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"In his perilous journey home after the Trojan War, Odysseus must pass through the land of the Cyclopes, encounter Circe the Enchantress, and face the terrible Charybdis and the six headed serpent Scylla. Little is known about the Ancient Greek oral poet, Homer, the supposed 8th Century BC author of the world-read Iliad and his later masterpiece The Odyssey. These classic epics provided the basis for Greek education and culture throughout the classical age and formed the backbone of humane education through the birth of the Roman Empire and the spread of Christianity. If Homer did in fact exist, this supposedly blind poet was from some region of Greek-controlled Asia-Minor and recited his poems at festivals and political assemblies. The story of The Odyssey follows the journey of Odysseus as he travels home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. Narrated by John Lescault. An InAudio media production."
Homer (Author), John Lescault (Narrator)
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The Language of Life: A Festival of Poets
""Poets live the lives all of us live," says Bill Moyers, "with one big difference. They have the power--the power of the word--to create a world of thoughts and emotions other can share. We only have to learn to listen." In a series of fascinating conversations with thirty-four American poets, The Language Of Life celebrates language in its "most exalted, wrenching, delighted, and concentrated form," and its unique power to re-create the human experience: falling in love, facing death, leaving home, playing basketball, losing faith, finding God. Listening to Linda McCarriston's award-winning poems about a child trapped in a violent home, or to Jimmy Santiago Baca explaining how words changed his life in prison, or to David Mura describing his Japanese American grandfather's experience in relocation camps, or to Sekou Sundiata stitching the magic of his childhood church in Harlem to the African tradition of storytelling, or to Gary Snyder invoking the natural wonder of mountains and rivers, or to Adrienne Rich calling for honesty in human relations, all testify to the necessity and clarity of the poet's voice, and all give hope that from such a wide variety of racial, ethnic, and religious threads we might yet weave a new American fabric. "'Listen,' said the storytellers of old, 'listen and you shall hear,'" explains Bill Moyers. The Language Of Life is a joyous, life-affirming invitation to listen, learn, and experience the exhilarating power of the spoken word."
Bill Moyers (Author), Bill Moyers (Narrator)
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"The most popular epic of Western culture springs to life in Allen Mandelbaum's magnificent translation. Homer's masterpiece tells the story of Odysseus, the ideal Greek hero, as he travels home to Ithaca after the Trojan War—a journey of ten years and countless thrilling adventures. Rich in Greek folklore and myth, featuring gods and goddesses, monsters and sorceresses, The Odyssey has enchanted listeners around the world for thousands of years. Mandelbaum's robust, romantic, lyrical translation has an openness and immediacy unsurpassed by any other. Read aloud, it is a wonderful way to experience this enduring classic."
Homer (Author), Derek Jacobi (Narrator)
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"The United States themselves are, essentially, the greatest poem' said Walt Whitman. Here are the much-loved examples of the free spirit of America in all its glory."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Frost, Robert Lowell, Walt Whitman (Author), Garrick Hagon, Liza Ross (Narrator)
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"'One of the best anthologies of the year... An arresting, deeply moving collection of the best of British poetry read by a star-studded cast.' The Independent This exceptional anthology, based on Lord Owen's published anthology Seven Ages - Poetry for a Lifetime, features many of Britain's leading actors who have all given their services for charity. Shakespeare's 'seven ages' speech (read by Sir Ian McKellen) punctuates the programme which contains over four hundred poems read by forty actors. Michael Caine reads Kipling's 'If'; Ralph Fiennes reads Hood's 'I Remember, I Remember'; John Cleese reads 'The Owl and the Pussycat'; Pete Postlethwaite reads 'Kubla Khan'."
Various Authors (Author), A Full Cast, Catherine McCormack, Dame Judi Dench, John Cleese, Pete Postlethwaite, Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Michael Caine (Narrator)
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience (Unabridged)
"Contents: From 'Songs of Innocence': A dream - The little girl lost - The little girl found - The blossom - The lamb - The shepherd - Infant joy - On another's sorrow - Spring - The schoolboy - Laughing song - The little black boy - The voice of the ancient bard - The echoing green - Nurse's song - Holy Thursday - The divine image - The chimney-sweeper - A cradle song - The little boy lost - The little boy found - Night - From 'Songs of Experience': Earth's answer - The clod and the pebble - Holy Thursday - The chimney-sweeper - Nurse's song - The sick rose - The fly - The angel - The tiger - My pretty rose tree - Ah! sunflower - The lily - The garden of love - The little vagabond - London - The human abstract - Infant sorrow - A poison tree - A little boy lost - A little girl lost - To Tirzah - A divine image."
William Blake (Author), Tim Bruce (Narrator)
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The Poetry of William Wordsworth (Unabridged)
"For the first time Wordsworth's poems are presented in order of composition and in texts in which their original identity is restored. A selection of the poet's critical writing is added to a generous selection of the poetry which includes the longer narratives 'The Ruined Cottage', 'Home at Grasmere' and the autobiographical masterpiece, 'The Prelude'."
William Wordsworth (Author), John Westbrook (Narrator)
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"This story of Lord Rama—the 7th incarnation of Lord Vishnu—is a wondrous tale of cosmic adventure that immerses the listener in a world of heroes, gods, and demons. At about 50,000 lines, the original Ramayana is one of the largest epic poems in history, as well as one of the world's most important literary and spiritual masterpieces. This translation by William Buck—read by Ram Dass, one of the most revered spiritual writers of the last fifty years—makes the ancient text accessible to the modern Western world, while preserving the richness of the original."
William Buck (Author), Ram Dass (Narrator)
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"Rainer Maria Rilke has been called the most significant and compelling poet of spiritual experience of the 20th century. His exploration of the struggle between life and art and the supremacy of divine love over personal love has touched the hearts of men and women everywhere. The poems in this reading are from the selected poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, edited and translated by Stephen Mitchell."
Rainer Maria Rilke (Author), Stephen Mitchell (Narrator)
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"The Rubá'iyát of Omar Khayyam, in the famous translation by Edward FitzGerald, remains one of the most popular poems. It expressed the fascination of Victorian England with the Orient. Here, it forms the main work in the first half, along with other shorter poems by other leading Persian and Indian figures, including Rumi, Sa'di and Rabindranath Tagore. The second half is devoted to works written by Western poets on the theme of the East with The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan, an excerpt from Thomas Moore's Lalla Rookh - one of the best-sellers of the early nineteenth century."
Hafiz, Khayyam, Rumi (Author), Daniel Philpott, David Timson, Madhav Sharma, Philip Madoc, Polly Hayes (Narrator)
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The Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi
"The Way of Passion draws on the poems of Jalalud-Din Rumi (1207-1273) to present a guide to the timeless truth and beauty of Rumi's words. Inspired by Rumi's voice and by his own startling ability to see into the innermost heart of life, Andrew Harvey urges us to change, to have faith, and to act through love to transform this time of apocalypse into the time of resurrection. The passion of his words shine with an intensity that can embrace and inspire us all. This recording features musical accompaniment created and performed by Steve Coughlin."
Andrew Harvey (Author), Andrew Harvey (Narrator)
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"The period of English romantic poetry occurred roughly between 1800 and 1850 and was represented by poets such as William Blake, Lord Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and William Wordsworth. All of these poets are featured in this collection of more than 50 poems read by award-winning actors that include Joan Allen, Julie Christie, Stephen Fry, Glenda Jackson, and Jude Law."
John Keats (Author), Christopher Cazenove, Jill Eikenberry, Joan Allen, Julie Christie, Orson Welles, Stephen Fry (Narrator)
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