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David Ault
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Idries Shah
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A Veiled Gazelle, as the great mystic Ibn Arabi explains in his interpreter of desires, is a subtlety, an organ of higher perception. Sufi experientialists refer to the activation of these centres of awareness as the awakening of real knowledge of truth beyond form.
A Veiled Gazelle considers the symbolic and instrumental employment of its literature in Sufi studies. Seldom didactic, and never meant only as entertainment, such works are regarded as some of the world’s greatest and most important writing.
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
One winter evening a shoemaker finds a mysterious stranger naked and freezing by a shrine in his small village. The shoemaker rescues the man, and takes him home. Though the stranger won’t say where he came from, Simon invites him to work beside him, and stay with his family. As the story unfolds, the stranger transforms, and ultimately reveals an astonishing and deeply moving secret. Late in Tolstoy’s life, after he had written his great masterpieces War and Peace, and Anna Karenina, he underwent a spiritual transformation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Short but powerful story from Leo Tolstoy
- De Anonymous User en 09-19-21
De: Leo Tolstoy
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I Am a Cat
- De: Soseki Natsume, Aiko Ito - translator, Graeme Wilson - translator
- Narrado por: David Shih
- Duración: 21 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 147
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 123
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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great performance!
- De mz en 04-03-20
De: Soseki Natsume, y otros
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Hagakure
- The Book of the Samurai
- De: Yamamoto Tsunetomo, William Scott Wilson - translator
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
- Duración: 5 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,428
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,229
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Living and dying with bravery and honor is at the heart of Hagakure, a series of texts written by an 18th-century samurai, Yamamoto Tsunetomo. It is a window into the samurai mind, illuminating the concept of bushido (the Way of the Warrior), which dictated how samurai were expected to behave, conduct themselves, live, and die.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Way to Experience the Book Again
- De WildKarrde en 07-10-17
De: Yamamoto Tsunetomo, y otros
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Kim
- De: Rudyard Kipling
- Narrado por: Sam Dastor
- Duración: 11 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,149
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 971
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 968
Kipling's masterpiece Kim is his final and most famous work and one of the first and greatest espionage stories ever written. It explores the life of Kimball O'Hara, an Irish orphan who spends his childhood as a vagrant in Lahore. When he befriends an aged Tibetan lama his life is transformed as he is requested to accompany him on a mysterious quest to find the legendary River of the Arrow and achieve Enlightenment.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Stunning Experience
- De Jeanie en 09-19-12
De: Rudyard Kipling
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The Betrothed
- De: Alessandro Manzoni
- Narrado por: Nicholas Boulton
- Duración: 24 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 214
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 185
After the jealous tyrant Don Rodrigo foils their wedding, young Lombardian peasants Lucia and Lorenzo must separate and flee for their safety. Their difficult path to matrimony takes place against the turbulent backdrop of the Thirty Years War, where lawlessness and exploitation are at their height. Lucia takes refuge in a convent, where she is later abducted and taken on a nightmarish journey to a sinister castle, while Lorenzo goes to Milan, where he witnesses famine, riots, and plague - all evoked through meticulous description and with stunning immediacy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic reading of a great work of literature
- De Pia Crosby en 03-25-19
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Growth of the Soil
- De: Knut Hamsun, Sverre Lyngstad - translator, Brad Leithauser - introduction
- Narrado por: BJ Harrison
- Duración: 15 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Growth of the Soil, Hamsun's Nobel Prize winning novel, is a classic of Scandinavian literature. The farmer Isak scarcely acknowledges the values of modern living. Illiterate but capable of carrying out the business of running a farm, he has physical strength and works with his hands. Although initially amazed by Isak's prowess - his wife Inger, who came into contact with modern society when imprisoned for killing her infant due to its birth defect, return to the home much less impressed by the country life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Top of my all time favorites list
- De Pete en 05-17-21
De: Knut Hamsun, y otros
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Monkey King
- Journey to the West
- De: Wu Cheng'en, Julia Lovell - translator - editor - introduction, Gene Luen Yang - foreword
- Narrado por: Robert Wu
- Duración: 13 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 545
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 474
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 475
A shape-shifting trickster on a quest for eternal life, Monkey King is one of the most memorable superheroes in world literature. High-spirited and omni-talented, he amasses dazzling weapons and skills on his journey to immortality: a gold-hooped staff that can grow as tall as the sky and shrink to the size of a needle; the ability to travel 108,000 miles in a single somersault. A master of subterfuge, he can transform himself into whomever or whatever he chooses and turn each of his body's 84,000 hairs into an army of clones.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Performance
- De Maedine en 02-28-21
De: Wu Cheng'en, y otros
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Japanese Ghost Stories
- Penguin Classics
- De: Lafcadio Hearn
- Narrado por: Eleanor Matsuura
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 64
In this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out to be frogs, paintings come alive, deadly spectral brides haunt the living and a samurai delivers the baby of a Shinto goddess with mystical help. Here are all the phantoms and ghouls of Japanese folklore: 'rokuro-kubi', whose heads separate from their bodies at night; 'jikininki', or flesh-eating goblins; and terrifying faceless 'mujina' who haunt lonely neighbourhoods.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Japanese pronunciation a problem
- De CT en 01-20-21
De: Lafcadio Hearn
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Aavarana
- The Veil
- De: Sandeep Balakrishna - translator, S. L. Bhyrappa
- Narrado por: Deepti Gupta
- Duración: 14 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 34
Aavarana: The Veil by S. L. Bhyrappa is a story of a free-spirited and rebellious young woman, Lakshmi, who marries the man she is deeply in love with. Amir, her husband, requests she convert to Islam, and she reluctantly agrees. Despite her father being completely against the marriage, she breaks ties with him and changes her name to Razia. However, things change for the worse, and she discovers a different side to Amir. He is not the progressive and liberal person she thought he was.
