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B08158VJPG M4B@128 kbps English | November 12, 2019 | ASIN: B08158VJPG | M4B@128 kbps | 8h 18m | 462 MB Author: Nicola Gardini | Narrator: Todd Portnowitz "It's a genuine pleasure to hear spoken Latin - lots of it, and by many of the great classical authors, including Cicero, Ovid, and Virgil - and to follow the story of Gardini's lifelong infatuation with a language that is nowhere and everywhere in our modern lives.... This is an audiobook to appreciate on many levels, most of all, to hear the sound of Latin again, so familiar and so essential to the ear." (AudioFile Magazine) In Long Live Latin, Gardini shares his deep love for the language - enriched by his tireless intellectual curiosity - and warmly encourages us to engage with a civilization that has never ceased to exist, because it's here with us now, whether we know it or not. Thanks to his careful guidance, even without a single lick of Latin grammar listeners can discover how this language is still capable of restoring our sense of identity, with a power that only useless things can miraculously express.