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  • It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
    By James Herriot
    Narrated by Christopher Timothy
    4.90  (29 ratings)
    Now firmly ensconced in the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, recently qualified vet James Herriot has acclimatised to life with his unpredictable colleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon. But veterinary practice in the 1930s was never going to be easy, and there are challenges on the horizon, from persuading his clients to let him use his 'modern' equipment, to becoming an uncle (to a pig called Nugent).
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  • Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty
    By Catherine Bailey
    Narrated by Gareth Armstrong
    4.30  (96 ratings)
    Wentworth is today a crumbling and forgotten palace in Yorkshire. Yet just 100 years ago it was the ancestral pile of the Fitzwilliam's - an aristocratic clan whose home and life were fuelled by coal mining. This is the story of their spectacular decline: of inheritance fights; rumours of a changeling and of lunacy; philandering earls; illicit love; war heroism: a tragic connection to the Kennedy's; violent deaths: mining poverty and squalor; and a class war that literally ripped apart the local landscape.
    UNABRIDGED 15 hrs and 13 mins
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    4.30  (96 ratings)
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  • Vets Might Fly
    By James Herriot
    Narrated by Christopher Timothy
    4.90  (17 ratings)
    A severe case of World War Two takes James Herriot away from his vet's life in the Dales and into a training camp somewhere in England. Square bashing in his uniform of RAF blue, he daydreams of the livestock he has left behind.
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  • The Last Fighting Tommy
    By Harry Patch, Richard van Emden
    Narrated by Alan Howard
    4.90  (14 ratings)
    Harry Patch, the last British soldier alive to have fought in the trenches of the First World War, is now 109 years old and one of very few people who can directly recall the horror of that conflict. After a rural childhood in Somerset, Harry left school in 1913 to become a plumber. Three years later he was fighting in the mud and trenches during the Battle of Passchendaele. He saw a great many of his comrades die, and in one dreadful moment the shell that wounded him killed his three closest friends.
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  • I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan
    Written by: Alan Partridge
    Narrated by: Alan Partridge
    4.5 (432 ratings)
    Journalist, presenter, broadcaster, husband, father, vigorous all-rounder - Alan Partridge - a man with a fascinating past and an amazing future. Gregarious and popular, yet Alan's never happier than when relaxing in his own five-bedroom, south-built house with three acres of land and access to a private stream. But who is this mysterious enigma? Alan Gordon Partridge is the best - and best-loved - radio presenter in the region. Born into a changing world of rationing, Teddy Boys, apes in space and the launch of ITV, Alan's broadcasting career began as chief DJ of Radio Smile....
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  • Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
    Written by: Walter Isaacson
    Narrated by: Dylan Baker, Walter Isaacson
    4.6 (389 ratings)
    In Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography, Walter Isaacson provides an extraordinary account of Jobs' professional and personal life. Drawn from three years of exclusive and unprecedented interviews Isaacson has conducted with Jobs as well as extensive interviews with Jobs' family members and key colleagues from Apple and its competitors, this is the definitive portrait of the greatest innovator of his generation.
    UNABRIDGED 25 hrs and 7 mins
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  • The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography
    Written by: Stephen Fry
    Narrated by: Stephen Fry
    4.4 (1356 ratings)
    This dazzling memoir promises to be a courageously frank, honest and poignant read. It will detail some of Fry's most turbulent and least-well-known years, with writing that will excite you, make you laugh uproariously, move you, inform you, and, above all, surprise you.
    UNABRIDGED 12 hrs and 28 mins
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  • Life and Laughing: My Story
    Written by: Michael McIntyre
    Narrated by: Michael McIntyre
    4.5 (882 ratings)
    Michael McIntyre has become Britain's biggest comedy star. His debut stand-up DVD, Live & Laughing, was the fastest selling of all time, only to be eclipsed by his second, Hello Wembley, which sold over 1.4 million copies and was the 2009 Christmas number one. He hosts his own BAFTA nominated BBC1 series, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, and won the British Comedy Award for Best Live Stand-up in 2009 following his record breaking 54-date Arena tour.
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  • Charles Dickens: A Life
    Written by: Claire Tomalin
    Narrated by: Alex Jennings
    4.1 (31 ratings)
    The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Charles Dickens: A Life, the major new biography from the highly acclaimed Claire Tomalin, published for the 200th anniversary of his birth. Read by the actor Alex Jennings.
