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Sapiens
- A Brief History of Humankind: The multi-million copy bestseller
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26,722
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Performance22,682
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Story22,536
Brought to you by Penguin. **ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY** What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human. Earth is 4.5...
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Thought provoking but overconfident
- By Jan W. H. Schnupp on 24-09-15
'Well balanced and original'
A fascinating read about the human story to date. I really enjoyed the way Harari takes ideas back to basic principles and then applies reason on top. He is clearly a man who thinks for himself so there are a lot of original ideas contained within the book. He also doesn't take too many liberties where stating what we do and don't know about human history which is always refreshing. To top it all off it is a great performance by the narrator.
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The Chimp Paradox
- The Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness – The Million-Copy Bestseller
- By: Steve Peters
- Narrated by: Steve Peters
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14,303
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Performance11,818
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Story11,645
Brought to you by Penguin. The groundbreaking mind management model designed to improve self-confidence, communicate effectively, and build success, from the award-winning psychiatrist. THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER Do you sabotage your own happiness and success? Are you struggling to make sense...
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Life changing- a must for stress heads
- By david on 25-10-12
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Sidemen: The Audiobook
- By: The Sidemen
- Narrated by: JJ/KSI, Harry/Wroetoshaw, Simon/Miniminter, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,592
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Performance2,301
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Story2,292
Billions of you have watched their videos, and millions of you have followed them on social media. So here we go: it's time to back up, because YouTube superstars The Sidemen are finally here in audiobook form, and they're dishing the dirt on each other as well as the YouTuabe universe. The guys are behind the mic, and it’s about to get messy.
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LOVED THE BOOK
- By Charlotte on 18-10-16
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Black Box Thinking
- Growth Mindset and the Secrets of High Performance
- By: Matthew Syed, Matthew Syed Consulting Ltd
- Narrated by: Matthew Syed, Simon Slater
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,705
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Performance4,986
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Story4,956
10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER, with the preface read by Matthew Syed 'Will transform your entire perspective' THE TIMES 'A stirring call to revolutionise how we think about success' DANIEL PINK, author of DRIVE 'Brilliant' JAMES DYSON What is the secret to success?...
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Simple, informative and bursting with ‘scribble th
- By Marathon Maxx on 24-09-15
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The Power of Now
- A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
- By: Eckhart Tolle
- Narrated by: Eckhart Tolle
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10,308
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Performance8,334
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Story8,195
It’s no wonder that The Power of Now has sold over 16 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 30 foreign languages. Much more than simple principles and platitudes, the book takes readers on an inspiring spiritual journey to find their true and deepest self and reach the ultimate in personal growth and spirituality: the discovery of truth and light. In the first chapter, Tolle introduces listeners to enlightenment and its natural enemy, the mind.
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I was sceptical
- By Mr. Jm Bird on 25-05-11
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The Chimp Paradox
- The Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness – The Million-Copy Bestseller
- By: Steve Peters
- Narrated by: Steve Peters
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14,303
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Performance11,818
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Story11,645
Brought to you by Penguin. The groundbreaking mind management model designed to improve self-confidence, communicate effectively, and build success, from the award-winning psychiatrist. THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER Do you sabotage your own happiness and success? Are you struggling to make sense...
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Life changing- a must for stress heads
- By david on 25-10-12
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Sidemen: The Audiobook
- By: The Sidemen
- Narrated by: JJ/KSI, Harry/Wroetoshaw, Simon/Miniminter, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,592
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Performance2,301
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Story2,292
Billions of you have watched their videos, and millions of you have followed them on social media. So here we go: it's time to back up, because YouTube superstars The Sidemen are finally here in audiobook form, and they're dishing the dirt on each other as well as the YouTuabe universe. The guys are behind the mic, and it’s about to get messy.
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LOVED THE BOOK
- By Charlotte on 18-10-16
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Black Box Thinking
- Growth Mindset and the Secrets of High Performance
- By: Matthew Syed, Matthew Syed Consulting Ltd
- Narrated by: Matthew Syed, Simon Slater
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,705
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Performance4,986
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Story4,956
10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER, with the preface read by Matthew Syed 'Will transform your entire perspective' THE TIMES 'A stirring call to revolutionise how we think about success' DANIEL PINK, author of DRIVE 'Brilliant' JAMES DYSON What is the secret to success?...
