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I'm Glad My Mom Died
- By: Jennette McCurdy
- Narrated by: Jennette McCurdy
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life....
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Heartwrenching
- By Ellie Moore on 11-08-22
By: Jennette McCurdy
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My Thoughts Exactly
- By: Lily Allen
- Narrated by: Lily Allen
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
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So, this is me. Lily Allen. I am a woman. I am a mother. I was a wife. I drink. I have taken drugs. I have loved and been let down. I am a success and a failure. I am a songwriter. I am a singer. I am all these things and more.
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My Thoughts Exactly
- By B on 24-09-18
By: Lily Allen
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Unnatural Causes
- By: Dr Richard Shepherd
- Narrated by: Dr Richard Shepherd
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
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As the country's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secrets of the dead....
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A rollercoaster ride
- By Dr Debbie Tranter on 23-09-18
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Alan Partridge: Big Beacon
- By: Alan Partridge
- Narrated by: Alan Partridge
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the odds. TWICE....
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I’ve listened to your ideas Alan…
- By Dan on 14-10-23
By: Alan Partridge
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And Away...
- By: Bob Mortimer
- Narrated by: Bob Mortimer
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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The long-awaited first autobiography by national treasure Bob Mortimer....
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A wonderful book
- By Lauren on 17-09-21
By: Bob Mortimer
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This Much Is True
- By: Miriam Margolyes
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
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Award-winning actor, creator of a myriad of memorable characters from Lady Whiteadder to Professor Sprout, Miriam Margolyes is a national treasure....
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Frank & Funny
- By John C. Patterson on 23-09-21
By: Miriam Margolyes
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I'm Glad My Mom Died
- By: Jennette McCurdy
- Narrated by: Jennette McCurdy
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life....
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Heartwrenching
- By Ellie Moore on 11-08-22
By: Jennette McCurdy
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My Thoughts Exactly
- By: Lily Allen
- Narrated by: Lily Allen
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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So, this is me. Lily Allen. I am a woman. I am a mother. I was a wife. I drink. I have taken drugs. I have loved and been let down. I am a success and a failure. I am a songwriter. I am a singer. I am all these things and more.
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My Thoughts Exactly
- By B on 24-09-18
By: Lily Allen
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Unnatural Causes
- By: Dr Richard Shepherd
- Narrated by: Dr Richard Shepherd
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
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As the country's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secrets of the dead....
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A rollercoaster ride
- By Dr Debbie Tranter on 23-09-18
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Alan Partridge: Big Beacon
- By: Alan Partridge
- Narrated by: Alan Partridge
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the odds. TWICE....
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I’ve listened to your ideas Alan…
- By Dan on 14-10-23
By: Alan Partridge
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And Away...
- By: Bob Mortimer
- Narrated by: Bob Mortimer
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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The long-awaited first autobiography by national treasure Bob Mortimer....
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A wonderful book
- By Lauren on 17-09-21
By: Bob Mortimer
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This Much Is True
- By: Miriam Margolyes
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
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Award-winning actor, creator of a myriad of memorable characters from Lady Whiteadder to Professor Sprout, Miriam Margolyes is a national treasure....
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Frank & Funny
- By John C. Patterson on 23-09-21
By: Miriam Margolyes
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Windswept & Interesting
- My Autobiography
- By: Billy Connolly
- Narrated by: Billy Connolly
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
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In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy Connolly reveals the truth behind his windswept and interesting life....
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Marvellous
- By john donoghue on 14-10-21
By: Billy Connolly
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Abroad in Japan
- By: Chris Broad
- Narrated by: Chris Broad
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a huge mistake. With no knowledge of the language and zero teaching experience, was he was about to be the most quickly fired English teacher in Japan's history....
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Let down by performance
- By UK4747 on 04-11-23
By: Chris Broad
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The Sound of Laughter
- By: Peter Kay
- Narrated by: Peter Kay
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
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The long-awaited audio edition of Peter Kay’s best-selling autobiography, The Sound of Laughter, including two completely new and exclusive bonus chapters....
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Genius….. simple as that
- By Susan. on 17-09-21
By: Peter Kay
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Rambling Man
- My Life on the Road
- By: Billy Connolly
- Narrated by: Billy Connolly
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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The hilarious book from the nation's favourite comedian, Billy Connolly....
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A braw story
- By Philip on 14-10-23
By: Billy Connolly
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Diddly Squat
- A Year on the Farm
- By: Jeremy Clarkson
- Narrated by: Jeremy Clarkson
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
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Welcome to Jeremy's farm. It's an idyllic spot, offering picturesque views across the Cotswolds, bustling hedgerows, woodlands and natural springs. Jeremy always liked the idea being a farmer....
