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by Paul Hecht, Anthony Geist ...

A comic and melancholy novel about translation and living between cultures, set during one historic day in Spain: February 21, 1981, the attempted coup against the newborn Spanish democracy.Early one morning in 1981, Peter Carp, an American poet and translator living in Granada, wakes to the sounds of shouting and the revving of a motorcycle. These interruptions to Peter’s sleep provoke a series ... Read more

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A comic and melancholy novel about translation and living between cultures, set during one historic day in Spain: February 21, 1981, the attempted coup against the newborn Spanish democracy.Early one morning in 1981, Peter Carp, an American poet and translator living in Granada, wakes to the sounds of shouting and the revving of a motorcycle. These interruptions to Peter’s sleep provoke a series
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Père Goriot

by Honoré de Balzac ...

Narrated by Paul Hecht ...

Unabridged

10 hours 33 min

One of renowned French author HonorE de Balzac's finest works, PEre Goriot provides a fascinating glimpse into Parisian life of the early 19th century. The rich character studies and themes of class, personal ambition, and materiality make this insightful novel as compelling today as when it was first published. At the shabby boarding house in the rue Neuve-Sainte-GeneviEve, petty Madame Vauquer ... Read more

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One of renowned French author HonorE de Balzac's finest works, PEre Goriot provides a fascinating glimpse into Parisian life of the early 19th century. The rich character studies and themes of class, personal ambition, and materiality make this insightful novel as compelling today as when it was first published. At the shabby boarding house in the rue Neuve-Sainte-GeneviEve, petty Madame Vauquer
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Cousin Bette

by Honoré de Balzac ...

Narrated by Paul Hecht ...

Unabridged

18 hours 50 min

Acclaimed 19th-century French novelist HonorE de Balzac is widely regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. In Cousin Bette, Lisbeth Fischer feels she's been wronged -- though much of what she perceives may only reside in her imagination. Seeking vengeance against the family of her beautiful cousin, Adeline, she leverages the uncontrollable sexual appetites of her cousin's ... Read more

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Acclaimed 19th-century French novelist HonorE de Balzac is widely regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. In Cousin Bette, Lisbeth Fischer feels she's been wronged -- though much of what she perceives may only reside in her imagination. Seeking vengeance against the family of her beautiful cousin, Adeline, she leverages the uncontrollable sexual appetites of her cousin's
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Gods of Riverworld

by Philip José Farmer ...

Narrated by Paul Hecht ...

Series series Riverworld
Unabridged

12 hours 20 min

Thirty-five billion people from throughout Earth's history were resurrected along the great and winding waterways of Riverworld. Most began life anew—accepting without question the sustenance provided by their mysterious benefactors. But a rebellious handful burned to confront the unseen masters who controlled their fate—and these few launched an invasion that would ultimately yield the mind ... Read more

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Thirty-five billion people from throughout Earth's history were resurrected along the great and winding waterways of Riverworld. Most began life anew—accepting without question the sustenance provided by their mysterious benefactors. But a rebellious handful burned to confront the unseen masters who controlled their fate—and these few launched an invasion that would ultimately yield the mind
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The Fabulous Riverboat

by Philip José Farmer ...

Narrated by Paul Hecht ...

Series series Riverworld
Unabridged

9 hours 4 min

Resurrected on the lush, mysterious banks of Riverworld, along with the rest of humanity, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain) has a dream: to build a riverboat that will rival the most magnificent paddle-wheelers ever navigated on the mighty Mississippi. Then, to steer it up the endless waterway that dominates his new home planet—and at last discover its hidden source.But before he can ... Read more

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Resurrected on the lush, mysterious banks of Riverworld, along with the rest of humanity, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain) has a dream: to build a riverboat that will rival the most magnificent paddle-wheelers ever navigated on the mighty Mississippi. Then, to steer it up the endless waterway that dominates his new home planet—and at last discover its hidden source.But before he can
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Stalin, Volume I

Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928

by Stephen Kotkin ...

Narrated by Paul Hecht ...

Unabridged

38 hours 47 min

A magnificent new biography that revolutionizes our understanding of Stalin and his world It has the quality of myth: A poor cobbler's son, a seminarian from an oppressed outer province of the Russian Empire, reinvents himself as a revolutionary and finds a leadership role within a small group of marginal zealots. When the old world is unexpectedly brought down in a total war, the band seizes ... Read more

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A magnificent new biography that revolutionizes our understanding of Stalin and his world It has the quality of myth: A poor cobbler's son, a seminarian from an oppressed outer province of the Russian Empire, reinvents himself as a revolutionary and finds a leadership role within a small group of marginal zealots. When the old world is unexpectedly brought down in a total war, the band seizes
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The Dark Design

by Philip José Farmer ...

Narrated by Paul Hecht ...

