Showing results by publisher "Orion Publishing Group" in Politics & Social Sciences
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Dorothea's War
- By: Dorothea Crewdson, Richard Crewdson
- Narrated by: Julia Barrie, Richard Burnip
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
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In April 1915 Dorothea Crewdson, a newly trained Red Cross nurse, and her best friend, Christie, received instructions to leave for Le Treport in Northern France. Filled with excitement at the prospect of her first paid job, Dorothea began writing a diary. 'Who knows how long we shall really be out here? Seems a good chance from all reports of the campaigns being ended before winter, but all is uncertain.'
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Such a sad war
- By coot on 09-08-22
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Dorothea's War
- Narrated by: Julia Barrie, Richard Burnip
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 04-06-15
- Language: English
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L.A. Noir
- The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City
- By: John Buntin
- Narrated by: Kirby Heybourne
- Length: 17 hrs
- Unabridged
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The epic struggle for control of Los Angeles and the history of the 30s, 40s, and 50s in America's dream city. Now the Fox UK TV series Mob City. Mid-century Los Angeles. A city sold to the world as 'the white spot of America', a land of sunshine and orange groves, wholesome Midwestern values and Hollywood stars, protected by the world's most famous police force, the Dragnet-era LAPD. Behind this public image lies a hidden world of 'pleasure girls' and crooked cops, ruthless newspaper tycoons, corrupt politicians, and East Coast gangsters on the make.
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A fascinating narrative history.
- By Ian David Burrell on 08-08-22
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L.A. Noir
- The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City
- Narrated by: Kirby Heybourne
- Length: 17 hrs
- Release date: 17-02-14
- Language: English
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The Romanovs: 1613-1918
- By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale
- Length: 28 hrs and 46 mins
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The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all? This is the intimate story of 20 tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy autocracy and imperial ambition.
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Fantastic content and narration
- By H L Condliffe on 03-06-16
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The Romanovs: 1613-1918
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale
- Length: 28 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 03-03-16
- Language: English
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Stiff Upper Lip
- Secrets, Crimes and the Schooling of a Ruling Class
- By: Alex Renton
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
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This is the story of generations of parents, Britain's richest and grandest, who believed that being miserable at school was necessary to make a good and successful citizen. Childish suffering was a price they accepted for the preservation of their class and their entitlement. The children who were moulded by this misery and abuse went on - as they still do - to run Britain's public institutions and private companies.
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One of the world's most bizarre cultural practices
- By Thirsty hippo on 03-12-21
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Stiff Upper Lip
- Secrets, Crimes and the Schooling of a Ruling Class
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 13-04-17
- Language: English
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In the Midst of Life
- By: Jennifer Worth
- Narrated by: Barbara Flynn
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
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The last collection of true-life nursing stories from the number one best-selling author of the Call the Midwife series, soon to be a major BBC TV series. Jennifer Worth's best-selling memoirs of her time as a midwife have inspired and moved readers of all ages. Now, in In the Midst of Life she documents her experiences as a nurse and ward sister, treating patients who were nearing the ends of their lives.
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wonderful
- By M. Sulaiman on 26-01-17
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In the Midst of Life
- Narrated by: Barbara Flynn
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 26-11-15
- Language: English
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Margot at War
- Love and Betrayal in Downing Street, 1912-1916
- By: Anne de Courcy
- Narrated by: Patricia Gallimore
- Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Margot Asquith was perhaps the most daring and unconventional Prime Minister's wife in British history. Known for her wit, style and habit of speaking her mind, she transformed 10 Downing Street into a glittering social and intellectual salon. Yet her last five years at Number 10 were a period of intense emotional and political turmoil in her private and public life.
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Splendid and compelling.
- By iris on 28-03-15
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Margot at War
- Love and Betrayal in Downing Street, 1912-1916
- Narrated by: Patricia Gallimore
- Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 29-01-15
- Language: English
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Strictly Ann
- By: Ann Widdecombe
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
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With characteristic verve and integrity, Ann Widdecombe recalls her life and highlights the people and events that most influenced her along the way. From her early family life in Singapore and her convent school days to her student ambitions at Birmingham and Oxford, and her long-serving years as an MP, this is the life story of one of our most outspoken and celebrated politicians. Offering unique insight into her time as a Minister in three Departments and the Shadow Cabinet in the 1990s, Ann also explains the roots of her conversion to Catholicism in 1993 and her deeply held views on abortion and gay marriage.
