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A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. By Mr. Yorick. A new Edition cover

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. By Mr. Yorick. A new Edition

Anonymous

Mentioned 4 months ago

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Laurence Sterne ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

The book followed the wandering Reverend Yorick as he traveled from England to the Continent, focusing on his keen observation of human nature through chance encounters and moments of tenderness. The narrative shifted between comedy and pathos as Yorick measured the world by sympathy rather than mileage, blending satire with sincerity.

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Laurence Sterne Section 1

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The Virgin of the Sun

H. Rider Haggard

Mentioned 7 months ago

The Virgin of the Sun by H. Rider Haggard ~ Full Audiobook [adventure]

The book was presented as a full audiobook, described as a sweeping tale blending romance, historical imagination, and adventure set against the backdrop of the fading Inca empire in Peru, starting in medieval England. The narrative detailed the escapades of an Englishman who became intertwined with the Children of the Sun and defied the priesthood for forbidden love.

The Virgin of the Sun by H. Ryder Haggard Dedication My dear Little, Some five and thirty years ago, It was our custom To discuss many matters. Among them, I think, The history and romance Of the vanished empires of Central America. In memory of those far-off days, Will you accept A tale that deals with one of them. That of the marvellous Incas of Peru.

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Chamber Music, Pomes Penyeach and Other Poems (Dover Thrift Editions: Poetry) cover

Chamber Music, Pomes Penyeach and Other Poems (Dover Thrift Editions

James Joyce

Mentioned 1 year ago

Pomes Penyeach by James Joyce ~ Full Audiobook

It was described as a captivating collection of poems that delved into the depths of human emotion and everyday life, with themes of love, loss, and beauty in the mundane, and each poem was a window into Joyce's soul.

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Heaven Upon Earth

James Janeway

Mentioned 1 year ago

A Token for Children by James Janeway ~ Full Audiobook

This book was read by a girl who was deeply affected by its message, and it helped her develop her relationship with God.

She spent much time in reading the scripture and a book called the best friend in the worst of times

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The Shamanic Way of the Bee

Simon Buxton

Mentioned 1 year ago

A Token for Children by James Janeway ~ Full Audiobook

This book was a source of comfort and guidance for the girl.

The spiritual bee was a great companion of hers

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The Saints' Everlasting Rest

Tim Cooper

Mentioned 1 year ago

A Token for Children by James Janeway ~ Full Audiobook

This book was mentioned as being a favorite of John Harvey, who read it with great interest and made notes from it while preparing for death.

He was never well but when he was more immediately engaged in the service of God

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Time And Free Will

Henri Bergson

Mentioned 1 year ago

The Hampdenshire Wonder by J. D. Beresford ~ Full Audiobook

The narrator was engrossed in reading Bergson's *Time and Free Will* in English translation while on a train and was particularly focused on the author's argument regarding freedom and motives.

I could not say at which station the woman and her baby entered the train.

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Brown Cow Stunning!

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The Encantadas Or Enchanted Isles by Herman Melville ~ Full Audiobook

It was mentioned that Cowley, a buccaneer, documented his voyages and described one island as having many different forms, sometimes resembling a ruined fortification, and at other times, a great city. His naming of this island, 'Cowley's enchanted aisle', may have been influenced by his own self-image.

my fancy led me to call it Cowley's enchanted aisle, for we having had a side of it upon several points of the compass. It appeared always in so many different forms, sometimes like a ruined fortification upon another point like a great city, etc.

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The Annals of Imperial Rome

Cornelius Tacitus

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The Confidence-Man - His Masquerade by Herman Melville ~ Full Audiobook

The man with the weed strongly discouraged the young gentleman from reading Tacitus, citing its negative influence on his view of human nature and potential to induce cynicism. He offered an alternative, recommending cheerful books promoting love and trust instead.

don't read this book it is poison moral poison

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The Pleasures of the Imagination

John Brewer

Mentioned 1 year ago

The Confidence-Man - His Masquerade by Herman Melville ~ Full Audiobook

The man with the weed recommended Achenside's Pleasures of Imagination as a positive alternative to Tacitus, suggesting that readers should focus on cheerful books that inspire love and trust.

see producing a pocket volume achenside his pleasures of imagination

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The Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy

John Flaxman

Mentioned 1 year ago

Pierre, or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville ~ Full Audiobook

Pierre considered looking at this book of plates with Lucy, but ultimately decided against it, as he associated it with Francesca's mournful face and the sadness of Dante's work.

