THE CONFUSIONS OF YOUNG MASTER TÖRLESS
THE CONFUSIONS OF YOUNG MASTER TÖRLESS By Robert Musil Read by Jamie Parker 6 hours 25 minutes Robert Musil (1880-1942) is best known for his enduring masterpiece The Man Without Qualities, one of the great European works of the 20th century. But it was with The Confusions of Young Master Törless first published in 1906, Continue Reading
THE REVERIES OF THE SOLITARY WALKER
MORALIA VOLUME 1 26 Ethical Essays By Plutarch • Read by Matthew Lloyd Davies Though best known now for his collection of lively and vivid Parallel Lives from ancient Greece and Rome, Plutarch (c46 C.D – 120 C.E) was, for centuries, more respected for his Moralia, a remarkable and wide-ranging collection of essays and speeches.
CONJECTURES AND REFUTATIONS
CONJECTURES AND REFUTATIONS By Karl Popper Read by Martyn Swain 22 hours 14 minutes Conjectures and Refutations is one of Karl Popper’s most wide-ranging and popular works, notable not only for its acute insights into the way scientific knowledge grows, but also for applying those insights to politics and to history. (more…)
ON THE NATURE OF THE PSYCHE
ON THE NATURE OF THE PSYCHE By C.G. Jung Read by John Telfer 6 hours 30 minutes Jung’s discovery of the ‘collective unconscious’, a psychic inheritance common to all humankind, transformed the understanding of the self and the way we interpret the world. In On the Nature of the Psyche Jung describes this remarkable theory in Continue Reading
ANSWER TO JOB
ANSWER TO JOB By C.G. Jung Read by John Telfer 5 hours 9 minutes Of all the books of the Bible, few have had more resonance for modern readers than the Book of Job. For a world that over the past century has witnessed horrors the like of which could not have been imagined Continue Reading
THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES
THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES By Robert Musil Read by John Telfer 60 hours 30 minutes In 1913, the Viennese aristocracy is gathering to celebrate the 17th jubilee of the accession of Emperor Franz Josef, even as the Austro-Hungarian Empire is collapsing and the rest of Vienna is showing signs of rebellion. At the centre Continue Reading
HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION By Leon Trotsky Read by Jonathan Booth 53 hours 06 minutes The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most cataclysmic events in world history, profoundly shaping politics, international relations, social patterns, economics and science in the century that followed. It created long-lasting aftershocks which travelled far beyond Continue Reading
THE COMMON READER VOLUME 2
THE COMMON READER VOLUME 2 By Virginia Woolf Read by Georgina Sutton 9 hours 28 minutes Do not think, because this collection of essays is titled Volume 2, that there is anything lesser or additional to it. Here is Virginia Woolf at her most entertaining and informative, relishing the portraits and insights she presents as Continue Reading
THE PILLOW BOOK of SEI SHŌNAGON
THE PILLOW BOOK of SEI SHŌNAGON Translated by Ivan Morris Read by Georgina Sutton 11 hours 09 minutes The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the closing years of the 10th century. Written by a lady of the court at the height of Heian culture, this book Continue Reading
AION
AION By C.G Jung Read by David Rintoul 10 hours 46 minutes Aion is one of the major works of C.G. Jung’s later years. The title comes from the Greek word for aeon or age and refers to the age of Christianity, for, in Aion, Jung is concerned with the collective psychic development that Continue Reading
THE PRINCIPAL SPEECHES OF DEMOSTHENES
THE PRINCIPAL SPEECHES OF DEMOSTHENES By Demosthenes Read by David Rintoul 7 hours 45 minutes Demosthenes (384-322 BCE) is regarded as one of the greatest orators of Classical times. This view has persisted through the centuries even though his rousing speeches warning of the dangers of Macedonian expansion – firstly guided by Philip II Continue Reading
WHAT IS PROPERTY?
WHAT IS PROPERTY? by PIERRE-JOSEPH PROUDHON Read by James Gillies 11 hours 12 minutes ‘Property is Theft’, a phrase which has passed into common parlance, was the rallying call of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon’s political treatise What Is Property?Proudhon (1809-1865) was both admired and excoriated. A political theorist of the first order, he was vilified in his native Continue Reading
A BRIEF HISTORY OF 20TH CENTURY WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
A BRIEF HISTORY OF 20TH CENTURY WESTERN PHILOSOPHY by Garrett Thomson Read by James Gillies 11 hours 12 minutes During the 20th century, our understanding of the world was transformed thanks to the likes of relativity, quantum physics, molecular biology, chaos theory and computer science. Likewise, our comprehension of ourselves developed dramatically courtesy of theories Continue Reading
WHAT IS METAPHYSICS, WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY AND OTHER WRITINGS
WHAT IS METAPHYSICS, WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY AND OTHER WRITINGS By Martin Heidegger Read by Martyn Swain 4 hours 24 minutes This recording contains four important and related works by Heidegger: ‘What is Philosophy’, ‘What is Metaphysics’, ‘On the Essence of Truth’ and ‘The Question of Being’. It starts with ‘What is Philosophy’ which originated as Continue Reading
THE NEUROTIC CHARACTER
THE NEUROTIC CHARACTER By Alfred Adler Read by Leighton Pugh 14 hours 13 minutes As the 20th century drew to a close, the Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler (1870-1937) was perhaps the least known of the prominent figures of his time – in particular Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung – and yet he continues to Continue Reading
SUMMA THEOLOGICA VOLUME 5
SUMMA THEOLOGICA VOLUME 5 SUPPLEMENT TO PART III By Thomas Aquinas Read by Martyn Swain 39 hours 8 minutes Thomas Aquinas (c1225-1274) died before he could complete his ambitious plan for Summa Theologica, described as ‘a systematic compendium’ of Roman Catholic theology. Drawing on a wide range of Christian sources – and, controversially, on Greek Continue Reading
WAGNER’S ‘RING’ AND ITS SYMBOLS
WAGNER’S ‘RING’ AND ITS SYMBOLS The Myth and the Music With 200 music examples By Robert Donington Read by Michael Lunts 13 hours 33 minutes ‘This enthralling book is an examination – deep analysis might be the word – of Wagner and his great work in terms not of politics or merely musical values, but Continue Reading
ON HEROES, HERO-WORSHIP and THE HEROIC IN HISTORY
ON HEROES, HERO-WORSHIP and THE HEROIC IN HISTORY by Thomas Carlyle Read by James Gillies 11 hours 16 minutes Though conflicted, polemical and argumentative, Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) made a lasting impact on 19th century culture as a multi-talented man of letters. And though his lengthy history of the French Revolution proved his major scholarly legacy, Continue Reading
SARTOR RESARTUS
SARTOR RESARTUS by Thomas Carlyle Read by James Gillies 10 hours 40 minutes Sartor Resartus is one of the most unusual, even quirky, British novels, to emerge from the first half of the 19th century. Published in 1836, its varied heritage reflects the earlier eccentricities of Sterne and Swift, curiously mixed with influences from Goethe. Continue Reading
STUDIES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX VOLUME 1
STUDIES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX VOLUME 1 The Evolution of Modesty • The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity • Auto-Erotism By Havelock Ellis Read by Charles Armstrong 12 hours 42 minutes Havelock Ellis (1859-1939) was a pioneering figure in modern sexual studies. In the early years of the 20th century, through his seven volumes of Continue Reading
