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The Salt Path
- By: Raynor Winn
- Narrated by: Raynor Winn
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, the couple lose their home and their livelihood....
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Awful annoying voice
- By Ali on 31-10-19
By: Raynor Winn
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Shackleton
- By: Ranulph Fiennes
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
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In 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to traverse the Antarctic was cut short when his ship, Endurance, became trapped in ice....
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A truly epic story!!
- By L. BETTLES on 20-10-21
By: Ranulph Fiennes
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Wild
- By: Cheryl Strayed
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
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A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an 1100-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe and built her back up again....
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An Exceptional Story
- By Colin on 30-01-15
By: Cheryl Strayed
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The Road to Little Dribbling
- More Notes From a Small Island
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Nathan Osgood
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
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Twenty years ago Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country....
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funny, perceptive and grumpy
- By Amazon Customer on 11-10-15
By: Bill Bryson
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Through Sand & Snow
- A Man, a Bicycle, and a 43,000-Mile Journey to Adulthood via the Ends of the Earth
- By: Charlie Walker
- Narrated by: Charlie Walker
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
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At age 22, Charlie Walker left home in search of adventure. Fleeing the boredom that comes with comfort, he set off on a secondhand bicycle. The aim was simple: to pedal to the furthest point in each of Europe, Asia, and Africa. He didn’t train or plan. He just started....
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A travel book with a bit of a difference.
- By Sophie on 28-10-20
By: Charlie Walker
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The Old Ways
- A Journey on Foot
- By: Robert Macfarlane
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
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The Old Ways, a major new book from one of Britain’s finest nature writers about landscape and the human heart....
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Not easy but worth the effort.
- By Amazon Customer on 04-04-13
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The Salt Path
- By: Raynor Winn
- Narrated by: Raynor Winn
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, the couple lose their home and their livelihood....
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Awful annoying voice
- By Ali on 31-10-19
By: Raynor Winn
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Shackleton
- By: Ranulph Fiennes
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to traverse the Antarctic was cut short when his ship, Endurance, became trapped in ice....
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A truly epic story!!
- By L. BETTLES on 20-10-21
By: Ranulph Fiennes
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Wild
- By: Cheryl Strayed
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
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A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an 1100-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe and built her back up again....
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An Exceptional Story
- By Colin on 30-01-15
By: Cheryl Strayed
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The Road to Little Dribbling
- More Notes From a Small Island
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Nathan Osgood
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
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Twenty years ago Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country....
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funny, perceptive and grumpy
- By Amazon Customer on 11-10-15
By: Bill Bryson
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Through Sand & Snow
- A Man, a Bicycle, and a 43,000-Mile Journey to Adulthood via the Ends of the Earth
- By: Charlie Walker
- Narrated by: Charlie Walker
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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At age 22, Charlie Walker left home in search of adventure. Fleeing the boredom that comes with comfort, he set off on a secondhand bicycle. The aim was simple: to pedal to the furthest point in each of Europe, Asia, and Africa. He didn’t train or plan. He just started....
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A travel book with a bit of a difference.
- By Sophie on 28-10-20
By: Charlie Walker
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The Old Ways
- A Journey on Foot
- By: Robert Macfarlane
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
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The Old Ways, a major new book from one of Britain’s finest nature writers about landscape and the human heart....
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Not easy but worth the effort.
- By Amazon Customer on 04-04-13
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On Roads That Echo
- A Bicycle Journey Through Asia and Africa
- By: Charlie Walker
- Narrated by: Charlie Walker
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
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From hiking through sandstorms in the Gobi desert to barreling down rapids in a dugout canoe, this perilous adventure, and Charlie’s many encounters along the way, gives insight into the past, present, and future of often-overlooked places during periods of great change....
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Wow - what an adventure!
- By DMac17 on 04-04-21
By: Charlie Walker
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Neither Here Nor There
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
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In Neither Here Nor There, Bill Bryson brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe....
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love it!!!
- By Amazon Customer on 05-05-15
By: Bill Bryson
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Journeys to Impossible Places
- In Life and Every Adventure
- By: Simon Reeve
- Narrated by: Simon Reeve
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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In Journeys to Impossible Places, best-selling author and presenter Simon Reeve reveals the inside story of his most astonishing adventures and experiences, around the planet and close to home....