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Simple, informative and bursting with ‘scribble th
- By Marathon Maxx on 24-09-15
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The Power of Now
- A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
- By: Eckhart Tolle
- Narrated by: Eckhart Tolle
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10,308
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Performance8,334
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Story8,195
It’s no wonder that The Power of Now has sold over 16 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 30 foreign languages. Much more than simple principles and platitudes, the book takes readers on an inspiring spiritual journey to find their true and deepest self and reach the ultimate in personal growth and spirituality: the discovery of truth and light. In the first chapter, Tolle introduces listeners to enlightenment and its natural enemy, the mind.
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I was sceptical
- By Mr. Jm Bird on 25-05-11
More highly shared non-fiction
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The Power of Vulnerability
- Teachings on Authenticity, Connection, and Courage
- By: Brené Brown PhD LMSW
- Narrated by: Brené Brown PhD LMSW
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,616
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Performance4,879
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Story4,815
Show Up and Let Yourself be Seen Is vulnerability the same as weakness? "In our culture," teaches Dr. Brené Brown, "we associate vulnerability with emotions we want to avoid such as fear, shame, and uncertainty. Yet we too often lose sight of the fact that vulnerability is also the birthplace...
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Not an actual book
- By Heli on 23-09-19
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Techniques for Retraining Your Brain
- By: Jason M. Satterfield, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Jason M. Satterfield
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall1,919
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Performance1,612
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Story1,583
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a well-tested collection of practical techniques for managing moods and modifying undesirable behaviors through self-awareness, critical analysis, and goal-oriented change. CBT illuminates the links between thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and physical health and uses those connections to develop concrete plans for self-improvement. In 24 engaging half-hour lectures, you'll build a robust and effective self-improvement toolkit with the expert guidance of Professor Satterfield of the University of California, San Francisco.
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Amazing course - both theory and practice
- By Aravis on 19-09-16
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Elon Musk
- How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future
- By: Ashlee Vance
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7,021
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Performance6,110
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Story6,092
Brought to you by Penguin. A remarkable man in possession of limitless curiosity and intellect, Elon Musk makes a fascinating subject. Tech reporter Ashlee Vance has shadowed him for a year to bring us an engaging and deeply personal account of the man who wants to send us into outer space...
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Fascinating insight but a little repetitive
- By AndD on 15-01-17
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The Universe Has Your Back
- Transform Fear into Faith
- By: Gabrielle Bernstein
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Bernstein
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,643
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Performance2,185
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Story2,176
In her latest book, The Universe Has Your Back, New York Times best-selling author Gabrielle Bernstein teaches listeners how to transform their fear into faith in order to live a divinely guided life. Each story and lesson in the book guides listeners to release the blocks to what they most long for: happiness, security, and clear direction. The lessons help listeners relinquish the need to control so they can relax into a sense of certainty and freedom.
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Waste of time.
- By Elizabeth Riley on 20-02-18
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Alan Partridge: Nomad
- By: Alan Partridge
- Narrated by: Alan Partridge
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8,834
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Performance7,811
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Story7,773
In Alan Partridge: Nomad, Alan dons his boots, windcheater and scarf and embarks on an odyssey through a place he once knew - it's called Britain - intent on completing a journey of immense personal significance. Diarising his ramble in the form of a 'journey journal', Alan details the people and places he encounters, ruminates on matters large and small and, on a final leg fraught with danger, becomes not a man (because he was one to start off with) but a better, more inspiring example of a man.
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The faint scent of cash-in
- By 451 on 20-10-16
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Homo Deus
- The million-copy bestseller from the author of Nexus
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11,077
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Performance9,439
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Story9,369
Brought to you by Penguin. **THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER** Sapiens showed us where we came from. In our increasingly uncertain times, Homo Deus shows us where we're going. The world-renowned historian and intellectual Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of...
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Full of "wow, I never thought of it like that!"
- By david on 17-03-17
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Rich Dad Poor Dad
- What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
- By: Robert T. Kiyosaki
- Narrated by: Tim Wheeler
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13,223
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Performance10,823
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Story10,766
With an incredible number of 5-star reviews, Rich Dad Poor Dad has challenged and changed the way tens of millions of people around the world think about money. With perspectives that often contradict conventional wisdom, Kiyosaki has earned a reputation for irreverence and courage. He is regarded worldwide as a passionate advocate for financial education. His easy-to-understand audiobook empowers you to make changes now - and enjoy the results for years to come.
