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A Kind of Loving
- By: Stan Barstow
- Narrated by: Richard Huw
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
- Abridged
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Overall27
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Performance24
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Story24
Stan Barstow's A Kind of Loving finds Vic Brown in a bleak Yorkshire industrial town, striving for maturity in his relationship with girlfriend Ingrid and her small-town ways. The story examines in great detail his feelings as the relationship develops.
Richard Huw perfectly captures the mood and the character in his reading.
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' A Kind and Loving Story '.
- By craig minto on 30-06-19
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A Kind of Loving
- Narrated by: Richard Huw
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 16-09-08
- Language: English
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Take Mum Out
- By: Fiona Gibson
- Narrated by: Caroline Guthrie
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance23
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Story24
'You need to get back in the saddle…' Alice despises that phrase. She's fine being single – with two slothful teenage boys and a meringue business to run, she has enough on her plate without negotiating the troublesome world of modern dating. However, Alice's three best friends have other ideas. Each one will present her with an utterly delicious, eligible man – all Alice has to do is pick her favourite.
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Entertaining
- By Catherine on 18-02-18
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Take Mum Out
- Narrated by: Caroline Guthrie
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 13-03-14
- Language: English
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Madelaine avant l'aube
- Prix Goncourt des lycéens 2024 - Suivi d'un entretien avec l'autrice
- By: Sandrine Collette
- Narrated by: Clément Bresson
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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C’est un endroit à l’abri du temps. Ce minuscule hameau, qu’on appelle Les Montées, est un pays à lui seul pour les jumelles Ambre et Aelis, et la vieille Rose. Ici, l’existence n’a jamais été douce. Les familles travaillent une terre avare qui appartient à d’autres, endurent en serrant les dents l’injustice. Mais c’est ainsi depuis toujours. Jusqu’au jour où surgit Madelaine. Une fillette affamée et sauvage, sortie des forêts. Adoptée par Les Montées, Madelaine les ravit, passionnée, courageuse, si vivante. Pourtant, il reste dans ses yeux cette petite flamme pas tout à fait droite.
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Madelaine avant l'aube
- Prix Goncourt des lycéens 2024 - Suivi d'un entretien avec l'autrice
- Narrated by: Clément Bresson
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 21-08-24
- Language: French
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The Worst Case Scenario Cookery Club
- By: Chrissie Manby
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall44
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Performance41
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Story41
In the quaint seaside town of Newbay, a beginner's cookery course is starting. And three very different students have signed up.... Liz, determined to find love, has heard the old adage that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. John is newly widowed after 57 years of marriage, facing a lifetime of cheese on toast. Twenty-two-year-old DeeDee has been drifting from one dead-end job to another. The only thing they have in common: between them, they can barely boil an egg!
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Brilliant!
- By Helen Marguerite Musson on 08-06-24
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The Worst Case Scenario Cookery Club
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 21-09-17
- Language: English
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The Rose Garden
- By: M R James
- Narrated by: David Collings
- Length: 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance17
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Story17
This is the unabridged audio recording of M R James' excellent ghost story The Rose Garden. Read by David Collings, this is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.
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The mundane becomes terrible
- By Ms. E. Morgan on 04-09-16
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The Rose Garden
- Narrated by: David Collings
- Series: The Complete Ghost Stories of M R James
- Length: 25 mins
- Release date: 05-12-14
- Language: English
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Conversations with Rabbi Small
- By: Harry Kemelman
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance5
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Story5
In Conversations with Rabbi Small, the rabbi finds himself taking a well-deserved vacation at a Jewish retreat in the mountains, where he reads, plays cards, and furthers his studies, which have been languishing for too long. When the rabbi’s wife is called back to the city to deal with an illness in the family, the rabbi meets a curious young woman in the midst of a life-changing moment.
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The Gentle Hero: Rabbi Small at his best
- By TrishDS on 22-05-15
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Conversations with Rabbi Small
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Series: Rabbi Small
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 27-11-12
- Language: English
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L'appartement du dessous
- By: Florence Herrlemann
- Narrated by: Catherine Griffoni
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Dans le petit immeuble parisien du Marais où elle vit depuis des lustres, Hectorine voit d'un jour à l'autre l'appartement du dessous investi par une nouvelle voisine, Sarah. Pour lui souhaiter la bienvenue, la vieille dame dépose une lettre sur le pas de sa porte. Cette missive sera suivie de beaucoup d'autres, retraçant une traversée du XXe siècle incroyable, entre le Cabourg de La Recherche, le Berlin du IIIe Reich et le Paris d'après-guerre.
