Premchander
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Prophet Song
- Written by: Paul Lynch
- Narrated by: Gerry O'Brien
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story4 out of 5 stars 29
On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother of four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from Ireland’s newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart. The country is in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny and when her husband disappears, Eilish finds herself caught within the nightmare logic of a society that is quickly unravelling. How far will she go to save her family? And what – or who – is she willing to leave behind?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Sullen story.. throughout.
- By Anonymous User on 22-12-24
- Prophet Song
- Written by: Paul Lynch
- Narrated by: Gerry O'Brien
A Haunting Tale
Reviewed: 04-03-24
It is distrubing story of authoritarianism, rebellion and common people caught in between. A haunting tale of a mother with children ranging from a young child barely a toddler to a young adult. She is trying to do the best for the remaining after losing her husband and her eldest to the conflict.
At times it reads like poetry, the description of emotions and conflicting thoughts is vivid and gripping. I liked the book but also found it very disturbing, a world far away from the safe and predictable one that one is familiar with.
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A Little History of the World
- Written by: E. H. Gombrich
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 65
E. H. Gombrich's world history, an international best seller now available in English for the first time, is a text dominated not by dates and facts but by the sweep of experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements, and an acute witness to its frailties.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Should be re-named "A little history of the WEST"
- By Vishwa Mukhtyar on 23-03-22
- A Little History of the World
- Written by: E. H. Gombrich
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
History made interesting.
Reviewed: 06-02-23
This delightful book narrates the history of the world from antiquity to the 1980s. It is Eurocentric with some chapters devoted to China and India. One of the major themes of the book is how much of our history is linked to greed and violence. Repeating in cycles through the ages.
There are little editorial nuggets in every chapter that are a delight. The author also does not pull any punches when talking about the underlying reasons for historic events.
This is as much a book of world history as it is a reminder that the human species is possibly the most violent on the planet.
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The Living Mountain
- Written by: Amitav Ghosh
- Narrated by: Pallavi Bharti, Ranjit Madgavkar
- Length: 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 123
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Story4 out of 5 stars 97
Recounted as a dream, this is a fable about Mahaparbat, the Living Mountain; the indigenous valley dwellers who live and prosper in its shelter; the assault on the mountain for commercial benefit by the Anthropoi, humans whose sole aim is to reap the bounty of nature; and the disaster that unfolds as a result.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing
- By Clinton G on 10-06-22
- The Living Mountain
- Written by: Amitav Ghosh
- Narrated by: Pallavi Bharti, Ranjit Madgavkar
A Fable for Our Times
Reviewed: 18-07-22
A very powerful fable. As I listened to the audio book the history of the world and the history of science technology and economics seemed to unravel. The cost of progress as have known since the industrial revolution is laid bare.
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The Great Derangement
- Climate Change and the Unthinkable
- Written by: Amitav Ghosh
- Narrated by: Shridhar Solanki
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? In his first major book of nonfiction since In an Antique Land, Ghosh examines our inability - at the level of literature, history, and politics - to grasp the scale and violence of climate change.
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2 out of 5 stars
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this books is a great derangement.
- By Amazon Customer on 20-09-23
- The Great Derangement
- Climate Change and the Unthinkable
- Written by: Amitav Ghosh
- Narrated by: Shridhar Solanki
A Very Important Book
Reviewed: 13-01-22
Critical view of the response to climate change. It illustrates to a lay person the complexity of the social economic and political forces aligned and opposed to any intervention. I have rarely come across a more lucid exposition. An underlying theme is the impact or the lack of impact of climate change on the Arts in general and literature in particular.
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Phantoms in the Brain
- Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
- Written by: Sandra Blakeslee, V. S. Ramachandran
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story5 out of 5 stars 33
Neuroscientist V. S. Ramachandran is internationally renowned for uncovering answers to the deep and quirky questions of human nature that few scientists have dared to address. His bold insights about the brain are matched only by the stunning simplicity of his experiments - using such low-tech tools such as cotton swabs, glasses of water, and dime-store mirrors.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Amazing Book
- By Premchander on 30-12-21
- Phantoms in the Brain
- Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
- Written by: Sandra Blakeslee, V. S. Ramachandran
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
An Amazing Book
Reviewed: 30-12-21
This book delights even those who may have trouble spelling neurology. A truly great read.
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Jungle Nama
- A Story of the Sundarban
- Written by: Amitav Ghosh
- Narrated by: Ali Sethi
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4 out of 5 stars 26
Jungle Nama is Amitav Ghosh's verse adaptation of an episode from the legend of Bon Bibi, a tale popular in the villages of the Sundarban, which also lies at the heart of the novel The Hungry Tide. It is the story of the avaricious rich merchant Dhona, the poor lad Dukhey, and his mother; it is also the story of Dokkhin Rai, a mighty spirit who appears to humans as a tiger, of Bon Bibi, the benign goddess of the forest, and her warrior brother, Shah Jongoli.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Woh!! The read is like a movies
- By chandan pandey on 14-12-22
- Jungle Nama
- A Story of the Sundarban
- Written by: Amitav Ghosh
- Narrated by: Ali Sethi
A very nice book
Reviewed: 17-10-21
Enjoyed the book and the performance. The performance is a little louder than the reading almost like the way songs are in films.
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Why We Sleep
- The New Science of Sleep and Dreams
- Written by: Matthew Walker
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 636
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 521
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 515
Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in 21st century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer, obesity, diabetes - has very strong causal links to deficient sleep. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why its absence is so damaging to our health. Compared to the other basic drives in life - eating, drinking and reproducing - the purpose of sleep remained elusive.
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4 out of 5 stars
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My sleep is broken
- By Krishna Chaitanya on 06-04-20
- Why We Sleep
- The New Science of Sleep and Dreams
- Written by: Matthew Walker
- Narrated by: John Sackville
A must read for every individual
Reviewed: 16-11-20
This has been the most life changing book in recent times. Half way through completing it I have taken my sleep very seriously and I wake up feeling fresh and with lot less fatigue. The only this is I wish I had found this book 30 years ago.
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The Anarchy
- The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
- Written by: William Dalrymple
- Narrated by: Sid Sagar
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 492
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 403
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 405
The Anarchy tells the remarkable story of how one of the world’s most magnificent empires disintegrated and came to be replaced by a dangerously unregulated private company, based thousands of miles overseas in one small office, five windows wide, and answerable only to its distant shareholders. In his most ambitious and riveting audiobook to date, William Dalrymple tells the story of the East India Company as it has never been told before, unfolding a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pronunciations not satisfactory
- By msvk on 26-05-20
- The Anarchy
- The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
- Written by: William Dalrymple
- Narrated by: Sid Sagar
British Colonisation of India - an enterprise
Reviewed: 18-05-20
Well written and entertaining a perspective of history that is not often taught in schools.
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How Democracies Die
- What History Reveals About Our Future
- Written by: Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4 out of 5 stars 40
Two Harvard professors explain the dangerous world we face today. Democracies can die with a coup d'état - or they can die slowly. This happens most deceptively when in piecemeal fashion, with the election of an authoritarian leader, the abuse of governmental power and the complete repression of opposition. All three steps are being taken around the world - not least with the election of Donald Trump - and we must all understand how we can stop them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Six on five
- By Be Happy on 31-12-22
- How Democracies Die
- What History Reveals About Our Future
- Written by: Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
A timely book
Reviewed: 17-12-18
An excellent essay on the political situation in USA. Equally relevant for other democracies around the world, particularly those like India which are susceptible to autocracy.
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