216 Results for : bawdy
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Sweet Thursday , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 430min
Returning to the scene of Cannery Row, Steinbeck brilliantly re-creates its bawdy, high-spirited world of bums, drunks and hookers, telling the story of what happened to everyone after the war. There’s Fauna, the latest madam at the Bear Flag brothel; Doc, still there for everyone else but feeling strangely sad himself; and Suzy, the new hustler in town who might just be the girl to save him. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul Birchard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/001863/bk_howe_001863_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Glass Harmonica , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 828min
With music by Linda Ronstadt (soprano) and glass harmonica musicians Dennis James and Alisa Nakashian-Holsberg, this knock-out historical novel is now available worldwide as an audiobook. Young Chjara Vallé is exiled from Corsica sold as a servant to an opium addict in Paris. Music paves the way for her to flee with Henry, her love, to post-revolutionary America. There the new freedoms and Puritan vigor compete for ascendancy. Chjara woos and scandalizes in equal measure with her playing of Benjamin Franklin's glass harmonica, while Henry hides his trade in erotica and forbidden books. Secrets gather and the charge between the lovers weakens as the crowds begin to call for the family's blood. Rooted in historical fact, this debut novel by a gifted international storyteller takes you into a passionate world full of dangerous ideas and dangerous men… it is a world you'll not want to leave. For more on the true history behind the novel, a companion non-fiction ebook recreates America's first sexual revolution with archival art, bawdy poetry reenacted in video, and an online discussion salon. Such Were My Temptations: Bawdy Americans, 1760-1830 by Dorothee Kocks is available from www.BewareTheTimidLife.com and from iTunes, Amazon, and other e-retailers. The Glass Harmonica, A Sensualist's Tale was first published in New Zealand by Rosa Mira Books. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dorothee E. Kocks. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/007609/bk_acx0_007609_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Tom Jones, Hörbuch, Digital, 143min
A joyfully picaresque novel, Tom Jones is satirical and farcical in large doses, as well as confronting serious issues, such as the importance of religion in 18th-century society. Tom is thrown out of his foster father's house for "crimes" that he didn't commit, and proceeds to have numerous bawdy adventures and fights, eventually finding that only his true love can save him from a life that could possibly end at the gallows. Language: English. Narrator: Nigel Davenport. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/csaw/000153/bk_csaw_000153_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Want of Kindness , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 736min
The wicked, bawdy Restoration court is no place for a child princess. Ten-year-old Anne cuts an odd figure, but as King Charles' niece, Anne is also a political pawn who will be forced to play her part in the troubled Stuart dynasty. Forced to overcome grief for her lost children, the political manoeuvrings of her sister and her own betrayal of her father, she becomes one of the most fascinating figures of English history. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Helen Lloyd. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/002724/bk_howe_002724_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Canterbury Tales: The Merchant's Tale (Modern Verse Translation), Hörbuch, Digital, 35min
This is a story from the Canterbury Tales I: Modern Verse Translation collection. Chaucer's greatest work, written towards the end of the fourteenth century, paints a brilliant picture of medieval life, society and values. The stories range from the romantic, courtly idealism of "The Knight's Tale" to the joyous bawdy of the Miller's; all are told with a freshness and vigor in this modern verse translation that make them a delight to hear. Language: English. Narrator: Clive Swift. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/000995/bk_naxo_000995_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Canterbury Tales: The Franklin's Tale (Modern Verse Translation), Hörbuch, Digital, 34min
This is a story from the Canterbury Tales I: Modern Verse Translation collection. Chaucer's greatest work, written towards the end of the fourteenth century, paints a brilliant picture of medieval life, society and values. The stories range from the romantic, courtly idealism of "The Knight's Tale" to the joyous bawdy of the Miller's; all are told with a freshness and vigor in this modern verse translation that make them a delight to hear. Language: English. Narrator: Anton Lesser. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/000996/bk_naxo_000996_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Canterbury Tales: The Prologue, Hörbuch, Digital, 22min
This is a story from the Canterbury Tales I: Modern Verse Translation collection. Chaucer's greatest work, written towards the end of the fourteenth century, paints a brilliant picture of medieval life, society and values. The stories range from the romantic, courtly idealism of "The Knight's Tale" to the joyous bawdy of the Miller's; all are told with a freshness and vigor in this modern verse translation that make them a delight to hear. Language: English. Narrator: Philip Madoc. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/000991/bk_naxo_000991_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Canterbury Tales: The Miller's Tale (Modern Verse Translation), Hörbuch, Digital, 35min
This is a story from the Canterbury Tales I: Modern Verse Translation collection. Chaucer's greatest work, written towards the end of the fourteenth century, paints a brilliant picture of medieval life, society and values. The stories range from the romantic, courtly idealism of "The Knight's Tale" to the joyous bawdy of the Miller's; all are told with a freshness and vigor in this modern verse translation that make them a delight to hear. Language: English. Narrator: Anthony Donovan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/000993/bk_naxo_000993_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Canterbury Tales: The Pardoner's Tale (Modern Verse Translation), Hörbuch, Digital, 17min
This is a story from the Canterbury Tales I: Modern Verse Translation collection. Chaucer's greatest work, written towards the end of the fourteenth century, paints a brilliant picture of medieval life, society and values. The stories range from the romantic, courtly idealism of "The Knight's Tale" to the joyous bawdy of the Miller's; all are told with a freshness and vigor in this modern verse translation that make them a delight to hear. Language: English. Narrator: Clive Merrison. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/000994/bk_naxo_000994_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Canterbury Tales: The Knight's Tale (Modern Verse Translation), Hörbuch, Digital, 55min
This is a story from the Canterbury Tales I: Modern Verse Translation collection. Chaucer's greatest work, written towards the end of the fourteenth century, paints a brilliant picture of medieval life, society and values. The stories range from the romantic, courtly idealism of "The Knight's Tale" to the joyous bawdy of the Miller's; all are told with a freshness and vigor in this modern verse translation that make them a delight to hear. Language: English. Narrator: Edward de Souza. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/000992/bk_naxo_000992_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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