Series series Riverworld
Unabridged

17 hours 59 min

Years have passed on Riverworld. Entire nations have risen, and savage wars have been fought—all since the dead of Earth found themselves resurrected in their magnificent new homeworld. Yet the truth about the Ethicals, the powerful engineers of this mysterious "afterlife," remains unknown. But a curious cross-section of humanity is determined to change that situation … at any cost.Intrepid ... Read more

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Years have passed on Riverworld. Entire nations have risen, and savage wars have been fought—all since the dead of Earth found themselves resurrected in their magnificent new homeworld. Yet the truth about the Ethicals, the powerful engineers of this mysterious "afterlife," remains unknown. But a curious cross-section of humanity is determined to change that situation … at any cost.Intrepid
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The Magic Labyrinth

by Philip José Farmer ...

Narrated by Paul Hecht ...

Series series Riverworld
Unabridged

16 hours 16 min

The answers behind the enigmatic origins of Riverworld lie at last within reach, as the remarkable gathering of Earthlings—including Sir Richard Francis Burton, Samuel Clemens, Alice Liddell Hargreaves (the real-life Alice in Wonderland), Cyrano de Bergerac, Ulysses S. Grant, and Baron Von Richtoven—finally breaches the stronghold of Riverworld's extraordinary super-race.But answers would lead to ... Read more

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The answers behind the enigmatic origins of Riverworld lie at last within reach, as the remarkable gathering of Earthlings—including Sir Richard Francis Burton, Samuel Clemens, Alice Liddell Hargreaves (the real-life Alice in Wonderland), Cyrano de Bergerac, Ulysses S. Grant, and Baron Von Richtoven—finally breaches the stronghold of Riverworld's extraordinary super-race.But answers would lead to
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The Poison King

The Life and Legend of Mithradates • Rome’s Deadliest Enemy

by Adrienne Mayor ...

Narrated by Paul Hecht ...

Unabridged

15 hours 53 min

Machiavelli praised his military genius. European royalty sought out his secret elixir against poison. His life inspired Mozart’s first opera, while for centuries poets and playwrights recited bloody, romantic tales of his victories, defeats, intrigues, concubines, and mysterious death. But until now no modern historian has recounted the full story of Mithradates, the ruthless king and visionary ... Read more

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Machiavelli praised his military genius. European royalty sought out his secret elixir against poison. His life inspired Mozart’s first opera, while for centuries poets and playwrights recited bloody, romantic tales of his victories, defeats, intrigues, concubines, and mysterious death. But until now no modern historian has recounted the full story of Mithradates, the ruthless king and visionary
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To Your Scattered Bodies Go

by Philip José Farmer ...

Narrated by Paul Hecht ...

Series series Riverworld
Unabridged

7 hours 43 min

All those who ever lived on Earth have found themselves resurrected—healthy, young, and naked as newborns—on the grassy banks of a mighty river, in a world unknown. Miraculously provided with food, but with no clues to the meaning of their strange new afterlife, billions of people from every period of Earth's history—and prehistory—must start again.Sir Richard Francis Burton would be the first to ... Read more

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All those who ever lived on Earth have found themselves resurrected—healthy, young, and naked as newborns—on the grassy banks of a mighty river, in a world unknown. Miraculously provided with food, but with no clues to the meaning of their strange new afterlife, billions of people from every period of Earth's history—and prehistory—must start again.Sir Richard Francis Burton would be the first to
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Travel Tales

by N.M. Kelby, Max Steele, Jason Brown, Joan Didion, Nadine Gordimer, Ring Lardner ...

Narrated by Joanne Woodward, Paul Hecht, Bradley Whitford, Christina Pickles, Mia Dillon, Myra Lucretia Taylor ...

Series series Selected Shorts
Unabridged

3 hours 10 min

This compilation features a wonderful selection of travel stories from public radio's Selected Shorts, an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by distinguished stage and screen actors and recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City. Hilarity, suspense and high drama are offered up in this new mix of tales of travel to locales familiar and exotic. ... Read more

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This compilation features a wonderful selection of travel stories from public radio's Selected Shorts, an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by distinguished stage and screen actors and recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City. Hilarity, suspense and high drama are offered up in this new mix of tales of travel to locales familiar and exotic.
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Pets!

by Gail Godwin, Ana Menendez, Max Steele, Molly Giles, Robertson Davies, T.C. Boyle ...

Narrated by Jane Curtin, Jacqueline Kim, Charles Keating, Isaiah Sheffer, Kate Burton, Paul Hecht ...

Series series Selected Shorts
Unabridged

2 hours 38 min

The cast of characters in this compilation is a menagerie of animals... cats, dogs, birds, even a dragon... and their owners. These stories look at the myriad of experiences, and adventures, that pet ownership can bring. Join a medieval scholar who discovers that not all mythical creatures are extinct, stalk the night with the Cat of Frankenstein, kick that caffeine habit with a class of ... Read more

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The cast of characters in this compilation is a menagerie of animals... cats, dogs, birds, even a dragon... and their owners. These stories look at the myriad of experiences, and adventures, that pet ownership can bring. Join a medieval scholar who discovers that not all mythical creatures are extinct, stalk the night with the Cat of Frankenstein, kick that caffeine habit with a class of
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