Showing results by publisher "Penguin Audio" in Writing & Publishing
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Live from Downing Street
- By: Nick Robinson
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance119
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Story118
The relationship between those who wield power and those whose job it is to tell us what they are doing has always been fraught with tension. Politicians now expect to be on camera and facing aggressive questions from the moment they open their front door to the moment they return home at night. Everything they say and do is instantly broadcast and dissected on 24-hour news channels, blogs, and Twitter. It was not always this way. Live from Downing Street takes us on an absorbing journey through the hard-fought battles for the right to tell the public about the decisions taken on their behalf.
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Interesting Book, Appalling Accents
- By John Bates on 14-12-12
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Live from Downing Street
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 25-10-12
- Language: English
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Into the Woods
- How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
- By: John Yorke
- Narrated by: John Yorke
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall49
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Performance46
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Story46
We all love stories. But why do we tell them? And why do all stories function in an eerily similar way? John Yorke, creator of the BBC Writers' Academy, has brought a vast array of drama to British screens. Here he takes us on a journey to the heart of storytelling, revealing that there truly is a unifying shape to narrative forms - one that echoes the fairytale journey into the woods and, like any great art, comes from deep within. From ancient myths to big-budget blockbusters, he gets to the root of the stories that are all around us, every day.
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Another screenwriting book that doesn't include chapter titles
- By Duncan McDonnell on 10-07-24
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Into the Woods
- How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
- Narrated by: John Yorke
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 27-06-23
- Language: English
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Unscripted
- The Epic Battle for a Hollywood Media Empire
- By: James B. Stewart, Rachel Abrams
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall30
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Performance23
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Story23
Unscripted is the inside story of the struggle to control one of the world's great entertainment empires. It is the story of the last great Hollywood mogul, Sumner Redstone: the ninety-something founder of Paramount Global who, well into his dotage and facing a scandalous lawsuit, proves increasingly unable to run the sprawling company he has built. It is the story of his daughter, Shari Redstone: Sumner's heir apparent who, despite being groomed for power for six decades, struggles to assert her authority over the company and her family's legacy.
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Succession but crazier
- By Rusakko on 16-07-24
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Unscripted
- The Epic Battle for a Hollywood Media Empire
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 16-02-23
- Language: English
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Keats
- A Brief Life in Nine Poems and One Epitaph
- By: Lucasta Miller
- Narrated by: Sally Scott
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance10
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The epitaph John Keats composed for his own gravestone - 'Here lies one whose name was writ in water' - seemingly damned him to oblivion. When he died at the age of 25, having taken a battering from the conservative press, few critics imagined he would be considered one of the great English poets 200 years later, though he himself had an inkling. In this brief life, Lucasta Miller takes Keats' best-known poems - the ones you are most likely to have read - and excavates their backstories.
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delightful and informative
- By Robert on 18-11-22
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Keats
- A Brief Life in Nine Poems and One Epitaph
- Narrated by: Sally Scott
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 03-02-22
- Language: English
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In Extremis
- The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin
- By: Lindsey Hilsum
- Narrated by: Lindsey Hilsum
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall431
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Performance368
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Story371
Marie Colvin was glamorous, hard-drinking, braver than the boys, with a troubled and rackety personal life. With fierce compassion and honesty, she reported from the most dangerous places in the world, fractured by conflict and genocide, going in further and staying longer than anyone else. In Sri Lanka in 2001, Marie was hit by a grenade and lost the sight in her left eye - resulting in her trademark eye patch - and in 2012 she was killed in Syria. Like her hero, the legendary reporter Martha Gellhorn, she sought to bear witness to the horrifying truths of war..
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An incredible book for an incredible woman.
- By Marguerite Leech on 15-01-19
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In Extremis
- The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin
- Narrated by: Lindsey Hilsum
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 01-11-18
- Language: English
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12 Birds to Save Your Life
- Nature's Lessons on Happiness
- By: Charlie Corbett
- Narrated by: Charlie Corbett
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall40
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Performance37
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Story37
Can you recognise the cheerful chirrups of the house sparrow? A song thrush singing out at winter's darkest hour? Or the beautiful, haunting call of the curlew? At a time of great anxiety and uncertainty, while coping with the untimely death of his mother, Charlie Corbett realised his perspective on life was slipping. In a moment of despair, he found himself - somewhat damp - lying on the side of a lonely hill staring up at a leaden sky, a melancholy drizzle seeping into his bones.
