind povestirile lui Cehov, sensibile si pline de umor, despre oameni simpli si intamplarile lor complicate, pare ca vine chiar din secolul XIX. Si nu vine singur, aduce cu sine un arhivar devenit celebru cu ocazia unui accident provocat de betie, o guvernanta mototoala care este supusa unui test cinic, un functionar care, impins de aburii betiei, ii cere socoteala fostului sau sef, un batran demn si important nevoit sa solicite ajutor pentru nepotul sau neispravit, un functionar sfrijit care se ploconeste in fata fostului sau coleg, ajuns om mare, o actrita ingenua care asteapta declaratia unui comic sacait insa de lipsa unui pahar de vodca, un contraamiral care este invitat la o nunta doar datorita rangului sau, un croitor care traieste din hazul amintirilor, acceptandu-si resemnat umilinta de dragul lor, un raufacator inocent care nu intelege ce fatalitate l-a adus in sala de judecata.

Cehov ofera spre delectare deznodaminte neverosimile, tulburare si incertitudine, concluzii eronate sau detalii incantatoare de atmosfera. Sunt indeajuns de sensibile pentru a va induiosa, veti fi incantati de inflacararea cu care Cehov isi pune personajele in situatii complicate, veti aprecia ironia fina a dialogurilor si veti rade cu pofta.

Vocea lui Razvan Vasilescu si savoarea textului cehovian nu vor lasa rece nici un ascultator.

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©2008 Humanitas (P)2008 Humanitas

Critic Reviews:

Pasiunea lui Razvan Vasilescu pentru Cehov ne ingaduie sa ne reintalnim cu deosebitul talent al scriitorului de a cuprinde in cateva randuri in scurtele sale povestiri portretul unor oameni, viata lor, ridicolul si uneori tragedia lor.

-- Liviu Ciulei

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Title: Jane Eyre

Author: Charlotte Bronte

Narrator: Thandie Newton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-17-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3367 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

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"I think the reason we're so struck by [Jane Eyre] is how Charlotte Brontë manages to relate, expertly, what it means to be a human being...and that never changes." (Narrator Thandie Newton)

Following Jane from her childhood as an orphan in Northern England through her experience as a governess at Thornfield Hall, Charlotte Brontë's Gothic classic is an early exploration of women's independence in the mid-19th century and the pervasive societal challenges women had to endure. At Thornfield, Jane meets the complex and mysterious Mr. Rochester, with whom she shares a complicated relationship that ultimately forces her to reconcile the conflicting passions of romantic love and religious piety. Performing the early Victorian novel with great care and respect, actress Thandie Newton (Crash, The Pursuit of Happyness) draws out Jane Eyre's intimacy and depth while conveying how truly progressive Brontë was in an era of extreme restraint.

Critic Reviews:

"Narrator Thandie Newton gives a delightful performance of this beloved classic. She delivers the voice of Jane from childhood to adulthood with elegant conviction, breezing through the dense sentences as if they were part of a contemporary novel." (AudioFile)

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Title: The Odyssey

Author: Homer

Narrator: Katie Haigh

Format: Abridged

Length: 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-25-16

Publisher: Astorg Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Two major epic poems came from ancient Greece and had the power to shape our culture for centuries. They are both attributed to the blind poet Homer, and are called Iliad and Odyssey.

The Odyssey is the story of the Greek hero Odysseus, or Ulysses, who began a journey home after the fall of Troy. It will take him ten years of marvelous and terrible encounters before he finally reaches his native city, where everyone assumed he was dead. There will he find his wife Penelope, famously weaving and unweaving a never-ending tapestry while obnoxious suitors are competing for her hand. Once again, Odysseus will have to outsmart his opponents in order to be reunited with his family.

The Iliad and the Odyssey are the oldest extant works of Western literature. They are of tremendous cultural importance, and their magic is still strongly alive.

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Title: The Iliad

Author: Homer

Narrator: Katie Haigh

Format: Abridged

Length: 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-25-16

Publisher: Astorg Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Two major epic poems came from ancient Greece and had the power to shape our culture for centuries. They are both attributed to the blind poet Homer, and are called Iliad and Odyssey. The Iliad tells the epic story of the war of Troy and its ten-year siege, bloody battles and great heroes. The mighty warrior Achilles, whose mother held him by the heel while immerging him in the river Styx to make him invulnerable, his brave companion Patroclus, kings and gods compete alike for the glory of ancient Greece, which is still resonating today.

The Iliad and its sequel, the Odyssey, are the oldest extant works of Western literature. They are of tremendous cultural importance, and their magic is still strongly alive.

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Title: Don Quixote

Subtitle: The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha

Author: Miguel de Cervantes

Narrator: Jonathan Waite

Format: Abridged

Length: 1 hr and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-25-16

Publisher: Astorg Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, or more simply Don Quixote, is one of the most influential works of literature from a Spanish author. It is one of the earliest canonical novels, and is regularly cited as the best work of fiction ever published. A nameless hidalgo read so many chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and decides to set out into the world as a knight, to bring justice under the name Don Quixote. The delusional hidalgo then recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, whose unique wit proves a marvelous addition to Don Quixote's idealistic bouts.

This abridged version of a literary monument brings you in convenient format one of the funniest and most profound texts ever.

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Title: The Book of Tea

Author: Okakura Kakuzo

Narrator: Ken Cohen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-30-15

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 28 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The Book of Tea is much more than a book about tea. It's a celebration of the arts and culture of Japan, and a portrait of tea ceremony, the "Way of Tea", as the pinnacle of Japanese spirituality and artistic life.

Written in 1906 by Kakuzo Okakura, curator of Chinese and Japanese Art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and a noted scholar and art critic, this modern classic traces the history of tea from its early medicinal uses in China, through the development of Chinese tea culture, and finally to the role of tea in Japanese Zen, culture, and politics. In the process, Okakura weaves together the philosophies, myths, history, and poetry of China and Japan. He introduces us to tea masters, emperors, and warlords, and brings us an appreciation of the transient beauty of life that is at the heart of Japanese artistic ideals.

Okakura wrote The Book of Tea in English, and his elegant prose mirrors the refined artistry of the Japanese tea ceremony. Narrated by Ken Cohen, himself a student and practitioner of tea ceremony in the Urasenke tradition, this audiobook captures Okakura's vision of how "Teaism" can transform us and the way we see ourselves and our world.

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