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Wonderful
- By Liam_H on 23-10-21
By: Simon Reeve
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Step by Step
- The Life in My Journeys
- By: Simon Reeve
- Narrated by: Simon Reeve
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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The inspiring memoir from TV traveller Simon Reeve's life of amazing adventures in over 120 countries and the most remote and extreme corners of the planet....
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A “ must read”
- By Liz Mitchinson on 17-09-18
By: Simon Reeve
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A Waiter in Paris
- Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City
- By: Edward Chisholm
- Narrated by: Orlando Wells
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
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A waiter's job is to deceive you. They want you to believe in a luxurious calm because on the other side of that door...is hell. Edward Chisholm's spellbinding memoir of his time as a Parisian waiter takes you below the surface of one of the most iconic cities in the world....
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Captivating insight into the Underbelly of a Parisienne Restaurant
- By Mrs C.L.Wylie on 15-06-22
By: Edward Chisholm
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Travellers in the Third Reich
- The Rise of Fascism Through the Eyes of Everyday People
- By: Julia Boyd
- Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
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The events that took place in Germany between 1919 and 1945 were dramatic and terrible, but there were also moments of confusion, of doubt - of hope....
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An unusual journey
- By japlah on 07-07-19
By: Julia Boyd
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Eat, Pray, Love
- One Woman's Search for Everything (Abridged)
- By: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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It's 3 a.m. and Elizabeth Gilbert is sobbing on the bathroom floor. She's in her 30s, she has a husband, a house, they're trying for a baby - and she doesn't want any of it....
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Just what you need ...
- By Jacqueline on 23-11-08
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How to Survive Family Holidays
- The hilarious Sunday Times bestseller from the stars of Travels with my Father
- By: Jack Whitehall, Michael Whitehall, Hilary Whitehall
- Narrated by: Hilary Whitehall, Jack Whitehall, Michael Whitehall
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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One part Lonely Planet, one part tell-all family memoir, this is the definitive and hilarious guide on how to survive your family holiday, by Jack Whitehall, with a little bit of help from Michael and Hilary Whitehall....
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I Loved the book i just wish there was more !
- By Robbie-john Drain on 19-10-21
By: Jack Whitehall, and others
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The Comfort Crisis
- Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
- By: Michael Easter
- Narrated by: Michael Easter
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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Discover the evolutionary mind and body benefits of living at the edges of your comfort zone and reconnecting with the wild....
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Game changer
- By bobby on 03-09-21
By: Michael Easter
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Red Sauce Brown Sauce
- A British Breakfast Odyssey
- By: Felicity Cloake
- Narrated by: Felicity Cloake
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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In this eagerly anticipated follow up to One More Croissant for the Road, Felicity Cloake sets off on an epic bike ride round Britain to celebrate and investigate the legendary Great British Breakfast....
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Lovely book: enjoy with caution
- By FromHamSurrey on 02-07-22
By: Felicity Cloake
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Secrets of Divine Love
- A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam
- By: A. Helwa
- Narrated by: A. Helwa
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
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Secrets of Divine Love is the number one international best-selling book on Islam that draws upon spiritual secrets of the Qur’an, ancient mystical poetry, and stories from the world’s greatest prophets and spiritual masters to help you reignite your faith....
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Excellent review of the meaning of Islam!
- By Mariama Nyodeka on 23-05-21
By: A. Helwa
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Nowhere for Very Long
- The Unexpected Road to an Unconventional Life
- By: Brianna Madia
- Narrated by: Brianna Madia
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
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In this beautifully written, vividly detailed memoir, a young woman chronicles her adventures traveling across the deserts of the American West in an orange van named Bertha and reflects on an unconventional approach to life....
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different lifestyle adventures
- By michael mc faul on 10-05-22
By: Brianna Madia
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The Story of the World in 100 Moments
- By: Neil Oliver
- Narrated by: Neil Oliver
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
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From much loved historian Neil Oliver comes a whole new insight on our past, told through 100 remarkable, unforgettable stories....