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The dubious virtues of capitalism
- By Kristen on 31-05-17
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A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled
- By: Ruby Wax
- Narrated by: Ruby Wax
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,490
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Performance1,304
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Story1,298
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled, written and read by Ruby Wax. Five hundred years ago no-one died of stress: we have invented this concept and now we let it rule us. Rest has become a dirty word, and our idea of satisfaction is answering the last...
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You can't stop the sea but you can learn to surf!
- By Rachel Redford on 26-03-16
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The Silk Roads
- A New History of the World
- By: Peter Frankopan
- Narrated by: Laurence Kennedy
- Length: 24 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,625
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Performance4,108
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Story4,069
The sun is setting on the Western world. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed: where for the last five centuries the globe turned westward on its axis, it now turns to the east.... For centuries, fame and fortune were to be found in the West - in the New World of the Americas. Today it is the East that calls out to those in search of adventure and riches. The region stretching from Eastern Europe and sweeping right across Central Asia, deep into China and India, is taking center stage.
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Poor reading.
- By Paul on 29-08-17
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The Princess Diarist
- By: Carrie Fisher
- Narrated by: Billie Lourd, Carrie Fisher
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,230
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Performance1,122
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Story1,114
Winner of the 2018 Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album. When Carrie Fisher recently discovered the journals she kept during the filming of the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preserved—plaintive love poems, unbridled musings with youthful naiveté, and a...
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Thoroughly enjoyable!
- By Dan on 28-12-16
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Toast on Toast
- Cautionary tales and candid advice
- By: Steven Toast
- Narrated by: Matt Berry - as Steven Toast
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,559
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Performance3,167
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Story3,138
In Toast on Toast - part memoir, part "how to act" manual - Steven Toast draws on his vast and varied experiences, providing the reader with an invaluable insight into his journey from school plays to RADA and from "It's a Right Royal Knockout" to the Colony Club. Along the way he reveals the secrets of his success. He discloses how to brush up on and expand your technical and vocal skills, how to nail a professional voiceover, and how to deal with difficult work experience staff in a recording studio....
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Helpless with laughter!
- By Sophie on 11-11-15
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Peggy and Me
- The heart-warming bestselling tale of Miranda and her beloved dog, the perfect listen after I HAVEN'T BEEN ENTIRELY HONEST WITH YOU
- By: Miranda Hart
- Narrated by: Miranda Hart
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,149
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Performance1,037
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Story1,032
'Hello dear listener and welcome to Peggy & Me, the story of my life after getting a beautiful Shih-Tzu Bichon Frise cross puppy (I call the breed a Shitty Frise - fun) in the form of Peggy. Some of you may be thinking: "a book about a dog, how totally brilliant, I need hear no more, I'm sold."...
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A truly wonderful book
- By Christine H. M. Moore on 11-10-16
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Parsnips, Buttered
- The hilarious, bestselling book from comedian Joe Lycett, perfect for Christmas gifting
- By: Joe Lycett
- Narrated by: Joe Lycett
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,661
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Performance3,254
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Story3,226
Dear Listener, Using letters, emails, tweets and telegrams I will show you how the things in your life that make you sad, low or anxious can soon appear trivial, insignificant and like a fish. In short, I will butter your parsnips. Life is hard. We are a bombarded generation: Facebook...
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best comedian of all time
- By Katie on 06-11-16
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Big Magic
- Creative Living Beyond Fear
- By: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,736
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Performance3,242
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Story3,221
Listeners of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration from Elizabeth Gilbert's books for years. Now this beloved author shares her wisdom and unique understanding of creativity, shattering the perceptions of mystery and suffering that surround the process - and showing us all just how easy it can be. By sharing stories from her own life as well as from her friends and the people who have inspired her, Elizabeth Gilbert challenges us to embrace our curiosity....
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Big Magic indeed!
- By Andy F. on 01-12-15
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The TenX Rule
- The Only Difference Between Success and Failure
- By: Grant Cardone
- Narrated by: Grant Cardone
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,428
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Performance3,761
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Story3,729
Extreme success, by definition, lies beyond the realm of normal action. If you want to achieve extreme success, you can’t operate like everybody else and settle for mediocrity. You need to remove luck and chance from your business equation, and lock in massive success. The 10X Rule shows you how!
