Literary Criticism audiobooks

Singaporeans Have Been Praying to Trees For Over 200 Years. Here's Why

By: RICE media

Narrated by: Nishad More

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Spend some time exploring Singapore and you are bound to stumble upon a tree shrine. They are not always the largest trees or the most exotic, but you know them when you see them. White Styrofoam packets surround their gnarly trunks, and you might notice the distinct odour of incense, rising from a red wooden altar. What are the origins of these... Read more

Children’s Shakespeare Collection Vol.2: The Tragedies

By: author

Narrated by: Tom Clarke-Hill, Christopher Ragland, Eric Meye...

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Nine of the bard’s most tragic plays, from Hamlet to Romeo and Juliet, abridged and novelised for young listeners. Hours of audio fun to keep children entertained while on the move! Introduce your children to the world of Shakespearean tragedies with these abridged stories, written especially for... Read more

Children’s Shakespeare Collection Vol.1: The Comedies

By: author

Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard, Christopher Ragland, Eric Mey...

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Eight of the bard’s funniest plays, from A Midsummer’s Night Dream to The Winter’s Tale, abridged and novelised for young listeners. Hours of audio fun to keep children entertained while on the move! Introduce your children to the wonderful world of Shakespearean comedies with these abridged stories,... Read more

The Ultimate Children’s Shakespeare Collection

By: author

Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard, Christopher Ragland, Eric Mey...

Length: 14 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Seventeen of the bard’s most notable plays, from A Midsummer’s Night Dream to Romeo and Juliet, abridged and novelised for young listeners. This collection also includes the biography The Life and Times of William Shakespeare. Hours of audio fun to keep children entertained while on the move! ... Read more

March Sisters

By: Kate Bolick, Jenny Zhang, Carmen Maria Machado ...

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

For the 150th anniversary of the publication of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, Kate Bolick, Jenny Zhang, Carmen Maria Machado, and Jane Smiley explore their strong lifelong personal engagement with Alcott's novel—what it has meant to them and why it still matters. Each takes as her subject one of the four March sisters, reflecting on their... Read more

Hacia rutas salvajes

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Alberto Santillán

Length: 8 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Por qué un joven que acababa de graduarse decide cortar todos los lazos con su familia y perderse en una región inhóspita? Descúbrelo en este audiolibro En abril de 1992, Chris McCandless, de 24 años, se internó solo y apenas equipado en tierras de Alaska. Había regalado todo su dinero y abandonado su coche, y soñaba con una vida en estado... Read more

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Catherine Bailey & Tom Ravenscroft

Length: 16 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

This Penguin Classic is performed by Tom Ravenscroft, radio presenter known for his work on BBC 6 Music, and Catherine Bailey, known for A Quiet Passion and The Crown, as leading roles in London Theatres. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by David Galloway.

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other... Read more

Los doce legados de Steve Jobs

By: Mario Escobar

Narrated by: Antonio Leiva

Length: 5 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Nadie duda de la importancia de la figura de Steve Jobs, el visionario fundador de la empresa que ha revolucionado la forma de relacionarnos con la tecnología. A lo largo de sus años al frente de Apple, no solo fue el responsable de que salieran al mercado productos innovadores. También creó una escuela propia de gestión y liderazgo.A partir de... Read more

Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies

By: Blake Snyder

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

In the perfect companion piece to his first book, Blake Snyder delivers even more insider information gleaned from a twenty-year track record as one of Hollywood's most successful spec screenwriters. Designed for screenwriters, novelists, and movie fans, this book gives listeners key breakdowns of the fifty most instructional movies from the... Read more

La tempesta

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: narratori vari

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Prospero, duca di Milano e grande mago, è stato tradito dal fratello Antonio, cacciato dalla sua posizione, e bandito insieme alla figlia Miranda su una strana isola, dove vive con i suoi servi: Calibano e Ariel, uno spirito dell'aria. Spinto dal desiderio di vendetta e dalla voglia di tornare a Milano, Prospero sfrutta la magia per far arrivare... Read more

The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

By: Robert Jordan & Teresa Patterson

Narrated by: Paul Woodson

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters.



The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns... Read more

Great Goddesses

By: Nikita Gill

Narrated by: Nikita Gill

Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling poet, writer, and Instagram sensation Nikita Gill returns with a collection of poetry and prose retelling the legends of the Goddesses, both great and small, in their own words.

With lyrical prose and striking verse, beloved poet Nikita Gill (Fierce Fairytales, Wild Embers) uses the history of Ancient Greece and beyond to explore and... Read more

Cold Warriors

By: Duncan White

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 24 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A brilliant, invigorating account of the great writers on both sides of the Iron Curtain who played the dangerous games of espionage, dissidence and subversion that changed the course of the Cold War.During the Cold War, literature was both sword and noose. Novels, essays and poems could win the hearts and minds of those caught between the... Read more

Everything Inside

By: Edwidge Danticat

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • “Unforgettable tales of families and lovers—from Haiti to Miami, Brooklyn, and beyond—often struggling with grief, loss, and missed connections.”—Vanity Fair • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICKA romance unexpectedly sparks between two wounded friends. A marriage ends for what seem like noble reasons, but with... Read more