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Heartfelt and inspiring
- By LE RUGG on 08-06-23
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12 Birds to Save Your Life
- Nature's Lessons on Happiness
- Narrated by: Charlie Corbett
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 10-06-21
- Language: English
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A Stranger in Your Own City
- Travels in the Middle East’s Long War
- By: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
- Narrated by: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
- Length: 14 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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This is not a book about Iraq's history, nor an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have spun out over the past twenty years, though both wars and history are part of its narrative, from the American invasion to the Arab Spring, ISIS and beyond. This is the story of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniac leader who shaped the state in his own image. Then one day, after yet another war, a foreign army invaded, toppled the leader, destroyed the state, and proceeded to invent a new country.
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A stunning account of the Iraq war
- By Christian on 25-05-23
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A Stranger in Your Own City
- Travels in the Middle East’s Long War
- Narrated by: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
- Length: 14 hrs
- Release date: 02-03-23
- Language: English
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Left Out
- The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn
- By: Gabriel Pogrund, Patrick Maguire
- Narrated by: Matthew Spencer
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall463
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Performance394
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Story388
From the peak of Jeremy Corbyn's popularity and the shock hung parliament of 2017 to Labour's humbling in 2019 and the election of Keir Starmer, Left Out draws on unrivalled access throughout the party and to both leaders' inner circles to provide a blistering narrative exposé of the Labour Party during one of the most tumultuous and significant episodes in its history. It reveals a party riven by factionalism and at war over ideology, then incapacitated by crisis and indecision.
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Very good although too charitable to Corbyn.
- By Emily Senior on 16-09-20
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Left Out
- The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn
- Narrated by: Matthew Spencer
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 04-09-20
- Language: English
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The Secrets of Character
- Writing a Hero Anyone Will Love
- By: Matt Bird
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance12
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An insightful and actionable guide to creating a hero that readers will fall in love with, from the author of The Secrets of Story The hardest yet most essential element of writing great fiction is character – specifically, creating a central hero who is relatable, compelling, and worth the...
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Disappointing, in places almost insulting
- By Ella on 04-09-23
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The Secrets of Character
- Writing a Hero Anyone Will Love
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 03-05-22
- Language: English
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Chernobyl Prayer: Voices from Chernobyl
- Penguin Modern Classics
- By: Svetlana Alexievich, Anna Gunin - translator, Arch Tait - translator
- Narrated by: Sasha Alexis, Andrew Byron
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall61
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Performance51
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Story50
In April 1986 a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. Flames lit up the sky, and radiation escaped to contaminate the land and poison the people for years to come. While officials tried to hush up the accident, Svetlana Alexievich spent years collecting testimonies from survivors - clean-up workers, residents, firefighters, resettlers, widows, orphans - crafting their voices into a haunting oral history of fear, anger and uncertainty, but also dark humour and love.
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A must listen. A must.
- By Kleslie on 11-10-22
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Chernobyl Prayer: Voices from Chernobyl
- Penguin Modern Classics
- Narrated by: Sasha Alexis, Andrew Byron
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 28-01-21
- Language: English
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Conspiracy
- A True Story of Power, Sex, and a Billionaire's Secret Plot to Destroy a Media Empire
- By: Ryan Holiday
- Narrated by: Ryan Holiday
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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An NPR Book Concierge Best Book of 2018! A stunning story about how power works in the modern age--the book the New York Times called "one helluva page-turner" and The Sunday Times of London celebrated as "riveting...an astonishing modern media conspiracy that is a fantastic read." Pick up the...
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Conspiracy
- A True Story of Power, Sex, and a Billionaire's Secret Plot to Destroy a Media Empire
- Narrated by: Ryan Holiday
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 27-02-18
- Language: English
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Perennial Seller
- The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts
- By: Ryan Holiday
- Narrated by: Ryan Holiday
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall177
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Performance155
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Story154
The book that Inc. says "every entrepreneur should read" and an FT Book of the Month selection... How did the movie The Shawshank Redemption fail at the box office but go on to gross more than $100 million as a cult classic? How did The 48 Laws of Power miss the bestseller lists for more than a...
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Worth your time and energy. Great tips and advice.
- By Amazon Customer on 22-06-18
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Perennial Seller
- The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts
- Narrated by: Ryan Holiday
- Length: 7 hrs
- Release date: 18-07-17
- Language: English
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Gentle Writing Advice
- How to be a Writer without Destroying Yourself
- By: Chuck Wendig
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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Finally--a book of writing advice that accounts for all of the messy, perverse, practical, and inexplicable parts of being a human who writes The truth is that all of the "writing rules" you've learned are bullshit. Sure, they work for some people, but the likelihood that they'll work for...