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The Power of Now

Eckhart Tolle

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Benito Cereno by Herman Melville ~ Full Audiobook

It was mentioned as a favorite spiritual guidance book.

Favorite spiritual guidance book: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

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Eckhart Tolle

The Power of Now

A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

Across seven episodes, the hosts repeatedly highlighted the book as a favorite spiritual guidance resource. They noted its usefulness for personal growth and mindfulness, recommending it for listeners seeking spiritual enlightenment. The overall tone was an enthusiastic endorsement.

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Episode: Benito Cereno by Herman Melville ~ Full Audiobook

It was mentioned as a favorite spiritual guidance book.

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Favorite spiritual guidance book: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

Episode: The Eternal Savage by Edgar Rice Burroughs ~ Full...

This was listed as a favorite spiritual guidance book among the recommended products.

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Favorite spiritual guidance book: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

Unhumans: The Secret History of Communist Revolutions (and How to Crush Them) Cover

Jack Posobiec

Unhumans

The Secret History of Communist Revolutions (and How to Crush Them)

The story of the Enneid was mentioned as an example of foreshadowing wars of Carthage and Rome.

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Or as the narrative of the first part of the Enneid is intended by Virgil to foreshadow the wars of Carthage and Rome.

— Episode: Critias by Plato ~ Full Audiobook

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Episode: Critias by Plato ~ Full Audiobook

The story of the Enneid was mentioned as an example of foreshadowing wars of Carthage and Rome.

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Or as the narrative of the first part of the Enneid is intended by Virgil to foreshadow the wars of Carthage and Rome.

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Plato

Statesman (Focus Philosophical Library)

The hosts highlighted the title as an exploration of leadership, using a shepherd metaphor to stress unity, justice, and knowledge in governance, and noted its place in an unfinished Platonic trilogy alongside the Sophist and Philosopher.

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Episode: Statesman by Plato ~ Full Audiobook

The book 'Statesman' by Plato is an exploration of leadership and the qualities of a true statesman. It uses the metaphor of a shepherd who nurtures and guides his flock, highlighting the importance of unity, justice, and knowledge in governance.

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Statesman, by Plato. Translated by Benjamin Joett.

Sophist. Statesman. Philosopher.

Sophist. Statesman. Philosopher.

O, my dear Theodorus, do my ears truly witness that this is the estimate formed of them by the great Calculator and Geometrician?

Statesmanship and the statesman, the kingly science and the king.

Episode: Critias by Plato ~ Full Audiobook

The book was mentioned as part of a trilogy that was never completed, alongside The Sophist and Philosopher.

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The Critias is a fragment which breaks off in the middle of a sentence. It was designed to be the second part of a trilogy, which, like the other Greek Platonic trilogy of the Sophist, Statesman philosopher was never completed.

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Franklin W. Dixon

The Tower Treasure / The House on the Cliff (The Hardy Boys, 2 Books in 1)

The podcast featured the two classic Hardy Boys audiobooks, introducing listeners to the first and second titles in the series. In the first episode they noted the availability of the audio version, while the second episode recapped the plot of the haunted‑house mystery. The hosts presented the stories as examples of timeless youth adventure without strong endorsement.

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Plato

Phaedrus (Hackett Classics)

Phaedrus is a dialogue about love, and how love can both harm and benefit those who embrace it. It explores the different types of love, and how the divine love is more desirable than the earthly kind. The dialogue also discusses the importance of education, and the role that rhetoric plays in shaping the mind.

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FIDRUS by Plato Translated by Benjamin Joett

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Episode: Phaedrus by Plato ~ Full Audiobook

Phaedrus is a dialogue about love, and how love can both harm and benefit those who embrace it. It explores the different types of love, and how the divine love is more desirable than the earthly kind. The dialogue also discusses the importance of education, and the role that rhetoric plays in shaping the mind.

