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.
The Kite Runner: CliffsNotes
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The CliffsNotes study guide on Hosseini's The Kite Runner supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work. This study guide was written with the assumption that you have read The Kite Runner. Reading a literary work doesn’t mean that you immediately grasp the major themes and devices used by the author; this study guide will help supplement your reading to be sure you get all you can from Hosseini's The Kite Runner. CliffsNotes Review tests your comprehension of the original text and reinforces learning with questions and answers, practice projects, and more. For further information on Hosseini's The Kite Runner, check out the CliffsNotes Resource Center at www.cliffsnotes.com.
©2012 Wiley Publishing, Inc. (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
La casa en Mango Street
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Celebrado desde su publicacion inicial como el relato clasico de una muchacha del barrio latino de Chicago, La Casa en Mango Street ha sido elogadio por los criticos, acogido por los ninos y sus padres y abuelos y estudiado por todas partes, desde escuelas primera vez en una edicion en espanol, traducido por una de las mas reconocidas figuras literarias de Mexico, La Casa en Mango Street esta a la disposicion de los miles de lectores latinos a quien este libro ha dado voz. A veces desgarrador, a veces intensamente alegre, La Casa en Mango Street relata la historia de Esperanza Cordero, en cuyo barrio conviven realidades crueles y una belleza severa. Esperanza no quiere pertenecer, ni a su barrio ni a las bajas expectativas que el mundo le ofrece. La historia de Esperanza es la de una joven intentando alcanzar su propio poder e inventar sup propio futuro.
©1984 Sandra Cisneros (P)2005 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.
The Three Mistakes of My Life
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In late 2000, a young boy in Ahmedabad dreams of owning a business. To accommodate his friends' passion, he opens a cricket shop. However, nothing comes easily in a turbulent city. To realise their goals, they will have to face it all - religious politics, calamities, unacceptable love and, above all, their own mistakes. Will they make it? Can an individual's dreams overcome the nightmares of real life? Can we succeed despite mistakes?
Based on real events, from best-selling author Chetan Bhagat comes another dark, witty tale about modern India, where the author brings the ethos and isolation of an entire generation to the fore.
©2016 Chetan Bhagat (P)2016 Audible Studios
Perfect Peace
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When the seventh child of the Peace family, named Perfect, turns eight, her mother, Emma Jean, tells her bewildered daughter, "You was born a boy. I made you a girl. But that ain't what you was supposed to be. So from now on, you gon' be a boy. It'll be a little strange at first, but you'll get used to it, and this'll be over after while." From this point forward, his life becomes a bizarre kaleidoscope of events. Meanwhile, the Peace family is forced to question everything they thought they knew about gender, sexuality, unconditional love, and fulfillment.
©2010 Daniel Black (P)2016 Tantor
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La mala hora [The Evil Hour]
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En La mala hora, Gabriel García Márquez construye un inolvidable apólogo sobre la violencia colectiva. Al pueblo ha llegado «la mala hora» de los campesinos, la hora de la desgracia. La comarca ha sido «pacificada» después de tanta guerra civil. Han ganado los conservadores, que se dedican a perseguir cruel y pertinazmente a sus adversarios liberales. Al alba de una mañana, mientras el padre Ángel se dispone a celebrar la misa, suena un disparo en el pueblo. Un comerciante de ganado, advertido de la infidelidad de su mujer por un pasquín pegado a la puerta de su casa, acaba de matar al presunto amante de ésta. Es uno más de los pasquines anónimos clavados en las puertas de las casas, que no son panfletos políticos, sino simples denuncias sobre la vida privada de los ciudadanos. Pero no revelan nada que no se supieran de antemano: son los viejos rumores que ahora se han hecho públicos, y a partir de ellos estalla la violencia subyacente a la luz tórrida, espesa, cansada y pegajosa, en una serie de escenas encadenadas de inolvidable belleza. «El padre Ángel se incorporó con un esfuerzo solemne. Se frotó los párpados con los huesos de las manos, apartó el mosquitero de punto y permaneció sentado en la estera pelada, pensativo un instante, el tiempo indispensable para darse cuenta de que estaba vivo, y para recordar la fecha y su correspondencia en el santoral. "Martes, 4 de octubre", pensó; y dijo en voz baja: "San Francisco de Asís".» Emir Rodríguez Monegal dijo.... «En La mala hora García Márquez no sólo aporta su maestría sino una capacidad de superar el realismo por la vía de una exasperación de las situaciones y de una discreta alegorización de los motivos esenciales de la novela.» Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
©1962 Gabriel García Márquez (P)2018 Penguin Random House Audio
The Big Tow
