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Title: Siddhartha

Author: Hermann Hesse

Narrator: Harish Bhimani

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-16-10

Publisher: Alpha DVD

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 148 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Hermann Hesses classic novel Siddhartha, takes place in ancient India around the time of the Buddha (6th century BC). Siddhartha and his companion Govinda set out in search of enlightenment. Siddhartha goes through a series of changes and realizations as he attempts to achieve this goal. Siddhartha joins the ascetics, visits Gotama, embraces his earthly desires, and finally communes with nature, all in an attempt to attain Nirvana. The novel shows how the path to enlightenment cannot be conferred to another person because it is different for everyone and will likely never be achieved simply by listening to or obeying an enlightened one. Words and teachings may describe the truth but are not the Truth itself; being concepts, they trap you, since enlightenment means release from concepts.

Members Reviews:

Sounds rushed

I wanted to listen to Siddharta, because I remember reading it many years ago with great joy. Hermann Hesse being one of the great names that one simply must read or hear this was sure to be a winner. But the narrator does not seem to be well enough suited to the text. I do really like Harish Bhimani's accent, yet, overall I can't seem to keep up with the meaning of each sentence. Before I have fully absorbed it, the narrator has already finished the next sentence. Herman Hesse writes with such simplicity that each phrase needs time to shine in its own meaning. The sheer speed of the narration does not give the listener much time for absorbing the sentence, and the narration suffers from it.

less than

This was less than I hoped it would be. I thought that the reader was flat, this could simply be my interpretation of him trying to bring a tone of abiding respect to the subject at hand.

It would be a hard job to give life to a book that is an internal reflection. Still, I found the reader made it a tad dreary. I liked the print version of the book very much, this rendition left it without color.

Beautiful and wise beyond words.

Exceptional narrator! I loved it.

It is an interesting addition with some background traditional Indian music.

I highly recommend it.

I have listened again and again

Quite simply this is a great book and a great telling. The message and its ethos are profound and told simply.

Beautiful wisdom

It's nice that every time I get back to this book I get something new and useful

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Titolo: Il meraviglioso mago di Oz

Autore: Lyman Frank Baum

Narratore: Jasmine Trinca

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 3 hrs and 42 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 03-11-10

Editore: Emons Edizioni

Valutazioni: 4.5 su 5 su 2 voti

Categoria: Classics, World Literature

Riepilogo Editore:

Da qualche parte, oltre l'arcobaleno, lassù in alto, c'è un paese che ho sognato canta Judy Garland, e con i suoi strani amici lo Spaventapasseri, il Boscaiolo di Latta e il Leone Fifone percorre la strada lastricata di mattoni gialli verso la scintillante Città Smeralda, dove risiede il Mago di Oz, che solo può ricondurla a casa, nel Kansas, da cui è stata strappata da un ciclone.

Recensioni critiche:

Dolcissima Jasmine mentre segue le avventure di Dorothy

--GIOIA

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Titolo: Le Due Strade [The Two Roads]

Autore: Guido Gustavo Gozzano

Narratore: Anna Paola Carrino

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 5 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 02-17-10

Editore: e-Soft s.r.l.

Categoria: Classics, World Literature

Riepilogo Editore:

Nella poesia "Le due strade" Guido Gozano coglie i risvolti anche grotteschi del passare del tempo, attraverso unironia affilata.

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Titolo: La via del Rifugio [The Way of Refuge]

Autore: Guido Gustavo Gozzano

Narratore: Anna Paola Carrino

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 4 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 02-17-10

Editore: e-Soft s.r.l.

