Shall I compare thee to a summer's day...
Far from the madding Crowd's ignoble Strife...
Emma felt the tears running down her cheeks...
I saw that the bride within the bridal dress had withered...
Move him into the sun...
English literature may very well be the greatest body of imaginative writing the world has yet seen. The human experience has been understood, interpreted and conveyed by writers of genius in a tradition stretching through six or more centuries, from Chaucer to Philip Larkin, from Defoe to William Golding. Here, accompanied by a wealth of examples, is the story of a literature that has touched the hearts and stirred the minds of countless readers through the ages.
Author : Patricia Cornwell
Narrator : Lorelei King
Published By : Harper Collins UK
Length : 3 hours 34 minutes
Categories : True Crime
Social & Economic
True Crime
Price : $12.75
Using the first-hand expertise she has gained through writing the bestselling Dr Kay Scarpetta novels, Patricia Cornwell has used... View... |
Author : Joanna Bourke
Narrator : Tim Pigott-Smith
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 4 hours 55 minutes
Categories : 20th Century
Social & Economic
British
Non Fiction
Price : $24.49
Authentic voices from the past illustrate this unique history of the twentieth century, written by Joanna Bourke and presented by Tim Pigott-Smith. View... |
Author : Harold Evans
Narrator : Harold Evans
Published By : Hachette Audio
Length : 6 hours
Categories : American
Social & Economic
Price : $25.98 $18.25
Evans tells the epic story of the men and women who made America over two centuries. View... |
Author : Wendy McElroy
Narrator : Harry Reasoner, Peter Hackes, and Richard C. Hottelet
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 3 hours
Categories : Ancient
Pre 1900
20th Century
Social & Economic
Knowledge & Learning
Price : $12.95
Germany is historically one of the most important of all nations. Since emerging from its days as a Roman province, Germany (including Prussia) has had a central role in European affairs. It has re... View...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography
Biographical
Travel
Price : $16.75
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.
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