The Giaour is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1813 and the first in the series of his Oriental romances. The Giaour proved to be a great success when published,...

Performance Talk podcasts discuss various topics centered around physical performance improvement for sports and human movement. Our guests are well-known professionals, both in...

Join Keanu Reeves for a discussion about his directorial debut, "Man of Tai Chi." Set in modern Beijing, the film, also starring Reeves, follows the spiritual journey of a young...

This powerful poem narrates the fateful return of Count Lara to the British Isles after spending years abroad traveling the orient. Returning to his patrimony with a retinue...

As a girl, Lady Duff-Gordon was noted both for her beauty and intelligence. As an author, she is most famous for this collection of letters from Egypt. Lady Duff-Gordon had...

As a girl, Lady Duff-Gordon was noted both for her beauty and intelligence. As an author, she is most famous for this collection of letters from Egypt. Lady Duff-Gordon had...

The legend of Don Juan is one that's been told and retold over the centuries by poets and novelists. His life has been the subject of operas, musicals and film. The earliest...

LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different recordings of When We Two Parted, by George Gordon, Lord Byron. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of November 26th, 2006.

Don Juan is a long narrative poem by Byron, based very loosely on the legend of the evil seducer, Don Juan. The first and second of (eventually) seventeen Cantos composed during...

David Gordon Green and actor Nicolas Cage talk with Peter Travers of Rolling Stone about their new film, Joe. In the movie, Cage plays Joe Ransom, an ex-con and unlikely role...