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The Way Home
- Tales from a Life Without Technology
- By: Mark Boyle
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance1,408
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No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers: the internet, phone, washing machine, radio, or light bulb. Just a wooden cabin, on a smallholding, by the edge of a stand of spruce. The Way Home is a modern-day Walden - an honest and lyrical account of a remarkable life lived in nature without modern technology. Mark Boyle, author of The Moneyless Man, explores the hard-won joys of building a home with his bare hands, learning to make fire, collecting water from the stream, foraging, and fishing.
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Life changing!
- By Kindle Customer on 22-08-19
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The Way Home
- Tales from a Life Without Technology
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 11-06-19
- Language: English
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The Traveller
- The Revolutionary Life of George Forster and his Search for Humanity
- By: Andrea Wulf
- Narrated by: Catherine Bailey
- Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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An inspiring biography of the remarkable naturalist, explorer and revolutionary, by the bestselling author of The Invention of Nature George Forster was a man out of time: he journeyed to the far reaches of the known world and challenged the worldviews of eighteenth-century Europe with radical...
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The Traveller
- The Revolutionary Life of George Forster and his Search for Humanity
- Narrated by: Catherine Bailey
- Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 02-06-26
- Language: English
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Same as Ever
- Timeless Lessons on Risk, Opportunity and Living a Good Life
- By: Morgan Housel
- Narrated by: Chris Hill
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall450
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Performance427
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Story427
When planning for the future we often ask, “What will the economy be doing this time next year?” Or, “What will be different ten years from now?” But forecasting is hard. The important events that will shape the future are inherently unpredictable. Instead, we should be asking a...
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It is the most realistic book about the world.
- By Adrian Panghe on 14-12-23
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Same as Ever
- Timeless Lessons on Risk, Opportunity and Living a Good Life
- Narrated by: Chris Hill
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 07-11-23
- Language: English
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Invention
- A Life
- By: James Dyson
- Narrated by: James Dyson
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall345
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Performance301
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Story298
Dyson has become a byword for great design, brilliant invention and global success. Now, James Dyson, the entrepreneur who made it all happen, tells his remarkable and inspirational story in Invention: A Life of Learning through Failure. 'By continually challenging ourselves, investing in the...
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Engineering Masterclass
- By MartynK on 25-09-21
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Invention
- A Life
- Narrated by: James Dyson
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 02-09-21
- Language: English
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Life, Almost
- Miscarriage, Misconceptions and a Search for Answers from the Brink of Motherhood
- By: Jennie Agg
- Narrated by: Jennie Agg
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance22
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After losing four pregnancies with no obvious cause, Jennie Agg set out to understand why miscarriage remains such a profoundly misunderstood, under-researched and under-acknowledged experience. Part-memoir, part-scientific investigation, Life, Almost documents Agg's path to motherhood and her search for answers. Tracing each tentative step of her fifth pregnancy—as her body becomes a creature she does not wish to spook—Agg dismantles the myths that we unquestioningly accept about our reproductive lives.
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A very special and valued book
- By FT on 25-05-23
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Life, Almost
- Miscarriage, Misconceptions and a Search for Answers from the Brink of Motherhood
- Narrated by: Jennie Agg
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 09-02-23
- Language: English
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Lessons from a Default Parent
- Surviving the Front Line of Family Life (Without Losing Your Sh*t)
- By: Lou Beckett
- Narrated by: Rob Beckett, Lou Beckett
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall95
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Performance94
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Funny, reflective and honest. Reading this book is like sitting down with your bestie for a proper mumlife debrief’ – Giovanna Fletcher ‘More demanding than ‘hell’, this is parenting purgatory for authentic women who’ve put their lives on hold to...
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Just thank you.
- By Anonymous on 19-02-26
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Lessons from a Default Parent
- Surviving the Front Line of Family Life (Without Losing Your Sh*t)
- Narrated by: Rob Beckett, Lou Beckett
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 12-02-26
- Language: English
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What's Your Dream?
- The #1 Sunday Times Bestselling Business Book to Help Find Your Passion, Love Your Work and Build a Richer Life
- By: Simon Squibb
- Narrated by: Simon Squibb
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall383
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Performance369
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Story369
'Brought to you by Penguin. A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. Find Your Passion. Love Your Work. Build a Richer Life. What's your dream? It's a simple question, but one which very few of us ever really think about. From early on, we are taught that there's only one path to getting ahead: do well at...