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FIDRUS by Plato Translated by Benjamin Joett

This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by Martin Gieson.

Section 4 of FIDRUS by Plato. Translated by Benjamin Joitt.

Section 4

FIDRUS by Plato Translated by Benjamin Joett

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Stephen Vladeck

The Shadow Docket

How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic

The book was mentioned as a contrast to the ideal state of Athens and the barbaric greatness of the island of Atlantis.

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Even in a great empire there might be a degree of virtue and justice, such as the Greeks believed to have existed under the sway of the first Persian kings, but all such empires were liable to degener...

— Episode: Critias by Plato ~ Full Audiobook

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Episode: Critias by Plato ~ Full Audiobook

The book was mentioned as a contrast to the ideal state of Athens and the barbaric greatness of the island of Atlantis.

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Even in a great empire there might be a degree of virtue and justice, such as the Greeks believed to have existed under the sway of the first Persian kings, but all such empires were liable to degenerate and soon incurred the anger of the gods.

In contrasting the small Greek city numbering about 20,000 inhabitants, with the barbaric greatness of the island of Atlantis, Plato probably intended to show that a state such as the ideal Athens was invincible though matched against any number of opponents.

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Homer

The Odyssey

Homer, in his epic poem, 'The Odyssey', praises Ineos for his knowledge of fear or flight, referring to him as an 'author of fear or flight'.

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that they knew how to pursue and fly quickly hither and thither and he passes an encomium on Ineos himself as having a knowledge of fear or flight and calls him an author of fear or flight

— Episode: Laches by Plato ~ Full Audiobook

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Episode: Laches by Plato ~ Full Audiobook

Homer, in his epic poem, 'The Odyssey', praises Ineos for his knowledge of fear or flight, referring to him as an 'author of fear or flight'.

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that they knew how to pursue and fly quickly hither and thither and he passes an encomium on Ineos himself as having a knowledge of fear or flight and calls him an author of fear or flight

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Sigmund Freud

Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex

This audiobook covers Freud's theories on the nature and development of the sexual impulse, including topics like sexual aberrations, perversions, infantile sexuality, and the transformation of puberty.

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Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex by Sigmund Freud translated by Abraham Arden Brill 1874 to 1948 Section 1. The Sexual Aberrations Deviation in reference to the sexual object...

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This audiobook covers Freud's theories on the nature and development of the sexual impulse, including topics like sexual aberrations, perversions, infantile sexuality, and the transformation of puberty.

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Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex by Sigmund Freud translated by Abraham Arden Brill 1874 to 1948 Section 1. The Sexual Aberrations Deviation in reference to the sexual object The sexual aberrations The fact of sexual need in man and animal is expressed in biology by the assumption of a sexual impulse.

Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex by Sigmund Freud translated by Abraham Arden Brill 1874 to 1948 section two aviation in reference to the sexual aim

Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex by Sigmund Freud. Translated by Abraham Arden Brill 1874-1948. Section 4, The Sexual Impulse in Neurotics. Psychoanalysis.

Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex by Sigmund Freud, translated by Abraham Arden Brill 1874-1948. Chapter 5. Partial impulses and erogenous zones, explanation of the manifest preponderance of sexual perversions in the psychoneuroses, referenced to the infantilism of sexuality. Partial impulses and erogenous zones.

Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex by Sigmund Freud translated by Abraham Arden Brill 1874-1948 Chapter 6 The Infantile Sexuality The sexual latency period of childhood and its interruptions manifestations of the infantile sexuality

Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex by Siegmund Freud translated by Abraham Arden Brill Chapter 8 Essay 3, the transformation of puberty The primacy of the genital zones and the fore pleasure the problem of sexual excitement

3 contributions to the theory of sex by Sigmund Freud translated by Abraham Arden Brill Chapter 9 The theory of the libido differentiation between man and woman the object finding The theory of the libido These assumptions concerning the chemical basis of the sexual excitement are in full accord with the auxiliary conception which we formed for the purpose

3 Contributions to the Theory of Sex by Sigmund Freud Translated by Abraham Arden Brill 1874-1948 Section 10 Summary It is now time to attempt a summing up We have started from the aberrations

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Plato

Sophist (Hackett Classics)

The book was mentioned as part of a trilogy that was never completed, alongside Statesman and Philosopher.