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Gentle Writing Advice
- How to be a Writer without Destroying Yourself
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 06-06-23
- Language: English
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Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
- By: Benjamin Dreyer
- Narrated by: Benjamin Dreyer, Alison Fraser
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall24
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Performance20
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Story18
We all write, all the time: books, blogs, tweets, emails, emails, emails - and we all want to write better. Benjamin Dreyer is here to help. As Random House’s copy chief, Dreyer has upheld the standards of the legendary publisher for more than two decades. He is beloved by authors and editors alike - not to mention his followers on social media - for playfully, brilliantly deconstructing the English language.
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Nice exploration of English with a touch of humour
- By Thomas Smith on 21-09-19
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Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
- Narrated by: Benjamin Dreyer, Alison Fraser
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 30-05-19
- Language: English
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Once There Was a War
- By: John Steinbeck, Mark Bowden - editor
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Nobel laureate John Steinbeck's bracing from-the-frontlines account of World War II-now with a new cover and introduction In 1943 John Steinbeck was on assignment for The New York Herald Tribune, writing from Italy and North Africa, and from England in the midst of the London blitz. In his...
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Once There Was a War
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 28-08-14
- Language: English
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Rosen’s Almanac
- Weird and wonderful words for every day of the year
- By: Michael Rosen
- Narrated by: Michael Rosen
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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In a joyful journey through a year of weird words and fantastic phrases, one of the nation's favourite wordsmiths takes a tour of the British Isles and all its vernacular idiosyncrasies, as well as reflecting on the joys of English, in a delightful book for anyone who loves language - whether following its rules or breaking them!
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Rosen’s Almanac
- Weird and wonderful words for every day of the year
- Narrated by: Michael Rosen
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 05-09-24
- Language: English
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Wikileaks
- Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy
- By: David Leigh, Luke Harding
- Narrated by: Paul Michael Garcia
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance14
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It was the biggest leak in history. WikiLeaks infuriated the world's greatest superpower, embarrassed the British royal family and helped cause a revolution in Africa. The man behind it was Julian Assange, one of the strangest figures ever to become a worldwide celebrity. Was he an internet messiah or a cyber-terrorist? Information freedom fighter or sex criminal? The debate would echo around the globe as US politicians called for his assassination.
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Disjointed and all over the place.
- By Raj on 18-07-22
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Wikileaks
- Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy
- Narrated by: Paul Michael Garcia
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 05-07-11
- Language: English
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The Art of Language Invention
- From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building
- By: David J. Peterson
- Narrated by: David J. Peterson
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Performance13
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An insider’s tour through the construction of invented languages from the bestselling author and creator of languages for Legendary's Dune, the HBO series Game of Thrones and the Syfy series Defiance From master language creator David J. Peterson comes a creative guide to language construction...
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Con languages
- By heidi fairgrieve on 11-09-18
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The Art of Language Invention
- From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building
- Narrated by: David J. Peterson
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 29-09-15
- Language: English
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A Sort of Life
- By: Graham Greene
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance7
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Graham Greene's 'long journey through time' began in 1904, when he was born into a tribe of Greenes based in Berkhamstead at the public school where his father was headmaster. In A Sort of Life, Greene recalls schooldays and Oxford, adolescent encounters with psychoanalysis and Russian roulette, his marriage and conversion to Catholicism and how he rashly resigned from The Times when his first novel, The Man Within, was published in 1929.
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Stick with the novels
- By martin on 25-02-23
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A Sort of Life
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 10-12-20
- Language: English
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How to Write It
- By: Anthony Anaxagorou
- Narrated by: Anthony Anaxagorou, Dami Olukoya - prologue
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance5
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Taking listeners on a personal journey through his early life and school years, through to his relationship with literature, education poetry and writing, this book is filled with tips, anecdotes and publishing advice for anyone interested in getting their work seen. From Anthony's first slam win to the evolving British poetry scene, this book will provoke listeners into thinking about their writing more carefully - be it a poem, short story or novel - and help them finally get their book out into the world.
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A must for any upcoming writer
- By Mitta on 23-02-21
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How to Write It
- Narrated by: Anthony Anaxagorou, Dami Olukoya - prologue
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 15-10-20
- Language: English
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