    UNABRIDGED 16 hrs and 30 mins
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  • The Elephant to Hollywood
    Written by: Michael Caine
    Narrated by: Michael Caine
    4.3 (185 ratings)
    Sir Michael Caine is loved not just for his many films, but for his warmth, honesty, and humour in describing every aspect of his life from his humble South London beginnings to performing alongside the greatest Hollywood actors of the day.
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  • Stephen Hawking: His Life and Work
    Written by: Kitty Ferguson
    Narrated by: Carole Boyd
    5.0 (1 ratings)
    Stephen Hawking is one of the most remarkable figures of our time, a Cambridge genius who has earned international celebrity as a brilliant theoretical physicist and become an inspiration and revelation to those who have witnessed his courageous triumph over disability. This is Hawking's life story by Kitty Ferguson, who has had special help from Hawking himself and his close associates and who has a gift for translating the language of theoretical physics for non-scientists.
    UNABRIDGED 12 hrs and 59 mins
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  • Hoover's FBI: The Inside Story by Hoover's Trusted Lieutenant
    Written by: Cartha D. DeLoach
    Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
    4.0 (2 ratings)
    As director of the FBI for over five decades, J. Edgar Hoover left a profound and lasting legacy on this most celebrated institution. Only the few who were part of Hoover's inner circle know the truth about his controversial years of authoritarian rule and the organization's inmost secrets.
    UNABRIDGED 16 hrs and 30 mins
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  • Moab Is My Washpot
    Written by: Stephen Fry
    Narrated by: Stephen Fry
    4.4 (379 ratings)
    a) A fatuous, wasted, degenerate and wholly useless existence captured in delicate, lyrical and exquisitely realised prose. b) Lightly amusing anecdotes and tender reminiscences of the great men and women encountered during a rich, varied and rewarding lifetime, fondly remembered in the tranquil evening of a career of public service. c) The autobiography of a dizzying life fuelled by the lust for power and the search for ever more degrading downward paths of repulsive sexual adventuring.
    UNABRIDGED 11 hrs and 33 mins
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  • Small Man in a Book
    Written by: Rob Brydon
    Narrated by: Rob Brydon
    4.0 (57 ratings)
    Who is the man behind the many voices of Rob Brydon? Read by the man himself, this audiobook memoir will reveal the warm heart behind one of Britain's favourite impressionists. A multi-award-winning actor, writer, comedian and presenter known for his warmth, humour and inspired impressions, Rob Brydon has quickly become one of our very favourite entertainers.
    UNABRIDGED 8 hrs and 45 mins
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  • Thanks for Nothing
    Written by: Jack Dee
    Narrated by: Jack Dee
    3.9 (125 ratings)
    For the first time, comedian Jack Dee reveals the highs and lows of his early life and disastrous day jobs. You don't just wake up jaundiced and bitter; it's taken Jack years of dedication and commitment to brew his unique cocktail of disillusionment and bile. What turned this once optimistic young man into a grumpy middle-aged git? Was it working in an artificial-leg factory?
    UNABRIDGED 7 hrs and 47 mins
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  • The Dark Tourist: Sightseeing in the World's Most Unlikely Holiday Destinations
    Written by: Dom Joly
    Narrated by: Dom Joly
    4.3 (239 ratings)
    Ever since he can remember, Dom Joly has been fascinated by travel to odd places. In part this stems from a childhood spent in war-torn Lebanon, where instead of swapping marbles in the schoolyard, he had a shrapnel collection -- the schoolboy currency of Beirut. These early experiences left Dom with a profound loathing for the sanitized experiences of the modern-day travel industry and a taste for the darkest of places.
    UNABRIDGED 7 hrs and 55 mins
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  • The World I Live In
    By Helen Keller
    Narrated by Flo Gibson
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    This is a beautiful description of Helen Keller's discoveries as she learns to appreciate, through the sense of touch, the world around her. Loss of sight and hearing only increase her joy of life and its treasures.
    UNABRIDGED 4 hrs and 8 mins
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  • The Vanderbilts
    By Jerry E. Patterson
    Narrated by Ray Childs
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    Cornelius Vanderbilt parlayed a $100.00 investment into the largest private transportation company in the world while creating an American Dynasty in New York, Newport, Vermont, and Asheville, North Carolina. This history of his family and their lush, opulent lifestyle is filled with juicy stories and fun tidbits about their lives in the Gilded Era.
