Dostoevsky in 90 Minutes
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Dostoevsky in 90 Minutes

Author : Paul Strathern
Peformed By : Robert Whitfield
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography
Historical
Arts & Drama
$19.95 $9.95
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"A fine guide, especially recommended for students....Provide[s]
concise overviews.... Makes an easily digested introduction."Bookwatch

"Succinct and easy-to-read synopsis of the unusual-even dysfunctional-life."
Foreword Magazine

After narrowly avoiding a firing squad when he was just twenty-eight years old,
Dostoevsky never took things lightly. His great novels burst upon the European
literary scene like a succession of thunderbolts. His understanding of the darker
and more extreme recesses of the human mind cast a forceful light into these
areas of experience. The raw psychology and passionate involvement of his books
galvanized writers and thinkers as disparate as Nietzsche and Kafka.

In Dostoevsky in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of
Dostoevsky's life and ideas, and explains their influence on literature and on man's
struggle to understand his place in the world. The book also includes selections from
Dostoevsky's writings, a list of his chief works in English translation, a chronology of
Dostoevsky's life and times, and recommended reading for those who wish to push
further.

Paul Strathern earned a degree in philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin, and has lectured in philosophy and mathematics. A Somerset Maugham prize winner, he has written books on history, philosophy, and travel as well as five novels. His articles have appeared in numerous publications, including the Observer (London) and the Irish Times. He lives and writes in London.

Earphones Awards recipient Robert Whitfield was born in England and worked for the BBC for ten years as a radio news announcer and also worked as a narrator for the Royal National Institute for the Blind in London. In addition to narrating for Blackstone Audiobooks, he involves himself in numerous stage-acting projects in the United States and Europe.

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McCarthy's Bar
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McCarthy's Bar

Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography
Biographical
Travel
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The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.

McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.

Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.