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Any Human Heart
- A BBC Two Between the Covers pick
- By: William Boyd
- Narrated by: Darren Boyd
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. Every life is both ordinary and extraordinary, and Logan Mountstuart's - stretching across the twentieth century - is a rich tapestry of both. As a writer who finds inspiration with Hemingway in Paris and Virginia Woolf in London, as a spy recruited by Ian Fleming and...
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Dull, uninspiring and superficial
- By Ms on 29-11-20
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Any Human Heart
- A BBC Two Between the Covers pick
- Narrated by: Darren Boyd
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 10-09-20
- Language: English
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Human Acts
- By: Han Kang, Deborah Smith - translator
- Narrated by: Sandra Oh, Deborah Smith, Greta Jung, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Gwangju, South Korea, 1980. Amid a violent student uprising, a young boy named Dong-ho is killed. As his friend searches for Dong-ho's corpse, we also meet an editor struggling against censorship, a prisoner and a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories, and Dong-ho's grief-stricken mother. Through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope comes a tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice.
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Didn't connect with me
- By Matthew on 07-07-25
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Human Acts
- Narrated by: Sandra Oh, Deborah Smith, Greta Jung, Jae Jung, Raymond J. Lee, Keong Sim
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 01-07-25
- Language: English
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Human Traces
- The moving, powerful prequel to Snow Country from the Sunday Times bestseller
- By: Sebastian Faulks
- Narrated by: Douglas Hodge
- Length: 23 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER As young boys, both Jacques Rebière and Thomas Midwinter become fascinated with trying to understand the human mind. As psychiatrists, their quest takes them from the squalor of the Victorian lunatic asylum to the crowded lecture halls of...
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Spoiled by narration
- By Spunky on 04-10-21
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Human Traces
- The moving, powerful prequel to Snow Country from the Sunday Times bestseller
- Narrated by: Douglas Hodge
- Length: 23 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 05-08-21
- Language: English
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All The Lonely People
- The perfect heartwarming, life-affirming page-turner about family, friendship and human connection
- By: Mike Gayle
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Life is waiting to happen to Hubert Bird. But first he has to open his front door and let it in. In weekly phone calls to his daughter in Australia, widower Hubert Bird paints a picture of the perfect retirement, packed with fun, friendship and fulfilment. But Hubert Bird is lying. The truth is...
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Be more Hubert. Be more Ashleigh.
- By John Wilberforce on 04-08-20
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All The Lonely People
- The perfect heartwarming, life-affirming page-turner about family, friendship and human connection
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 23-07-20
- Language: English
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No Longer Human
- A New Translation
- By: Osamu Dazai, Juliet Winters Carpenter - translator
- Narrated by: Craig Abbott
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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A timeless story of isolation and inner torment, Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human follows Yozo Oba, a man who hides behind laughter while drifting toward self-destruction.
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No Longer Human
- A New Translation
- Narrated by: Craig Abbott
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 29-07-25
- Language: English
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Half of the Human Race
- By: Anthony Quinn
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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In the sweltering summer of 1911, suffragette Connie Callaway is introduced to Will Maitland, cricketer and rising star of his county. Despite parting on uncertain terms, they are destined to meet again, their lives inextricably entangled. Combining national drama and private tragedy, this is a story of love, sacrifice, suffrage and county cricket, projected against a vivid backdrop of England in an extraordinary age of turmoil and violence.
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Nearly, but not quite 5 star
- By M on 07-11-13
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Half of the Human Race
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 11-07-11
- Language: English
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Human Acts
- A Novel
- By: Han Kang, Deborah Smith - translator
- Narrated by: Sandra Oh, Deborah Smith, Greta Jung, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE “[Han Kang writes in] intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”—from the Nobel Prize citation The internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian presents a “rare and...
