The World Literature category has 530 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.4★ across 7,472 ratings. The most-rated is Indian Horse.
Thalia Book Club: Jennifer Egan Manhattan Beach, and Celeste Ng Little Fires Everywhere
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning Jennifer Egan and best-selling Celeste Ng come together for a compelling discussion of their new novels, Manhattan Beach and Little Fires Everywhere, two stories of family secrets and the children who discover them. Performances by Cindy Cheung (Mistress America) and Susannah Rogers (The Diary of a Teenage Girl).
©2017 Symphony Space (P)2017 Symphony Space
Mamma Maria
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Sous le coup d'une déception amoureuse, Sofia a quitté Paris pour son petit village natal de la côte amalfitaine. Là, la jeune traductrice respire enfin. Attablée à sa place habituelle, sur la terrasse du Mamma Maria, le bonheur est simple comme un espresso au soleil ou une chanson d'Adriano Celentano... Ce caffè, c'est le cœur du village, le rendez-vous des jeunes, des vieux, dans le généreux giron de la patronne, Maria, leur mère à tous. Or ce matin-là, pour la première fois depuis des lustres, il s'est glissé comme une fausse note dans la partition. Le vieux Franco ne s'est pas présenté pour son éternelle partie de scopa... La fin de la dolce vita ?
©2020 le cherche midi (P)2021 Lizzie, un département d'Univers Poche, Paris
German Short Stories for Beginners
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Easy German stories Do you know what the hardest thing for a German learner is? Finding proper reading material that they can handle...which is precisely the reason we’ve written this book! Teachers love giving out tough, expert-level literature to their students, books that present many new problems to the reader and force them to search for words in a dictionary every five minutes - it’s not entertaining, useful or motivating for the student at all, and many soon give up on learning at all! In this book we have compiled 20 easy-to-listen-to, compelling and fun stories that will allow you to expand your vocabulary and give you the tools to improve your grasp of the wonderful German tongue. How German Short Stories for Beginners works: Each story is interesting and entertaining with realistic dialogues and day-to-day situations. The summaries follow a synopsis in German and in English of what you just read, both to review the lesson and for you to see if you understood what the tale was about. At the end of those summaries, you’ll be provided with a list of the most relevant vocabulary involved in the lesson, as well as slang and sayings that you may not have understood at first glance! Finally, you’ll be provided with a set of tricky questions in German, providing you with the chance to prove that you learned something in the story. Don’t worry if you don’t know the answer to any - we will provide them immediately after, but no cheating! We want you to feel comfortable while learning the tongue; after all, no language should be a barrier for you to travel around the world and expand your social circles! So look no further! Download your copy of German Short Stories for Beginners and start learning German right now! This book has been written by a native German author and is recommended for A2+ level learners. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2019 Lingo Mastery (P)2019 Lingo Mastery
Frenchacking - The Complete Box Set
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Three audiobooks in one! Feeling like your French isn't progressing as quickly as you'd like? Not understanding idioms or cultural references? Wanting to learn real-life vocab you can use right away? This comprehensive guide is designed to take you from A1 to B1 in the shortest time frame possible. It’s packed full of original, helpful techniques, hacks, and tips you can use to enrich your French knowledge. Here is what you’ll learn: Count up to a trillion and the grammar to write it out Accents and how they can change the French language French cultural references Diverse range of vocabulary Idioms you don't learn in textbooks How different tenses are used Most-used verbs and their conjugations Real-life examples of when to use them Differentiating between similar verbs and not embarrassing yourself Don't wait any longer! Fulfill that lifelong dream of learning French; scroll up and click the "Buy Now" button to begin the journey to becoming a little bit more French.
©2018 French Hacking (P)2019 French Hacking
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2666 [Spanish Edition]
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Publicada meses después de la muerte de Bolaño, 2666 ha sido unánimemente aclamada por la crítica internacional y por los lectores, y es considerada una obra sin igual en la literatura contemporánea. La ciudad mexicana de Santa Teresa - trasunto de Ciudad Juarez - atrae como un imán a los protagonistas. Cuatro críticos literarios europeos viajan hasta Sonora tras las huellas del escritor desaparecido Benno von Archimboldi, cuya vida se refiere en la parte final de la novela. Allí conocerán a Amalfitano, el profesor universitario chileno que, junto con su hija, se establece en la ciudad, a la que también llegará el periodista estadounidense Oscar Fate para retransmitir un combate de boxeo. Pero el corazón del relato se encuentra en «La parte de los crímenes» donde, con la precisión de un bisturí, Bolaño narra los asesinatos de mujeres cometidos en Santa Teresa y las infructuosas investigaciones de la policía. En el epicentro del Mal, nada puede parar el horror.Con una fuerza arrolladora, en 2666 Bolaño crea una obra magistral que rompe con todas las tendencias literarias conocidas y abre el camino a seguir por la narrativa del siglo XXI. Violencia e historia se entretejen con temas recurrentes en la obra del autor: la literatura, la búsqueda y la crónica de la realidad. 2666 fue galardonada con los premios Ciudad de Barcelona, Salambó, National Critics Circle Award y Altazor, calificada como uno de los mejores libros de 2008 por The New York Times y elegida por 81 críticos y escritores de España y Latinoamérica como uno de los mejores libros en lengua castellana de los últimos 25 años. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
©2004 Roberto Bolaño (P)2017 Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S.A.U.
