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Dear Dolly
- Collected advice from the bestselling author of Everything I Know About Love's Sunday Times column
- By: Dolly Alderton
- Narrated by: Dolly Alderton
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall396
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Performance338
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Story334
Brought to you by Penguin. 'What I learnt from sharing my most private pain with a semi-professional problem-solver was that the mere act of asking for help was, in itself, healing. It was as if I had crept down to the docks under cover of darkness and floated a message out in a bottle...
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I inhaled this!
- By Elizabeth on 28-10-22
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Dear Dolly
- Collected advice from the bestselling author of Everything I Know About Love's Sunday Times column
- Narrated by: Dolly Alderton
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 27-10-22
- Language: English
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It Girl
- The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin
- By: Marisa Meltzer
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Lagelee
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER The first comprehensive biography of Jane Birkin—actress, singer, and legendary style icon—and her profound cultural impact, from the “acerbic, culturally astute, and genuine” (The New York Times) author of the instant New York Times bestseller Glossy. Jane Birkin was...
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It Girl
- The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Lagelee
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 07-10-25
- Language: English
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The Mystery of Charles Dickens
- By: A. N. Wilson
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance11
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Story11
Filled with the twists, pathos and unusual characters that sprang from this novelist's extraordinary imagination, The Mystery of Charles Dickens looks back from the legendary writer's death to recall the key events in his life. In doing so, A.N. Wilson seeks to understand Dickens' creative genius and enduring popularity. Following his life from cradle to grave, it becomes clear that Dickens's fiction drew from his own experiences. Dickens knew first-hand the poverty and pain his characters endured, including the scandal of a failed marriage.
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Very enjoyable
- By Sefton on 26-09-20
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The Mystery of Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 01-08-20
- Language: English
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The Nightmare Years, 1930-1940
- Twentieth Century Journey Series, Book 2
- By: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 26 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall24
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Performance20
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Story19
The famous journalist and author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich documents his front row seat at the pivotal events leading up to World War II. In the second of a three-volume series, William L. Shirer tells the story of his own eventful life, detailing the most notable moments of his career as a journalist stationed in Germany during the rise of the Third Reich. Shirer was there while Hitler celebrated his new domination of Germany, unleashed the Blitzkrieg on Poland, and began the conflict that would come to be known as World War II.
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The Truth will out
- By Dai pp. Sandy on 01-05-20
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The Nightmare Years, 1930-1940
- Twentieth Century Journey Series, Book 2
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Series: Twentieth Century Journey, Book 2
- Length: 26 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 28-01-20
- Language: English
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Knife
- The #1 Sunday Times bestselling account of survival, recovery, and the triumph of love over darkness
- By: Salman Rushdie
- Narrated by: Salman Rushdie
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall239
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Performance227
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Story227
Brought to you by Penguin. From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring - and surviving - an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him Speaking out for the first time, and in...
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Honesty. Brilliance.
- By Lynne Suo on 16-04-24
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Knife
- The #1 Sunday Times bestselling account of survival, recovery, and the triumph of love over darkness
- Narrated by: Salman Rushdie
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 16-04-24
- Language: English
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Ghostland
- In Search of a Haunted Country
- By: Edward Parnell
- Narrated by: Sam Woolf
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall308
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Performance274
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Story273
‘A uniquely strange and wonderful work of literature’ Philip Hoare ‘An exciting new voice’ Mark Cocker, author of Crow Country In his late thirties, Edward Parnell found himself trapped in the recurring nightmare of a family tragedy. For comfort, he turned to his bookshelves, back to the...
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Im not sure what kind of book this is.
- By Wren on 27-01-20
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I Shop, Therefore I Am
- The 90s, Harvey Nicks – and Me
- By: Mary Portas
- Narrated by: Mary Portas
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Performance19
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Story19
It’s the 1990s: Britpop is dominating the charts, Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell stare out from the cover of every glossy magazine and British fashion is ripe for reinvention. Leading the charge is a twenty-something Mary Portas who has been brought in to revitalise the department store Harvey Nichols, at the time more likely to be associated with dowagers than daring designers.
