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Physics of the Impossible
- A Scientific Exploration of the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation and Time Travel
- By: Michio Kaku
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. From cyborgs, starships, UFOs, aliens and antimatter to telepathy, invisibility, psychokinesis and precognition, Michio Kaku's Physics of the Impossible is an exciting look at how science fiction could soon become science fact. Albert Einstein said, 'If at first an...
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Physics of the Impossible
- A Scientific Exploration of the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation and Time Travel
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 13-11-25
- Language: English
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Walking With Dante
- By: Mark Scarbrough
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Ever wanted to read Dante's Divine Comedy? Come along with us! We're not lost in the scholarly weeds. (Mostly.) We're strolling through the greatest work (to date) of Western literature. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as I take on this masterpiece passage by passage. I'll give you my rough English translation, show you some of the interpretive knots in the lines, let you in on the 700 years of commentary, and connect Dante's work to our modern world. The pilgrim comes awake in a dark wood, then walks across the known universe. New episodes every Sunday and Wednesday.
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If I Had Lunch with C. S. Lewis
- Exploring the Ideas of C. S. Lewis on the Meaning of Life
- By: Alister McGrath
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Have you ever wondered…whether God exists? whether life has meaning? Whether pain and suffering have a purpose? This audiobook is my invitation to sit down with C. S. Lewis and me to think about some of the persistent questions and dilemmas every person faces in life. We’ll explore Lewis’s thoughts on everything from friendships to heaven, from the reasons for faith to the power of stories.
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The perfect introduction to C.S. Lewis
- By Rasmus on 26-07-18
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If I Had Lunch with C. S. Lewis
- Exploring the Ideas of C. S. Lewis on the Meaning of Life
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 29-12-13
- Language: English
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The Young H.G. Wells
- Changing the World
- By: Claire Tomalin
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall29
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Brought to you by Penguin. A fascinating journey into the life of H.G. Wells, from one of Britain's best biographers. How did the first forty years of H. G. Wells' life shape the father of science fiction? From his impoverished childhood in a working-class English family, to his determination to...
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The Amazing H G Wells
- By Ken P on 03-01-22
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The Young H.G. Wells
- Changing the World
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 04-11-21
- Language: English
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Dickens' Women
- By: Charles Dickens, Miriam Margolyes
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall147
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Performance132
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From Little Nell to Miss Havisham, Dickens’ Women tells the story of Charles Dickens’ life through his beloved characters. Co-written and performed by Miriam Margolyes, best known for her role as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films, this one-women show is a celebration of her...
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Simply perfect
- By P. Kirby on 12-10-20
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Dickens' Women
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Release date: 01-11-18
- Language: English
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By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean
- The Birth of Eurasia
- By: Barry Cunliffe
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 18 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean is nothing less than the story of how humans first started building the globalized world we know today. Set on a huge continental stage, from Europe to China, it is a tale covering more than 10,000 years, from the origins of farming around 9000 BC to the expansion of the Mongols in the 13th century AD.
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Poor narration
- By Robert on 01-01-22
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By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean
- The Birth of Eurasia
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 18 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 24-08-21
- Language: English
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A Tale of Love and Darkness
- By: Amos Oz
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 23 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall103
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Performance94
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It is the story of a boy growing up in the war-torn Jerusalem of the 40s and 50s in a small apartment crowded with books in 12 languages and relatives speaking nearly as many. His mother and father, both wonderful people, were ill-suited to each other. When Oz was 12 and a half years old, his mother committed suicide - a tragedy that was to change his life. He leaves the constraints of the family and the community of dreamers, scholars, and failed businessmen to join a kibbutz.
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Epic story of last 150 years of Israel
- By Allan O. on 19-10-20
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A Tale of Love and Darkness
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 23 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 04-10-16
- Language: English
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Don't Lick the Minivan
- And Other Things I Never Thought I'd Say to My Kids
- By: Leanne Shirtliffe
- Narrated by: Trudie Kessler
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall84
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Performance77
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As a woman used to traveling and living the high life in Bangkok, Leanne Shirtliffe recognized the constant fodder for humor while pregnant with twins in Asia's sin city. But in spite of deep-fried bug cuisine and nurses who cover newborn bassinets with plastic wrap, Shirtliffe manages to keep her babies alive for a year with help from a Coca-Cola deliveryman, several waitresses, and a bra factory. Then she and her husband return home to the isolation of North American suburbia.
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Great character narrator, tedious storytelling
- By Heather on 02-03-14
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Don't Lick the Minivan
- And Other Things I Never Thought I'd Say to My Kids
- Narrated by: Trudie Kessler
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 01-05-13
- Language: English
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A Queen for All Seasons
- A Celebration of Queen Elizabeth II
- By: Joanna Lumley
- Narrated by: Joanna Lumley
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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A sparkling celebration of our much-loved Queen Elizabeth II including special writings and illuminating insights around key moments in her 70-year reign, introduced and edited by Joanna Lumley. In 2022 Queen Elizabeth II celebrated seventy years as Queen and Head of the Commonwealth. She was Britain's longest reigning monarch and the very first to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee. A Queen For All Seasons, edited and introduced by Joanna Lumley, is a perceptive, touching and engaging tribute to this unique woman.
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Lumley at her best!
- By Timothy Ellis on 08-12-21
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A Queen for All Seasons
- A Celebration of Queen Elizabeth II
- Narrated by: Joanna Lumley
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 28-10-21
- Language: English
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Nostromo
- By: Joseph Conrad
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Nostromo is a sweeping novel of political turmoil, revolution, and greed in the fictional South American country of Costaguana. As corruption and chaos ensue, Nostromo, a trusted worker, is tasked with safeguarding a fortune in silver—only to become entangled in a struggle between power and morality.