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Smug, unsubstantiated waffle
- By Raistrick on 07-06-17
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Animal
- The Autobiography of a Female Body
- By: Sara Pascoe
- Narrated by: Sara Pascoe
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,146
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Performance2,795
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Story2,767
Take a funny and illuminating tour of the female body with award-winning comedian Sara Pascoe. Women have so much going on, what with boobs and jealousy and menstruating and broodiness and sex and infidelity and pubes and wombs and jobs and memories and emotions and the past and the future and themselves and each other. Here's a book that deals with all of it. Sara Pascoe has joked about femininity and sexuality on stage and screen, but now she has a book to talk about it all for a bit longer.
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A fascinating dopamine-release
- By Sarah on 24-04-16
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The Fry Chronicles
- An Autobiography
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6,308
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Performance3,992
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Story3,960
The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of the hugely successful The Fry Chronicles, brilliantly read by Stephen Fry himself. Thirteen years ago, Moab is my Washpot, Stephen Fry's autobiography of his early years, was published to rave reviews and was a huge bestseller. In those thirteen...
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Hours of delighted listening
- By Mary on 21-09-10
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Hitler
- A Biography
- By: Ian Kershaw
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 44 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,648
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Performance2,349
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Story2,331
Hailed as the most compelling biography of the German dictator yet written, Ian Kershaw's Hitler brings us closer than ever before to the heart of its subject's immense darkness. From his illegitimate birth in a small Austrian village to his fiery death in a bunker under the Reich chancellery in Berlin, Adolf Hitler left a murky trail, strewn with contradictory tales and overgrown with self-created myths. One truth prevails: the sheer scale of the evils that he unleashed on the world has made him a demonic figure without equal in the 20th century.
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Exhaustive, occasionally exhausting...
- By Mark Brandon on 22-02-16
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So You've Been Publicly Shamed
- By: Jon Ronson
- Narrated by: Jon Ronson
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,691
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Performance5,060
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Story5,033
From the Sunday Times top ten best-selling author of The Psychopath Test, a captivating and brilliant exploration of one of our world's most underappreciated forces: shame. "It's about the terror, isn't it?" "The terror of what?" I said. "The terror of being found out." For the past three years, Jon Ronson has travelled the world, meeting recipients of high-profile public shamings. The shamed are people like us - people who, say, made jokes on social media that came out badly or made mistakes at work.
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Not too bad for a Jon Ronson book
- By M. S. on 20-08-19
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Adnan's Story
- The Case That Inspired the Podcast Phenomenon Serial
- By: Rabia Chaudry
- Narrated by: Rabia Chaudry
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall782
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Performance724
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Story721
On February 28, 2000, Adnan Syed was convicted and sentenced to life plus 30 years for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, a high school senior in Baltimore, Maryland. From the moment of his arrest, Syed has consistently maintained his innocence. Rabia Chaudry, a family friend, always believed him and has never given up the hope that he might someday be released.
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A great listen
- By Nichola Loveland on 19-09-16
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The Year of Living Danishly
- Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country
- By: Helen Russell
- Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,261
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Performance2,940
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Story2,933
When she was suddenly given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, journalist and archetypal Londoner Helen Russell discovered a startling statistic: the happiest place on earth isn't Disneyland but Denmark, a land often thought of by foreigners as consisting entirely of long, dark winters, cured herring, Lego and pastries. What is the secret to their success? Are happy Danes born or made?
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The Year Of Writing Heinously more like!
- By D. Payne on 22-03-18
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The English and Their History
- By: Robert Tombs
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 45 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,294
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Performance1,149
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Story1,140
In The English and their History, the first full-length account to appear in one volume for many decades, Robert Tombs gives us the history of the English people and of how the stories they have told about themselves have shaped them, from the prehistoric 'dreamtime' through to the present day.
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Unbalanced and Biased
- By Michael Gleeson on 17-07-19
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
- A History of Nazi Germany
- By: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 57 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,913
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Performance2,279
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Story2,262
Since its publication in 1960, William L. Shirer’s monumental study of Hitler’s German empire has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of the 20th century’s blackest hours. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich offers an unparalleled and thrillingly told examination of how Adolf Hitler nearly succeeded in conquering the world. With millions of copies in print around the globe, it has attained the status of a vital and enduring classic.
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Finished - what do I do now?
- By Colin on 18-02-11
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Man's Search for Meaning
- An Introduction to Logotherapy
- By: Viktor E. Frankl
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7,706
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Performance6,328
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Story6,314
Man’s Search for Meaning is the chilling yet inspirational story of Viktor Frankl’s struggle to hold on to hope during the unspeakable horrors of his years as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his...
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Potentially life changing...
- By Jim Vaughan on 02-12-12
