The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance (MP3)(English) In this lush, imaginative history, a fascinating true story of artistic genius and personal triumph, the author brings to life Filippo Brunelleschi and Lorenzo Ghiberti, two talented, passionate artists and the competitive drive t ...
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2003
The House Of Blue Mangoes - 1 of 2 (MP3)(English) In 1899, in the south Indian village of Chevathar, renowned for its groves of a rare variety of blue mango, Solomon Dorai is contemplating the imminent destruction of his world and everything he holds dear. As the thalaivar, or he ...
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2003
The House Of Blue Mangoes - 2 of 2 (MP3)(English) In 1899, in the south Indian village of Chevathar, renowned for its groves of a rare variety of blue mango, Solomon Dorai is contemplating the imminent destruction of his world and everything he holds dear. As the thalaivar, or he ...
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2003
The Idiot (MP3) Disc 1 of 2(English) Despite the harsh circumstances besetting his own life—abject poverty, incessant gambling, and the death of his firstborn child—Dostoevsky produced a second masterpiece, The Idiot, just two years after completing Crime and Punishm ...
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2003
The Pilgrim's Progress (MP3)(English) Next to The Bible, The Pilgrim's Progress has probably been more widely read than any other book in the English language-and rightfully so. It is considered by most critics as the greatest allegory in any language. And to think th ...
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2003
The Question Of God (MP3)(English) Renowned psychiatrist and educator Armand Nicholi presents a fascinating comparison of the beliefs of Sigmund Freud and C. S. Lewis. For all the variety of specific religious beliefs, there are fundamentally only two kinds of peop ...
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2003
The Talisman (MP3)(English) The Crusaders, led by Richard I of England, are encamped in the Holy Land, and torn by the dissensions and jealousies of the leaders, including, besides Coeur de Lion himself, Philip of France, the duke of Austria, the Marquis of ...
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2003
The War Over Iraq (MP3)(English) In this timely book, Lawrence Kaplan and William Kristol take a hard look at Saddam Hussein. And they see the face of evil: someone who embraced a cruel blend of socialism, fascism, and pan-Arab nationalism when young and later be ...
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2003
Titus Alone (MP3) (3rd of Gormenghast Trilogy)(English) A doomed lord, an emergent hero, and an array of bizarre creatures haunt the world of the Gormenghast novels which, along with Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, reigns as one of the undisputed fantasy classics of all time. At the cente ...