Theory in Literary Theory & Criticism & Fiction & Literature Audiobooks

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On the Inconvenience of Other People

by Lauren Berlant ...

Narrated by April Doty ...

Unabridged

9 hours 19 min

In On the Inconvenience of Other People, Lauren Berlant continues to explore our affective engagement with the world. Berlant focuses on the encounter with and the desire for the bother of other people and objects, showing that to be driven toward attachment is to desire to be inconvenienced. Drawing on a range of sources, including Last Tango in Paris, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Claudia Rankine, ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In On the Inconvenience of Other People, Lauren Berlant continues to explore our affective engagement with the world. Berlant focuses on the encounter with and the desire for the bother of other people and objects, showing that to be driven toward attachment is to desire to be inconvenienced. Drawing on a range of sources, including Last Tango in Paris, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Claudia Rankine,
... Read more
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Stroller

Object Lessons

by Amanda Parrish Morgan ...

Narrated by Rachel Handshaw ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

2 hours 46 min

Bloomsbury presents Stroller by Amanda Parrish Morgan, read by Rachel Handshaw.The Best Books of 2022, The New YorkerObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Among the many things expectant parents are told to buy, none is a more visible symbol of status and parenting philosophy than a stroller. Although its association with wealth dates back to the ... Read more

$22.00 USD

Bloomsbury presents Stroller by Amanda Parrish Morgan, read by Rachel Handshaw.The Best Books of 2022, The New YorkerObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Among the many things expectant parents are told to buy, none is a more visible symbol of status and parenting philosophy than a stroller. Although its association with wealth dates back to the
... Read more
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Vilters leksikon over børnebandeord

by Lars Henriksen, Anders Larson ...

Narrated by Mathias Elmose ...

Unabridged

2 hours 17 min

Børn bander, og det er helt okay. Faktisk er det sundt at sætte trumf på følelserne indimellem, men det lyder forfærdeligt. Især i ørerne på de voksne, så hvad kan man gøre? Vilters Leksikon over børnebandeord viser en ny og sjov måde at bande på, hvor ingen bliver sure.I denne bog finder man 50 børnebandeord, der føles lige så gode at sige som voksenbandeord, men som lyder meget pænere. Man ... Read more

$9.97 USD

Børn bander, og det er helt okay. Faktisk er det sundt at sætte trumf på følelserne indimellem, men det lyder forfærdeligt. Især i ørerne på de voksne, så hvad kan man gøre? Vilters Leksikon over børnebandeord viser en ny og sjov måde at bande på, hvor ingen bliver sure.I denne bog finder man 50 børnebandeord, der føles lige så gode at sige som voksenbandeord, men som lyder meget pænere. Man
... Read more
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Snack

Object Lessons

by Eurie Dahn ...

Narrated by Megan Gage ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

2 hours 46 min

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.In the hierarchy of foods, snacks are deemed trivial – perhaps even childish – especially in contrast to meals, which are seen as substantial and necessary. The multiple aisles devoted to sweet and savory treats in supermarkets, and the availability of snacks even at places like home ... Read more

$22.00 USD

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.In the hierarchy of foods, snacks are deemed trivial – perhaps even childish – especially in contrast to meals, which are seen as substantial and necessary. The multiple aisles devoted to sweet and savory treats in supermarkets, and the availability of snacks even at places like home
... Read more
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Gulliver’s Travels

by Jonathan Swift ...

Narrated by Martin Shaw ...

Abridged

3 hours 9 min

Swift’s scornful satire, written “to vex the world rather than divert it”, takes a caustic look at those most contemporary concerns irrational prejudice, social inequality, ivory tower elitism and the correct way to open a boiled egg.'I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Swift’s scornful satire, written “to vex the world rather than divert it”, takes a caustic look at those most contemporary concerns irrational prejudice, social inequality, ivory tower elitism and the correct way to open a boiled egg.'I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the
... Read more
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Beginning theory

An introduction to literary and cultural theory: Fourth edition

by Peter Barry ...

Narrated by Lucy Scott ...

Series series Beginnings
Unabridged

13 hours 25 min

Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for over two decades. This new and expanded fourth edition continues to offer readers the best single-volume introduction to the field. The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists and technical language is lucidly and expertly unravelled. Unlike many books which assume certain positions ... Read more

$30.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for over two decades. This new and expanded fourth edition continues to offer readers the best single-volume introduction to the field. The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists and technical language is lucidly and expertly unravelled. Unlike many books which assume certain positions
... Read more
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Radical Sacrifice

by Terry Eagleton ...

