Bestsellers
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The Essential Rumi, New Expanded Edition
- By: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, Coleman Barks - translator, John Moyne - translator, and others
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems. Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this literature to a wide range of listeners....
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Disappointed
- By G. Vidal on 04-09-20
By: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, and others
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Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
- Shahnameh
- By: Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Dick Davis - translator
- Narrated by: Sean Rohani, Nikki Massoud, Dick Davis
- Length: 47 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive translation by Dick Davis of the great national epic of Iran is now newly revised and expanded to be the most complete English-language edition.
By: Abolqasem Ferdowsi, and others
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The Prophet
- By: Khalil Gibrán
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In Kahil Gibran's masterpiece, Almustafa, the chosen and beloved, must leave the port of Orphalese upon the ship he has waited upon for 12 years. As he descends to the waterfront, the people of Orphalese gather to question him and hear his wisdom on important topics of their daily lives....
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Words of wisdom
- By Liam Hannah Wade on 10-11-20
By: Khalil Gibrán
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From Darkness Into Light
- By: A. Helwa
- Narrated by: A. Helwa
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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In her debut poetry audiobook, the number one international best-selling author of Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam, invites you to step into her beautifully composed world of devotional poetry....
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Soul calming words
- By fatimah on 06-24-25
By: A. Helwa
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Gilgamesh: The New Translation
- By: Gerald J. Davis
- Narrated by: John Hanks
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The tale of the fifth king of the first dynasty of Uruk (in what is modern-day Iraq), who reigned for 126 years, according to the ancient Sumerian list of kings....
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Poetic translation of an epic story
- By K on 07-12-15
By: Gerald J. Davis
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The Nectar of Pain
- By: Najwa Zebian
- Narrated by: Najwa Zebian
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Nectar of Pain, Zebian sheds light on the feelings and experiences that emerge from a painful heartbreak. She writes that the process of cleansing oneself of that pain—day by day, hour by hour, and second by second—is the real work of healing....
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Everything
- By Shanoy on 12-06-23
By: Najwa Zebian
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The Essential Rumi, New Expanded Edition
- By: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, Coleman Barks - translator, John Moyne - translator, and others
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems. Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this literature to a wide range of listeners....
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Disappointed
- By G. Vidal on 04-09-20
By: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, and others
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Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
- Shahnameh
- By: Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Dick Davis - translator
- Narrated by: Sean Rohani, Nikki Massoud, Dick Davis
- Length: 47 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive translation by Dick Davis of the great national epic of Iran is now newly revised and expanded to be the most complete English-language edition.
By: Abolqasem Ferdowsi, and others
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The Prophet
- By: Khalil Gibrán
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In Kahil Gibran's masterpiece, Almustafa, the chosen and beloved, must leave the port of Orphalese upon the ship he has waited upon for 12 years. As he descends to the waterfront, the people of Orphalese gather to question him and hear his wisdom on important topics of their daily lives....
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Words of wisdom
- By Liam Hannah Wade on 10-11-20
By: Khalil Gibrán
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From Darkness Into Light
- By: A. Helwa
- Narrated by: A. Helwa
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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In her debut poetry audiobook, the number one international best-selling author of Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam, invites you to step into her beautifully composed world of devotional poetry....
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Soul calming words
- By fatimah on 06-24-25
By: A. Helwa
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Gilgamesh: The New Translation
- By: Gerald J. Davis
- Narrated by: John Hanks
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The tale of the fifth king of the first dynasty of Uruk (in what is modern-day Iraq), who reigned for 126 years, according to the ancient Sumerian list of kings....
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Poetic translation of an epic story
- By K on 07-12-15
By: Gerald J. Davis
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The Nectar of Pain
- By: Najwa Zebian
- Narrated by: Najwa Zebian
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Nectar of Pain, Zebian sheds light on the feelings and experiences that emerge from a painful heartbreak. She writes that the process of cleansing oneself of that pain—day by day, hour by hour, and second by second—is the real work of healing....
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Everything
- By Shanoy on 12-06-23
By: Najwa Zebian
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Shahnameh
- The Epic of the Persian Kings
- By: Ferdowsi
- Narrated by: Marc Thompson, Francis Ford Coppola - introduction
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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The new, impeccable translation and adaptation of the Epic of Persian Kings by Ahmad Sadri brought to life a host of heroic characters and wove their adventures into a thrilling story spanning thousands of years....
