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Scots: The Mither Tongue
- By: Billy Kay
- Narrated by: Billy Kay
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
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Scots: The Mither Tongue is a classic of contemporary Scottish culture and essential listening for those who care about their country's identity in the 21st century. It is a passionately written history of how the Scots have come to speak the way they do and has acted as a catalyst for radical changes in attitude towards the language. In this revised edition, Kay vigorously renews the social, cultural, and political debate on Scotland's linguistic future, and argues convincingly for the necessity to retain and extend Scots if the nation is to hold on to its intrinsic values.
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Breathing life into a living tongue
- By Mr C J Dalzell on 23-01-22
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Scots: The Mither Tongue
- Narrated by: Billy Kay
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 16-11-21
- Language: English
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Nine Nasty Words
- English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
- By: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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Profanity has always been a deliciously vibrant part of our lexicon, an integral part of being human. In fact, our ability to curse comes from a different part of the brain than other parts of speech - the urgency with which we say "f--k!" is instead related to the instinct that tells us to flee from danger. Language evolves with time, and so does what we consider profane or unspeakable. Nine Nasty Words is a rollicking examination of profanity, explored from every angle: historical, sociological, political, linguistic.
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Takes Lexicon Valley to a ‘whole nother’ level
- By Amazon Customer on 16-06-21
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Nine Nasty Words
- English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 04-05-21
- Language: English
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What the F
- What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves
- By: Benjamin K. Bergen
- Narrated by: Benjamin K. Bergen
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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Nearly everyone swears - whether it's over a few too many drinks, in reaction to a stubbed toe, or in flagrante delicto. And yet we sit idly by as words are banned from television and censored in books. We insist that people excise profanity from their vocabularies, and we punish children for yelling the very same dirty words that we'll mutter in relief seconds after they fall asleep. Swearing, it seems, is an intimate part of us that we have decided to selectively deny.
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Loved it.
- By Amazon Customer on 15-01-19
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What the F
- What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves
- Narrated by: Benjamin K. Bergen
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 06-09-16
- Language: English
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The Art of Language Invention
- From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building
- By: David J. Peterson
- Narrated by: David J. Peterson
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
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From master language creator David J. Peterson comes a creative guide to language construction for sci-fi and fantasy fans, writers, game creators, and language lovers. Peterson offers a captivating overview of language creation, covering its history from Tolkien's creations and Klingon to today's thriving global community of conlangers.
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Con languages
- By heidi fairgrieve on 11-09-18
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The Art of Language Invention
- From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building
- Narrated by: David J. Peterson
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 29-09-15
- Language: English
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Freud
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Anthony Storr
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
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Sigmund Freud revolutionized the way in which we think about ourselves. From its beginnings as a theory of neurosis Freud developed psychoanalysis into a general psychology, which became widely accepted as the predominant mode of discussing personality and interpersonal relationships. Anthony Storr goes one step further and investigates the status of Freud's legacy today and the disputes that surround it.
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Informative and good to listen to
- By Sissi on 12-11-15
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Freud
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 26-12-04
- Language: English
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The Boats of the Glen Carrig
- By: William Hope Hodgson
- Narrated by: Mark Turetsky
- Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
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The survivors of the shipwrecked 18th century vessel Glen Carrig fight for their lives amidst a vast continent of weeds. Mysterious wrecks, horrific monsters, and swashbuckling adventure!
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The Boats of the Glen Carrig
- Narrated by: Mark Turetsky
- Series: Trilogy of the Abyss, Book 1
- Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 28-04-16
- Language: English
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Have You Eaten Grandma?
- By: Gyles Brandreth
- Narrated by: Gyles Brandreth
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Have You Eaten Grandma? written and read by Gyles Brandreth. It can be much harder than it seems; commas, colons, semicolons and even apostrophes can drive us all mad at times, but it riles no one more than the longest-serving resident of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, grammar guru Gyles Brandreth. In this brilliantly funny tirade and guide, Gyles anatomises the linguistic horrors of our times, tells us where we've been going wrong (and why) and shows us how, in future, we can get it right every time.
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Very funny but hard to follow in this format
- By K. J. Kelly on 09-12-18
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Have You Eaten Grandma?