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5 out of 5 stars
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History and research
- De Manan Shukla MD en 11-16-24
De: Sandeep Balakrishna - translator, y otros
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A Wayside Tavern
- De: Norah Lofts
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 15 h y 35 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 31
A Wayside Tavern tells the story of a Suffolk drinking place from the end of the Roman occupation of Britain, until the present day. The Roman veteran, crippled and left behind, worshipped Mithras, so the place became known as the One Bull and down through the centuries it became a clearing house for contraband, a miniature Hell Fire Club, a fashionable hotel, a mere pub. Across the yard, was the church of St Cerdic, king and martyr, who fought the Danes and was famous for the miracles performed at his shrine.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An enjoyable tale
- De Gordon en 10-07-11
De: Norah Lofts
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I Am a Bacha Posh
- My Life as a Woman Living as a Man in Afghanistan
- De: Ukmina Manoori, Stephanie Lebrun, Peter E. Chianchiano - translator
- Narrado por: Ariana Delawari
- Duración: 4 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 264
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 231
"You will be a son, my daughter." With these stunning words Ukmina learned that she was to spend her childhood as a boy. In Afghanistan there is a widespread practice of girls dressing as boys to play the role of a son. These children are called bacha posh: literally "girls dressed as boys." This practice offers families the freedom to allow their child to shop and work - and in some cases, it saves them from the disgrace of not having a male heir. But in adolescence, religion restores the natural law.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story, awful pronunciation
- De Anonymous User en 04-19-21
De: Ukmina Manoori, y otros
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Fifth Business
- The Deptford Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Robertson Davies
- Narrado por: Marc Vietor
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 804
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 695
This first novel in The Deptford Trilogy introduces Ramsay, a man who returns from World War I decorated with the Victoria Cross but who is destined to be caught in a no man's land where memory, history, and myth collide. As we hear Ramsey tell his story, we begin to realize that, from childhood, he has influenced those around him in a perhaps mystical, perhaps pernicious way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Been waiting for this
- De Vinity en 12-10-11
De: Robertson Davies
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Siddhartha
- De: Herman Hesse, Paul Ansdell - translator
- Narrado por: Paul Ansdell
- Duración: 4 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 102
Siddhartha, the ninth book written by Herman Hesse, is about a young Indian boy who leaves his home in hopes of finding enlightenment with the wise "Goutama", which in this story is the Buddha. After learning what he can from Goutama, he decides to go off into the busy city, and leads a life of greed and lust. When he realizes that the lifestyle is not fulfilling, and he reflects on his life, he goes to a river and contemplates suicide.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful writing and narration.
- De John Kurtz en 06-13-17
De: Herman Hesse, y otros
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Siddhartha
- De: Hermann Hesse, Gunther Olesch - translator, Anke Dreher - translator, y otros
- Narrado por: David Cross
- Duración: 4 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 429
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 374
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 373
In Siddhartha, Herman Hesse conveys a very profound message for all those who seek meaning in their lives. Though set in India, the concerns of Siddhartha are universal, expressing Hesse's general interest in the conflict between mind, body, and spirit. It is a story of a Brahmin boy who follows his heart and ventures out into the world to experience life as a pious Brahmin, a Samana, a rich merchant, a lover, and ordinary ferryman to a father - each life bringing a new awakening, bringing him closer to the truth until he is finally one with Buddha.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not THAT David Cross
- De OrangeCounty en 02-09-18
De: Hermann Hesse, y otros
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Siddhartha
- De: Hermann Hesse
- Narrado por: Derek Jacobi
- Duración: 2 h y 59 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,056
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 876
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 872
This compelling spiritual quest by Hermann Hesse, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, is considered one of the most important works of 20th century fiction. Siddhartha's search for enlightenment leads him to the river of life itself. On his journey he learns from many teachers: the ascetic Samanas, the all-knowing Gotama the Buddha, Kamala the lovely courtesan, and Vasudeva the simple ferryman.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Choosing an audio version of Siddhartha
- De Scott en 02-08-10
De: Hermann Hesse