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The Warriors

by Sol Yurick ...

The basis for the 1979 cult classic film and the musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis, coming to Broadway in spring 2027Every gang in the city meets on a sweltering July 4 night in a Bronx park for a peace rally. The crowd of miscreants turns violent after a prominent gang leader is killed, and chaos prevails over attempts at order.The Warriors follows the Dominators as they make their ... Read more

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The basis for the 1979 cult classic film and the musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis, coming to Broadway in spring 2027Every gang in the city meets on a sweltering July 4 night in a Bronx park for a peace rally. The crowd of miscreants turns violent after a prominent gang leader is killed, and chaos prevails over attempts at order.The Warriors follows the Dominators as they make their
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The Warriors

by Sol Yurick ...

Narrated by Joel Richards ...

Unabridged

7 hours 19 min

The basis for the cult-classic film The Warriors chronicles one New York City gang's nocturnal journey through the seedy, dangerous subways and city streets of the 1960s. Every gang in the city meets on a sweltering July 4 night in a Bronx park for a peace rally. The crowd of miscreants turns violent after a prominent gang leader is killed and chaos prevails over the attempt at order. The Warriors ... Read more

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The basis for the cult-classic film The Warriors chronicles one New York City gang's nocturnal journey through the seedy, dangerous subways and city streets of the 1960s. Every gang in the city meets on a sweltering July 4 night in a Bronx park for a peace rally. The crowd of miscreants turns violent after a prominent gang leader is killed and chaos prevails over the attempt at order. The Warriors
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The Captain and the Enemy

by Graham Greene ...

Narrated by Kenneth Branagh ...

Unabridged

3 hours 58 min

Brought to you by Penguin.A young boy, Victor, is collected from school by a stranger in a bowler hat - the stranger says he has won Victor in a game of backgammon with Victor's father. The stranger, known as the Captain, takes Victor to live with the sweet but withdrawn Lisa, where he serves as her conduit to the outside world. From mysterious beginnings, Graham Greene's final novel becomes a ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.A young boy, Victor, is collected from school by a stranger in a bowler hat - the stranger says he has won Victor in a game of backgammon with Victor's father. The stranger, known as the Captain, takes Victor to live with the sweet but withdrawn Lisa, where he serves as her conduit to the outside world. From mysterious beginnings, Graham Greene's final novel becomes a
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The Man Within

by Graham Greene ...

Narrated by Philip Battley ...

Unabridged

7 hours 10 min

"Greene had wit and grace and character and story and a transcendent universal compassion that places him for all time in the ranks of world literature . . ." —John le CarréGraham Greene's first published novel tells the story of Andrews, a young man who has betrayed his fellow smugglers and fears their vengeance. Fleeing from them, with no hope of pity or salvation, he takes refuge in the house ... Read more

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"Greene had wit and grace and character and story and a transcendent universal compassion that places him for all time in the ranks of world literature . . ." —John le CarréGraham Greene's first published novel tells the story of Andrews, a young man who has betrayed his fellow smugglers and fears their vengeance. Fleeing from them, with no hope of pity or salvation, he takes refuge in the house
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The Motion of Light in Water

Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village

by Samuel R. Delany ...

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki ...

Unabridged

19 hours 29 min

Born in New York City’s black ghetto Harlem at the start of World War II, Samuel R. Delany married white poet Marilyn Hacker right out of high school. The interracial couple moved into the city’s new bohemian quarter, the Lower East Side, in summer 1961.Through the decade’s opening years, new art, new sexual practices, new music, and new political awareness burgeoned among the crowded streets and ... Read more

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Born in New York City’s black ghetto Harlem at the start of World War II, Samuel R. Delany married white poet Marilyn Hacker right out of high school. The interracial couple moved into the city’s new bohemian quarter, the Lower East Side, in summer 1961.Through the decade’s opening years, new art, new sexual practices, new music, and new political awareness burgeoned among the crowded streets and
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Red Joan

by Jennie Rooney ...

Narrated by Jenny Sterlin ...

Unabridged

13 hours 45 min

Inspired by the true story of Melita Norwood, a woman unmasked in 1999, at age 87, as the KGB's longest-serving British spy, Red Joan centers on the deeply conflicted life of a brilliant young physicist during the Second World War. Talented and impressionable, Cambridge undergraduate Joan Stanley befriends the worldly Sonya, whose daring history is at odds with Joan's provincial upbringing. Joan ... Read more

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Inspired by the true story of Melita Norwood, a woman unmasked in 1999, at age 87, as the KGB's longest-serving British spy, Red Joan centers on the deeply conflicted life of a brilliant young physicist during the Second World War. Talented and impressionable, Cambridge undergraduate Joan Stanley befriends the worldly Sonya, whose daring history is at odds with Joan's provincial upbringing. Joan
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Palimpsest

A History of the Written Word

by Matthew Battles ...

Narrated by Matthew Battles ...

