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Uprooting
- From the Caribbean to the Countryside – Finding Home in an English Country Garden
- By: Marchelle Farrell
- Narrated by: Marchelle Farrell
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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What is home? It's a question that has troubled Marchelle Farrell for her entire life. A longed-for career in psychiatry saw her leave behind the pristine beaches and emerald hills of Trinidad. Until, disillusioned, she uprooted again, this time for the peaceful English countryside. The only Black woman in her village, Marchelle hopes to grow a new life. But when a worldwide pandemic and a global racial reckoning collide, the upheaval of colonialism that has led her to this place begins to be unearthed. Is this really home?
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Related to this book
- By Wickford on 16-11-25
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Uprooting
- From the Caribbean to the Countryside – Finding Home in an English Country Garden
- Narrated by: Marchelle Farrell
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 03-08-23
- Language: English
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Where the Past Begins
- A Writer’s Memoir
- By: Amy Tan
- Narrated by: Amy Tan
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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From New York Times bestselling author Amy Tan, a memoir on her life as a writer, her childhood and the symbiotic relationship between fiction and emotional memory. In Where the Past Begins, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan is at her most intimate in...
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Where the Past Begins
- A Writer’s Memoir
- Narrated by: Amy Tan
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 17-10-17
- Language: English
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Three Years on Fire
- By: Andrey Kurkov
- Narrated by: Andrey Kurkov
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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In this third volume of Andrey Kurkov's war diaries, Ukraine's greatest living writer chronicles the third year of the full-scale invasion from his home in Kyiv and from journeys all over the country – capturing moments of horror, resilience, absurdity and grace with unmatched clarity. From the home front to the trenches, Kurkov captures the rhythms of survival – the quiet rituals, unlikely joys, unexpected humour and appalling costs – in an intimate and deeply moving record of national endurance.
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Three Years on Fire
- Narrated by: Andrey Kurkov
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 23-10-25
- Language: English
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Things in Every Room
- By: Helen Longstreth
- Narrated by: Helen Longstreth
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. An intimate and beguiling memoir about what we keep behind the doors of the past, how it haunts the present and what it takes to make sense of it all. Helen Longstreth’s chaotic childhood: the relentless cycle of her father’s alcoholic relapses, the six kids coming...
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Things in Every Room
- Narrated by: Helen Longstreth
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 09-04-26
- Language: English
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Signed, Sealed, and Delivered
- The Soulful Journey of Stevie Wonder
- By: Mark Ribowsky
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Stevie Wonder's achievements as a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer are extraordinary. During a career that has spanned almost fifty years, he has earned more than 30 Top 10 hits, 26 Grammy Awards, and a place in both the Rock and Roll and Songwriter Halls of Fame - and he's not finished yet. On the verge of turning 60, he is still composing, still touring, and still attracting dedicated fans around the world.
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An excellent delivery
- By Phil on 18-01-23
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Signed, Sealed, and Delivered
- The Soulful Journey of Stevie Wonder
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 03-01-13
- Language: English
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Chopping Onions on My Heart
- On Losing and Preserving Culture
- By: Samantha Ellis
- Narrated by: Samantha Ellis
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. Samantha’s mother tongue is dying out. An urgent need to find out more becomes an expansive investigation into how to keep hold of her culture – and when to let it go The daughter of Iraqi Jewish refugees, Samantha grew up surrounded by the noisy, vivid, hot sounds...
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Chopping Onions on My Heart
- On Losing and Preserving Culture
- Narrated by: Samantha Ellis
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 03-04-25
- Language: English
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King of the World
- Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero
- By: David Remnick, Salman Rushdie - introduction
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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On the night in 1964 that Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) stepped into the ring with Sonny Liston, he was widely regarded as an irritating freak who danced and talked way too much. Six rounds later Ali was not only the new world heavyweight boxing champion: He was "a new kind of black man" who would shortly transform America's racial politics, its popular culture, and its notions of heroism. No one has captured Ali—and the era that he exhilarated and sometimes infuriated—with greater vibrancy, drama, and astuteness than David Remnick.