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Human Acts
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Sandra Oh, Deborah Smith, Greta Jung, Jae Jung, Jennifer Kim, Raymond J. Lee, Keong Sim
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 17-01-17
- Language: English
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The Book of Human Skin
- By: Michelle Lovric
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens, Peter Noble, Various
- Length: 20 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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In 18th-century Venice, Minguillo Fasan, heir to a fortune, contrives to dispatch of his sister, Marcella, condemning her to the fate of a nun. But Marcella Fasan is tougher than Minguillo imagines, and, aided by a servant, a painter, a skin-obsessed doctor, a Scottish merchant and a cigar-smoking pornographer, she pitches her wits against her brother….
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Unique & different. Loved it!
- By Amanda on 21-05-16
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The Book of Human Skin
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens, Peter Noble, Various
- Length: 20 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 04-06-15
- Language: English
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The Human Kind
- War Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Alexander Baron
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Spanning the Sicilian countryside to the brothels of Ostend, and the final book in Alexander Baron's War Trilogy, The Human Kind is a series of pithy vignettes reflective of the author's own wartime experiences. From the interminable days of training in Britain to brutal combat across north-west Europe, the book depicts many of the men, women - and, in some cases, children - affected by the widespread reach of the Second World War.
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The Human Kind
- War Trilogy, Book 3
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Series: Alexander Baron's 'War Trilogy', Book 3
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 22-08-24
- Language: English
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The Exiled Queen
- A Roman Era Historical Fantasy
- By: Roxana Arama
- Narrated by: Calliope
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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She spent years following the path reserved for highborn men. When she's thrust back into a subservient role, how will she forge her own destiny? Rome is marching. Cities and temples are falling. On the outskirts of the empire, Princess Andrada convinces her father to tutor her as his heir despite a ban on women rulers. But her lifelong battle against entrenched customs shatters when she fails the King's Challenge and is sentenced to death.
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The Exiled Queen
- A Roman Era Historical Fantasy
- Narrated by: Calliope
- Series: Delight of Humans and Gods
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 03-05-24
- Language: English
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Following Shadows
- A World War II Novel about Japanese Concentration Camps, the Impact on Families, and Triumph of the Human Spirit
- By: Janneke Jobsis Brown
- Narrated by: Janneke Jobsis Brown
- Length: 20 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In this sweeping WWII family saga inspired by true events, a daughter waits. In 2004, 40-something Luce Vanderveer is driven to uncover the lost childhood of her elderly father. She knows that Japan invaded the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) in 1942. Families were torn from their homes and imprisoned in brutal concentration camps. Starvation, forced labor, and silence about the past left deep scars across generations.
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Following Shadows
- A World War II Novel about Japanese Concentration Camps, the Impact on Families, and Triumph of the Human Spirit
- Narrated by: Janneke Jobsis Brown
- Length: 20 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 30-10-25
- Language: English
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The Waiting Place: The Story of Three Extraordinary Women in Three Different Time Periods
- Humans Beginning to Now
- By: Donna D. Stovall
- Narrated by: Sherry Carter-Brownell
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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A sweeping multigenerational saga of survival, strength, and ancestral connection. Three women. Three eras. One unbroken lineage of courage. Lucy — In the dawn of humanity, a Stone Age woman fights to survive alone with her newborn, facing predators, starvation, and the unforgiving wilderness as she searches for her tribe. Enslaved — Torn from her African village on the cusp of womanhood, a young woman endures the horrors of the Middle Passage and slavery, carrying the songs of her ancestors in her heart while harboring an unbreakable spirit.
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The Waiting Place: The Story of Three Extraordinary Women in Three Different Time Periods
- Humans Beginning to Now
- Narrated by: Sherry Carter-Brownell
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 27-03-26
- Language: English
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Jane Austen Made Me Do It
- Original Stories Inspired by Literature's Most Astute Observer of the Human Heart
- By: Laurel Ann Nattress - editor
- Narrated by: Sue Reynolds, Kristin Kalbli, Lynne Jensen, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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"My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." If you just heaved a contented sigh at Mr. Darcy's heartfelt words, then you, dear listener, are in good company. Here is a delightful collection of never-before-published stories inspired by Jane Austen - her novels, her life, her wit, her world.
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Very Poor Attempts to be Classy!
