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Study Guide: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (SuperSummary)
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SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality instructional study guides for challenging works of literature. This audio study guide for Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as the Harlem Renaissance, African American women and identity, and African American folk culture and language. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics. Widely celebrated as one of the most important works of 20th-century African American and American women’s literature, Their Eyes Were Watching God tells the story of Janie Crawford’s evolution from impressionable, idealistic girl to self-confident woman. By focusing the narrative on an African American woman’s quest for love, Hurston broke new ground, no small feat in the early-20th century. This audio study guide presents the same expert content - written by experienced teachers, professors, and literary scholars - in an easy-to-access audio format. SuperSummary study guides demonstrate an authoritative voice, present expert analysis, offer big picture ideas, and help listeners understand a work’s underlying meanings and conclusions.
©2019 SuperSummary (P)2021 SuperSummary
The Woman Who Rode Away
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The Woman Who Rode Away is a dark troubling story set in the wilderness of South America. What makes this story compelling is that the woman at the end of her personal tether and the Indians at the end of their cultural one, seek one another out for terrible but, perhaps, predictable uses. Each of them looks to the other for "salvation" in a way that expresses the desperation and futility of their situation.
Public Domain (P)2021 Alan P. Avery
The Swiss Family Robinson
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One of the world's best-loved stories of shipwreck and survival, The Swiss Family Robinson portrays a family's struggle to create a new life for themselves on a strange and fantastic tropical island. Blown off course by a raging storm, the family - a Swiss pastor, his wife, their four young sons, plus two dogs and a shipload of livestock - must rely on one another in order to adapt to their needs the natural wonders of their exotic new home. Inspired by Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, this classic story of invention and adventure has fired the imaginations of readers since it first appeared in 1812.
Public Domain (P)2009 Alpha DVD LLC
The Swiss Family Robinson
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Swept off course by a raging storm, a Swiss pastor, his wife, and their four young sons are shipwrecked on an uncharted tropical island. Thus begins the classic story of survival and adventure that has fired the imaginations of readers since it first appeared in 1812. With optimism and boundless enthusiasm, the Robinson family undertakes the extraordinary task of constructing a home for themselves and exploring the primitive island filled with strange and beautiful creatures and exotic fruits and plants. Rich in action and suspense, this exhilarating novel takes us to a faraway place of danger and beauty, where the courageous Robinson family embarks on a thrilling new life of adventure and discovery.
Public Domain (P)2010 Tantor
Summary, Analysis, and Review of Amor Towles' A Gentleman in Moscow
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Please note: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and not the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Amor Towles's A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel, includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and a detailed "About the Author" section. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, is a novel about Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, a Russian aristocrat who is condemned by Communists to spend the rest of his life confined in the Metropol, the capital's most glamorous hotel. The story opens on his trial in 1922, where he's shown leniency as a reward for having written a revolutionary poem that pre-dated the Russian Revolution. The only catch? If Rostov ever leaves the hotel, he will be executed. The novel unfolds over the course of the 32 years that Rostov spends under house arrest. The first thing to know about Count Rostov, is that he didn't write the poem, his best friend Mishka did. The pair conspired to publish it under Rostov's name because, at the time, Mishka - who was not an aristocrat like Rostov - would have been murdered by the czar's regime for dissonance. Rostov, in sharp contrast, was then a member of the protected class. By the time the revolution began in 1918, Rostov was living in Paris. In the face of certain danger, he returned to Russia to help his grandmother shutter her estate. When that task was complete, he took up residence in one of the Metropol's finest suites.
©2017 Start Publishing Notes (P)2017 Start Publishing Notes LLC
Welcome to Hell
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Jolie was 3 when she found she was ugly and deformed. She was 5 when she found she was a subhuman and an outcast. She was 7 when five boys and two girls dragged her out of the orphanage and beat her unconscious, leaving her lying bleeding and broken in the street. She was content to lie there and die, tired of being hated and abused. But a frail old man with wispy white hair and a long beard wasn't content to let her die. He not only saved her, but he adopted her and passed on his unique martial art to her. She was 20 when she headed to Delphi, the center of the United Systems of Perileos (USP) and the planet of her birth father, to find her place in his society. Based on her unique upbringing, she decides to join the USP military, requesting to be assigned to the Tasmanians SFG, an elite all-male unit. The military brass is reluctant to deny her request and admit their enlistment contract permits bait-and-switch assignments. Instead, they agree to let her enter the school, thinking she couldn't possibly succeed - a Chihuahua competing against Rottweilers — and plan to make an example of her when she fails. Although Jolie is small, she is not what she appears. But can her adopted father's art enable her to survive the treachery of the military brass, the grueling of the school, the prejudices of the instructors, and the testosterone of an all-male class. And if she succeeds, can she thrive in the high-octane and all male environment of the Tasmanians?
