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The giants of Russian literature: Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov (The modern scholar)

By Liza Knapp. 2006

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Literature, Criticism
Human-narrated audio
Columbia University professor Liza Knapp delivers lectures on the lives, times, and most important works of four great Russian authors. 2006.

The game is afoot: a travel guide to the England of Sherlock Holmes

By David L Hammer. 1985

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Travel and geography, European travel and geography
Human-narrated audio
A guided tour of the English cottages, castles and countryside spots that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used as settings for the Sherlock Holmes stories. 1985.

The fleece era

By Joanna Lilley. 2014

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Literature, Poetry
Human-narrated audio

Yukon-based, UK-born Joanna Lilley’s first book of poems is a wry and eloquent testament to the intricacies of our various…

relationships. From the shattered pieces of our environmental puzzles to the labyrinth of family dynamics, Lilley makes these dilemmas come alive. Chillingly sparse, attractively odd and refreshingly frank, these poems embrace the complexities of human life with an unsettling mix of the sardonic and the compassionate. c2014.

The flâneur: a stroll through the paradoxes of Paris (The writer And The City Ser. #1)

By Edmund White. 2001

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Travel and geography, European travel and geography
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Novelist, critic, and biographer White, who moved to Paris in 1983, describes his wanderings through the city's arrondissements, including districts…

congenial to writers, African-Americans, Jews, artists, gays and lesbians, and royalists. A flâneur is someone who strolls about a city with no specific purpose, yet is attuned to its history and character. Bestseller. 2001.

The fracture zone: a return to the Balkans

By Simon Winchester. 2001

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Travel and geography, European travel and geography
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Award-winning journalist and author Simon Winchester takes readers on a personal tour of the Balkans. Combining history and interviews with…

the people who live there, Winchester offers a fascinating glimpse into the complex issues at work in this chaotic region. 2001.

The fragile lights of earth: articles and memories, 1942-1970

By Alan Brown, Gabrielle Roy. 1982

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Serious and literary fiction, Short storiesCanadian non-fiction, Anthologies, Essays
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A collection of Roy's articles, stories, and essays written over a period of 30 years. Translation of "Fragiles lumieres de la terre." 1982. Uniform title: Fragiles lumières de la terre.

The first man in my life: daughters write about their fathers

By Sandra Martin, Ed Martin Sandra. 2007

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Family biography, Canadian non-fiction, Essays
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In twenty-two original narratives, some of Canada's most acclaimed writers share stories, memories, insights, and revelations - from the comic…

to the tragic - about the first man in their lives. These complex stories will open a fresh and intense conversation with daughters everywhere about the men they've observed since childhood: their fathers. Some descriptions of sex and violence and some strong language. 2007.

The flamingo's smile: reflections in natural history

By Stephen Jay Gould. 1985

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Essays, Nature, Science and technology
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These essays cover a wide variety of subjects: extinction of the dinosaurs, nuclear war, evolutionary biology, and the decline in batting average in major league baseball. 1985.

The first Eden: the Mediterranean world and man

By David Attenborough. 1987

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Travel and geography, European travel and geography
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A history of the Mediterranean world from the dramatic creation of the sea when the Atlantic flooded across the barrier…

of land connecting Morocco and Gibraltar and plunged over a cliff 50 times the height of Niagara. The transformation of man in this rich region from hunter-gather to a settled form of existence was the beginning of civilisation and so began the process that was to transform the whole area. 1987.

The description of the world

By Johanna Skibsrud. 2016

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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Literature, Poetry
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In this collection of poems, the author asks: is our world really what it appears to be? How do we…

shape it through language? And if language can create our world, can it also transform or destroy it? She brings us to the edges of dreams and waking. With lines that are searching, but spacious, she deftly turns over ideas of perception and reality, inviting us to join her as she releases the abstract figure from its painting, or brings the poet in from the wilderness. 2016.

The dream of Gerontius

By John Henry Newman. 2009

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Literature, Poetry
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This poem describes the death of an old man and the journey of his soul to the judgement seat of God. First published in 1865, 2009.

