Hikoichi
Japanese Reader Collection, Volume 1
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Yumi Boutwell
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Japanese Reader Collection Volume 1: Hikoichi, the audiobook version.
Four complete stories in audiobook format for upper beginner level students of Japanese.
This complete Audiobook is designed to not require the e-book or paperback. Improve your Japanese listening comprehension while walking the dog, driving in your car, or while cooking dinner.
All the audio in this instant download has been newly recorded and mastered. In addition to the slow and normal speed Japanese of the stories, it also includes a line by line MP3 with English translation of each vocabulary.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
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A Marvelous and Ultimately Sad Memoir
- By Sparkly on 08-08-13
By: Paul Kramer, and others
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A Little History of the World
- By: E. H. Gombrich
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,046
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,395
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,381
E. H. Gombrich's world history, an international best seller now available in English for the first time, is a text dominated not by dates and facts but by the sweep of experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements, and an acute witness to its frailties.
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5 out of 5 stars
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an enlightening book; very well read
- By A.B.Oxford on 06-03-06
By: E. H. Gombrich
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Anna in the Tropics
- By: Nilo Cruz
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 55
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Story4 out of 5 stars 55
This poignant and poetic 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning play captures 1929 Florida at a time when cigars are still rolled by hand and "lectors" are employed to educate and entertain the workers. The arrival of a new lector is a cause for celebration. But when he reads aloud from Anna Karenina, he unwittingly becomes a catalyst in the lives of his avid listeners, for whom Tolstoy, the tropics, and The American Dream prove a volatile combination.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing performances
- By Kristie on 12-17-08
By: Nilo Cruz
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The Autobiography of Santa Claus
- By: Jeff Guinn
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 668
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 534
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Story4 out of 5 stars 536
Jump on Santa's sleigh for a journey through 17 centuries of Christmas magic!
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4 out of 5 stars
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History and Christmas
- By Mara on 12-14-08
By: Jeff Guinn
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Aleph
- By: Paulo Coelho
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 580
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 495
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Story4 out of 5 stars 495
Transform your life. Rewrite your destiny. his most personal novel to date, internationally best-selling author Paulo Coelho returns with a remarkable journey of self-discovery. Like the main character in his much-beloved The Alchemist, Paulo is facing a grave crisis of faith. As he seeks a path of spiritual renewal and growth, he decides to begin again: to travel, to experiment, to reconnect with people and the landscapes around him. Setting off to Africa, and then to Europe and Asia via the Trans-Siberian Railway, he initiates a journey to revitalize his energy and passion.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Strangely compelling read
- By Kathy in CA on 11-22-11
By: Paulo Coelho
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Words on the Move
- Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally)
- By: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,410
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,270
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,262
Words on the Move opens our eyes to the surprising backstories to the words and expressions we use every day. Did you know that silly once meant "blessed"? Or that ought was the original past tense of owe? Or that the suffix -ly in adverbs is actually a remnant of the word like? And have you ever wondered why some people from New Orleans sound as if they come from Brooklyn?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Review By a Fan
- By Margaret on 09-25-16
By: John McWhorter
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A Hunger Artist
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: Cori Samuel
- Length: 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
A Hunger Artist. the last book Kafka prepared for publication, was printed after Kafka's death. The protagonist, a hunger artist who experiences the decline in appreciation of his craft, is an archetypical creation of Kafka: an individual marginalized and victimized by society at large.
By: Franz Kafka
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Artful
- By: Ali Smith
- Narrated by: Ali Smith
- Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
In 2012, Ali Smith delivered the Weidenfeld lectures on European comparative literature at St. Anne’s College, Oxford. Those lectures, presented here, took the shape of discursive stories that refused to be tied down to either fiction or the essay form. Thus, Artful is narrated by a character who is haunted - literally - by a former lover, the writer of a series of lectures about art and literature. A hypnotic dialogue unfolds between storytelling and a meditation on art that encompasses love, grief, memory, and revitalization.