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Every single word in this book
- By Rafael on 20-01-25
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What's Your Dream?
- The #1 Sunday Times Bestselling Business Book to Help Find Your Passion, Love Your Work and Build a Richer Life
- Narrated by: Simon Squibb
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 16-01-25
- Language: English
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I Swear
- My Life with Tourette’s - The funny and moving autobiography, now a BAFTA award-winning film
- By: John Davidson
- Narrated by: David Monteath
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall72
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Performance68
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Story68
Brought to you by Penguin. From the remarkable man whose life inspired the heartstopping film, ‘I Swear’, a book that offers extraordinary insight into what it’s like to live with a severe form of Tourette’s Syndrome: a fascinating, complex condition that’s more common than most of us...
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Most Choose To Swear! Others Cannot Choose!
- By Mike La-Traille on 06-03-26
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I Swear
- My Life with Tourette’s - The funny and moving autobiography, now a BAFTA award-winning film
- Narrated by: David Monteath
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 21-08-25
- Language: English
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How Death Becomes Life
- Notes from a Transplant Surgeon
- By: Joshua Mezrich
- Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Leading transplant surgeon Dr. Joshua Mezrich creates life from loss, moving organs from one body to another. In this intimate, profoundly moving work, he examines more than one hundred years of remarkable medical breakthroughs, connecting this fascinating history with the stories of his own patients. Gripping and evocative, How Death Becomes Life takes us inside the operating room and presents the stark dilemmas that transplant surgeons must face daily.
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How Death Becomes Life
- Notes from a Transplant Surgeon
- Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg
- Series: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 25-06-24
- Language: English
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(Un)educated
- My Life as a Teacher, and Why You Should Never Become One
- By: Francis Foster
- Narrated by: Francis Foster
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance14
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'Francis is doing for teaching what This is Going to Hurt did for medicine. Brutal, honest and laugh-out-loud funny.' Jimmy Carr 'A great subject covered by a guy unafraid to tell it like it is' Geoff Norcott The class weren't laughing with me, they were laughing at me and there is no lonelier...
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Funny and thought provoking
- By Eda Meadows on 05-06-26
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(Un)educated
- My Life as a Teacher, and Why You Should Never Become One
- Narrated by: Francis Foster
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 28-05-26
- Language: English
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The Life and Ideas of James Hillman, Volume I: The Making of a Psychologist
- By: Dick Russell
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 21 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance14
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Considered to be the world’s foremost post-Jungian thinker, James Hillman is known as the founder of archetypal psychology and the author of more than 20 books, including the bestselling title The Soul’s Code. In The Making of a Psychologist, we follow Hillman from his youth in the heyday of Atlantic City, through post-war Paris and Dublin, travels in Africa and Kashmir, and onward to Zurich and the Jung Institute, which appointed him its first director of studies in 1960.
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A rich and interesting life
- By sarah bannock on 16-03-22
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The Life and Ideas of James Hillman, Volume I: The Making of a Psychologist
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 21 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 23-02-13
- Language: English
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The Shift
- One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives
- By: Theresa Brown RN
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall230
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Performance209
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Story208
In a book as eye-opening as it is riveting, practicing nurse and New York Times columnist Theresa Brown invites us to experience not just a day in the life of a nurse but all the life that happens in just one day in a hospital's cancer ward. In the span of 12 hours, lives can be lost, life-altering medical treatment decisions made, and dreams fulfilled or irrevocably stolen.
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So full of emotions and an insightful view of a nurses life
- By Vicky on 17-09-20
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The Shift
- One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 22-03-16
- Language: English
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J. Krishnamurti
- A Life of Compassion Beyond Boundaries
- By: Roshen Dalal
- Narrated by: Suyash Mohan
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance1
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Among the most famous visionaries of our times, J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986) continues to transform thought, lifestyles and education across continents more than three decades after his death. In this new biography, tracing the nine long decades of his life, from his growing-up years, his relationships to his writings and talks, Roshen Dalal provides a much-needed corrective–an objective and balanced view of his legacy.