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Just amazing
- By Anonymous on 31-03-26
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I Shop, Therefore I Am
- The 90s, Harvey Nicks – and Me
- Narrated by: Mary Portas
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 02-10-25
- Language: English
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The Fran Lebowitz Reader
- By: Fran Lebowitz
- Narrated by: Fran Lebowitz
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall53
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Performance37
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Story36
Acerbic, wisecracking and hilarious, this is the definitive essay collection from New York legend and satirist, Fran Lebowitz, star of Martin Scorsese's hit Netflix series, Pretend It's a City. Lebowitz turns her trademark caustic wit to the vicissitudes of life—from children ('rarely in the position to lend one a truly interesting sum of money') to landlords ('it is the solemn duty of every landlord to maintain an adequate supply of roaches').
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so very witty
- By Olga McSweeney on 12-10-24
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The Fran Lebowitz Reader
- Narrated by: Fran Lebowitz
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 02-09-21
- Language: English
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A Piece of Work
- Playing Shakespeare and Other Stories
- By: Simon Russell Beale
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance19
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Story19
Simon Russell Beale is one of Britain's most recognisable and well-loved actors. He has played many roles on stage, film, television and radio - ranging from Winston Churchill to Stalin, George Smiley to King Arthur. But ever since his appearance at school as a glamorous Desdemona, complete with false eyelashes that rendered him half-blind, he has been captivated by Shakespeare.
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Shakespeare and so much more
- By S C DYKES on 01-02-26
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A Piece of Work
- Playing Shakespeare and Other Stories
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 05-09-24
- Language: English
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Timebends
- By: Arthur Miller
- Narrated by: Peter Marinker
- Length: 32 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance13
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Story13
Arthur Miller's plays have held the world's stages for almost half a century. Among them are Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, and All My Sons, which have been read and performed countless times across the world. His memoir, Timebends, shows that the life of the man is as compelling as his plays. With passion, wit and candour, Miller recalls his childhood in Harlem and Brooklyn in the 1920s and the Depression; his successes and failures in the theatre and in Hollywood; the formation of his political beliefs....
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Timebends
- Narrated by: Peter Marinker
- Length: 32 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 23-05-19
- Language: English
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A Native’s Return: 1945-1988
- By: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 21 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance17
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In this last book of a three-volume series, William L. Shirer recounts his return to Berlin after the Third Reich’s defeat. Having fled Berlin and imminent arrest by the Gestapo in 1940, Shirer returned to Europe in October 1945 to verify the facts of the Fuhrer’s death, thus bringing to a close - or so he thought - his involvement with the Third Reich. He describes his return to his homeland and his ensuing careers as a broadcast journalist and author. He describes the McCarthy years and how the blacklist affected his own network, CBS.
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Grover reads Shirer
- By Mister Peridot on 06-06-20
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A Native’s Return: 1945-1988
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Series: Twentieth Century Journey, Book 3
- Length: 21 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 25-02-20
- Language: English
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Love In Old Age
- My Year in the Wight House
- By: Hunter Davies
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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The Isle of Wight: in the summers of the 1800s, Queen Victoria holidayed here. At music festivals in the summer of love, hundreds of thousands of people got stoned here. And, in the summer of 2020, Hunter and Claire escaped locked-down North London for a week's holiday here. They fell in love with its sleepy charm – and ended up buying a Grade 2-listed home in the elegant Victorian seaside resort of Ryde. "Love in Old Age" tells the story of their first year on the island. It is a journey of discovery in a forgotten corner of England.
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Boring
- By Mary Barlow on 26-02-23
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Love In Old Age
- My Year in the Wight House
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 14-12-22
- Language: English
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George Orwell: A Sage for All Seasons
- By: Michael Shelden, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Michael Shelden
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall115
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Performance102
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George Orwell was more than just a writer. He was a political and social sage who valued, above all else, individual freedom. His works aren’t just entertainment - they’re cautionary tales and red flags of warning. And if we ever hope to understand threats to freedom and how to stop them, we must learn from them. In these 24 lectures, learn how the man born as Eric Blair forged himself into a writer of international importance and renown.