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Disappointing. Nothing new and short. Very short.
- By Mark67 on 12-11-21
By: Jeremy Clarkson
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Oh Miriam!
- Stories from an Extraordinary Life
- By: Miriam Margolyes
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
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Join us on another unforgettable adventure through the extraordinary life and strong opinions of Miriam Margolyes....
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Fantastic!
- By Kindle Customer on 16-09-23
By: Miriam Margolyes
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Poor
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- By: Katriona O'Sullivan
- Narrated by: Katriona O'Sullivan
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan making anything of her life. Poor is the extraordinary story - moving, funny, brave, and sometimes startling - of how Katriona turned her life around....
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What I needed to hear
- By Anonymous User on 04-06-23
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Tales from the Dancefloor
- Manchester, The Warehouse Project, Parklife, Sankeys, The Haçienda
- By: Sacha Lord
- Narrated by: Sacha Lord
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
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The undisputed prince of the night, Sacha Lord, presents a celebration of the music, culture and people of Manchester....
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Must listen to for any lover for the dance scene
- By Andrew C on 19-04-24
By: Sacha Lord
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Shoe Dog
- A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
- By: Phil Knight
- Narrated by: Norbert Leo Butz, Phil Knight - introduction
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
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Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands....
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Shite
- By Mosstin Powers on 27-05-20
By: Phil Knight
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Mack the Life
- By: Lee Mack
- Narrated by: Lee Mack
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
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Where do comedians come from? Why is it that one person is a funny bloke down the pub while another actually makes a living by standing up in front of an audience telling jokes? And where does all that material come from....
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Mack the life
- By Dean on 16-07-22
By: Lee Mack
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Lost Connections
- Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
- By: Johann Hari
- Narrated by: Johann Hari
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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From the New York Times best-selling author of Chasing the Scream, a radically new way of thinking about depression and anxiety....
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Don't buy if you have depression and no support.
- By Bailey Jayne on 15-03-18
By: Johann Hari
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I Am Ozzy
- By: Ozzy Osbourne
- Narrated by: Ozzy Osbourne, Rupert Farley
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
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People ask me how come I'm still alive, and I don't know what to say....
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The narrator is AWFUL!!
- By Luke Capper on 29-03-20
By: Ozzy Osbourne
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Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter
- By: Curtis 50 Cent Jackson
- Narrated by: Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson opens up about his amazing comeback—from tragic personal loss to massive success as cable’s highest-paid executive.
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A bit predictable
- By Neil on 08-06-20
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Poor Charlie’s Almanack
- The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
- By: Charles T. Munger
- Narrated by: Grover Gardener
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
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"Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up," Charles T. Munger advises in Poor Charlie’s Almanack. Originally published in 2005, this compendium of 11 talks, delivered by the legendary Berkshire Hathaway....
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Essential.
- By SH on 03-02-24
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Undoctored
- The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients
- By: Adam Kay
- Narrated by: Adam Kay, Reverend Richard Coles
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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Undoctored is Adam Kay's funniest and most moving book yet—an astonishing portrait of a life in and out of medicine, from one of Britain's finest storytellers....
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A difficult second album
- By Ben Kelleher on 15-09-22
By: Adam Kay
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I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan
- By: Alan Partridge
- Narrated by: Alan Partridge
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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Journalist, presenter, broadcaster, husband, father, vigorous all-rounder – Alan Partridge – a man with a fascinating past and an amazing future....
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Jurassic Park
- By ShabadooGMan on 07-10-11
By: Alan Partridge
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All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain's Political Class
- By: Tim Shipman
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 32 hrs and 5 mins
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Politics was turned upside down during 2016. This book by Tim Shipman is the first to tell the full story of how and why Britain voted to leave the European Union....
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Fabulous and frightening insight.
- By Mr. Chris B Nicholls on 06-11-18
By: Tim Shipman
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Tough Crowd
- How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy
- By: Graham Linehan
- Narrated by: Graham Linehan
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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Bruised but not beaten, Graham Linehan explains why he chose the hill of women and girls' rights to die on—and why, despite the hardship of cancellation, he's not coming down from it any time soon....
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Absolutely superb.
- By Laurence graham on 02-11-23
By: Graham Linehan
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Great and Horrible News
- Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain
- By: Blessin Adams
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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Nine historic crimes. One familiar obsession....
