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"A spiritual and uplifting collection of poems, from the New York Times bestselling poet and peacemaker Mattie J. T.Stepanek. Mattie J.T.Stepanek is an award-winning poet whose struggle with a rare form of muscular dystrophy has touched the lives of people nationwide. Celebrate through Heartsongs, his third audio program, contains inspiring poems written between the ages of three and eleven, and continues to spread Mattie's message of universal hope, peace, courage, and love. Hearing Mattie's own voice adds to the appeal this program will have for people of all ages, religions, and beliefs."

Mattie J. T. Stepanek (Author), Mattie J. T. Stepanek (Narrator)

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A Heartsongs Collection

"Mattie J. T. Stepanek takes us on a journey with more the full collection of his moving poems. These poems share the rare wisdom that Mattie acquired through his struggle with a rare form of muscular dystrophy and the death of his three siblings from the same disease. His life view was one of love and generosity and as a poet and a peacemaker, his desire was to bring his message of peace to as many people as possible."

Mattie J. T. Stepanek (Author), Mattie J. T. Stepanek (Narrator)

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Loving Through Heartsongs

"The perfect gift for Valentine's Day, to share with a loved one or cherish as a keepsake, fromNew YorkTimes bestselling poet and peacemaker Mattie J.T.Stepanek. Mattie J.T.Stepanek has won the hearts of millions with his inspiring poems.Now he's ready to spread a little love with Loving Through Heartsongs, a beautiful collection of poems written about innocence and trusting love from a child's perspective. Mattie's struggle with muscular dystrophy has never kept him from feeling deep love for his family, friends, country, and faith-heartfelt emotions that are reflected throughout this program."

Mattie J. T. Stepanek (Author), Mattie J. T. Stepanek (Narrator)

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The History of English Poetry

"Great poetry can indeed outlast stone and the glory of princes, and the English poetic tradition is perhaps the richest in the world. This audiobook tells the story of that tradition through its towering figures - Spenser and Shakespeare, Milton and Dryden, Wordsworth and Tennyson, Whitman, Dickinson and Eliot - and through scores of other poets. Clear and accessible, blending criticism with imagination and illustrated with scores of quotations, this new history will delight all who care about the past and the future of English poetry."

Peter Whitfield (Author), Derek Jacobi (Narrator)

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The Great Poets

"The 200th anniversary of the birth of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892), one of the most popular of poets, is celebrated in 2009. Works such as The Charge of the Light Brigade, Crossing the Bar and Tears, idle tears have made him an internationally famous figure, and the second most quoted writer of all time (after Shakespeare). Tennyson's poetic works encompass a great range of styles, settings and personae, and are known for their emotional resonance and powerful imagery. Naxos AudioBooks's popular 'The Great Poets' series marks the anniversary with a CD bringing together all the key works, read by veteran reader Michael Pennington."

Lord Alfred Tennyson (Author), Michael Pennington (Narrator)

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77 Love Sonnets

"“When I was 16, Helen Fleischman assigned me to memorize Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 29, ‘When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state’ for English class, and fifty years later, that poem is still in my head. Algebra got washed away, and geometry and most of biology, but those lines about the redemptive power of love in the face of shame are still here behind my eyeballs, more permanent than my own teeth. The sonnet is a durable good. These 77 of mine include sonnets of praise, some erotic, some lamentations, some street sonnets and a 12-sonnet cycle of months. If anything here offends, I beg your pardon. I come in peace, I depart in gratitude.”—Garrison Keillor Features music by Rich Dworsky. Please note content contains adult themes."

Garrison Keillor (Author), Garrison Keillor (Narrator)

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[German] - Wenn ich in deine Augen seh: Gedichte & Balladen

"Kaum einer hat Deutschland so voller Liebe, Wut und Witz besungen wie Heinrich Heine. Sanfte lyrische Töne wie 'Leise zieht durch mein Gemüt' gehören ebenso zur Sprache dieses Dichters wie die bittere Satire 'Erinnerung aus Krähwinkels Schreckenstagen' oder der charmante Humor in 'Das Fräulein stand am Meere'. Und noch immer zieht die geheimnisvolle Loreley jeden, der sie hört, in ihren Bann ? Diese Sammlung seiner schönsten Gedichte und Balladen wird von außergewöhnlichen, preisgekrönten Sprecherinnen und Sprechern vorgetragen. Inhalt: - Leise zieht durch mein Gemüt - Du bist wie eine Blume - Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten (Loreley) - Nachtgedanken - Die schlesischen Weber - Sie saßen und tranken am Teetisch - Anno 1829 - Anno 1839 - Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen - Im wunderschönen Monat Mai - Unterm weißen Baume sitzend - Wie der Mond sich leuchtend dränget - Wenn ich in deine Augen seh - Sie haben mich gequälet - Der Brief, den du geschrieben - Liebste, sollt mir heute sagen - Philister in Sonntagsröcklein - Der Asra - Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt - Die Welt ist dumm - Alte Rose - Du liebst mich nicht - Schöne, wirtschaftliche Dame - Ich glaub nicht an den Himmel - Ich wollte bei dir weilen - Die Launen der Verliebten - Mein Herz, mein Herz ist traurig - Das Hohelied - Guter Rat - Mein Kind, wie waren Kinder - Das Herz ist mir bedrückt - Aus: Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen - Aus der Harzreise. Prolog - Die Audienz - Erinnerung aus Krähwinkels Schreckenstagen - Kleines Volk - Die Fensterschau - Eingehüllt in graue Wolken - Das Fräulein stand am Meere - Wenn ich an deinem Hause"