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“Welcome to the National Recovery Bureau, where your assets are as sacred as God’s holy word.” Vera “Nick” Nicholson is an overtaxed and underpaid attorney wasting away on the bottom rung of the gilded ladder at Turner, Witherspoon, Anders, and Tyler, PA in Winston-Salem, NC. When a high-priced luxury car belonging to one of the firm’s top clients goes missing, Nick gets saddled with the unenviable job of recovering the vehicle - and its mysterious contents - without involving the cops. Enter Fast Eddie and his quirky band of misfits at the National Recovery Bureau, a repo agency located in a sleepy town called K-Vegas. When Nick is unceremoniously furloughed from TWAT, she throws caution to the wind and signs on to become the newest agent of the NRB, teaming up with moonlighting third-grade schoolteacher Frances “Frankie” Stohler. Frankie’s mortician father and beautician mother are stalwarts of the Winston-Salem community - so it’s no surprise that everyone across three counties has some connection to her family. What is surprising, however, is the Slim Jim Frankie carries in her purse and her preternatural talent for jacking cars. Nick and Frankie’s stumbling entry into the surreal world of asset recovery takes them on a hilarious, fast-paced, and mind-bending journey across the back roads and byways of the Tar Heel state, setting into motion a chain of misadventures that lead them both toward financial independence, cataclysmic legal jeopardy, and the discovery that true love can sometimes lurk in the most unlikely places.
©2020 Ann McMan (P)2020 Audible, Inc.
The PCOD Thyroid Book
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Don't blame it on the hormones. As women, it has always been up to us to leave behind the heritage of health, just like your grandmother did for your mother and everyone in the family. But it's not easy to leave behind a legacy of health and harmony - we must first create that in our lives. That requires making time for ourselves, be it for exercise, to eat right, or simply to nap. This book is about taking charge of ourselves, thanking our bodies and making peace with the fact that it's not the hormones, it's us. What can we do about our food, sleep, exercise and relationships that will make us feel good, help us overcome the conditions of PCOD and hypothyroid, and, most importantly, get off drugs and stay off them for good?
©2016 Rujuta Diwekar (P)2016 Audible, Inc.
Street Cultivation 3
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In the modern world, qi is money. The days of traveling martial artists and mountaintop masters are over. Power is controlled by corporations, modernized martial arts sects, and governments. Those at the bottom of society struggle as second-class citizens in a world in which power is a commodity. Rick has attempted to separate himself from the world of cutthroat killers but is drawn in by a chance to participate in a contest at the highest levels. The resulting trials will take him across the world against many different opponents, but he knows that his sponsors ultimately just want to use him for their own profit. In the end, he'll need to decide what it is that he really wants....
©2020 Sarah Lin (P)2021 Tantor
Dont Lose Out, Work Out!
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With more and more people realizing the need to exercise, gyms are cropping up at every nook and corner, roads are occupied by recreational runners and yoga schools have an enviable waiting list. But along with this has grown the number of injuries and disillusionment at not getting 'results'. This leads to fads. It's the exact same place 'diet' was five years ago when Rujuta wrote her first book, Don't Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight. The basic problem is the complete lack of understanding about exercise, how it works and how to make it work for you. Through this book Rujuta tackles pretty much every myth and fad to do with exercise, demystifies exercise for everyone and presents it as not a brainless activity but a science which has the potential to combat all lifestyle disorders, including diabetes and obesity, way better than any drug. Strength training, cardio and yoga get a detailed chapter each along with their pre- and postworkout meals, an often neglected but crucial aspect. So whether you are a beginner or want to take your workouts to the next level, the sample training schedules and real-life workout examples with analysis and modifications will bridge the gap between knowing and doing and ensure that you are in a position to start and/or progress with a sensible, doable and wholesome exercise plan. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.
©2014 Rujuta Diwekar (P)2016 Audible, Inc.
The Furies of Rome
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AD 58. Rome is in turmoil once more. Emperor Nero has surrounded himself with sycophants, and together they rampage by night through the city. Meanwhile, Nero's extravagance has reached new heights. The Emperor's spending is becoming profligate at the same time as the demands of keeping the provinces subdued have become increasingly unaffordable. Could Nero withdraw from Britannia, and at what price for the Empire? As the bankers of the Empire scramble to call in their loans, Vespasian is sent to Londinium on a secret mission, only to become embroiled in a deadly rebellion led by Boudicca, a female warrior of extraordinary bravery. As the uprising gathers pace, Vespasian must fight to stay ahead of Rome's enemies.