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Learn about Persian culture through epic tales
- By Anonymous User on 01-23-19
By: Ferdowsi
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The Prophet
- By: Kahlil Gibran
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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The Prophet is a book of 26 prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American poet and writer Kahlil Gibran. It is Gibran's best-known work....
By: Kahlil Gibran
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I Want Burning
- The Ecstatic World of Rumi, Hafiz, and Lalla
- By: Coleman Barks
- Narrated by: Coleman Barks
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Original Recording
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In I Want Burning, Coleman Barks fuses his passionate scholarship with a deep feeling for the poetry of Rumi, Hafiz, and Lalla....
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I love Rumi and Coleman Barks interpretation.
- By Kellie without the K on 03-24-17
By: Coleman Barks
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A Hundred Sweet Promises
- By: Sepehr Haddad
- Narrated by: Tim Fearon
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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A family secret revealed 40 years ago by a grandmother to her grandson is now an acclaimed Russian historical fiction novel. A Hundred Sweet Promises is the tale of the author’s grandfather, Nasrosoltan, a famed composer....
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Historical romance
- By AudioBookReviewer on 06-21-21
By: Sepehr Haddad
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Poems from the Divan of Hafiz
- By: Gertrude Bell - translator
- Narrated by: Denis Daly
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Together with Omar Khayyam and Jalāl ud-Din Mohammad Rumi, Khwaja Shams-ud-din Mohammed Hafiz-e Shirazi, more commonly known just as Háfiz, is considered one of the major figures of classical Persian literature....
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Recognizing the Stranger
- On Palestine and Narrative
- By: Isabella Hammad
- Narrated by: Isabella Hammad
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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From the award-winning author of The Parisian and Enter Ghost comes an outstanding essay on the Palestinian struggle and the power of narrative.
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Not that insightful
- By LitCrit on 12-07-24
By: Isabella Hammad
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The Rumi Collection
- An Anthology of Translations of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi
- By: Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, Kabir Helminski - editor
- Narrated by: Richard Pryal
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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The Rumi Collection presents an essential anthology of the works of the thirteenth-century Sufi poet and philosopher Jalâluddin Rumi....
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Sources overload
- By Kim Seese on 05-17-25
By: Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, and others
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The Meursault Investigation
- By: Kamel Daoud, John Cullen - translator
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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He was the brother of "the Arab" killed by the infamous Meursault, the antihero of Camus' classic novel....
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An enthralling double feature!
- By Kaui on 06-28-16
By: Kamel Daoud, and others
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Gold
- By: Rumi
- Narrated by: Haleh Liza Gafori
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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A vibrant selection of poems by the great Persian mystic with groundbreaking translations by Haleh Liza Gafori, an American poet of Persian descent.
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The performance was inspires, but the translations were even better!
- By Jose Casiano on 07-09-25
By: Rumi
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Spiritual Verses
- By: Jalal ad-Din Rumi
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Abridged
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Rumi's Spiritual Verses is the greatest mystical poem in Islamic culture - and of all time....
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Not actually unabridged
- By A. Windsor on 09-23-12
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A Silent Star
- By: Tony Attanasio
- Narrated by: James Romick
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Subsequent to the attack on the USS Cole in October of 2000, British intelligence reports pinpointed bin Laden's location in a safe house outside of Abyan, Yemen....
By: Tony Attanasio
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The Iranian Connection: Code Word Orchid
- By: Tony Attanasio
- Narrated by: James Romick
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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The Iranian Connection: Code Word Orchid - an internationally-flavored novel - relates the actions of Hezbollah operatives who wish to detonate a nuclear device in New York City....
By: Tony Attanasio
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Forest of Noise
- Poems
- By: Mosab Abu Toha
- Narrated by: Mosab Abu Toha
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha shares a new collection of poems about life in Gaza.
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Beautiful, powerful, and devastating
- By N.K. on 10-25-24
By: Mosab Abu Toha
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To Be an Israeli
- All My Love, Detrick, Book 4
- By: Roberta Kagan
- Narrated by: Juliet Jones
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Elan understands what it means to be an Israeli. He’s sacrificed the woman he loved, his marriage, and his life for Israel. When Israel went to war and Elan was summoned in the middle of the night, he did not hesitate to defend his country....
