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  • India with Sanjeev Bhaskar
    By Sanjeev Bhaskar
    Narrated by Sanjeev Bhaskar
    4.90  (10 ratings)
    Exotic and diverse, richly colourful and intriguingly complex: India is one of the most exciting countries to visit in the world today. Sanjeev Bhaskar, of Goodness Gracious Me and The Kumars at No. 42, grew up in 70s surburban West London, so his regular family visits to India to see his relatives gave him an endless fascination for its bizarre contradictions. Now Sanjeev is going back with a BBC film crew to delve deeper into what makes this country such a compelling phenomenon.
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  • Notes From a Small Island
    By Bill Bryson
    Narrated by William Roberts
    4.00  (166 ratings)
    After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson, the acclaimed author of such best sellers as The Mother Tongue and Made in America, decided it was time to move back to the United States for a while. This was partly to let his wife and kids experience life in Bryson's homeland, and partly because he had read that 3.7 million Americans believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another. It was thus clear to him that his people needed him.
    UNABRIDGED 10 hrs and 32 mins
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  • The Dark Tourist: Sightseeing in the World's Most Unlikely Holiday Destinations
    By Dom Joly
    Narrated by Dom Joly
    4.30  (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
    The Dark Tourist: Sightseeing in the World's Most Unlikely Holiday Destinations
    4.30  (239 ratings)
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  • A Walk in the Woods
    By Bill Bryson
    Narrated by William Roberts
    4.50  (116 ratings)
    The Appalachian Trail covers 14 states and over 2,000 miles, snaking through some of the most spectacular landscapes in America. Reluctant adventurer Bryson recounts his gruelling hike along the longest continuous footpath in the world.
    UNABRIDGED 9 hrs and 45 mins
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  • Johnson's Life of London: The People Who Made the City That Made the World
    Written by: Boris Johnson
    Narrated by: Boris Johnson
    3.9 (7 ratings)
    London is special. For centuries, it has been amongst the greatest cities of the world. But a city is nothing without its people. This sparkling new history of London, told through a relay-race of great Londoners shows in one, personality-packed book that the ingenuity, diversity, creativity and enterprise of London are second to none. Boris Johnson believes that in order to understand London one has to know about its past. The heart and spirit of London lies in its people, in the range of its cultures.
    UNABRIDGED 11 hrs and 43 mins
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  • The Backpacker
    Written by: John Harris
    Narrated by: Tom Lawrence
    4.1 (13 ratings)
    John's trip to India starts badly when he finds himself looking at the sharp end of a knife in a train station cubicle. His life is saved by the enigmatic Rick, who persuades John to abandon his mundane plans for the future for much, much more. Fast forward to the Thai island of Koh Pha-Ngan where they pose as millionaire aristocrats in a hedonistic Eden of beautiful girls, free drugs and wild beach parties. Soon pursued by Thai Mafia, they escape to Indonesia, Australia, and Hong Kong, facing danger at every turn.
    UNABRIDGED 14 hrs and 23 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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  • A Walk in the Woods
    Written by: Bill Bryson
    Narrated by: William Roberts
    4.5 (116 ratings)
    The Appalachian Trail covers 14 states and over 2,000 miles, snaking through some of the most spectacular landscapes in America. Reluctant adventurer Bryson recounts his gruelling hike along the longest continuous footpath in the world.
    UNABRIDGED 9 hrs and 45 mins
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  • Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide
    Written by: Peter Allison
    Narrated by: Antony Ferguson
    Not rated yet
    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!
    UNABRIDGED 6 hrs and 45 mins
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  • Neither Here nor There
    Written by: Bill Bryson
    Narrated by: William Roberts
    4.2 (76 ratings)
    Having seen Europe with a rucksack 20 years earlier, Bill Bryson decides to make a sentimental return. An incisive, honest and funny portrait of modern Europe.
    UNABRIDGED 9 hrs and 9 mins
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  • Neither Here Nor There
    Written by: Bill Bryson
    Narrated by: Bill Bryson
    4.0 (20 ratings)
    Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In Neither Here Nor There he brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet, and journeys from Hammerfest, the northernmost town on the continent, to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia.