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King of the World
- Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 02-07-24
- Language: English
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Closing Ranks
- By: Leroy Logan
- Narrated by: Leroy Logan
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
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Closing Ranks tells of an illustrious career, giving a behind the scenes look at the workings of the Metropolitan Police. One of the founder members of the Black Police Association Charitable Trust, Leroy Logan has had firsthand experience of race relations in modern-day Britain, and he relates how his strong Christian faith helped him persevere in a frequently hostile work environment.
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Buy-the-book
- By Bob on 24-03-21
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Closing Ranks
- Narrated by: Leroy Logan
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 18-03-21
- Language: English
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How to Be Free
- A Proven Guide to Escaping Life's Hidden Prisons
- By: Shaka Senghor
- Narrated by: Shaka Senghor
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Audio contains exclusive bonus interviews with Shaka Senghor's inner circle: his cousin, actor Jerrel O'Neal; his wife, Chicago Beyond founder Liz Dozier-Senghor; and his son Sekou Senghor. USA Today Bestseller. "I love this book—because it teaches you how to manifest freedom in your own life...
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How to Be Free
- A Proven Guide to Escaping Life's Hidden Prisons
- Narrated by: Shaka Senghor
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 09-09-25
- Language: English
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Across Mountains, Land and Sea
- One Boy’s Extraordinary Journey
- By: Arman Azadi
- Narrated by: Nicholas Khan
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Arman Azadi now writes under his given name, Mir Rahimi. Future editions of this book and subsequent works will be published under the name Mir Rahimi. Arman is just a boy when he is forced to leave his home and embark on the most extraordinary journey. Separated from family and friends, he...
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heartfelt story of a boy born to war
- By Nikolett Megyeri on 28-04-26
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Across Mountains, Land and Sea
- One Boy’s Extraordinary Journey
- Narrated by: Nicholas Khan
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 02-05-24
- Language: English
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In the Wake
- On Blackness and Being
- By: Christina Sharpe
- Narrated by: Melanie Nicholls-King
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
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In this original and trenchant work, Christina Sharpe interrogates literary, visual, cinematic, and quotidian representations of Black life that comprise what she calls the "orthography of the wake". Activating multiple registers of "wake" - the path behind a ship, keeping watch with the dead, coming to consciousness - Sharpe illustrates how Black lives are swept up and animated by the afterlives of slavery, and she delineates what survives despite such insistent violence and negation.
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In the Wake
- On Blackness and Being
- Narrated by: Melanie Nicholls-King
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 15-02-22
- Language: English
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Of This Our Country
- Acclaimed Nigerian writers on the home, identity and culture they know
- By: Various
- Narrated by: Weruche Opia, Oseloka Obi
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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To define Nigeria is to tell a half-truth. Many have tried, but most have concluded that it is impossible to capture the true scope and significance of Africa’s most populous nation through words or images. Yet here, through personal essays from twenty-four of its writers, a more accurate...
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Both entertaining and educational
- By ClareR on 06-01-24
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Of This Our Country
- Acclaimed Nigerian writers on the home, identity and culture they know
- Narrated by: Weruche Opia, Oseloka Obi
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 30-09-21
- Language: English
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Incarnations
- India in 50 Lives
- By: Sunil Khilnani
- Narrated by: Sunil Khilnani
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
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Historian Sunil Khilnani, Professor of History and Politics at Ashoka University, takes listeners on an immersive, whirlwind journey from ancient India to the 21st century through the life stories of 50 remarkable individuals, exploring their surprising legacies and illuminating both the wonders and the urgent conflicts of India today.
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Incarnations
- India in 50 Lives
- Narrated by: Sunil Khilnani
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 11-08-22
- Language: English
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Lightfoot
- By: Nicholas Jennings
- Narrated by: Nicholas Jennings
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER A 2023 ROLLING STONE RECOMMENDED BOOK Shortlisted for the 2017 Legislative Assembly of Ontario Speaker's Book Award Nominated for the 2018 Heritage Toronto Award - Historical Writing: Book “The preeminent account of the late singer's life.” —Rolling Stone The definitive...