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Brilliant
- By Ms. E. E. Williams on 27-08-23
By: Blessin Adams
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Happy Sexy Millionaire
- Unexpected Truths About Fulfilment, Love and Success
- By: Steven Bartlett
- Narrated by: Steven Bartlett
- Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
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We are losing ourselves. We're chasing the wrong things, asking the wrong questions, and polluting our minds. It's time to stop, it's time to resist and it's time to rethink the fundamental social blueprint that our lives are built upon....
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Self righteousness on steroids
- By Darren Scott on 09-06-21
By: Steven Bartlett
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My Account
- The official autobiography
- By: Coleen Rooney
- Narrated by: Coleen Rooney
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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This, then, is My Account, Coleen Rooney’s tale of what it means to stand up for yourself and your family....
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Fantastic
- By Kindle Customer on 16-11-23
By: Coleen Rooney
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David Mitchell: Back Story
- By: David Mitchell
- Narrated by: David Mitchell
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
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David Mitchell has written a book about his life....
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A Total Joy
- By Stan on 17-10-12
By: David Mitchell
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Loose Head
- Confessions of an (Un)Professional Rugby Player
- By: Joe Marler
- Narrated by: Joe Marler
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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This book is not just about how I got back on my horse and went clippity-clop all the way to the World Cup final in Japan....
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Really enjoyed this book.
- By Chris on 01-12-20
By: Joe Marler
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Endure
- How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering
- By: Cameron Hanes
- Narrated by: Cameron Hanes, David Goggins, Joe Rogan
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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Push beyond your physical limits to improve yourself by following bowhunter and ultramarathoner Cameron Hanes's lifelong philosophies.
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Respect the man, but hard to finish
- By vikki robinson on 19-08-22
By: Cameron Hanes
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Rebel Rising
- By: Rebel Wilson
- Narrated by: Rebel Wilson
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
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From the scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes a refreshingly candid, hilarious, and inspiring book about her unconventional journey to Hollywood success and loving herself. Rebel Rising follows Rebel Wilson's incredible journey of "making it,” constantly questioning "Am I good enough?”, "Will I ever find love?" and "Will I ever change and become healthy?" Rebel writes for the first time about her most personal and important moments in her life. This memoir shows us how to love ourselves, while making us laugh uncontrollably.
By: Rebel Wilson
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The Beacon Bike
- Around England and Wales in 327 Lighthouses
- By: Edward Peppett
- Narrated by: Edward Peppitt
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
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The Beacon Bike is the inspirational tale of one man's quest to fulfil the promise he made to himself as a small child, nestled in the bed of an attic room while the glow of Dungeness lighthouse flashed past his window—a comforting, ever-present companion.
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The Illusionist
- The True Story of the Man Who Fooled Hitler
- By: Robert Hutton
- Narrated by: Al Murray
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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Cairo, 1942: If you had asked a British officer who Colonel Clarke was, they would have been able to point him out: always ready with a drink and a story, he was a well-known figure in the local bars. If you then asked what he did, you would have less success. Clarke thought of himself as developing a new kind of weapon. Its components? Rumour, stagecraft, a sense of fun. Its target? The mind of Erwin Rommel, Hitler's greatest general. Throughout history, military commanders have sought to mislead their opponents. Dudley Clarke set out to do it on a scale no one had imagined before.
By: Robert Hutton
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Top of the World
- Surviving the Manchester Bombing to Scale Kilimanjaro in a Wheelchair
- By: Martin Hibbert, Fiona Duffy, Dan Walker - foreword
- Narrated by: Will Edgerton
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
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Martin Hibbert was left paralysed from the waist down by the Manchester Arena bombing which killed twenty-two people on 22 May 2017. Martin’s teenage daughter Eve was one of the 940 injured, in Eve’s case, gravely. The dad from Bolton has since become a leading campaigner both for victims of the atrocity and those with spinal cord injuries. Determined to make a difference he took on the ultimate challenge, scaling Kilimanjaro in a wheelchair, becoming the second paraplegic to do so, and raising a million pounds for charity.
By: Martin Hibbert, and others
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Track Record
- Me, Music, and the War on Blackness
- By: George the Poet
- Narrated by: George the Poet
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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George the Poet knows better than anybody the importance of understanding your surroundings. Born to Ugandan parents on the St Raphael's Estate in Neasden, north-west London, George Mpanga has always been aware of his community. It was both his teacher and his inspiration - giving him the language, the experiences, and the skills to become the person he is today. In Track Record, George unveils the power dynamics that shape our world, shedding light on the forces that restrict Black creativity and put limits on Black excellence.
By: George the Poet
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - A short biography
- 5 Minutes. Short on time - long on info!
- By: George Fritsche
- Narrated by: George Fritsche
- Length: 5 mins
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and creator of the Little Prince: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!