©2016 Robert Fabbri (P)2019 Isis Publishing Ltd
The Possessed
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Roaming from Tashkent to San Francisco, this is the true story of one budding writer's strange encounters with the fanatics who are devoted - absurdly! melancholically! ecstatically! - to the Russian classics. Combining fresh readings of the great Russians from Gogol to Goncharov with the sad and funny stories of the lives they continue to influence, The Possessed introduces a brilliant and distinctive new voice: comic, humane, charming, poignant and completely, and unpretentiously, full of an infectious love for literature.
©2012 Elif Batuman (P)2017 Audible, Ltd
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Shalom Sefarad [Spanish Edition]
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Shalom Sefarad es, probablemente, la mejor novela escrita sobre la historia de la expulsión de los judíos sefardíes, de la terrible equivocación que cometieron los Reyes Católicos. Un libro cargado de sabiduría y erudición, que asombrará al oyente por su ritmo, passion, y belleza. "La expulsión de los judíos de España en 1492 ha permanecido en la literatura, en la poesía y en las canciones de cuna del pueblo judío durante más de cinco siglos. ¿Cómo puede ser que España expulsara a los judíos? ¿A qué se debe tal decisión? Guarch escoge al judío español David Meziel, nacido en 1478 y expulsado a la edad de 14 años, como protagonista de su inquisición personal. Meziel vive 80 años y su vida lo lleva desde Portugal a Túnez, y de Egipto a la corte de Suleyman el Magnífico. Muchos judíos españoles anduvieron esos caminos, otros salieron por Ámsterdam y llegaron al Báltico, o huyeron por Italia, siguiendo a las tierras del Sultán. Meziel es expulsado formalmente de España, acogido por el mundo musulmán en sus andanzas mediterráneas. Se trata de un audio libro que toca la médula de la identidad de los españoles, de los hombres mediterráneos, de los judíos, moros, y cristianos que formaron aquella España y que de variadas maneras siguen encontrándose en el día de hoy." Ioram Melcer, escritor y traductor de Shalom Sefarad al hebreo. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
©2006 Editorial Almuzara, s.l. (P)2018 Audible, Inc.
101 Conversations in Simple French
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Improve your spoken French from home with 101 real-world conversations in simple, everyday French. Real French 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 French in the real world, with 101 authentic conversations in simple, spoken French, so you can become confident in the words, phrases, and expressions you need to communicate like a local. You’ll be transported into a real-world story that unfolds between six French characters, told by the people themselves in 101 authentic conversations. Over 15,000 words of real French, you’ll immerse yourself in a gripping French drama and get an education in natural French in the process. Here’s what you’ll get: 101 conversations in simple French, so you can learn the real French spoken in the street, understand spoken French with ease, and have French roll off your tongue more fluently Over 15,000 words of dialogue - an unparalleled resource that will immerse you in French, at a level you can understand, so you can learn real spoken French without getting lost or overwhelmed Real, daily spoken French throughout so you can learn the expressions that real people use on the street (not in textbooks) Situational dialogues from typical daily circumstances, so you’ll prepare yourself to survive realistic French encounters, in shops and cafés, and make meeting people and making arrangements second nature Conversations that are carefully written to be accessible for beginners (A2-B1 on the CEFR) Each conversation is limited to around 15 lines of dialogue (150 words), so you can get that crucial sense of achievement and motivation when you finish each conversation Word lists with English definitions in every chapter Summaries of each conversation which contextualize each dialogue Grab your copy now.