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I found this audiobook compelling
- By Mr Daniel S Kelly on 08-10-21
By: Neil Oliver
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Full Tilt
- Ireland to India with a Bicycle
- By: Dervla Murphy
- Narrated by: Emma Lowe
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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Full Tilt is the inspiring true story of Dervla Murphy's 1963 journey from Ireland to India on an Armstrong Cadet bicycle, and the trials, landscapes, and cultures she encountered along the way....
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Amazing story
- By Anonymous User on 13-10-21
By: Dervla Murphy
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Erebus: The Story of a Ship
- By: Michael Palin
- Narrated by: Michael Palin
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
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In his major new work, Michael Palin - former Monty Python stalwart and much-loved television globe-trotter - brings to life the world and voyages of HMS Erebus....
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Epic tale, written and narrated by Michael Palin.
- By Heisenberg on 24-09-18
By: Michael Palin
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The Call of the Weird
- Travels in American Subcultures
- By: Louis Theroux
- Narrated by: Louis Theroux
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
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For 10 years, Louis Theroux has been making programmes about off-beat characters on the fringes of US society....
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One of my favourite downloads so far
- By CA Weir on 26-06-07
By: Louis Theroux
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Island of Secrets
- By: Patricia Wilson
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
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All her life, London-born Angelika has been intrigued by her mother's secret past....
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A wonderful book told so well with such love
- By tracey renz on 27-03-19
By: Patricia Wilson
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Staunch
- By: Eleanor Wood
- Narrated by: Eleanor Wood
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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A late 30s The Wrong Knickers meets Best Exotic Marigold Hotel....
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This book is STAUNCH
- By B.Cross on 16-04-20
By: Eleanor Wood
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Icons of England
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: David Rintoul, Barnaby Edwards, Ben Eagle, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
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This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world....
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A Curates Egg
- By Mike on 25-11-20
By: Bill Bryson
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The Pilgrimage
- By: Paulo Coelho
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
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Step inside this captivating account of Paulo Coehlo's pilgrimage along the road to Santiago. This fascinating parable explores the need to find one's own path....
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Saddened
- By Ms. Phyllida Simmons on 15-05-20
By: Paulo Coelho
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Touching the Void
- By: Joe Simpson
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott, Daniel Weyman
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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Before climbers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were able to reach the unclimbed West Face of the remote Siula Grande, disaster struck....
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Fantastic listen/read
- By Blair Ferguson on 13-04-13
By: Joe Simpson
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East of Croydon
- By: Sue Perkins
- Narrated by: Sue Perkins
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
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A few years ago I was asked if I'd like to make a documentary on the Mekong River, travelling from the vast delta in Vietnam to the remote and snowy peaks of Tibet....
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P...ing your pants one minute, sobbing your heart out the next
- By mat brown on 21-10-18
By: Sue Perkins
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Beyond Possible
- The man and the mindset that summitted K2 in winter
- By: Nimsdai Purja
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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An SBS Gurkha soldier's account of how his tough Nepali upbringing and the lessons learned in his army life enabled his record-breaking conquest of all 14 of the world's 8,000m peaks in under seven months....
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Amazing feat, but...
- By Benjamin Mason on 03-02-21
By: Nimsdai Purja
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Jupiter's Travels
- By: Ted Simon
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas, Ted Simon
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
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On October 6, 1973, Ted Simon knew there was no going back. He loaded up his 500cc Triumph Tiger in the pouring rain and said good-bye to London....
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Makes me want to travel further.
- By RoadKingScot on 26-07-19
By: Ted Simon
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Living the Château Dream
- By: Angel Strawbridge, Dick Strawbridge
- Narrated by: Angel Strawbridge, Dick Strawbridge
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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In January 2015, Dick and Angel Strawbridge embarked on the journey of a lifetime when they swapped their cosy two-bedroom flat in East London for a derelict château with 12 acres of land in the Loire valley. Where Sunday Times best seller A Year At the Château told the entertaining and heartwarming beginning of the family's French adventure, as they found their forever home and began to restore and renovate the dilapidated castle, Living The Château Dream is about the years of hard graft that followed.
By: Angel Strawbridge, and others
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Solo
- What Running Across Mountains Taught Me About Life
- By: Jenny Tough
- Narrated by: Jenny Tough
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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Growing up in the Canadian Rockies, the mountains have always been home for Jenny Tough. Travelling the world, she's always discovered commonalities with mountains—and mountain people. Her major project is to run solo and unsupported across a mountain range on every continent where indigenous mountain people live isolated from the outside, urban world. Running solo and unsupported comes with obvious logistical as well as physical challenges, but running is also a common language.