Narrated by Roger Clark ...

Unabridged

6 hours 56 min

The modern conception of sacrifice is at once cast as a victory of self-discipline over desire and condescended to as destructive and archaic abnegation. But even in the Old Testament, the dual natures of sacrifice, embodying both ritual slaughter and moral rectitude, were at odds. In this analysis, Terry Eagleton makes a compelling argument that the idea of sacrifice has long been misunderstood ... Read more

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The modern conception of sacrifice is at once cast as a victory of self-discipline over desire and condescended to as destructive and archaic abnegation. But even in the Old Testament, the dual natures of sacrifice, embodying both ritual slaughter and moral rectitude, were at odds. In this analysis, Terry Eagleton makes a compelling argument that the idea of sacrifice has long been misunderstood
... Read more
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Gita Bodh

by Mahatma Gandhi ...

Narrated by Rajesh Kava ...

Unabridged

2 hours 22 min

આશ્રમવાસીઓ માટે યરોડા જેલમાંથી ગાંધીજી દર અઠવાડિયે ગીતાના એક એક અધ્યાયનો સાર મોકલતા હતા. તેનો પ્રારંભ તેમણે 12મા અધ્યાયથી કર્યો. ... Read more

$3.89 USD

આશ્રમવાસીઓ માટે યરોડા જેલમાંથી ગાંધીજી દર અઠવાડિયે ગીતાના એક એક અધ્યાયનો સાર મોકલતા હતા. તેનો પ્રારંભ તેમણે 12મા અધ્યાયથી કર્યો.
... Read more
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GDP: A Brief But Affectionate History

by Amit Varma ...

Narrated by Amit Varma ...

Series Audiobook 11 - The Book Club with Amit Varma
Unabridged

7 min

The GDP is today more a political tool than a statistical one. In episode 11 of The Book Club, Amit Varma recommends 'GDP: A Brief But Affectionate History" by Diane Coyle, a perfect primer on the origin and drawbacks of this controversial measure. ... Read more

$3.89 USD

The GDP is today more a political tool than a statistical one. In episode 11 of The Book Club, Amit Varma recommends 'GDP: A Brief But Affectionate History" by Diane Coyle, a perfect primer on the origin and drawbacks of this controversial measure.
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Introduction to Literary Theory: A Clear, Jargon‑Light Guide to the Major Schools and How to Actually Use Them When You Read

by Christopher Lane ...

Narrated by Christopher Lane ...

Unabridged

1 hour 52 min

Master literary criticism and conquer dense academic texts with this accessible guide to reading comprehension. Perfect for students commuting to campus or lifelong learners craving focused intellectual growth, this audio companion breaks down complex humanities concepts into bite-sized, practical lessons.Transform the anxiety of writing essays and preparing for seminars into confident, ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Master literary criticism and conquer dense academic texts with this accessible guide to reading comprehension. Perfect for students commuting to campus or lifelong learners craving focused intellectual growth, this audio companion breaks down complex humanities concepts into bite-sized, practical lessons.Transform the anxiety of writing essays and preparing for seminars into confident,
... Read more
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Waste

Object Lessons

by Dr. Brian Thill ...

Narrated by Kevin Shen ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

2 hours 31 min

Bloomsbury presents Waste by Brian Thill, read by Kevin Shen.Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Though we try to imagine otherwise, waste is every object, plus time. Whatever else an object is, it’s also waste—or was, or will be. All that is needed is time or a change of sentiment or circumstance. Waste is not merely the field ... Read more

$22.00 USD

Bloomsbury presents Waste by Brian Thill, read by Kevin Shen.Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Though we try to imagine otherwise, waste is every object, plus time. Whatever else an object is, it’s also waste—or was, or will be. All that is needed is time or a change of sentiment or circumstance. Waste is not merely the field
... Read more
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In Service of the Republic

by Amit Varma ...

Narrated by Amit Varma ...

Series Audiobook 4 - The Book Club with Amit Varma
Unabridged

14 min

Economic policy sounds boring – but it affects all our lives. In episode 4 of The Book Club, Amit Varma raves about 'In Service of the Republic', a masterful book by Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah that distills decades of experience of shaping public policy. In their book, Kelkar and Shah write not about how to make policy, but about how to think about policy, in clear lucid prose that makes its ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Economic policy sounds boring – but it affects all our lives. In episode 4 of The Book Club, Amit Varma raves about 'In Service of the Republic', a masterful book by Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah that distills decades of experience of shaping public policy. In their book, Kelkar and Shah write not about how to make policy, but about how to think about policy, in clear lucid prose that makes its
... Read more
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Literary Gold: Transformative Insights from Russian Masters

te your journey through profound Russian insights and masterful literary revelationsnot SetEleva

by Quinlan Blackthorn ...