    UNABRIDGED 6 hrs and 28 mins
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  • Restless Souls: The Sharon Tate Family's Account of Stardom, the Manson Murders, and a Crusade for Justice
    By Alisa Statman, Brie Tate
    Narrated by Eliza Foss, Gabra Zackman, Therese Plummer
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    The gruesome murders of the beautiful and talented actress Sharon Tate, her unborn child, and four others that same night at the hands of the notorious "Manson family" rocked the nation. As one of the most horrific crimes in modern history, these atrocities, the trial, and the subsequent conviction of Charles Manson and his followers caused a media sensation, spawning movies, documentaries, and best-selling books, including the classic Helter Skelter.
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  • Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder Case Gone Wrong
    By Raymond Bonner
    Narrated by Mark Bramhall
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    In January 1982, an elderly white widow was found brutally murdered in the small town of Greenwood, South Carolina. Police immediately arrested Edward Lee Elmore, a semiliterate, mentally retarded black man with no previous felony record. His only connection to the victim was having cleaned her gutters and windows, but barely ninety days after the victim's body was found, he was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. Elmore had been on death row for eleven years when a young attorney named Diana Holt first learned of his case.
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  • How to Leave Twitter: My Time as Queen of the Universe and Why This Must Stop
    By Grace Dent
    Narrated by Grace Dent
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    Three years ago, columnist and author Grace Dent joined new social networking site Twitter, mainly as a place to dump her surplus jokes, rant about garbage TV, and post exclusive JPEGs of her hot new toenail varnish. But as every "Re-tweet" and "Follow Friday" saw her audience figures soar by tens of thousands, Dent found herself centre stage in an all-consuming highly addictive social network revolution. One where the gags, gossip, scandal, and backstabbing literally never stop.
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  • Whattaya Mean I Can't Kill 'Em?: A Navy SEAL in Vietnam
    By Rad Miller
    Narrated by Eric Conger
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    A tour in Vietnam as a Frog - a member of the navy's Underwater Demolition Team (UDT) - wasn't challenging enough for Rad Miller. So he spent most of 1968 learning to be a SEAL, completing what is arguably the toughest warrior training in the world. By early 1969, he was back in Vietnam, ready to go deep behind enemy lines with a squad of only seven men. In his unvarnished and brutally candid account, Miller shares the raw, bloody, and courageous daily life of SEALs in Vietnam.
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  • Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide
    By Peter Allison
    Narrated by Antony Ferguson
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    Whatever You Do, Don't Run is a hilarious collection of true tales from top ­safari guide Peter Allison. In a place where the wrong behavior could get you eaten, Allison has survived face-to-face encounters with big cats, angry ­elephants, and the world's most unpredictable animals: herds of untamed tourists and foolhardy guides whose outrageous antics sometimes make them even more dangerous than a pride of hungry lions!
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  • The Story of My Life
    By Helen Keller
    Narrated by Flo Gibson
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    This is the inspiring autobiography of Helen Keller, blind and deaf since childhood, who experiences the wonder and joys of discovery of the world around her and of literature.
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  • Mob Daughter: The Mafia, Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, and Me!
    By Karen Gravano, Lisa Pulitzer
    Narrated by Karen Gravano
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    Karen Gravano is the daughter of Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, once one of the mafia's most feared hit men. With 19 confessed murders, the former Gambino Crime Family underboss - and John Gotti's right-hand man - is the highest ranking gangster ever to turn State's evidence and testify against members of his high-profile crime family. But to Karen, Sammy Gravano was a sometimes elusive but always loving father figure. He was ever-present at the head of the dinner table.
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  • Sipping From the Nile: My Exodus from Egypt
    By Jean Naggar
    Narrated by Jean Naggar
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    In this coming-of-age memoir about a privileged, protected childhood in the exotic milieu of 1950's Egypt, author Jean Naggar describes a magical time that seemed as if it would never end. But Egypt's nationalizing of the Suez Canal would set in motion events that would change her life forever. An enchanted existence suddenly ended by international hostilities, her family is quickly scattered far and wide, and Naggar is eventually swept into adulthood and the challenge of new horizons in America.
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  • Arts and Letters
    By Edmund White
    Narrated by Dennis Holland
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    Best-selling novelist, memoirist, and biographer Edmund White displays his sharp wit and boundless erudition in 37 portraits of the writers, artists, and cultural icons who have captured his curiosity and imagination for the last 20 years. White is as compelling as he is unpretentious in these stories of his encounters with some of the most provocative writers, artists, and personalities of our time.
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  • It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine's Path to Peace
    By Rye Barcott
    Narrated by Rye Barcott
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    In 2000 Rye Barcott spent part of his summer living in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya. He was a college student heading into the Marines, and he sought to better understand ethnic violence - something he would likely face later in uniform. He learned Swahili, asked questions, and listened to young people talk about how they survived in poverty he had never imagined.
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