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Letters from a Stoic
- Penguin Classics
- By: Seneca, Robin Campbell
- Narrated by: Julian Glover
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Seeing self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in accordance with nature', the Stoic philosophy called for the restraint of animal instincts and the importance of upright ethical ideals and virtuous living....
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Excellent narration
- By SteveO on 31-01-20
By: Seneca, and others
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Alan Bennett: Diaries
- By: Alan Bennett
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Original Recording
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Alan Bennett is one of the country's most celebrated and best-loved authors. This is an unmissable collection of diaries and memoirs from the acclaimed English actor, author, playwright, and screenwriter....
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Enchanting and wickedly observant
- By J.K. Watson on 09-02-23
By: Alan Bennett
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Halfway to Hollywood
- Diaries 1980-1988, Volume Two
- By: Michael Palin
- Narrated by: Michael Palin
- Length: 28 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful Monty Python's Meaning of Life....
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Like a Palin journey - you want it to keep going
- By F. Hopkinson on 10-11-23
By: Michael Palin
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Parsnips, Buttered
- Bamboozle and Boycott Modern Life, One Email at a Time
- By: Joe Lycett
- Narrated by: Joe Lycett
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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In this book I have attempted to solve each and every one of life's problems. And I have succeeded....
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best comedian of all time
- By Katie on 06-11-16
By: Joe Lycett
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The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
- Revised and Expanded edition
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter - editor, Christopher Tolkien - editor
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Mike Grady, Chris Smith
- Length: 29 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.....
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Samuel Wests narration brought Tolkien to life!
- By Andrew on 02-05-24
By: J. R. R. Tolkien, and others
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Modern Nature
- Journals, 1989 - 1990
- By: Derek Jarman
- Narrated by: Julian Sands
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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A meditative and inspiring diary of Derek Jarman's famous garden at Dungeness. In 1986 Derek Jarman discovered he was HIV positive and decided to make a garden at his cottage on the barren coast of Dungeness. Facing an uncertain future, he nevertheless found solace in nature....
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Beautiful diary but not great narration
- By Miss Emma Bonnici on 24-06-21
By: Derek Jarman
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Letters from a Stoic
- Penguin Classics
- By: Seneca, Robin Campbell
- Narrated by: Julian Glover
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Seeing self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in accordance with nature', the Stoic philosophy called for the restraint of animal instincts and the importance of upright ethical ideals and virtuous living....
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Excellent narration
- By SteveO on 31-01-20
By: Seneca, and others
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Alan Bennett: Diaries
- By: Alan Bennett
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Original Recording
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Alan Bennett is one of the country's most celebrated and best-loved authors. This is an unmissable collection of diaries and memoirs from the acclaimed English actor, author, playwright, and screenwriter....
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Enchanting and wickedly observant
- By J.K. Watson on 09-02-23
By: Alan Bennett
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Halfway to Hollywood
- Diaries 1980-1988, Volume Two
- By: Michael Palin
- Narrated by: Michael Palin
- Length: 28 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful Monty Python's Meaning of Life....
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Like a Palin journey - you want it to keep going
- By F. Hopkinson on 10-11-23
By: Michael Palin
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Parsnips, Buttered
- Bamboozle and Boycott Modern Life, One Email at a Time
- By: Joe Lycett
- Narrated by: Joe Lycett
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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In this book I have attempted to solve each and every one of life's problems. And I have succeeded....
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best comedian of all time
- By Katie on 06-11-16
By: Joe Lycett
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The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
- Revised and Expanded edition
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter - editor, Christopher Tolkien - editor
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Mike Grady, Chris Smith
- Length: 29 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.....
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Samuel Wests narration brought Tolkien to life!
- By Andrew on 02-05-24
By: J. R. R. Tolkien, and others
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Modern Nature
- Journals, 1989 - 1990
- By: Derek Jarman
- Narrated by: Julian Sands
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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A meditative and inspiring diary of Derek Jarman's famous garden at Dungeness. In 1986 Derek Jarman discovered he was HIV positive and decided to make a garden at his cottage on the barren coast of Dungeness. Facing an uncertain future, he nevertheless found solace in nature....