Narrated by Nick Porter ...

Unabridged

2 hours 4 min

Literary Gold: Transformative Insights from Russian MastersAre you eager to elevate your understanding and deepen your appreciation of literature through the illuminating works of Russian masters?In search of a comprehensive resource that encapsulates the essential elements to uncover profound truths through timeless literary masterpieces?Your quest ends here! This guide is your ultimate com... ... Read more

$6.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Literary Gold: Transformative Insights from Russian MastersAre you eager to elevate your understanding and deepen your appreciation of literature through the illuminating works of Russian masters?In search of a comprehensive resource that encapsulates the essential elements to uncover profound truths through timeless literary masterpieces?Your quest ends here! This guide is your ultimate com...
... Read more
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In Our Time: 25 Iconic Poets and Poems in English

A BBC Radio 4 Collection

by Melvyn Bragg ...

Narrated by Melvyn Bragg ...

Series series In Our Time
Unabridged

17 hours 19 min

Melvyn Bragg and guests analyse 25 key poets and literary works, tracing the evolution of poetry over 550 years'The best programme coming out of the entire corporation these days' Sunday TelegraphSince its debut in 1998, In Our Time has amassed a dedicated following of more than 2 million listeners. Hosted by Melvyn Bragg, with a panel of guest experts, each show features a plethora of fascinating ... Read more

$21.48 USD

Melvyn Bragg and guests analyse 25 key poets and literary works, tracing the evolution of poetry over 550 years'The best programme coming out of the entire corporation these days' Sunday TelegraphSince its debut in 1998, In Our Time has amassed a dedicated following of more than 2 million listeners. Hosted by Melvyn Bragg, with a panel of guest experts, each show features a plethora of fascinating
... Read more
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Hacking Darwin

by Amit Varma ...

Narrated by Amit Varma ...

Series Audiobook 8 - The Book Club with Amit Varma
Unabridged

10 min

Humans are the only species who can reprogram themselves. This is astounding. In episode 8 of The Book Club, Amit Varma recommends you read 'Hacking Darwin' by Jamie Metzl, a lucid summation of the technological implications of genetic science – and the ethical questions they raise. ... Read more

$3.89 USD

Humans are the only species who can reprogram themselves. This is astounding. In episode 8 of The Book Club, Amit Varma recommends you read 'Hacking Darwin' by Jamie Metzl, a lucid summation of the technological implications of genetic science – and the ethical questions they raise.
... Read more
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Au Revoir, Tristesse

Lessons in Happiness from French Literature

by Viv Groskop ...

Narrated by Gabrielle Baker ...

Unabridged

9 hours 41 min

"Groskop skillfully juggles memoir, biography, philosophy, and literary criticism to create a delightful tour through some of French literature's greats." —Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling authorLike many people the world over, Viv Groskop wishes she was a little more French. A writer, comedian, and journalist, Groskop studied the language obsessively starting at age eleven, and spent ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Groskop skillfully juggles memoir, biography, philosophy, and literary criticism to create a delightful tour through some of French literature's greats." —Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling authorLike many people the world over, Viv Groskop wishes she was a little more French. A writer, comedian, and journalist, Groskop studied the language obsessively starting at age eleven, and spent
... Read more
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Sense and Sensibility

by Jane Austen ...

Narrated by Prunella Scales ...

Series series Argo Classics
Abridged

2 hours 52 min

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.The three Dashwood sisters move to a cottage in Devon with their widowed mother. There, they ... Read more

$16.99 USD

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.The three Dashwood sisters move to a cottage in Devon with their widowed mother. There, they
... Read more
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Un Aladino y dos lámparas

by Jeanette Winterson ...

Narrated by Elsa Veiga ...