The end of elsewhere: travels among the tourists

By Taras Grescoe. 2003

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Canadian non-fiction, Travel and geography, Asian travel and geography, European travel and geography
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Taras Grescoe plunges into the ruts where the tourists are thickest, starting at the tip of Spain's Land's End and…

finishing, nine months later, on the soldier-patrolled beaches of China's End of the Earth. Along the way, he crosses the entire Eurasian landmass, experiencing all sorts of travel such as all-inclusive resorts, pilgrimages, and bus tours. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2003.

The essential Rumi

By Coleman Barks, Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi. 1995

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Literature, Poetry
Human-narrated audio

Contemporary translation of spiritual poetry by the Sufi mystic Jelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273). These poems were created during Rumi's work with…

a dervish learning community that was "exploring the mystery of union with the divine." Includes sex. 1995. Uniform title: Selections.

The courage to be rich: creating a life of material and spiritual abundance

By Suze Orman. 1999

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Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Business and economics, Personal finance and investing
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Author of "The Nine Steps to Financial Freedom" presents a plan for achieving monetary and spiritual well-being. Describes courage as…

faith, determination, a sense of self-worth, and the vision to create a rich and abundant life. Explores the value of money, the rewards wealth bestows, and the responsibilities it confers. Bestseller. 1999.

The empathy exams: essays

By Leslie Jamison. 2014

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Award winning non-fiction, Literature, Essays
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A collection of essays explores empathy, using topics ranging from street violence and incarceration to reality television and literary sentimentality…

to ask questions about people's understanding of and relationships with others. Winner of the Gray Wolf Press Nonfiction Prize. 2014. The empathy exams -- Devil's bait -- La frontera -- Morphology of the hit -- Pain tours (I) : La plata perdida ; Sublime, revised ; Indigenous to the hood -- The immortal horizon -- In defense of saccharin(e) -- Fog count -- Pain tours (II) : Ex-votos ; Servicio supercompleto ; The broken heart of James Agee -- Lost boys -- Grand unified theory of female pain -- Judge's afterword / A conversation with Leslie Jamison. Uniform title: Essays.

The defence: guarding your money in uncertain times

By Garth Turner. 1998

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Personal finance and investing, Canadian non-fiction
Human-narrated audio

Turner, one of Canada's most respected financial educators, offers advice on maintaining, expanding, and passing on your wealth. He discusses…

conservative investment strategies, estate planning, and how to safeguard you money. 1998.

The dog's last walk: (and other pieces)

By Howard Jacobson. 2017

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Literature, Essays
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Week after week, for eighteen years, the Booker Prize-winning novelist Howard Jacobson wrote a weekly column for the Independent, reflecting…

in inimitable style on the sacred and the profane in turn, the frivolous and the serious, the deeply personal and the most universal. As the much-loved newspaper ceases printing, this second collection of Jacobson's columns offers a selection of the witty and thunderous best. 2017. Uniform title: Independent (London, England)

The corpses of the future

By Lynn Crosbie. 2017

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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Literature, Poetry
Human-narrated audio

A sustained, confessional new collection of poems that tells the story of Crosbie's father’s battle with frontotemporal dementia and blindness,…

following a stroke. The poems chronologically recount the poet’s conversations and time with her father, and capture his still-astonishing means of communicating. The book’s title is his sardonic remark. Crosbie considers dementia to be a symbolic language and as such, similar to poetry. The author’s attempts to understand her father’s distress, pain, fear, and brave love are assisted by her understanding of the “negative capability” required of readers of poetry. 2017.

The elephant and my Jewish problem: selected stories and journals, 1957-1987

By Hugh Nissenson. 1988

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Multi-cultural fiction, Short storiesLifestyle, Essays
Human-narrated audio

Short stories and journal entries which describe the Jewish experience from the turn of the century to the aftermath of…

the Holocaust and the beginning of the state of Israel. 1988.

The hill of Kronos

By Peter Levi. 1981

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Travel and geography, European travel and geography, Travelogues
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Greece as seen through the eyes of a sensitive traveller - English classicist, archaeologist, and former Jesuit priest, whose poetic…

observations about the land and its people are interspersed with personal narrative. c1981.

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