©2019 Olly Richards Publishing Ltd (P)2019 Olly Richards Publishing Ltd
La Ferme des animaux de George Orwell
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Décryptez La Ferme des animaux de George Orwell avec l'analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr !Que faut-il retenir de La Ferme des animaux, le roman allégorique culte de la littérature anglaise ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une analyse complète et détaillée. Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche : Un résumé complet ; Une présentation des personnages principaux tels que les hommes, les cochons et les chiens ; Une analyse des spécificités de l'œuvre : un apologue, les parallélismes avec l'histoire soviétique et le langage comme moyen d'oppression. Une analyse de référence pour comprendre rapidement le sens de l'œuvre. LE MOT DE L'ÉDITEUR : "Dans cette nouvelle édition de notre analyse de La Ferme des animaux (2016), avec Maël Tailler, nous fournissons des pistes pour décoder ce véritable classique de la littérature anglaise. Notre analyse permet de faire rapidement le tour de l'œuvre et d'aller au-delà des clichés." Stéphanie FELTEN
©2016 lePetitLitteraire.fr (P)2019 lePetitLitteraire.fr
The Removed
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“A haunted work, full of voices old and new. It is about a family’s reckoning with loss and injustice, and it is about a people trying for the same. The journey of this family’s way home is full - in equal measure - of melancholy and love.” (Tommy Orange, author of There There) A recommended book from: USA Today * O, the Oprah Magazine * Entertainment Weekly * Harper's Bazaar * Buzzfeed * Washington Post * Elle * Parade * San Francisco Chronicle * Good Housekeeping * Vulture * Refinery29 * AARP * Kirkus * Popsugar * Alma * Woman's Day * Chicago Review of Books * The Millions * Biblio Lifestyle * Library Journal * Publishers Weekly * LitHub Steeped in Cherokee myths and history, a novel about a fractured family reckoning with the tragic death of their son long ago - from National Book Award finalist Brandon Hobson. In the 15 years since their teenage son, Ray-Ray, was killed in a police shooting, the Echota family has been suspended in private grief. The mother, Maria, increasingly struggles to manage the onset of Alzheimer's in her husband, Ernest. Their adult daughter, Sonja, leads a life of solitude, punctuated only by spells of dizzying romantic obsession. And their son, Edgar, fled home long ago, turning to drugs to mute his feelings of alienation. With the family's annual bonfire approaching - an occasion marking both the Cherokee National Holiday and Ray-Ray's death, and a rare moment in which they openly talk about his memory - Maria attempts to call the family together from their physical and emotional distances once more. But as the bonfire draws near, each of them feels a strange blurring of the boundary between normal life and the spirit world. Maria and Ernest take in a foster child who seems to almost miraculously keep Ernest's mental fog at bay. Sonja becomes dangerously fixated on a man named Vin, despite - or perhaps because of - his ties to tragedy in her lifetime and lifetimes before. And in the wake of a suicide attempt, Edgar finds himself in the mysterious Darkening Land: a place between the living and the dead, where old atrocities echo. Drawing deeply on Cherokee folklore, The Removed seamlessly blends the real and spiritual to excavate the deep reverberations of trauma - a meditation on family, grief, home, and the power of stories on both a personal and ancestral level. “The Removed is a marvel. With a few sly gestures, a humble array of piercingly real characters and an apparently effortless swing into the dire dreamlife, Brandon Hobson delivers an act of regeneration and solace. You won’t forget it.” (Jonathan Lethem, author of The Feral Detective)
©2021 Brandon Hobson (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers
Octobre
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Début octobre, dans la banlieue de Copenhague, la police découvre le cadavre d'une femme amputée d'une main. À côté du corps, un petit bonhomme fabriqué à partir de marrons et d'allumettes. Chargés de l'enquête, la jeune inspectrice Naia Thulin et l'inspecteur Mark Hess découvrent vite que cette figurine est porteuse de mystérieuses empreintes : celles de la fille de Rosa Hartung, ministre des Affaires sociales, enlevée un an plus tôt et présumée morte. Thulin et Hess explorent toutes les pistes qui leur révèleraient un lien entre la disparition de la fille de la ministre et la victime à la main coupée. Lorsqu'une autre femme est tuée, selon le même mode opératoire, ils comprennent que le cauchemar ne fait que commencer...