- Narrated by: Gyles Brandreth
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 04-10-18
- Language: English
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Short Stories in Russian for Beginners
- By: Olly Richards, Alex Rawlings
- Narrated by: Alexander Mercury
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
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Short Stories in Russian for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories are designed to give you a sense of achievement and a feeling of progress when listening. From science fiction to fantasy, to crime and thrillers, Short Stories in Russian for Beginners will make learning Russian easy and enjoyable.
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Great Companion to the book
- By Joshwright10 on 29-12-19
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Short Stories in Russian for Beginners
- Narrated by: Alexander Mercury
- Series: Teach Yourself Foreign Language Graded Reader Series
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 04-10-18
- Language: English
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La Bella Lingua
- My Love Affair with Italian, the World's Most Enchanting Language
- By: Dianne Hales
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
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A celebration of the language and culture of Italy, La Bella Lingua is the story of how a language shaped a nation, told against the backdrop of one woman's personal quest to speak fluent Italian. For anyone who has been to Italy, the fantasy of living the Italian life is powerfully seductive. But to truly become Italian, one must learn the language. This is how Dianne Hales began her journey. In La Bella Lingua, she brings the story of her decades-long experience with "the world's most loved and lovable language" together with explorations of Italy's history.
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A Non-Fiction Eat Pray Love
- By Amazon Customer on 04-07-17
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La Bella Lingua
- My Love Affair with Italian, the World's Most Enchanting Language
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 29-07-16
- Language: English
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The Language Hoax
- Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language
- By: John H. McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
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This short, opinionated audiobook addresses the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which argues that the language we speak shapes the way we perceive the world. Linguist John McWhorter argues that while this idea is mesmerizing, it is plainly wrong. It is language that reflects culture and worldview, not the other way around.
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Fantastic Work
- By Azura S on 24-11-20
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The Language Hoax
- Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 30-01-15
- Language: English
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How Dead Languages Work
- By: Coulter H. George
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
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This volume celebrates six such languages - Ancient Greek, Latin, Old English, Sanskrit, Old Irish, and Biblical Hebrew - by first introducing listeners to their most distinctive features, then showing how these linguistic traits play out in short excerpts from actual ancient texts. It explores, for instance, how Homer's Greek shows signs of oral composition, how Horace achieves striking poetic effects through interlaced word order in his Latin, and how the poet of Beowulf attains remarkable intensity of expression through the resources of Old English.
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Extremely interesting!
- By Michael on 20-04-24
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How Dead Languages Work
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 27-04-21
- Language: English
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The Voyage Out
- By: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
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The Voyage Out is Virginia Woolf's haunting tale about a naïve young woman's sea voyage from London to a small resort on the South American coast. In symbolic, lyrical, and intoxicating prose, her outward journey begins to mirror her internal voyage into adulthood as she searches for her personal identity, grapples with love, and learns how to face life intellectually and emotionally. Its wit and exquisiteness, and its profound depth and insight into humanity, will capture the imagination of the listener.
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Seemingly random detail paints vivid pictures
- By ROSALIND BUCK on 18-08-16
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The Voyage Out
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 06-05-15
- Language: English
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Phineas Finn
- By: Anthony Trollope
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 22 hrs and 33 mins
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Phineas Finn is an Irish M.P.A. climbing the political ladder, largely through the assistance of his string of lovers. The questions he is forced to ask himself about honesty, independence, and parliamentary democracy are questions still asked today.
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Philandering Phineas - full of character
- By Janice on 18-03-10
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Phineas Finn
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Series: The Pallisers, Book 2
- Length: 22 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 24-07-06
- Language: English
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The Golden Bowl
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble, Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 21 hrs and 39 mins
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Published in 1904, The Golden Bowl is the last completed novel of Henry James. In it, the widowed American Adam Verver is in Europe with his daughter Maggie. They are rich, finely appreciative of European art and culture, and deeply attached to each other. Maggie has all the innocent charm of so many of Jamess young American heroines. She is engaged to Amerigo, an impoverished Italian prince; he must marry money, and as his name suggests, an American heiress is the perfect solution.
