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'Major Wilbraham' is the extraordinary tale of a respectable ex-army officer whose mysterious death is shrouded in the greatest mystery of all. What could have led to Major Wilbraham to behave like that? Causing a scene on Piccadilly, staying out all night in Green Park with a street fighter and a prostitute, causing a fight at Covent Garden Market in which he was fatally injured....

古希腊神话记载的特洛伊战争，历时10年，生灵涂炭。这场残酷的特洛伊战争，究竟有着怎样的来龙去脉呢？本有声书通过生动的语言呈现了这次军事远征的奇特故事。…… 古希臘神話記載的特洛伊戰爭，歷時10年，生靈塗炭。這場殘酷的特洛伊戰爭，究竟有著怎樣的來龍去脈呢？本有聲書通過生動的語言呈現了這次軍事遠征的奇特故事。

"Qu'est-ce qu'une femme ? Une déesse mortelle. Une déesse ? Une femme immortelle." Qui parle ? Le Poète (inutile, autrefois, de préciser "Homère"), dans l'Iliade, notre naissance en littérature. Loin d'être la faiblesse des hommes et des dieux, la femme et la déesse sont la force du chant : tout part de la déesse invoquée ; tout remonte à Hélène, la femme désirée, selon le vouloir d'Aphrodite. Elles sont là, reines, mères et filles, sœurs et épouses, amantes ou solitaires. Inséparables des hommes et des dieux.

"The Gamekeeper at Home" is a collection of sketches of natural history and rural life in 19th century England. The book was written by English writer John Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) and it was first published in 1878. Jefferies is best known for his prolific and sensitive writing on natural history, rural life and agriculture in the late Victorian period. In "The Gamekeeper at Home" we are introduced with the manner of the English country life.

William Wymark Jacobs (1863-1943) was an English author of short stories and novels. His most popular works in the early part of the last century were his humorous tales set around the docks of Wapping and in the taproom of the infamous Cauliflower tavern. Many of his stories were written in a cockney vernacular and were keenly observant of character. 'The White Cat' is a humorous tale of a disputed inheritance, a clever old rogue and a suspiciously mislaid white cat.

L'audiolibro Amore e Psiche è la più nota delle favole contenute in "Le metamorfosi" di Apuleio. Narra delle difficili e dolorose vicende di Psiche...

Esopo, il celebre favolista dell'antica Grecia, con molto acume, ironia e soprattutto talento, compose numerose favole dedicate soprattutto agli animali, con chiari riferimenti ai caratteri e alle abitudini degli esseri umani. Profondo osservatore degli uomini, catalogò sotto forma di favole, i vizi e le virtù dei suoi simili, con obiettività e sagacia. Impossibile non sorridere delle sue osservazioni sulle debolezze degli uomini, che nel suo immaginario, sono impersonati da scimmie, cavalli, muli, corvi, leoni e da tutti gli altri animali conosciuti a quel tempo, e non solo.

Benvenuti nell’epico mondo dell’Iliade, dove è sempre un buon giorno per vincere o morire. Nell’ultimo anno dell’assedio di Troia, Dei ed eroi, condottieri e soldati si affrontano in grandiose battaglie. Dal duello tra Ettore e Aiace agli inganni e ai complotti dell’Olimpo, dal salvataggio di Nestore all’impresa notturna di Ulisse e Diomede.

"L'Art d'aimer" est une œuvre en vers du poète latin Ovide parue autour de l'an 1. Elle se veut une initiation à l'art de l'amour et surtout de la séduction. L'ouvrage est divisé en trois livres. Le premier enseigne aux hommes à séduire les femmes. Le deuxième livre apprend à transformer sa conquête en amour durable. Le dernier livre s'adresse aux femmes, et prodigue les conseils pour séduire et conserver la relation : coiffure, habillement, maquillage, attitudes et jeux d'ombre qui mettent en valeur, y compris pendant l'acte amoureux.

