• The History of the English Language, 2nd Edition Unabridged (mp3) 18hrs

    The History of the English Language, 2nd Edition Unabridged (mp3) 18hrs

    Sixteen centuries ago a wave of settlers from northern Europe came to the British Isles speaking a mix of Germanic dialects thick with consonants and complex grammatical forms. Today we call that dialect Old English, the ancestor of the language nearly one in five people in the world speaks every day. How did this ancient tongue evolve into the ...

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  • Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage Unabridged (mp3) 12hrs

    Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage Unabridged (mp3) 12hrs

    Is English broken? Do bad grammar, slang, and illogical constructions signal a decline in standards of usage? Do e-mail and text messages corrupt the art of writing? In short, is our language going to the dogs? It’s easy to think so, just as it’s easy to listen to people speaking a foreign language and think that they’re doing something more com...

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  • The Story of Human Language Unabridged (mp3) 18hrs

    The Story of Human Language Unabridged (mp3) 18hrs

    Language basics. In Lecture 1, you start by comparing human language to animal communication and ask, how valid are claims that animals such as chimpanzees have rudimentary language skills? Then you look at intriguing evidence that links a specific gene to the ability to use language. The first appearance of this gene in humans has been calculated ...

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  • Language A to Z Unabridged (mp3) 18hrs

    Language A to Z Unabridged (mp3) 18hrs

    With more than 6,000 languages spoken around the world, it’s no wonder that linguistics, the study of language, has a reputation for being complex and inaccessible. But here’s a secret: There’s a lot that’s quirky and intriguing about how human language works—and much of it is downright fun to learn about. Every day, linguists ponder and try to ...

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  • My Life in France Unabridged (mp3) 11hrs

    My Life in France Unabridged (mp3) 11hrs

    In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child’s years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found “her true calling”. From the moment the ship docked in Le Havre in the fall of 1948 and Julia watched the well-muscled stevedores unloading the cargo to the first perfectly soigne meal that she and her husband, Paul...

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  • My Side of the Mountain Unabridged (mp3) 4hrs

    My Side of the Mountain Unabridged (mp3) 4hrs

    Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods – all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, 40 dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, ...

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  • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Unabridged (mp3) 16hrs

    Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Unabridged (mp3) 16hrs

    This lyrical, evocative, thought-provoking journal of a man’s quest for truth – and for himself – has touched and changed an entire generation, and is ready to reach out to a new one. At its heart, the story is all too simple: a man and his son take a motorcycle trip across America. But this is not a simple trip at all, for around every corner, thr...

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