Young Oxford tutor Theodore Gumbril has become thoroughly dismayed by the formality of college life and the staid British institutions of learning. An impetuous need for celebration, even rebellion, possesses him. He and his bohemian companions embark on wild and daring "bacchanalian" adventures that steer them resolutely away from stifling conventions of behavior. Antic Hay, first published in 1923, is one of Aldous Huxley's earlier novels, and like them is primarily a 'novel of ideas' involving conversations which disclose viewpoints rather than establish characters; its polemical theme unfolds against the backdrop of London's postwar nihilistic Bohemia. This is Huxley at his biting, brilliant best a novel, loud with derisive laughter, which satirically scoffs at all conventional morality and at stuffy people everywhere a novel that's always charged with excitement.
Based on the latest scientific findings, this breakthrough book argues that most of what we thought we knew about the Americas before Columbus was wrong....
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It's the perfect listen for your morning commute! In the time it takes you to get to work, you'll hear a digest of the day's top stories, prepared by the editorial staff of The New York Times....
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First published in 1929, Faulkner created his heart's darling, the beautiful and tragic Caddy Compson, whose story Faulkner told through separate monologues by her three brothers....
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William Somerset Maugham (18741965) was born at the height of British Imperial power. When he died, the British Empire was all but a memory...
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Wealthy Virginia planter, revolutionary general, and founding president, George Washington was the most illustrious public man of his time....
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Sir Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, and Full Cast
Publisher
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Harper Audio
Normal Retail Price
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$ 18.00
Audible Price
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$ 12.95
The Tempest reflects Shakespeare's mature genius, with its story of innocence tempered by intrigue, hilarity bounded by melancholy....
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In America's First Dynasty, Richard Brookhiser tells the story of America's longest and stillgreatest dynasty, the Adamses....
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Guaranteed to make learning SAT vocabulary words quick, easy, and fun, SAT Words To Go is conveniently designed to allow you to master words found on the New SAT while you're on the run....
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John Updike's 21st novel, a bildungsroman, follows its hero, Owen Mackenzie, from his birth in the semirural Pennsylvania town of Willow to his retirement....
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Henry Townsend, a black farmer, bootmaker, and former slave, has a fondness for Paradise Lost and an unusual mentor....
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First published in 1908, and widely regraded as his masterpiece, Penguin Island is Anatole France's most searching and satirical novel. A humorous critique of customs and laws, rituals and rites...
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For the first time ever, the complete founding documents of the United States of America are here in one unabridged recording....
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A runaway best seller in France and winner of the 1991 Prix Interallie, Sebastien Japrisot's novel about World War I was acclaimed as a latterday War and Peace....
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Next to The Bible, The Pilgrim's Progress has probably been more widely read than any other book in the English language, and rightfully so....
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Why I Recommend
Audible by Alan Twigg
Audible (an Amazon.com company) is the world's leading online
audio-book provider. Audible is responsible for supplying audio
content to Apple's ITunes service. I have been listening,
enjoying and creating audio books for many years. With
the arrival of the internet and portable digital devices,
audio-books began to become availalbe for download.
Having tried most of
the other download services myself, I finally came to
the conclusion that Audible offers the best and most
reliable service. Whether you are using an IPod, IPhone,
mobile phone, Dune or one of the many other MP3 players
availalbe, Audilbe makes downloading great quality audio
content easy and umcomplicated.
In addition to this, Audible also boasts the most comprehensive collection
of audio books anywhere. Depending on the promotion currently on
offer, you can download any audiobook of your
choice for free (including almost
certainly the title on this
page, too).
This link will take you to Audible...
All about Audiobooks and how they can make your life more
enjoyable.
Books in audio format are a fantastic alternative to reading.
Indeed, now that the digital age is upon, listening to your
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Here at Playtime Books we offer lots unabridged talking
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