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Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin
- Writers Running Wild in the Twenties
- By: Marion Meade
- Narrated by: Lorna Raver
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall27
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Performance23
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This is an exuberant group portrait of four extraordinary writers, Zelda Fitzgerald, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dorothy Parker, and Edna Ferber, whose loves, lives, and literary endeavors captured the spirit of the 1920s.
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Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin
- Writers Running Wild in the Twenties
- Narrated by: Lorna Raver
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 22-12-04
- Language: English
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Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
- By: René Girard, Stephen Bann(Translated by), Michael Metteer(Translated by)
- Narrated by: Mike Fraser
- Length: 21 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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An astonishing work of cultural criticism, this book is widely recognized as a brilliant and devastating challenge to conventional views of literature, anthropology, religion, and psychoanalysis. In its scope and interest it can be compared with Freud's Totem and Taboo, the subtext Girard refutes with polemic daring, vast erudition, and a persuasiveness that leaves the listener compelled to respond, one way or another. This is the single fullest summation of Girard's ideas to date, the book by which they will stand or fall.
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Very comprehensive
- By Henry_CatholicEnglishPodcast on 18-02-25
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Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
- Narrated by: Mike Fraser
- Length: 21 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 15-07-24
- Language: English
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How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
- By: Arnold Bennett
- Narrated by: Eric Brooks
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance104
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This classic personal time-management book, originally published in 1908, has inspired generations of men and women to live deliberate lives. Not just another collection of timesaving tips, this book is more of a challenge to leave behind mundane everyday concerns, focus on pursuing one's true desires, and live the fullest possible life. Reflection, concentration, and study techniques make it easier to accomplish more truly rewarding undertakings than anyone ever dreamed possible.
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Excellent wisdom
- By Quincy by the sea on 19-04-15
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How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
- Narrated by: Eric Brooks
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Release date: 23-01-12
- Language: English
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All of the Marvels
- An Amazing Voyage into Marvel's Universe and 27,000 Superhero Comics
- By: Douglas Wolk
- Narrated by: Douglas Wolk
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Over the last 60 years, the Marvel superhero comic books have grown into a gigantic mountain in the middle of contemporary culture. They are the longest continuous, self-contained work of fiction ever created: over half a million pages to date - and growing. Thousands of writers and artists have contributed to it. Every schoolchild recognises its protagonists: Spider-Man, the Avengers, the X-Men. And not even the people telling the story have read the whole thing - nobody's supposed to. So, of course, that's what Douglas Wolk did.
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interesting and fun
- By E. Rees on 14-12-21
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All of the Marvels
- An Amazing Voyage into Marvel's Universe and 27,000 Superhero Comics
- Narrated by: Douglas Wolk
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 07-10-21
- Language: English
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The Making of Poetry
- Coleridge, the Wordsworths and Their Year of Marvels
- By: Adam Nicolson
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall27
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2019 Wordsworth and Coleridge as you’ve never seen them before in this new book by Adam Nicolson, brimming with poetry, art and nature writing. Proof that poetry can change the world. It is the most famous year in English poetry. Out of it came The...
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Immersion achieved
- By Mr. P. G. Harris on 23-10-19
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The Making of Poetry
- Coleridge, the Wordsworths and Their Year of Marvels
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 30-05-19
- Language: English
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The Podcast Was on Fire and It Wasn't My Fault --A Dresden Files Podcast
- By: Joshua Moser
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Focused on the good, the great, and the problematic in the best-selling novel series The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. Josh is an avid Dresderner, Alyssa is brand new!Together, they'll review and break down the series from different perspectives. Topics will include everything from the quality of the world-building and storytelling, to the problematic scenes and issues with the male gaze, and even to how accurate the crime scenes are (Alyssa is a coroner-investigator). Not to mention everything in between!New episodes every Sunday (Saturday with Patreon sub!)!https://www.patreon.com/...
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Libertarians on the Prairie
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and the Making of the Little House Books
- By: Christine Woodside
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Generations of children have fallen in love with the pioneer saga of the Ingalls family, of Pa and Ma, Laura and her sisters, and their loyal dog. Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books have taught millions of Americans about frontier life, giving inspiration to many and in the process becoming icons of our national identity. Yet few realize that this best-selling series wandered far from the actual history of the Ingalls family and from what Laura herself understood to be central truths about pioneer life.
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Scholarly investigation for Laura Ingalls Wilder fan girls
- By Soo on 24-11-25
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Libertarians on the Prairie
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and the Making of the Little House Books
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 15-09-16
- Language: English
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Queer Data
- Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action
- By: Kevin Guyan
- Narrated by: Kevin Guyan
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Bloomsbury presents Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action, written and read by Kevin Guyan Data has never mattered more. Our lives are increasingly shaped by it and how it is defined, collected and used. But who counts in the collection, analysis and application of data?...
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Queer Data
- Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action
- Narrated by: Kevin Guyan
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 26-02-26
- Language: English
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Dickens the Enchanter
- Inside the Explosive Imagination of the Great Storyteller
- By: Peter Conrad
- Narrated by: David Rintoul, Peter Conrad
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Bloomsbury presents Dickens the Enchanter: Inside the Explosive Imagination of the Great Storyteller by Peter Conrad, read by David Rintoul and Peter Conrad A kaleidoscopic investigation of Dickens’s imagination and the world he created. See Dickens as never before in this creative biography...
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Dickens the Enchanter
- Inside the Explosive Imagination of the Great Storyteller
- Narrated by: David Rintoul, Peter Conrad
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 27-02-25
- Language: English
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