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Beautiful diary but not great narration
- By Miss Emma Bonnici on 24-06-21
By: Derek Jarman
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A Letter to My Father
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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This letter is the closest that Kafka came to setting down his autobiography. He was driven to write it by his father's opposition to his engagement with Julie Wohryzek. The marriage did not take place; the letter was not delivered....
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shockingly bad
- By Sab J on 13-04-24
By: Franz Kafka
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 3): 1943-57
- By: Chips Channon
- Narrated by: Tom Ward
- Length: 48 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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This third and final volume of the unexpurgated diaries of Sir Henry 'Chips' Channon begins as the Second World War is turning in the Allies' favour....
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Good production but flawed!
- By Fiona on 13-02-23
By: Chips Channon
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Letters to a Young Poet
- (Penguin Classics)
- By: Rainer Maria Rilke, Charlie Louth - translator
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens, Max Deacon
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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At the start of the 20th century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself....
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Absolutely wonderful!!!
- By Anonymous User on 11-02-20
By: Rainer Maria Rilke, and others
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Free at Last!
- The Diaries 1991-2001
- By: Tony Benn
- Narrated by: Tony Benn
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Abridged
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Tony Benn's diaries began in 1940, and have been compared to those of Pepys in their detail, scope, and accuracy....
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An honourable man
- By David on 08-09-05
By: Tony Benn
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King's Counsellor
- Abdication and War: The Diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles
- By: Sir Alan Lascelles, Duff Hart-Davis
- Narrated by: Pip Torrens
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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As Assistant Private Secretary to four monarchs, 'Tommy' Lascelles had a ringside seat from which to observe the workings of the royal household and Downing Street during the first half of the 20th century....
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Sir Tommy Lascelles
- By Anonymous User on 10-07-21
By: Sir Alan Lascelles, and others
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Letters from Brenda
- Two Suitcases. 75 Lost Letters. One Mother.
- By: Emma Kennedy
- Narrated by: Emma Kennedy, Juliet Stevenson, Rafa Euba
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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After her mother, Brenda, passed away and her father sold the family home, broadcaster and writer Emma Kennedy found herself floundering, unable to make peace with the complex, charismatic woman who had been her mum. And then they found the letters....
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Wonderful!
- By Simon Benham on 14-06-22
By: Emma Kennedy
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 2)
- 1938-43
- By: Chips Channon
- Narrated by: Tom Ward
- Length: 48 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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This second volume of the best-selling diaries of Henry 'Chips' Channon takes us from the heady aftermath of the Munich agreement, when the prime minister Chips so admired was credited with having averted a general European conflagration, through the rapid unravelling of appeasement....
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Wonderfully enthralling and yet painfully snobbish
- By Philip Moore on 16-01-22
By: Chips Channon
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The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to His Son
- Perspectives, Ideology, and Wisdom
- By: J. D. Rockefeller
- Narrated by: Rick Font
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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The 38 letters written by Rockefeller to his son imparting his perspectives, ideology, and wisdom to his son....
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Honest great values
- By Anonymous User on 21-03-24
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1)
- 1918-38
- By: Chips Channon
- Narrated by: Tom Ward
- Length: 39 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Born in Chicago in 1897, 'Chips' Channon settled in England after the Great War, married into the immensely wealthy Guinness family, and served as Conservative MP for Southend-on-Sea from 1935 until his death in 1958....
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Wholly inappropriate choice of reader
- By John Adamson on 08-04-21
By: Chips Channon
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The Quality of Love
- Twin Sisters at the Heart of the Century
- By: Ariane Bankes
- Narrated by: Deryn Edwards
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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When her mother Celia Paget died, Ariane Bankes inherited a battered trunk stuffed with letters and diaries belonging to Celia and her twin Mamaine.
By: Ariane Bankes
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Fire
- From “A Journal of Love”: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1934--1937
- By: Anais Nin
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 18 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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The renowned diarist continues the story begun in Henry and June and Incest. Drawing from the author's original, uncensored journals, Fire follows Anaïs Nin's journey as she attempts to liberate herself sexually, artistically, and emotionally....
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Narrator made a choice
- By Kindle Customer on 14-08-22
By: Anais Nin
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The Pillow Book
- By: Sei Shōnagon
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the closing years of the 10th century....