By: Jenny Tough
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Coasting
- A Private Journey
- By: Jonathan Raban
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Put Jonathan Raban on a boat and the results will be fascinating, and never more so than when he’s sailing around the serpentine, two-thousand-mile coast of his native England. In this acutely perceived and beautifully written book, the bestselling author of Bad Land turns that voyage—which coincided with the Falklands war of 1982—into an occasion for meditations on his country, his childhood, and the elusive notion of home.
By: Jonathan Raban
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The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow
- By: A. J. Mackinnon
- Narrated by: A. J. Mackinnon
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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A couple of quiet weeks sailing the River Severn was the intention. Somehow things got out of hand—a year later, I had reached Romania and was still going. Equipped with his cheerful optimism and a pith helmet, this Australian Odysseus in a dinghy travels from the borders of North Wales to the Black Sea—4,900 kilometres over salt and fresh water, under sail, at the oars, or at the end of a tow-rope—through 12 countries, 282 locks and numerous trials and adventures, including an encounter with Balkan pirates.
By: A. J. Mackinnon
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Italy Under Glass
- By: Marcie Layton
- Narrated by: Marcie Layton
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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It wasn’t just the party in the marquee, in the snow, that was the problem. Marcie felt displaced. She had a nagging feeling that she was doing all the right things, but maybe she was just in the wrong place. Follow Marcie on a cuisine-fueled journey from the English countryside to the wilds of rural Lazio as she and her husband Peter try to reinvent themselves, finding out along the way what is truly important to them, no matter where they are. A sense of family. A sense of home.
By: Marcie Layton
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Pilgrim
- Finding a New Way on the Camino de Santiago
- By: Carolyn Gillespie
- Narrated by: Carolyn Gillespie
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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When faced with an empty nest, Kari decides to spread her wings. Giving up a job she loves, she sets off to walk across a whole country. A big one. A contemporary take on an ancient experience, Pilgrim is an entertaining and moving memoir of Kari’s 900-kilometer walk to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. In classic pilgrim fashion, she meets and befriends an array of companions along the way, from all walks of life, united by a common sincerity of purpose. Battling through sun and snow, mud and mountains, blisters and bedbugs, her real destination turns out to be "deep peace".
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Living the Château Dream
- By: Angel Strawbridge, Dick Strawbridge
- Narrated by: Angel Strawbridge, Dick Strawbridge
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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In January 2015, Dick and Angel Strawbridge embarked on the journey of a lifetime when they swapped their cosy two-bedroom flat in East London for a derelict château with 12 acres of land in the Loire valley. Where Sunday Times best seller A Year At the Château told the entertaining and heartwarming beginning of the family's French adventure, as they found their forever home and began to restore and renovate the dilapidated castle, Living The Château Dream is about the years of hard graft that followed.
By: Angel Strawbridge, and others
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Solo
- What Running Across Mountains Taught Me About Life
- By: Jenny Tough
- Narrated by: Jenny Tough
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Growing up in the Canadian Rockies, the mountains have always been home for Jenny Tough. Travelling the world, she's always discovered commonalities with mountains—and mountain people. Her major project is to run solo and unsupported across a mountain range on every continent where indigenous mountain people live isolated from the outside, urban world. Running solo and unsupported comes with obvious logistical as well as physical challenges, but running is also a common language.
By: Jenny Tough
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Coasting
- A Private Journey
- By: Jonathan Raban
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Put Jonathan Raban on a boat and the results will be fascinating, and never more so than when he’s sailing around the serpentine, two-thousand-mile coast of his native England. In this acutely perceived and beautifully written book, the bestselling author of Bad Land turns that voyage—which coincided with the Falklands war of 1982—into an occasion for meditations on his country, his childhood, and the elusive notion of home.