    ABRIDGED 5 hrs and 38 mins
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  • Dave Gorman Vs The Rest of the World
    Written by: Dave Gorman
    Narrated by: Dave Gorman
    4.0 (34 ratings)
    Remember when you were a kid, and you used to go round to a friend's house to see if they were playing? Well, as adults we're not supposed to do that. Which is a shame... because Dave Gorman likes playing. He REALLY likes games. So he knocked on the biggest door you could ever imagine - the internet - and asked 76,000 people if they fancied a game. This is the story of what happened next.
    UNABRIDGED 8 hrs and 45 mins
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  • Touching the Void
    Written by: Joe Simpson
    Narrated by: Stephen McGann, Simon Chandler
    4.4 (8 ratings)
    Joe Simpson, with just his partner Simon Yates, tackled the unclimbed west face of the remote 21,000 foot Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in June of 1995. But before they reached the summit, disaster struck. A few days later, Simon staggered into base camp, exhausted and frostbitten, to tell their non-climbing companion that Joe was dead.
    ABRIDGED 2 hrs and 56 mins
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  • And Did Those Feet
    Written by: Charlie Connelly
    Narrated by: David Thorpe
    3.9 (52 ratings)
    As a lover of both history and the countryside, urbanite couch-potato Charlie Connelly decides to rectify this and sets out on foot along some famous routes, journeying alongside Bodica's chariot in Norfolk, reliving Bonnie Prince Charlie's flight to Skye, and taking the same tragic route as the starving famine walkers of Connemara. It's a tale that features broken toes, dead poets, a couple of ghosts, and rain. Lots and lots of rain.
    UNABRIDGED 10 hrs and 57 mins
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  • Notes From a Small Island
    Written by: Bill Bryson
    Narrated by: William Roberts
    4.0 (166 ratings)
    After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson, the acclaimed author of such best sellers as The Mother Tongue and Made in America, decided it was time to move back to the United States for a while. This was partly to let his wife and kids experience life in Bryson's homeland, and partly because he had read that 3.7 million Americans believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another. It was thus clear to him that his people needed him.
    UNABRIDGED 10 hrs and 32 mins
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  • The Lost Continent: Travels In Small Town America
    Written by: Bill Bryson
    Narrated by: William Roberts
    4.2 (101 ratings)
    Hardly anyone ever leaves Des Moines, Iowa. But Bill Bryson did, and after 10 years in England he decided to go home, to a foreign country. In an ageing Chevrolet Chevette, he drove nearly 14,000 miles through 38 states to compile this hilarious and perceptive state-of-the-nation report on small-town America.
    UNABRIDGED 10 hrs and 12 mins
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  • Andrew Zimmern Visits Huatulco: Chapter 6 from 'The Bizarre Truth'
    By Andrew Zimmern
    Narrated by Andrew Zimmern
    Not rated yet
    Andrew Zimmern, the host of the Travel Channel's hit series "Bizarre Foods", has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that's consumed as food globally. For Zimmern, local cuisine is not simply what's served at mealtime. It is a primary avenue to discovering what is most authentic - the bizarre truth - about cultures everywhere. In this section, Zimmern catches and cooks Huatulco's native octopuses.
    UNABRIDGED 21 mins
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  • Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide
    By Peter Allison
    Narrated by Antony Ferguson
    Not rated yet
    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!
    UNABRIDGED 6 hrs and 45 mins
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  • Twilight in Italy
    By D. H. Lawrence
    Narrated by Cathy Dobson
    Not rated yet
    Twilight in Italy describes Lawrence's time as an educated working-class Englishman living among the Italian working men and women in the region around Lake Garda, from the Austrian Alps to the North, to Switzerland and finally Como and Milan. He captures the psyche of Italian peasants without ever romanticising or patronising them.