By: George Fritsche
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Rebel Rising
- By: Rebel Wilson
- Narrated by: Rebel Wilson
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
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From the scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes a refreshingly candid, hilarious, and inspiring book about her unconventional journey to Hollywood success and loving herself. Rebel Rising follows Rebel Wilson's incredible journey of "making it,” constantly questioning "Am I good enough?”, "Will I ever find love?" and "Will I ever change and become healthy?" Rebel writes for the first time about her most personal and important moments in her life. This memoir shows us how to love ourselves, while making us laugh uncontrollably.
By: Rebel Wilson
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The Beacon Bike
- Around England and Wales in 327 Lighthouses
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- Narrated by: Edward Peppitt
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The Beacon Bike is the inspirational tale of one man's quest to fulfil the promise he made to himself as a small child, nestled in the bed of an attic room while the glow of Dungeness lighthouse flashed past his window—a comforting, ever-present companion.
By: Edward Peppett
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The Illusionist
- The True Story of the Man Who Fooled Hitler
- By: Robert Hutton
- Narrated by: Al Murray
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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Cairo, 1942: If you had asked a British officer who Colonel Clarke was, they would have been able to point him out: always ready with a drink and a story, he was a well-known figure in the local bars. If you then asked what he did, you would have less success. Clarke thought of himself as developing a new kind of weapon. Its components? Rumour, stagecraft, a sense of fun. Its target? The mind of Erwin Rommel, Hitler's greatest general. Throughout history, military commanders have sought to mislead their opponents. Dudley Clarke set out to do it on a scale no one had imagined before.
By: Robert Hutton
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Top of the World
- Surviving the Manchester Bombing to Scale Kilimanjaro in a Wheelchair
- By: Martin Hibbert, Fiona Duffy, Dan Walker - foreword
- Narrated by: Will Edgerton
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
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Martin Hibbert was left paralysed from the waist down by the Manchester Arena bombing which killed twenty-two people on 22 May 2017. Martin’s teenage daughter Eve was one of the 940 injured, in Eve’s case, gravely. The dad from Bolton has since become a leading campaigner both for victims of the atrocity and those with spinal cord injuries. Determined to make a difference he took on the ultimate challenge, scaling Kilimanjaro in a wheelchair, becoming the second paraplegic to do so, and raising a million pounds for charity.
By: Martin Hibbert, and others
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Track Record
- Me, Music, and the War on Blackness
- By: George the Poet
- Narrated by: George the Poet
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George the Poet knows better than anybody the importance of understanding your surroundings. Born to Ugandan parents on the St Raphael's Estate in Neasden, north-west London, George Mpanga has always been aware of his community. It was both his teacher and his inspiration - giving him the language, the experiences, and the skills to become the person he is today. In Track Record, George unveils the power dynamics that shape our world, shedding light on the forces that restrict Black creativity and put limits on Black excellence.
By: George the Poet
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - A short biography
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and creator of the Little Prince: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!
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Vladimir Lenin - A short biography
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Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and founder of the Soviet Union: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!
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Dispersals
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- Narrated by: Jessica J. Lee
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Born in Canada to a Taiwanese mother and a Welsh father, steeped in both literary and scientific traditions, Jessica J. Lee is a perfectly placed observer of our world in motion. In this vibrant book of linked essays she explores the entanglements of the plant and human worlds, and the echoes and counterpoints she detects in the migration of plants and people - and the language we use to describe them.
By: Jessica J. Lee
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Everything Is Predictable
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- By: Tom Chivers
- Narrated by: Tom Chivers
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Thomas Bayes was an eighteenth-century Presbyterian minister and amateur mathematician whose obscure life belied the profound impact of his work. Like most research into probability at the time, his theorem - independently discovered a few years later by Pierre-Simon Laplace, the great French mathematician - was mainly seen as relevant to games of chance, like dice and cards. But its implications soon became clear, affecting fields as diverse as medicine, law and artificial intelligence.
By: Tom Chivers
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The Waiting Game
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- Narrated by: Karen Cass, Nicola Clark
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Every queen had ladies-in-waiting. Her confidantes and chaperones, they are the forgotten agents of the Tudor court. Ever present and yet hidden behind the scenes, these women held the secrets and the hearts of some of the Tudor period's most powerful men and women. Experts at survival, negotiating the competing demands of their families and their queen, the ladies-in-waiting of Henry VIII's wives were far more than decorative 'extras': they were serious political players who changed the course of history, and four of them became queen themselves.
