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Into the Wild
- Meet The Modern-Day Explorer ‘Keeping Adventure Alive’
- By: Lucy Shepherd
- Narrated by: Lucy Shepherd
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. Lucy Shepherd’s story of her journey to become an explorer, her world-first expedition across the Amazon’s Kanuku Mountains and her mission to share the wild places of our world. What does it really take to become an explorer? To travel beyond maps and certainty...
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Into the Wild
- Meet The Modern-Day Explorer ‘Keeping Adventure Alive’
- Narrated by: Lucy Shepherd
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 16-04-26
- Language: English
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Mr Wilman’s Motoring Adventure
- Top Gear, Grand Tour and Twenty Years of Magic and Mayhem
- By: Andy Wilman
- Narrated by: Andy Wilman
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall980
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Performance954
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Brought to you by Penguin. Top Gear turned gloomy Sunday nights into celebratory Friday nights. It made household names of presenters Clarkson, Hammond and May, their unique chemistry and buddy movie antics proving irresistible to a vast global audience. With these three at the helm, Top Gear...
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Enjoyable listen, peak behind the TG / GT curtain
- By Ed Mitchell on 12-12-25
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Mr Wilman’s Motoring Adventure
- Top Gear, Grand Tour and Twenty Years of Magic and Mayhem
- Narrated by: Andy Wilman
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 06-11-25
- Language: English
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Why We Sleep
- The New Science of Sleep and Dreams
- By: Matthew Walker
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10,977
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Performance9,261
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Story9,108
Brought to you by Penguin THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER TLS, OBSERVER, SUNDAY TIMES, FT, GUARDIAN, DAILY MAIL AND EVENING STANDARD BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017 Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century...
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Discouraging for insomniacs
- By Bonnie on 11-08-18
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Why We Sleep
- The New Science of Sleep and Dreams
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 07-12-17
- Language: English
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Shackleton
- Explorer. Leader. Legend.
- By: Ranulph Fiennes
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall949
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Performance856
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Story853
Brought to you by Penguin. The enthralling new biography of Ernest Shackleton by the world's greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes. To write about Hell, it helps if you have been there. In 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to traverse the Antarctic was cut short when his ship...
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A truly epic story!!
- By L. BETTLES on 20-10-21
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Shackleton
- Explorer. Leader. Legend.
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 16-09-21
- Language: English
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Empire of AI
- Inside the reckless race for total domination
- By: Karen Hao
- Narrated by: Karen Hao
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall194
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Performance183
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Story183
Brought to you by Penguin. An eye-opening account of the tech arms race shaping out planet, from an award-winning journalist and AI insider to the world of Sam Altman and OpenAI When longtime AI expert and journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good...
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very well researched
- By Customer on 22-10-25
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Empire of AI
- Inside the reckless race for total domination
- Narrated by: Karen Hao
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 20-05-25
- Language: English
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Landmarks
- By: Robert Macfarlane
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall336
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Performance286
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Story284
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane, read by Roy McMillan SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE From the bestselling author of UNDERLAND, THE OLD WAYS and THE LOST WORDS 'Few books give such a...
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Love it, but it's costing me a fortune!
- By Coffee snob on 09-09-15
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Landmarks
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 05-03-15
- Language: English
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Periodic Tales
- The Curious Lives of the Elements
- By: Hugh Aldersey-Williams
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall132
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Performance114
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Story114
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Periodic Tales by Hugh Aldersey-Williams, read by John Sackville. Everything in the universe is made of them, including you. Like you, the elements have personalities, attitudes, talents, shortcomings, stories rich with meaning. Here you'll meet iron...
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not as billed or well read
- By Outdoor Man on 24-10-19
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Periodic Tales
- The Curious Lives of the Elements
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 21-06-18
- Language: English
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The Fire in the Mountain
- Sicily, Etna and Her People
- By: Helena Attlee
- Narrated by: Helena Attlee
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. For centuries, Mount Etna has sent lava to engulf the towns and villages, terraced fields, orchards, vineyards, and citrus groves that nestle across its slopes. But still it remains home to a quarter of Sicily’s population. Why? Because Etna has always rewarded her...
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The Fire in the Mountain
- Sicily, Etna and Her People
- Narrated by: Helena Attlee
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 16-04-26
- Language: English
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The Future of Humanity
- Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond
- By: Michio Kaku
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall398
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Performance340
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Story341
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Future of Humanity by Michio Kaku, read by Feodor Chin. Human civilization is on the verge of spreading beyond Earth. More than a possibility, it is becoming a necessity: whether our hand is forced by climate change and resource depletion or whether...
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Good overview, but a little disappointing.
- By ColCam on 10-03-18
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The Future of Humanity
- Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 28-02-18
- Language: English
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Hercules
- The action-packed Sunday Times bestselling account of flying the legendary RAF aircraft
- By: Scott Bateman
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall50
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Performance47
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Story47
Brought to you by Penguin. THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER Read the legendary story of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft, seen through the eyes of former RAF captain Scott Bateman Take wing with an unsung hero . . . Hercules is the hero of the skies we never talk about. First to land in...
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Excellent Book
- By Nigel Pigdon on 29-05-24
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Hercules
- The action-packed Sunday Times bestselling account of flying the legendary RAF aircraft
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 23-05-24
- Language: English
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Fast Food Nation
- What The All-American Meal is Doing to the World
- By: Eric Schlosser
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. ‘The history of the twentieth century was dominated by the struggle against totalitarian systems of state power. The twenty-first will no doubt be marked by a struggle to curtail excessive corporate power.’ This landmark work of reportage exposed how a handful of...