    UNABRIDGED 6 hrs and 42 mins
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  • Mawson and the Ice Men of the Heroic Age: Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen
    By Peter FitzSimons
    Narrated by Paul English
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    Australia's best-selling nonfiction author of all time. Douglas Mawson, born in 1882 and knighted in 1914, was Australia's greatest Antarctic explorer. On 2 December 1911, he led an expedition from Hobart to explore the virgin frozen coastline below, 2000 miles of which had never felt the tread of a human foot. After setting up Main Base at Cape Denision and Western Base on Queen Mary Land, he headed east on an extraordinary sledging trek with his companions, Belgrave Ninnis and Dr Xavier Mertz.
    UNABRIDGED 23 hrs and 59 mins
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  • Beneath Blossom Rain: Discovering Bhutan on the Toughest Trek in the World
    By Kevin Grange
    Narrated by Kevin Grange
    Not rated yet
    In a remote kingdom hidden in the Himalayas, there is a trail said to be the toughest trek in the world-24 days, 216 miles, 11 mountain passes, and enough ghost stories to scare an exorcist. In 2007 Kevin Grange decided to acquaint himself with the country of Bhutan by taking on this infamous trail, the Snowman Trek. He was 33, at a turning point in life, and figured the best way to go when at a crossroad was up.
    UNABRIDGED 11 hrs and 32 mins
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  • Audio Journeys: The Muppets - the Early Years
    By Patricia L. Lawrence
    Narrated by J. D. Streeter, Jerry Juhl
    4.00  (1 ratings)
    In his studio overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Emmy-award winning head writer Jerry Juhl (1938-2005) sat down for a casual interview with Audio Journeys. Juhl reminises about the Muppets' early years and his radio roots, and what it was like to work with the founder of the Muppets, Jim Henson (1936-1990).
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  • Wizard of Oz Author L. Frank Baum
    By Patricia L. Lawrence
    Narrated by Patricia L. Lawrence
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    Audio Journeys explores the life of L. Frank Baum, author of some of the world's most beloved children's books, including The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Baum was born near Syracuse, New York, in 1856. We meet Baum historian Kathleen De Scenna at Ste. Marie Among the Iroquois on Onondaga Lake near Syracuse. She considers Baum to be a visionary.
    RADIO/TV PROGRAM 29 mins
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  • Audio Journeys: Underground Railroad, Part 1
    By Patricia L. Lawrence
    Narrated by Patricia L. Lawrence
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    Not an actual train, in the mid-1800's, the Underground Railroad transported and protected escaping enslaved Africans through a network of safe houses and places, on their way to freedom in the North.
    RADIO/TV PROGRAM 28 mins
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  • Audio Journeys: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Salt Lake City, Utah
    By Patricia L. Lawrence
    Narrated by J. D. Streeter
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    Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge is on the northeast shores of the Great Salt Lake. Our exploration begins at the Park Ranger Station before we meet our naturalist guide for a tour of one of the most important bodies of water in the Americas for migrating birds.
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  • Audio Journeys: San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park
    By Patricia L. Lawrence
    Narrated by Patricia L. Lawrence
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    Patricia Lawrence is riding in the back of a Photo Safari truck at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park.These trucks are one of several ways visitors can get up close to some of the most endangered animals in the world. Most of the animals that live in the Wild Animal Park represent the last individuals of their species anywhere on earth.
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  • Murphy's Car Museum: Over 100 Years of Automobile History in Oxnard, California
    By Patricia L. Lawrence
    Narrated by J. D. Streeter
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    Over 100 years of automobile history are celebrated at Murphy's Car Museum in Oxnard, California. There are over 50 cars in the indoor museum that visitors can get close to and sometimes sit in.
    RADIO/TV PROGRAM 28 mins
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  • Audio Journeys: National Civil War Park, Richmond, Virginia: Gaines' Mill, Site of an Important Civil War Battle
    By Patricia L. Lawrence
    Narrated by Patricia L. Lawrence
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    The National Civil War Park is a complex of sites and event locations, including a naval battle, a key industrial complex, the Confederacy's largest hospital, and dozens of miles of elaborate original fortifications.
    RADIO/TV PROGRAM 29 mins
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