Categoria: Classics, World Literature

Riepilogo Editore:

Questa poesia, tratta dall'omonimo libro, presenta tutte le tematiche su cui si incentra l'opera di Gozzano: la pretesa ingenuità, l'ironia, e la parodia letteraria, l'abile trattamento dell'artificio poetico. Ha una struttura circolare, che é sofisticata nella ricerca della semplicità.Alleclettica rappresentazione della scena, sostenuta dal tema ritmico della filastrocca, concorrono i monologhi interiori del poeta, e i due atti delle bambine: il giro a tondo e la traumatica scena della farfalla. La scena si apre sul tema della filastrocca, ma allimprovviso il canto si interrompe, con luscita di campo delle giovani protagoniste, le tre bimbe leggiere. Il poeta si abbandona ad una riflessione universale sull esistenza. Poi le bambine riappaiono a movimentare la scena, con la cattura e la tortura della farfalla, mentre il poeta riprende a interrogarsi sul destino dell Umanità. Torna allora ad emergere il tema della filastrocca, per prolungare la riflessione del poeta, che conferma la propria tesi rinunciataria. La dimensione psicologica introdotta dalla filastrocca dell'' incipit è quella surreale del sogno. La situazione in cui il poeta si proietta viene a quel punto sospesa fra sogno e realtà.

Please note: This audiobook is in Italian.

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Titolo: Le novelle marinaresche [The Sailor's Tales], Vol. 01: Un Lupo di Mare

Autore: Emilio Salgari

Narratore: Anna Paola Carrino

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 10 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 02-17-10

Editore: e-Soft s.r.l.

Valutazioni: 4 su 5 su 1 voti

Categoria: Classics, World Literature

Riepilogo Editore:

In questo primo episodio, tratto dalle Novelle Marinaresche di Mastro Catrame di Emilio Salgari, conoscerete. Papà Catrame, il personaggio che raccontarà alcune delle sue fantastiche avventure, avvenute in quel vasto mare, che racchiude tanti misteri e che parla così vivo all'immaginazione di chi arditamente lo solca.

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Titolo: La Sirenetta

Autore: Hans Christian Andersen

Narratore: Daniela Fava, Pietro Ubaldi, Loretta Di Pisa

Formato: Abridged

Durata: 17 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 01-21-10

Editore: GoodMood

Categoria: Classics, World Literature

Riepilogo Editore:

Arianna, la principessa delle sirene che vive in fondo al mare, si innamora di Lorenzo, un principe che vive fuori dal mare. Lei è carina, ha una voce soave ed un carattere dolce; lui è un ragazzo alto, con dei bei capelli biondi, bello come i principi delle favole. Sarebbe tutto perfetto se non ci fosse una coda di pesce di troppo... quella della Sirenetta...

(c)+(p) 2009 Good Mood

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Titre: La Journée d'un Journaliste américain en 2889

Auteur: Jules Verne

Narrateur: Franck Frappa

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 35 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 07-02-09

Éditeur: Des Oreilles Pour Lire

Evaluation: 4 sur 5 sur 1 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Résumé de l'éditeur:

"Les hommes de ce XXIXe siècle vivent au milieu d'une féérie continuelle, sans avoir l'air de s'en douter. Blasés sur les merveilles, ils restent froids devant celles que le progrès leur apporte chaque jour. Tout leur semble naturel. S'ils la comparaient au passé, ils apprécieraient mieux notre civilisation, et ils se rendraient compte du chemin parcouru. Combien leur apparaîtraient plus admirables nos cités modernes aux voies larges de cent mètres, aux maisons hautes de trois cents, à la température toujours égale, au ciel silloné par des milliers d'aéro-cars et d'aéro-omnibus!"

Et si Jules Verne, en avance sur son temps, avait imaginé la visioconférence, des moyens de transport ultrarapides, la calculatrice...

L'auteur

Né à Nantes en 1828,

entame des études de droit à Paris. Il y fréquente les milieux littéraires et écrit des pièces de théâtre, des livrets d'opérettes et d'opéras-comiques.

Après le succès de

(1850), il se consacre entièrement à l'écriture, et étudie assidûment diverses disciplines scientifiques.

Ses premiers récits, publiés en 1851, annoncent les thèmes de son oeuvre future.

En 1857, il épouse Honorine, dont il aura un enfant, Michel.

