Bestsellers
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The Essential Rumi, New Expanded Edition
- By: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, Coleman Barks - translator, John Moyne - translator, and others
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall518
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Performance431
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Story422
This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems. Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this literature to a wide range of listeners....
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Disappointed
- By G. Vidal on 04-09-20
By: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, and others
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Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
- Shahnameh
- By: Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Dick Davis - translator
- Narrated by: Sean Rohani, Nikki Massoud, Dick Davis
- Length: 47 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
The definitive translation by Dick Davis of the great national epic of Iran is now newly revised and expanded to be the most complete English-language edition.
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Fascinating and magical!
- By Behnaz Khodayari on 02-04-26
By: Abolqasem Ferdowsi, and others
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Audio Bible - New English Translation, NET: Complete Bible
- Audio Bible
- By: Stephen Johnston
- Narrated by: Stephen Johnston
- Length: 76 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall47
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Performance39
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Story39
Ever feel lost in translation? With the NET Full-notes Edition of the Holy Bible, you don’t need to be. Modern readers can find it challenging to connect with the ancient words and cultural contexts of the biblical writers. The NET offers a completely new solution: pairing a readable, everyday...
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Poor Format
- By DR on 07-15-20
By: Stephen Johnston
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Shahnameh
- The Epic of the Persian kings, Part 1
- By: Ferdowsi
- Narrated by: Marc Thompson, Francis Ford Coppola - introduction
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall266
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Performance238
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Story237
This masterful translation brings legendary heroes, tragic destinies, sweeping romances, colossal monsters, and fearless warriors vividly to life, unfolding a mythic saga that spans thousands of years.
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Learn about Persian culture through epic tales
- By Anonymous on 01-23-19
By: Ferdowsi
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From Darkness Into Light
- By: A. Helwa
- Narrated by: A. Helwa
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall27
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Performance26
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Story26
In her debut poetry audiobook, the number one international best-selling author of Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam, invites you to step into her beautifully composed world of devotional poetry....
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An extraordinary masterpiece So many ways to find peace so many questions answered
- By Mornell Bey on 11-12-25
By: A. Helwa
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The Conference of the Birds
- By: Attar, Sholeh Wolpé - Translated by
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall43
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Performance35
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Story35
Considered by Rumi to be "the master" of Sufi mystic poetry, Attar is best known for this epic poem, a magnificent allegorical tale about the soul's search for meaning....
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Masterpiece
- By mks on 10-02-22
By: Attar, and others
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The Essential Rumi, New Expanded Edition
- By: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, Coleman Barks - translator, John Moyne - translator, and others
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall518
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Performance431
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Story422
This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems. Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this literature to a wide range of listeners....
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Disappointed
- By G. Vidal on 04-09-20
By: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, and others
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Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
- Shahnameh
- By: Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Dick Davis - translator
- Narrated by: Sean Rohani, Nikki Massoud, Dick Davis
- Length: 47 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
The definitive translation by Dick Davis of the great national epic of Iran is now newly revised and expanded to be the most complete English-language edition.
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Fascinating and magical!
- By Behnaz Khodayari on 02-04-26
By: Abolqasem Ferdowsi, and others
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Audio Bible - New English Translation, NET: Complete Bible
- Audio Bible
- By: Stephen Johnston
- Narrated by: Stephen Johnston
- Length: 76 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall47
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Performance39
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Story39
Ever feel lost in translation? With the NET Full-notes Edition of the Holy Bible, you don’t need to be. Modern readers can find it challenging to connect with the ancient words and cultural contexts of the biblical writers. The NET offers a completely new solution: pairing a readable, everyday...
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Poor Format
- By DR on 07-15-20
By: Stephen Johnston
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Shahnameh
- The Epic of the Persian kings, Part 1
- By: Ferdowsi
- Narrated by: Marc Thompson, Francis Ford Coppola - introduction
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall266
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Performance238
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Story237
This masterful translation brings legendary heroes, tragic destinies, sweeping romances, colossal monsters, and fearless warriors vividly to life, unfolding a mythic saga that spans thousands of years.
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Learn about Persian culture through epic tales
- By Anonymous on 01-23-19
By: Ferdowsi
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From Darkness Into Light
- By: A. Helwa
- Narrated by: A. Helwa
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall27
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Performance26
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Story26
In her debut poetry audiobook, the number one international best-selling author of Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam, invites you to step into her beautifully composed world of devotional poetry....
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An extraordinary masterpiece So many ways to find peace so many questions answered
- By Mornell Bey on 11-12-25
By: A. Helwa
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The Conference of the Birds
- By: Attar, Sholeh Wolpé - Translated by
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall43
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Performance35
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Story35
Considered by Rumi to be "the master" of Sufi mystic poetry, Attar is best known for this epic poem, a magnificent allegorical tale about the soul's search for meaning....