- By Carôle on 22-09-15
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Jane Austen Made Me Do It
- Original Stories Inspired by Literature's Most Astute Observer of the Human Heart
- Narrated by: Sue Reynolds, Kristin Kalbli, Lynne Jensen, Bernard Setaro Clark
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 14-01-14
- Language: English
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Final Orbit: Not All Ghosts Are Human
- By: Stephen Spanoudis
- Narrated by: Susanna Burney
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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From humble beginnings in one of Brazil’s crowded favelas, soulmates Mario Ng and Ana Silva chase ambitious dreams - hers of being a music star - and his of becoming his country’s youngest astronaut. They find success as Ana’s music inspires a global audience and Mario rewrites the record books. How long can their happiness last in an era of rising seas, global unrest, and hackers bent on wreaking havoc? The answer is painful, and Mario must deal with the ghosts of his past, and ghosts of another era - nightmares with far-reaching consequences for the world below.
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Final Orbit: Not All Ghosts Are Human
- Narrated by: Susanna Burney
- Series: Not All Ghosts Are Human
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 20-02-25
- Language: English
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Sins, Tragedies, and Other Things That Make Us Human
- By: R.E. Fernandez
- Narrated by: Gillian Williams
- Length: 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Sins, Tragedies, and Other Things That Make Us Human is a collection of five thought-provoking short stories that blend historical fiction, dark humor, and contemporary drama.
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Sins, Tragedies, and Other Things That Make Us Human
- Narrated by: Gillian Williams
- Length: 48 mins
- Release date: 15-12-25
- Language: English
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The Human Trial
- By: Audrey Gale
- Narrated by: Scott Graff
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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As the Great Depression presses down around him, Archer teeters at the edge of a precipice. He must choose between his hard-won career and the sacred oaths he took as a doctor and scientist—before all his choices are lost forever.
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The Human Trial
- Narrated by: Scott Graff
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 19-10-23
- Language: English
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Art on the Human Heart
- By: Paul C. Ho M.D.
- Narrated by: Baker Lee
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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There are moments that pry us from complacency, from going through the motions without internal reward or meaning. Dr. Paul Ho, a driven and accomplished cardiologist, experiences one of life's nudges when he suffers a heart attack at the age of 39. Not only is he too young to have a heart attack, but he is ironically a heart doctor being groomed to be his hospital's next chief of cardiology. Bewildered at his health condition, Dr. Paul seeks a deeper understanding of his heart.
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Art on the Human Heart
- Narrated by: Baker Lee
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 09-11-16
- Language: English
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The Human Spirit
- The Gabriel Ramirez Series, Book 56
- By: Gabriel Ramirez
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Taylor
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the few species in the universe that destroyed their planet no greater love has a man than he lay down his life for his brother. Not for billions, not for glory, not for fame, for one person, in the shadows, where no one will ever know or see. We, humans, are made of contradictions, right, and evil, order and chaos, love, and hate. Peace and passion, we know them, we recognize them, we accept them in general, it is from this diversity our strength comes, we fall, and we rise.
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The Human Spirit
- The Gabriel Ramirez Series, Book 56
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Taylor
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
- Release date: 11-06-20
- Language: English
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Setril Manithargal [Humans in the Mud]
- Narrated by: Pushpalatha
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 23-11-21
- Language: Tamil
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Gezeichnet
- No Longer Human
- By: Osamu Dazai, Erika Strohbach - Übersetzer
- Narrated by: Bastian Palmersheim
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
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In Gezeichnet, dem meisterhaften Roman von Osamu Dazai, navigieren wir durch die zutiefst persönlichen Aufzeichnungen von Yozo, einem Mann, der sich von der Menschheit entfremdet fühlt. Dieser introspektive Rückblick auf ein Leben voller Missverständnisse und Fehlinterpretationen lädt uns ein, die Facetten der menschlichen Existenz zu betrachten, die oft im Verborgenen liegen. Mit feinsinnigem Witz und einer beklemmenden Offenheit erkundet Dazai die Dunkelheit, die sich hinter der Fassade des Lächelns verbirgt.
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Gezeichnet
- No Longer Human
- Narrated by: Bastian Palmersheim
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 26-09-24
- Language: German
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