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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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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 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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In Their Own Words
- A History in Letters
- By: The National Archives
- Narrated by: Daniel Mays, Miriam Margolyes, David Haig, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The way we communicate has changed. Today many of our interactions are digital, but until recently writing letters was the norm....
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Not as many juicy stories
- By Andrew Agoston-Jones on 09-10-16
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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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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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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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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 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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In Their Own Words
- A History in Letters
- By: The National Archives
- Narrated by: Daniel Mays, Miriam Margolyes, David Haig, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The way we communicate has changed. Today many of our interactions are digital, but until recently writing letters was the norm....
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Not as many juicy stories
- By Andrew Agoston-Jones on 09-10-16
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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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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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The Letters of Jane Austen
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.” Jane Austen at her witty, observant, intelligent, and sympathetic best, in this collection of her letters written to family and friends....
By: Jane Austen
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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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My Dearest, My Darling
- Wartime Letters Between England and India
- By: Lawrence Bond, Millicent Bond
- Narrated by: Andrew Bond, Marian Bond, William Bond
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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When newly commissioned Royal Engineers Second Lieutenant Lawrence (Tommy) Bond was ordered overseas in February 1943, he left behind his wife Millicent and their two small children....
By: Lawrence Bond, and others
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Secret Societies and Subversive Movements
- By: Nesta Helen Webster
- Narrated by: Graham Dunlop
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Sound interesting? Listen to Secret Societies and Subversive Movements and learn about the author's views on politics, history, and the occult....
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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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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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Correspondance (1944-1959)
- By: Albert Camus, Maria Casarès
- Narrated by: Isabelle Adjani, Lambert Wilson
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
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Le 19 mars 1944, Albert Camus et Maria Casarès se croisent chez Michel Leiris. L'ancienne élève du Conservatoire, originaire de La Corogne...
By: Albert Camus, and others
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The Complete Letters of Pliny the Younger
- By: Pliny
- Narrated by: Russell Bentley, Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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The extant letters of Pliny, written between AD 97 and 112, give us a unique insight into Imperial Rome under the early Antonine emperors. Organised into 10 books, the letters reflect a wide range of topics, mirroring Pliny’s own public and private interests....
By: Pliny
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Sissinghurst - Portrait eines Gartens
- By: Vita Sackville-West, Harold Nicolson, Julia Bachstein
- Narrated by: Marit Beyer
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
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1930 kaufte die Schriftstellerin Vita Sackville-West mit ihrem Ehemann Harold Nicolson die Ruine von Schloss Sissinghurst in Kent, um dort...
By: Vita Sackville-West, and others
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Letters for the Ages Winston Churchill
- The Private and Personal Letters
- By: Sir Winston S. Churchill, James Drake - editor, Dr Allen Packwood - editor, and others
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Here are some of the best of Churchill’s letters, many of a more personal and intimate nature, presented in chronological order, with a preface to each letter explaining the context....
By: Sir Winston S. Churchill, and others
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Letters to a Young Poet
- By: Rainer Maria Rilke
- Narrated by: Marc Allen
- Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Insightful and inspiring thoughts on creative expression from a treasured poet in correspondence with a young neophyte. A perfect gift for the writer, artist, or thinker....
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Basically Fantastic
- By Oisín Davitt on 27-09-17
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The Kremlin Letters
- Stalin’s Wartime Correspondence with Churchill and Roosevelt
- By: David Reynolds - editor, Vladimir Pechatnov - editor
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 33 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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A penetrating account of the dynamics of World War II's Grand Alliance through the messages exchanged by the "Big Three"....
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Excellent
- By AMS546 on 06-05-24
By: David Reynolds - editor, and others
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Letters from a Lost Generation
- First World War letters of Vera Brittain and four friends
- By: Mark Bostridge, Alan Bishop
- Narrated by: Amanda Root, Jonathan Firth, Full Cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
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A selection of the powerful and poignant wartime letters of Vera Brittain and her friends....
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A moving Tribute to the lost Generation
- By Ruth on 01-09-20
By: Mark Bostridge, and others
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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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Letters from a Stoic (All 124 Letters)
- By: Seneca
- Narrated by: John Winston
- Length: 25 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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This edition of Seneca's Epistles includes all 124 of the letters in a single volume, with explanatory notes, an appendix, and an index of the names occurring in the text....
By: Seneca
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Yours, for Probably Always
- Martha Gellhorn's Letters of Love and War 1930-1949
- By: Janet Somerville
- Narrated by: Ellen Barkin
- Length: 19 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Martha Gellhorn was a strong-willed, self-made, modern woman whose journalism, and life, were widely influential at the time and cleared a path for women who came after her....
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An inspiration for young ambitious women
- By GERANIMO on 07-08-21
By: Janet Somerville
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Realms of Gold
- By: John Keats
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Matthew Marsh
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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John Keats' letters paint an unforgettably vivid and moving picture of the richly productive but also tragic final years of the poet's life….
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Poetry Gold
- By Marc Damian Lawler on 02-03-16
By: John Keats
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The Letters of Shirley Jackson
- By: Shirley Jackson, Laurence Jackson Hyman - editor, Bernice M. Murphy - editor
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter, Gary Bennett, Linda Jones
- Length: 18 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Shirley Jackson is one of the most important American authors of the last hundred years and among our greatest chroniclers of the female experience. This extraordinary compilation of personal correspondence has all the hallmarks of Jackson’s beloved fiction....
By: Shirley Jackson, and others
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The Letters & Journals of Lord Nelson
- Performed by Charles Dance in a Dramatised Setting
- By: Mr Punch
- Narrated by: Charles Dance OBE
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
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Viscount Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), known as ‘The Hero’ during his own lifetime was both an inspiring commander and an innovative tactician, becoming a rear admiral after defeating the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Cape St Vincent....
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A Beautiful Account of the Wonderful Lord Nelson
- By Highlight on 20-10-22
By: Mr Punch
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Home Front to Battlefront
- An Ohio Teenager in World War II
- By: Frank Lavin
- Narrated by: Gary D. MacFadden, Frank Lavin
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Home Front to Battlefront is the tale of a foot soldier who finds himself thrust into a world where he and his unit grapple with the horrors of combat, the idiocies of bureaucracy, and the oddities of life back home....
By: Frank Lavin
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Soledad Brother
- The Prison Letters of George Jackson
- By: George Jackson, Jonathan Jackson Jr. - foreword
- Narrated by: Jonathan Jackson Jr.
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
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A collection of Jackson's letters from prison, Soledad Brother is an outspoken condemnation of the racism of white America and a powerful appraisal of the prison system that failed to break his spirit but eventually took his life....
By: George Jackson, and others
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September Letters
- Finding Strength and Connection in Sharing Our Stories
- By: Brittany Snow, Jaspre Guest
- Narrated by: Brittany Snow, Jaspre Guest, Shayna Small, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins
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An inspirational collection of letters, notes, and conversations among friends, celebrities, experts, and the September Letters community. A guide to help us clearly see that we are not alone, and that sharing your story is powerful and healing....
By: Brittany Snow, and others
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The Letters of Private Wheeler
- An Eyewitness in Action at the Battle of Waterloo (Military Memoirs)
- By: B.H. Liddell Hart
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
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These letters, in the form of a frank and amusing diary, were written by a private in Wellington's army who fought throughout the Napoleonic Wars....
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Badly narrated
- By JB on 15-11-22