The philosopher - whose teachings have followers even more than 20 centuries after his death – was a genius without a doubt. Many of his ideas are hotly debated ever since. Even beyond heated philosophical debates, there are plenty of useful ideas by Plato. Studying thick books for this is not necessary - just listen to this audiobook published by AB Publishing! Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

Un giallo straordinario, dove il colpevole non sa di esserlo. Un'indagine senza precedenti, in cui assassino e detective sono la stessa persona. Reo dei più turpi delitti, eppure innocente, Edipo è vittima e artefice del Fato che lo travolge, in una trama micidiale che solo gli Dei potevano concepire. Il capolavoro di Sofocle torna in una traduzione che viene da lontano, potenziato da una colonna sonora dei nostri giorni.

Benvenuti nell’epico mondo dell’Iliade, dove è sempre un buon giorno per vincere o morire. Nell’ultimo anno dell’assedio di Troia, Dei ed eroi, condottieri e soldati si affrontano in grandiose battaglie. Dalla contesa tra Achille e Agamennone al celebre catalogo delle navi, dalla sfida di Paride a Menelao per l’amore di Elena alle imprese del possente guerriero Diomede.

Odisseya - vtoraya (posle Iliady ) klassicheskaya pojema, pripisyvaemaya drevnegrecheskomu pojetu Gomeru. Sozdana, verojatno, v VIII veke do n. je. ili neskol'ko pozzhe. Rasskazyvaet o prikljucheniyah mificheskogo geroja po imeni Odissej vo vremya ego vozvrashheniya na rodinu po okonchanii Troyanskoj vojny, a takzhe o prikljucheniyah ego zheny Penelopy, ozhidavshej Odisseya na Itake.

Sir Derek Jacobi and cast perform another Shakespeare classic which has been released for the first time as a digital download. The play opens with the King of Navarre and three noble companions, Berowne, Dumaine, and Longaville, taking an oath to devote themselves to three years of study...

Parue en 1880, Boule de Suif a été depuis adaptée de nombreuses fois au théâtre, au cinéma, à la télévision. La mise en scène sonore de l’œuvre met en lumière toute l’ambiance si particulière du contexte historique de la guerre de 1870, et l’interprétation du narrateur et des dialogues amplifie la compréhension de l’extraordinaire analyse de l’auteur face à une société étriquée, dont l’hypocrisie est mise au grand jour. Le personnage principal, Boule de Suif, prostituée au grand cœur, n’en est que plus bouleversant.

Does Nature Discrimate the Downtrodden? I watch the villagers come out when the weather gets cool in the evenings, looking up with eager eyes for signs of rain, praying that their crops are safe and don’t wither under the persistent scorching sun. Seeds dying even before they sprout are as common as the dust-filled roads that mar the paths they tread upon. Their animals, bared of flesh, are constantly in their minds. Their bony form requires nourishment and water so that they can turn the soils of the land and be a source of staples. Can Yearning Hearts Be Pacified With A Touch of Beauty ...

Of the two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer, The Odyssey serves to some extent as a sequel to The Iliad. The poem describes the journey home of Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, after the fall of Troy. In the Greek sources, the Trojan War lasted 10 years, and Odysseus spent 10 more years on the return journey due to the hostility of Poseidon, the god of earth and sea. Odysseus' fantastical adventures include a period of captivity on Calypso’s island, a visit to the lethargic lotus eaters, an encounter with a one-eyed Cyclops, and more.

Forced to make love to beautiful women, this is adult science fiction at its best. The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece and Rome had returned to Earth - with all their awesome powers intact, and Earth was transformed almost overnight. War on any scale was outlawed, along with boom-and-bust economic cycles, and prudery - no change was more startling than the face of New York, where, for instance, the Empire State Building became the Tower of Zeus!

Quando una nave arriverà da Delo, Socrate dovrà morire. Bisogna forse sottrarsi a questo destino, come vorrebbero gli amici? Ma così verrebbe negato tutto quanto Socrate ha costruito nella sua vita, tutto il patrimonio di coerenza e dirittura morale che lo ha sempre contraddistinto e guidato. No, si deve affrontare ciò che è stato deciso secondo la legge, quella legge che è ossatura e anima dell’amata città. A chi piacerebbe una città senza leggi?

Read by the author, Dr Sam Akbar. Seven essential lessons from The Odyssey; a timeless story of strength against adversity, resilience and never losing sight of your goals. Who are you? How can you be who you want to be? How do you treat those around you? What really matters? The Odyssey Mindset...