©2019 C. R. Daems (P)2020 Podium Publishing
Le chat noir et autres nouvelles
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Le chat noir, Le masque de la mort Rouge et Le portrait ovale : trois nouvelles, qui tiennent l'auditeur en haleine et posent de façon magistrale l'univers noir de ce maître du suspens que fut Edgar Allan Poe.Avant de mourir, un meurtrier rédige sa confession : un chat noir l'a amené à l'échafaud ; une forme spectrale sème la terreur dans une salle de bal ; dans une veille demeure, un homme est emporté par la contemplation d'un portrait énigmatique...Trois histoires fantastiques, étranges et mystérieuses, écrites par l'un des plus grands génies de la littérature américaine.
©Domaine public (P)2009 Gallimard Jeunesse
Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin, and Other Stories
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Through the ages, children have been enthralled by Cinderella, the glass slipper, and the evil stepmother! This audiobook also includes "Sleeping Beauty", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Rumpelstiltskin", "Little Tom Thumb", "Rapunzel, "Hansel and Grethel", and "Snow White".
(P)2005 Tantor Media Inc.
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'The Catcher in the Rye' by J.D. Salinger - Sidekick [Study Guide]
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There's nothing phony about this study guide for J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, which explores the mind of disturbed teen Holden Caulfield as he struggles to find an authentic world. Designed for students, this guide to The Catcher in the Rye contains everything you need to ace quizzes and essays on this literary classic. This controversial novel has enjoyed quite a history, which includes its past banned status due to its language, sexual references, and encouragement of rebellion. In detailed, yet easy-to-read chapter overviews, you'll be given valuable information to understand this complex story about a 17-year-old who faces mental illness and ongoing frustration with the "phoniness" of people. Each chapter summary and analysis of The Catcher in the Rye includes possible quiz questions, helping you prepare for the classroom. You can also use this study guide to prepare for longer essay assignments, as the guide includes specific bullet points to help construct both pros and cons of an argument. This guide to J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye features helpful discussion on historical, cultural, and autobiographical contexts. Learn the meaning of famous quotes from the book, including the novel's title and end quote. Get to know the characters that inhabit Holden's world and familiarize yourself with the novel's prominent themes, symbols, and motifs. As you work through the broken mind of an anti-hero, this companion study guide for The Catcher in the Rye is the only tool you'll need.
©2014 BookBuddy (P)2014 BookBuddy
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
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Lewis Carroll was a minister in the Church of England and a Professor of Mathematics at Christ Church College. In his diary he described "An expedition up the river to Godstowe with the the three Liddells", daughters of the college Dean, "on which occasion I told them the fairy tale of 'Alice's Adventures Underground', which I undertook to write out for Alice". That afternoon changed childhood for generations to come as Carrol displayed his incredible talent for mathematical paradox and for creating a charming and significant nonsense world.
Public Domain (P)1989 Jimcin Recordings
The Seagull
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Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull is considered one of his most haunting and atmospheric character studies. A would-be playwright is at war with his egoistic mother while the town has become intoxicated by a sensational author. And as the alluring newcomer steals away Kosta’s only love, their new romance could have devastating consequences. Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA, in September 2012. Directed by Rosalind Ayres Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg Gordon Clapp as Ilya Shamrayev Stephen Collins as Yevgeny Dorn Logan Fahey as Semyon Medvedenko Calista Flockhart as Irina Nikolayevna Arkadina Cindy Katz as Polina Andreyevna T.R. Knight as Konstantin Treplev Dakin Matthews as Pyotr Sorin Bess Rous as Masha Josh Stamberg as Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin Kira Sternbach as Nina Associate Producers: Christina Montaño, Cathy Reinking; Recording Engineer, Sound Designer, and Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood; Sound Effects Artist: Jeff Gardner.
Public Domain (P)2013 L.A. Theatre Works
The Doors of Perception
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Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) was an English writer and philosopher who wrote nearly 50 books, as well as essays, narratives, and poems. The Doors of Perception (1954) which takes its title from a phrase in William Blake's poem "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell", describes the author’s experiences with peyote and mescaline in 1953. Huxley discusses the insights he gained, that ranged form the purely aesthetic to the spiritual vision, and relates them to philosophy, art, science and religion. He believed that the mystical experience attained through psychedelics is valuable as it gives the experiencers a better understanding of themselves and the world and because it may help them to lead a more creative life.
Public Domain (P)2021 Museum Audiobooks
Die Legende vom heiligen Trinker
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In den letzten Wochen seines Lebens, im Frühling 1934, geschehen dem obdachlosen Trinker Andreas Kartak aus Olschowice im polnischen Schlesien eine ganze Serie von Wundern. Andreas war früher Kohlenarbeiter gewesen, wie sein Vater. Weil man in Frankreich Kohlenarbeiter gesucht hatte, war er dorthin gegangen und hatte in den Gruben von Quebecque gearbeitet. Einquartiert war er bei dem Ehepaar Schebiec gewesen, hatte mit Frau Karoline geschlafen, war vom Ehemann ertappt worden und hatte ihn in Notwehr erschlagen. Dafür hatte Andreas zwei Jahre im Gefängnis gesessen.
