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    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    par Oscar Wilde ...
    Lu par Simon Callow ...

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    2 heure 46 min

    The classic of eternal youth.'How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrid, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young… If it was only the other way!'Wilde's first and only published novel recounts the story of handsome Dorian Gray who upon having his portrait painted desires that it will age and grow ugly while he may remain eternally beautiful. The painting, which reflects each of ... En savoir plus

    CHF 12.98

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    In Service of the Republic

    par Amit Varma ...
    Lu par Amit Varma ...
    Collection Livre audio 4 - The Book Club with Amit Varma

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    14 min

    Economic policy sounds boring – but it affects all our lives. In episode 4 of The Book Club, Amit Varma raves about 'In Service of the Republic', a masterful book by Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah that distills decades of experience of shaping public policy. In their book, Kelkar and Shah write not about how to make policy, but about how to think about policy, in clear lucid prose that makes its ... En savoir plus

    CHF 3.00

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    The Romantic Manifesto

    A Philosophy of Literature

    par Ayn Rand ...
    Lu par Bernadette Dunne ...

    Version Longue

    7 heure 22 min

    In this beautifully written and brilliantly reasoned collection of essays, Ayn Rand throws new light on the nature of art and its purpose in human life. Once again, Rand demonstrates her bold originality and her refusal to let popular catchphrases and conventional ideas define her sense of the truth.In her ethics AynRand extolled the virtue of selfishness—and in her theory of art she was no less ... En savoir plus

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    High Heel

    par Summer Brennan ...
    Lu par Allyson Ryan ...

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    4 heure 14 min

    Fetishized, demonized, celebrated, and outlawed, the high heel is central to the iconography of modern womanhood. But are high heels good? Are they feminist? What does it mean for a woman (or, for that matter, a man) to choose to wear them?Meditating on the labyrinthine nature of sexual identity and the performance of gender, High Heel moves from film to fairytale, from foot binding to feminism, ... En savoir plus

    CHF 10.34

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    Ballot

    Object Lessons

    par Anjali Enjeti ...
    Lu par Tyra D’Costa ...
    Collection series Object Lessons

    Version Longue

    3 heure 54 min

    Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Ballot examines the psychological, cultural, and political significance of voting in an increasingly anti-voting climate. Armed with her personal experiences as a poll worker, electoral organizer, and activist, Anjali Enjeti unspools a timely narrative about the precarious state of the ballot ... En savoir plus

    CHF 17.51

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    The Mayflower and Miscellaneous Writings by Harriet Beecher Stowe

    Essays on History, Faith, and Social Thought

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    This audiobook collection includes historical reflection and social essays by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Exploring faith, moral responsibility, and American identity, it offers insight into nineteenth-century thought and reform. ... En savoir plus

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    The Interpretation Of Cultures

    par Clifford Geertz ...
    Lu par Tim Dixon ...

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    21 heure 3 min

    One of the twentieth century's most influential books, this classic work of anthropology offers a groundbreaking exploration of what culture isWith The Interpretation of Cultures, the distinguished anthropologist Clifford Geertz developed the concept of thick description, and in so doing, he virtually rewrote the rules of his field. Culture, Geertz argues, does not drive human behavior. Rather, it ... En savoir plus

    CHF 32.99

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    Taco

    Object Lessons

    Collection series Object Lessons

    Version Longue

    3 heure 23 min

    Bloomsbury presents Taco by Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado, read by Michel Issa RubioObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Taco is a deep dive into the most iconic Mexican food from the perspective of a Mexico City native. In a narrative that moves from Mexico to the United States and back, Sánchez Prado discusses the definition of the taco, the question of ... En savoir plus

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    Restaurant

    Object Lessons

    Collection series Object Lessons

    Version Longue

    3 heure 41 min

    Bloomsbury presents Restaurant by Brian Duff, read by Chris GainesObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.In the last few decades, restaurants and food culture have achieved extraordinary cultural presence. Chefs are heroes and thought leaders, well-executed entrées go viral, dining out has become theater, plating has become art and ubiquitous Instagram ... En savoir plus

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    Ways of Seeing

    par John Berger ...

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    Based on the BBC television series, John Berger's Ways of Seeing is a unique look at the way we view art, published as part of the Penguin on Design series in Penguin Modern Classics.'Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.''But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; ... En savoir plus

    CHF 14.66

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    The Map of True Places

    par Brunonia Barry ...
    Lu par Caitlin Thorburn ...

    Version Longue

    11 heure 48 min

    From the author of The Lace Reader comes an emotionally resonant novel of tragedy, secrets, identity, and love.Zee Finch has a career as a respected psychotherapist and she’s about to get married, but the shocking death of Zee’s most troubled patient brings to the surface secrets in Zee’s own life.Zee is finally forced to confront the truth behind her mother’s death and the unfinished story she ... En savoir plus

    CHF 23.75

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    Un Aladino y dos lámparas

    Lu par Elsa Veiga ...

    Version Longue

    6 heure 43 min

    SHEREZADE INVENTA CUENTOS PARA APLAZAR LA MUERTE. WINTERSON LOS REESCRIBE PARA DEVOLVERNOS LA VIDA.Vuelve la mejor Jeanette Winterson con una revolucionaria obra inspirada en Las mil y una noches: un alegato sobre el poder de la imaginación como motor de cambio.«Winterson dinamita categorías, vocabularios y convenciones tristes. Una escritora maravillosa».Marta Sanz, BabeliaUna mujer lucha ... ... En savoir plus

    CHF 15.93

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    Sleep Works

    Experiments in Science and Literature, 1899–1929

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    6 heure 18 min

    At the turn of the twentieth century, sleep began to be seen not merely as a passive state but as an active, dynamic process crucial to our understanding of consciousness and identity. In Sleep Works, cultural historian and literary scholar Sebastian P. Klinger explores the intriguing connections between scientific inquiry and literary expression during an era when sleep was both a scientific ... En savoir plus

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    Semicolon

    The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark

    par Cecelia Watson ...
    Lu par Pam Ward ...

