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Amazing Peace: And Other Poems by Maya Angelou

"This dazzling Christmas poem by Maya Angelou is powerful and inspiring for people of all faiths. In this beautiful, deeply moving poem, Maya Angelou inspires us to embrace the peace and promise of Christmas, so that hope and love can once again light up our holidays and the world. "Angels and Mortals, Believers and Nonbelievers, look heavenward," she writes, "and speak the word aloud. Peace." Read by the poet at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree at the White House on December 1, 2005, Maya Angelou' s celebration of the "Glad Season" is a radiant affirmation of the goodness of life."

Maya Angelou (Author), Maya Angelou (Narrator)

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Henry the Fourth

"This updated edition offers a strongly theatrical perspective on the origins of Shakespeare's The First Part of King Henry IV and the history of its interpretation. The introduction clarifies the play's surprising, de-centred dramatic structure, questioning the dominant assumption that the drama focuses on the education of Prince Hal. It calls attention to the effects of civil war upon a broad range of relationships. Falstaff's unpredictable vitality is explored, together with important contemporary values of honour, friendship, festivity and reformation. Extensive lexical glosses of obscure, ambiguous or archaic meanings make the rich wordplay accessible. The notes also provide a thorough commentary on Shakespeare's transformation of his sources (particularly Holinshed's Chronicles) and suggest alternative stagings. This updated edition contains a new introductory section by Katharine A. Craik, which describes recent stage, film and critical interpretations, and an updated reading list."

William Shakespeare (Author), Harry Andrews, Pamela Brown (Narrator)

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Love's Labour's Lost

"This new edition of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost presents a highly readable text of the play based on the first quarto of 1598. A thorough but concise critical commentary and a comprehensive introduction illuminate the significant elements of the play, its remarkable use of language, and its performance history."

William Shakespeare (Author), Full Cast, Ian Richardson (Narrator)

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And Still I Rise: A Book of Poems

"Maya Angelou's unforgettable collection of poetry lends its name to the documentary film about her life, And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS's American Masters. Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size But when I start to tell them, They think I'm telling lies. I say, It's in the reach of my arms, The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me. Thus begins "Phenomenal Woman," just one of the beloved poems collected here in Maya Angelou's third book of verse. These poems are powerful, distinctive, and fresh-and, as always, full of the lifting rhythms of love and remembering. And Still I Rise is written from the heart, a celebration of life as only Maya Angelou has discovered it. "It is true poetry she is writing," M.F.K. Fisher has observed, "not just rhythm, the beat, rhymes. I find it very moving and at times beautiful. It has an innate purity about it, unquenchable dignity. . . . It is astounding, flabbergasting, to recognize it, in all the words I read every day and night . . . it gives me heart, to hear so clearly the caged bird singing and to understand her notes.""

Maya Angelou (Author), Maya Angelou (Narrator)

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The Odyssey

"The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of every man's journey through life. In the myths and legends that are retold here, the energy and poetry of Homer's original is captured in a bold, contemporary idiom, giving us an edition of The Odyssey that is a joy to listen to, worth savoring treasuring for its sheer lyrical mastery. This audiobook is sure to delight both the classicist and the general reader, and to captivate a new generation of Homer's students."

Homer (Author), Ian McKellen (Narrator)

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[German] - Brauseboys - Wir sind nur Kurzgeschichtenvorleser

"Die Live-CD 'Wir sind nur Kurzgeschichtenvorleser' versammelt die besten Texte und Lieder aus über drei Jahren Brauseboys. Eine wilde Fahrt mit 120 pbm (pointen pro minute) und immer auf der linken Spur mit hemmungslosen Einsatz der Lichthupe. 'Unter den Berliner Lesebühnen brauchen sie sich nicht zu verstecken. Die Brauseboys sind abwechslungsreich und überdurchschnittlich gut.' (taz) Gelesen und geschrieben, unter anderem, von: Volker Surmann, Heiko Werning, Robert Rescue, Frank Sorge, Nils Heinrich, Hinark Husen"

Brauseboys (Author), Brauseboys (Narrator)

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[German] - Deutsche Lyrik: Hört der Dichter Verse