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spot on
- By Louis on 30-12-20
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Strictly Ann
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 15-08-13
- Language: English
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I Am Malala
- By: Malala Yousafzai
- Narrated by: Archie Panjabi, Malala Yousafzai
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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In 2009 Malala Yousafzai began writing a blog on BBC Urdu about life in the Swat Valley as the Taliban gained control, at times banning girls from attending school. When her identity was discovered, Malala began to appear in both Pakistani and international media, advocating the freedom to pursue education for all. In October 2012, gunmen boarded Malala's school bus and shot her in the face, a bullet passing through her head and into her shoulder. Remarkably, Malala survived the shooting. At a very young age, Malala Yousafzai has become a worldwide symbol of courage and hope.
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An amazing true life wonder
- By Barbara on 04-07-14
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I Am Malala
- Narrated by: Archie Panjabi, Malala Yousafzai
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 08-10-13
- Language: English
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A Monstrous Commotion
- The Mysteries of Loch Ness
- By: Gareth Williams
- Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
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The Loch Ness monster: a creature that should have died out with the dinosaurs or a legend built on hoaxes and wishful thinking? Sir Peter Scott, internationally renowned naturalist and president of the World Wildlife Fund, was convinced that the monster existed. So were senior scientists at London's Natural History Museum and Chicago University; they lost their jobs because they refused to renounce their belief in the creature.
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Intriguing, amusing, but a bit too long!
- By Tina on 26-06-20
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A Monstrous Commotion
- The Mysteries of Loch Ness
- Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 17-03-16
- Language: English
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East West Street
- By: Philippe Sands
- Narrated by: Philippe Sands, David Rintoul
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
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When human rights lawyer Philippe Sands received an invitation to deliver a lecture in the Western Ukrainian city of Lviv, he began to uncover a series of extraordinary historical coincidences. It set him on a quest that would take him halfway around the world in an exploration of the origins of international law and the pursuit of his own secret family history, beginning and ending with the last day of the Nuremberg Trials.
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I never write reviews....
- By Christopher on 20-07-17
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East West Street
- Narrated by: Philippe Sands, David Rintoul
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 26-05-16
- Language: English
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Churchill and Empire
- By: Lawrence James
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
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One of our finest narrative historians, and journalist for the Sunday Times and Literary Review, Lawrence James, has written a genuinely new biography of Winston Churchill, set within a fully detailed historical context, but solely focusing on his relationship with the British Empire. As a young army officer in the late 19th century, Churchill's first experience of the Empire was serving in conflicts in India, South Africa and the Sudan.
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Omdurman
- By Jonathan Charles Cracknell on 04-10-19
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Churchill and Empire
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 08-05-14
- Language: English
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Headscarves and Hymens
- By: Mona Eltahawy
- Narrated by: Mona Eltahawy
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
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Written and read by the author. In November 2011, Mona Eltahawy came to worldwide attention when she was assaulted by police during the Egyptian Revolution. She responded by writing a groundbreaking piece in foreign policy entitled 'Why Do They Hate Us?'; 'They' being Muslim men, 'Us' being women. It sparked huge controversy. In Headscarves and Hymens, Eltahawy takes her argument further.
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You Will Be Quite Unprepared..
- By Mrs on 12-12-15
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Headscarves and Hymens
- Narrated by: Mona Eltahawy
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 21-04-15
- Language: English
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City of Lies
- By: Ramita Navai
- Narrated by: Sylvia Lisle
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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Far removed from the picture of Tehran we glimpse in news stories, there is another, hidden city, where survival depends on an intricate network of lies and falsehoods. It is a place where Mullahs visit prostitutes, cosmetic surgeons restore girls' virginity and homemade porn is bought and sold in the bazaars. It is also the home of our eight protagonists, drawn from across the spectrum of Iranian society.
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Narrator
- By Arezoo Amirkhalili on 01-02-19
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City of Lies
- Narrated by: Sylvia Lisle
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 30-10-14
- Language: English
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All Fired Up
- Tales of a Country Fireman
- By: Malcolm Castle
- Narrated by: Dean Williamson
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
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Eighteen-year-old Malcolm Castle became a fireman so he could rush into burning buildings to save fair damsels in distress. He didn't realise he would also be jumping into slurry pits to rescue cows, horses and any number of other unfortunate animals. Nothing about the country fire service was quite what Malcolm expected when he joined the watch in Shrewsbury. Yes, he had to face the heart-stopping dramas and tragedies of farm and house fires.
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A really enjoyable read.
- By Lindy SH on 03-08-15
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All Fired Up
- Tales of a Country Fireman
- Narrated by: Dean Williamson
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 15-03-12
- Language: English
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