By: Jonathan Raban
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The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow
- By: A. J. Mackinnon
- Narrated by: A. J. Mackinnon
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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A couple of quiet weeks sailing the River Severn was the intention. Somehow things got out of hand—a year later, I had reached Romania and was still going. Equipped with his cheerful optimism and a pith helmet, this Australian Odysseus in a dinghy travels from the borders of North Wales to the Black Sea—4,900 kilometres over salt and fresh water, under sail, at the oars, or at the end of a tow-rope—through 12 countries, 282 locks and numerous trials and adventures, including an encounter with Balkan pirates.
By: A. J. Mackinnon
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Italy Under Glass
- By: Marcie Layton
- Narrated by: Marcie Layton
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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It wasn’t just the party in the marquee, in the snow, that was the problem. Marcie felt displaced. She had a nagging feeling that she was doing all the right things, but maybe she was just in the wrong place. Follow Marcie on a cuisine-fueled journey from the English countryside to the wilds of rural Lazio as she and her husband Peter try to reinvent themselves, finding out along the way what is truly important to them, no matter where they are. A sense of family. A sense of home.
By: Marcie Layton
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Pilgrim
- Finding a New Way on the Camino de Santiago
- By: Carolyn Gillespie
- Narrated by: Carolyn Gillespie
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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When faced with an empty nest, Kari decides to spread her wings. Giving up a job she loves, she sets off to walk across a whole country. A big one. A contemporary take on an ancient experience, Pilgrim is an entertaining and moving memoir of Kari’s 900-kilometer walk to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. In classic pilgrim fashion, she meets and befriends an array of companions along the way, from all walks of life, united by a common sincerity of purpose. Battling through sun and snow, mud and mountains, blisters and bedbugs, her real destination turns out to be "deep peace".
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Rural Rides
- By: William Cobbett
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 22 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Between 1821 and 1826, the prolific writer and journalist William Cobbett travelled the countryside of the South of England on foot and horseback. Rural Rides is a fascinating account of his journeys, and depicts a way of life in transition, juxtaposing lyrical descriptions of the countryside with criticism of the poverty of agricultural workers. A man of radical politics who encouraged the rural rising of 1830, Cobbett went on to become MP for Oldham and sought to represent the interests of both industrial and agricultural workers. Above all, Rural Rides celebrates agrarian England.
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Needs better chapter tagging for navigation.
- By Zadzaczadlin on 05-07-22
By: William Cobbett
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A Year in a Ditch
- By: J. C. Jeremy Hobson
- Narrated by: Ronnie Rowlands
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
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Rivers, canals, and many glorious waterways are championed and admired at every opportunity. Sadly, not so the humble ditch, yet they are the all-important capillaries supplying the veins of our far more visual watercourses. In no way a dry riverbed of hard facts, A Year in a Ditch is informative and a source of knowledge to anyone interested in exploring the delights and habitat created by ditches, many of which are absolutely vital to the success of some of the rarest flora and fauna.
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An enthralling insight into history & conservation
- By Simon on 30-06-22
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Antarctic Pioneer
- The Trailblazing Life of Jackie Ronne
- By: Joanna Kafarowski
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Jackie was an ordinary American woman whose life changed after a blind date with rugged Antarctic explorer Finn Ronne. After marrying, they began planning the 1946-1948 Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition. Her participation was not welcomed by the expedition team of red-blooded males eager to prove themselves in the frozen, hostile environment of Antarctica.
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Mapping the Great Game
- Explorers, Spies, and Maps in 19th-Century Asia
- By: Riaz Dean
- Narrated by: Zehra Jane Naqvi
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
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In the 19th century, the British and Russian empires were engaged in bitter rivalry for the acquisition of Southern Asian. Although India was the ultimate prize, most of the intrigue and action took place along its northern frontier in Afghanistan, Turkestan, and Tibet. Mapping the region and gaining knowledge of the enemy were crucial to the interests of both sides.
By: Riaz Dean
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Hiking the Timberline Trail
- The Story of an Epic American Backpacking Trip
- By: Alex Theis
- Narrated by: Alex Theis
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
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The Timberline Trail is an iconic hiking trail circumnavigating Mount Hood in Northern Oregon. Packed with incredible scenery, the journey cuts through gorgeous forests, across volcanic terrain, through glacier-carved canyons, along alpine meadows, and under thundering waterfalls while providing unprecedented views of Mount Hood and the surrounding Cascade Range volcanic peaks. This is the story of a four-day backpacking trip on the Timberline—the day-to-day experience, the highs and the lows, and the awe-inspiring beauty.
