Get Best Full Audiobooks in Drama & Poetry, Poetry

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: From Hatred to Healing

Subtitle: Eight Racial Reconciliation Poems

Author: Alicea Davis

Narrator: Alicea Davis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-17

Publisher: Esteem Builders Publications Company

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Poetry

Publisher's Summary:

Alicea Davis shares her God-given hope, strength, and healing poetry with others to help move America forward in the much needed reconciliation process that will aid in more effective race relations.

Davis personally relates to the current pain and anger that so many are facing due to racial unrest. As a young black woman, she experienced intense anger towards white Americans when she awakened to the reality of racism still existing in our society. While being burdened with fear and a deep sense of mistrust, she found herself in conflict with her faith, her upbringing, and her joyful character.

So she desperately prayed that God would give her the words to write that would restore her peace. Her healing from the pain of racism and oppression began years ago, while writing one of the poems within this book. As her healing went deeper, she wrote more poems.

Today, she shares this compilation of her racial reconciliation poems to bring more healing to America.

Davis passionately narrates her original poetry, while deliberately taking a more soothing approach to this recital when compared to her exuberant signature vocal delivery. In this project, she gracefully tackles many barriers in America's broken race relations with propelling verses that contain power.

Davis' lyrics of hope, when paired with her nurturing sound, has ushered healing into the hearts and minds of others.

Members Reviews:

The Truth Will Make Us Free

Would you listen to From Hatred to Healing again? Why?

Yes !! I love the way the poet's words flow in rythem. But mainly the story she tells and the wisdom spoken are a must for anyone seeking true love among mankind.

What was one of the most memorable moments of From Hatred to Healing?

All were great !

Which character as performed by Alicea Davis was your favorite?

Black Woman

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Love is not a color !!

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: The Importance of Being Earnest

Author: Oscar Wilde

Narrator: Edward Miller

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-06-17

Publisher: Audioliterature

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Poetry

Publisher's Summary:

"The Importance of Being Earnest" is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed in 1895 in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious person to escape burdensome social obligations.

Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Contemporary reviews all praised the play's humor, and some foresaw the modern consensus that it was the culmination of Wilde's artistic career so far. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make "The Importance of Being Earnest" Wilde's most enduring play.

©2016 Audioliterature (P)2016 Audioliterature

Members Reviews:

Hilarious

Hilarious, highly recommend!

Five Stars

This play completely cracked me up. I couldn't stop laughing. It is timeless.

Five Stars

great

Five Stars

Love it!

Four Stars

This is such a cool and messed up play. I love it and it's deceptive twists.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Of Letters and a Man: A

Author: Mark Will

Narrator: Guy Bethell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-30-16

Publisher: Cadmus & Harmony Media

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Poetry

Publisher's Summary:

Of Letters and a Man: A is the first canto of a projected 26-canto epic. It begins with the appearance of the Poet/Anti-Poet, who invokes Cadmus the Phoenician, father of letters and literature, and announces his intention to narrate the life of a man he calls the Hero/Zero. Following this prologue, the Hero/Zero, who also identifies with Cadmus, declares that he will narrate his own life in a work he calls I Am the Book I Write. Conceived on the grand scale of Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Milton, informed by the idiosyncrasies of Proust, Joyce, Beckett, and Borges, Of Letters and a Man: A marks a revival of the epic tradition.

Members Reviews:

: A

The author delves into the mysteries of the endeavor before him. Indeed, the work is an auspicious beginning to a worthwhile and fascinating project. I found the passage describing the courtship between Qadmus and Harmonia particularly moving. The audio book is excellent as well.

A most epic poem told through the mythology of mankind

Of Letters and a Man by Mark Will is an epic poem of the most epic sense. On the personal level, it is about questions of identity and all the contradictions and variations that can be contained inside one, about the internal vs. the external, and the amalgams of paradoxes within the whole. The other, and the self. It is about the compulsion to write, with declarations of an "Anti-Poet" and talk of an "absurd obsession to create." The never-ending search for self-identity...

It is also very much a tale of humanity's mythology, organized initially by the Phoenician alphabet and full of references to all things Biblical, Egyptian, Nordic, medieval occultic, and so on. With almost an overload of religious symbolism, the author spares no expense at utilizing maximum literary power with each line.

The narration in the audiobook by Guy Bethal is read with the proper intensity, perfect for this ultimate meditation on identity. To be all things, noble and awful, it is ambitious and perhaps cannot always reach the loftiest of heights that are striven for, but it's certainly read well with full confidence. All the way to the end, with the last line that sums up all these concepts as good as anyone could: "From A to Zed, I am the book I write."

A Rich Literary Experience

If you, like me, find yourself reading the same stories again and again, try âOf Letters and a Manâ. This mini opus is a must for anyone who write, has written or wants to write. Using a canto format, its layout and graphics allow the dense and layered meaning within the text to be both immediately accessible on one level while open to be appreciated on many more. True, I personally needed Google to understand many of the references, but this merely enriched the experience. It is clearly the rich work of a craftsman who understands his chosen medium and it is a fulfilling read.

A Poetic Narrative

"Of Letters and a Man" is a poetic story rich with references to the ancient Greek and medieval Italian epic poems. It delivers an amazing amount of details that show a lot of respect for the genre. As a canto, or a poem to be sung, I found myself wanting to sing the lines like a monk singing a Gregorian chant of this intro to a mythological tale.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: The King of Christmas

Author: Carol Ann Duffy

Narrator: Carol Ann Duffy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-18-16

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Poetry

Publisher's Summary:

On a frosty winter evening, the Baron watches the snow fall. He is bored and worried. It will soon be Christmas, and everything is too quiet. What can he do to bring excitement to the manor?

His wife, the Baroness, has an idea: he can appoint a King of Christmas, a peasant to take his place. And so begin twelve days of chaos, anarchy and merriment....

Inspired by the medieval tradition of appointing a Lord of Misrule, Carol Ann Duffy's warm and enchanting Christmas poem takes us into a topsy-turvy world of festivity and celebration, where rules no longer apply.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Mercurial

Author: Michael Brown

Narrator: Michael Brown

Format: Unabridged

Length: 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-16

Publisher: A2i Transcription Services

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Poetry

Publisher's Summary:

Mercurial is to be characterized by rapid and unpredictable changing moods. The mercurial have qualities of eloquence and ingenuity. Mercurial people are animated, lively, and quick witted. Subject to sudden changes of mind, the mercurial are unpredictable, variable, and unstable. To be mercurial is to be ever changing, creative, and whimsical.

These poems celebrate Mercuralia, the major festival of the Roman God Mercury, the patron God of eloquence (and thus poetry), communication, and keeper of boundaries referring to his role as bridge between the upper and lower worlds, also the guide of souls to the Underworld.

In his third collection of poetry, Michael Brown looks behind closed doors to reveal harsh truths, marvels at the savage beauty of the world, and has disinhibited poetic conversations with Francis Bacon, Janet Frame, famous rent boys, psychiatric patients, and dead poets.

Members Reviews:

Meh

The poetry was good enough. I didnt care for the dark and grim view of everything. I need to be in the right mood for that. It just wasnt my thing.

The narration is well done.

This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review.

Good read

Mercurial by Michael Brown was a good quick read. It is a collection of poetry by Michael Brown on many different topics.

Eclectic Poetry

The enjoyment of poetry is very subjective, but overall I found this collection of poetry/rants/lessons to be very heart-felt. Overall, it presented a gloomy, negative view of the world and how we humans connect -- or fail to connect -- with it. I found some very real truths in it, especially regarding the treatment of homosexuals. It is a worthwhile listen, although it won't bring you sunshine on a cloudy day. The narration is smooth and even. It is pretty flat and unemotional, but since the poet is narrating his own work, I presume the delivery reflects his mood and feelings.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

A Moving Collection of Poetry

This was my first time listening to an audiobook of poetry, and I found it to be very moving. The poems are thoughtful and evocative and glide along at a fast clip.

The poems cover a variety of interesting topics, while the ones dealing with mental health and sexuality had the most impact on me. No Invitation to the Funeral, about a gay Muslim who commits suicide, is especially affecting.

Poet Michael Brown narrates the poems superbly, with clean, crisp pronunciation and exquisite phrasing.

Overall, this is an excellent collection of poetry and left me wanting to read more from this author.

*I was given a free review copy of this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Mercurially Bohemian

This whirlwind of tiny poems has little in common with each other except its Bohemian cynicism about the world. Poems of anger, blame, and sadness are occasionally punctuated by small rants. The result is an awareness which feels young and fresh like the rebellious indignation of twenty-somethings. But the content reminds us that behind their immature compulsion to confront and criticize the world, there is also substance.

The narration is good but it could be better. Since it was narrated by the author, all of the intonation is as the writer intended which is useful with such short works. However, the tone is mostly flat with a few exceptions where he allows himself to emote.

