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Ruin the Sacred Truths: Poetry and Belief from the Bible to the Present
"Harold Bloom surveys with majestic view the literature of the West from the Old Testament to Samuel Beckett. He provocatively rereads the Yahwist (or 'J') writer, Jeremiah, Job, Jonah, the Illiad, the Aeneid, Dante's Divine Comedy, Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, the Henry IV plays, Paradise Lost, Blake's Milton, Wordsworth's Prelude, and works by Freud, Kafka, and Beckett. In so doing, he uncovers the truth that all our attempts to call any strong work more sacred than another are merely political and social formulations. This is criticism at its best. This book is published by Harvard University Press."
Harold Bloom (Author), Mort Crim (Narrator)
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Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto
"Former Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives and leading organizer of the Tea Party movement, Dick Armey offers a Tea Party Manifesto: Give Us Liberty. Written with Matt Kibbee, President and CEO of FreedomWorks, Give Us Liberty defines the issues and agenda of the wildfire grassroots movement that is electrifying the nation, as it calls on fiscal conservatives to take back America."
Dick Armey, Matt Kibbe (Author), Pete Larkin (Narrator)
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"'Dieses lehren uns die Schlichten: / Freundlich lächeln. Weiterdichten', schrieb Wiglaf Droste, nachdem er wieder einmal Unbill mit der Chefsorte Mensch hatte. Und das tut Droste denn auch: gut gelaunt weiterdichten. Die Anlässe für seine Verse sind mannigfaltig wie das Leben selbst. Manchmal reicht schon ein klangvoller Halbsatz in einer Zeitungsmeldung, um den Autor in lyrischen Schwung zu bringen, auch Küche und Himmelbett sind sprudelnde Quellen der Inspiration. Die Skala der Drosteschen Tonfälle hat sich im Lauf der Zeit konsequent verbreitert - wir erleben den Dichter aufsässig, spöttisch, heiter, zart - und liebevoll. Aus einigen der Gedichte hatte Danny Dziuk, als Songschreiber eine Klasse für sich, Lieder gemacht, die, mit ausgesuchten Gastmusikern aufgenommen, von Droste und Dziuk gesungen werden."
Wiglaf Droste (Author), Wiglaf Droste (Narrator)
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[German] - Der Tag, an dem ich allen Glück wünschte: Westerngedichte
"'Ich mag das Holz / und die Arbeit die es macht / Von mir aus können sie / den ganzen Wald umlegen / und mir herbringen / Ich steh da / mit dem Beil in der Hand.' Franz Doblers Westerngedichte sind Dauerbrenner. Wer einzelne schon mal auf Lesungen gehört hat, kann jetzt endlich auf die komplette Sammlung zurückgreifen. Die Daltons kommen darin vor, Hank Williams und Johnny Cash treten auf, aber auch ein gewisser Kraudn Sepp aus dem bayrischen Voralpenland. Westerngedichte - das ruft mythische Kulissen auf den Plan, ist Gattungsbegriff und Tarnung zugleich. Denn in Klang und Direktheit stehen diese Texte dem Punkrock näher. Die musikalische Gestaltung besorgte Hubl G, über Jahre Co-Leader von The Blech und heute vor allem mit dem Gitarristen Luigi Archetti aktiv."
Franz Dobler (Author), Franz Dobler (Narrator)
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[German] - In mir erwacht das Tier
"'Damen und Herren, Sie haben bestellt / die besten Gedichte der ganzen Welt. / Hier kriegen Sie, wenn's beliebt, / die süßeste, wildeste Lyrik wo gibt.' F.W. Bernstein ist niemand, der leere Versprechungen macht, und deshalb gilt dieses Motto, mit dem er sein epochales Werk 'Die Gedichte' im letzten Herbst eröffnete, auch für diese CD. Süße und wilde Lyrik erklingt da, angefangen von Tierliedern und Weltuntergängen über Satiren bis hin zu Balladen und Sonetten. Gute Laune macht dem Hörer dieser CD dabei nicht nur F.W. Bernsteins sanfter Bariton, mit dem er seine besten Gedichte der Welt vorträgt, sondern auch seine musikalische Begleitung: Anne Bärenz und Frank Wolff sorgen mit Cello und Klavier für jene leichte, schwebende Atmosphäre, die die Bernsteinschen Verse erst so recht zum Funkeln bringt."