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3 out of 5 stars
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#Reality/Loss/Mythology
- By Ellen K. on 11-14-18
By: Ali Smith
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The Renegades
- Bard from Barliona, Book 1
- By: Vasily Mahanenko, Eugenia Dmitrieva, Boris Smirnov - translator
- Narrated by: Andrea Emmes
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 273
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 248
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 248
What would happen if a professional rock musician joined a virtual MMO in search of inspiration among its game world? What would happen if she decided to play as a biota bard, a brand-new race of humanoid flora as well as a new class? Whatever would happen, it would surely be fun....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great story but audio did not do it justice
- By Kaz on 11-06-18
By: Vasily Mahanenko, and others
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A Moveable Feast
- By: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: James Naughton
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,619
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,115
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,111
Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway's most beloved works. It is his classic memoir of Paris in the 1920s, filled with irreverent portraits of other expatriate luminaries such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein; tender memories of his first wife, Hadley; and insightful recollections of his own early experiments with his craft.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hemingway without being TOO Hemingway
- By Cathy on 09-20-06
By: Ernest Hemingway
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Which None Can Shut
- Remarkable True Stories of God's Miraculous Work in the Muslim World
- By: Reema Goode
- Narrated by: Jon Gauger
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 102
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Story5 out of 5 stars 89
“Reema Goode” and her family are Christians working in a closed Middle Eastern country where all of these things are true. Yet they are also firsthand witnesses of a whole new trend that is taking shape in missions to Muslims. Despite all obstacles, God is opening miraculous doors in the Islamic world, where an unprecedented number of Muslims are becoming followers of Jesus. Reema takes us deep inside her Arab neighborhood to show how God is opening doors in just one of many Islamic communities.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Riveting Story
- By Kaye on 08-24-13
By: Reema Goode
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The Elements of Eloquence
- Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase
- By: Mark Forsyth
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,734
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,558
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,530
In his inimitably entertaining and wonderfully witty style, he takes apart famous phrases and shows how you too can write like Shakespeare or quip like Oscar Wilde. Whether you’re aiming to achieve literary immortality or just hoping to deliver the perfect one-liner, The Elements of Eloquence proves that you don’t need to have anything important to say - you simply need to say it well.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Who knew rhetoric could be so much fun?
- By Philo on 10-30-14
By: Mark Forsyth
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Slathbog's Gold
- Adventurers Wanted, Book 1
- By: M. L. Forman
- Narrated by: E. B. Stevens
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,200
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,986
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,993
Do you have the courage, the wits, and the skill to claim a dragon's hoard? If so, apply within . . . The sign is small, tucked into the corner of Mr. Clutter's bookshop window: “Adventurers Wanted. Apply Within.” No one but fifteen-year-old Alex Taylor even seems to notice it is there. And for Alex, who has wished for a change in his life, it is an irresistible invitation.Upon entering Mr. Clutter's shop, Alex is swept away on an incredible adventure to a faraway land filled with heroic warriors, mysterious elves, and hard-working dwarves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Story!
- By Roy on 01-24-14
By: M. L. Forman
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Waiting for Godot
- By: Samuel Beckett
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett, David Burke, Terence Rigby, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 819
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 619
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Story4 out of 5 stars 624
There is now no doubt that not only is Waiting for Godot the outstanding play of the 20th century, but it is also Samuel Beckett's masterpiece. Yet it is both a popular text to be studied at school and an enigma. The scene is a country road. There is a solitary tree. It is evening. Two tramp-like figures, Vladimir and Estragon, exchange words. Pull off boots. Munch a root vegetable. Two other curious characters enter. And a boy. Time passes. It is all strange yet familiar.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Joys of Existential and Spiritual Uncertainty
- By Jefferson on 07-24-11
By: Samuel Beckett
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
- By: Italo Calvino
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 647
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 572
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 567
Italo Calvino imagines a novel capable of endless mutations in this intricately crafted story about writing and readers. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler turns out to be not one novel but 10, each with a different plot, style, ambience, and author, and each interrupted at a moment of suspense. Together they form a labyrinth of literatures, known and unknown, alive and extinct, through which two readers, a male and a female, pursue both the story lines that intrigue them and one another.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The position of the feet during reading...
- By literate rose on 02-09-18
By: Italo Calvino
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Draft No. 4
- On the Writing Process
- By: John McPhee
- Narrated by: John McPhee
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 248
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 208
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 209
Draft No. 4 is an elucidation of the writer's craft by a master practitioner. In a series of playful but expertly wrought essays, John McPhee shares insights he's gathered over his career and refined during his long-running course at Princeton University, where he has launched some of the most esteemed writers of several generations. McPhee offers a definitive guide to the crucial decisions regarding structure, diction, and tone that shape nonfiction pieces and presents extracts from some of his best-loved work, subjecting them to wry scrutiny.
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4 out of 5 stars
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McPhee is the Craft
- By Darwin8u on 09-19-17
By: John McPhee