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Lightfoot
- Narrated by: Nicholas Jennings
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 31-10-17
- Language: English
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True Nature
- The Lives of Peter Matthiessen
- By: Lance Richardson
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 31 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. Discover the many lives of Peter Matthiessen – writer, naturalist, activist, CIA agent, Zen master – in this kaleidoscopic biography of an American literary giant. Author of The Snow Leopard, co-founder of the Paris Review and the only writer to have ever won the...
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Exceptional in language, performance and insight
- By Sara on 22-05-26
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True Nature
- The Lives of Peter Matthiessen
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 31 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 16-10-25
- Language: English
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Down and Out in Denver
- By: Robert Cox
- Narrated by: Robert Cox
- Length: 23 mins
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The legal marijuana industry wasn't quite what I expected. Down and Out in Denver follows my years working inside Colorado's cannabis boom, rolling joints, trimming flower, chasing bonuses, and watching an emerging industry grow up in real time. Along the way are stories of the people, absurdities, successes, and disappointments that rarely make it into the headlines. Part memoir, part field report, this is a look behind the curtain of America's green rush from someone who lived it.
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Down and Out in Denver
- Narrated by: Robert Cox
- Length: 23 mins
- Release date: 23-06-26
- Language: English
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The Undisputed King of Selston
- ‘Captivating and deeply moving’ Richard Coles
- By: Danny Scott
- Narrated by: Danny Scott
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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'Captivating and deeply moving.' Richard Coles 'Evocative, beautifully written . . . conjures locations and feelings almost magically.' Jeremy Vine 'My brain has made the decision . . . I am going to love this book.' Richard Hawley There was a time when he felt like the undisputed King of...
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A raw and vividly engaging book.
- By Lucy D on 18-09-25
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The Undisputed King of Selston
- ‘Captivating and deeply moving’ Richard Coles
- Narrated by: Danny Scott
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 05-06-25
- Language: English
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It Burns
- The Scandal-Plagued Race to Breed the World’s Hottest Chilli, An Audible Original
- By: Marc Fennell
- Narrated by: Marc Fennell
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
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It’s a war filled with larger than life characters. There will be sledging, accusations of cheating, theft and performance enhancing drugs. And allegations that Australia was cheated out of a Guinness World Record. In the process of charting the scandal-plagued race to breed the world’s hottest chilli, the audio documentary lifts the lid on the subculture of ‘Chilli-heads’, hardcore chilli fans spread across the globe who compete in chilli eating and breeding competitions.
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better than I thought it would be
- By Anonymous on 20-11-19
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It Burns
- The Scandal-Plagued Race to Breed the World’s Hottest Chilli, An Audible Original
- Narrated by: Marc Fennell
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 15-04-19
- Language: English
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Finding Fish
- A Memoir
- By: Antwone Q. Fisher, Mim E. Rivas
- Narrated by: Thomas Penny
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
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Baby Boy Fisher was raised in institutions from the moment of his birth in prison to a single mother. He ultimately came to live with a foster family, where he endured near-constant verbal and physical abuse. In his mid-teens he escaped and enlisted in the navy, where he became a man of the...
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Excellent book! Harrowing and yet triumphant
- By Anonymous on 09-06-24
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Finding Fish
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Thomas Penny
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 14-06-16
- Language: English
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The Race to the Top
- Structural Racism and How to Fight It
- By: Nazir Afzal
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
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A New Statesman ‘most anticipated title of the year’ ‘Compelling.’ David Lammy MP ‘Refreshing,’ Pragya Agarwal A powerful intervention roundly debunking the myth of progress in racial equality — particularly in the workplace — and offering a blueprint for the future. Have you...
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Spot on and much appreciated
- By Emem Usoro on 29-12-25
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The Race to the Top
- Structural Racism and How to Fight It
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 15-09-22
- Language: English
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