©Gemeinfrei (P)2012 BUCHFUNK Verlag
Just One Damned Thing After Another
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Time travel meets history in this new drama adaptation by Marty Ross. 'So tell me, Dr Maxwell, if the whole of history lay before you...where would you go? What would you like to witness?' When Max, a recent ancient history graduate, is offered a mysterious job at St Mary's Historical Research Institute, she quickly comes to realise this isn't any old stuffy research library. At St Mary's the historians don't just study the past - they revisit it. What begins as an academic exploration of events, such as the Peterloo Massacre, takes a dark and dangerous turn, and the historians of St Mary's soon learn that it's not just history they're fighting.... Follow the tea-soaked disaster magnets of St Mary's as they rattle around history. Because wherever these historians go, chaos is sure to follow. Starring Gemma Whelan (SAG nominated, Game of Thrones, Gulliver's Travels), Ben Miles (SAG nominated, The Crown, V for Vendetta), Jonathan Bailey (Broadchurch, Leonardo, The Mercy) and Zara Ramm (narrator of the original Chronicles of St Mary's audiobooks), this Audible Original production will transport you to iconic moments throughout history, from the Cretaceous period to the destruction of the Great Library at Alexandria.
©2017 Marty Ross (P)2017 Audible, Ltd
The Wisdom of Life
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Written by Arthur Schopenhauer, The Wisdom of Life is an essay from Schopenhauer's last work, Parerga and Paralipomena. Schopenhauer's essay is a detailed description on exploring what human behavior is and what it should be. Schopenhauer also argues the “art” of obtaining the greatest possible pleasure and success in life through the theory of eudaemonology. He takes a unique approach on many important philosophical questions, including whether human life corresponds, or could possibly correspond, to the conception of existence itself. The Wisdom of Life is not only thought-provoking but will leave listeners with important insights on the essence of living.
©2018 Bassett Publishing (P)2018 Bassett Publishing
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (AudioKidz)
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In 1862 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a shy Oxford mathematician with a stammer, created a story about a little girl tumbling down a rabbit hole. Thus began the immortal adventures of Alice, perhaps the most popular heroine in English literature. Countless scholars have tried to define the charm of the Alice books - with those wonderfully eccentric characters the Queen of Hearts, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Cheshire Cat, Mock Turtle, the Mad Hatter et al. - by proclaiming that they really comprise a satire on language, a political allegory, a parody of Victorian children’s literature, even a reflection of contemporary ecclesiastical history. Perhaps, as Dodgson might have said, Alice is no more than a dream, a fairy tale about the trials and tribulations of growing up - or down, or all turned round - as seen through the expert eyes of a child.
Public Domain (P)2019 AudioKidz
Classic BBC Radio Shakespeare: Romances
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Three classic radio productions from the BBC archives starring Hannah Gordon, Tim Pigott-Smith, Paul Scofield and a host of celebrated acting talent.
These three legendary plays, performed by some of the best-known theatrical actors of the 20th century, are the perfect way to commemorate England's greatest dramatist.
The Winter's Tale: one man's consuming jealousy threatens to destroy both himself and those around him, but his actions arouse a passionate sense of honour, love, justice and self-sacrifice in members of his Court and family. First broadcast in 1982, starring Ronald Pickup as Leontes, with Hannah Gordon as Hermione and John Gielgud as Time.
Pericles: Pericles is haunted by Fate, buffeted by storms, driven from country to country and cruelly separated from his wife and daughter. Having endured the waywardness of Fortune, will he be reunited with his family? First broadcast in 1981, starring Tim Pigott-Smith as Pericles and Angharad Rees as Marina.
The Tempest: set on an enchanted island ruled by the sorcerer Prospero, this spellbinding tale of magic, illusion, forgiveness and repentance is one of Shakespeare's greatest plays. First broadcast in 1974, starring Paul Scofield as Prospero and Patrick Stewart as Caliban.
Recorded at BBC Broadcasting House and featuring the BBC Drama Repertory company, with specially composed music, this is classic radio drama at its finest.
©2016 BBC Worldwide Ltd. (P)2016 BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Kokoro
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On the planet of Higo, without the guidance of the Great Spirits, its people are descending into religious civil war. Baiyren Tallaenaq, Prince of Higo, is exiled after causing the death of his mother. Freed from his responsibilities and the looming war, he steals their greatest weapon - a giant, sentient armoured suit - and uses it to open a portal to a world he never knew existed. A world called Earth...home of a magical young woman called Keiko.
©2017 Keith Yatsuhashi (P)2017 Audible, Ltd
I Am a Cat
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Written over the course of 1904-1906, Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten who comments on the follies and foibles of the people around him. A classic of Japanese literature, I Am a Cat is one of Soseki's best-known novels. Considered by many as the greatest writer in modern Japanese history, Soseki's I Am a Cat is a classic novel sure to be enjoyed for years to come.
©1972 Aiko Ito and Graeme Wilson (P)2020 Tantor
Alice in Wonderland
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Alice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home? Not if the Queen of Hearts has her way. Here is Lewis Carroll's iconic tale of Alice's adventures down the rabbit hole.
©2009 trout lake media (P)2009 Trout Lake Media