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Masterpiece
- By mks on 10-02-22
By: Attar, and others
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Istanbul
- Memories and the City
- By: Orhan Pamuk
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall226
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Performance189
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Story193
From the Nobel Prize winner and acclaimed author of My Name is Red comes a portrait of Istanbul by its foremost writer, revealing the melancholy that comes of living amid the ruins of a lost empire. "Delightful, profound, marvelously origina.... Pamuk tells the story of the city through...
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Terrible pronunciation
- By K. Jaynes on 02-25-18
By: Orhan Pamuk
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Gilgamesh: The New Translation
- By: Gerald J. Davis
- Narrated by: John Hanks
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall203
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Performance172
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Story168
The tale of the fifth king of the first dynasty of Uruk (in what is modern-day Iraq), who reigned for 126 years, according to the ancient Sumerian list of kings....
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Poetic translation of an epic story
- By K on 07-12-15
By: Gerald J. Davis
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The Prophet
- By: Khalil Gibrán
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall440
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Performance367
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Story365
In Kahil Gibran's masterpiece, Almustafa, the chosen and beloved, must leave the port of Orphalese upon the ship he has waited upon for 12 years. As he descends to the waterfront, the people of Orphalese gather to question him and hear his wisdom on important topics of their daily lives....
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Words of wisdom
- By Liam Hannah Wade on 10-11-20
By: Khalil Gibrán
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The Way of the Sufi
- By: Idries Shah
- Narrated by: David Ault
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall59
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Performance55
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Story55
The Way of the Sufi presents an unparalleled cross-section of material from Sufi schools, Sufi teachings, and classical writings as a basic course of Sufi study....
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Would Not Recommend.
- By Uniqleeme on 04-06-16
By: Idries Shah
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
- By: Omar Khayyam
- Narrated by: Denis Daly
- Length: 3 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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In this recording are presented readings of all five editions of Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat, translated by scholar Edward Fitzgerald, as well as biographical material about Fitzgerald and Omar Khayyam and a laudatory poem by Andrew Lang....
By: Omar Khayyam
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A Year with Rumi
- Daily Readings
- By: Coleman Barks
- Narrated by: Sean Rohani
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance1
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Story1
A year with the sensual, mysterious, and deeply spiritual poetry of Rumi, in a translation featuring 15 debut poems—365 poems for your daily dose of inspiration, spiritual healing, and deep self-reflection This stunning collection is a divine journey across each month of the year, offering 365...
By: Coleman Barks
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Layli and Majnun
- By: Nezami Ganjavi, Dick Davis, Dick Davis - introduction, and others
- Narrated by: Dick Davis, Peter Ganim, Serena Manteghi, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance10
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Story10
The Persian epic that inspired Eric Clapton's unforgettable love song "Layla" and that Lord Byron called "the Romeo and Juliet of the East," in a masterly new translation The iconic love story of the Middle East, by a twelfth-century Persian poet who has been compared to Shakespeare for his...
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Great Book
- By Anthony W. on 10-03-22
By: Nezami Ganjavi, and others
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Le gardien de Téhéran
- By: Stéphanie Perez
- Narrated by: Christophe Brault
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
Printemps 1979, Téhéran. Alors que la révolution islamique met les rues de la capitale iranienne à feu et à sang, les mollahs brûlent tout ce qui représente le modèle occidental vanté par le chah déchu, désormais en exil.
By: Stéphanie Perez
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Hafiz's Little Book of Life
- By: Hafiz, Ari Honarvar - foreword, Erfan Mojib - translator, and others
- Narrated by: Samara Naeymi
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
Have you heard the name "Hafiz"?! Here are soaring flights of fancy and solid life lessons, from one of the greatest poets of all time—made new by two award-winning translators. This is the perfect introduction to Hafiz for all lovers of poetry and seekers of love, spirituality, and meaning....
By: Hafiz, and others
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If I Must Die
- Poetry and Prose
- By: Refaat Alareer
- Narrated by: Najla Said
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
This rich, elegiac compilation of work from the late Palestinian poet and professor, Refaat Alareer, brings together his marvelous poetry and deeply human writing about literature, teaching, politics, and family.
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wonderful
- By JW on 01-06-26
By: Refaat Alareer
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Tsarfati's Obsession
- By: Mois Benarroch
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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In his last novel, the acclaimed Mois Benarroch weaves a profound and labyrinthine tapestry of memory, identity, and the relentless pull of the ...
By: Mois Benarroch
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Gold
- By: Rumi
- Narrated by: Haleh Liza Gafori
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
A vibrant selection of poems by the great Persian mystic with groundbreaking translations by Haleh Liza Gafori, an American poet of Persian descent.