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A fascinating contemporaneous insight...
- By Double D on 03-03-23
By: Sei Shōnagon
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End of a Berlin Diary
- The Berlin Diary Series, Book 2
- By: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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A radio broadcaster and journalist for Edward R. Murrow at CBS, William L. Shirer was new to the world of broadcast journalism when he began keeping a diary while on assignment in Europe during the 1930s....
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Not so good as part 1
- By Mariush on 18-04-22
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The Uncommercial Traveller
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: David McCran
- Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens, published in 1860-1861...
By: Charles Dickens
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Silentium
- By: Hamvas Béla
- Narrated by: Rátóti Zoltán
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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A Silentium című kötet négy esszéje napló. De nem a történeti eseményeké, hanem a léleké. A második világháború pokolra...
By: Hamvas Béla
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The Man with the Golden Typewriter
- By: Ian Fleming, Fergus Fleming
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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On 16 August 1952, Ian Fleming wrote to his wife, Ann, "My love, This is only a tiny letter to try out my new typewriter and to see if it will write golden words since it is made of gold"....
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Fleming, the man, so likable and charming
- By SirChutney on 02-12-18
By: Ian Fleming, and others
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Tales from the Farm by the Yorkshire Shepherdess
- By: Amanda Owen
- Narrated by: Amanda Owen
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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A charming, evocative collection of Amanda Owen's columns in The Dalesman magazine, describing life on the farm for her family....
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Binged the book in night
- By Anonymous User on 05-03-21
By: Amanda Owen
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The Letters of Lord Byron
- Performed by Robert Powell in a Dramatised Setting
- By: Mr Punch
- Narrated by: Robert Powell
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
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George Gordon Byron was born in 1788, the son of the profligate 'Mad Jack' Byron, and succeeded to the title in 1798 moving to the family seat of Newstead Abbey....
By: Mr Punch
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The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 2: 1934-1939
- By: Anais Nin
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Lagelee
- Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Beginning with Nin's arrival in New York, this volume is filled with the stories of her analytical patients. There is a shift in emphasis also, as Nin becomes aware of the inevitable choice facing the artist in the modern world....
By: Anais Nin
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Learning How to Fly
- By: A. P. J. Kalam
- Narrated by: Peter Abraham
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam had a great belief in the power of the youth. He met over 21 million children and young people in India and outside and spoke to them about the power of knowledge....
By: A. P. J. Kalam
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How to End a Story
- Diaries 1995-1998
- By: Helen Garner
- Narrated by: Helen Garner
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Living with a powerfully ambitious writer who is consumed by his work, and trying to find a place for her own spirit to thrive, she rails against the confines. At the same time, she is desperate to find the truth in their relationship—and the truth of her own self....
By: Helen Garner
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In Touch
- The Letters of Paul Bowles
- By: Paul Bowles
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon, Tom Zahner
- Length: 28 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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This extraordinary collection of correspondence by Paul Bowles spans eight decades and provides an evolving portrait of an artist renowned for his privacy....
By: Paul Bowles
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Who's In, Who's Out
- The Journals of Kenneth Rose
- By: Kenneth Rose
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 24 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Kenneth Rose was one of the most astute observers of the establishment for over 70 years. The wry and amusing journals of the royal biographer and historian made objective observation a sculpted craft....
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British History at it’s Best
- By Anonymous User on 08-11-20
By: Kenneth Rose
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The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister: Vol. 1
- I Know My Own Heart
- By: Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread - editor
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover the extraordinary diaries of the real Anne Lister: the inspiration for Gentleman Jack and Emma Donoghue's novel Learned By Heart....
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PLEASE DO THE OTHER ONE!! PRIEST
- By Anonymous User on 11-02-24
By: Anne Lister, and others
New Releases
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Great with Child
- Letters to a Young Mother
- By: Beth Ann Fennelly
- Narrated by: Melissa Epp
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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A toddler's mother, both an intimate guide and an affectionate coach, writes to a pregnant friend about the transforming experience of motherhood.
