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    Story

    Style, Structure, Substance, and the Pri

    by Robert McKee ...
    Narrated by Robert McKee ...

    Abridged

    6 hours 12 min

    For more than 15 years, Robert McKee's students have been taking Hollywood's top honors. His “Story Seminar” is the world's ultimate seminar for screenwriters, filmmakers, and novelists. Now, Robert McKee's Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting reveals the award-winning methods of the man universally regarded as the world's premier teacher on screenwriting and ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Proust and the Squid

    The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

    by Maryanne Wolf ...
    Narrated by Kirsten Potter ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 21 min

    Reading is a miracle, because the brain was never wired for written language. This eloquent, accessible look at reading explores how it has transformed our brains, our lives, and the world.It took 2,000 years for written language to develop, and it takes 2,000 days for a child's brain to learn to read. During that time, the brain must literally rearrange itself in order to understand written ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Dark Archives

    A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

    Narrated by Justis Bolding ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 58 min

    On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if you held it in your hand?In Dark Archives, Megan Rosenbloom seeks out the historic and scientific truths behind anthropodermic bibliopegy—the practice of binding books in this most intimate covering. ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Storytelling Animal

    How Stories Make Us Human

    Narrated by Kris Koscheski ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 32 min

    Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. We spin fantasies. We devour novels, films, and plays. Even sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. It's easy to say that humans are "wired" for story, but why?In this delightful and original book, Jonathan Gottschall offers the first unified theory of ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Agatha Christie’s Poirot

    The Greatest Detective in the World

    Narrated by Clare Corbett ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 17 min

    From the very first book publication in 1920 to the recent film release of Death on the Nile, this investigation into Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot celebrates a century of probably the world’s favourite fictional detective.This book tells his story decade-by-decade, exploring his appearances not only in the original novels, short stories and plays but also across stage, screen and radio ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Camp Austen

    My Life as an Accidental Jane Austen Superfan

    by Ted Scheinman ...
    Narrated by Ted Scheinman ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 43 min

    A raucous audiobook tour through the world of Mr. Darcy imitations, tailored gowns, and tipsy ballroom dancingThe son of a devoted Jane Austen scholar, Ted Scheinman spent his childhood summers eating Yorkshire pudding, singing in an Anglican choir, and watching Laurence Olivier as Mr. Darcy. Determined to leave his mother’s world behind, he nonetheless found himself in grad school organizing the ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor

    A Smart, Irreverent Guide to Biography, History, Journalism, Blogs, and Everything in Between

    Narrated by David de Vries ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 36 min

    The New York Times bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor uses the same skills to teach how to access accurate information in a rapidly changing 24/7 news cycle and become better readers, thinkers, and consumers of media.We live in an information age, but it is increasingly difficult to know which information to trust. Fake news is rampant in mass media, stoked by foreign ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Meander, Spiral, Explode

    Design and Pattern in Narrative

    by Jane Alison ...
    Narrated by Bernadette Dunne ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 50 min

    “Doctors don’t imitate Galen. Why should writers follow Aristotle? Jane Alison in her fresh, original book about narrative is our new Aristotle.” ―Edmund White, author of The Unpunished Vice: A Life of ReadingAs Jane Alison writes in the introduction to her insightful and appealing book about the craft of writing: “For centuries there’s been one path through fiction we’re most likely to travel―one ... Read more

    $27.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Situation and the Story

    The Art of Personal Narrative

    Narrated by Vivian Gornick ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 48 min

    All narrative writing must pull from the raw material of life a tale that will shape experience, transform event, deliver a bit of wisdom. In a story or a novel the "I" who tells this tale can be, and often is, an unreliable narrator but in nonfiction the reader must always be persuaded that the narrator is speaking truth.How does one pull from one's own boring, agitated self the truth-speaker who ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    El infinito en un junco

    La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo

    by Irene Vallejo ...
    Narrated by Elena Silva ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 59 min

    EL ENSAYO REVELACIÓN DE LA TEMPORADAPREMIO NACIONAL DE ENSAYO 2020De humo, de piedra, de arcilla, de seda, de piel, de árboles, de plástico y de luz...Un recorrido por la vida del libro y de quienes lo han salvaguardado durante casi treinta siglos.Premio el Ojo Crítico de Narrativa 2019Prólogo narrado por la autoraEste es un libro sob... ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    David Rakoff's Half Empty and Sloane Crosley's How Did You Get This Number

    Narrated by Ira Glass ...
    Series series Thalia Book Club

    Unabridged

    1 hour 24 min

    The whip-smart and funny authors of the essay collections Don't Get Too Comfortable (Rakoff) and I Was Told There'd Be Cake (Crosley) join up to examine our contemporary culture and the many ways life can go awry in New York City, as presented in their new books. Ira Glass (This American Life) will introduce the authors. ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Book Analysis)

    Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

    Narrated by Sara Wright ...
    Series series BrightSummaries.com

    Unabridged

    28 min

    Unlock the more straightforward side of To Kill a Mockingbird with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a book about the trial of a black man accused of raping a white woman. By describing such a sensitive issue through the eyes of a child, Lee calls attention to the glaring inequalities in American ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Evening with Justin Vivian Bond, An

    Narrated by Mike Albo ...
    Series series Thalia Book Club

    Unabridged

    1 hour 33 min

    Justin Vivian Bond joins Mike Albo for a discussion of v literary works and a performance of v music. ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The New York Times Book Review