F. W. Bernstein (Author), F.W. Bernstein (Narrator)
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"This 14th-century Italian poet was a model for many who followed him. His passionate sonnets to Laura became the epitome for love poetry. Over some 40 years he wrote 366 sonnets to Laura, whom he probably never even spoke to, and they remain immediate and affecting even now. Called Rime Sparse (Scattered Rhymes), they influenced Chaucer and many others. This is an unusual addition to 'The Great Poets', but part of the intention of the series is to cover the major stepping stones of world poetry. Translated by Joseph Auslander."
Petrarch Francesco (Author), Anton Lesser, Mike Shah (Narrator)
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"Sophisticated wit and intense emotion, religious fervour and erotic sensuality, delight in life's pleasures and fascination with death, are all to be found in the paradoxical poetry of John Donne. One of the foremost metaphysical poets, Donne's ingenious metaphors and inspired use of language has earned him affection and reverence in near equal measure to Shakespeare. This collection of his finest poetry showcases the diverse range of his work, and includes Death Be Not Proud, A Hymn to God the Father, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Go Catch a Falling Star, The Flea and To His Mistress Going to Bed."
John Donne (Author), Geoffrey Whitehead, Mike Shah, Will Keen (Narrator)
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"Robert Browning's popular poems The Pied Piper of Hamelin and How They Brought the Good News are often anthologised, but it is in his dramatic lyrics such as My Last Duchess and the chilling Porphyria's Lover that his poetic genius shines. Browning, with his unusual use of language, can be a challenging poet, but one who is always rewarding. This selection shows the many imaginative facets of this often neglected Victorian poet."
Robert Browning (Author), David Timson (Narrator)
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"After a century of civil strife in Rome and Italy, the poet Virgil wrote The Aeneid to honor the emperor Augustus by praising Aeneas, Augustus's legendary ancestor. As a patriotic epic imitating Homer, The Aeneid also set out to provide Rome with a literature equal to that of Greece. It tells of Aeneas, survivor of the sack of Troy, and of his seven-year journey: to Carthage, where he fell tragically in love with Queen Dido; to the underworld, in the company of the Sibyl of Cumae; and, finally, to Italy, where he founded Rome. It is a story of defeat and exile, and of love and war. Virgil's Aeneid is as eternal as Rome itself, a sweeping epic of arms and heroism—the searching portrait of a man caught between love and duty, human feeling, and the force of fate. Filled with drama, passion, and the universal pathos that only a masterpiece can express. The Aeneid is a book for all the time and all people. This version of The Aeneid is the classic translation by John Dryden."
Virgil (Author), Michael Page (Narrator)
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[Italian] - Emily Dickinson: poesie: 24 poesie scelte
"Una poetessa dell’oltre visto dall’interno del giardino da cui non usciva mai. La voglia di una fede mai realizzatae la lucidità della contemplazione. Vi accompagnerà come un battito d’ali di farfalla.Accompagnata dalle tre musiche preferite della poetessa americana."
Emily Dickinson (Author), Silvia Cecchini (Narrator)
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"La traduzione di Ettore Romagnoli rende il testo molto più comprensibile delle altre versioni. Completano i 24 canti anche un lungo comento del traduttore."
Omero (Author), Silvia Cecchini (Narrator)
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[Italian] - Divina Commedia,La
"Le tre cantiche inì un unico audiolibro, precedute da riassunti e seguiti da note storiche esplicative del testo."
Dante Alighieri (Author), Silvia Cecchini (Narrator)
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