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L'appartement du dessous
- Narrated by: Catherine Griffoni
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 10-04-25
- Language: French
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Emigrants, The Ambros Adelwarth
- By: W.G. Sebald
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bron, Henry Bron, John Wood
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall24
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Performance22
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Story21
Inspired by an old photograph album to investigate the life of a lost relative, a man finds himself on a journey that traverses the 20th century, leading him from an American asylum to the shores of the Dead Sea. Adapted by Edward Kemp from W G Sebald's acclaimed novel about the experiences of...
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1 chapter only 😣
- By Lucy on 30-04-16
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Emigrants, The Ambros Adelwarth
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bron, Henry Bron, John Wood
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
- Release date: 01-02-13
- Language: English
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The Jewels of Paradise
- By: Donna Leon
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance25
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Story26
Caterina Pellegrini is a young Venetian musicologist hired by two competing cousins to find the truthful heir to an alleged treasure concealed by a once-famous, but now almost forgotten, baroque composer. Sworn to secrecy, Caterina can solve the mystery only by searching through the papers contained in the composer’s two chests that have not been opened for centuries. As she delves into all quarters of his life, from professional to personal, she is drawn into one of the most scandalous affairs of the baroque era.
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VERY different from the Brunetti books!
- By JW Abbotts Ann on 11-05-20
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The Jewels of Paradise
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 08-10-12
- Language: English
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First World Problems
- A BBC Radio Full-Cast Dystopian Thriller
- By: Martin Jameson
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Counsell, Lauren Cornelius, Maureen Beattie, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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The Fletcher family doesn't have time for politics; they are just trying to love and look after each other. But as the UK dissolves into conflict, they find themselves in danger. Not just from dodgy neighbours with brand new machine guns, but from inside their own family. What would happen if the UK broke apart? One family faces Britain's next civil war.
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Hard hitting and heart felt
- By Gareth Galea on 16-04-19
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First World Problems
- A BBC Radio Full-Cast Dystopian Thriller
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Counsell, Lauren Cornelius, Maureen Beattie, Sam Barnard, Elinor Coleman, Ryan Whittle, Jeremy Swift, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 21-03-19
- Language: English
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Chatterton
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: James Wilby
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall45
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Performance41
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Story41
Poet, forger, and genius, Thomas Chatterton died in 1770, aged 18. His death was thought to be suicide: But what really happened? Two hundred years later, Charles Wychwood and Harriet Scrope become obsessed with decoding the clues in an 18th-century manuscript. Their investigation raises some intriguing questions....
A century before, as 19th-century artist Henry Wallis paints his celebrated portrait of Chatterton lying dead in an attic room, he, too, becomes fascinated by the mystery. Then Chatterton himself steps forward, with his own story....
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Wonderful!
- By Peter on 06-12-15
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Chatterton
- Narrated by: James Wilby
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 06-12-12
- Language: English
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Appelle-moi par ton nom
- By: André Aciman
- Narrated by: Gabriel Bismuth-Bienaimé
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance9
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Story9
À l'été de ses 17 ans, les parents d'Elio accueillent Oliver, un jeune professeur de philosophie, dans leur villa sur la côte italienne. Cet Américain brillant et séduisant fait forte impression sur Elio. Les jours passent, entre attirance réciproque et évitement. Elio pense à Oliver mais flirte avec sa voisine Marzia, Oliver travaille sur son manuscrit et mène une vie nocturne secrète dont Élio est jaloux. Puis tous deux cèdent à ce sentiment plus grand qu'eux.
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Appelle-moi par ton nom
- Narrated by: Gabriel Bismuth-Bienaimé
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 07-11-18
- Language: French
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The Bells of Little Woodford
- By: Catherine Jones
- Narrated by: Rebecca Courtney
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance3
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Story3
The second in Catherine Jones's wonderful series about the goings-on behind the facade of the market town of Little Woodford. The town of Little Woodford seems peaceful and picture-postcard beautiful, with its marketplace, ancient church and immaculate allotments. But behind the tranquil facade...
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Fantastic ! ! !