Unabridged

6 hours 43 min

SHEREZADE INVENTA CUENTOS PARA APLAZAR LA MUERTE. WINTERSON LOS REESCRIBE PARA DEVOLVERNOS LA VIDA.Vuelve la mejor Jeanette Winterson con una revolucionaria obra inspirada en Las mil y una noches: un alegato sobre el poder de la imaginación como motor de cambio.«Winterson dinamita categorías, vocabularios y convenciones tristes. Una escritora maravillosa».Marta Sanz, BabeliaUna mujer lucha ... ... Read more

$18.99 USD

SHEREZADE INVENTA CUENTOS PARA APLAZAR LA MUERTE. WINTERSON LOS REESCRIBE PARA DEVOLVERNOS LA VIDA.Vuelve la mejor Jeanette Winterson con una revolucionaria obra inspirada en Las mil y una noches: un alegato sobre el poder de la imaginación como motor de cambio.«Winterson dinamita categorías, vocabularios y convenciones tristes. Una escritora maravillosa».Marta Sanz, BabeliaUna mujer lucha ...
... Read more
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Videotape

Object Lessons

by Dr. Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy ...

Narrated by Noe Nishizawa ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

3 hours 40 min

Bloomsbury presents Videotape by Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy by Noe NishizawaObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Over the span of a single decade, VHS technology changed the relationship between privacy and entertainment, pried open the closed societies behind the Iron Curtain, and then sank back into oblivion.Its meteoric rise and fall encapsulated the ... Read more

$22.00 USD

Bloomsbury presents Videotape by Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy by Noe NishizawaObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Over the span of a single decade, VHS technology changed the relationship between privacy and entertainment, pried open the closed societies behind the Iron Curtain, and then sank back into oblivion.Its meteoric rise and fall encapsulated the
... Read more
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Sesame and Lilies by John Ruskin

Education, Culture, and the Role of Women

by John Ruskin ...

Unabridged

4 hours 21 min

This influential essay collection examines reading, education, and moral development. John Ruskin reflects on culture and the intellectual growth of women, making this audiobook significant in social thought and literary criticism. ... Read more

$0.99 USD

This influential essay collection examines reading, education, and moral development. John Ruskin reflects on culture and the intellectual growth of women, making this audiobook significant in social thought and literary criticism.
... Read more
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The Stuff of Life

by Prof. Timothy Morton ...

Narrated by Prof. Timothy Morton ...

Unabridged

3 hours 35 min

Bloomsbury presents The Stuff of Life written and read by Timothy Morton.An old teapot, used daily, can tell me more of my past than anything I recorded of it.' Sylvia Townsend WarnerThere are many ways of telling the story of a life and how we've got to where we are. The questions of why and how we think the way we do continues to preoccupy philosophers. In The Stuff of Life, Timothy Morton ... Read more

$18.00 USD

Bloomsbury presents The Stuff of Life written and read by Timothy Morton.An old teapot, used daily, can tell me more of my past than anything I recorded of it.' Sylvia Townsend WarnerThere are many ways of telling the story of a life and how we've got to where we are. The questions of why and how we think the way we do continues to preoccupy philosophers. In The Stuff of Life, Timothy Morton
... Read more
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Immediacy

Or, The Style of Too Late Capitalism

by Anna Kornbluh ...

Narrated by Sara Sheckells ...

Unabridged

8 hours 50 min

Why speed, flow, and direct expression now dominate cultural styleContemporary cultural style boosts transparency and instantaneity. These are values absorbed from our current economic conditions of "disintermediation": cutting out the middleman. Like Uber, but for art. Immediacy names this style to make sense of what we lose when the contradictions of twenty-first-century capitalism demand that ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Why speed, flow, and direct expression now dominate cultural styleContemporary cultural style boosts transparency and instantaneity. These are values absorbed from our current economic conditions of "disintermediation": cutting out the middleman. Like Uber, but for art. Immediacy names this style to make sense of what we lose when the contradictions of twenty-first-century capitalism demand that
... Read more
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Argo Classics)

by Mark Twain ...

Narrated by Bing Crosby ...

Series series Argo Classics
Abridged

2 hours 51 min

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.During a long hot summer, a young boy’s taste for excitement lands him in and out of trouble.Bing ... Read more

$14.99 USD

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.During a long hot summer, a young boy’s taste for excitement lands him in and out of trouble.Bing
... Read more
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Microphone

by Ralph Jones ...

Narrated by Christopher Naylor ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

2 hours 36 min

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Since its invention more than 150 years ago, the microphone transformed the world in an instant. Yet its evolution and integration into our daily lives has been comparatively gradual – so gradual, crucially, that it is easy to forget just how much we take it for granted. Every phone has a ... Read more

$22.00 USD

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Since its invention more than 150 years ago, the microphone transformed the world in an instant. Yet its evolution and integration into our daily lives has been comparatively gradual – so gradual, crucially, that it is easy to forget just how much we take it for granted. Every phone has a
... Read more

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