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The performance was inspires, but the translations were even better!
- By Jose Casiano on 07-09-25
By: Rumi
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El Profeta
- By: Khalil Gibrán
- Narrated by: Carlos Ramos
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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Story7
Pocos libros poseen al mismo tiempo una profundidad, una frescura y una poesía comparables a las de El Profeta, de Khalil Gibran. Gibran trata...
By: Khalil Gibrán
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The Madman: His Parables and Poems
- By: Khalil Gibrán
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance1
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Story1
The 55 minutes you spend listening to this audiobook can be magical. Some of these stories and ponderings will be understood clearly, while others may elude you, but not to worry, you will want to listen several times, and the meaning will come to you....
By: Khalil Gibrán
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The Gift of Rumi
- Experiencing the Wisdom of the Sufi Master
- By: Emily Jane O’Dell
- Narrated by: Lilia Houshmand, Sean Rohani
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
As one of the world's most loved poets, Rumi's poems are celebrated for their message of love and their beauty, but too often they are stripped of their mystical and spiritual meanings. The Gift of Rumi offers a new reading of Rumi....
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True and good!
- By Khabir on 09-13-22
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The Meursault Investigation
- By: Kamel Daoud, John Cullen - translator
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall194
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Performance163
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Story165
He was the brother of "the Arab" killed by the infamous Meursault, the antihero of Camus' classic novel....
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An enthralling double feature!
- By Kaui on 06-28-16
By: Kamel Daoud, and others
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Lunas de Estambul (Edición Aniversario)
- By: Sophie Goldberg
- Narrated by: Sophie Goldberg, Cecilia Alcalá
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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Story7
Ventura, una hermosa joven turca, debe viajar a México para casarse con Lázaro según la decisión de su familia.
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muuuy recomendable
- By Amazon Customer on 03-22-26
By: Sophie Goldberg
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Recognizing the Stranger
- On Palestine and Narrative
- By: Isabella Hammad
- Narrated by: Isabella Hammad
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance12
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Story12
From the award-winning author of The Parisian and Enter Ghost comes an outstanding essay on the Palestinian struggle and the power of narrative.
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Not that insightful
- By LitCrit on 12-07-24
By: Isabella Hammad
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Spiritual Verses
- By: Jalal ad-Din Rumi
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Abridged
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Overall74
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Performance49
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Story51
Rumi's Spiritual Verses is the greatest mystical poem in Islamic culture - and of all time....
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Not actually unabridged
- By A. Windsor on 09-23-12
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The Conference of the Birds
- By: Farid Attar, Afkham Darbandi - translator, Dick Davis - translator
- Narrated by: Paul Chahidi, Dick Davis
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Brought to you by Penguin. Composed in the twelfth century in north-eastern Iran, Attar's great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvellous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism - an esoteric system concerned with the search for...
By: Farid Attar, and others
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The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman
- The Arabic Epic of Dhat al-Himma
- By: Melanie Magidow, Melanie Magidow - editor, Melanie Magidow - introduction, and others
- Narrated by: Dalia Ramahi
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance6
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Story6
Published in English for the first time, and the only Arabic epic named for a woman, The Tale of Princess Fatima recounts the thrilling adventures of a legendary medieval warrior universally known throughout the Middle East and long overdue to join world literature's pantheon of female heroes. A...
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Not really sure what I was expecting
- By Charlie Woodside on 02-08-23
By: Melanie Magidow, and others
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Hafiz
- The Voice of God: A Hundred Odes
- By: Hafiz, Khalid Hameed Shaida - translator
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance12
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Story12
Tender and sincere, Hafiz: The Voice of God, A Hundred Odes is a powerful collection of Hafiz's first one hundred lyrical poems, or ghazals, that bring to fruition love, mysticism, and other early Sufi themes....
By: Hafiz, and others
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Enemy of the Sun
- Poetry of Palestinian Resistance
- By: Greg Thomas - foreword, Naseer Aruri - editor, Edmund Ghareeb - editor
- Narrated by: Jeed Saddy
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Originally published by Drum & Spear, the publishing arm of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Enemy of the Sun: Poetry of Palestinian Resistance links 12 poets working in a poetics of refusal and of hope.
By: Greg Thomas - foreword, and others
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Two Deserts
- Stories
- By: Julie Brickman
- Narrated by: Jeff Gumer, Hillary Huber, Holly Linneman, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
Deserts of sand and deserts of the heart, Middle Eastern deserts and American deserts: Two Deserts, a collection of stories, follows the circles of two unforgettable women across cultures and deserts....
By: Julie Brickman