- By Miss G. B. Abraham on 26-09-21
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The Bells of Little Woodford
- Narrated by: Rebecca Courtney
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 20-06-19
- Language: English
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Munk
- By: Jan Weiler
- Narrated by: Jan Weiler
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Wenige Autoren können ihre eigenen Texte so gut lesen wie Jan Weiler: lebendig, witzig, mit Selbstironie. Erfolgreich und allein – so steht der Architekt Peter Munk mit 51 Jahren da. Beziehungsweise liegt da, mit einem Herzinfarkt auf der Rolltreppe in der dritten Etage eines Kaufhauses. Er überlebt, doch es gibt niemanden, den er vom Krankenhaus aus benachrichtigen möchte. In der Rehaklinik trägt sein Therapeut ihm auf, in seiner Selbsterforschung bei den Menschen zu beginnen, die ihn zu dem Mann gemacht haben, der er ist.
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Munk
- Narrated by: Jan Weiler
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 16-09-24
- Language: German
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A Year in the Merde
- By: Stephen Clarke
- Narrated by: Michael Praed
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
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Overall77
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Performance42
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Story42
Paul West, a young Englishman, arrives in Paris to start a new job and finds out what the French are really like. They do eat a lot of cheese, some of which smells like pigs' droppings. They don't wash their armpits with garlic soap. Going on strike really is the second national participation sport after petanque. And, yes, they do use suppositories.
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I'm French and I loved it
- By Charlotte on 05-05-06
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A Year in the Merde
- Narrated by: Michael Praed
- Series: Paul West, Book 1
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 18-01-06
- Language: English
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Behind the Scenes at the Museum
- By: Kate Atkinson
- Narrated by: Diana Quick
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
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Overall29
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Performance26
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Story26
Ruby Lennox was conceived grudgingly by Bunty and born while her father, George, was in the Dog and Hare in Doncaster telling a woman in an emerald dress and a D-cup that he wasn't married. Bunty had never wanted to marry George, but here she was, stuck in a flat above the pet shop in an ancient street beneath York Minster, with sensible and sardonic Patrica aged five, greedy cross-patch Gillian who refused to be ignored, and Ruby....
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Abridged too much - DON'T get the Audible version
- By Ms. L. Benjamin on 11-06-19
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Behind the Scenes at the Museum
- Narrated by: Diana Quick
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 26-11-09
- Language: English
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Amanda's Wedding
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
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Overall58
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Performance56
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Story57
Amanda's old school friends can't believe it when the social-climbing queen of preen, Satan's very own PR girl, pulls off the ultimate publicity stunt in getting herself engaged to a Scottish laird. Who cares that Fraser McConnald has worn the same pair of Converse trainers for the last three years and that his castle is a pile of rubble with one calor gas heater - she'll be titled!
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I couldn't believe this was Janny Colgan
- By NellMcMH on 27-10-20
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Amanda's Wedding
- Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 24-09-15
- Language: English
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A Village Feud
- Tales from Turnham Malpas, Book 12
- By: Rebecca Shaw
- Narrated by: Carole Boyd
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
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Overall11
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Performance7
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With the Rector Peter Harris and his family arrive back from Africa, the villagers of Turnham Malpas heave huge sighs of relief, everything is back to normal. But Peter has other ideas. He decides to return to Africa and fulfil his promise of working there for a year. The family he leaves behind is a very troubled one. Caroline's emails to Peter hide the fact that the twins, Beth and Alex, are traumatised by their experiences in Africa and her own distress that they will not share their feelings with her.
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Another great tale from Trunham Malpas
- By Amanda Graves on 28-01-25
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A Village Feud
- Tales from Turnham Malpas, Book 12
- Narrated by: Carole Boyd
- Series: Tales from Turnham Malpas, Book 12
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 21-06-06
- Language: English
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Not Forgetting the Whale
- By: John Ironmonger
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
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Overall80
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Performance76
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When a young man washes up, naked, on the sands of St Piran, he is quickly rescued by the villagers. From the retired village doctor and the schoolteacher, to the beachcomber and the owner of the local bar, the priest's wife and the romantic novelist, they take this lost soul into their midst. But what the villagers don't know is that Joe Haak worked as an analyst and has fled the City amid fears of a worldwide banking collapse caused by a computer program he invented. But is the end of the world really nigh?
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Prophecy of a book
- By Felicity S. on 04-04-20
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Not Forgetting the Whale
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 12-02-15
- Language: English
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