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Fast Food Nation
- What The All-American Meal is Doing to the World
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 21-01-27
- Language: English
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How to Change Your Mind
- The New Science of Psychedelics
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,039
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Performance1,743
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Story1,729
Brought to you by Penguin. How to Change Your Mind is a report from what could very well be the future of human consciousness, written and read by Michael Pollan. When LSD was first discovered in the 1940s, it seemed to researchers, scientists and doctors as if the world might be on the cusp of...
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life changing
- By Amazon Customer on 11-07-18
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How to Change Your Mind
- The New Science of Psychedelics
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 17-05-18
- Language: English
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The Salt Path
- The prize-winning, Sunday Times bestseller, now a major film featuring Gillian Anderson
- By: Raynor Winn
- Narrated by: Raynor Winn
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4,213
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Performance3,819
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Story3,812
Brought to you by Penguin. The uplifting true story of the couple who lost everything and embarked on a journey of salvation across the South West coastline. OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER INCLUDED IN THE SUNDAY TIMES 2024 LIST OF 'THE TOP 100 BOOKS OF THE PAST...
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Awful annoying voice
- By Ali on 31-10-19
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The Salt Path
- The prize-winning, Sunday Times bestseller, now a major film featuring Gillian Anderson
- Narrated by: Raynor Winn
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 19-09-19
- Language: English
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The Wide Wide Sea
- One of the New York Times Top Ten Books of 2024
- By: Hampton Sides
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall173
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Performance160
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Story160
Brought to you by Penguin. A NEW YORK TIMES TOP-TEN BOOK OF 2024 A BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, the epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, culminating in Captain James Cook's death On July 12th, 1776, Captain...
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Interesting and listenable
- By Sean on 16-04-26
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The Wide Wide Sea
- One of the New York Times Top Ten Books of 2024
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 11-04-24
- Language: English
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Chernobyl
- History of a Tragedy
- By: Serhii Plokhy
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall932
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Performance820
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Story814
Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 'An insightful and important book, that often reads like a good thriller, and that exposes the danger of mixing powerful technology with irresponsible politics' - Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens 'As moving as it is painstakingly researched. . . a...
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The narrator can't pronounce "nuclear"
- By MR on 23-05-19
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Chernobyl
- History of a Tragedy
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 31-01-19
- Language: English
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Challenger
- A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
- By: Adam Higginbotham
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall136
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Performance129
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Story129
Brought to you by Penguin. From the New York Times-bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger space shuttle disaster based on fascinating in-depth reporting and new archival research – riveting history that reads like a...
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Great book. Terrible reader utterly ruins the experience.
- By Furzle on 13-03-26
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Challenger
- A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 14-05-24
- Language: English
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Winkle
- The Extraordinary Life of Britain’s Greatest Pilot
- By: Paul Beaver
- Narrated by: Steve John Shepherd, Paul Beaver
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall78
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Performance74
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Story74
Brought to you by Penguin. The daring life story and astonishing adventures of Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown - Britain's greatest-ever pilot. Small in stature but immense in reputation and talent, there was more to Eric 'Winkle' Brown than met the eye. The pilot who set the standard for Britain's...
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An interesting take
- By FAB on 19-06-23
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Winkle
- The Extraordinary Life of Britain’s Greatest Pilot
- Narrated by: Steve John Shepherd, Paul Beaver
- Length: 11 hrs
- Release date: 08-06-23
- Language: English
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Is a River Alive?
- The Instant Number One Sunday Times Bestseller
- By: Robert Macfarlane
- Narrated by: Robert Macfarlane
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall147
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Performance137
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Brought to you by Penguin. From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book – which answers a resounding yes to the question of its title. At its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings...
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He cares passionately about his subject.
- By Mr. Graham Smillie on 14-06-25
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Is a River Alive?
- The Instant Number One Sunday Times Bestseller
- Narrated by: Robert Macfarlane
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 01-05-25
- Language: English
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Atoms and Ashes
- From Bikini Atoll to Fukushima
- By: Serhii Plokhy
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall55
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Performance49
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Brought to you by Penguin. In 2011, a 43-foot-high tsunami crashed into a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. In the following days, explosions would rip buildings apart, three reactors would go into nuclear meltdown, and the surrounding area would be swamped in radioactive water. It is now...
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A Toast For Serhii Plokhy
- By Anonymous on 09-07-23
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Atoms and Ashes
- From Bikini Atoll to Fukushima
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 17-05-22
- Language: English
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Auto Biography
- The Ultimate Car Book from the Expert Motoring Journalist
- By: Mat Watson
- Narrated by: Mat Watson
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance10
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Story10
Brought to you by Penguin. A highly entertaining, clued-up and panoramic guide to cars by Mat Watson, the world’s most followed car journalist on social media Mat Watson knows everything there is to know about cars. In his 25-year career as a motor journalist, he has driven and tested every...
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The cars it helped me learn a lot a bout cars the narratoring is great
- By Amazon Customer on 03-01-26
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Auto Biography
- The Ultimate Car Book from the Expert Motoring Journalist
- Narrated by: Mat Watson
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 06-11-25
- Language: English
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