Unabridged

6 hours 53 min

Why does writing exist? What does it mean to those who write? Born from the interplay of natural and cultural history, the seemingly magical act of writing has continually expanded our consciousness. Portrayed in mythology as either a gift from heroes or a curse from the gods, it has been used as both an instrument of power and a channel of the divine; a means of social bonding and of individual ... Read more

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Why does writing exist? What does it mean to those who write? Born from the interplay of natural and cultural history, the seemingly magical act of writing has continually expanded our consciousness. Portrayed in mythology as either a gift from heroes or a curse from the gods, it has been used as both an instrument of power and a channel of the divine; a means of social bonding and of individual
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Last Letters from the Front Line

by Siân Price ...

Narrated by Chrissy Yates ...

Unabridged

13 hours 59 min

In this profoundly moving collection of 'farewell letters', Siân Price offers a remarkable insight into the hearts and minds of some of the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the past 300 years.Each letter provides an enduring snapshot of an impossible moment – when an individual stares death squarely in the face. Many were written on the eve of a great charge or battle; others were written by ... Read more

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In this profoundly moving collection of 'farewell letters', Siân Price offers a remarkable insight into the hearts and minds of some of the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the past 300 years.Each letter provides an enduring snapshot of an impossible moment – when an individual stares death squarely in the face. Many were written on the eve of a great charge or battle; others were written by
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Ancient Brews

Rediscovered and Re-created

by Patrick E. McGovern ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

10 hours 7 min

Patrick E. McGovern takes us on a fascinating journey through time to the dawn of brewing when our ancestors might well have made a Palaeo-Brew of wild fruits, honey, cereals, and botanicals. Early beverage-makers must have marveled at the magical process of fermentation. Their amazement grew as they drank the mind-altering drinks, which were to become the medicines, religious symbols, and social ... Read more

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Patrick E. McGovern takes us on a fascinating journey through time to the dawn of brewing when our ancestors might well have made a Palaeo-Brew of wild fruits, honey, cereals, and botanicals. Early beverage-makers must have marveled at the magical process of fermentation. Their amazement grew as they drank the mind-altering drinks, which were to become the medicines, religious symbols, and social
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The Lost Gutenberg

The Astounding Story of One Book's Five-Hundred-Year Odyssey

by Margaret Leslie Davis ...

Narrated by Coleen Marlo ...

Unabridged

6 hours 25 min

**“A lively tale of historical innovation, the thrill of the bibliophile’s hunt, greed and betrayal.” – The New York Times Book Review"An addictive and engaging look at the ‘competitive, catty and slightly angst-ridden’ heart of the world of book collecting.” - The Houston ChronicleThe never-before-told story of one extremely rare copy of the Gutenberg Bible, and its impact on the lives of the ... Read more

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**“A lively tale of historical innovation, the thrill of the bibliophile’s hunt, greed and betrayal.” – The New York Times Book Review"An addictive and engaging look at the ‘competitive, catty and slightly angst-ridden’ heart of the world of book collecting.” - The Houston ChronicleThe never-before-told story of one extremely rare copy of the Gutenberg Bible, and its impact on the lives of the
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Forbidden Journeys

Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Victorian Women Writers

by Nina Auerbach, U. C. Knoepflmacher ...

Narrated by Auto-narrated ...

Unabridged

13 hours 53 min

As these eleven dark and wild stories demonstrate, fairy tales by Victorian women constitute a distinct literary tradition, one startlingly subversive of the society that fostered it. From Anne Thackeray Ritchie’s adaptations of “The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood” to Christina Rossetti’s unsettling antifantasies in Speaking Likenesses, these are breathtaking acts of imaginative freedom, by turns ... Read more

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As these eleven dark and wild stories demonstrate, fairy tales by Victorian women constitute a distinct literary tradition, one startlingly subversive of the society that fostered it. From Anne Thackeray Ritchie’s adaptations of “The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood” to Christina Rossetti’s unsettling antifantasies in Speaking Likenesses, these are breathtaking acts of imaginative freedom, by turns
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You Can Keep That to Yourself

A Comprehensive List of What Not to Say to Black People, for Well-Intentioned People of Pallor

by Adam Smyer ...

Narrated by Donald Faison ...

Unabridged

26 min

At long last, a much-needed guidebook for well-intentioned people of pallor on what not to say to their African American “friends.”“A balm for tongues bitten and comments swallowed . . . A bitingly humorous compendium of the absurd subtle racism of the American workplace.” —Kirkus ReviewsGreetings, well-intentioned person of pallor.Your good intentions used to be enough. But in these diverse and ... Read more

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At long last, a much-needed guidebook for well-intentioned people of pallor on what not to say to their African American “friends.”“A balm for tongues bitten and comments swallowed . . . A bitingly humorous compendium of the absurd subtle racism of the American workplace.” —Kirkus ReviewsGreetings, well-intentioned person of pallor.Your good intentions used to be enough. But in these diverse and
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