    125 Years of Literary History

    Unabridged

    13 hours 39 min

    From the longest-running, most influential book review in America, here is its best, funniest, strangest, and most memorable coverage over the past 125 years.Since its first issue on October 10, 1896, The New York Times Book Review has brought the world of ideas to the reading public. It is the publication where authors have been made, and where readers first encountered the classics that have ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Léon l'Africain d'Amin Maalouf (Fiche de lecture)

    Analyse complète et résumé détaillé de l'oeuvre

    Unabridged

    22 min

    Décryptez Léon l'Africain d'Amin Maalouf avec l'analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr !Que faut-il retenir de Léon l'Africain, le roman historique qui offre aux lecteurs une véritable traversée des cultures ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une fiche de lecture complète et détaillée.Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche :• Un résumé complet• Une présentation des ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Le Vieil Homme et la Mer d'Ernest Hemingway (Analyse de l'oeuvre)

    Analyse complète et résumé détaillé de l'oeuvre

    Unabridged

    28 min

    Décryptez Le Vieil Homme et la Mer d'Ernest Hemingway avec l'analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr ! Que faut-il retenir du Vieil Homme et la Mer, le roman incontournable de la littérature américaine ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une analyse complète et détaillée. Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche :• Un résumé complet • Une présentation des personnages principaux ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    All Things Shining

    Reading the Western Canon to Find Meaning in a Secular World

    Unabridged

    8 hours 35 min

    The religious turn to their faith to find meaning. But what about the many people who lead secular lives and are also hungry for meaning? What guides, what approaches are available to them?Distinguished philosophers, Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly explain that a secular life charged with meaning is indeed within reach. It is achieved by a passionate, skillful engagement with the people, ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Big Fiction

    How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature

    by Dan Sinykin ...
    Narrated by Mike Lenz ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 43 min

    In the late 1950s, Random House editor Jason Epstein would talk jazz with Ralph Ellison or chat with Andy Warhol while pouring drinks in his office. By the 1970s, editors were poring over profit-and-loss statements. The electronics company RCA bought Random House in 1965, and then other large corporations purchased other formerly independent publishers. As multinational conglomerates consolidated ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Der Ekel von Jean-Paul Sartre (Lektürehilfe)

    Detaillierte Zusammenfassung, Personenanalyse und Interpretation

    Series series Lektürehilfe

    Unabridged

    37 min

    Der Ekel von Jean-Paul Sartre – Endlich verständlich mit der Lektürehilfe von derQuerleser! Diese klare und zuverlässige Analyse von Jean-Paul Sartres Der Ekel aus dem Jahre 1938 hilft Dir dabei, den Klassiker schnell in seinen wichtigsten Punkten zu erfassen. Der Ekel ist ein philosophischer Roman in Form eines Tagebuchs. Er erzählt die Geschichte von Antoine Roquentin, der eines Tages wegen ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    О русской литературе. Часть 1

    Unabridged

    6 hours 52 min

    Достоевский — мастер во всем. Не только гениальный писатель, мыслитель и философ, но и превосходный публицист и литературный критик. Он нашел свой особый литературный жанр в «Дневнике писателя», а до этого, вместе с братом Михаилом, был издателем, редактором и автором журналов «Время» и «Эпоха». В них Федор Михайлович публиковал свои критические статьи, заметки и рецензии, в которых активно и ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    L'Homme qui voulait être heureux de Laurent Gounelle

    Analyse complète et résumé détaillé de l'oeuvre

    Narrated by Denise Dubois ...

    Unabridged

    17 min

    Décryptez L'Homme qui voulait être heureux de Laurent Gounelle avec l'analyse du PetitLittéraire.fr !Que faut-il retenir de l'ouvrage L'Homme qui voulait vivre heureux, le roman qui vous invite à réfléchir sur la quête du bonheur et le sens de la vie ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur ce chef-d'œuvre contemporain dans une fiche de lecture complète et détaillée.Vous trouverez notamment ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Le Parfum de Patrick Süskind (Analyse de l'oeuvre)

    Analyse complète et résumé détaillé de l'oeuvre

    Unabridged

    32 min

    Décryptez Le Parfum de Patrick Süskind avec l'analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr ! Que faut-il retenir du Parfum, le roman culte de la littérature allemande contemporaine ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une analyse complète et détaillée. Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche :• Un résumé complet• Une présentation des personnages principaux tels que Jean-Baptiste ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Thalia Book Club: Tom Rachman's The Imperfectionists

    by Tom Rachman ...
    Narrated by Sree Srinivasan, David Fehr ...
    Series series Thalia Book Club

    Unabridged

    1 hour 31 min

    Tom Rachman sits down with Sree Srinivasan to discuss his novel, The Imperfectionists. David Fehr reads an excerpt. ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    La Controverse de Valladolid de Jean-Claude Carrière (Fiche de lecture)

    Analyse complète et résumé détaillé de l'oeuvre

    Unabridged

    30 min

    Décryptez La Controverse de Valladolid de Jean-Claude Carrière avec l'analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr !Que faut-il retenir de La Controverse de Valladolid, le roman historique phare de la littérature française contemporaine ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une fiche de lecture complète et détaillée.Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche :• Un résumé complet• Une ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus