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170 Chinese Poems
- By: Arthur Waley
- Narrated by: Charles Featherstone
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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A selection of the very best of Chinese poetry over the course of a thousand years, from 100 years before Christ was born up of the middle ages. Arthur Waley's translations of Chinese poetry are still the benchmark by which such translations are held, nearly two hundred years after he introduced the west to the wonder of classical Chinese poetry.
By: Arthur Waley
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The Graeco-Roman Era
- By: Pericles, Julius Caesar, Cicero, and others
- Narrated by: Charles Featherstone
- Length: 59 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook contains the five speeches from the legendary orators Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Cicero, and Pericles.
By: Pericles, and others
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The Era of Faith
- 632-1667CE
- By: Muhammed, Pope Urban II, Pico della Mirandola, and others
- Narrated by: Charles Featherstone
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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This collection contains five speeches from a millennium shaped by faith and empire.
By: Muhammed, and others
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Selections from the Writing of Lord Dunsany
- By: Lord Dunsany
- Narrated by: Charles Featherstone
- Length: 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett was born into a very unusual situation in 1878. He was the eldest scion of a family that had lived in the oldest castle in Ireland since its construction in 1180 CE, and became the 18th Baron Dunsany in 1899 at the age of 21, when his father passed away. He was a soldier, lord, military trainer, propaganda writer, activist, and invented Dunsany’s Chess, in which one player has four ranks of pawns and no other pieces. He published mostly first drafts, writing short stories, fantasy novels, plays, and poems, with over 90 publications in his lifetime.
By: Lord Dunsany
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More Translations from the Chinese
- By: Arthur Waley
- Narrated by: Charles Featherstone
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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There have been many translators of Chinese literature and poetry over time, but Arthur Waley stands out as one of the best known and most loved. This is perhaps because he had an attribute that most others lacked, which is his poetic abilities. Waley was as much a poet himself as a translator, and while his scholarly erudition was matched by a few others at his time, none ever managed to bring out the true character of Chinese poetry quite so well.
By: Arthur Waley
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The End of Empire
- 1805-1862
- By: George Graham Vest, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Charles Phillips, and others
- Narrated by: Charles Featherstone
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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No discussion of the 19th Century is complete without Napoleon. We begin with Charles Phillips’ eulogy, summarizing the strangeness and contradiction of the most influential man of his time. Followed by 7 brief speeches by Napoleon himself.
By: George Graham Vest, and others
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170 Chinese Poems
- By: Arthur Waley
- Narrated by: Charles Featherstone
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
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A selection of the very best of Chinese poetry over the course of a thousand years, from 100 years before Christ was born up of the middle ages. Arthur Waley's translations of Chinese poetry are still the benchmark by which such translations are held, nearly two hundred years after he introduced the west to the wonder of classical Chinese poetry.
By: Arthur Waley
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The Graeco-Roman Era
- By: Pericles, Julius Caesar, Cicero, and others
- Narrated by: Charles Featherstone
- Length: 59 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook contains the five speeches from the legendary orators Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Cicero, and Pericles.
By: Pericles, and others
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The Era of Faith
- 632-1667CE
- By: Muhammed, Pope Urban II, Pico della Mirandola, and others
- Narrated by: Charles Featherstone
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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This collection contains five speeches from a millennium shaped by faith and empire.
By: Muhammed, and others
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Selections from the Writing of Lord Dunsany
- By: Lord Dunsany
- Narrated by: Charles Featherstone
- Length: 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett was born into a very unusual situation in 1878. He was the eldest scion of a family that had lived in the oldest castle in Ireland since its construction in 1180 CE, and became the 18th Baron Dunsany in 1899 at the age of 21, when his father passed away. He was a soldier, lord, military trainer, propaganda writer, activist, and invented Dunsany’s Chess, in which one player has four ranks of pawns and no other pieces. He published mostly first drafts, writing short stories, fantasy novels, plays, and poems, with over 90 publications in his lifetime.
By: Lord Dunsany
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More Translations from the Chinese
- By: Arthur Waley
- Narrated by: Charles Featherstone
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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There have been many translators of Chinese literature and poetry over time, but Arthur Waley stands out as one of the best known and most loved. This is perhaps because he had an attribute that most others lacked, which is his poetic abilities. Waley was as much a poet himself as a translator, and while his scholarly erudition was matched by a few others at his time, none ever managed to bring out the true character of Chinese poetry quite so well.
By: Arthur Waley
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The End of Empire
- 1805-1862
- By: George Graham Vest, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Charles Phillips, and others
- Narrated by: Charles Featherstone
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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No discussion of the 19th Century is complete without Napoleon. We begin with Charles Phillips’ eulogy, summarizing the strangeness and contradiction of the most influential man of his time. Followed by 7 brief speeches by Napoleon himself.
By: George Graham Vest, and others