Dès 1863 commence une collaboration fameuse entre l'écrivain et l'éditeur Pierre-Jules Hetzel, avec la publication de

.

Au cours des 40 années suivantes, Jules Verne écrira plus de 70 romans d'aventure et d'exploration, tous remarquables par leur précision, tant au niveau scientifique que géographique ou historique.

Parallèlement, il effectue de nombreux voyages en Amérique et en Europe. Jules Verne s'inspire aussi de l'histoire contemporaine.

Installé en 1872 à Amiens, il cesse de voyager en 1886 pour exercer pleinement sa mission de conseiller municipal tout en continuant à écrire.

Jules Verne disparaît à l'âge de 77ans.

(P) & © Des Oreilles Pour Lire, 2007

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Titre: Les révoltés du Bounty

Auteur: Jules Verne

Narrateur: Christian Fromont, Jean-Claude Landier, Will Maes, Cyril Deguillen

Format: Original Recording

Durée: 49 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 07-02-09

Éditeur: Compagnie du Savoir

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Résumé de l'éditeur:

L'histoire commence en 1787. La frégate HMS Bounty, commandée par William Bligh, est affrétée par l'Amirauté Anglaise pour rallier Tahiti afin d'y récolter des plants d'arbre à pain. L'Amirauté prévoit d'acclimater cette plante dans les colonies anglaises des Indes Occidentales pour nourrir les esclaves. Le voyage est rendu difficile par le caractère exigeant du capitaine Bligh. Il punit sévèrement l'équipage et fait donner le fouet avec beaucoup trop de générosité au goût de ses hommes. L'escale tahitienne est donc bienvenue, et les six mois passés sur l'île à récolter les plants d'arbre à pain, seront pour ces hommes sévèrement tenus un avant-goût de paradis.

Hélas, dès l'appareillage les brimades et les réprimandes reprennent. Le 28 avril 1789, l'officier Christian Fletcher, aidé de plusieurs membres de l'équipage, s'empare du navire au petit matin. Qu'adviendra-t-il du capitaine Bligh ? Que vont devenir les mutins ? Vous le découvrirez en écoutant cette adaptation sonore des Révoltés du Bounty.

L'auteur

Né à Nantes en 1828,

entame des études de droit à Paris. Il y fréquente les milieux littéraires et écrit des pièces de théâtre, des livrets d'opérettes et d'opéras-comiques.

Après le succès de

(1850), il se consacre entièrement à l'écriture, et étudie assidûment diverses disciplines scientifiques.

Ses premiers récits, publiés en 1851, annoncent les thèmes de son oeuvre future.

En 1857, il épouse Honorine, dont il aura un enfant, Michel.

Dès 1863 commence une collaboration fameuse entre l'écrivain et l'éditeur Pierre-Jules Hetzel, avec la publication de

.

Au cours des 40 années suivantes, Jules Verne écrira plus de 70 romans d'aventure et d'exploration, tous remarquables par leur précision, tant au niveau scientifique que géographique ou historique.

Parallèlement, il effectue de nombreux voyages en Amérique et en Europe. Jules Verne s'inspire aussi de l'histoire contemporaine.

Installé en 1872 à Amiens, il cesse de voyager en 1886 pour exercer pleinement sa mission de conseiller municipal tout en continuant à écrire.

Jules Verne disparaît à l'âge de 77ans.

© Compagnie du Savoir

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A Trilogy I Remember From College

I had attended college in Providence back in 1967 and I remember purchasing a paperback from a bookstore called The Bounty Trilogy. I devoured it and loved it, but somehow no longer had it. I did purchase the book fairly recently as a hardcover book but a recent broken shoulder made it impossible to read so I downloaded the Kindle version. I have no other account of the mutiny to compare it to, and I have no desire to do so. This book is a long one to read I admit but it, to me, is written in a way I become part of the action and love re-reading it. The first part covers the fictional Roger Byam and his life as a young officer on board the HMS Bounty.