Let The People Have Him, Chiam See Tong: The Early Years

By: Loke Hoe Yeong

Narrated by: Eugene Yip

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Chiam See Tong (b. 1935) is Singapore's longest serving opposition politician. A member of parliament for nearly three decades, Chiam is also one of Singapore's most iconic, influential and beloved political figures. Through his efforts in shaping Potong Pasir into a "model constituency", the veteran statesman has greatly contributed towards an... Read more

محمود درويش

By: رجاء النقاش

Narrated by: محمد محمود

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

من منّأ لا يعرف الشاعر الفلسطيني محمود درويش؟! من منّا لم يردّد قصائده ويترنّم بأغنياتها؟ في هذا الكتاب سنقترب أكثر من درويش الإنسان..درويش المواطن الفلسطيني..درويش شاعر الأرض المحتلة في ثمانية عشر فصلًا وهي: العرب فى إسرائيل، كفر قاسم، شعراء وشهداء، المهزومون، الشاعر الجديد، ملامح شخصية، ملامح فنية، الغموض والتصوف، مع الطبيعة، الحب والمرأة،... Read more

كتاب الكتابة .. تلك هي الحياة ذاك هو اللون

By: إِبراهيم نصر الله

Narrated by: علي سطوف

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

عن سؤال الكتابة وعن الاسم الذي لا يكتمل، يقول الأديب إبراهيم نصرالله: " إنّه مثل سؤال الحرية وسؤال الموت والحياة وسؤال الجمال، واكبَ سؤال الكتابة رحلة الإنسان ليحتضن بالتالي هذه الأسئلة كلّها، لأن هذه الأسئلة وسواها كانت دائماً هاجسه الأول الذي أرّق البشر منذ بدء تحسسهم لوجودهم على هذه الأرض، ويصبح سؤال الكتابة أكثر صعوبة حين يكتشف الكاتب أنه... Read more

Give Birth Like a Feminist

By: Milli Hill

Narrated by: Milli Hill

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

As featured on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 5 Live Selected as one of the Independent’s 10 best pregnancy books for expectant parents Birth is a feminist issue. It’s the feminist issue nobody’s talking about. For too long... Read more

عباقرة ومجانين

By: رجاء النقاش

Narrated by: محمد محمود

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

"عباقرة ومجانين" هو محاولة لإزالة الأوهام التي تتصل بأمور الثقافة ، فليس صحيحاً أن الثقافة شيء منفصل عن حياة الإنسان بأفراحها وأحزانها المتنوعة، وليس صحيحاً أن المثقفين هم قوم يعيشون في منطقة معزولة عن الدنيا، وأنهم مجموعة من الكهنة الغامضين الذين لا يعرف سرهم أحد، بل الحقيقة أن الثقافة تعبير عن مشاكل الإنسان المادية والمعنوية التي يتعرض لها... Read more

Syria's Secret Library

By: Mike Thomson

Narrated by: David Rintoul

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The remarkable story of a small, makeshift library in the town of Daraya, and the people who found hope and humanity in its books during a four-year siege.

Daraya lies on the fringe of Damascus, just southwest of the Syrian capital. Yet for four years it lived in another world. Besieged by government forces early in the Syrian Civil War, its... Read more

Centro Storico - Porta Palazzo e Dintorni 1990

By: Guido Pagliarino

Narrated by: Patrizia Barrera

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

Nuova edizione rivista dall`autore e in parte variata e in parte accorciata. La prima edizione era esattamente di 1000 versi e s`intitolava ”Centro Storico, racconto torinese in 1000 versi contro il razzismo”. Si tratta d`un poema epico, o racconto in versi come oggi più comunemente si dice, un racconto corale che si snoda in ”canti” intitolati... Read more

Scribbles from the Same Island

By: Neil Humphreys

Narrated by: Neil Humphreys

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Not rich, doesn't own a condo, and doesn't have any expat privileges, but nonetheless he manages to remain the same funny bloke happily living in the heartlands of Toa Payoh. One year after his best-selling Notes From An Even Smaller Island had the whole of Singapore laughing helplessly; Neil Humphreys is still madly in love with his humble but... Read more

Mythology

By: Bernard Hayes

Narrated by: Zachary Dylan Brown & Magda Botteri

Length: 5 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A 4-book bundle!Book 1: Egyptian Mythology - Learn more about the ancient beliefs of Egypt, with its rituals, fallacies, and conclusions. This audiobook is dedicated to exploring the gods and goddesses the Egyptians feared and worshiped. Book 2: Celtic Mythology - In this audiobook, you will find the most important facts about Celtic mythology,... Read more

Kamala

By: Vijay Tendulkar

Narrated by: Various

Length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Abridged: No

स्त्री आणि पुरूष या दोघांचीही सध्याच्या समाजव्यवस्थेत निर्माण होणारी कुचंबणा दाखवणे हा कमला या नाटकाचा होतू आहे. पुरूषप्रधानतेमुळे स्त्रीची आणि भाडवलशाहीमुळे पुरूषाची होणारी कोंडी एका सत्य घटनेतील नाट्य दाखवून तेंडूलकर प्रकर्षाने मांडतात. कलाकार - नेहा जोशी, सचिन खेडेकर, प्रतीक्षा लोणकर, चंद्रकांत कुलकर्णी, देवेंद्र दोडके, अभय जोशी आणि अनुपमा... Read more