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Internet Multicasting Service: What Is Jazz?
A series of downloadable lectures about jazz, "America's classical music," by Dr. Billy Taylor, provides information on the origins and fundamentals of Jazz Music. Links to select an artist, style,or jazz geography.
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Harper Audio: Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five"
Listen to "Slaughterhouse Five" from this site. The book is available in RealAudio, .gsm, or .au formats.
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Harper Audio: Anne Frank's "Diary of a Young Girl"
Hear Anne Frank's famous diary read aloud at this site. You can choose Real Audio, .gsm, or .au formats. The book is offered in two parts.
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Harper Audio: Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice"
Get the feel and flavor of Austen's famous novel by listening to it from this site. Choose RealAudio, .gsm, or .au formats.
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Harper Audio: Burgess Reads From "A Clockwork Orange"
Hear the author read from four episodes in his classic work. You can choose from 3 available audio formats.
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Harper Audio: Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities"
Dickens' classic tale is read aloud at this site in four parts. Choose from three available audio file formats.
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Harper Audio: John Donne's Love Poems
Acclaimed actor Richard Burton reads the love poetry of metaphysical poet John Donne. There are 4 parts to the reading, the last containing some religious poetry. Choose from three different audio formats.
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Harper Audio: "An Appeal to the British People"
This speech might have sounded very much like this when Douglass delivered it in 1846. Actor Norman Matlock gives it here, in 3 parts. Choose from 3 audio formats.
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Harper Audio: William Faulkner Reads From Various Works
The author himself reads from "The Old Man," his Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, a scene from "As I Lay Dying," and an excerpt from "A Fable". Three audio formats are available.
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Harper Audio: Ernest Hemingway
In these vintage recordings of Hemingway, you can hear his Nobel Prize Acceptance speech, his description of a novel, and a segment of a work in progress. His short story, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," is read by Charlton Heston as well....
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Harper Audio: Ossie Davis Reads Langston Hughes
The Simple stories by Hughes are sometimes overlooked in studies of his work. Actor Ossie Davis reads four of these stories, which originally appeared as a newspaper column.
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Harper Audio: Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"
The classic short story is read here by actress Maureen Stapleton in two parts. Three audio formats are available.
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Harper Audio: "The Raven" & "The Purloined Letter"
The chilling cadences of Poe's "The Raven" and the clever detective setup of "The Purloined Letter" are available here read by actors Basil Rathbone and Anthony Quayle. Three audio formats to choose from.
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Harper Audio: Anne Sexton Reads Her Poetry
Twenty poems are available here, read by the poet herself. They are presented in four parts, and you can choose from three different audio formats.
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Harper Audio: Bram Stoker's "Dracula"
Three excerpts from the 1897 novel are presented here in three different audio formats. The selections are read by actor David McCallum.
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Harper Audio: j.r.r. Tolkien Reads His Work
Four excerpts from The Lord of the Rings trilogy are read here by Tolkien himself. Choose from three different audio formats.
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Harper Audio: John Updike Reads His Fiction
Two short stories and a novel excerpt are read here by the author. There are three different audio file formats available.
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Town Hall: Audio: Robert Frost Reads His Poetry
There's a wealth of Robert Frost recordings at this site. The poet reads a variety of his work, both well known and lesser known. Choose from a variety of file formats.
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Harper Audio: Dylan Thomas
As the introduction to this site says, "Dylan Thomas often wrote for the sound of words as much as for meaning." You will find here three different audio formats in which Thomas reads such poems as "No Sun Shines" and "And Death Shall...
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Ims: Harper Audio: Wallace Stevens
This site provides HarperAudio (copyrighted by Harper Collins) files of Stevens reading a total of four of his poems. One file contains readings of "The Idea of Order at Key West," "The Poem that Took the Place of a Mountain," and...
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Harper Audio: William Shakespeare: Multiple Interpretations of Sonnets and Plays
Sonnets presented in three parts, and excerpts from two plays are here in three different audio formats. RL.11-12.7 Multi Interpretations
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Harper Audio: Coretta Scott King
Mrs. King reads from her work, "My Life with Martin Luther King Jr." in this segment, which is available in three different audio formats.
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Harper Audio: Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights"
Four scenes from the novel are available for listening here. Available in Real Audio, .gsm, and .au formats.
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Harper Audio: Emily Dickinson's Poetry
Actress Julie Harris, who played Emily Dickinson in "The Belle of Amherst" reads from her poems and letters. There are three parts, and three audio formats to choose from.