By: Alex Theis
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The Inside Out Journey
- An Elusive Search for Self Across Three Continents
- By: Kristina Liu
- Narrated by: Kristina Liu, Paul Stefano
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
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On a transformational one-year journey around the world, author Kristina Liu found more than just spectacular scenery and exquisite food: She found herself. Travel with Kristina as she traverses three continents and 12 cities—from her wine tasting in South Africa to romance and adventures in South America to her life-changing plant medicine retreat in the Amazon jungle. It’s a journey that opened her eyes to a world of possibilities and revealed profound personal truths. It will also inspire you to venture outside your comfort zone and claim what is fully possible for you.
By: Kristina Liu
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The Grand Tour
- Letters from the British Empire Expedition 1922
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Fenella Woolgar
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
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In 1922 Agatha Christie set sail on a 10-month voyage around the British Empire with her husband as part of a trade mission to promote the forthcoming British Empire Exhibition. Leaving her two-year-old daughter behind with her sister, Agatha set sail at the end of January and did not return until December, but she kept up a detailed weekly correspondence with her mother, describing in detail the exotic places and people she encountered as the mission travelled through South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and Canada.
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Climbers
- How the Kings of the Mountains Conquered Cycling
- By: Peter Cossins
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
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When, during the Pyrenean stages of the 1998 Tour de France, a journalist asked Marco Pantani why he rode so fast in the mountains, the elfin Italian, unmistakeable in the bandanna and hooped ear-rings that played up to his 'Pirate' nickname, replied: 'To shorten my agony.' Drawing on the fervour for these men of the mountains, Climbers looks at what sets these athletes apart within the world of bike racing, about why we love and cherish them, how they make cycling beautiful and how they see themselves and the feats they achieve.
By: Peter Cossins
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In Search of Gary's Ghost
- A Voyage to Gen Con
- By: Colby Elliott
- Narrated by: Colby Elliott
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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After Comic Con International and New York Comic Con, where does a wandering nerd go next for adventure and fun? Why the wilds of Gen Con, of course! Third in the “Nerdly Travels” series takes Colby to the largest tabletop gaming convention in North America, Gen Con, to fulfill his 10-year-old self's destiny of roleplaying at the convention started by Gary Gygax. He'll meet industry luminaries, some of his childhood heroes and maybe even get surprised at the ENnie Awards!
By: Colby Elliott
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101 Surprising Facts About St. Peter's and the Vatican
- By: Fr. Jeffrey Kirby S.T.L.
- Narrated by: Adrianne Price
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
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What do you really know about Vatican City? The Vatican, comprising the Apostolic Palace, St. Peter’s Basilica, and various other buildings, serves as the headquarters of the Catholic Church. It has done so for nearly two millennium--ever since the first Pope, St. Peter, made it his home. Thousands of Catholics flock to the Vatican and its iconic basilica each year. But what do you really know about this great basilica and the city that houses it?
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A Parthenon on Our Roof
- Adventures of an Anglo Greek Marriage
- By: Peter Barber
- Narrated by: Martyn Swain
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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Alexandra, a product of Greek Fire. Born into the cradle of civilization. Weaned on the teachings of ancient Greek philosophers, thrilled by the bravery of Spartans and thousands of years of cultural heritage. Peter, her future husband, a tea-drinking, digestive-dunking product of British society. Working to make a living with no real ambitions or dreams. But then, he fell in love and everything changed. At times hilarious, always embarrassing, this is Peter's story of how he became Greek enough to live with a Greek family.
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Very relaxing, funny 'read.'
- By L. Quinn on 29-06-22
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With Tangra Against the Wind
- By: Captain Nikolay Djambazov
- Narrated by: Joe Hernandez
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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Nikolay believed in his and his boat's abilities to compete in the renowned OSTAR 80 and to sail around Cape Horn in a one stop circumnavigation with a boat made by him despite the constant attempts of the government to prevent him from fulfilling his childhood dream. Capsized twice, chased by pirates along the Moroccan coast, betrayed by trusted friends, imprisoned in Turkey and still, this salty sailor never gave up.