"Beginnend mit Walter von der Vogelweide bis hin zu Kurt Tucholsky wurden 50 Gedichte von 30 AutorInnen vertont. Es geht um Liebe, Tod und Leben, Sommer, Winter, Tag und Nacht, Tiefsinn wie Unsinn. In diesem Download u.a. enthalten: Erlkönig / Goethe Mondnacht / Eichendorff Nis Randers / Ernst Frau Rösel / Keller Herbstbild / Hebbel Der Panter / Rilke Fußball / Ringelnatz Die Glocke / Schiller Vereinsamt / Nietzsche Die Beiden / v. Hofmannsthal Sonnenuntergang / Heine Der Sommer / Hölderlin Unter den Linden / v. d. Vogelweide Der Knabe im Moor / v. Droste-Hülshoff"

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Hugo Von Hofmannsthal, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Rainer Maria Rilke (Author), Achim Höppner, Anja Buczkowsky (Narrator)

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Billy Collins Live: A Performance at the Peter Norton Symphony Space April 20, 2005

"In this exclusive audio publishing event, Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate, shares an evening of his poetry in a benefit reading for WNYC, New York Public Radio. Often compared to Robert Frost, his poetry has been embraced by people of all ages and backgrounds, and his readings are most often standing room only. Performed by the author at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City, Billy Collins reads 24 of his poems, including "Dharma" --a spiritual yet humbling ode to man's best friend, "The Lanyard--an amusing recollection about the popular, if not pointless, summer camp pastime, and "Consolation" --a tongue-in-cheek reflection of a cancelled European trip, and the benefits of staying home instead. In addition to the poetry readings, Collins also spends some time in a brief question and answer session where he reflects on what makes good poetry, his own process of reaching his audiences as a poet, the success of his Poetry 180 programs in schools nationwide, and an amusing sidebar on his memories growing up as an only child. At times pensive and sardonic, amusing and subtly sarcastic, Billy Collins Live celebrates both the simple and the complex in a language that appeals to all."

Billy Collins (Author), Billy Collins (Narrator)

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[German] - Drei kurze Texte (mit tödlichem Ausgang)

"Peter Palitzsch hat drei kurze Texte über Krieg, Gewalt und Emigration mit jeweils tödlichem Ausgang geschrieben, es ist sein erstes Drama überhaupt. In ihm geht es um das Beheimatetsein auf einer Erde, die zu oft ihre Kinder ausgespuckt hat, die nun umherirren, gerade auf der Suche nach dieser Heimat. Die drei Texte umreißen verschiedene Epochen des 20. Jahrhunderts."

Peter Palizsch (Author), Anne Moll, Germain Wagner, Ulrich Gebauer (Narrator)

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Hiawatha

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Author), William Hootkins (Narrator)

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[French] - Fables de La Fontaine

"Remplies d'humour et de sagesse, les fables de La Fontaine ont su traverser les barrières du temps et sont demeurées un exemple remarquable de grande littérature, ainsi qu'une source inépuisable d'inspiration et de leçon de vie. Issu d'un enregistrement tout à fait exceptionnel, voici 50 des plus connues et plus belles fables de Jean de La Fontaine. Dites par Albert Millaire, une des plus belles voix francophones de notre temps, cet enregistrement a fait le tour du monde et s'est mérité les éloges de tous les professionnels du métier ainsi que les enseignants tant au niveau primaire qu'universitaire. Une oeuvre remarquable qui marque l'alliance d'un des plus grands maître de l'écriture avec celle d'un des plus grands comédiens de notre temps. "

Jean De La Fontaine (Author), Albert Millaire (Narrator)

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[French] - Jonathan Livingston le Goéland

"Décidément, Jonathan Livingston n'est pas un goéland comme les autres. Sa passion : voler toujours plus haut et plus vite pour être libre. Mais ce marginal qui ne se contente pas de voler pour se nourrir ne plaît guère à la communauté de goélands. Condamné par les siens à vivre le reste de ses jours au-delà des falaises en solitaire, Jonathan Livingston le Goéland découvre non seulement la bonté et l'amour des amis, mais aussi comment dominer ses peurs et connaître ses limites. Ce grand classique, écrit par Richard Bach, a déjà obtenu un franc succès dans le monde entier."

Richard Bach (Author), Patrice Laffont (Narrator)

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