By: Roberta Kagan
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The Secrets of the Self
- By: Muhammad Iqbal
- Narrated by: Matthew Schmitz
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Published in 1915, Asrar-i-Khudi (Secrets of the Self) was the first poetry book of Iqbal. Considered by many to be Iqbal's best book of poetry, it is concerned with the philosophy of religion....
By: Muhammad Iqbal
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The Prophet
- By: Khalil Gibrán
- Narrated by: Peter Batchelor
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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World-famous 26 prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American poet and writer. It was originally published in 1923. It is Gibran's best known work. The Prophet has been translated into over 100 different languages....
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Literally the best book!
- By Amazon Customer on 04-25-20
By: Khalil Gibrán
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Layli and Majnun
- By: Nezami Ganjavi, Dick Davis - translator introduction
- Narrated by: Dick Davis, Peter Ganim, Serena Manteghi, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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The iconic love story of the Middle East, by a 12th-century Persian poet who has been compared to Shakespeare for his subtlety, inventiveness, and dramatic force, Layli and Majnun tells of star-crossed lovers whose union is tragically thwarted by their families....
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Great Book
- By Anthony W. on 10-03-22
By: Nezami Ganjavi, and others
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Gaza Writes Back
- Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine
- By: Refaat Alareer
- Narrated by: Amin El Gamal, Lameece Issaq
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
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Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine, edited by Refaat Alareer, is a compelling collection of short stories from 15 young writers in Gaza....
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Powerful. Sad and beautiful at the same time.
- By Gheed M. Murtadi on 05-02-24
By: Refaat Alareer
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Hafiz's Little Book of Life
- By: Hafiz, Ari Honarvar - foreword, Erfan Mojib - translator, and others
- Narrated by: Samara Naeymi
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Have you heard the name "Hafiz"?! Here are soaring flights of fancy and solid life lessons, from one of the greatest poets of all time—made new by two award-winning translators. This is the perfect introduction to Hafiz for all lovers of poetry and seekers of love, spirituality, and meaning....
By: Hafiz, and others
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Kahlil Gibran Collected Poetry Books and Works
- The Prophet, The Madman, The Forerunner, and a Complete Biography of Kahlil Gibran
- By: CSA Publishing, Khalil Gibrán
- Narrated by: Tom Chandler
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Learn how the life of this Lebanese immigrant has positioned him to artistically capture the hearts, minds, and souls of readers for generations, making him one of the world’s best-selling poets....
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Fascinating! Inspiring! Great Value!
- By Patrick on 07-12-21
By: CSA Publishing, and others
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The Rumi Prescription
- How an Ancient Mystic Poet Changed My Modern Manic Life
- By: Melody Moezzi
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marnò
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Rumi's inspiring and deceptively simple poems have been called ecstatic, mystical, and devotional. To writer and activist Melody Moezzi, they became a lifeline. In The Rumi Prescription, we follow her path of discovery as she translates Rumi's works for herself....
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Boring as hell
- By Zarafshan on 07-18-21
By: Melody Moezzi
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El Loco
- By: Khalil Gibrán
- Narrated by: Artur Mas
- Length: 59 mins
- Unabridged
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"El loco” es un libro corto escrito por Khalil Gibran, publicado en 1918. Esta obra la narra un solo personaje el cual se hace llamar loco...
By: Khalil Gibrán
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The Glance
- Songs of Soul-Meeting
- By: Jalaluddin Rumi, Coleman Barks - translator
- Narrated by: Coleman Barks, Robert Various
- Length: 56 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the great icons of mysticism, by the Persian poet who has captured today’s spiritual audience - now in a first-ever English translation by his premier interpreter....
By: Jalaluddin Rumi, and others
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Sparks of Phoenix
- By: Najwa Zebian
- Narrated by: Najwa Zebian
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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As the phoenix emerges from its ashes, Zebian emerges ablaze in these words, not only as a survivor of abuse, but as a teacher and healer for all those who have struggled to understand, reclaim, and rise above a history of pain....
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Love this book!
- By Sara on 11-06-24
By: Najwa Zebian