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excellent
- By Marcus Aurelius on 24-05-20
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George Orwell: A Sage for All Seasons
- Narrated by: Michael Shelden
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 28-02-20
- Language: English
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Francis Bacon
- Revelations
- By: Mark Stevens, Annalyn Swan
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 28 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall59
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Performance51
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The Times Art Book of the Year 2021 FINALIST FOR THE PLUTARCH AWARD 2022 ‘Must surely be the definitive life of Francis Bacon … A biography that no Bacon fan – or indeed foe – can afford to overlook … Mesmerising’ THE TIMES ‘A magnificent triumph … I was captivated by every...
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Well narrated but poorly edited
- By Anonymous on 22-01-21
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Francis Bacon
- Revelations
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 28 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 21-01-21
- Language: English
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Boy in a China Shop
- Perfect for fans of THE GREAT POTTERY THROW DOWN and OUR WELSH CHAPEL DREAM
- By: Keith Brymer Jones
- Narrated by: Keith Brymer Jones
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall284
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Performance258
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Story257
The inspirational memoir from the star of OUR WELSH CHAPEL DREAM and THE GREAT POTTERY THROWDOWN Readers LOVE Boy In A China Shop: 'What a brilliant book. Keith is so charming and funny and my goodness what a hard worker. I loved it. Get it and read it - enjoy.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This book was...
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Genuinely surprised, in a good way
- By stu on 26-06-22
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Boy in a China Shop
- Perfect for fans of THE GREAT POTTERY THROW DOWN and OUR WELSH CHAPEL DREAM
- Narrated by: Keith Brymer Jones
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 03-02-22
- Language: English
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Siegfried Sassoon
- By: John Stuart Roberts
- Narrated by: Bob Sinfield
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance9
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Although it is said that he owed his poetic vision to his Sephardic Jewish roots, Siegfried Sassoon was, in many ways, a conventionally Edwardian squire. A gifted poet, who refused to become part of any literary movement, his poetry shattered the ideals of wartime heroism, and his friendships ranged from Thomas Hardy and Robert Graves to the Sitwells, Rupert Brooke and T.E. Lawrence. In this acclaimed biography, John Stuart Roberts skillfully chronicles Sassoon's life and work, including his homosexuality, his marriage and his quest for a personal religious faith.
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The life of Poet Siegfried Sassoon.
- By gareth on 08-03-24
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Siegfried Sassoon
- Narrated by: Bob Sinfield
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 08-03-22
- Language: English
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The Outsider
- By: Colin Wilson
- Narrated by: Mark Peachey
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The Outsider was an instant literary sensation when it was first published in 1956, thrusting its youthful author into the front rank of contemporary writers and thinkers. Wilson rationalised the psychological dislocation so characteristic of Western creative thinking into a coherent theory of alienation, and defined those affected by it as a type: the outsider. Through the works and lives of various artists, including Kafka, Camus, Hemingway, Hesse, Lawrence, Van Gogh, Shaw, Nietzsche and Dostoevsky, Wilson explored the psyche of the outsider, his effect on society and society's on him.
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A superb exploration of philosophy & social isolation
- By Dr Tolstoyevsky on 11-08-25
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The Outsider
- Narrated by: Mark Peachey
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 26-06-25
- Language: English
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The Dark Side of the Earth
- How the Soviet Union Collapsed but Remained
- By: Mikhail Zygar
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 22 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance3
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A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR On April 12, 1961, the Soviet Union begins its countdown. From the steppes of Kazakhstan, the first human - Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin - launches into space. In that moment, another countdown begins. How could it be that a single generation - just three...
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Clarity, accessibility and dark humour
- By reg_sinclair on 17-01-26
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The Dark Side of the Earth
- How the Soviet Union Collapsed but Remained
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 22 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 11-11-25
- Language: English
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Wounds
- A Memoir of War and Love
- By: Fergal Keane
- Narrated by: David McFetridge
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall110
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Performance103
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Story102
A family story of blood and memory and the haunting power of the past. 2018 WINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER EWART-BIGGS MEMORIAL PRIZE 2017 WINNER OF THE NON-FICTION IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER After nearly three decades reporting conflict from all over the world for the BBC...
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Ireland's revolution and civil war
- By Mister Peridot on 06-03-18
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Wounds
- A Memoir of War and Love
- Narrated by: David McFetridge
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 21-09-17
- Language: English
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