©2018 / 2019 Kastanjemanden chez Politikens Forlag, Copenhague, Søren Sveistrup et JP/Politikens Hus A/S, Publié avec l'accord de Politiken Literary Agency / Éditions Albin Michel (P)2019 Audiolib
101 Conversations in Simple Spanish (Spanish Edition)
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Real Spanish people don't speak like your textbook.... So, it's no wonder you feel unprepared when it's your turn to speak! This book fixes that. Improve your spoken Spanish from home with 101 real-world conversations in simple, everyday Spanish. For the first time, you'll learn to speak Spanish in the real world, with 101 authentic conversations in simple spoken Spanish, so you can become confident in the words, phrases, and expressions you need to communicate like a local. You'll be transported into a real-world story that unfolds between six Spanish characters, told by the people themselves in 101 authentic conversations. With over 15,000 words of real Spanish, you'll immerse yourself in a gripping Spanish drama and get an education in natural Spanish in the process. Here's what you'll get: 101 conversations in simple Spanish, so you can learn the real Spanish spoken in the street, understand spoken Spanish with ease, and have Spanish roll off your tongue more fluently Over 15,000 words of dialogue - an unparalleled resource that will immerse you in Spanish at a level you can understand, so you can learn real spoken Spanish without getting lost or overwhelmed Real, daily spoken Spanish throughout - it's as if we held up a microphone and recorded the exact words coming out of people's mouths, so you can learn the expressions that real people use on the street. You'll sound more authentic when you speak and make Spanish-speaking friends more easily. Situational dialogues from typical daily circumstances, so you'll prepare yourself to survive realistic Spanish encounters, in shops and cafés, and make meeting people and making arrangements second nature Conversations that are carefully narrated to be accessible for beginners (A2-B1 on the CEFR), so you can start to learn from real, spoken conversations, even as a beginner, without having to go through the rollercoaster of difficult conversations with strangers Each conversation is limited to around 15 lines of dialogue (150 words), so you can get that crucial sense of achievement and motivation when you finish each conversation, and say "I actually understood all of that!" Word lists with English definitions in every chapter, so you can get instant translations of any difficult words and focus on listening and enjoying the stories rather than wasting time in a dictionary Summaries of each conversation which contextualize each dialogue, so you can easily follow the plot and enjoy the story without getting lost. The story is set in Spain and includes expressions that are typical in Castilian Spanish. However, since the conversations use mostly "neutral" Spanish, you'll have plenty to learn, whether you're learning the Spanish of Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, or even your local Spanish-speaking community! Created by Olly Richards, internationally renowned language teacher and author, 101 Conversations in Real Spoken Spanish gives you an education in real Spanish that you won't find anywhere else. You'll be better prepared for using Spanish in the real world, speak with more confidence, and take a giant leap toward fluency in Spanish! Get the audiobook now!
©2019 Olly Richards (P)2019 Olly Richards
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Chicos que vuelven [Boys Returning]
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Mechi es empleada del Centro de Gestión y Participación de Parque Chacabuco, y debe mantener y actualizar el archivo de chicos perdidos y desaparecidos en la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Un trabajo monótono al que, para peor, lleva adelante en una oficina ubicada debajo de la autopista, es decir, envuelta en un ruido incesante. Hasta que algo pasa: Vanadis, una chica desaparecida a los catorce años por la que, debido a su belleza y a su extraño nombre, Mechi se había interesado particularmente, un día aparece. Y será la primera de una lista de chicos que vuelven después de haber estado ausentes durante años. Pero hay un detalle: estos chicos reaparecen exactamente en las mismas condiciones - con la misma edad, la misma contextura física y hasta la misma ropa - en que se encontraban el día de su desaparición. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
©2012 Mariana Enríquez (P)2015 Editorial Libervox SL
The Enigma of Arrival
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The story of a writer's singular journey - from one place to another, from the British colony of Trinidad to the ancient countryside of England, and from one state of mind to another - is perhaps Naipaul's most autobiographical work. Yet it is also woven through with remarkable invention to make it a rich and complex novel.
©2018 V. S. Naipaul (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
The Billionaire's Trust
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He answered the door in just a bathrobe. When I told him why I was there, he dropped it to the floor... Bill: I keep things simple with the women I meet. Charm her, enjoy her, discard her, and repeat. Once she hears my family name her focus is on the size of my wallet and she can't be trusted. Until Lauren shows up at my doorstep one night and I am suddenly in charge of the family company. I need to save the family legacy and 10,000 jobs. I can't do it without her. She's beautiful, sassy, brilliant, and brutally honest. She can't stand me. I need her. In my bed, in my life, as my wife. Everything's going according to plan... Until, she disappears. Lauren: I fell for him as soon as I saw him last week, all of him, the full package. Until, he sent me back to his condo to get rid of the girl - the naked one in his bed. He didn't even know her name. Today he's the new CEO, and he's screwing up. Royally. I told him what I thought of him. Again. Now, he won't take no for an answer. When he makes a fairy tale proposal in front of hundreds, I can't say no. Together we have a plan to save the company. But he's keeping secrets, and I uncover the worst one. Buy The Billionaire's Trust today and see love find a way. This story is intended for mature listeners, it contains mature themes, strong language, and sexual situations.
©2017, 2018 Erin Swann (P)2019 Erin Swann