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The Horologicon
- By: Mark Forsyth
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 429
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 375
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 367
The Horologicon - which means 'a book of things appropriate to each hour' - follows a day in the life of unusual, beautiful, and forgotten English words. From the moment you wake to the second your head hits the pillow, there's a cornucopia of hidden words ready for every aspect of your day.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderfully funny and informative
- By Penguin on 07-04-13
- The Horologicon
- By: Mark Forsyth
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
Lost for words
Reviewed: 04-04-22
So many lost words learned, it will improve your vocabulary significantly. if it does not it will definitely make you laugh along the way.
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The Law
- By: Frédéric Bastiat
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 73
First published as a pamphlet in 1850 in response to the socialist-communist plans and ideas being adopted in France at that time, The Law remains equally relevant today, as the same ideas are now sweeping America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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very interesting book
- By John Gilmore on 11-11-21
- The Law
- By: Frédéric Bastiat
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
Bastiat saw the world as it is
Reviewed: 17-12-21
Created near on 200 hundred years ago, this man saw the world as it is
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1984
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,006
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,888
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,866
Big Brother is watching you.... 1984 is the year in which it happens. The world is divided into three superstates. In Oceania, the Party’s power is absolute. Every action, word, gesture and thought is monitored under the watchful eye of Big Brother and the Thought Police. In the Ministry of Truth, the Party’s department for propaganda, Winston Smith’s job is to edit the past. Over time, the impulse to escape the machine and live independently takes hold of him and he embarks on a secret and forbidden love affair.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Big Brother is watching you!
- By Draycass on 28-01-16
- 1984
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
Key to understanding the 20th century and today
Reviewed: 01-10-21
This is the book that set me on the path of liberty. Live Free.
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Slaughterhouse-Five
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: James Franco
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,347
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,008
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,997
Traumatized by the bombing of Dresden at the time he had been imprisoned, Pilgrim drifts through all events and history, sometimes deeply implicated, sometimes a witness. He is surrounded by Vonnegut's usual large cast of continuing characters (notably here the hack science fiction writer Kilgore Trout and the alien Tralfamadorians, who oversee his life and remind him constantly that there is no causation, no order, no motive to existence).
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4 out of 5 stars
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Did I Enjoy it or Experience it?
- By Simon on 05-06-17
- Slaughterhouse-Five
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: James Franco
Stories within stories
Reviewed: 11-09-19
James Franco does well to capture the characters within the novel yet the story as a whole I found not to resonate with me personally as much as other great novels have.
The narrative form, of following Billy pilgrims life in a non chronological order as he experiences his time traveling is a unique form to create small vignettes. However, his character is very shallow, even with the deep life experience which creates a disconnect between the audience and character. Whether this is intentional to show the humanly difference between a regular person and someone who’s experienced the extraterrestrial would be a good reason.
There are a lot of the short stories where with more considerate thought of the reader can invoke deeper philosophical argument and experiment.
TL:DR - lots of good short stories in a single narrative that give room for deep thought. But can be fairly disconnected in emotion from the audience.
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The Road to Wigan Pier
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Jeremy Northam
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,785
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,532
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,521
A graphic and biting polemic that still holds a fierce political relevance and impact despite being written over half a century ago. First published in 1937 it charts George Orwell's observations of working-class life during the 1930s in the industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire. His depictions of social injustice and rising unemployment, the dangerous working conditions in the mines amid general squalor and hunger also bring together many of the ideas explored in his later works and novels.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Censored? A classic?
- By boudica on 17-08-18
- The Road to Wigan Pier
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Jeremy Northam
Insightful look into Working Class & Socialism
Reviewed: 06-08-19
Orwell speaks truths (believed truths) of the plots between socialism and class struggles from the thirties which echo into the modern day.
This is an easy listen. The jargon is not too heavy for someone with minor political knowledge. It is also very easy to get back into if you’ve dozed off for a minute or two.
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