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    • By: Plato
    • Narrated by: Ray Childs
    • Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 04-01-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,530 ratings
    • The Republic poses questions that endure: What is justice? What form of community fosters the best possible life for human beings? What is the nature and destiny of the soul? Find out....

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    • By: Thomas Merton
    • Narrated by: Greg Chun
    • Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 12-26-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 266 ratings
    • Classic writings from the great Zen master in exquisite versions by Thomas Merton, with a preface by his holiness the Dalai Lama, now in audio for the first time....

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    • Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark
    • By: Chronicle Books
    • Narrated by: Allan Corduner, Juha Sorola
    • Series: Tales, Book 3
    • Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 08-13-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 363 ratings
    • Trolls haunt the snowy forests, and terrifying monsters roam the open sea. A young woman journeys to the end of the world, and a boy proves he knows no fear. This collection of 16 traditional tales transports readers to the enchanting world of Nordic folklore....

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    • A Translation of the Majjhima Nikāya
    • By: Bhikkhu Ñānamoli, Bhikkhu Bodhi
    • Narrated by: Taradasa
    • Length: 47 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 08-08-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 149 ratings
    • This book offers a complete translation of the Majjhima Nikāya, or Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pāli Canon, the authorised scriptures of Theravada Buddhism....

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    • The Book of Change
    • By: David Hinton
    • Narrated by: Tom Zingarelli
    • Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 10-13-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 99 ratings
    • In a radically new translation and interpretation of the I Ching, David Hinton strips this ancient Chinese masterwork of the usual apparatus....

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    • By: John Allyn, Stephen Turnbull - foreword
    • Narrated by: David Shih
    • Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 11-22-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 700 ratings
    • This is the definitive, fascinating account of this unforgettable tale of a band of samurai who defied the Emperor to avenge the disgrace and death of their master....

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    • India's Immortal Tale of Adventure, Love and Wisdom
    • By: Krishna Dharma, Valmiki Ramayana
    • Narrated by: Krishna Dharma
    • Length: 19 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 04-11-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 239 ratings
    • Ramayana must rank as one of the most loved and revered books of all time. A part of India's ancient Vedas, it is a beautiful story of romance and adventure....

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    • By: Soseki Natsume, Aiko Ito - translator, Graeme Wilson - translator
    • Narrated by: David Shih
    • Length: 21 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 03-17-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 132 ratings
    • 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....

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    • A Translation of the Saṃyutta Nikaya
    • By: Bhikkhu Bodhi
    • Narrated by: Taradasa
    • Length: 57 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 10-09-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 45 ratings
    • This volume offers a complete translation of the Saṃyutta Nikāya, The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, the third of the four great collections in the Sutta Pitaka of the Pāli Canon....

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    • Outlaws of the Marsh
    • By: Shi Naian, J. H. Jackson - translator, Edwin Lowe - translator
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Booth
    • Length: 33 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 07-07-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • The Water Margin is one of the most popular classics of early Chinese literature. It tells the vigorous story of 108 characters who, falling foul of the established state authorities, are forced to become outlaws....

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    • A New Translation by Caroline Alexander
    • By: Homer, Caroline Alexander - translator
    • Narrated by: Dominic Keating
    • Series: Iliad & Odyssey, Book 1
    • Length: 19 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 04-19-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 546 ratings
    • Carved close to the original Greek, acclaimed classicist Caroline Alexander's new translation is swift and lean, with the driving cadence of its source....

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    • By: John D. Smith - translator
    • Narrated by: Shaheen Khan, Sagar Arya
    • Length: 44 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 03-25-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent and is a major text of Hinduism....

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    • By: Kahlil Gibran
    • Narrated by: Peter Coates
    • Length: 58 mins
    • Release date: 02-05-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • Kahlil Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu. Sand and Foam is a book of aphorisms, poems, and parables by the...

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    • A Life in Art
    • By: Susan Napier
    • Narrated by: Susan Napier
    • Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 03-26-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 422 ratings
    • Japanese culture and animation scholar Susan Napier explores the life and art of extraordinary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, including his significant impact on Japan and the world, to provide a definitive account of his oeuvre....

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    • By: Keiichiro Hirano, Eli K. P. William - translator
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 06-01-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 188 ratings
    • Akira Kido is a divorce attorney whose own marriage is in danger of being destroyed by emotional disconnect. With a midlife crisis looming, Kido's life is upended by the reemergence of a former client, Rié Takemoto....

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    • The Hindu Trinity Series
    • By: Devdutt Pattanaik
    • Narrated by: Sagar Arya
    • Series: The 7 Secrets
    • Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 01-24-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 112 ratings
    • The author, Devdutt Pattanaik, introduces listeners to the varied aspects and representations of Shiva, and then sets about interpreting them....

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    • Translated by Rabindranath Tagore
    • By: Kabir
    • Narrated by: Pallavi Bharti
    • Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 09-07-23
    • Language: English
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    • The poet Kabir, a selection from whose songs is here for the first time offered to English audiences, is one of the most interesting personalities in the history of Indian mysticism....

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    • By: Yukio Mishima
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 5 hrs
    • Release date: 12-22-10
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 201 ratings
    • Set in a remote fishing village in Japan, The Sound of Waves is a timeless story of first love. A young fisherman is entranced at the sight of the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the village....

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