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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (Audiobook)

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (Audiobook)
Narrated by Martin Jarvis
Sterling Audio Book; Unabridged Edition
Audio file format: mp3
Bit rate: 128 kbps
Audio sample rate: 44 kHz
Channels: 2 (stereo)
Size: 879Mb (8x100Mb + 79Mb)

One of Dickens’ most enduringly popular stories is Oliver Twist, an early work published 1837-8. Like many of his later novels, its central theme is the hardship faced by the dispossessed and those of the outside of ‘polite’ society. Oliver himself is born in a workhouse and treated cruelly there as was the norm at the time for pauper children, in particular by Bumble, a parish council official or ‘beadle’. The story follows Oliver as he escapes the workhouse and runs away to London. Here he receives an education in villainy from the criminal gang of Fagin that includes the brutal thief Bill Sikes, the famous ‘Artful Dodger’ and Nancy, Bill’s whore. Oliver is rescued by the intervention of a benefactor - Mr Brownlow - but the mysterious Monks gets the gang to kidnap the boy again. Nancy intervenes but is murdered viciously by Sikes after she has showed some redeeming qualities and has discovered Monk’s sinister intention. The story closes happily and with justice for Bumble and the cruel Monks who has hidden the truth of Oliver’s parentage out of malice. Accusations were made that the book glamorised crime (like the ‘Newgate Group’ of the period) but Dickens wisely disassociated himself from criminal romances. His achievement was in fact in presenting the underworld and problems of poverty to the well-off in a way rarely attempted previously.

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (Audiobook)

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Narrated by Martin Jarvis
Chivers Audio Books; Unabridged edition (October 2000)
ISBN-10: 0754053504 | ISBN-13: 978-0754053507
Audio file format: mp3
Bit rate: 56 kbps
Audio sample rate: 22 kHz
Channels: 2 (stereo)
Size: 342Mb (3x100Mb + 42Mb)

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens; it is moreover a moral novel strongly concerned with themes of guilt, shame, redemption and patriotism.

The plot centers on the years leading up to French Revolution and culminates in the Jacobin Reign of Terror. It tells the story of two men, Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, who look very alike but are entirely different in character.

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Audiobook: Improve Your American English Accent

Sound like a native English speaker in six easy lessons
Even though you know the vocabulary and the endless grammar rules, you still find it difficult to pronounce English words correctly. This struggle with your new language can make communicating with native English speakers a frustrating experience for both you and them. Now you can gain confidence in your English skills and speak like an American with this focused, nonintimidating program.
Improve Your American English Accent is an easy and enjoyable way to learn and master the most challenging American English speech characteristics, such as:
• The most troublesome of sixteen American English vowel sounds
• The duration of vowel sounds
• Differences in stressed and unstressed syllables and words
• How a sound is changed by the sounds that come before and after it
• Stress in words and phrases and how it influences timing
The CDs present six 35-minute lessons, each one covering key obstacles faced by nonnative English speakers. Author Charlsie Childs is your own personal tutor, talking you through her proven methods for overcoming the tricks of English pronunciation. Accompanying the CDs is a booklet containing written pronunciation guidelines and transcriptions of the sounds, words, and sentences you encounter on the recording.

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New Interchange - Full CD Video and Audio

New Interchange - Full CD Video and Audio series
Jack C. Richards, Jonathan Hull, Susan Proctor
Cambridge University Press; 3rd edition
CD + MP3 | 2.3 GB | English

New Interchange is a multi-level series for adult and young adult learners of English from the beginning to the high-intermediate level. The Teacher's Edition features page-by-page instructions directly opposite full-size, full-color reproductions of the Student's Book pages. It also contains teaching suggestions, answer keys for the Student's Book and Workbook, listening scripts, optional activities, and photocopiable Achievement Tests with their own listening scripts and answer keys.

Interchange Third Edition is a fully revised edition of New Interchange, the world's most successful series for adult and young adult learners of North American English. The course has been thoroughly revised to reflect the most recent approaches to language teaching and learning. It remains the innovative series teachers and students have grown to love, while incorporating suggestions from teachers and students all over the world. This edition offers updated content in every unit, additional grammar practice, and more opportunities to develop speaking and listening skills. Interchange Third Edition features contemporary topics and a strong focus on both accuracy and fluency. Its successful multi-skills syllabus integrates themes, grammar, functions, vocabulary, and pronunciation. The underlying philosophy of the course remains that language is best learned when it is used for meaningful communication. Written in American English, Interchange Third Edition reflects the fact that English is the major language of international communication and is not limited to any one country, region or culture.

Saturday, 24 November 2007

Japanese Fairy Tales (Book + Audiobook)

Japanese Fairy Tales

PDF (colour) + PDF (black/white) + DjVu | English | 17.46 + 8.17 + 7.19 MB

Japanese Fairy Tales compiled by Yei Theodora Ozaki; profusely illustrated by Japanese artists
This is a collection of 22 charming Japanese fairy tales, originally published in 1905, selected and translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Included are legends and fairy tales about peasants and kings, god and bad forces, princesses, animals, the sea, and the sky.

"This collection of Japanese fairy tales is the outcome of a suggestion made to me indirectly through a friend by Mr. Andrew Lang. They have been translated from the modern version written by Sadanami Sanjin. These stories are not literal translations, and though the Japanese story and all quaint Japanese expressions have been faithfully preserved, they have been told more with the view to interest young readers of the West than the technical student of folk - lore. Grateful acknowledgment is due to Mr. Y. Yasuoka, Miss Fusa Okamoto, my brother Nobumori Ozaki, Dr. Yoshihiro Takaki, and Miss Kameko Yamao, who have helped me with translations.
The story which I have named "The Story of the Man who did not Wish to Die" is taken from a little book written a hundred years ago by one Shinsui Tamenaga. It is named Chosei Furo, or "Longevity." "The Bamboo-cutter and the Moon-child" is taken from the classic " Taketari Monogatari," and is not classed by the Japanese among their fairy tales, though it really belongs to this class of literature.
The pictures were drawn by Mr. Kakuzo Fujiyama, a Tokio artist.
In telling these stories in English I have followed my fancy in adding such touches of local color or description as they seemed to need or as pleased me, and in one or two instances I have gathered in an incident from another version. At all times, among my friends, both young and old, English or American, I have always found eager listeners to the beautiful legends and fairy tales of Japan, and in telling them I have also found that they were still unknown to the vast majority, and this has encouraged me to write them for the children of the West." -- From The Preface

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Tuesday, 20 November 2007

The Emperor's New Clothes (Book + Audiobook)

The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen

English (Audio + Text)
Publisher: LibraVox
Size: 12.68 + 1.30 MB
File format: MP3 + PDF

The Emperor's New Clothes (Danish: Keiserens nye Klader) is a Danish fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen and first published in 1837, as part of Eventyr, fortalte for Born (Fairy Tales, Told for Children).

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sábado, 11 de octubre de 2008

Audiobooks

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (Audiobook)

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (Audiobook)

Audiobook: Improve Your American English Accent

New Interchange - Full CD Video and Audio

Saturday, 24 November 2007

Japanese Fairy Tales (Book + Audiobook)

Tuesday, 20 November 2007

The Emperor's New Clothes (Book + Audiobook)

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