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The Critias is a fragment which breaks off in the middle of a sentence. It was designed to be the second part of a trilogy, which, like the other Greek Platonic trilogy of the Sophist, statesman philo...

— Episode: Critias by Plato ~ Full Audiobook

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Episode: Critias by Plato ~ Full Audiobook

The book was mentioned as part of a trilogy that was never completed, alongside Statesman and Philosopher.

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The Critias is a fragment which breaks off in the middle of a sentence. It was designed to be the second part of a trilogy, which, like the other Greek Platonic trilogy of the Sophist, statesman philosopher was never completed.

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Knolan Kemp

The Philosopher

The book was mentioned as part of a trilogy that was never completed, alongside The Sophist and Statesman.

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The Critias is a fragment which breaks off in the middle of a sentence. It was designed to be the second part of a trilogy, which, like the other Greek Platonic trilogy of the Sophist, statesman philo...

— Episode: Critias by Plato ~ Full Audiobook

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Episode: Critias by Plato ~ Full Audiobook

The book was mentioned as part of a trilogy that was never completed, alongside The Sophist and Statesman.

"

The Critias is a fragment which breaks off in the middle of a sentence. It was designed to be the second part of a trilogy, which, like the other Greek Platonic trilogy of the Sophist, statesman philosopher was never completed.

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Aristotle

Metaphysics (Clarendon Aristotle Series)

The book was mentioned in reference to mythology and the inquiry into antiquity being first introduced into cities when they have leisure.

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For mythology and the inquiry into antiquity are first introduced into cities when they begin to have leisure, parentheses, cp, Aristotle, Metaphysics and parentheses.

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Episode: Critias by Plato ~ Full Audiobook

The book was mentioned in reference to mythology and the inquiry into antiquity being first introduced into cities when they have leisure.

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For mythology and the inquiry into antiquity are first introduced into cities when they begin to have leisure, parentheses, cp, Aristotle, Metaphysics and parentheses.

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Baruch Spinoza

Theological-Political Treatise

Tractatus Theologico-Politicus

The book was mentioned as the source of information about the gods distributing the earth among themselves.

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In the days of old the gods had the whole earth distributed among them by allotment, parentheses cp politicus and a parentheses.

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The book was mentioned as the source of information about the gods distributing the earth among themselves.

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In the days of old the gods had the whole earth distributed among them by allotment, parentheses cp politicus and a parentheses.

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Plato

Timaeus and Critias

The book was mentioned as containing a panagyric on Critias by Socrates.

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It is singular that Plato should have prefixed the most detested Athenian names to this dialogue, and even more singular that he should have put into the mouth of Socrates a panagyric on him, parenthe...

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The book was mentioned as containing a panagyric on Critias by Socrates.

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It is singular that Plato should have prefixed the most detested Athenian names to this dialogue, and even more singular that he should have put into the mouth of Socrates a panagyric on him, parentheses Timaeus, end of parentheses.

The Complete 100-Book Apocrypha: Expanded 2024 Edition With the Deuterocanon, 1–3 Enoch, Giants, Jasher, Jubilees, Pseudepigrapha, the Apostolic Fathers, Sibylline Oracles, & Key Early Church Writings Cover

Covenant Press

The Complete 100-Book Apocrypha

Expanded 2024 Edition With the Deuterocanon, 1–3 Enoch, Giants, Jasher, Jubilees, Pseudepigrapha, the Apostolic Fathers, Sibylline Oracles, & Key Early Church Writings

It was unclear whether Plato was the author of any of these books, and was narrated as an audiobook in this episode.

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Apocrypha by Plato audiobook.

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Episode: Apocrypha by Plato ~ Full Audiobook

It was unclear whether Plato was the author of any of these books, and was narrated as an audiobook in this episode.

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Apocrypha by Plato audiobook.

It is not generally agreed whether Plato was the author of any of these books.

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