Story Of India, The

Saturday, August 16th, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

A companion to the major six-part BBC TV series, written by Michael Wood and read by Sam Dastor.

Michael Wood weaves a spellbinding narrative out of the 10,000-year history of India. Home today to more than a fifth of the world’s population, the subcontinent gave birth to the oldest and most influential civilization on Earth, to four world religions, and to the world’s largest democracy.

Now, as India bids to become a global giant, Michael sets out to trace the roots of India’s present in the incredible riches of her past.

Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Author: Michael Wood
Narrator: Sam Dastor
ISBN: 9781405677325
Download Price: $40.49 Get it now

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Purgatory: Dante, from The Divine Comedy

Monday, August 4th, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

‘Now of that second kingdom I shall sing
where human souls are purified of sin.
and made worthy to ascend to Heaven.’

Purgatory is the second part of Dante’s The Divine Comedy.

We find the Poet, with his guide Virgil, ascending the terraces of the Mount of Purgatory inhabited by those doing penance to expiate their sins on earth.

There are the proud - forced to circle their terrace for aeons bent double in humility; the slothful - running around crying out examples of zeal and sloth; while the lustful are purged by fire.

Though less well-known than Inferno, Purgatory has inspired many writers, including, in our century, Samuel Beckett and has played a key role in literature.

Publisher: Select Music & Distribution
Author: Dante
Narrator: Heathcote Williams
ISBN: 9 62634 316 8
Download Price: $19.25 Get it now

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Journey Into Space: The World In Peril - Episode 06

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

Journey Into Space: The World In Peril - Episode 06

In this epic series Captain Jet Morgan, Doc Matthews, engineer Mitch Mitchell and radio operator Lemmy Barnet once more set out for Mars, but this time alone.

Their orders - to discover all they can about the threatened Martian invasion of Britain. Jet and his comrades are stretched to their limits as they taken on the awesome Martian power.

When they learn the astounding secret of the invasion plan, there is a race against time to warn a defenceless Earth.

Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Author: Charles Chilton
Narrator: Full-Cast Production
ISBN: 9781405669757
Download Price: $5.25

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Negligible News Day II: Ricky Martin Says Si To Hillary Clinton - Deutsche Welle

Saturday, May 31st, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

Negligible News Day II: Ricky Martin Says Si To Hillary Clinton - Deutsche Welle

Negligible News Day II: Ricky Martin Says Si To Hillary Clinton Deutsche Welle, Germany - 3 hours ago … to win big in Puerto Rico prior to Ricky Martin's endorsement. So what does all this signify? Nothing really. Just another piece of Negligible News.

Source: news.google.com

AM Greenlist: Old news tweaked to become new news - Los Angeles Times

AM Greenlist: Old news tweaked to become new news Los Angeles Times, CA - 2 hours ago (via Treehugger) >> Man-made global warming: Still not good for earth — which is news to no one except the Bush administration, which finally admitted …

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Story Of India, The

Monday, May 12th, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

A companion to the major six-part BBC TV series, written by Michael Wood and read by Sam Dastor.

Michael Wood weaves a spellbinding narrative out of the 10,000-year history of India. Home today to more than a fifth of the world’s population, the subcontinent gave birth to the oldest and most influential civilization on Earth, to four world religions, and to the world’s largest democracy.

Now, as India bids to become a global giant, Michael sets out to trace the roots of India’s present in the incredible riches of her past.

Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Author: Michael Wood
Narrator: Sam Dastor
ISBN: 9781405677325
Download Price: $40.49 Find out more…

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Tags: Author Michael, Bbc, Civilization, Companion, Democracy, Earth, Global Giant, History India, History Of India, Home Today, India Home, India Today, Narrative, Narrator, Population, Roots, Rsquo, Subcontinent, Tv Series, World Religions