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The Quality of Love
- Twin Sisters at the Heart of the Century
- By: Ariane Bankes
- Narrated by: Deryn Edwards
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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When her mother Celia Paget died, Ariane Bankes inherited a battered trunk stuffed with letters and diaries belonging to Celia and her twin Mamaine. This correspondence charted the remarkable lives of the Paget sisters and their friends and lovers, including Arthur Koestler, Albert Camus, Sartre and de Beauvoir, Edmund Wilson and George Orwell.
By: Ariane Bankes
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Four Horsemen and the Rolling Thunder
- A Poetry and Prose Collection
- By: Joshua Wells
- Narrated by: Caleb Floyd
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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I could not imagine a world where everyone believes they think freely while another third watches them wander around like puppets doing the same repetitive things having burned out all their brain cells. They never questioned if they’ve even had a thought all their own.
By: Joshua Wells
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Letters with Smokie
- Blindness and More-than-Human Relations
- By: Rod Michalko, Dan Goodley
- Narrated by: Kent Sheridan, Allen Sawkins
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Letters with Smokie captures an epistolic exchange between Dan Goodley and Rod Michalko, or rather, Rod Michalko's late guide dog, Smokie. A lively exploration of human-animal relationships and disability as disruption, disturbance, and art, the book offers a refreshing re-evaluation of cultural misunderstandings of disability.
By: Rod Michalko, and others
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The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
- Revised and Expanded edition
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter - editor, Christopher Tolkien - editor
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Mike Grady, Chris Smith
- Length: 29 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.
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Samuel Wests narration brought Tolkien to life!
- By Andrew on 02-05-24
By: J. R. R. Tolkien, and others
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Dear Oliver
- An Unexpected Friendship with Oliver Sacks
- By: Susan R. Barry
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Rengin Altay
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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To the world, he was Dr. Sacks, the brilliant neurologist behind bestselling books like Musicophilia and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. To professor Susan Barry, he became Dear Oliver—her mentor, friend, and confidant over the course of their ten-year correspondence.
By: Susan R. Barry
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Great with Child
- Letters to a Young Mother
- By: Beth Ann Fennelly
- Narrated by: Melissa Epp
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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A toddler's mother, both an intimate guide and an affectionate coach, writes to a pregnant friend about the transforming experience of motherhood.
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The Quality of Love
- Twin Sisters at the Heart of the Century
- By: Ariane Bankes
- Narrated by: Deryn Edwards
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
When her mother Celia Paget died, Ariane Bankes inherited a battered trunk stuffed with letters and diaries belonging to Celia and her twin Mamaine. This correspondence charted the remarkable lives of the Paget sisters and their friends and lovers, including Arthur Koestler, Albert Camus, Sartre and de Beauvoir, Edmund Wilson and George Orwell.
By: Ariane Bankes
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Four Horsemen and the Rolling Thunder
- A Poetry and Prose Collection
- By: Joshua Wells
- Narrated by: Caleb Floyd
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
I could not imagine a world where everyone believes they think freely while another third watches them wander around like puppets doing the same repetitive things having burned out all their brain cells. They never questioned if they’ve even had a thought all their own.
By: Joshua Wells
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Letters with Smokie
- Blindness and More-than-Human Relations
- By: Rod Michalko, Dan Goodley
- Narrated by: Kent Sheridan, Allen Sawkins
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Letters with Smokie captures an epistolic exchange between Dan Goodley and Rod Michalko, or rather, Rod Michalko's late guide dog, Smokie. A lively exploration of human-animal relationships and disability as disruption, disturbance, and art, the book offers a refreshing re-evaluation of cultural misunderstandings of disability.
By: Rod Michalko, and others
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The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
- Revised and Expanded edition
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter - editor, Christopher Tolkien - editor
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Mike Grady, Chris Smith
- Length: 29 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
-
Story
The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.
-
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Samuel Wests narration brought Tolkien to life!
- By Andrew on 02-05-24
By: J. R. R. Tolkien, and others
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Dear Oliver
- An Unexpected Friendship with Oliver Sacks
- By: Susan R. Barry
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Rengin Altay
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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To the world, he was Dr. Sacks, the brilliant neurologist behind bestselling books like Musicophilia and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. To professor Susan Barry, he became Dear Oliver—her mentor, friend, and confidant over the course of their ten-year correspondence.
By: Susan R. Barry