Hören Sie sich dieses volle Hörbuch kostenlos bei https://hotaudiobook.com

Titel: Alkestis

Autor:: Euripides

Erzähler: Gisela Mattishent, Max Eckard, Wolfgang Reichmann, Christian Rohde, Wolfgang Büttner, Otto Preuss

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 1 hr and 4 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 10-14-16

Herausgeber: SWR Edition

Bewertung: 4 von 5 von 1 Stimmen

Kategorien: Drama & Poetry, Poetry

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

In dieser griechischen Sage wird Apollon, der Gott des Lichts, von Göttervater Zeus gezwungen, einem sterblichen Menschen zu dienen. Er wählt den gütigen Admetos aus. Als der Tag dessen Todes naht, belohnt Apollon ihn für seine Großherzigkeit indem er einen Stellvertreter in den Tod schickt. Nachdem Admetos' Vater Pheres abgelehnt hat, für seinen Sohn zu sterben, erklärt sich seine Frau Alkestis bereit, diesen Schritt zu gehen. Bald bereut Admetos es, seine Frau gehen zu lassen. Zeus' Sohn Herakles bietet sich an, Alkestis aus dem Reich des Todes zu befreien. Wird es gelingen?

Euripides (480-406 v. Chr.) war nach Aischylos und Sophokles der der großen drei Tragödiendichter der griechischen Antike.

©1963 SWR. Übersetzung von Walter Jens (P)1963 SWR

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: The Poetry Hour, Volume 5

Subtitle: Time for the Soul

Author: Edith Nesbit, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Alfred Austin

Narrator: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr

Language: English

Release date: 09-29-16

Publisher: Portable Poetry

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Poetry

Publisher's Summary:

Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our ears and eyes to very personal feelings. Forget the idea of classic poetry being somehow dull and boring and best kept to children's textbooks. It still has life, vibrancy and relevance to our lives today.

Where to start? How to do that? Poetry can be difficult. We've put together some very eclectic poetry, with a broad range of poets and themes, to entice you and seduce you with all manner of temptations. In this audiobook we introduce poets of the quality and breadth of Shelley, Edith Nesbit and Alfred Austin as well as themes on Wales, summer and more. All of them are from Portable Poetry, a dedicated poetry publisher. We believe that poetry should be a part of our everyday lives, uplifting the soul and reaching the parts that other arts can't.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: The Poetry Hour, Volume 7

Subtitle: Time for the Soul

Author: Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Narrator: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 09-29-16

Publisher: Portable Poetry

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Poetry

Publisher's Summary:

Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise, that opens our ears and eyes to very personal feelings. Forget the idea of classic poetry being somehow dull and boring and best kept to children's textbooks. It still has life, vibrancy and relevance to our lives today.

Where to start? How to do that? Poetry can be difficult. We've put together some very eclectic poetry, with a broad range of poets and themes, to entice you and seduce you with all manner of temptations. In this hour we introduce poets of the quality and breadth of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ella Wheeler Wilcox as well as themes on kissing, Halloween, cricket and more. All of them are from Portable Poetry, a dedicated poetry publisher. We believe that poetry should be a part of our everyday lives, uplifting the soul and reaching the parts that other arts can't.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: The Poetry Hour, Volume 12

Subtitle: Time for the Soul

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson, Thomas Hardy

Narrator: Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 09-23-16

Publisher: Portable Poetry

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Poetry

Publisher's Summary:

Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our ears and eyes to very personal feelings. Forget the idea of classic poetry being somehow dull and boring and best kept to children's textbooks. It still has life, vibrancy and relevance to our lives today.

Where to start? How to do that? Poetry can be difficult. We've put together some very eclectic poetry, with a broad range of poets and themes, to entice you and seduce you with all manner of temptations. In this hour we introduce poets of the quality and breadth of Robert Louis Stevenson and Thomas Hardy as well as themes on Mother's Day, birds, the Ode and more. All of them are from Portable Poetry, a dedicated poetry publisher. We believe that poetry should be a part of our everyday lives, uplifting the soul and reaching the parts that other arts can't.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: The Poetry Hour, Volume 11

Subtitle: Time for the Soul

Author: Algernon Charles Swinburne, Georgina Christina Rossetti

Narrator: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-23-16

Publisher: Portable Poetry

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Poetry

Publisher's Summary:

Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise, that opens our ears and eyes to very personal feelings. Forget the idea of classic poetry being somehow dull and boring and best kept to children's textbooks. It still has life, vibrancy and relevance to our lives today.

Where to start? How to do that? Poetry can be difficult. We've put together some very eclectic poetry, with a broad range of poets and themes, to entice you and seduce you with all manner of temptations. In this hour we introduce poets of the quality and breadth of Christina Georgina Rossetti and Algernon Charles Swinburne as well as themes of slavery, the Romantics, the sonnet and more. All of them are from Portable Poetry, a dedicated poetry publisher. We believe that poetry should be a part of our everyday lives, uplifting the soul and reaching the parts that other arts can't.