Call of the Rockies Series
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Get books one through three in this best-selling Christian historical romance series! With a combined total of over 750 reviews, get three full-length novels at a substantial discount over their individual prices. Freedom in the Mountain Wind (Book 1) Susanna Wilkins will do anything to make her father’s final dream come true, including trekking along the path Lewis and Clark explored into the untamed wilds of the Rocky Mountains. Every mile is more crucial now that lung cancer is stealing Pa’s last days faster than she can come to terms with losing him. The journey becomes harder than she ever expected, but paddling upriver through fierce rapids and fighting hungry grizzlies isn’t what terrifies her the most. Hope in the Mountain River (Book 2) Joel Vargas can’t believe he’s lost his older brother in the wilds of the Rocky Mountains after surviving their harrowing voyage across the Atlantic. And he can’t shake the feeling that Adam - his only living relative - is in dire trouble. No matter what the cost, he and his band of friends won’t stop until Adam is found. He’s not sure if two Indian women they meet on the way will be a help or hindrance. Light in the Mountain Sky (Book 3) Determined to prove her worth, Meksem fiercely fought to earn her place among the warriors in her Nez Perce camp. When her half-sister is captured by an enemy tribe, she refuses to trust the rescue to anyone else. But her new friends insist on joining her mission, and she battles between relief and frustration at their presence. Especially the White man who peers at her as if he can see through the face of the warrior she struggles so hard to maintain.
©2020 Misty M. Beller (P)2021 Misty M. Beller
Ramayana Versus Mahabharata
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It is a popular belief that the Ramayana is idealistic while the Mahabharata is realistic. Yet these two epics have identical building blocks, identical themes, and identical history. In this groundbreaking book, Devdutt Pattanaik, India’s most popular mythologist, explores the similarities and dissimilarities between the two epics in a ‘playful analaysis’. Whether it is the family structure, forest exile, or war, the comparison between the two epics prove a startling point - the Mahabharata is in fact a reaction to the events in the Ramayana. Ideas in this book are distributed over 56 chapters. In temples ritual, Vishnu is offered eight different meals daily, different on all seven days of the week - 56 dishes in all. May each chapter serve as a mouthwatering offering to the Vishnu within you.
©2018 Devdutt Pattanaik (P)2019 Audible, Inc.
101 Conversations in Simple German
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Improve your spoken German from home with 101 real-world conversations in simple, everyday German. Real German people don’t speak like your textbook...so it’s no wonder you feel unprepared when it’s your turn to speak! This audiobook fixes that. For the first time, you’ll learn to speak German in the real world, with 101 authentic conversations in simple, spoken German, so you can become confident in the words, phrases, and expressions you need to communicate like a local and in the workplace. You’ll be transported into a real-world story that unfolds between 6 German characters, told by the people themselves in 101 authentic conversations. Over 15,000 words of real German, you’ll immerse yourself in a gripping German drama and get an education in natural German in the process. Here’s what you’ll get: 101 conversations in simple German, so you can learn the real German spoken in the street, understand spoken German with ease, and have German roll off your tongue more fluently Over 15,000 words of dialogue - an unparalleled resource that will immerse you in German at a level you can understand Real, daily spoken German throughout - it’s as if we held up a microphone and recorded the exact words coming out of people’s mouths Situational dialogues from typical daily circumstances, so you’ll prepare yourself to survive realistic German encounters Conversations that are carefully written to be accessible for beginners (A2-B1 on the CEFR), so you can start to learn from real, spoken conversations Each conversation is limited to around 15 lines of dialogue (150 words) Word lists with English definitions in every section, so you can get instant translations of any difficult words and focus on listening Summaries of each conversation which contextualize each dialogue, so you can easily follow the plot and enjoy the story without getting lost Get your audiobook now!
©2019 Olly Richards Publishing Ltd (P)2020 Olly Richards Publishing Ltd
I am I am I am
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Après le succès d'Assez de bleu dans le ciel, Maggie O'Farrell revient avec un nouveau tour de force littéraire. Poétique, subtile, intense, une œuvre à part qui nous parle tout à la fois de féminisme, de maternité, de violence, de peur et d'amour, portée par une construction vertigineuse. Une romancière à l'apogée de son talent. Il y a ce cou, qui a manqué être étranglé par un violeur en Écosse. Il y a ces poumons, qui ont cessé leur œuvre quelques instants dans l'eau glacée. Il y a ce ventre, meurtri par les traumatismes de l'accouchement... Dix-sept instants. Dix-sept petites morts. Dix-sept résurrections. Je suis, je suis, je suis. I am, I am, I am.
©2019 Belfond (P)2019 Audible Studios
A Place Like Mississippi
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There is a palpable connection to the landscapes of Mississippi displayed in the work of the state’s many lauded writers. This connection to the land runs deep - across onerous lines of class, gender, and race - and spans generations of authors birthed in the Magnolia State. It’s difficult to read Faulkner, Welty, Wright, and Ward and not come away with the very particular sense of place that the state and the greater American South represent in their work. In A Place Like Mississippi, W. Ralph Eubanks takes listeners on a visionary tour of the real and imagined landscapes that have inspired generations of authors. Eubanks is a native Mississippian and he knows its writers and its complicated history well. In A Place Like Mississippi, Eubanks reveals how a little state that rests alongside the banks of a great and mighty river has made so many significant contributions to American letters, carrying an outsized role in the national imagination. The answer lies in a landscape that pairs ordinariness with beauty, magic with madness, and mystery with magnificence.
©2021 W. Ralph Eubanks (P)2021 Workman Publishing