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Wonderful story, poor reading
- By CLR on 13-05-15
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The Golden Bowl
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble, Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 21 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 25-04-11
- Language: English
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Holy Sh*t
- A Brief History of Swearing
- By: Melissa Mohr
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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Almost everyone swears, or worries about not swearing, from the two year-old who has just discovered the power of potty mouth to the grandma who wonders why every other word she hears is obscene. Whether they express anger or exhilaration, are meant to insult or to commend, swear words perform a crucial role in language. But swearing is also a uniquely well-suited lens through which to look at history, offering a fascinating record of what people care about on the deepest levels of a culture - what's divine, what's terrifying, and what's taboo.
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I’ve read another really good book on swearing
- By Amazon Customer on 15-02-23
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Holy Sh*t
- A Brief History of Swearing
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 08-07-14
- Language: English
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Robinson Crusoe
- By: Daniel Defoe
- Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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When his ship is wrecked in a storm, Robinson Crusoe finds himself stranded on a desert island with no one to help him and no chance of rescue. Scared and alone, he tries to make a life for himself, building shelters, hunting food, taming animals, crafting boats, and making clothes. But just as his life appears to be settled, he sees someone else's footprint on the beach, and a different struggle for survival begins, this time against cannibals and pirates.
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Brilliant.
- By Paul R on 10-07-23
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Robinson Crusoe
- Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 07-12-15
- Language: English
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The Dictionary People
- The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
- By: Sarah Ogilvie
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Sarah Ogilvie
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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The Oxford English Dictionary has long been associated with elite institutions and Victorian men; its longest-serving editor, James Murray, devoted 36 years to the project, as far as the letter T. But the Dictionary didn't just belong to the experts; it relied on contributions from members of the public. By the time it was finished in 1928 its 414,825 entries had been crowdsourced from a surprising and diverse group of people, from archaeologists and astronomers to murderers, naturists, novelists, pornographers, queer couples, suffragists, vicars and vegetarians.
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Astonishing and entertaining
- By Kalinda Patel on 20-04-24
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The Dictionary People
- The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Sarah Ogilvie
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 07-09-23
- Language: English
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The Routes of English Complete Series 1-4
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg, various
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
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In this collection, Melvyn Bragg surveys how English has evolved over 1,000 years. He starts by looking at the disappearance of old dialects like that of Cumbria, and how English has been enriched by foreign languages, from Latin and Old French to dozens more as conquest, trade and immigration played their part in recent centuries. He also examines new coinages, puns and wordplay; how accents and social class are entwined; swear words; attempts to stop the evolution of language in its tracks and, lastly, the many varieties of English that are spoken around the world today.
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The Routes of English Complete Series 1-4
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg, various
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 14-04-22
- Language: English
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To Let
- The Forsyte Saga, Book 3
- By: John Galsworthy
- Narrated by: Neil Hunt
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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“So many people have written and claimed that their families were the original of the Forsytes,” wrote Galsworthy, “that one has almost been encouraged to believe in the typicality of an imagine species.” It is the Spring of 1920, 34 years on from the beginning of the Saga. “Young Jolyon” is married to Irene after her divorce from Soames, and they now have a son, Jon. Soames has re-married and has a daughter, Fleur. A new generation of Forsytes comes of age and the Saga continues.
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Beautiful reading of a masterpiece of human insight.
- By Mel Graham on 22-03-24
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To Let
- The Forsyte Saga, Book 3
- Narrated by: Neil Hunt
- Series: The Forsyte Saga (Recorded Books), Book 3, The Forsyte Chronicles, Book 3
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 19-03-14
- Language: English
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De Profundis
- By: Oscar Wilde, Merlin Holland - introduction
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Merlin Holland
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
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Written during his time in Reading Gaol, De Profundis is Oscar Wilde's moving letter to Lord Alfred Douglas, whose relationship with Wilde led to the poet's imprisonment. Here Wilde repudiates Lord Alfred and reflects on his ordeal, acknowledging how the depths of his sorrow have helped liberate him toward a fuller, freer wisdom. Brimming with beautiful passages, De Profundis is a profound and inspiring treatise on the meaning of suffering.
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Wilde speaks for himself
- By Barry on 27-12-16
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De Profundis
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Merlin Holland
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 07-08-15
- Language: English
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