142 Results for : satirist
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The Jonathan Swift Classic: Gulliver’s Travels: Into Several Remote Nations of the World (Annotated) with a Study of Themes , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 671min
Unique to this title is a study of the themes present in Gulliver’s Travels.You may of course skip it and go straight to the main title if you do not want any spoilers and come back later to the beginning. Jonathan Swift was a 17-th century Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, poet, and cleric. He was also a dean of St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. Swift had a unique writing style which many still don't know what to think about. On the one hand, he is regarded as the best prose satirist in the English language, on the other, because of his provocative writing, some considered him a monster. Gulliver's Travels is an adventure story (in reality, a misadventure story) involving several voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon, who, because of a series of mishaps en route to recognized ports, ends up, instead, on several unknown islands living with people and animals of unusual sizes, behaviors, and philosophies, but who, after each adventure, is somehow able to return to his home in England where he recovers from these unusual experiences and then sets out again on a new voyage. Enjoy this Timeless Classic Collection! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scarlett Bress. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/234813/bk_acx0_234813_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The American Language: An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 792min
American author, scholar, and satirist H.L. Mencken wrote The American Language in 1919, intending to defend American speech from prescriptivist critics. "America itself is unutterably vulgar. But vulgarity, after all, means no more than a yielding to natural impulses in the face of conventional inhibitions, and that yielding to natural impulses is at the heart of all healthy language-making." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rebecca H. Lee. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/003182/bk_mike_003182_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Ghost Club: An Unfortunate Episode in the Life of No. 5010 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 39min
John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) was an American author, editor and satirist. 'The Ghost Club' is a lighthearted ghost story told by a prisoner who has been found guilty of burglary and the theft of a set of ornate silver teaspoons. His improbable story of how he came to be in possession of the spoons is extraordinary and charmingly engaging. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000807/bk_redd_000807_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Summary of Walter Isaacson’s Benjamin Franklin by Milkyway Media , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 23min
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003) is an account of Benjamin Franklin's different lives as a statesman, satirist, and scientist. The book traces Franklin's journey from his modest beginnings as a printer in Philadelphia to the pivotal role he played in the American Revolution.... (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joseph Passaro. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/131104/bk_acx0_131104_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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John Bartine's Watch , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 15min
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842 - circa 1914) was an American author, journalist, short story writer and satirist who disappeared in 1913 under mysterious circumstances and was never seen again. "John Bartine's Watch" is the strange and terrifying tale of an evening guest who reacts with horror when his host asks him the time. But why is John Bartine so reluctant to look at his own watch? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/001031/bk_redd_001031_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Good Nanny , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 530min
Expert satirist Benjamin Cheever, author of Famous After Death, uses his dark sense of humor to deliver another searing look at suburbia. Literary editor Stuart Cross and his wife Andie, a film critic, hire the talented Louise to be nanny to their two young girls. Louise’s perfection, however, begins to irritate the ambitious, but less accomplished Stuart and Andie, and soon the parents’ jealousy gets the better of them. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: George Wilson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/006035/bk_reco_006035_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Steve Gribbin: Do One!: Live at The Comedy Store London , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 56min, (USK 18)
Steve Gribbin is a diminutive guitar-wielding satirist from Liverpool whose scabrous comedy songs and off the wall observations have made him one of the firm favourites of the international comedy circuit. And now, recorded live at the Comedy Store London, you can take a little bit of Steve with you. Steve's material covers such diverse subjects as the Royal Family, America, Amateur Drinkers, Women Priests, Rock Stars and The Paparazzi. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steve Gribbin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/pf/cmst/000002/pf_cmst_000002_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Rome, Inc.: The Rise and Fall of the First Multinational Corporation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 362min
New York Times best-selling author and world-class satirist Stanley Bing trains his savvy eye on the world’s first and most famous multinational corporation in this humorous and insightful volume. Here, he chronicles the great city of Rome from its humble beginnings to its monumental collapse due to greed, in-fighting, and general mismanagement. Rome, Inc. then becomes a powerful lesson for business leaders, documenting the many dos and don’ts of a successful corporation. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kerin McCue. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/005958/bk_reco_005958_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Black Mischief , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 405min
Black Mischief, Waugh's third novel, helped to establish his reputation as a master satirist. Set on the fictional African island of Azania, the novel chronicles the efforts of Emperor Seth, assisted by the Englishman Basil Seal, to modernize his kingdom. Profound hilarity ensues from the issuance of homemade currency, the staging of a "Birth Control Gala", the rightful ruler's demise at his own rather long and tiring coronation ceremonies and a good deal more mischief. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Maloney. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/twuk/001037/bk_twuk_001037_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Dog's Tale , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 27min
A Dog's Tale" is a short story, written by Mark Twain, told from the standpoint of a loyal household pet. It first appeared in the December 1903 issue of Harper's magazine. In January of the following year it was extracted into a stand-alone pamphlet published for the National Anti-Vivisection Society. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, lecturer, and writer. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lyssa Browne. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/live/000349/bk_live_000349_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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