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Throughly enjoyed.
- By L Parsons on 31-03-23
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J. Krishnamurti
- A Life of Compassion Beyond Boundaries
- Narrated by: Suyash Mohan
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 07-02-23
- Language: English
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An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
- By: Chris Hadfield
- Narrated by: Chris Hadfield
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,992
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Performance1,822
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Story1,815
This audiobook is fascinatingly read by the author, Chris Hadfield. Back on the earth after three spaceflights, Chris Hadfield's captivating memoir An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth reveals extraordinary stories from his life as an astronaut, and shows how to make the impossible a reality...
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More memoir than diary.
- By Kez on 13-03-15
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An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
- Narrated by: Chris Hadfield
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 29-10-13
- Language: English
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- A True Story of Scientific Discovery, Questionable Ethics, and a Family's Fight for Truth
- By: Rebecca Skloot
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall721
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Performance588
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Story586
A heartbreaking account of a medical miracle: how one woman’s cells – taken without her knowledge – have saved countless lives. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a true story of race, class, injustice and exploitation. ‘No dead woman has done more for the living . . . A fascinating...
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Extremely over hyped, and in no way a science book
- By Philip on 25-02-11
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- A True Story of Scientific Discovery, Questionable Ethics, and a Family's Fight for Truth
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 03-02-11
- Language: English
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Ratan Tata
- A Life
- By: Thomas Mathew
- Narrated by: Rusy Shroff
- Length: 28 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Winner, Business Book of the Year-Biography of Business Leader, FICCI Publishing Awards 2025 Winner, Popular Choice Non-Fiction Book of the Year, Amazon 2025 Winner, Popular Choice, Business and Management, Crossword Book Awards 2025 'The most authoritative and comprehensive biography of RNT -...
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Great book.. let down by the narration..
- By Anonymous on 07-06-26
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Ratan Tata
- A Life
- Narrated by: Rusy Shroff
- Length: 28 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 16-05-26
- Language: English
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The Curious Case of Mike Lynch
- The Improbable Life & Death of a Tech Billionaire
- By: Katie Prescott
- Narrated by: Katie Prescott
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall72
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Performance71
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Read by the author, Katie Prescott. A maverick outsider. An improbable life. An even more improbable death. Discover the real story of Mike Lynch, Britain’s enigmatic billionaire. From humble beginnings, Lynch rose to become one of the UK’s richest men, driving the development of his...
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Fabulous insight, appallingly read
- By whyshouldihaveapenname on 05-03-26
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The Curious Case of Mike Lynch
- The Improbable Life & Death of a Tech Billionaire
- Narrated by: Katie Prescott
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 13-11-25
- Language: English
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Einstein
- His Life and Universe
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 21 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Winner of the 2008 Audie Award for Biography/Memoir The definitive, internationally bestselling biography of Albert Einstein. Now the basis of Genius, the ten-part National Geographic series on the life of Albert Einstein, starring the Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Award–winning actor Geoffrey Rush as...
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Einstein
- His Life and Universe
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 21 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 10-04-07
- Language: English
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Twelve Patients
- Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital (The Inspiration for the NBC Drama New Amsterdam)
- By: Eric Manheimer MD
- Narrated by: Eric Manheimer MD
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall61
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Performance51
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In the spirit of Oliver Sacks and the inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam, this memoir from a Medical Director of Bellevue Hospital looks poignantly at patients' lives, highlighting the complex mind-body connection. "As intensely involving as any scripted for a television medical drama."...
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Love the Book and the TV series
- By Anna Young on 10-04-19
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Twelve Patients
- Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital (The Inspiration for the NBC Drama New Amsterdam)
- Narrated by: Eric Manheimer MD
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 10-07-12
- Language: English
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My Gardening Life
- By: Mary Berry
- Narrated by: Patricia Hodge
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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‘In another life I may have been a gardener’ Well-known and loved as a cookery writer and presenter, this is Mary Berry’s deeply personal account of the second great love of her life, gardening. She shares her love of growing plants, visiting gardens, and getting hands-on in her own plot...
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My Gardening Life
- Narrated by: Patricia Hodge
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 26-02-26
- Language: English
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