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Title: The Wolf Queen

Subtitle: A Story from Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales

Author: Nelson Mandela (editor)

Narrator: Benjamin Bratt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-01-09

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales is an audiobook benefiting children orphaned and impacted by HIV/AIDS in South Africa, featuring Gillian Anderson, Benjamin Bratt, LeVar Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Hayes, Hugh Jackman, Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Debra Messing, Helen Mirren, Parminder Nagra, Sophie Okonedo, CCH Pounder, Alan Rickman, Jurnee Smollett, Charlize Theron, Blair Underwood, Forest Whitaker, and Alfre Woodard, with a special message from Archbishop Desmond Tutu and original music by South African legends by Johnny Clegg and Vusi Mahlasela, directed by Alfre Woodard. The audiobook was a truly international affair, recorded in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, London, and Johannesburg. The stories were chosen by the Nobel Laureate himself, from every region of Africa.

Listen to the full collection of

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(P)2009 Hachette Audio

Members Reviews:

Excellent, entertaining read-aloud stories

I have been reading these aloud at bedtime to my 8 year old twins and they both love them! Why? They are anything but predictable! I think they have come to expect happy endings or moral lessons, but these stories often have twists that surprise them. Not a lot of illustrations, but the ones they have are lovely and diverse. We have enjoyed looking at the map of Africa marked with flags of where the stories come from. Also have had the opportunity to talk about Nelsen Mandela and his story, which is new to them. Great all around book!

The different stories may be best suited for different ages due to the level of ...

This is a delightful book. The different stories may be best suited for different ages due to the level of inference used. The stories are lively, engaging and many have morals or lessons to be learned.

Great Stories for a Great Cause

I was moved by the fund raising effort support for HIV AIDS orphans in South Africa, familiar and admiring of the story collection released some years ago, I was delighted to listen through the entire collection. The blend of music and voice, brilliantly realized by a host of talented talents "Artists for a New South Africa", brings these stories alive! Libraries (like mine) and individuals will appreciate each and every track in this 3 CD set that is up for Grammy nomination.

Finally!

I've been looking for a with South African tales in it. I live in America so I want my baby to know about her African heritage

Outstanding

Everyone household should have a copy. It is an absolute cultural delight!! There is a reason Nelson Mandela felt these were some of his favorite folktales.

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Title: The Cat Who Came Indoors

Subtitle: A Story from Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales

Author: Nelson Mandela (editor), Hugh Tracey

Narrator: Helen Mirren

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-01-09

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

There are quite a number of stories explaining how dogs were tamed, but this Shona story from Zimbabwe, originally told to the musicologist and folklorist Hugh Tracey in the Karanga tongue, explains how cats became cherished inhabitants of human homes.

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales is an audiobook benefiting children orphaned and impacted by HIV/AIDS in South Africa, featuring Gillian Anderson, Benjamin Bratt, LeVar Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Hayes, Hugh Jackman, Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Debra Messing, Helen Mirren, Parminder Nagra, Sophie Okonedo, CCH Pounder, Alan Rickman, Jurnee Smollett, Charlize Theron, Blair Underwood, Forest Whitaker, and Alfre Woodard, with a special message from Archbishop Desmond Tutu and original music by South African legends by Johnny Clegg and Vusi Mahlasela, directed by Alfre Woodard. The audiobook was a truly international affair, recorded in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, London, and Johannesburg. The stories were chosen by the Nobel Laureate himself, from every region of Africa.

Members Reviews:

Fantastic

The Nelson Mandela Favorite Folklore are incredible, and indescribably charming. I cannot recommend these stories enough for children or adults who wish to learn more about African Folklore. I recommend getting all the stories, which will run you less than taking your family to the movies. The narrators are brilliant and bring these tales to life.

A Very Short Story

The Cat Who Came Indoors is a good story. Of course, I like the lesson about who is the best. But then I am a woman. lol I was disappointed at the brevity of the story. I expected a longer one.