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Decoy
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For several years, a prolific predator haunted Bristol. Avon and Somerset Police had tried all their usual tactics to catch the ‘Clifton Rapist’, and public pressure was mounting. In 1979, a daring new plan was introduced. A small group of young female officers – some aged just 18 – put their lives on the line, walking the quiet residential roads late at night, acting as bait. Drawing on in-depth research and first-hand interviews with the women at the heart of the operation, Decoy is a dramatic retelling of one of the most groundbreaking agent provocateur stings in British history.
By: Robert Murphy
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Moederland
- Nine Daughters of South Africa
- By: Cato Pedder
- Narrated by: Micheline Aiton
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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How did South Africa turn out the way it did? In Moederland - 'Motherland', in Afrikaans - Cato Pedder takes us on an eye-opening journey across four centuries, tracing the country's turbulent past and the rise and fall of apartheid (and her family's charged legacy) through the lives of nine very different women.
By: Cato Pedder
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The Eighth House
- By: Elizabeth Clark Wessel - translator, Linda Segtnan
- Narrated by: Olivia Darnley
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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In the archives of the national library, a young researcher named Linda sees a nine-year-old girl's face in the pages of a yellowed newspaper, and the seed of an obsession is planted in her mind. Birgitta Sivander was brutally murdered on a warm May night in 1948. The murderer was never found. Linda feels a deep connection to Birgitta, and in the months that follow she compulsively researches the case. All the while, a life is taking root inside Linda; she is to have a daughter of her own. As she grapples with the terror and wonder of motherhood, she gradually pieces together Birgitta's story.
By: Elizabeth Clark Wessel - translator, and others
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Committed
- A Memoir of Finding Meaning in Madness
- By: Suzanne Scanlon
- Narrated by: Suzanne Scanlon
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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When Suzanne Scanlon was a student at Barnard in the 90s and grieving the loss of her mother, she made a suicide attempt that landed her in the New York State Psychiatric Institute. After nearly three years and countless experimental treatments, Suzanne left the ward on shaky legs. In the decades it took her to recover from the experience, Suzanne came to understand her suffering as part of something larger: a long tradition of women whose complicated and compromised stories of self-discovery are reduced to 'madwoman' narratives.
By: Suzanne Scanlon
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Breakthrough
- How to Think Like a Scientist, Learn How to Fail and Embrace the Unknown
- By: Dr Camilla Pang
- Narrated by: Dr Camilla Pang
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Science helps us to understand ourselves in a world where we often feel like strangers - but what we know about the world around us, what has already been explored and discovered is only half of science's story. Unexplained will explore the frontier between what we do and don't know about the world: where knowledge meets mystery, complexity overwhelms certainty, and the vastness of our universe unspools the logic of science's established laws. Dr Camilla Pang will teach you to embrace the beauty in the unexplained and fall in love with the search for unknown answers.
By: Dr Camilla Pang
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The Forbidden Daughter
- By: Zipora Klein Jakob
- Narrated by: Robin Siegerman
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Elida Friedman was never supposed to have been born. In the Kovno Ghetto in Lithuania, Nazi law forbade Jewish women from giving birth. Yet despite the danger they faced, Dr. Jonah Friedman and his wife, Tzila, choose to bring a daughter into the world – a little girl they name Elida, meaning non-birth in Hebrew. To ensure her survival, the couple must smuggle their precious baby out of the ghetto into the arms of strangers. So begins a life of constant upheaval, with Elida changing families, countries, continents and even names, countless times.
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Adventures with Mother Teresa
- My Journey with a Saint
- By: Marlene Elias
- Narrated by: Barbara Fernandez
- Length: 39 mins
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I was privileged and blessed to work with Mother Teresa for ten years. She became my mentor and my 'Spiritual Mother. My story shows how she led me on a remarkable journey. I saw her deep love of God in the way she cared for the poorest of the poor. By writing this book, I wish everyone to see the beauty of this saintly woman, and how she lived her life. She saw Jesus in everyone and she was Jesus to everyone. She was selfless and humble, giving of herself totally to God. Share the laughter, the tears, the smiles and the love.
By: Marlene Elias
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How to Protect Yourself from Killer Computers
- From the Post Office Scandal to Artificial Intelligence
- By: Junade Ali
- Narrated by: April G McMillan
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
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Catastrophic computer failures have led to aircraft entering death dives, fatal car crashes and killer radiation overdoses in hospitals. Advances in Artificial Intelligence and the UK Post Office Horizon IT scandal have further raised public concern, as an ongoing, previously unreported scandal involving TV Licensing appears to be unfolding. Computer scientist, Dr. Junade Ali, peels back the layers of cover-up, negligence and wrongdoing to uncover how killer computers are born and how everyone can protect themselves.
By: Junade Ali