Heinrich Heine (Author), Dietmar Mues, Donata Höffer, Erika Skrotzki, Gerd Baltus, Jana Schulz, Jona Mues, Karl Menrad, Katharina Thalbach, Maren Eggert, Peter Franke, Rolf Nagel (Narrator)

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[German] - Diesen Kuss der ganzen Welt

"Seit Generationen sind die Worte Friedrich Schillers in aller Munde. Seine Enttäuschung über die blutigen Auswirkungen der Französischen Revolution klingt in den Zeilen 'Jedoch der schrecklichste der Schrecken, das ist der Mensch in seinem Wahn' ebenso wieder wie sein Optimismus in der 'Ode an die Freude'. Durch alle Werke dringt die innigste Forderung nach der Freiheit des Körpers und des Geistes. Inhalt: - Die Bürgschaft - An Emma - Die Teilung der Erde - Der Taucher - Die Kraniche des Ibykus - Das Lied von der Glocke - Der Handschuh - Der Ring des Polykrates - Der Gang nach dem Eisenhammer - An die Freude"

Friedrich Schiller (Author), Barbara Nüsse, Dietmar Mues, Donata Höffer, Gerd Baltus, Katharina Thalbach, Maren Eggert, Peter Franke (Narrator)

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[German] - Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen

"'Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen' ist Heinrich Heines bedeutendste politische Dichtung. Heine verbindet sensible Wahrnehmung sozialer, religiöser und politischer Veränderungen in Deutschland und Europa mit dem für Heine typischen spöttelnden und ironischen Witz. 1844 entstanden jene berühmten Verse, von denen der Dichter selbst sagte, sie seien 'mit großer Leichtigkeit' entstanden und 'höchst humoristisch'."

Heinrich Heine (Author), Katharina Thalbach (Narrator)

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[Portuguese] - Alberto Caeiro X Alberto Guzik

"A série de audiolivros Fernando Pessoa 4 X 4 registrou em áudio os poemas de Fernando Pessoa e seus três principais heterônimos com quatro atores diferentes. Para gravar os escritos de Alberto Caeiro, convidamos o ator Alberto Guzik, que fez as gravações em 2009. Depois das gravações feitas e revisadas, em junho de 2010, Guzik faleceu. Passaram-se cinco anos de amadurecimento desta obra. A voz de Guzik está suave no áudio, amalgamada à voz de Caeiro. Guzik conhecia como ninguém a obra de Fernando Pessoa. Trouxe para o estúdio várias edições de diferentes poemas, todas anotadas e, às vezes, corrigidas. Alberto Guzik (1944-2010) começou sua carreira de ator aos cinco anos de idade. Depois cursou a Escola de Arte Dramática (EAD) e passou a atuar como crítico de teatro. Trabalhou como professor de teatro na EAD, na ECA/USP e no Teatro Escola Macunaíma. Foi também escritor, dramaturgo e jornalista. Quando faleceu, em 2010, Guzik integrava a Companhia de Teatro Os Satyros, que tem sede na Praça Roosevelt, São Paulo."

Alberto Caeiro, Fernando Pessoa (Author), Alberto Guzik (Narrator)

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[French] - Illuminations

"Les Illuminations ont été publiées en 1886, sous forme de feuilletons, dans la revue La Vogue. Rimbaud a remis ces poèmes à Verlaine lors de leur rencontre à Stuttgart en mars 1875. C'est Verlaine qui s'est occupé de publier ces vers. Il y insère une préface dans laquelle il annonce que ces « ornementations colorées » se composent de « prose exquise ou vers délicieusement faux exprès. »"

Arthur Rimbaud (Author), Denis Lavant, Denis Podalydès (Narrator)

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[French] - Anthologie de la poésie française du XIème au XIXème siècle

"En neuf siècles de poésies françaises, différentes formes et différents mouvements ont traversé l'histoire littéraire, mais la langue et l'art perdurent, comme l'atteste cette anthologie de la poésie. De grands acteurs prêtent leurs voix à des textes fondateurs de la culture classique et nous offrent ainsi un tableau vivant de cet art."

Collectif (Author), Alain Bashung, Anne Plumet, Bernadette Le Saché, François Marthouret, Lambert Wilson, Sapho (Narrator)

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Poetry Audiobooks in Literature