    Version Longue

    3 heure 47 min

    A page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world’s most polarizing punctuation markThe semicolon. Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut, and Orwell detest it. Herman Melville, Henry James, and Rebecca Solnit love it. But why? When is it effective? Have we been misusing it? Should we even care?In Semicolon, Cecelia Watson charts the rise and fall of this infamous punctuation ... En savoir plus

    CHF 16.87

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    So Much Longing in So Little Space

    The art of Edvard Munch

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    5 heure 52 min

    Random House presents the audiobook edition of So Much Longing in So Little Space by Karl Ove Knausgaard, read by Matthew Waterson.In So Much Longing in So Little Space, Karl Ove Knausgaard explores the life and work of Edvard Munch. Setting out to understand the enduring power of Munch’s painting, Knausgaard reflects on the essence of creativity, on choosing to be an artist, experiencing the ... En savoir plus

    CHF 10.17

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    Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism

    par Fredric Jameson ...
    Lu par Richard Crossman ...
    Collection series Post-contemporary interventions

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    23 heure 20 min

    Fredric Jameson’s most wide-ranging work seeks to crystalize a definition of ”postmodernism”. Jameson’s inquiry looks at the postmodern across a wide landscape, from “high” art to “low” from market ideology to architecture, from painting to “punk” film, from video art to literature.This audiobook is expertly read by Richard Crossman, with audio engineering by Mikhail Shirokov. It was produced and ... En savoir plus

    CHF 19.89

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    Theory of the Gimmick

    Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form

    par Sianne Ngai ...
    Lu par Nancy Wu ...

    Version Longue

    12 heure 51 min

    A provocative theory of the gimmick as an aesthetic category steeped in the anxieties of capitalism.Repulsive and yet strangely attractive, the gimmick is a form that can be found virtually everywhere in capitalism. It comes in many guises: a musical hook, a financial strategy, a striptease, a novel of ideas. Above all, acclaimed theorist Sianne Ngai argues, the gimmick strikes us both as working ... En savoir plus

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    The Trembling Hand

    A radical reframing of British Romanticism for fans of David Olusoga and Emma Dabiri

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    16 heure 43 min

    **Brought to you by Penguin.Bracing and essential, a radical reframing of British Romanticism through the lens of Black experience – for fans of David Olusoga, Gretchen Gerzina, Saidiya Hartman and Emma Dabiri**Wordsworth, Shelley, Byron, Keats – the Romantic poets are titans of English literature, taught and celebrated around the world. Their work is associated with sublime passions, violent ... En savoir plus

    CHF 14.66

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    Manufacturing Consent

    The classic analysis of how power shapes the news

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    15 heure 24 min

    The classic political study of how elite forces shape mass media.Edward S Herman and Noam Chomsky investigate how an underlying elite consensus structures mainstream media. Here they skilfully dissect the way in which the marketplace and the economics of publishing significantly shape the news.This book reveals how issues are framed and topics chosen, and the double standards underlying accounts ... En savoir plus

    CHF 16.75

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    Rock of Pages

    The Literary Tradition of 1980s Heavy Metal

    par Jesse Kavadlo ...
    Lu par Christopher Ragland ...

    Version Longue

    12 heure 12 min

    Bloomsbury presents Rock of Pages by Jesse Kavadlo, read by Christopher Ragland.Rock of Pages provides contexts and close readings of 1980s heavy metal with forty years of hindsight, drawing upon analytical frameworks usually associated with literature and literary studies.Based on decades of work as a professor of literature and as a musician, Jesse Kavadlo analyzes the ways in which 1980s heavy ... En savoir plus

    CHF 23.87

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    Microphone

    par Ralph Jones ...
    Lu par Christopher Naylor ...
    Collection series Object Lessons

    Version Longue

    2 heure 36 min

    Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Since its invention more than 150 years ago, the microphone transformed the world in an instant. Yet its evolution and integration into our daily lives has been comparatively gradual – so gradual, crucially, that it is easy to forget just how much we take it for granted. Every phone has a ... En savoir plus

    CHF 17.51

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    Once Upon a Prime

    The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature

    par Sarah Hart ...
    Lu par Sarah Hart ...

    Version Longue

    8 heure 42 min

    ‘A hugely entertaining and well-written tour of the links between math and literature. Hart’s lightness of touch and passion for both subjects make this book a delight to read. Bookworms and number-lovers alike will discover much they didn’t know about the creative interplay between stories, structure and sums.’ – Alex Bellos‘This exuberant book will educate, amuse and surprise. It might even add ... En savoir plus

    CHF 19.18

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    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    par Mark Twain ...
    Lu par Mike McShane ...

    Version Abrégée

    2 heure 51 min

    ‘Now he found out a new thing – namely, that to promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.’An idyllic snapshot of a boy’s childhood along the banks of the Mississippi River, Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the author’s work that comes closest to his boyhood experiences of growing up in Hannibal in the 1840s.Mischievous and ... En savoir plus

    CHF 12.78

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    Driver's License

    Object Lessons

    Lu par Barbara Barnes ...
    Collection series Object Lessons

    Version Longue

    4 heure 33 min

    Bloomsbury presents…Driver’s Licenceby Meredith Castileread by Barbara BarnesObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.A classic teenage fetish object, the American driver’s license has long symbolized freedom and mobility in a nation whose design assumes car travel and whose vastness rivals continents. It is youth’s pass to regulated ... En savoir plus

    CHF 17.51